Chap 5. LSM Overview and Practice

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Jinyoung Paek

Distribution

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http://www.samsung.co.kr/

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LSM Management Functions2

LSM Overview1

LSM Redundancy3

Practice4

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LSM Overview

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LSM is based on common platformand standardized components

Customizable and common platformbase of EMS are managing variousNetwork Elements

The following best-in-suite softwareapplications integrate standardizedcomponents with AceMANTM

General Manager

Alarm Manager

Network Manager

Performance Manager

Security Manager

AceMANTM

AlarmManager

PerformanceManager

NetworkManager

SecurityManager

GeneralManager

Common Platform based EMS

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Specification

PRODUCT LSM (LTE System Manager)

PRODUCT TYPE EMS (Element Management System)

MANAGE DEVICES eNodeB

MANAGE PROTOCOL SNMPv2, FTP, UDP

S/W PLATFORM Samsung Proprietary EMS Platform

H/W PLATFORM Linux, Unix Server (Dell Linux Server, SUN Solaris Server)

x86 Desktop PC Client

HIGH AVAILIABILITY 1:1 – Active : Standby Redundancy

CLIENT GUI TYPE Web based GUI

DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGE Server : Java, XML, JDBC

Client : HTTP, Java Script, Java Applet

DATABASE Commercial RDBMS (mySQL)

RAN

eNB

eNB

eNB

LSM/LSS Server

NMS

LSM GUI Clients (Web)

HTTP,RMI,FTP

Operator’s

Preferred

Protocol

SNMP

UDP

FTP

RAN

eNB

eNB

eNB

North

Bound In

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ce

South

Bound In

terfa

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Database

GUI Interface

Management Functions

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SON Functions( SC/SO )

Specification

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Category Main Functions

Configuration

CLI Window / Grow, Degrow of NE /

Cell Management / Neighbor Management /

Software Management / SON Option /

Data Synchronization / System Backup

Fault

Event Viewer /

Alarm History / Current Alarm / Fault Statistics /

Audible Alarm / Visible Alarm

PerformanceStatistic Data / PI Monitoring / Call Trace /

Call Trace History

Security

User Management/ Change Password /

Group Management / IP Management /

Login History / Operation History

General

Network Monitoring/ Process Management /

Resource Manager / Database / Self-Diagnosis /

Log Viewer

LSM Function Overview

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LSM Management Functions

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Main View

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Configuration Management

Group Management

NE Type, Area, Subnet

Group Access for each operator

Tree Viewer

Display NE in tree format

Representative Alarm Display

Map Viewer

Display the all NEs

Filtering / Search Function

Rack Viewer

Display the Rack/Shelf/Board

Display the Cell Information

Grow/Degrow of NE

Registration of NE

Grow/Degrow of Cell(Sector/FA)

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CLI Management

CLI Window

Response Window

CLI history Window

Event Window

Command Input

Select a command from the tree

Enter parameter

Batch Command

Adding a Batch Job

Saving a Batch File

Etc.

Macro Execution

Repeat

(Selecting a specific NE or group)

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Mobility Management

Provide Management Functions for

Mobility Parameters

Neighbor Management

Cell Based Incoming/Outgoing

Neighbor Management

Automatic Neighbor Relation

Neighbor Import/Export

Neighbor Audit

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Fault Management

Real Time Alarm Monitoring

Alarm/Fault/Status History

Management

Statistics & Analysis : Graph/Text

Audible Alarm Setting

Alarm severity

Alarm Code

Visible Alarm Setting

Reports (Excel, PDF Save/Print)

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Performance Management

5 Minutes performance Data

gathering and analysis

5 Minutes, Hourly

Periodic performance data gathering

result Report

Statistics & Analysis : Graph/Text

TCA Data Management

Adding TCA

Real-time Monitoring

PI Monitoring

Reports (Excel, PDF Save/Print)

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Software Management

Package Upgrade Management

Perform Package Upgrade

Execute type/Schedule

Software and Firmware Update

Perform a firmware update

Perform a software update

Make and manage the schedule

S/W Diagnostic Functions

S/W Validation Check

S/W Version, History check

Verify

Compares package/firmware between

the LSM and NE

S/W

Library

eNBV1.2.0V1.2.0.1

eNB

LSM

V1.0.0

S/W Upgrade Controller

S/W Maintenance Controller

Upgrade Software

Verify

ECM

Reserved

I/O Interface Area

Rectifier

ECM

Reserved

I/O Interface Area

Rectifier

ECM

Reserved

I/O Interface Area

Rectifier

ECM

Reserved

I/O Interface Area

Rectifier

ECM

Reserved

I/O Interface Area

Rectifier

ECM

Reserved

I/O Interface Area

Rectifier

eNB

Compare

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Trace Management

Activation Function based on 3GPP

Spec

Signaling based Activation

Management based Activation

Cell based Activation

Real-Time Trace Monitoring GUI

Signaling traffic report

Chart & Table display

Detail information about call

message

Filtering function

Call Trace history Management

Table display

Detail information about history call

Filtering function

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Security Management

User Management

User Level

administrator

operator

guest

Group Management

Add/Change/Delete

IP Management

Registration/Change/Delete

Login/Logout History

Operation History

Client Session Management

Forced Termination

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General Management

Process Management

EMS Resource Management and

Statistic

CPU Usage rate and Threshold

File System/DB Monitoring

Memory Usage rate and Threshold

Data & Database

Database Usage Rate and Threshold

Database backup and restore

Backup and restore history

Log Management

Save Period for DB Log information

Current DB status automatic check

Network Status Monitoring

On line help

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High Availability

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Private

Heartbeat

SystemRedundancy

Physical IP1

: Virtual IP

Physical IP2

: Virtual IP

Server A Server B

Physical IP1

Physical IP2

Virtual IP Virtual IP

Disk Array

High Availability

ACTIVESTANDBY

LinkRedundancy NE NE

High Availability(1/3)

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LSM Redundancy

1:1 active/standby Redundancy only

Only local redundancy for each LSM Server

Disk Array (RAID) and HA S/W are mandatory

– Switchover condition

– Hardware malfunction

– LSM process

– MySQL process

Network : Link (interface) redundancy

Redundancy HW

LSM Server : Active-Standby Server

Internal disk mirroring : RAID-1

Dual interface with external disk array

Dual NIC interface with southbound and northbound

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Failover Condition

LSM Server HW crash and down

Active NIC link down

MySQL process down and fail periodic query

LSM application process down

Disk access fail

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EMS Interface

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Log-in(1/3)

Recommended Specs for EMS Client

OS : Windows XP SP2 or higher

JAVA : JRE 1.5.0_12 / JRE 1.6.0_20

EMS Login

Open Internet Explorer (Microsoft Internet Explorer) to connect to the EMS.

Enter IP address of the EMS server in the address field of the Internet Explorer.

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Log-in(2/3)

JRE(Java Runtime Environment) Version check

If JRE is not installed : Install the JRE

If different Version of JRE is installed : Delete it and install the current version of JRE

Install the additional files : If necessary

Font

Java Policy

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Log-in(3/3)

Login

Enter user ID and password in the corresponding fields.

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Log-out

Log-out

Click the [Logout] button on the upper right corner of the EMS window.

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Interface Structure

Tree Viewer Frame

Event Viewer Frame

Main Frame

Menu Frame

System ViewerFrame

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Menu Frame

User information(user ID and group)

User Menu Additional function buttons

Connection status betweenthe server and client

Button Description

Shows sitemap to see the entire EMS structure

Runs Help

Logs out from the EMS that is currently connected

Button Description

Runs server‟s resource management function

Runs general and resource management functions

Button Description

On/Off control of the audible alarm

Stops currently-playing audible alarm

Button Description

Hides/shows System Viewer frame

Hides/shows Event Viewer frame

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Main Frame

Search NE Show the status of managed NEsRefreshLegend

NE

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Tree Viewer

Sorting: Name, IP

displays network elementsin a tree format.

Search : Name, IP

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System & Event Viewer

System Viewer : Displays EMS resource status, representative alarm of node,

and number of managed NE.

Event Viewer : shows various errors collected by the EMS to the user.

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Basic Operation

Buttons

Basic Properties

The date can either be directly entered in the text box in the required format or be

selected in the calendar by clicking the calendar button.

Button Description

Act Activates node

Add Adds new data

Apply Defines properties for the data or function

Audit Restores scattered data

Close Closes a window

Deact Deactivates nodes

Delete Deletes data

OK Confirms and executes a command

Search Searches data that have already been configured or saved

Set Defines properties for the data or function

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Network Viewer_Tree Viewer

Network Element & Popup Menu

Node Description

EMS A node used to indicate the top parent class in the Tree Viewer.

Group A node used to manage NE by grouping them

NE A node representing a specific system

Rack Represents the rack class of NE

Shelf Represents the shelf class of NE

Board A node representing the board which is the unit of NE.

NodeNormal(Blue)

Critical(Red)

Major(Orange)

Minor(Yellow)

Disabled(Gray)

LSM

Group

eNB

Board - -

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Network Viewer_Rack Viewer

Displaying rack configuration information and current alarm information

Displaying the board configuration information and current alarm information

Displaying the representative alarm of the board

Displaying Current Alarm Information

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Displaying the RRH Configuration and Current Alarm Information.

