H7GMSW-CS User's Manual

H7GMSW-CSNetwork Management Software

Users Manual

Beijing Huahuan Electronics Co. Ltd.

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Product Name: H7GMSW-CS Network Management SoftwareManual Version: 1.0Last Update: 2007. 7

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IndexH7GMSW-CS ....................................................................................................1Network Management Software ......................................................................1

Chapter 1 Overview ......................................................................................11.1 H7GMSW-CS Overview.........................................................................1

1.2 H7GMSW-CS Specification .............................................................21.2.1 H7GMSW Network Management Software Has the FollowingMain Features:.........................................................................................21.2.2 Excellent System Structure ............................................................31.2.3 Topology Management Function....................................................31.2.4 Faulty Management Function.........................................................31.2.5 Flexible Security Management Function........................................41.2.6 Unified resource administration function.......................................4

1.3 System Deployment ................................................................................41.4 Communication Protocol ........................................................................51.5 Operation Environment ...........................................................................5

Chapter 2 Software Installation...........................................................................62.1 Overview.................................................................................................62.2 Preparation before installation ................................................................62.3 Installation of software in one PC...........................................................62.4 Installation of independent Server terminal ............................................72.5 Installation of independent Client terminal .............................................7

Chapter 3 Interface Description ..........................................................................83.1 Main interface .........................................................................................83.2 main menu...............................................................................................9

3.2.1 system.............................................................................................93.2.2 Topology.......................................................................................203.2.3 Network........................................................................................20

3.2.3.1 Menu introduction...........................................................................203.2.3.2 SNCP Control..................................................................................213.2.3.3 Orderwire Telephone System Setting... ...........................................213.2.3.4 Setting of clock and Query... ...........................................................223.2.3.5 Error Code Counting and Bit Error Rate (BER) .............................233.2.3.6 Set Real Time Clock........................................................................23

3.2.4 Network Element..........................................................................243.2.4.1 Card Supervisory Control................................................................25

3.2.4.2 Confirming Current Configuration..................................................263.2.4.3 Setting Real Time Clock... ..............................................................263.2.4.4 BER test... .......................................................................................273.2.4.5 VLAN Configuration... ...................................................................283.2.4.6 SDH capability alarm threshold ......................................................283.2.4.7 User bind... ......................................................................................293.2.4.8 Find... ..............................................................................................303.2.4.9 Dip Switch Status ............................................................................30

3.2.5 Failure ..........................................................................................31Clearing Equipment Alarm....................................................................343.2.6 Performance .................................................................................353.2.7 View .............................................................................................513.2.8 Help..............................................................................................53

3.3 Main Toolbar .........................................................................................53Chapter 4 Operation Guide ...............................................................................54

4.1 Start the syetem.....................................................................................544.1.1 Start Server ...................................................................................544.1.2 Start SuperClient ..........................................................................544.1.3 Start Client....................................................................................55

4.2 Close system .........................................................................................554.2.1 Close client...................................................................................554.2.2 Close server ..................................................................................55

Chapter 5 Security Management .......................................................................575.1 Management Authority..........................................................................575.2 User Management .................................................................................585.3 Login .....................................................................................................585.4 Change Password ..................................................................................58

Chapter 6 Topology Management .....................................................................596.1 Primary Definition ................................................................................596.2 Function Introduction............................................................................60

6.2.1 Establishment of Subnet...............................................................606.2.2 Configuration of Services.............................................................63

6.3 Interface View .......................................................................................676.3.1 Topology View .............................................................................676.3.2 Physical View...............................................................................676.3.3 Customer Index ............................................................................68

Chapter 7 Performance Management ................................................................69

7.1 Error Code Counting and Bit Error Rate (BER) ...................................697.2 Performance supervision time...............................................................697.3 Performance card enable control...........................................................697.4 Performance Information ......................................................................707.5 Performance Threshold .........................................................................707.6 Ethernet Performance............................................................................707.7 Historic Data Analysis...........................................................................70

Chapter 8 Failure Management .........................................................................718.1 Primary Conception ..............................................................................71

8.1.1 Definition .....................................................................................718.2 Function Description.............................................................................72

8.2.1 Alarm Item Color Management....................................................728.2.2 Alarm Level Management ............................................................728.2.3 Alarm Sound Management ...........................................................738.2.4 Set/clear alarm mask ....................................................................74

8.3. Display .................................................................................................748.3.1 Equipment Icon Display...............................................................748.3.2 Equipment Interface Display........................................................758.3.3 Alarm Information Display ..........................................................768.3.4 Alarm Prompt Message ................................................................76

8.4 Alarm Information Query......................................................................78Information list......................................................................................78

Chapter 9 Appendix...........................................................................................79

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Chapter 1 Overview

1.1 H7GMSW-CS Overview

H7GMSW network management software is specially designedby our company for management of various transmission equipmentand terminal equipment manufactured, including MSTP equipment,SDH transmission equipment, DSL equipment, and PCM terminalequipment etc. Windows graphical interface both in Chinese andEnglish is adopted which is easy to learn and operate, and has clearand straight forward alarm indications. The software is an importanttool for daily maintenance and testing of network and equipment.

