Alcplus2 Idu Manager (1)

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ALCplus2 IDU Manager  Application of the NMS5UX, NMS5UX-B or NMS5LX system for the management of equipment of series ALS with ALCplus2 IDU User manual MN.00223.E - 004 Volume 1/1

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  • ALCplus2 IDUManagerApplication of the NMS5UX, NMS5UX-B or NMS5LX system for the management ofequipment of series ALS with ALCplus2 IDU

    User manual

    MN.00223.E - 004Volume 1/1

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    Contents

    ALCPLUS2 IDU MANAGERPROGRAM 13

    RELEASE ................................................................................................................................ 14

    FUNCTIONS............................................................................................................................ 15

    GRAPHICAL INTERFACE 16

    ALCPLUS2: EQUIPMENT WINDOW.......................................................................................... 17

    Title bar ............................................................................................................................ 18

    Menu bar........................................................................................................................... 18

    Push-button bar ................................................................................................................. 19

    Status bar ......................................................................................................................... 19

    Equipment view area .......................................................................................................... 21

    Equipment status area ........................................................................................................ 23

    ALCPLUS2: SUBRACK WINDOW.............................................................................................. 24

    ALCPLUS2: UNIT WINDOW .................................................................................................... 26

    Set operation..................................................................................................................... 28

    Get operation..................................................................................................................... 28

    Get and Set operations for the virtual equipment .................................................................... 28

    OPERATING PROCEDURES 29

    OPENING/CLOSING OF ALCPLUS2: EQUIPMENT WINDOW..................................................... 29

    Opening of ALCplus2: Equipment window .............................................................................. 29

    Messages displayed at the window opening ...................................................................... 30

    Messages displayed when the window is open .................................................................. 31

    Update of the information present in the window .............................................................. 31

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    Opening of more ALCplus2: Equipment windows ............................................................... 31

    User profile (Superuser, Privileged, Advanced, etc.) .......................................................... 32

    Closing of ALCplus2: Equipment window................................................................................ 32

    Automatic closing of the window..................................................................................... 32

    ALCPLUS2 IDU VIRTUAL OBJECT............................................................................................ 33

    To configure an ALCplus2 IDU virtual equipment..................................................................... 33

    MENUS, PUSH-BUTTONS AND CONTEXTUAL AREAS 34

    FILE (MENU) .......................................................................................................................... 34

    File > Close ....................................................................................................................... 34

    File > Exit ......................................................................................................................... 34

    COMMAND (MENU)................................................................................................................. 35

    Command > Reset Equipment Controller ............................................................................... 35

    To reset the equipment software .................................................................................... 35

    Command > Line Test......................................................................................................... 35

    To verify the capacity to reach the equipment .................................................................. 36

    Command > Alarm Realignment........................................................................................... 36

    To force the equipment to forward its current alarms......................................................... 36

    Command > View/Modify PM Status...................................................................................... 36

    Command > Configuration Download .................................................................................... 36

    Command > NE SW/FW Release........................................................................................... 37

    Command > Modify LCT Config mode.................................................................................... 37

    To enable the LCT user to connect to the equipment by means of the LCT program, in Configuration mode .......................................................................................................................... 37

    To disable the LCT user to connect himself to the equipment by means of the LCT program, in Configuration mode ...................................................................................................... 37

    ALARM (MENU) ...................................................................................................................... 38

    Alarm > Current Alarms ...................................................................................................... 38

    Alarm > Alarm History ........................................................................................................ 39

    Alarm > Equipment Severity Code ........................................................................................ 39

    OPTION (MENU) .................................................................................................................... 40

    Option > LCT Equipment Users............................................................................................. 40

    Option > LCT Logged Users ................................................................................................. 40

    Option > View Acknowledge Status....................................................................................... 41

    To verify the acknowledge status of the alarms, LCT presence and Configuration Upload failed 41

    Option > View Active Manual Operation ................................................................................. 42

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    To verify the manual operations currently active ............................................................... 42

    To set the timeout of the manual operations .................................................................... 43

    MAINTENANCE (MENU).......................................................................................................... 44

    Maintenance > Radio Switch A ............................................................................................. 44

    To verify/modify the WTR period of the switch.................................................................. 44

    To force the switch on the preferential branch without waiting the expiry of the switch .......... 45

    To verify/modify the management of the switch in reception .............................................. 45

    To verify/modify the management of the switch in transmission.......................................... 45