Click “RRH” tab on the right side

Displaying the RRH and current alarm information for each board.

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Create RRH

Select location → Right-click → Select “Create RRH” from the popup menu

Entering the NE information

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Delete RRH

Select RRH to delete → Right-click → Select “Delete RRH” from the popup menu

Entering the password to confirm the deletion.

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Resource Reset

Select the board→ Right-click → → Select “Reset” from the popup menu

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Inventory information for resources

Select a board from the left rack of the Rack Viewer → Right-click → Select

„Inventory‟ from the pop-up menu

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Group Management

Adding a Group : Click on an EMS node in the Tree Viewer → Select „Network

Creation‟ from the popup menu

Enter name and position on the Create Network window

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Modifying Group Information

Select „Network Information‟ from the group node popup menu.

Enter information on the node information screen

Deleting a Group

Select „Delete Network‟ from the group node popup menu

– A group can only be deleted if there are no NEs registered in it.

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Configuration Management

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CLI(1/3)

Configuration Management - CLI

Command History

Parameter

Response Window

Event Window

Command Input Window

Select Target Tool Button Ver. InformationMacro Button

CommandTREE

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CLI(2/3)

Selecting a Target – Select Command and enter parameters – Check result

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CLI(3/3)

Searching for a Command

At the top of the „CLI Window‟, select a

target.

On the command window, click the

Search tab.

The command corresponding to the input

text is searched.

Click the search command.

The selected command is displayed as an

input command.

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CLI_History Window(1/2)

Reflecting Command Selected in the History Window

Click on one of the commands from the „History Window‟.

The selected command is reflected to the input window.

Executing the History Window Command Directly

Double-click on one of the commands from the „History Window‟.

The selected command from the „History Window‟ is executed.

Clearing the Execution History

After the execution of a command, right-click on an executed command from the

history window.

Select „Remove COMPLD Only‟, „Remove All‟, or „Remove Selected‟.

The corresponding execution log is deleted.

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CLI_History Window(2/2)

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CLI_Response Window(1/8)

Displaying the Result of a Successful Execution

After a command is executed, that command is displayed.

If the execution is successful, the result is displayed on the response window.

Displaying the Result of Unsuccessful Execution

If the execution fails, the failure result and reason are displayed on the response

window.

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Copying a Message

On the „Response Window‟, select a specific range.

On the response window, right-click to display a popup menu.

Select „Copy‟ to copy the selected message.

Clearing a Message


Select „Clear‟.

All messages in the response window are cleared.

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Saving a Message

On the response window, select a specific range.


Select „Save‟, select a path on the dialog window, and click the [OK] button.

The selected message is saved in the specified path.

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Saving All Messages


Select „Save All‟, select a path on the dialog window, and click the [OK] button.

All the selected messages are saved in the specified path.

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Changing Font


Select „Change Font‟, and select a desired font from the dialog window.

The font of the message is changed to the selected font.

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Changing Background


Select „Change Background‟.

On the Color Chooser dialog window, select a desired color.

The background of the response window is changed to the selected color.

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Changing Request Color


Select „Change Message Color‟.

Select „REQUEST COLOR‟.

On the Color Chooser dialog window, select the desired color.

The request is displayed in the specified color.

Changing Response Color



Select „RESPONSE COLOR‟.

On the Color Chooser dialog window, select the desired color.

The response is displayed in the specified color.

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Changing Error Color



Select „ERROR COLOR‟.


Check if the error is displayed in the specified color.

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CLI_Autonomous Window(1/7)

Adding Filter

On the autonomous window, right-click to display a popup menu.

Select „Add Filter‟.

On the Add Filter window, select the Event Message Type.

The filter window of the Event Message Type is added.

On the added window, only the events of the selected Event Message Type are

displayed.

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Copying Event

On the autonomous window, select a specific range.


Select „Copy‟.

Clearing Event


Select „Clear‟

All messages in the autonomous window are cleared.

Saving Event

On the autonomous window, select a specific range.


Select „Save‟.

Specify and save a path.

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Saving All Events


Select „Save All‟.

On a dialog window, select and save a path.

Pause On


If you select „Pause‟, the event display is paused at the current state.

Pause Off

On the autonomous window in a Pause On state, right-click to display a popup

menu.

If you select „Pause Off‟, the paused event is normally displayed again.

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Changing Font


Select „Change Font‟.

On the dialog window, select a desired font.

The message is displayed with the specified font.

Changing Background


Select „Change Background‟.

On the dialog window, select a desired color.

The background of the autonomous window is changed to the selected color.

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Changing Critical Alarm Color


Select „Change AutoMessage Color‟.

Select „CRITICAL ALARM COLOR‟.


The Critical Alarm is displayed in the specified color.

Changing Alarm Clear Color



Select „ALARM CLEAR COLOR‟.


Upon alarm clear, it is displayed in the specified color.

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Changing Fault Event Color



Select „FAULT COLOR‟.


The fault is displayed in the specified color.

Changing Status Event Color



Select „STATUS COLOR‟.


The status is displayed in the specified color.

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Changing Trace Event Color



Select „TRACE COLOR‟.


The trace is displayed in the specified color.

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CLI_Batch Job(1/7)

Batch Job Function

Clicking the batch icon ( ) on the toolbar displays the „Batch Window‟.

The „Batch Window‟ allows a user to save a list of commands, and execute them as

a whole.

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CLI_Batch Job(2/7)

Adding a Batch Job

Adding from the command tree to a Batch Job

– Select a command from the command window.

– Click the [Add] button on the batch window.

– The selected command is added to the batch job.

Adding from the history window to a Batch Job

– Select a command from the history window.

– Click the [Add] button on the batch window.

– The selected command is added to the batch job.

Specifying the Batch Job Execution Interval

Select a command from the command window.

Specify the „Gap‟ on the batch window.

Click the [Add] button on the batch window.

The interval specified in the selected command is applied to be added to the batch

job.

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CLI_Batch Job(3/7)

Deleting a Batch Job

Select a command from the batch window.

Click the [Delete] button on the batch window.

The command is deleted from the batch job.

Modifying a Batch Job

Modifying a target of a batch job

– Select a command from the batch window.

– On the Target window, modify the target.

– Click the [Modify] button on the batch window.

– The batch job is changed with a new target.

Modifying a command of a batch job


– Select a command to modify from the command window.


– The batch job is changed with a new command.

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CLI_Batch Job(4/7)

Modifying the batch job execution interval


– Modify the „Gap‟ on the batch window.


– The execution interval of the command in the batch job is changed.

Changing the execution order of a batch job


– On the batch window, click the up/down arrow.

– The command execution order of the batch job is changed.

Executing a Batch Job

Click the [Start] button.

The prompt asking to enter the password is displayed before executing a batch job.

When the password is entered incorrectly, the execution is cancelled.

The execution result of the command is displayed on the „Response Window‟.

The result of the command execution is displayed in the batch window.

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CLI_Batch Job(5/7)

Stopping a Batch Job

Register a command to the batch list and click the [Start] button.

Click the [Stop] button while the command is being executed.

The execution of command is stopped.

Saving a Batch File

Click the [Save] button on the batch window.

Enter a file name to the popup window.

Click the [Save] button.

The execution commands on the batch window are saved in a file.

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CLI_Batch Job(6/7)

Overwrite a Batch File


Enter a file name which is the same as that of an existing batch file in the popup

window.

Click the [Save] button.

A batch file overwrite message is displayed.

Opening a Batch File

Opening a batch file

– Click the [Open] button on the batch window.

– Select a file.

– Click the [Open] button.

– The execution commands are loaded into the batch window.

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CLI_Batch Job(7/7)

Deleting a Batch File


Select a batch file to delete from the popup window.

Click the Delete icon on the right top.

The batch file is deleted.

Deleting a batch file directory


Select a batch file directory to delete from the popup window.

Click the Delete icon on the right top.

The batch file directory is deleted.

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CLI_Macro Execution(1/5)

Adding the Macro

Adding a command selected from a command window to the macro list

– Select a command from the tree of the command window.

– Click the [Macro] button.

– The command is registered to the macro list and the button is activated.

Adding a command to macro list by entering one in the „Input Window‟

– Enter a command to the input window.

– Click the [Macro] button.

– The command is registered to the macro list and the button is activated.

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Reflecting the Macro

Select a command from the macro list.

The command selected from the command window is reflected.

The input parameters of the command selected from the parameter window are

reflected.

The command selected from the „Input Window‟ is reflected.

The Help for the selected command is displayed on the Help window.

Executing the Macro

Select a command from the macro list.

On the „Input Window‟, click the [Execute] button.

The execution result of the command is displayed on the „Response Window‟.

(You can also execute the command using the „Enter‟ key on the keyboard.)

The command execution log is displayed on the „History Window‟.

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Modifying the Macro

Select one icon from the macro list.

Right-click and select „Edit‟.

Enter a command to the input window.

Click the [OK] button.

