IMC Networks IE-MultiWay, Operation Manual

Page 1: ...IE MultiWay Operation Manual ...

Page 2: ...and directions for a period of six 6 years after the original date of purchase This warranty is subject to the limitations set forth below At its option IMC Networks will repair or replace at no charge the product which proves to be defective within such warranty period This limited warranty shall not apply if the IMC Networks product has been damaged by unreasonable use accident negligence servic...

Page 3: ...guration Using the CLI 10 Saved and Current Values 11 Command List 11 Assigning IP Information 11 Password Protection for Serial Port Connections 11 Assigning SNMP Trap Destinations 12 Removing Trap Destinations 12 Creating Community Strings 12 Deleting Community Strings 13 Ending the Session 13 Rebooting the Unit 13 Enabling Disabling DHCP 13 Commands List Space Bar 14 Cleandb 15 Downloading File...

Page 4: ...on 42 Saving a Configuration File to Disk 43 Uploading a Saved Configuration File through iView2 iConfig view 45 SFP Ports 46 Hardware Wiring Specifications 46 DC Terminal Block Wiring Instructions 46 RJ 45 Data Port Pinout 47 RS 232 Serial Console Port 47 Product Applications 48 Glossary 49 Troubleshooting 51 Specifications 52 Standards Compliance 53 IMC Networks Technical Support 53 Fiber Optic ...

Page 5: ...has firmware version 123 00A1 or higher which can be downloaded from the IMC Networks site iView2 is a free software posted on the website under Support Downloads Please refer to page 4 for details The IE MultiWay requires two small form factor SFP modules which provide greater flexibility in the network environment The hot swappable nature of the SFPs available in dual strand for Multi Mode and S...

Page 6: ...Modes Bandwidth Limiting The IE MultiWay can be installed as a standalone CPE device back to back or as a Remote when connected to an iMcV Giga FiberLinX II configured as a Host As a CPE device the IE MultiWay can behave as a remote to an iMcV Giga FiberLinX II host when 1 The iMcV Giga FiberLinX II Is connected via the SFP ports on the IE MultiWay Is configured as a Host Uses firmware version A1 ...

Page 7: ...int protocol designed to verify a specific link between two directly connected devices over copper or fiber which support 802 3ah OAM One device must be configured to be an active OAM device the other a passive typically the core switch would be the active device the end device passive 802 3ah OAM provides link status remote fault detection and the ability to initiate a loopback circuit 802 1ag SE...

Page 8: ... XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Please see the SNMP Management Module manual for software configuration options iView2 iConfig view iView2 iConfig view is an in band utility created by IMC Networks used for SNMP configuration for IMC Networks SNMP manageable devices The iView2 iConfig view feature allows the following to be performed Set an IP address subnet mask and default gateway Define community s...

Page 9: ...h two DIN Rail clips a hardware option available through IMC Networks The DIN Rail clips include screws to allow the installation onto a DIN Rail Install the screws into DIN Rail clips which can be mounted parallel or perpendicular to the DIN Rail Snap the converter onto the clips To remove the converter from the DIN Rail use a flat head screwdriver into the slot to gently pry the converter from t...

Page 10: ...e for testing and line verification but does not actively carry user data When a fault is detected on the active line all customer traffic is switched to the SFP B port With non Revertive mode data is not resumed by SFP A port until SFP B fails or is disconnected 1 1 SFP Protection Revertive mode In this mode the SFP A port fiber or copper is connected through the switch to the drop ports as the m...

Page 11: ...MultiWay The IE MultiWay includes multiple powering options AC adapter The 4 terminal DC power block An optional IE Power 5V DIN Rail mount power supply extended temperature An optional IMC Networks Double USB Power Cable IE MultiWay with optional DIN Rail mount power supply Mini Serial Port A console port located next to the DIP Switch bay allows the customer to use a local RS 232 serial interfac...

Page 12: ...channel is established RJ 45 LED functions are as follows LNK ACT Glows green when a link is established on the TX port blinks green when activity is detected on the TX port FDX Glows amber when an FDX link is established on the TX port Not lit for HDX Autocross Feature for Twisted Pair Connections All fixed twisted pair ports on the IE MultiWay include AutoCross a feature that automatically selec...

Page 13: ... 9 9 Default Gateway 9 9 MIB Community 9 9 Traps Assignment 9 9 Users 9 9 Passwords 9 9 Access Level 9 9 Reboot 9 9 Frame size selection 9 9 Bandwidth Limiting 9 9 The following table presents management options configurable via iView2 iConfig view or a serial Telnet session Feature iView2 iConfig Serial Telnet PROM Software Download Upload 9 Telnet Session 9 9 Software Download Setup TFTP 9 DHCP ...

