Miranda CPU-ETH2, Manual To Installation And Operation

Page 1: ...Controller Card Guide to Installation and Operation M659 9900 101 3 May 2013 Miranda Technologies 3499 Douglas B Floreani St Laurent Québec Canada H4S 2C6 Tel 514 333 1772 Fax 514 333 9828 www miranda com 2013 Miranda Technologies USO RESTRITO ...

Page 2: ...ment has been tested and found to comply with the requirements of the EMC directive 2004 108 CE EN 55022 Class A radiated and conducted emissions EN 55024 Immunity of Information Technology Equipment EN 61000 3 2 Harmonic current injection EN 61000 3 3 Limitation of voltage changes voltage fluctuations and flicker EN 61000 4 2 Electrostatic discharge immunity EN 61000 4 3 Radiated electromagnetic ...

Page 3: ...peration 4 5 Remote Control Operation 4 5 1 CPU ETH2 Web Page 4 5 2 iControl Interface 4 5 3 Feature Management 5 5 3 1 Topic Identification 5 5 3 2 Topic Status Monitoring 6 5 3 3 Topic Network Configuration 8 5 3 4 Topic SNMP functionality 9 5 3 5 Topic Data Restoration 10 5 3 6 Topic Factory Alignment 11 5 3 7 Topic Time management 11 5 3 8 Topic Alarms 12 5 3 9 Topic Options 14 6 Local Control...

Page 4: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION CPU ETH2 USO RESTRITO ...

Page 5: ...redundancy In addition to static IP address configuration each port allows DHCP dynamic addressing Provides ultra robust Ethernet connectivity for LAN WAN Controls up to 20 DENSITÉ cards of any type in a single frame Accelerated data throughput allows video thumbnail and audio level meter and line scope streaming from all 20 modular cards Linux based operating system for robust mission critical op...

Page 6: ...ng the four pushbuttons located beneath the display The method of navigating the menu and selecting and modifying parameters is common for all cards For detailed information about the menu for a specific card see its manual For detailed information about the menu for the controller card itself see page 16 The functionality of the five pushbuttons is as follows CONTROLLER Selects the controller car...

Page 7: ... up after a reset or power up A status message is displayed Once the boot process is completed the LED will go to steady green unless there are other errors per the above chart 3 Preliminary Configuration The first step in setting up a new Densité frame and its associated CPU ETH2 controller to operate in your network is to configure its IP address to fit into your network structure This is most e...

Page 8: ...atures for all cards installed in the frame For that reason the iControl interface is used as the primary reference to describe the set up and operation of the CPU ETH2 5 1 CPU ETH2 Web Page However the CPU ETH2 also serves a web page which provides an alternate means of configuring the card The web page does not give access to controls for other cards in the frame however The web page is the only...

Page 9: ...cation data is entered in the iControl INFO control panel This panel also shows other data that is not user adjustable You can enter the following information by clicking and typing in the data box Label allows the user to define the label that appears for this device when it appears in iControl applications Short Label allows the user to define the short form label for iControl 8 characters Sourc...

Page 10: ...installed in the frame This information can be viewed in the iControl STATUS panel The information is grouped into four classes 1 Frame status Select the Frame tab to see a report on the status of the frame s CPU fans and power supplies The CPU ETH2 card can be installed in Densité 2 and Densité 3 frames including Densité 3 mini and Densité 3 FRI and the frame type is indicated here 2 Network Stat...

Page 11: ...t send Tx and receive Rx data rates and speed for all cards installed in the Densité frame For a more detailed report on the status of a specific card open that card s control panel in iControl 4 CPU ETH2 Card Resource Usage Select the Advanced tab to view a report on the usage of the card s resources USO RESTRITO ...

Page 12: ...able bonding modes Round Robin Active Backup About Channel Bonding Ethernet Link Redundancy option Channel bonding is an arrangement in which two or more network interfaces on a host computer are combined for redundancy or increased throughput The Densité CPU ETH2 Ethernet Link Redundancy option must be enabled to use Channel Bonding The Densité CPU ETH2 supports two bonding modes Round Robin This...