The macro list is modified using that command.

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Deleting the Macro

Select one icon from the macro list.

Right-click and select „Delete‟.

The command is deleted from the macro list.

Checking the Redundancy of Macro Command

Select a command-which already exists in the macro list-from the command

window.

Click the [Add] button.

„Macro Already Exists‟ message is displayed.

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Saving and Importing a Macro List per User

Register a command to the macro list.

Close the CLI window.

Select „Configuration‟ „CLI Window‟ and start the CLI window again.

The commands registered to the macro for each user are loaded.

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Grow and Degrow of NE(1/6)

NE Registration

The Tree Viewer and Map Viewer provide the pop-up menus which are used to

create, change and delete the NEs.

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Entering the NE Information

Select „Create NE‟ from the NE node pop-up menu on the Tree Viewer or Map

Viewer, or select „Configuration Grow‟ on the main menu.

The Grow window is displayed. Enter the information of the NE and click the [Next]

button.

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Category Item Description

Group - Selects an upper network group where NE

belongs

Type MACRO_OUTDOOR_RACK Macro outdoor rack type configuration

MACRO_OUTDOOR_DIST Macro outdoor DU/RU separated configuration

PICO_OUTDOOR_RACK Pico outdoor rack type configuration

MACRO_OUTDOOR_MIG Macro outdoor migration configuration

MACRO_INDOOR_DIST Macro indoor DU/RU separated configuration

Version - Version of NE; Manages configuration in XML.

System ID * - Value of eNB ID, 1 to 20 bit (1048575)

Serial No. - Serial Number of eNB

System Name * - NE name, must be unique in the system

Additional Info - Enters the additional information such as the

mounting location of the system

MME IP Information IPv6

MME IP Address

Enters the MME IP Address.

Select corresponding Checkbox in case of IPv6.

External Link - External connection port

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The second step window is displayed. Enter the detailed information of the cell.

(A cell can be added or deleted by clicking each grid box on the Cell Information.)

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Cell Information - Enter information of the number of FA, Sector to be mounted.

Cell Parameter Bandwidth Bandwidth information

earfcnDI earfcnDl

earfcnUI earfcnUl

FreqBandIndicator Frequency Band Indicator

SON Option Auto PCI Allocation Turn On/Off the auto-assignment of Physical Cell ID.

Initial NRT Configuration Turn On/Off the initial neighbor setting.

RACH Optimization Turn On/Off the auto RACH setup. By setting this option On,

the RootSequenceIndex will be automatically assigned.

Detail Cell

Information

CellNum Cell Number

PCID Physical Cell ID, necessary input parameter

DIAntCount Dl Antena Count

UIAntCount Ul Antena Count

TAC Tracking Area Code

EAID Emergency Area ID

Latitude Latitude

longitude Longitude

RootSeqIdx Root Sequence Index, necessary input parameter.

HighSpeedFlag Select High Speed Flag.

Selecting True/false is allowed.

ZeroCorrectZone Enters ZeroCorrectZone.

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Deleting an NE

By selecting „Delete NE‟ from the NE node pop-up menu of either Tree Viewer or

Map Viewer, you can delete an NE.

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Cell Management(1/2)

Grow and Degrow of Cell

There are two ways to open the Cell Management window.

– Select „Configuration → Cell Management‟

– Select the pop-up menu „Cell Management‟ from the NE node in the Tree Viewer or Map

Viewer.

When the Cell Management window is displayed, cells in the Cell Information

section are generally shown in two types:

– Grown cells: They are shown in yellow.

– Ungrown cells: They are shown in white.

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Cell Management(2/2)

Click the „Apply‟ button after entering all information for adding and deleting cells

in the Detail Cell Information section.

– Then the progress bar is shown and cell growing and degrowing are performed.

Administrative State

Locked : Not in Service (Changing a cell parameter is allowed)

– The lock icon is displayed on it.

Unlocked : In Service (Changing a cell parameter is not allowed)

– There is no lock icon displayed on it.

Changing the Administrative State

Right-click a locked(unlocked) cell and then select „Unlock(Lock)‟ from the displayed

pop-up menu.

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Neighbor Function(1/7)

Neighbor Management

To open the Neighbor window select 'Configuration → Neighbor'

Neighbor Information

The base stations which are and are not in the neighbor relationship with the

selected eNB

– In the „Neighbor eNB Info‟ section at the top right of the screen,the eNB‟s which are in the

neighbor relationship with the selected eNB are displayed in the „Neighbor eNodeB‟ tab.

– The eNB‟s which are not in the neighbor relationship with the selected eNB but can be, are

displayed in the „Other eNodeB‟ tab.

Detailed information on the cells of the eNB

– If you select an eNB in the „Neighbor eNB Info‟ section, the cell information on the selected

eNB is displayed in the „Cell Detail Info‟ section at the center right of the screen.

Neighbor addition/change/deletion history

– The Neighbor Operation History section at the top right of the screen

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Adding a Neighbor

From the tree on the left side of the screen, double-click the eNB to which you

want add a neighbor.

In the „Neighbor Relation Info‟ section, select the tab corresponding to the network

(LTE, WCDMA, CDMA1X or CDMA2000) to which a neighbor will be added and then

click the [Add] button.

In the pop-up window, enter all the required parameters and click the [Add] button

on the window to perform the addition .

The updated results are displayed in the „Neighbor Operation History‟ section.

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Neighbor Type Input Parameters

Intar/Inter LTE Neighbor

Source eNB, Source Cell, Target eNB, Target Cell

IND_OFFSET, QOFFSET_CELL

IS_REMOVE_ALLOWED, IS_HOALLOWED

Remote

LTE Neighbor

Source eNB, Source Cell, IND_OFFSET, QOFFSET_CELL, IS_REMOVE_

ALLOWED, IS_HOALLOWED, Remote eNB, Remote Cell

PHY_CELL_ID, TAC, EARFCN_UL, EARFCN_DL, BANDWIDTH_DL, BAN

DWIDTH_UL, ENB_MCC, ENB_MNC, ENB_TYPE, IP_VER, NO_X2, NO_

HO, NBR_ENB_IPV4 or NBR_ENB_IPV6 (vary with selected IP_VER)

Neighbors will be added as a default value unless MCC0, MNC0 ~ MCC5,

MNC5 are inputted.

WCDMA Neighbor

Source eNB, Source Cell, RNC_ID, IS_HOALLOWED,

IS_REMOVE_ALLOWED, LAC, DUPLEX_TYPE, RAC, ARFCN_UL, ARFC

N_DL, P_SCM_CODE, CELL_PARA_ID

Neighbors will be added as a default value unless MCC0, MNC0 ~ MCC5,

MNC5 are inputted.

CDMA1XRTT NeighborSource eNB, Source Cell, S_ID, N_ID, BASE_ID, IS_HOALLOWED, IS_R

EMOVE_ALLOWED, BAND_CLASS, ARFCN, PN_OFFSET

CDMAHRPD Neighbor

Source eNB, Source Cell, BSM_ID, BSC_ID, DPSS_ID, BTS_ID, SECTOR

_ID, IS_HOALLOWED, IS_REMOVE_ALLOWED, BAND_CLASS, ARFCN,

PN_OFFSET, COLOR_CODE

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Changing a Neighbor

In the „Neighbor Relation Info‟ section, if you select a neighbor, the [Change] button

above the table is enabled.

Click the enabled [Change] button. In the pop-up window, enter the parameters you

want to change and click the [Change] button on the window to perform the

change.


Deleting a Neighbor

In the „Neighbor Relation Info‟ section, if you select a neighbor, the [Delete] button

above the table is enabled.

Click the enabled [Delete] button. A warning pop-up window asking you to confirm

the deletion is displayed. Click the [OK] button on the pop-up window to perform

the deletion.


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Import

Click the [File] button to find the import data from files on your computer.

The read contents are displayed in the table.

Modify the displayed content if needed and then select an operation radio button

from the operation commands at the top of the screen.

Check the relations for which the selected command will be executed against and

then click the [Apply] button to execute the command.

Export

Check the eNB in the tree on the left side of the screen for which you want to view

its neighbors and then click the [Inquiry] button at the top of the screen.

– If you check both directions, each neighbor relation is evaluated in both directions.

The neighbor relations of the selected eNB‟s are displayed in the table.

– You can save them as a file (.csv or .xls) on your computer by clicking the Save button.

When the neighbor relations are displayed as a table, you can modify some of the

content and apply the changed content to the server directly.

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S/W Management(1/19)

Package Upgrade

Tree Viewer

– Displays all NEs registered in the EMS as a tree structure.

– You can select multiple NEs by checking the check box next to each NE.

– The NEs on the tree can be displayed selectively per NE type and NE version.

– When an NE is checked on the tree, the corresponding item on the package information

table is also checked.

NE Status Table

– Provides the information on the current package version and the update package version of

each NE.

– Clicking the button ( ) on the right side of the table displays the package/active

software/firmware information applied to each eNB.

– If the information on both current package version and update package version exists, the

package status is displayed by giving priority to the update package version.