H7GMSW-CS Management system provides below function1 Topology Management Display network topology structure

with graphic mode. Organize and manage various networknodes and connection between them.

2 Faulty Management Collect and manage all networkequipments of Beijing Huahuan Electronica Co., Ltd. Alarminformation. Provide query, filtrate, stat., transmitting, phonicalarm function.

3 Performance Management Provide SDH performancemanagement function. Through H7GMSW-CS, the user mayinquire all interior history register value of the NE.

4 Security Management Support multi administrationaccounts provide authorized divisional security managementfunction. Detailed system/equipment operation log isconvenient to control operation purview.

5 Resource Management Centralized manage networkresource information, network clients information and therelative relations between resource and clients.

6 Log Management Completed log management includessystem operation log, equipment operation log, and systemevent performance management function in order to track the

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status and maintain system.More over, H7GMSW-CS management system provides networkconfiguration management and element configurationmanagement.

1.2 H7GMSW-CS Specification

At present, management capability of H7GMSW covers acomplete set of equipment manufactured by our company, i.e. all ourequipment can be managed in a centralized manner under the sameenvironment, so as to save user investment in manpower and materialresources as well as management costs.

1.2.1 H7GMSW Network Management Software Has the

Following Main Features:

l Centralized monitoring at central computer (key station).Two communication interfaces are adopted between keystation and monitored equipment: 4-line RS485 interface and TABS communication

protocol; Ethernet interface and TCP/IP communication protocol,

satisfying Q3 interface protocol requirements;l Hierarchical management mode is adopted, i.e.

area>subnet>equipment>unit panel, with clear managementlevels, straight forward alarms, as well as fast and convenientquery.

l Monitored equipment form several subnets, each of which isallocated with a definite subnet address and has a node (mainstation or main equipment) connected to the key station. Allsubnet and equipment far from the key station can realizecross-network (area) supervision and management throughtransmission channels or shared monitoring channels.

l This software can also be installed on portable computer, sothat in any node, it can monitor all equipment of this subnetin some certain monitoring method.

l For equipment with self-healing ability, self-healing adopts



distributed control mode, i.e. supervisory control units ofeach stations equipment cooperate to fulfill self-healingoperation of the network without intervention by key station.After preliminary setting, monitored network and equipmentcan operate independent from key station and user can decideaccording to his needs whether key station and networkmanagement software shall be adopted.

l The software program with high density and efficiency hasvery small requirement of system resources, and it canoperate on any Windows WindowsXP Windows2000WindowsNT) platform.

1.2.2 Excellent System Structure

1 H7GMSW-CS system adopts three layers of distributed systemstructure data base ----server---- client .2 Supports SNMP.3 Supports MySQL.

1.2.3 Topology Management Function

1 Network Topology layout management, e.g. tree, ring, startopology.

2 Set up network topology view by operator. The user canestablish topology node and various connections between these nodesthrough topology management.

3 Prompt search and orientation of managed node according toIP address or the name of node.

4 Provide network topology tree view.

1.2.4 Faulty Management Function

1 Support all models from Beijing Huahuan Electronics Co.,Ltd. Alarm reporting.

2 Real time monitoring the status of every node and refurbishview.

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3 Monitoring network occurred failure currently and real timerenew network node faulty status.

4 Reporting completed faulty information and exact faultyorientation.

5 Powerful alarm query function based on various alarm grade,alarm time, alarm fountain.

6 H7GMSW-CS has also provided the multimedia soundwarning function. When alarm occurs, user may hear different soundsthat are previous defined.

1.2.5 Flexible Security Management Function

1 Decentralized and regional security management can realizeauthorization for different user to manage different equipments.

2 Monitoring and tracking operators work status throughdetailed user operation log and system operation log.

1.2.6 Unified resource administration function

1 Provide unified resource information.2 Provide the customer information administration function.

Query and stat. the status of network resource occupied convenientlythough establishing relations between network resource and clients.

1.3 System Deployment

H7GMSW-CS system adopts three layers of distributed systemstructure data base ----server---- client.

1 DataBase: It Adopts MySQL data base management systemand it is in charge of memory administration information.

2 H7GMSW Server: it performs various system service.Receiving the event reporting, allocation command and data queryrequest. Accomplishing various transaction processing logics and



providing interface for other system.

3. Client GUI submitting service request and display information.Reality adopts two ways to carry out deployment: Distributed

deployment way or stand-alone deployment way. By runninginstallation program, above-mentioned two ways of installation anddeployment can be realized.

1.4 Communication Protocol

H7GMSW adopts two types monitoring method: networkinterface monitoring and serial port monitoring. Network interfacemonitoring adopts SNMP protocol or MSDH protocol, while serialport monitoring adopts MSDH protocol or TABS protocol.

1.5 Operation Environment

Hardware environment:CPU Intel Pentium 1GHz or above;Memory: above 512 M;Hard disk space: 40 G;Spare RS232 port;10M/100M network adapter (Ethernet monitoring);CDROM driver, mouse and monitoring lines .etc.

Software environment:

Windows platform (Windows 2000, or WindowsXP.)

