Paradyne COMSPHERE 6800 Series, Communications Products Support Configuration Manual

Page 1: ...COMSPHERE 6800 SERIES NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS SUPPORT CONFIGURATION GUIDE Document No 6800 A2 GB20 20...

Page 2: ...HERE 6800 SERIES NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTS SUPPORT CONFIGURATION GUIDE Document No 6800 A2 GB20 20 January 1997 NOTE This document supports Release 4 2 or greater of 6800 Serie...

Page 3: ...ll products and services mentioned herein are the trademarks service marks registered trademarks or registered service marks of their respective owners COPYRIGHT E 1997 Paradyne Corporation All rights...

Page 4: ...ied service personnel 6 General purpose cables are provided with this product Special cables which may be required by the regulatory inspection authority for the installation site are the responsibili...

Page 5: ...TO CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE IN WHICH CASE THE USER WILL BE REQUIRED TO CORRECT THE INTERFERENCE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE THE AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THIS EQUIPMENT IS CONDITIONED BY THE REQUIREMENTS THAT NO...

Page 6: ...re 1 7 Protocol Modes 1 7 Monitoring Health and Status 1 20 Performing Tests 1 21 Setting External Lead States 1 23 Setting Thresholds 1 23 Configuration Change Notification 1 24 2 Configuring Devices...

Page 7: ...Tables Tables Page 1 1 Modem Device Classes 1 2 1 2 Protocol Modes in Which Commands Can Be Sent to Devices 1 15 1 3 Command Operation Differences Based on Protocol Mode 1 18 1 4 Device Health and Sta...

Page 8: ...Series DSUs COMSPHERE 3800 Series DDD Modems How To Use This Manual Chapter 1 provides an overview of the product and the information necessary to manage modems and DSUs Chapter 2 provides the proced...

Page 9: ...COMSPHERE 6800 Series Network Management System iv January 1997 6800 A2 GB20 20...

Page 10: ...es alert management configuration management and diagnostic test and command support for the following modems and Data Service Units DSUs DATAPHONEr II Analog Private Line APL Modems DATAPHONE II Dire...

Page 11: ...rk devices If any of the devices in an NMS diagnostic tree are DATAPHONE II devices the modems use the DATAPHONE II protocol If the NMS diagnostic tree consists of all COMSPHERE devices the Advanced D...

Page 12: ...the device s link level address NMS does not allow any address that is not unique For COMSPHERE devices the link level address is the one associated with the device s current protocol mode Thus if th...

Page 13: ...Support Valid entries are as follows supported Commands can be directed to the device from the NMS and alerts are reported back unsupported The device is displayed on the map but it cannot communicat...

Page 14: ...hannel Call Statistics Collect Appears only for model 3811 local carrier mounted 3800 Series devices Valid entries are yes no Entering yes causes a summary to be kept of the number of calls for a peri...

Page 15: ...devices they are reported back to the NMS when the local control devices are polled To establish a modem DSU or SDU poll list execute the following commands Acquire Poll List acpl This command directs...

Page 16: ...n the same control channel may operate in different protocols When COMSPHERE devices are in DATAPHONE II mode some commands and functions operate differently than when the devices are in ADp mode The...

Page 17: ...ed diagnostic networks consisting of COMSPHERE APL modems circuits can be up to five links deep The COMSPHERE modems on the control channel in this network must have a DATAPHONE II local address and p...

Page 18: ...ic secondary and control channel must have a unique network address If a control modem is connected to the NMS control channel the network address of the modem must be added to the NMS poll list If th...

Page 19: ...te mode address field and be sure that no device has a network address value greater than 80 For more information on device addressing refer to Appendix D of the COMSPHERE 6800 Series Network Manageme...

Page 20: ...this change In the conversion of the link level address from the DATAPHONE II short form address to the Advanced mode long form address the alternate mode address in the device profile is used NMS pr...

Page 21: ...na Where CC the control channel na network address The new address would be CC la 1 Where la the DATAPHONE II local address calculated by NMS Notice that the default port address of 1 has been added N...

Page 22: ...resses embedded in routines to reflect the new addresses To avoid problems use mnemonic device names when specifying individual devices within routines 4 Update the trouble ticket database records if...