Download Information

– Select the options among Command Type, Download Package Version, Mode, Execute Type

and Execute Scheduler, and then execute the command.

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TreeViewer

NE StatusTable

DownloadInformation

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Download Information items for package/software/firmware update.


Command Type Download Downloads the package

Activation Activates the downloaded package

Download + Activation Downloads and activates the downloaded package

Download Package - Download package: Displays the information of the

package to be downloaded

- Clicking the button ( ) on the right side display

s the current package list information.

Mode AP_RESET Resets after the activation

REBOOT Reboots after the activation

Execute Type Immediate Executes command immediately

Schedule Executes using the schedule function

Execute Schedule - Sets the execution time to execute reservation

Estimated time - When the Apply button is clicked, the estimated ter

mination time of the function is displayed.

Elapsed time - Time on which job is completed

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Procedure for upgrading package

Select an NE from the tree.

From the „Download Information‟, select the „Command Type‟.

From the „Download Package‟, select a package.

From the „Execute Type‟, select „immediate‟ if you want to execute the command

immediately.

If you select „Schedule‟, the schedule function is enabled.

– Then, enter the time to the right. The entered time should be at least 2 minutes later than

the current time.

When „Download + Activation‟ or „Activation‟ is selected for the „Command Type‟,

select „Mode‟.

Click the [Apply] button.

– The value of the progress bar changes as the package upgrade proceeds.

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SW Update

Tree Viewer: Displays all NEs registered in the EMS in a tree structure on the screen.

Software List: Displays the list of the software that can be downloaded for the NEs

selected from the Tree Viewer.

Download Software: Displays the list of current job targets added by selecting from

the Software List window.

Download Information: Select the Command Type, Execute Type, and Execute

Scheduler items and execute the command.

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TreeViewer

SoftwareList

DownloadSoftware

DownloadInformation

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Procedure for upgrading software


From the „Software List‟, click the Search button.

From the „Software List‟, select the software to update.

From the „Software List‟, click the Add button.

From the „Download Software‟, check if a software list is displayed.

From the „Download Information‟, select the „Command Type‟.

If you want to execute the command immediately, select „immediate‟ from the

„Execute Type‟.

– If you select „Schedule‟, the schedule function is enabled. Then, enter the time to the right.

– The entered time should be at least 2 minutes later than the current time.

Click the Apply button.

– The value of the progress bar is changed as the software update proceeds.

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FW Update


Firmware List: Displays the list of firmware that can be downloaded corresponding

to the version selected from the version combo box.

Download Firmware: Displays the list of current job targets added by selecting from

the Firmware List window.

Control Information: Select the Command Type, Reboot, Execute Type, and Execute

Scheduler items and execute the command.

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TreeViewer

FirmwareList

DownloadFirmware

DownloadInformation

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Procedure for upgrading firmware


Click the [Search] button on the „Firmware List‟ panel.

Select the firmware you want to update from the „Firmware List‟.

Click the [Add] button on the „Firmware List‟ panel.

Check whether the firmware list is displayed on the „Download Firmware‟ panel.

From the „Download Firmware‟, select the „Board‟ & „Side‟ information. (This setting

is not required for downloading.)

From the „Control Information‟, select „Command Type‟.

If you want to execute the command immediately, select „immediate‟ from the

„Execute Type‟.

– If you select „Schedule‟, the schedule function is enabled. Then, enter the time to the right.

The entered time should be at least 2 minutes later than the current time.

Click the Apply button.

– The value of the progress bar changes as the FW update proceeds.

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History Function


Search Conditions: Sets the conditions for viewing the history.

Command History: Displays the search results.

– The information in the table shows the commands executed for the EMS.

– Double-clicking the table displays the command results per NE on the „Detail Information‟.

– Clicking the Detail Info ( ) button performs the same function as above.

Detail Information: Clicking the „Command History‟ displays the command execution

results per NE.

Views the past command history

Select conditions from the „Condition‟ window.

Click the Search button on the „Condition‟ window.

Check if search result is displayed on the „Command History‟.

On the „Command History‟, click a value on the table.

Check if the detail information is displayed on the „Detail Information‟ window.

– Clicking the Detail icon on the „Command History‟ displays the same result.

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Parameters Description

Type Viewing history filtering

- All

- Package

- Software

- Firmware

Command Type Viewing history filtering

- All

- Download + Activation

- Download

- Activation

Execute Type Viewing history filtering

- All

- Immediate: Job executed immediately

- Schedule: Scheduled job

Status Viewing history filtering

- All

- Running: Job in progress

- Complete: Completed job

- Cancel: Cancelled job

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Schedule Function


Condition: Sets the conditions for searching the schedule.

Reserved List: Displays the results for searching. Displays the command executed for

the EMS on the table. Clicking the Detail Info button of each table displays the

details on the „Detail Information‟.

Detail Information: Clicking the Detail Info of the „Reserved List‟ displays the details.


Type Viewing history filtering

- All

- Package

- Software

- Firmware

Command Type Viewing history filtering

- All

- Download + Activation

- Download

- Activation

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Views a scheduled job

Select search conditions from the „Condition‟ window.

Click the Search button on the „Condition‟ window.

Check if the schedule information saved in the „Reserved List‟ is displayed.

Click the Detail icon of the „Reserved List‟ and then check whether the detailed

information is displayed on the „Detail Information‟.

If you want to delete the schedule whose search conditions are saved, select the

schedule registered in the „Reserved List‟ and then click the [Delete] button.

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Verify


Verify Condition: Sets the conditions for executing the verification.

Verify Info Table: Displays the list of NEs for which the verification is executed.

It provides the Compare button that allows the results and the detailed information

to be displayed. If you click the Compare button of an NE, you can view the

detailed information for the NE.


Package Verify package version

Type Verify Type

- Software

- Firmware

Unit Select when executing the verification for a firmware

- PRC

- RU

- RRH

- ECM

- GPSR

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Compares package/firmware between the LSM and NE

Select an NE to be performed from the tree.

Click the [Add] button on the [Verify Condition].

Select the package version and type you want to compare on the [Verify Condition].

Click the [Verify] button on the [Verify Condition].

Click the [Compare] button to view the detailed comparison results for each file.

Save: Saves the information on the comparing result table into an excel file.

Update: For red or yellow (when existing in the LSM only), if you select the

checkbox on the left and click the [Update] button, the update list is displayed on

the Software/Firmware Update tab.

– However, if updating software/firmware is being executed, it is unavailable.

Background Color Description

White Normal (Images are the same.)

Red A file exists in both the LSM and NE, but has different content

Yellow A file exists in either the LSM or NE

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LSM eNB

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Data Synchronization Function(1/9)

Executing Data Synchronization

Select the „Configuration Management → Data Synchronization‟ menu on the LSM

main window.

Open the Data Synchronization window.

When the Data Audit window is executed, the data version of LSM for all eNBs

registered on the tree is displayed on the data version on the right panel.

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Tree Viewer: All NEs registered in the EMS are displayed in the tree structure on the

screen.

Synchronize Data: After viewing the eNB data versions of NE and LSM registered in

the EMS, the operator determines whether to synchronize the data.

Network Group: Name of the network group to which an eNB belongs

eNB Name: Name of the eNB that the operator registered when growing

eNB ID: Unique ID of an independent eNB

eNB Data Version: eNB data version checked with cdd in an eNB

LSM Data Version: Data version managed by the LSM DB

Scheduler: The An operator can register the periodical data synchronization routines

in the EMS into the scheduler to avoid the manual synchronization.

– The data synchronization information registered in the scheduler is displayed.

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Viewing Data Synchronization

Select an option (type, version, or type and version) from the NE Type and NE

Version combo boxes at the top of the Tree view.

If you select a type or version, the eNBs that meet the conditions are retrieved from

the LSM and displayed in the Synchronize Data section on the right side of the

screen.

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Step 1) Select the NE search conditions.

– NE Type: Select the type of eNBs.

– NE Version: Select the version of eNBs.

– If you select an NE type and NE version, the eNBs that meet the conditions are displayed. If

you leave them unselected, all eNBs are displayed.

Step 2) Only the eNBs that meet the conditions selected in step 1 are displayed in

the tree.

Step 3) The eNB information and data version information selected in step 2 are

displayed.

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Data Synchronization Function

From the Tree viewer, select an eNB to perform data synchronization

When an eNB is selected from the tree, the corresponding eNB information is

selected in the Synchronize Data section.

Click the [Execute] button.

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Viewing Schedulers

Select the „Configuration Management‟ menu on the LSM main window.

The „Data Synchronization‟ window is displayed.

Select the Scheduler tab in the Data Audit section.

The registered schedulers are displayed.

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ID: The ID registered to the scheduler

StartDate: The data and time at which the first data synchronization will be

performed

EndDate: The data and time at which data synchronization will end

Period: The period with which data synchronization is performed (days, weeks,

months)

Network Group: Network group information

eNB Name: The eNB name specified by the operator during the grow procedure

Registration Date

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Adding a Scheduler



The tree information and the eNB‟s data version information are displayed as shown

in the figure below:

Select the eNB you want to add to the schedule from the tree.