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Chapter 2 Software Installation

2.1 Overview

After H7GMSW Beijing Huahuan Electronics released H7MGSW-CSversion. Through H7GMSW-CS installation process H7GMSW-CS systemcan be deployed completely. This chapter will describe how to set up anddeploy H7GMSW-CS.

2.2 Preparation before installation

Before installation H7GMSW-CS, please confirm the following items:

1 Before installation H7GMSW-CS, please confirm H7GMSW-CS hasnot been installed before in your computer. If it has been installed already,please uninstall in advance.

2 Before installation H7GMSW-CS, please confirm MySQL databasehas not been installed before in your computer. If it has been installed already,please uninstall in advance.

3 If your computer has installed network safety software, e.g. NortonInternet Security, please break off the software during installation process inorder to install H7GMSW-CS properly. Please start network security softwareagain after installation.

2.3 Installation of software in one PC

Under this mode, client terminal, server and database are deployed in thesame computer. This mode is good for small network and less network nodes.Comparatively, this mode is the most economic method.

1 MySQL software should be installed before the installation of Server.The username of MySQL system is root; the password is root as well. Pleasechoose gbk as language choice and meanwhile create environment variables.

2 During Server installation, we suggest to choose typical installation.If choosing user-defined installation, Server and Client software will install



together.

3 After installation, installation software will set up H7GMSW databasein MySQL database automatically and start initializing.

2.4 Installation of independent Server terminal

1 MySQL software should be installed before installation Server. Theusername of MySQL system is root; the password is root as well. Please choosegbk as language choice and meanwhile create environment variables.

2 During installation Server, we suggest to choose typical installationand choose to install Server.

3 After installation, installation software will set up H7GMSW databasein MySQL database automatically and start initializing.

2.5 Installation of independent Client terminal

1 During installation Client, we suggest to choose typical installation ,choose client and close Server.

2 To install Client user needs not install MySQL database software.

3 After Client installation, MySQL database will not create?H7GMSW?database.

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Chapter 3 Interface Description

3.1 Main interface

Client adopts multilevel-view management .Each level view shows level ofdifferent logic. Interface will appear as shown in Fig. 3.1-1:

Fig. 3.1-1 main interfaceMain view includes the following view element:

1 Menu bar it is at the top of the main window and provides operationby menu.

2 Tool bar it is at the bottom of the menu bar and provides operation bybutton. The system has three kinds of tool bars : object tool bar, net element toolbar and warning tool bar. User can control the tool bar according to his owndemand.

3 Status bar it is at the bottom of the main window and providesinformation which contains socket connection, serial port connection, status ofreceiving and sending and current time etc.

4 Topology view it is at the most left of the main window and it is treestructure. Its layer is system-area-network-equipment. Double clicking the nodeof different layer, there will be the corresponding view at the right view.



Topology tree view and customers resource can cut over mutually. Clientsresource provides the operation of client management, the resource ofequipment interface and client binding.

5 View there are four layers of view totally. Dblclicking the node oftopology tree view at different layer, it will display corresponding view at theright view, such as system view, area view, network view and equipment view.

6 Window there are five kinds of window: information window,warning window, correlative equipment, fiber link and operation log.

3.2 main menu

Main menu includes system, topology, network, net element, malfunction,performance, examining and help etc. The following will introduce themenu one by one.

3.2.1 system

Use explaining of the every submenu in the main menu as shown in 3.1Table 3.1 system menu

Name of menu Specification

Connection settingsand options

Manage TCP/IP connections betweenequipments Ethernet interface andconsole computer

Query queuemanagement

Set communication connection mode andsystem operating parameters betweensupervisory control system and monitoredequipment.

Query control &option

Set normal inquiry and relevantinformation.

Save Save users settings to the file.

Superclient

Database Backup andRecovery

Backup and recover the information ofdatabase configuration.

Change password Modify password of current user.

Users add delete user modify the passwordpopedom area popedom.Data dump Data dump and recordExit Exit the NMS

Then we will introduce the function of the systems menu in detail.



3.2.1.1 Super client

Only the super client can see this menu, the common user does not have thismenu.

3.2.1.1.1 Connection settings and options

Command System_ Super client_ Connection settings and options

This command is used to manage TCP/IP connections betweenequipment that supports Ethernet interface and key station computer, e.g.network cards and port addresses used. After executing this command, dialogbox will come up as shown in Fig. 3.2.1-1 ?.

Click "add" button, then dialog box comes up as shown in Fig. 3.2.1-2."Select all", "Add", "Edit", "Remove", "Enable" and "disable" button can makemodification to equipment information in the list. Only after selecting theinformation in the list, "Add", "Edit", "Remove", "Enable" and "disable,Connect", "Disconnect" button will be in usable status. You can set "auto restoreconnection interval". If you want to save this "Query before auto resume."setting, click "Apply" button; otherwise click "Close" button, dialog box will beclosed and no change will be made to "Query before auto resume.