Page 14: ...l be active after reboot IP Address 10 10 10 10 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 DHCP is Not Active Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 Current Values These values are in use now IP Address 10 10 10 10 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 Community String public Access r w Press I to enter new saved parameter values Press P to change Password Press T to enter new Trap Destination Press K to remove All T...

Page 15: ...settings change their password end a session and reboot the unit NOTE It is necessary to reboot the IE MultiWay after making any modifications to the Saved Values for the changes to take effect To reboot type Reboot at the prompt on the Main Configuration screen Assigning IP Information To modify the Saved Parameter Values i e assign IP address and subnet mask press I The system prompts for the IP...

Page 16: ...ap is for SNMP version 1 or 2c and press Enter This function enables ALL of the device traps Supported traps include Link Down Link Up and Last Gasp Removing Trap Destinations To remove all trap destinations press K Press Y to continue to confirm or N to abort and remove all trap destinations Press Enter to finish This function will delete all trap destinations To selectively delete trap destinati...

Page 17: ...ault IP Address of 10 10 10 10 Changes to the Static IP Address can be added manually through iView2 iConfig view or a Console session The changes will be initiated following reboot of the module DHCP Enable Dynamic IP Addressing If a DHCP server is present on the network and DHCP is enabled the DHCP client will initiate a dialogue with the server during the boot up sequence The server will then i...

Page 18: ...tocol accounts Allows the addition for User Superuser Admin vlan Provides selection of two modes of operation to support all VLAN configurations bw Displays settings for Bandwidth configuration version Displays the unit s firmware and hardware version ifstats Displays interface statistics rmstats Displays remote monitoring RMON statistics on packets received as defined in RFC 2819 for RMON sysDesc...

Page 19: ...t option presents the second Resetting the unit to factory default values option two will delete all custom IP and other configurations performed through iView Downloading Files Firmware and or saved configuration data for the IE MultiWay can be downloaded via a TFTP connection from a central server via TFTP protocol Initiate this download via serial configuration or Telnet session To download a c...

Page 20: ...levels for CLI or Telnet account access User View status change own password and reboot Operator All User privileges mentioned above plus ability to change settings Administrator Operator privileges mentioned above plus ability to add delete accounts and reinitialize the unit to default settings cleandb VLAN Configuration The ports can be assigned as a trunk or access port ...

Page 21: ...iority through 7 highest priority NOTE When an Ethertype or VLAN ID is assigned the same values need to be configured at the end device router etc to avoid network configuration problems Operational Mode Configuration There are two modes of operation that can be configured through the Serial Telnet session Mode 1 which supports a mixture of tagged and untagged traffic and Mode 2 Extra tagging The ...

Page 22: ...given port Management to the device can be tagged or untagged Press the down arrow on the computer keyboard to access additional configuration selections WARNING If a VLAN is added to a port and is the same VLAN assigned for a tag on management traffic saving these changes will disrupt management indefinitely ...

Page 23: ...uration commands Bandwidth bw Displays settings for Bandwidth configuration SFP A B Ports Ingress Bandwidth Limit CIR Monitors the traffic entering the unit ingress discarding traffic that exceeds a fixed Committed Information Rate CIR plus Burst Allocation BA Frames are not held in queue they either meet the bandwidth limits and are accepted into the unit or they are dropped ...

Page 24: ...width Limit CIR Monitors the traffic entering the unit ingress discarding traffic that exceeds a fixed Committed Information Rate CIR plus Burst Allocation BA Frames are not held in queue they either meet the bandwidth limits and are accepted into the unit or they are dropped Max Burst Allocation size BA The BA size is specified in bits the of bits above the bandwidth limit before packets are thro...

Page 25: ...r 1 2 or 3 portions of the physical line rate Layer 1 is used to relate Bandwidth to the physical line rate where a 100BaseT Ethernet line can carry a MAX bandwidth of 100Mbps Layer 2 may be more useful when the Ethernet Frame may be carried over several different physical protocols such as SONET or SDH Only the bandwidth required by the Ethernet frame is counted making this a more consistent numb...

Page 26: ...ltiWay enter ifstats This will open a screen displaying information on packets received and transmitted as defined by MIB II standard RFC 1213 Pressing the Space Bar will refresh the data on the screen Viewing Port RMON Statistics rmstats To view port RMON Remote MONitoring statistics on the IE MultiWay enter rmstats This will display RMON information on packets received as defined in RFC 2819 for...

Page 27: ...e or some kind of identifier can be entered into the text box labeled Description Once that description is saved the identifier will be maintained even if power is interrupted to the unit Reboot Entering reboot will save settings and reboot the IE MultiWay Operation and Administration Management OAM Two modes of operations control the OAM function Passive and Active Passive mode is the default mod...