Select „Add Scheduler‟ in the Sync Data view.

Enter a value in the Start Date, End Date, and Period items.

Enter the period.

– Select days, weeks, or months for the scheduler‟s period.

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Deleting a Scheduler



If you select the Scheduler tab, the registered schedulers are displayed.

Select the scheduler you want to delete.

Click the [Delete] button to delete the selected scheduler.

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DHCP(1/5)

Viewing the DHCP Subnet and Static IP Addresses


Select „DHCP Window‟.

Click the [Get] button at the bottom right of the „DHCP Configuration‟ window.

The IP and subnet addresses allocated to each port of the NE are displayed. If you

select a row in the Subnet Entry Table, the information of the selected row is

reflected to the DHCP Subnet Configuration section.

If the version of the DHCP static IP address is IPv6, the IPv6 checkbox is shown as

checked. If the version is IPv4, it is shown unchecked.

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DHCP(3/5)

Adding a Subnet



Enter the LSM IP address in the „LSM IP‟ field of the „DHCP Configuration‟ window.

Enter the subnet IP address in the „Network‟ field.

Enter the netmask address in the „Netmask‟ field.

Enter the gateway address in the „Gateway‟ field.

Click the [Add Subnet] button and then click „Yes‟ in the Confirm dialog box.

The added subnet information is displayed in the Subnet Entry Table.

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DHCP(4/5)

Deleting a Subnet



Enter the subnet IP address in the „Network‟ field.

Click the [Del Subnet] button and then click „Yes‟ in the Confirm dialog box.

The „Subnet Delete OK‟ dialog box is displayed.

The subnet information is removed from the Subnet Entry Table.

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DHCP(5/5)

Netmask Bit Setting Combo Box



If you select a count of mask bit from the Netmask Bit setting combo box, it is

reflected in the netmask.

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SON Option(1/5)

SON Option Window


If you select the „SON OPTION‟ menu, the SON Option window is displayed.

The Option information is displayed in the SON Option window.

Of the Option information items, the LSM.NRT, LSM.PCID, and LSM.RACH

information belongs to the SON option information managed by the LSM.

The eNB.Anr, eNB.Pcid, eNB.MR, and eNB.Rach, eNB.ES information items belongs to

the SON option information of the eNB .

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SON Option(2/5)

Tree Viewer: All NEs registered in the EMS are displayed in the tree structure on the

screen.

SON Option: The SON option information on the registered eNBs is displayed.

– eNB Name: The eNB name registered by the operator during the grow procedure for the

eNB

– LSM.NRT: Whether to create the initial neighbor information when growing is performed

– LSM.PCID: Whether to allocate the physical cell ID automatically when growing is performed

– LSM.RACH: Whether to allocate the RootSequenceIndex automatically when growing is

performed

– eNB.Anr: Whether the ANR is enabled in the eNB

– eNB.Pcid: Whether the PCID is enabled in the eNB

– eNB.ES: Whether the energy savings function is enabled in the eNB

– eNB.MR: Whether the mobility robustness function is enabled in the eNB

– eNB.Rach: Whether the Rach Optimize function is enabled in the eNB

Button: Views the newly changed SON option information or applies the changed

SON option information to the eNBs and the LSM .

– Search : Views the newly changed SON option information

– Execute: Change SON option information

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SON Option(3/5)

Viewing the SON Options

Select the type and version you want to view from the NE Type and NE Version

combo boxes at the top of the tree view.

– The NE and SON option information that meets the conditions are displayed

When you want to refresh the Son option information without changing the

conditions in the NE Type and NE Version combo boxes at the top of the tree

viewer, click the Search button on the bottom of the table.

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SON Option(4/5)

Changing a SON Option

From the tree viewer, select the eNB for which you want to change the SON

options.

Change the SON Option information on the selected eNB.

When you finish changing the options, click the [Execute] button at the bottom.

When the changed SON options are applied to the LSM DB and eNB, the „OK‟

message is displayed in the Result field.

If the application fails, the reason for the failure is displayed in the Result field.

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SON Option(5/5)

Changing SON Options in Batch

From the tree view, select the eNB for which you want to change the SON options.

Double-click on the column header of the table that corresponds to the SON

options you want to change. A pop-up window allowing you to change the SON

options is displayed.

Set a new value and then click the [OK] button in the pop-up window.

– The selected SON options of the eNB are changed in batch.

When you finish changing the options, click the [Execute] button to apply the

changes.

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System Backup(1/7)

System Backup Window

Tree Viewer: The tree information pane used for the system backup.

Backup: The tab used to schedule a periodic backup.

Restore: The tab used to restore a backup file into the eNB.

History: The tab used to view the backup/restore history.

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System Backup(2/7)

System Backup by the Operator

The operator can back up the information of eNB systems, if needed.

The backup files are saved in the „/log/bak/pldl/enb_id‟ directory of the server.

Each backup file is named as „ENB‟ + enb_id + yyyyMMdd + „_‟ + HHmmss +

„.backup.db.tar.gz‟.

In the Backup tab, select „immediately‟ as the type.

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System Backup(3/7)

Adding a Scheduler for Periodic System Backup

The operator can register a scheduler for periodic system backup to back up eNB

systems periodically.

In the Tree Viewer of the System Backup window, the operator selects the NEs to be

registered to the scheduler and checks the checkbox next to each item.

In the Backup tab, select „Scheduler‟ as the type and set Daily, Weekly, or Monthly

from the Interval combo box.

For the backup start date and time, you can set the hour and minute if Daily is

selected; the day of the day, hour and minute if Weekly is selected; the date, hour

and minute if Monthly is selected.

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System Backup(4/7)

Deleting a Scheduler for Periodic System Backup

The operator can delete the scheduler information for periodic system backups that

are no longer required.

Click the Delete button to delete the selected scheduler.

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System Backup(5/7)

System Restore

For the tree, select the eNB to which you want to restore the system backup

information and select the checkbox next to it.

The information on the selected eNB is displayed in the Restore tab on the right

side of the window.

If you click the „File‟ button at the center of the eNB information, the pop-up

window for selecting a backup file is displayed.

Select a backup file to be restored on the window and then double-click on it, or

click the „OK‟ button.

The file name and size of the selected file are displayed in the File Name and File

Size fields.

Click the [Execute] button on the right side of the window.

The results of the system restore operation are displayed in the Result and Reason

fields.

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System Backup(6/7)

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System Backup(7/7)

Viewing the System Backup History

From the Tree Viewer, select the eNB to view its history and select the checkbox

next to it.

Select the search conditions.

– Type: Select „Backup‟ or „Restore‟.

– Result: Select whether to search the result of the backup and restore operations using the

Success and Failed checkboxes.

– Period: Select the period for the backup and restore. The period can be set to a maximum

of one hour.

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Fault Management

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Event Viewer(1/3)

Event Viewer

Event Viewer Filter

The „Event Viewer‟ supports filtering specific events.

Click the Condition button → Select the conditions

Parameter Description

Location location of an event

Probable Cause possible cause of an event

Time time of event occurrence

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Event Viewer(2/3)

Event Pause/Receiving

If you click the Play button on the top of the Event Viewer, the Play button is

changed to the Pause button. Then, events are no longer displayed.

When you click on the Pause button again, it will be changed back to a Play button

and all the events during the pause will be displayed.

Deleting the Displayed Events

If you click the Clear button on the top of the Event Viewer, the events currently

displayed on the Event Viewer are deleted. However, the history saved in the

database will not be deleted.

Saving Events

If you click the Save button on the top of the Event Viewer, the events currently

displayed on the Event Viewer are saved in an Excel file.

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Event Viewer(3/3)

Detailed Event Information

If you double-click a detailed event on the Event Viewer, the detailed information of

the event is displayed on the popup window.

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Searching the Alarm History(1/4)

Fault > Event History

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Severity Indicates an event grade.

- Critical: critical fault

- Major: major fault

- Minor: minor fault

- Warning: fault information

- Indeterminate: fault whose severity is not defined

- Status: general information

Code alarm code

Group The types of the event group are as follows:

- Communication: communication process/procedure

- Processing: software/processing procedure

- Environmental: external equipment environment

- QoS: degradation of service quality

- Equipment: fault in equipment

- etc.: others except for faults Fault & Status



Alarm Time time of event occurrence

Clear Time time of alarm clearance

Clear Type clear type of the fault clearing Auto/Manual

Ack User Information of the user who performed Alarm Ack

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Searching the Alarm History

From the tree view of the main window, select a NE. The selected NE is displayed in

the Target field of the window. When selecting „All‟, all the system faults including

the EMS faults will be searched. To only search the EMS occurrence faults, select the

EMS button.

The „Event Type‟ includes „Alarm‟, „Status‟ and „Fault‟. If you select „Alarm‟, you can

specify the „Severity‟, „Group‟, „Ack‟, „Clear‟ and „Code‟ for searching. If you select

„Status/Fault‟, the values for „Severity‟, „Group‟, „Ack‟, „Clear‟ and „Code‟ are not

applied.

Click the [Search] button.

Check if the fault information for selected conditions is displayed on the Result

table.

Click the [Save] button to save the result.