In the dialog box shown in Fig. 3.2.1-2, you can select "network adaptor" inthe pull-down list, and fill in the IP address of the monitored equipment. If youwant to enable it, ensure that "enable" check box is selected. If you expect thatupon startup, the system automatically restores to the correct connectionexisting when the system is exit last time, please select "Auto restore connectionwhen startup" check box. If you expect that the system automaticallyre-establish connection when accidental TCP/IP connection interruption isdetected, please select "Auto Connect when broken" check box.



Fig. 3.2.1-1

Fig. 3.2.1-2

3.2.1.1.2 Query queue management...

Command System Super user end Query queue managementThis command is used to set communication connection mode and system

operating parameters between supervisory control system and monitoredequipment. The Query queue management command is used to set supervisorycontrol switch of subnet or equipment (query or not query) and supervisorycontrol mode (local RS485 supervision or remote RS485 supervision) etc. This



command affects polling task arrangement of the system. Query control &option is used to change operating mode of the supervisory control system.

After execution of Option->Queue management command, the dialog box asshown below Fig. 3.2.1-3 appears. In this dialog box, the list box lists objects ofwhich polling is required. For transmission network, a subnet is a queryingobject; while for digital subscriber loop, a node or equipment is a query object.This list box is a standard Windows choice box with expansion style and permitsselection of multiple items. Operating mode of this dialog box permits "firstselect, then operate" mode, i.e. you can select object first and set it later.

Fig. 3.2.1-3"Query switch" is used to set an object selected as or not as a query object

during system arrangement of polling tasks, so as to include it in or exclude itfrom daily query task queue.

Query Channel is used to set connection mode between key stationcomputer and monitored equipment, i.e. Ethernet port, RS231 port or RS485interface connection.

For RS231 port connection, there is only one system polling object, i.e. thefirst "Query Channel" in query queue is set as query object of "RS232". At thistime, even when query channels of many objects are set as "RS232", the systemwill query only one of them.



For RS485 connection, all objects in query queue which are not set as"RS232" will be included in query task; hence it can be queried by the system.Therefore, when Query Channel is set as "RS232", there is only one queryobject; while "RS485", there can be more query objects.

For "Ethernet", equipments and console are connected through Ethernetports; therefore once there is a piece of equipment in a certain subnet connectedthe console, all the equipments in this subnet will have a chance to be queried bythe system.

"Query channel" is used to specify communication path between queryobject and key station computer. If query channel of an object is set as "RS232",this object can only be queried when Query Channel is also set as "RS232". Ifquery channel of an object is set as "local 485" or "remote 485", this object canonly be queried when Query Channel is set as "RS485". Similarly, if querychannel of an object is set as "Ethernet", this object can only be queried whenQuery Channel is set as "Ethernet"

"Remote 485" connection mode refers to the situation where consolecomputer and monitored equipment are not at the same location and there is nodirect information transmission path between them (e.g. optic cable or otherusable data channel), and supervisory control information of remote equipmentmust be forwarded by a local equipment (in the same location as the remoteequipment) that has direct information path with key station computer, so as toestablish information path with key station computer. This informationforwarding mode is called "remote 485 connections". At present Huahuan H700,H760 and H900 equipments provide this information forwarding capability, butthere are some differences in their ways of implement. H700 and H760equipments execute forwarding via secondary encapsulation while H900equipment adopts routing method.

In queue management dialog box, "Priority" column specifies querypriority of query objects. The larger the value, the higher the priority, and hencemore queries made in unit time.

Only in the situation shown below, connection mode could be modifiedsuccessfully:

Fig. 3.2.1-4



Console is connected with SDH equipment, and when monitoringequipment X via "remote 485", SDH2 and X must be connected via 485 datacable, and notifies SDH2 by setting relative command using networkmanagement.

For example, SDH2 is H9MOLMF and IP address is 192.192.4.1; X isH5DSL-60 series and address is 30.1.

Choose Query Channel according to monitored equipment and "Querychannel" choose "remote 485". Click "Modify" button, the dialog box appearedas shown in figure below. Input information as below, and click "OK", thenreturn to queue management dialog box, after clicking "Setting" button consolecould monitor X equipment through "remote 485".

3.2.1.1.3 Query control & option...

Command: System ?Super user end ?Query control & option

This command will cause the following dialog box show in Fig.3.2.1-5.

"Threshold of no response (min.)" specifies no equipment response alarmthreshold in minutes. When the system fails to receive equipment reportinginformation in a specified period of time, connection between this equipmentand the system is deemed lost and "no equipment response alarm" will begenerated. Value of this threshold is directly related to number of objectsmanaged and interval of normal state query. The more object being managedand the longer the interval, the higher the threshold value is. When the thresholdis defined as 0, no such alarm will be generated.

"Polling" specifies at what interval (ms) the system will query amanagement object. The shorter the period is, the worse the system response touser. Beside, long period has adverse effect on timely collection of alarms. Thisvalue is usually set at ms level; default value is 2s.

"Supervision reporting ringing" specifies that ringing will be initiated eachtime the system receives an equipment reporting message.

"Close/open query" button can close or open normal state query system.Closing of normal state query system will stop collection of equipment alarmsand may cause "No equipment response alarm"

When the system detects an alarm, if you want an audio alarm, please select"Sound to Alarm" check box; at the same time, you can also specify the audiofile to be played (as the figure below). Note: To realize this function, thecomputer must have a correctly installed sound card and be connected to soundbox, which shall be tuned to suitable volume.