Page 28: ...ta on the screen Unit Advertise FlowC and Force FlowCtrl This is the FlowControl feature When using FlowControl functionality on any port enable Global FlowControl Then configure each port individually When using Auto Negotiation and FlowControl set Advertise FlowC to Advertise Flow and set Force FlowCtrl to Flow Auto Set Advertise FlowC to No Flow to disable FlowControl on a given port When using...

Page 29: ...ly enables Pause frames to be sent Port Configuration port Serial Telnet sessions display port status as well as allowing configuration of some port features Type port and press Enter to be taken to the Port screen From this screen view the port speed duplex and link status ...

Page 30: ...g iView2 iView is IMC Networks management software providing network management in an easy to use GUI Once iView is installed on a network management PC using a Windows operating system use the Start menu to access iView NOTE Windows SNMP services must be installed to receive traps The autoscan feature of iView will detect IMC Network devices on an active subnet and list them in the network outlin...

Page 31: ...ays settings for Bandwidth configuration Tables Display statistics tables including Unit and Port tables RMON statistics MIB II ifTable and SFP Info VLAN Provides configuration for VLAN IDs per port Advanced Reboot the module also allows boot trap delay OAM AH Configure passive and active 802 3ah OAM CFM Perform administrative configuration functions Agent Info Displays SNMP agent data ...

Page 32: ...to display modify unit information including IP address display only modification not allowed global flow control maximum frame size and OAMPDU NOTE Entering a descriptor in the Description field can make it easier to track down the source of a Trap ...

Page 33: ...29 Port Configuration Select Port Configuration to display modify port information including description and flow control Bandwidth Select Bandwidth to display configure bandwidth settings for each port ...

Page 34: ...30 Tables Select tables to display a screen from which to select the specific statistics to be viewed Select Unit and Port Tables to display the following information ...

Page 35: ... 4 094 possible priority settings are 0 lowest priority through 7 highest priority WARNING If a VLAN is added to a port and is the same VLAN assigned for a tag on management traffic saving these changes will disrupt management indefinitely ...

Page 36: ...32 Advanced Select Advanced to reboot the module OAM AH Select OAM AH to display the following screen and monitor the status configuration loopback event log and statistics ...

Page 37: ...rminate initiate Process ignore OAM Loopback is controlled by using the Loopback and Ignore Rx control parameters Selecting Initiate from the Loopback control tells the client to start a loopback process with the peer Selecting Process from the Ignore Rx control tells the client to process received loopback commands Only AH Active units can send a Loopback command to a remote unit Either Active or...

Page 38: ...hat have occurred via OAM configuration The OAM Event Log table displays a history of the threshold crossing events and non threshold crossing events that have occurred at the Ethernet OAM AH Level There is a maximum of 8 events that can be displayed When the maximum number of events is reached older entries are deleted to make room for newer entries ...

Page 39: ...for Maintenance Domains MDs Maintenance Assocations MAs and Maintenance Association End Points MEPs The page contains a list of the local MEPs and provides menu controls to access the administrative functions associated with Create Delete and List MD MA and MEP information An example of a default OAM CFM Configuration page is shown below ...

Page 40: ...create an MD select the Configure MD button to display the OAM CFM Maintenance Domain Configuration page as shown below NOTE iView2 will automatically display this page if there is no MD yet defined when the user attempts to access any other menu control Enter the MD name and select the level for the domain To cancel the MD select Delete To store the MD press Save and the screen is refreshed ...

Page 41: ...nterval to select the interval for continuity check messaging and choose Primary VID if applicable To cancel the MA without saving select Delete To store the MA select Save and the screen is refreshed For a first time configuration the next step is to create a MEP Select Add New MEP to display the OAM CFM MEP configuration page as shown below Select the MD MA enter the MEP ID select the appropriat...

Page 42: ...e current state of the MEP is shown by the color in the State column Color Description Green Correctly functioning MEP all MEP s are active and sending CCMs Red Idle state or problem associated with the MEP Yellow Not all peer MEP CCMs are being received Moving the mouse over the displayed color displays a comment giving additional information about the current state Valid comments are MEP is Idle...

Page 43: ...tion Continuity Check Enable disable CCMs and verify the number of CCMs that have been sent Instance State Details Verify the current administrative state of the MEP view the last defect identified by the MEP and view the MAC address of the MEP Peer MEPs Create List Delete Peer MEPS associated with the MEP Loopback Activate loopback and see the results of loopback operations ...

Page 44: ...40 Agent Info Select Agent Info to display SNMP agent data ...

Page 45: ...ith an iMcV Giga FiberLinX II iView2 provides support for SNMP management of the pair Several pairs can be managed via UMA through the SNMP management module on the same IP address For information or instructions on the use of Unified Management Agent UMA refer to the SNMP Management module manual Please refer to www imcnetworks com ...