Page 23: ...DATAPHONE II mode extended poll list add these devices to their upstream device s poll list 7 Once all devices in the network have changed protocol mode edit every device profile of the devices in the...

Page 24: ...col Modes in Which Commands Can Be Sent to Devices Commands 3400 4400 Series 3900 Series DATAPHONEr II 3600 Series 3800 Series Commands APL APL APL DSU DDD DSU DDD DDD Abort abort both ADp DPII DPII D...

Page 25: ...oss Inbound cli both none DPII none none none none none Circuit Loss Outbound clo both none DPII none none none none none Circuit Quality cq both ADp none none none none both ADp Clear Call Directory...

Page 26: ...eias both ADp DPII DPII DPII both both ADp End to End Test eet both none DPII DPII none both both none Exception Reports er none none DPII DPII none none none none Identity id both ADp DPII DPII DPII...

Page 27: ...d in other COMSPHERE commands For example in 3400 4400 Series modems the DATAPHONE II commands Receive Signal Level rsl Receive Signal Quality rsq and Signal Profile sp are replaced by a single comman...

Page 28: ...atus messages will be returned Digital Test dit Can be run over multiple links Since short form addressing is not used you may enter either the link level address or any valid mnemonic name for the tr...

Page 29: ...h of the specified device s Display Alert Information dsai DDS Used to display the reason for a facility FA or modem MD fault Lists the FA and MD error messages EIA Status eias APL DDD DDS Used to dis...

Page 30: ...tes if the command was successfully completed Circuit Loss Inbound cli APL Used to measure the inbound circuit loss of a device from another device Displays the tone frequency specified and the decibe...

Page 31: ...rimary and secondary data channel circuits on a DSU Test results are expressed as pass or fail Receive Signal Spectrum rss APL Used to measure the inbound receive signal levels at various frequencies...

Page 32: ...mance of a 3400 4400 Series device and to monitor channel and line conditions of the analog private line The following threshold parameters are provided Receive Signal Level Signal to Noise Ratio Phas...

Page 33: ...fication as follows Configuration Change Notification ccn Execute this command to display the configuration events that have occurred on a 3400 4400 Series modem a 3600 Series DSU or a 3800 Series dev...

Page 34: ...ions Product Support Command Reference Manual All of these commands are available from the Manager task Table 2 1 lists the NMS commands used to configure devices indicates whether the command is disr...

Page 35: ...plexer options Change Options cho All Yes To change the options of a device Change Port Options chpo APL DDS Yes To change the options on one or more ports of a 3400 4400 Series modem or a 3600 Series...

Page 36: ...NE II device Display Port Options dspo APL DDS No To display the port settings for a 3400 4400 Series modem or a Release 2 0 3600 Series DSU Not applicable for Release 3 0 3600 Series DSUs Display Por...

Page 37: ...d Data Terminal Equipment DTE interface features Change Port Options chpo Execute this command to configure one or more ports on a 3400 4400 Series modem up to four ports or a 3600 Series DSU up to si...

Page 38: ...ributary DSU The device has no additional capabilities The user should add a comment in the device profile to note that the device is actually a 3600 Series DSU in 2600 emulation mode Configuring 3800...

Page 39: ...s for your devices and that the 6800 Series NMS has been configured Refer to COMSPHERE 6800 Series Network Management System User s System Administrator s Guide for information on creating device prof...

Page 40: ...ific functions by setting the following options device options fault monitoring parameters These options can be set by executing the following commands Change Options cho The DATAPHONE II DDD modems h...

Page 41: ...800 A2 GB20 20 Display Options dso Execute this command to display the option setting of the DDD modems Refer to the COMSPHERE 6800 Series Network Management System Communications Products Support Com...

Page 42: ...II devices 2 6 DDD modems 2 7 Defining profiles 1 3 Device health and status commands table 1 20 1 21 Device profiles 1 3 DSUs 2 7 E External lead states 1 23 F Facility profiles 1 5 M Modem configura...

Page 43: ...COMSPHERE 6800 Series Network Management System Index 2 January 1997 6800 A2 GB20 20 S Security 1 3 Setting external lead states 1 23 Setting thresholds 1 23 Site profiles 1 5 V Vendor profiles 1 5...

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