When the system detects an alarm, if you want to have supervisory control



system window currently in minimized operation automatically opened, pleaseselect "Open it when Minimized" check box (as the figure below), otherwise theicon of the minimized supervisory control system will start blinking.

When the system detects an alarm, if you want to display supervisory controlsystem window above all other windows, select "Bring to Front" check box (asthe figure below).

To save modification made, click "OK" button.To cancel, click "Cancel" button.

Fig. 3.2.1-5

3.2.1.1.4 Save settings

Command System Super user end SaveThe settings will be save to the installation path

ServerOption\H7GMSW-CS.ini by executing the command.

3.2.1.1.5 Database backup and Restore

Command System Super user end database backup and restore

This command is used for system data file backup and recover. The UIshows as Fig. 3.2.1-6.

Backup Backup the information of the network management settings ofthe Mysql database to specified directory. Directories could be default directory



specified by system or those specified by user . Create a file, and the format ofthe file is h7bkup-****-****-******.sql, in which * saidYear/Month/Day/Hour/ minute/Second. The * said when the file is created. Forexample h7bkup-2007-0125-110526.sql

Restore Restore the settings information of the specified file .sql to thecurrent database.

Note: this operation will delete settings information of the current database,and read-in the settings information of the .sql file to the database.

Fig. 3.2.1-6

3.2.1.2 Change Password

Command: System>Modify password

Fig. 3.2.1-7

This command is used to modify password. User can consider periodicalmodification of the password according to situations.

Enter existing password in the "Password" column of the dialog box andthen new password in the "New" column (note case of letters). Then enter thenew password again in the "OK" column, which shall be consistent with that



entered in the "New" column. Click "OK" to initiate the new password;otherwise click "Cancel" to continue using old password.

When no user has logged-in the system, this command is used to modifysystem control password.

Note: Securely remember your password. If network administrator forgetshis password, contact system administrator; if the latter forgets his, contactspecial system administrator (root); if root user forgets his, contact our company.

3.2.1.3 User Management

Command: System->Users

For user management, user must have management authority and correctlylog into management system (see section 3.3 for method of logging). Thiscommand is gray if authority is not high enough or logging is incorrect.

After executing this command, user management dialog box pops up asshown as in Fig.3-1.

Fig. 3.2.1-8Existing users and their properties are listed in user management dialog

box. (Note: only users who can be managed by current login user i.e. users withlower authority than login user, are listed.)

Add User



Fig.3.2.1-9

If you want to add new users, click Add button on user managementinterface, and input new users name and password into user dialog inbox(password and confirmation password shall be consistent and it is case sensitive).Confirm new users authority (SA can add NA and NM, while NA can only addNM), then click OK button after correct input to add a new user, otherwiseclick Cancel to cancel add operation.Delete User

If you want to delete a user, first select this user in the list box and thenclick "Delete" button.

3.2.1.4 Data dump...

Command: System->data dump...



Fig. 3.2.1-10

1) There is a tree chart in the left. It shows the datatype which needs to berecorded and stored.

2) Corresponding value of the type in the left will be displayed in the right.

a) Overflow dump the capacity of the dump data, including currentalarm and history alarm.

b) Periodcal dump if the user set periodcal dump, the data will bedumped every certain days. The period can be set the users. If the datareach the threshold but not reach the period limitation, the data willalso be recorded.

c) Path. The data to be recorded will be stored in the path $server$/Log/AlarmLog for the alarm . That is path for the alarm log. Thefile type is .txt.



3.2.1.5 Exit

Command System Exit

After executing this command, this programme in the task manager endand network management interface will exit.

3.2.2 Topology

Fig. 3.2 shows the explaining of the function of each submenu in mainmenus topology menu.

Fig. 3.2 Topology menuMenu name Function explaining

Add area Add an areaDelete area Delete the area selectedAdd network Add a networkDelete network Delete the network selectedAdd equipment Add an equipmentDelete equipment Delete the equipment selectedAdd connection Add a connection lineDelete connection Delete the connection line selected

Then we will explain the function of each topology menu in detail.

3.2.3 Network

3.2.3.1 Menu introduction

Table. 3.3 shows the function explaining of each network submenu in mainmenu.

Table. 3.3 Network menuMenu name Function explaining

SDH service Configuration Configure SDH equipment serviceSNCP control Configure equipments SNCP serviceOrderwire TelephoneSystem Setting

Set and query the telephone number ofOrderwire telephone in the network.

Clock setting and Query Show the clock status of the equipment andclock PRI in the network.

Query error code number Lookup the error code number of each node inthe network.Setting Real Time Clock Query and set the real time clock of each node in



the network.;

3.2.3.2 SNCP Control...

Command Network-> SNCP Control...

Now the fuction is just supported by H9MOLMXS. Other devices will getthe following information column:

Fig. 3.2.3-1Details can be got from the Users Manual of H9MOLMXS.