Page 46: ... all configurable settings such as VLAN configurations IP Address configuration and SNMP agent settings The configuration file can be transferred from the unit to a PC and saved to disk through the iView2 iConfig view protocol The configuration file can be transferred from a PC to a unit of the same type through iView2 iConfig view or TFTP into the unit s Large File Area After the transfer is comp...

Page 47: ...43 Saving a Configuration File to Disk From the Administration Tab in iView2 iConfig view click the Save Configuration button The user is prompted for a filename ...

Page 48: ... prompted to enter any notes to the header of the saved file for future reference when uploading the file through iView2 iConfig view After the file transfer from the device to disk the user is notified of the status ...

Page 49: ...e selected the user can also view any notes that were added when the file was saved After selecting the configuration file the file upload process begins when completed the user is notified of the status and also notified that a reboot is necessary for the new configuration to become active By design the IP Address configuration currently on the device is kept intact and not overwritten by the new...

Page 50: ...ter and receive optical power This information can be accessed through the management system The SFPs must be MSA compliant and can be purchased from IMC Networks or other suppliers Hardware Wiring Specifications DC Terminal Block Wiring Instructions The IE MultiWay can also be powered with the DC terminal block From a power source connect to any one positive and any one negative terminal on the I...

Page 51: ...x mode RS 232 Serial Console Port The IE MultiWay includes an RS 232 Mini Jack for the Console port to allow the end user to launch a serial session and access a list of commands The serial port on the computer terminal should be set for 38 4K baud 8 data bits 1 stop bit no parity no flow control The F2 key functions as a Delete key on VT 100 emulators The following table lists the pin configurati...

Page 52: ...48 Product Applications For a detailed description of the product applications please refer to the IE MultiWay data sheet at http www imcnetworks com Assets DocSupport DS IE MultiWay 1102 pdf ...

Page 53: ...gnostics requiring the user to type commands rather than use a GUI CPE Customer Premises Equipment normally the end point of a leased fiber DC Direct Current DDMI Digital Diagnostic Monitor Interface A defined serial interface and data format typically used to access SFP internal information DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Used to automate configuration of computers that use TCP IP GUI Gr...

Page 54: ...MON use standardized MIB formats that allow any SNMP and RMON tools to monitor any device defined by a MIB MSA Multi Source Agreement SFP The standard an SFP must meet to be compatible in network devices NOC Network Operations and Control Center OAM Operations Administration and Maintenance OAM CFM IEEE 802 1ag Connectivity Fault Management PROM Programmable Read Only Memory SFP Small Form Factor ...

Page 55: ...ion or if using Force mode be sure speed and duplex match 3 IE MultiWay allows the end user to assign a VLAN tag to all management traffic SNMP and telnet It is important to understand that IF using telnet or iView2 to assign a VLAN tag to management traffic then as soon as this setting is saved the connectivity will be lost until the PC becomes a member of the VLAN which was assigned to managemen...

Page 56: ...pec 500mA Note that the laptop or PC USB ports must be 2 0 or greater to provide sufficient power to the unit AC wall adapter Input 100 to 240 10 VAC Output 5 VDC 2A max Operating Temperature 40 F to 185 F 40 C to 85 C DC configuration 14 F to 122 F 10 C to 50 C with AC wall adapter Storage Temperature 67 F to 257 F 55 C to 125 C Humidity 5 to 95 non condensing 0 to 10 000 ft altitude Dimensions 0...

Page 57: ...802 3u 100Base FX or SX fiber NOTE SFPs are covered by a one year warranty The optional IE 5 VDC Power Block is covered by a three year warranty IMC Networks Technical Support Tel 949 465 3000 or 800 624 1070 in the U S and Canada 32 16 550880 Europe Fax 949 465 3020 E Mail techsupport imcnetworks com Web www imcnetworks com ...

Page 58: ...between blasting with clean dry compressed air and flushing with methanol to remove particles of dirt Electrostatic Discharge Precautions Electrostatic discharge ESD can cause damage to any product add in modules or stand alone units containing electronic components Always observe the following precautions when installing or handling these kinds of products 1 Do not remove unit from its protective...

Page 59: ...bears this symbol on product or packaging must not be disposed of with unsorted municipal waste This symbol indicates that the equipment should be disposed of separately from regular household waste It is the consumer s responsibility to dispose of this and all equipment so marked through designated collection facilities appointed by government or local authorities Following these steps through pr...

Page 60: ...nformation in this document is subject to change without notice IMC Networks assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document IE MultiWay is a trademark of IMC Networks Other brands or product names may be trademarks and are the property of their respective companies Document Number 58 80121 00 A6 Preliminary February 2012 ...