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Enable/Disable the Fault Acknowledgement

From the Result table, select the fault where Ack will be enabled.

Click the [Ack] button.

From the No. column of the Result table, check if it is normally enabled for the

selected fault information.

If you want to disable the Ack, select a fault from the Result table and click the

[Unack] button.

Clearing a Fault

From the Result table, select the fault to be cleared.

Click the [Clear] button.

Check the background color of the Severity column and Clear Time column to see if

the selected fault information is successfully cleared.

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Current Alarm(1/4)

Fault > Current Alarm

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Current Alarm(2/4)


Severity Indicates an event grade.

Code alarm code

Group event group where the event belongs



Alarm Time time of event occurrence

Clear Time time of alarm clearance

Clear Type clear type of the fault clearing Auto/Manual

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Current Alarm(3/4)

Viewing the Current Alarms

From „Fault‟ on the menu, select „Current Alarm‟ to display the uncleared alarms on

the table.

When a fault occurs, it is reflected on the table. When an alarm is cleared, the

background color of the „Severity‟ column and the „Clear Time‟ column of the alarm

are updated.

If you click the „No.‟, „Severity‟, „Group‟ or „Alarm Time‟ column header on the table,

the information on the table is sorted accordingly.

You can set a filter for the faults to be displayed on the screen by clicking the icon.

If you click the [Refresh] button, only the uncleared information is displayed on the

table again.

If you click the [Pause] button, the button changes to Resume, and newly occurring

faults are not displayed on the table. If you click the [Pause] button again, the faults

not displayed during the pause are displayed again.

Click the „Print‟ icon to print the result.

Click the „Save‟ icon to save the result table in an EXCEL or CSV file.

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Current Alarm(4/4)

Changing the Current Alarms

On the table, you can select the specific fault information, or select or clear the

entire alarms by selecting the checkbox and clicking the Ack/Unack or [Clear]

button.

Upon selecting Ack, the background color of the „No.‟ column is changed to gray.

If you select Unack for the alarm where Ack was executed, it returns to the pre-Ack

status.

Upon selecting „Clear‟, the background color of the „Severity‟ column is changed to

green, and the value of the „Clear Time‟ column is updated.

Viewing the Detailed Fault Information

double-click the data on the „Current Alarm‟

Select the „Show Details‟ on the popup menu

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Fault Statistics(1/2)

Fault > Alarm Statistics


Target Value of the command execution target.

Series Used to select the series of a graph. Severity/Code

Item Used to select the value for the X axis of a graph. Time/Location

If a value is selected from Location, you cannot select the summ

ary by time slot on the ‘Time Type’ field.

Time Type Used to select the time for statistics.

Hourly, Daily, Monthly, Hourly Sum., Daily Sum., Monthly Sum.

Group Used to select a fault group.

Period Used to select the time period for searching.

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Fault Statistics(2/2)

Searching the Fault Statistics

The selected NE is displayed in the Target field of the window. If you select „All‟, the

fault statistics of the LSM and all the other systems are displayed. To search only

the faults of the LSM, select the EMS alarm only button.

You can select a specific group from the „Group‟ field to search its information.

On the „Series‟ field, you can select the item corresponding to the series of a result

graph.

On the „Item‟ field, you can select the item corresponding to the X-axis of a result

graph.

On the „Time Type‟ field, you can specify the type of statistics time, and the initial

value of the „Period‟ field is changed accordingly.

Click the [Search] button.

Click the [Print] button to print the result.

Click the [Save] button to save the result table in an Excel file and the result graph

in a PDF file.

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Audible Alarm(1/3)

Fault > Audible Alarm


Mute This is to set On/Off the entire audible sound.

Repeat Used to specify the number of plays of the audible alarm.

If unchecked, it is played only once.

No Interception If it is marked, the audible sound that occurred first will be played all the way throug

h even if another audible sound is generated and then the next sound is played.

Grade This field is to select the level of audible sound generated. Critical/Major/Minor

Policy This is to select a policy to generate the audible sound. Representative Alarm/ Final

Alarm

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Audible Alarm(2/3)

Setting the Audible Alarm-By Grade

If you select „Audible Alarm‟ from the „Fault‟ on the menu, the „Audible Alarm‟

popup window is displayed

Select or deselect „Mute‟.

Select „By Grade‟.

Using the [Repeat] button, specify whether to allow repetition and the repetition

count.

Select or deselect „No Interception‟.

From the „Grade‟, select the grade where the audible alarm will be generated.

From the „Policy‟, select the policy for the audible alarm generation.

Using the [Set] button, finish the settings.

Using the [Pause] button, you can stop the audible alarm which is currently being

generated.

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Audible Alarm(3/3)

Setting the Audible Alarm-By Alarm Code

If you select „Audible Alarm‟ from the „Fault‟ on the menu, the „Audible Alarm‟ setup

window is displayed

Select or deselect „Mute‟.

Click the „By Alarm Code‟.

Using the [Repeat] button, specify whether to allow repetition and the repetition

count.

Specify the sound source per alarm code.

Select a fault code by clicking the [Add] button. You can specify the sound source

by clicking the [Browse] button on the far right side of the fault code. If you click

the [Set] button, both fault code and sound source information are saved.

Using the [Set] button, finish the settings.

Using the [Pause] button, you can stop the audible alarm which is currently being

generated.

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Visible Alarm(1/5)

Fault > Visible Alarm


OFF This is to set On/Off for the entire visible alarm.

By Grade Used to specify whether to enable this function per grade

when filtering the visible alarms.

By Alarm Code Used to specify whether to enable this function per alarm

code when filtering the visible alarms.

Grade This field is to select the level of audible sound generated.

Critical/Major/Minor

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Visible Alarm(2/5)

Setting the Visible Alarm-By Grade

Deselect „Off‟.

If you select „By Grade‟, you can specify the grade.

Specify the grade of the alarms to be received as a visible alarm:

Critical/Major/Minor.

Click [Set] to apply the settings.

When a fault is generated, the Visible Alarm window is displayed automatically if it

not displayed already.

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Visible Alarm(3/5)

Clearing the Visible Alarm

Select „Off‟.

Click the [Set] button.

– Then, the visible alarm is not displayed even when the pre-defined alarm is generated.

Automatic Start of a Visible Alarm

When the Visible Alarm is set to „ON‟, the following information is displayed

automatically according to the specified conditions when the conditions (of grade or

alarm code) are satisfied.

Even when the screen is closed, this screen is displayed again automatically if the

alarm meeting the conditions is generated.

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Visible Alarm Setting-By Alarm Code

Deselect „Off‟.

By selecting „By Alarm Code‟, you can specify the alarm code.

By clicking the button, you can add an alarm code.

On the alarm code search screen, select an NE type.

Select the version of the selected NE type.

Select an event type.

Click Search to display the alarm code information of the selected NE type.

Select the alarm code to be displayed as a visible alarm (by checking a check-box),

and click the [Add] button.

If you click the [Add] button, the code selection window disappears.

From the Visible Alarm setting window, click the [Set] button.

If an alarm satisfying the specified conditions occurs, it pops up automatically.

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Performance Statistics(1/5)

Performance > Performance Statistics

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Viewing Statistics Data

Select an NE tree in the system selection area.

Search statistics following the order: category > group > item.

If you want to search only certain LLOC (Logical Location Information, for examples,

cell number, QCI, etc) in the parameter area, enter or select a value. Select nothing

if you want to search the entire items.

Set the „Event Type‟ to 5MIN, HOURLY, DAILY, or MONTHLY in the condition area.

Set the date in the Period field using the Up and Down arrows or the calendar.

You can also automatically set it using the [1Hour] button.

Click the [Search] button to search the results. When search is complete, the results

are displayed on the right.

TYPE Description

enum In the case of enum, the combo list automatically appears

once the mouse is clicked.

Ipv4 Enter the IPV4 type.

enbID Enter the ID of the eNB.

String Enter a string type for other data.

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Statistic Search Filtering Output

When the filter is selected, the filter setting window appears as above.

Deselect a check box you do not want to display on the screen.

Click the [Apply] button to close the window.

If you click the [Cancel] button, the items excluded through the filter will not be

displayed.

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Viewing Statistics Chart

Click the Graph button in the statistic search results window to display the statistics

window

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Creating Statistics Charts

– Click the „Graph‟ icon in the Result view window.

– Select the Location/Statistics Peg of the data you want to compare in the creating chart.

– (This example uses the „Location‟.)

– Select items you want to show in the chart. Up to 20 items can be added into a chart, and

up to five charts can be created.

– Set whether or not to include items into one chart.

– When you click the [Apply] button, the results are displayed on the right pane.

Disabling the „Graph Overlay‟

– The „Graph Overlay‟ option is enabled by default.

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Collection Result(1/2)

Performance > Collection Result

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Collection Result(2/2)

Searching the Results of Statistics Collection

Select an NE tree in the system selection area.

Select 5MIN for the „Event Type‟ in the search condition area.

Select SUCCESS or FAIL for „Result‟ in the search condition area.

Set the date in the Period field using the Up and Down arrows or the calendar.