3.2.3.3 Orderwire Telephone System Setting...

Command Network Telephone system settings...Supervisory control of orderwire phone subsystem of larger scale

transmission subnet can be realized, including monitoring of orderwire phoneoff-hook/on-hook conditions of each node, control of orderwire break-inauthority of a node, or set it to hotline telephone that will call automatically atoff-hook, so as to control orderwire telephone meeting. Some types ofequipment allow software setting and query of telephone number of nodeorderwire. Supervisory control of subnet orderwire phone subsystem can berealized by command Network-> Telephone System Settings. We introduce useand operation of the GUI below.

Select the pull-down list: Network(N)/ Telephone System Settings , then thetelephone system setting dialog box related to such network shows up:

For a subnet which consists of equipments of H9MOLMF and H9MOLMXtypes, the dialog box comes up as below:



Fig.3.2.3-2"Set" button: select certain equipment, and then set its orderwire telephone.

"Query" button: select certain equipment, and then query its orderwire telephone."Set subnet" button: Set the order telephones of all equipments in the subnet."Query subnet" button: Query order telephones of all equipments in the subnet.Different equipments could not be set to same number, and could not be set tothe number currently used by other equipment.

3.2.3.4 Setting of clock and Query...

Command Network Clock setting and Query...

Normally, the main node is set as main clock while all other nodes willextract this clock. According to different types of equipment, type of clock andcontents of setting can differ. If setting requirements are not met or selection ifincorrect, H7GMSW-CS-CS will give alarms in a timely manner (user is notpermitted to modify gray parts in the dialog box; the reason may be that theequipment does not support such modification or current network configurationis not suitable).

Method of operations related to this command is not described here; pleaserefer to equipment manual.

Note: Incorrect clock setting may paralyze the whole network or causeabnormal operation. Do not use this command if operator is not completelyfamiliar with network configuration.



3.2.3.5 Error Code Counting and Bit Error Rate (BER)

Error code count is the number of accumulated error codes for binary codesin transmission system. Bit error rate (BER) is the error ratio for binary codes intransmission system, which is approximately equal to PE = Ne/N (error codecount divided by total code count)

1 Bit error rate is a system parameter to measure the transmissionreliability in normal work state.

2 For an actual data transmission system, it could not be say that more lowerBER is surely better. User should establish BER requirement according toactual transmission requirement. With a determinate data transmission speed,the BER is lower, then the transmission system equipment is more complexand the cost is much higher.

User can query error code count in equipment disk dialog box, as well asexecuting the following command to query.

Command: Network> Query Error Code Counting

With Network->Query Error Code Counting command you can checkaccumulated transmission error codes of each node on a subnet. In case ofsporadic error codes in transmission, you can use this command to find source oferror codes so as to locate potential hazard or failure such as falling optic power,lowed reception sensitivity and increased transmission loss etc.

Select pull-down menu Network (N) Query Error Code Counting?, andthen the cursor turns to . Move cursor to the network to be monitored in errorcode, and click left mouse key after the line standing for network connectionturning to yellow, then an error code count dialog box for the subnet will appear.The dialog box will different with each other for different equipment.

Click left mouse key on "Reset" button to clear accumulated error codes ofall nodes on the subnet and reset the counter. "Query" button is used toimmediately find out error code count of each node and Query Subnet buttonis used to query error code count of all equipment in the subnet. "Timed Query"button is used to automatically check error code count on a fixed interval.

Please refer to user manual for more error code query of specificequipment.

3.2.3.6 Set Real Time Clock...

At present, Set Runtime clock only realizes on H9MOLMX, H9MOLMFseries. Use this command to query and set real time clock of equipment.

Command Network Set Runtime Clock...This command is executed for a subnet. After executing, a dialog box then



comes up. Show as Fig. 3.2.3-3.

3.2.3-3"Current time": show the real time according to console;"Set": set current time into equipment clock of the whole subnet;"Query": Query clock time from equipment of the whole subnet and show

it in the list.

3.2.4 Network Element

Fig. 3.4 explains the function of each Network Element submenu of themain menu.

Fig. 3.4 Network MenuMenu name Function explaining

Card Supervisory Control Query alarms and configuration on a unitcard

Confirming Current Configuration confirm current system hardwareconfiguration;

Setting Real Time Clock Query and configure the real time clock ofnetwork element

BER test Set the function of the equipments BERtest.

VLAN configuration Set equipments VLAN configurationinformation.

SDH capability alarm threshold Set threshold value of the SDH capabilityalarm.

User bind Bind the information between user andequipment interface.lookup Go to the view of the equipment lookup



Then we introduce the function of each network element menu in detail.

3.2.4.1 Card Supervisory Control...

Command Network Element (NE) Unit Card SupervisoryControl

Fig. 3.2.4-1This command is used to query alarms on a card of target Network Element

and can initiate relevant test function. After execution this command, cursorchanges to , click left mouse key on the card of target equipment to viewvarious alarms associated with this disk. To cancel this operation, press "Esc".

Most contents of network element level supervisory control are centralizedon card of network element. Each card corresponds to a dialog box that managesinformation associated with this disk.

Shortcut: double click left mouse key on the card of target equipment.