Page 13: ...S and ETH2 OPTIONS Note that the Hostname is reported in the menu but cannot be changed from there 5 3 4 Topic SNMP functionality The CPU ETH2 card can function as an SNMP agent sending SNMP traps to designated targets The SNMP agent can also be polled to obtain the frame status Open the NETWORK panel and select the SNMP tab Click the Activate SNMP Agent box to activate this feature Enter the IP a...

Page 14: ... the Select All box at the top to activate the feature for all slots in the frame Click Save to controller at the bottom to copy all restorable data from the cards in the selected slots into the memory on board the CPU ETH2 controller Click Load to cards to load the cards in the selected slots with data from the controller s memory Note that a data restore will only work if the card in the slot is...

Page 15: ...alues are shown underlined in the menu listing beginning on page 16 5 3 7 Topic Time management The CPU ETH2 controller is time aware and its internal clock can be updated via several mechanisms Open the iControl Time panel Time UTC The data boxes in this section display the time and date currently held in the card Enter new values in these boxes to change the current setting If an automatic updat...

Page 16: ... Click on the alarm icon to see the available levels then click on one to select it Overall Alarm This column allows configuration of the contribution of each individual alarm to the Overall Alarm associated with this card The Overall Alarm is shown in the upper left corner of the iControl panel and also appears at the bottom of the Status Name column GSM Contribution This column allows configurat...

Page 17: ...maintains a log of alarm events associated with the card The log is useful for troubleshooting and identifying event sequences Click in the checkbox to enable logging of alarm events for each individual alarm At the bottom of the window are several other controls Copy to other cards Click this button to open a panel that allows the alarm configuration set for this card to be copied into other CPU ...

Page 18: ...ugh the list of available alarms setting each to OFF or to report through GPI 5 3 9 Topic Options Only one option is available for the CPU ETH2 controller The Ethernet Link Redundancy option uses channel bonding to achieve redundancy or increased throughput TheCPU ETH2 offers two bonding modes Round Robin and Active Backup Once this option is activated the bonding mode can be selected and the opti...

Page 19: ...ble DHCP and to set the IP address network mask and gateway URL for the ETH2 port SNMP Options Enable disable the SNMP agent and manage IP addresses for SNMP traps Restore points Save the on board data for all cards in the Densité frame or for a designated card Time options Sets up the method by which the CPU ETH2 controller obtains time information Alarm Report Allows the user to cycle through a ...

Page 20: ...NABLE DISABLE 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 FFF 0 FFF 0 FFF AUTONEGOTIATION 100Base Tx FD 100base TX HD 10baseT FD 10baseT HD SAME AS FOR ETH1 ENABLE DISABLE ACTIVE BACKUP ROUND ROBIN ENABLE DISABLE 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 STATUS ETH2 OPTIONS GATEWAY NETWORK MASK SNMP TRAPS DHCP ETH1 OPTIONS MAC ADDRESS HOST NAME SNMP AGENT IP ADD...

Page 21: ...REDUN ON OFF RESTORE Sets all parameters shown above to their underlined default values REBOOT FACTORY DEFAULT FAN FAILURE PS FAILURE ALARM REPORT CTRL VERSION Values marked with an asterisk are displayed but cannot be modified through this menu LOAD A CARD LOAD ALL CARDS SAVE ALL CARDS RESTORE POINTS DEFAULT ACTION SAVE A CARD NTP SERVER NTP CLIENT TIME TIME OPTIONS NTP REFRESH DATE ADD IP ADDRES...

Page 22: ...ave the expanded file which will be named 7659 0102 img This img file is the file you will need to upgrade the CPU ETH2 card in step 5 below 2 Using a browser on your network browse to the IP address of the CPU ETH2 card You will have set this address in the preliminary section of the controller setup see section 3 on page 3 of this manual If you are using iControl double click the controller in t...

Page 23: ...side menu select Tools Upgrade Firmware The current firmware version is shown at the top of the window 4 Click Browse 5 In the Choose File to Upload window browse to the upgrade file you obtained in Step 1 named 7659 0102 img select it and click Open USO RESTRITO ...

Page 24: ...ade version will be shown at the top of the page and the Upgrade button will be enabled 6 Click Upgrade The window will show the status of the upgrade process The CPU ETH2 card will reboot once the upgrade is complete 7 Click Log Out at the bottom left of the window to exit the CPU ETH2 web page USO RESTRITO ...