You can also automatically set it using the [1Hour] button.

Click the [Search] button to search the results. When search is complete, the results

are displayed on the right.

Description of Result View Items

Button Description

Statistics Type 5MIN: Data collected for five minutes

Time Time when the system actually started the collection

Result The final results of the collection

Failure Number of attempts to collect data again. If the maximum time to collect is

one hour, the number of attempts is not limited within this period.

Collected

Filename

Filename collected from the system

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PI Management(1/9)

Performance > PI Monitoring > PI Management

PI Management designates a certain data value as a threshold, manages it, and

alerts the user by setting the alarm based on the threshold.

System selection area

PI item selection area

PI search result area

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PI Search

Select whether or not to search by Ne or Ne type in the system selection area using

the tab menu.

When you select the system or system type in the NE Type or NE list and then click

the [Search] button, the result shows threshold data within the selected range.

If you want to search for only part of PI items, select the PI item or group and then

click the [Search] button to search within the selected range.

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PI Registration : Click the [Register] button on the PI view window

System selection area

PI item selection area

PI selection area Threshold input area

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Item Description

System selection The range defined in the system selection area at the bottom depends

on the system type/system of the tab menu at the top.

- System type: Displays items by NE type

- System: Displays all NE lists

Selecting Statistic

Items

Selects the statistic group the desired PI belongs to.

PI Statistic items that belong to the selected statistic group are displayed

.

Threshold setting Threshold setting area

Direction Selects the direction for threshold range.

- UP: Alarms are activated when the threshold exceeds.

- DOWN: Alarms are activated when the threshold does not exceed.

Threshold Thresholds are entered here.

For the up direction, the order goes Critical > Major > Minor.

For the down direction, the order goes Critical < Major < Minor.

Registration A button that is used to register the set threshold value.

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PI Registration

Click the system type or system tab you want to register.

Select the system type or system in the system area.

In the statistic items, select the statistic type you want to register.

Select the PI that belongs to the statistic group.

Select either up or down as the threshold value direction.

Enter the Critical/Major/Minor value.

Click the [Register] button to apply it.

When the registration is complete, the Confirm dialog appears as shown below.

The same dialog is used for the change and delete operations.

After the registration is complete, statistics are collected and the grade is defined to

automatically implement the occurrence/restoration of alarms and to display the

alarms in the event viewer (see Fault).

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Item Description

Target search The NE name registered

Operation Commands used at registration. Commands that already exist in the

database are updated, and new commands are automatically processe

d through registration.

- Registration: New registration

- Update: Changed registration

- Delete: Deleted registration

Start Time Start time for registration

End Time End time for registration

State - Ready: Preparing registration

- Processing: Processing registration

- Completed: Complete

Result Displays results

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PI Management(7/9)

PI Modification

Registered PI values can be modified by selecting the item in the search result area

of the PI Management window and clicking the [Modify] button.

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PI Management(8/9)

PI Modification Procedures

Modify the values of items you want to change in the search result window of the

PI view window.

Once you change the values, they turn into red, and the check boxes on the left are

selected.

When modification is complete, click the [Modify] button.

When the modified registration is complete, a result window appears.

After the modified registration is complete, statistics are collected and the grade is

defined to automatically implement the occurrence/restoration of alarms and to

display the alarms in the event viewer (see Fault).

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PI Management(9/9)

PI Deletion

Registered PI values can be deleted by selecting the item in the search result area

of the PI Management window and the clicking the [Delete] button.

PI Deletion Procedures

Select the check box of the item you want to delete in the PI view window.

After all items are selected, click the [Delete] button.

Once the deletion is completed, a fault grade is not defined even after statistics are

collected. Currently occurring alarms are all cleared automatically.

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PI Monitoring(1/3)

PI Monitoring

The PI Monitoring menu monitors all registered PI in real time.

To use this menu, PI should be registered in advance by referring to the „PI

Management‟ section.

Performance > PI Monitoring

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PI Monitoring(2/3)

When the statistics collection for PI is complete, the PI status is automatically

refreshed in the PI Monitoring window, and the highest grades for statistic items are

calculated and displayed.

When you click each item, its fault list is displayed on the right.

When an error occurs in the fault occurrence status, click the [Refresh] button to

display the latest status.

Item Description

When you select PI on the left, the Critical value set is displayed.

When you select PI on the left, the Major value set is displayed.

When you select PI on the left, the Minor value set is displayed.

The graph of the selected LLOC is displayed and used for monitoring.

Refreshes the window.

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PI Monitoring(3/3)

PI Trend Graph

When you click a certain PI item in the PI Monitoring window, its location

information appears on the right. The trend graph is shown by double-clicking the

location or using the „Graph‟ button.

There are five-minute trend and 60-minute trend graphs.

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Trace Manager(1/8)

Call Trace Window

Performance > Call Trace

The Trace List window is used to retrieve/register/delete the trace commands from a

NE, and support real-time monitoring at the EMS.

Menu

Trace List

Trace Function

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Trace Manager(2/8)

Call Trace List Management

Selecting a Target

– Click the combo box on the target field on the top of the list window

– Select the NE which is the target of the trace command.

Retrieving a Trace List

– Click the [Retrieve] button on the list window

– The LSM searches the trace list currently registered with the target NE, and displays the

result.

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Items Displayed on the Trace List

Functional Icons on the Trace List Window

Item Description

Status: Trace monitoring is paused.: Trace monitoring is running.

LocationInformation on layers managed by LSM (Level2/Level3)

Trace Key The key value to save and search a trace

Reference Trace ID managed by the NE

List of interface Definition of a trace section

Depth Trace level

TCA address The section where the trace will be sent

Button Description

Register a trace

Start a trace. If a trace list is not selected, it is disabled

Delete a trace

Retrieve a trace

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Trace Manager(4/8)

Registering a Call Trace

Select the Target.

Select the „Register‟ button.

Select the NE and trace type.

Depth Description

Ci_minimum Recording of some IEs in the signaling messages plus any vendor specific extensions to this definition, in decoded format.

Ci_medium Recording of some IEs in the signaling messages together with the radio measurement IEs plus any vendor specific extensions to this definition, in decoded format.

Ci_Maximum Recording entire signaling messages plus any vendor specific extensions to this definition, in encoded format.

Ci_woVendorSpecificMinimum Recording of some IEs in the signaling messages in decoded format.

Ci_woVendorSpecificMedium Recording of some IEs in the signaling messages together with the radio measurement IEs in decoded format.

Ci_woVendorSpecificMaximum Recording entire signaling messages in encoded format.

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Deleting a Call Trace

Select a trace to delete from the trace list.

On the Trace List window, click the [Delete] button.

Click the [Delete] button, then a deletion confirmation window is displayed.

If you click „Yes‟, the trace list deletion command is sent to the NE, and the trace is

deleted from the NE if successful.

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Trace Manager(6/8)

Monitoring a Call Trace

Start of Trace Monitoring

– Select an item to monitor from the displayed trace list window.

– Clicking the item enables the „Start‟ button, and if you click the „Start‟ button,

a trace monitoring window is displayed.

Trace Chart

DetailsTrace Data

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Trace Manager(7/8)

Call type trace monitoring

– If the trace type is CALL, the following screen is displayed. The data monitoring function

allows a client to poll the data saved in the server file periodically (every second) and

displays them on the screen.

– If you want to view the details of a specific message, click the „Pause‟ button to stop polling

temporarily and click the message.

Call Trace Chart

Trace Data Detail Data

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Trace Manager(8/8)

Viewing a Call Trace History

Searching a Trace History

– The trace history search function can display up to 10,000 messages from the data saved in

the server.

– Enter the Cell Number (IMSI) to search.

– Specify the period on the Period field.

– Select the NE suitable for the search conditions.

– Clicking the [Search] button displays the data which satisfies the conditions.

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General Management

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Network Monitoring(1/2)

Network Monitoring

Periodically monitor the network lines by using a Ping Test

Monitors the agent status by using a Hello Message.

Searching Network Status

Select a target from the „Target‟ field in the setting table.

(You can select the target from tree view or by entering the IP address.)

Use the [Get] button to search network status in real time.

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Network Monitoring(2/2)

Interval

The server checks the network status periodically.

– Use the [Get] button to search the checking period.

– The time is displayed in seconds, and you can choose from 10 to 999.

Item Description

No Sequence Number

NE Type NE Type

Location Network Hierarchical information

Master IP Active IP among redundant IPs of NE

Vice IP Secondary IPs of NE

Ping status Ping status via ICMP

Snmp status SNMP status

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Process Management(1/3)

General > Surveillance > Process

The status information of the processes being operated in the EMS server.

Stop or restart the process.

– The status of the process that should be operated in the server is abnormal.

– When a process is stopped abnormally, it will repeat the process automatically.

Searching the Process Status

Restarting the Process

Stopping the Process

Changing the Process Log Level

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Searching the Process Status

The types of process log levels

Config > Info > Warning > Severe > OFF

– Higher log level includes more log details.