3.2.4.2 Confirming Current Configuration

Command: Network Element(NE) Confirm current configurationThis command is used to confirm current system hardware configuration, i.e.

that current equipment configuration is correct. After execution of thiscommand, the supervisory control system will record idle cards in equipment asnormal without giving alarm; at the same time, cards not detected by the systemwill be deleted from equipment view (deletion of a card will shield all alarms onsuch disk) and no more displayed, so as to maintain consistency ofH7GMSW-CS-CS user interface with physical network and equipment.

If you want to restore display of card s deleted from equipment view, firstclear all alarms on equipment and then execute this command once more.

After execution of this command, enter equipment selection stage. Click leftmouse key on destination equipment; press "Esc" to cancel this operation.

3.2.4.3 Setting Real Time Clock...

Command Network Element(NE) Set runtime clock...This command is executed for a subnet. After executing, a dialog box then

comes up. Show as Fig. 3.2.4-2.

Fig. 3.2.4-2"Current time": show the real time according to console;"Set": set current time into equipment clock;"Query": Query clock time from equipment and show it in the list.



3.2.4.4 BER test...

Commangd Network Element(NE) ->BER testing...

Currently only H9MOLMA, H9MOLMXS support this function and otherequipments can not support. For H9MOLMA, BER test is usable only whendistributing the services, the cross connection between mistake code instrumentand E1 or optical port is established. BER test is usable not required to set theservices of H9MOLMXS equipment.

For H9MOLMA equipment, before BER testing, the step of setting serviceis as below:

1 Executenetwork configuration- SDH services configurationmenuitem open SDH service configuration dialog box;

2 Clicknewbutton. For services type, select unprotected in the opendialog box. Then select the card directory and time slot for one carddirectory in that, select E1 BER test click Add

3 Exit the dialog box of service configuration, then click download.And the service configuration is finished.

4 Clickupload button. Query service from equipment, and validatewhether the service is configured successfully.

After executing this command, a dialog box then comes up, show as Fig.3.2.4-3. It shows the records of BER testing information:

Fig. 3.2.4-3



3.2.4.5 VLAN Configuration...

Command Network Element(NE) VLAN configuration VLAN...

Currently only H9MOLMA supports this function. Only in H9MOLMAsequipment view, this menu item is usable status, otherwise, it is gray withunusable status.

3.2.4.6 SDH capability alarm threshold

Command Network Element(NE) SDH capability alarm thresholdSDH

After executing this command, a dialog box then comes up, shown as Fig.3.2.4-4. Once the SDH capability threshold is set, the alarm is reported onlywhen the capability mistake code exceeds the threshold value. Alarm isdisplayed in the dialog box of the equipment.

Series Display equipments IP address

Threshold range Display the set value area of the SDH capability alarmthreshold;

Value query Display SDH capability alarm threshold value queried fromthe network element;

Value set This control can be edited, an can modify the setting value, butthe value modified must be in the area of the threshold value;

Query Query SDH capability alarm threshold value from network element,and display in the Query value list.

Set Set the modified threshold value in the list to the network element.



Fig. 3.2.4-4

3.2.4.7 User bind...

Command NE->User BindExecuting this command will bring out a window showing the devices

name, card number, card type, interface type, interface number and usersname.

Select the users name for the pulling menu and then user can bind the infoof the system and the user by clicking on button bind.



Fig. 3.2.4-5

3.2.4.8 Find...

Command NE->Find

Click the button position , the view will switch to equipment icon.

Fig. 3.2.4-6

3.2.4.9 Dip Switch Status

Command: NE->Dip StatusThis command is used to query equipment dips status. Click this menu,

move mouse to the equipment icon, click left key, the sytem will open the DipStatus dialog, click Query button, you can get the equipment dip status.



Fig. 3.2.4-7

Note Now the fuction is only supported by LMV series includingH9MOLMV H9MOLMC H9MOLM63 H10MOC240 H10MOC480H9MOLMN H9MOLMNE H9MOLMN4E1 H9MOLMNFE.

3.2.5 Failure

3.2.5.1 Browse current alarm...

Command Failure-> Browse current alarm...

Current Alarm the alarm which has happened but hasnt been confirmed,or the alarm which has been confirmed but still exist

Historical Alarm the closed alarm that has been confirmed or theconfirmed alarm that has closed. That is, the alarm which has both closed timeand confirm time.

You will see the following window of the alarm information.



Fig 3.2.5-1

Alarm Status Include current alarm and historical alarm

Alarm Level Include urgent alarm, major alarm, minor alarm and warningalarm. Select the alarm level and click Query, all the alarms of this level willbe displayed.

Query Range The alarm of different equipment ,different network anddifferent area can be checked seperately.

If the Total Area is selected, the alarm of all the areas will be displayed.

If not, user can select the area, subnet and equipment in which the alarmoccurs.

Begin Time If the SetEnabled is selected, the begin time range of thealarm can be modified; if not, the begin time range is fixed.

End Time If the SetEnabled is selected, the end time range of the alarmcan be modified; if not, the end time range is fixed.

Query The window will display all the information of the alarm accordingto the alarm status, alarm level, query range, begin time, end time. The totalnumber of the alarms can be got at the bottom.



Select All select all the information in the list

Confirm confirm the information in the list. The command will update theConfirm Alarm list. E.g. root--2007-07-09 10 57 01 root is the users nameand 2007-07-09 10 57 01 is the confirm time.

Print print out the information in the list

Close close the dialog box

Click right mouse key on the item in the list will bring a menu. User canselect to check the equipment or card the alarm occurs to .

Note If the alarms still exist, the alarm will display the color ofcorresponding alarm level.

3.2.5.2 Browse Historical Alarm ...

Command Failure-> Browse historical alarm...

After executing the command, user will see a dialog box as fig 3.2.5-3. Theoperation details of this dialog box can be referred to 3.2.5.3 browse historicalalarm...

3.2.5.3 Set and clear alarm mask

When an alarm occurs, equipment will initiate top-of-cabinet audio/videoalarm while the supervisory control system will display the alarm on screen inset mode. H7GMSW provides the function to set alarm mask to screen knownand unnecessary alarms.

Setting of alarm mask has two meanings. First is the alarm mask inequipment. When this is set, current operating status of equipment will beregarded as normal status and all alarm items will be screened so thattop-of-cabinet audio/video alarm will not be initiated, which will be initiatedonly when an alarm other than existing alarm items occurs. Setting of equipmentalarm mask will not affect reporting of equipment alarm items to the key station.Second, when setting alarm mask, supervisory control system will also set alarmmask in key station database. After that, screened alarm items will no longercause flashing alarm of station label, functional disk or alarm sign, but will bedisplayed in normal status on user interface. The characteristic feature is thatthese screened alarm items will no longer flash; but unscreened new alarm willstill follow set alarm mode.

Command: Equipment->Set alarm mask



This command is used to set alarm mask for equipment to screenuseless alarms. After execution of this command, mouse cursor will turn to .Move cursor to the equipment to be set with alarm mask, then click left mousekey on it. A hint box will appear to show whether the setting is successful or not.

Command: Equipment->Clear alarm mask

This command is used to clear equipment alarm mask set in key stationdatabase and to restore normal display of screened alarms on key station. Butthis command is not effective to physical equipment to avoid top-of-cabinetaudio/video alarm in remote equipment room after key station carries out thisoperation, which will put personnel on duty in false alarm. Change of physicalequipment alarm mask can only be realized by setting alarm mask again aftereliminating alarm items. For instance, when current idle 2M port is put intooperation, alarm mask should be set again so that when signal of this 2Minterface is lost, it will give correct alarm.

Method to use this command is the same as that for setting alarm mask.

Clearing Equipment Alarm

Command: Advanced>Clearing equipment alarm>All area

All equipment alarms in all area will be cleared after execution of thiscommand.

Command: Advanced>Clearing equipment alarm>Active area

All equipment alarms in current active area will be cleared after executionof this command.

Command: Advanced>Clearing equipment alarm>Specific subnet

All equipment alarms in all specific subnet will be cleared after executionof this command.

Command: Advanced>Clearing equipment alarm>Specific equipment

Specific equipment alarms will be cleared after execution of this command.

3.2.5.4 Synchronize Alarm

Command: Failure> Synchronize Alarm



After executing the command, the equipment will report all the alarms.Now command only supports H9MOLMX H9MOLMF H9MOLMXS.

3.2.5.5 Alarm Icon Glitter

Command: Failure-> Alarm Icon Glitter

The command will decide whether the icon of the equipment ,network a ndarea will blink or not when alarm occurs.

3.2.5.6 Show power alarm light

Command: Failure-> Show power alarm light

Users can set the alarm light indication by this command. When alarmoccurs, the power alarm will display in different colours. Red: urgent alarm ,orange: main alarm e.g.

3.2.5.7 Show alarm color when mask

Command: Failure-> Show alarm color when mask

When the alarm is masked, all the icons will display the colour of thehighest level using this command.

3.2.6 Performance

3.2.6.1 Browse...

Command: Performance-> Browse...The command is used to check the performance of the unit card, but before

the query, user needs to set the supervision time.

Equipment display the IP address of the network element

Card display the unit card name and slot

Type display all the registers type and number

Supervision cycle 15 mins or 24 mins registers supported,

Default :15 mins



ES error code block second the second in which one error code or moreoccur

SES severe error code second the second in which more than 30%error code block occur

UAS unavailable section start after 10 sequential SES , and the UASincludes the 10 seconds

BBE background block error error occurs except UAS and SES time1. current register

Fig. 3.2.6-1

Begin time display the begin time of current register

Query send the query command to the network element according to cardtype , register type , register number, watch tim (15 mins, 24 hours)

2. history register



Fig. 3.2.6-2

Begin time display the begin time of current register

Watch Period If user selects to query from network element, the watchperiod is grey. It is available if user selects to query from the networkmanagement software.

Query If user selects to query the network element, query commands willbe sent to the histoty register according to card type, register type , registernumber, register watch time. If user selects to query from the NMS, itemscompliant with the query condition will be displayed in the list.

3. Unavailable time

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