Item Description

Name Process name

Status Process status: Running, Stop

Start time Start time if the process is running

Restart count The number of times to run the process

Process ID ID of the process, if the process is running

CPU CPU usages that the process used

Memory Used/Total Memory usages of the process

Threads Thread count of the process

DB Connections Used/Total

DB Connection count of the process

Log level Level for archiving a log of the process

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The types of processes

Launcher: Runs each process. It also monitors process status and re-starts the

process if it does not work properly.

us: Controls logins and delivers events of the server being operated to the client.

us.snmp : Responsibility for SNMP process interworking with OSS.

mf : Block that performs main management function from LSM Backend Module.

Responsibility for saving the failure, handling the command, and parsing and

distributing the response message.

mf.dbld: Manages fault information occurring in NE.

mf.gm: Monitors the status of NE and resources of the server.

mf.init : Responsibility for authentication function during initial loading of eNB

mf.oss : Responsibility for Single Sign On feature

mf.pm : Responsibility for statistics collection

mf.trm : Responsibility for Trace, CSL collection

ni.snmp: Communicates with the equipment supporting the SNMP protocol.

ni.ftp: Collects statistics files from the eNB.

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Server Status(1/11)

Server Status

Monitors the resources (CPU, File System, Memory, Database) of the EMS server.

It provides the function to set the threshold for generating alarms and the function

to set the monitoring period of the EMS server.

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Server Status(2/11)

CPU

Click the menu, and the followings are displayed in the result table.

Threshold to issue the CPU status alarm

Searching period for the CPU status

CPU‟s current status

Searching the CPU threshold

– Click the [Get] button, up-to-date information on the designated threshold is refreshed and

displayed.

Item Description

Resource ID of CPU

Usage (%) Current utilization of the CPU

User (%) Utilization by the user process

System (%) Utilization by the system process

Wait IO (%) Utilization that waits for IO

Idle (%) Inactivity rate of the CPU

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Setting the CPU Threshold

– Users can set the desired threshold in the threshold setting table.

Current CPU Status

– When you click the Average of the current CPU status, details for each CPU ID are

displayed.

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Server Status(4/11)

Memory

„Memory‟ is used to search memory usage rates of the EMS server and to set

thresholds.

Memory usage rate is the usage rate of the whole memory.

If the memory usage rate of the EMS server exceeds a certain value, the threshold

function issues an alarm.

Searching the Memory Usage Rate

– Threshold to issue a memory status alarm

– Memory status searching period

– Current memory status

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Searching the Memory Threshold

– Click the menu to automatically search the threshold and display in the table.


displayed.

Setting the Memory Threshold


Item Description

Resource Types of memory

Current status (%) Current memory usage rate

Total size (Mbytes) The entire memory size is listed in Mbytes.

Used size (Mbytes) The size of the memory in use is listed in Mbytes.

Free size (Mbytes) The size of remaining memory is listed in Mbytes.

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Server Status(6/11)

File System

Search the file system usage rate of the EMS service and can set the threshold

value.

Searching the Usage Rate of the File System

– Threshold to issue the file system status alarm

– File system status searching period

– Current Status of the file system

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Server Status(7/11)

Searching the Threshold Value of the File System



displayed.

Setting the Threshold Value of the File System


Item Description

Resource Types of the file system

Current status (%) Current usage rate of the file system

Total size (Mbytes) The size of the entire file system is listed in Mbytes.

Used size (Mbytes) The size of the file system in use is listed in Mbytes.

Free size (Mbytes) The size of the remaining file system is listed in Mbytes.

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Database

Database information of the EMS server can be searched and thresholds can be set

in „Database‟.

Searching the Database Usage Rate

– Threshold to issue a database status alarm

– Database status searching period

– Current status of the database

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Server Status(9/11)

Searching the Threshold of the Database



displayed.

Setting the Database Threshold


Item Description

Resource Types of database

Current status (%) Current usage rate of database

Total size (Mbytes) The size of the entire database is listed in Mbytes.

Used size (Mbytes) The size of the database in use is listed in Mbytes.

Free size (Mbytes) The size of the remaining database is listed in Mbytes.

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Server Status(10/11)

Resource Monitoring

Shows the status progress of CPU and memory.

Monitoring Resources

– Select Interval from the window button, then select Start.

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Server Status(11/11)

Resource Statistics

Provides the searching function for hourly, daily, and monthly statistics for the usage

(%) of EMS resources such as CPU, file system, memory, and database.

Resource Statistics Search

– Select resources to search for in the „Resource type‟ field of the settings table.

– Select a name to search for in the „Resource name‟.

– Select a desired statistics type in the „Statistics type‟.

– Set the search period in the „Period‟.

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Database

Log Management

Set the PM, FM, and SM raw data, the saving period of the hourly, daily and

monthly statistics data, and also automatically delete the data.

Searching and Changing the Save Period for Database Log Information

– The saving period information currently specified for FM, PM and SM data will be displayed.

– The storage cycle can be changed after you modify the data storage cycle and then press

the [Set] button.

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Self-Diagnostic(1/2)

Search the RMI, DB connection status, and event channel status of the

processes operated in the EMS server.


Process Name Name of process

DB Status The connection status between the process and database is displ

ayed as when normal, and when abnormal.

RMI Status The connection status between the process and RMI is displayed

as when normal, and when abnormal.

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Searching the Process Diagnosis Status

– Database connection status and RMI connection status by process are displayed.

– The connection status is displayed as normal and abnormal.

– Click the [Test] button in the window to test the status and to refresh the window.

Searching the Event Channel Diagnosis Status

– The event channel status is displayed in the result table.

– The event channel is displayed as normal and abnormal.

– Click the [Test] button in the window to test the status and to refresh the window.


Process Name Name of process

DB Status The connection status between the process and database is displ

ayed as when normal, and when abnormal.

RMI Status The connection status between the process and RMI is displayed

as when normal, and when abnormal.

Item Description

Publisher Process which distributes events

Link Status The connection status between processes is displayed as

when normal, and when abnormal.

Subscriber Process which receives events

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Log Viewer

View the content of a log file in the LSM server.

Searching per time function and the searching per message function, respectively.

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Security Management

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User Management(1/3)

User Management

Set, search, change, and delete the user ID, user information, authority to use and

scope of use.

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Searching Users

– Currently registered user information is displayed in the result table.

– Detailed user information is displayed on the right side of the window.

– Click the [Search] button to refresh the user information.


User ID User ID

Privilege User Level. The level includes Security Administrator, System Adm

inistrator, Manager, Operator and Guest.

Status User’s status-Enable/Disable/Lockout.

Group Information of group to which the user belongs.

Login Type Possibility of accessing with the same ID from different sessions at

the same time. If it is set as Single, it is unable to access with the s

ame ID but if it is set as Multiple, users can login as many times as

the designated number of sessions.

Last Login IP IP of the last access

Last Login Time Time of the last access

Managing Node Managing node

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Changing Password

changing the user password

Security > Change password


Old Password Password for current login

Password New password

Re-Password Confirm the new password

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Group Management(1/2)

Make Network Element Group and manage it.

– Security > Group manager


Group Name Name of a network group

Available Elements Available network configuration elements are displayed in

tree view

Selected Elements Selected elements from the Available Elements items.

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Group Management(2/2)

※ If there is a user assigned to the group, you cannot delete the group.

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IP Management(1/2)

Manage the login authorization by client IP address and the number of

available shared sessions.

Security > IP Manager


IP Address Client IP Information

Login Allowance Determines whether or not to permit the login. If it is set to Allow

, login from the registered IP is allowed but if it is set to Deny, lo

gin from the registered IP is not allowed.

Sessions If the Login Allowance has been set to Allow, it represents the m

aximum number of shared sessions (Max = 20).

Description IP Description

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※ if the Login Allowance is set to Deny, the client that was being operated in the IP address is forced to terminate.※ If any client is currently operated in the IP address being deleted, the client is forced to terminate.

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Login History(1/2)

History

Search the user‟s login and logout history using the „History‟ function.

EMS server to operate the system and information of the user set the current

session.


User ID The account information of the logged in user


Login Time The time when the user logged in

Logout Time The time when the user logged out

Success/Fail User access succeeded or failed

Login Fail Reason If failed, the reason for the login failure.

Logout Status Logout type

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Login History(2/2)

Logon Session

You can search the information of the user who logged into the EMS server, and if

necessary, you can forcefully terminate the session

Forced Termination of the Logged on Session

– Select an item to terminate the logged in session.

– Click [Delete] button.


User ID The account information of the logged in user

Privilege Privilege of a login user


Login Time The time when the user logged in

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Operation History

Operation History

Various operation histories can be searched from the database of the EMS server.

Search conditions : user ID, Function, Message, Command and Period.


User ID ID of a login user

Target Target of a command

Function A separator of the EMS block using the command

Message A separator of command type

Request Time Time of requesting a command

Response Time Time of completion of a command

IP Address Client IP address that performed the command

Command Command executed

Result Result of the command execution

Fail Reason Reason for failed command

Additional Info. Parameter used upon command execution

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Help

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Help

view the information of the EMS server

Sever version

Sever copyright

Management targets of the server

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Documents

Chap 5. LSM Overview and Practice