    To verify/modify the management of the preferential radio branch in transmission ................ 46

    Radio switch (more information)..................................................................................... 46

    Maintenance > Radio Branch Loop ................................................................. 47

    To verify the status of the loop....................................................................................... 47

    To activate a loop ......................................................................................................... 48

    To deactivate a loop...................................................................................................... 48

    To execute the test (RF Loop) for the ALCplus2 equipment with ODU ASN ............................ 49

    Radio loop (more information)........................................................................................ 50

    Test (RF Loop) for ALCplus2 equipment with ODU ASN (more information) ........................... 51

    Maintenance > Nodal Switch ................................................................................................ 51

    To verify/modify the management of the nodal switch ....................................................... 52

    To verify/modify the value of the Wait Time To Restore parameter ...................................... 52

    To force the switch on the preferential NBUS connection without waiting for the expiry of Wait Time52

    Nodal switch (more information)..................................................................................... 53

    Maintenance > Switch STM1 LIM A ....................................................................................... 53

    To verify the primary service stream ............................................................................... 54

    To verify/modify the MSP protection................................................................................ 54

    To verify/modify the protection mode.............................................................................. 54

    To verify/modify the value of the Wtr Time parameter ....................................................... 55

    To restore the switch on the primary STM-1 without waiting for the expiry of Wtr time .......... 55

    To verify/modify the direction of the STM-1 stream ........................................................... 55

    To verify the status of the STM-1 switch .......................................................................... 56

    STM-1 switch (more information).................................................................................... 56

    CROSS CONNECT (MENU)....................................................................................................... 58

    Cross Connect > Matrix ....................................................................................................... 58

    To display the equipment connections ............................................................................. 58

    To execute a tributary-radio connection........................................................................... 62

    To execute a tributary - tributary connection.................................................................... 63

    To delete one or more connections.................................................................................. 64

    To enable an auto loop .................................................................................................. 64

    To disable an auto loop ................................................................................................. 64

    To verify/modify the label of a connection........................................................................ 64

    Cross Connect > List........................................................................................................... 65

    To display the list of the connections ............................................................................... 65

    To save the list of the connections .................................................................................. 66

    To delete one or more connections.................................................................................. 66

    Cross connection matrix (more information)..................................................................... 66

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    DIRECTION LABELS (MENU) .................................................................................................. 70

    Direction Labels > Direction Label .................................................................. 70

    To verify/modify the label of a radio direction ................................................................... 70

    CONFIGURATOR (MENU)........................................................................................................ 71

    Configurator > Configurator................................................................................................. 71

    To verify/modify the radio configuration .......................................................................... 71

    To verify/modify the status of the local/remote synchronisation protocol .............................. 72

    To verify/modify the management of STM-1 streams......................................................... 72

    To verify/modify the belonging of the equipment to a node ................................................ 72

    To verify/modify the number of elements of ALCplus2 node interconnected by Ethernet nodal Bus74

    To verify/modify the number of elements of ALCplus2 node interconnected by TDM nodal Bus 75

    To verify/modify the identifier of the equipment in the ALCplus2 node ................................. 75

    To enable/disable the Spanning Tree protocol at level of ALCplus2 node............................... 76

    To verify/modify the protection of TDM nodal Bus in ALCplus2 node .................................... 76

    Local/remote synchronisation protocol (more information) ................................................. 76

    HELP (MENU) ......................................................................................................................... 78

    Help > On Usage................................................................................................................ 78

    RADIO EQUIPMENT (PUSH-BUTTON) ..................................................................................... 79

    To verify/modify the alarm threshold of the signal in reception ................................................. 79

    To verify/modify the resolution of the received power.............................................................. 80

    To verify/modify the resolution of the transmitted power ......................................................... 80

    To enable/disable the switch in transmission .......................................................................... 80

    To verify/modify the check interval for the switch in transmission ............................................. 81

    To verify/modify the threshold (number of alarmed seconds) for the switch in transmission.......... 81

    To reset the alarm that notifies the switch in transmission ....................................................... 82

    RADIO (PUSH-BUTTON)......................................................................................................... 83

    To verify/modify the priority of the dynamic E1 streams .......................................................... 84

    To verify/modify the link identification number ....................................................................... 86

    To display the radio transport summary table......................................................................... 86

    To verify/modify the operating status of the adaptive modulation.............................................. 87

    To verify/modify the power profile of RF transmitter................................................................ 88

    To verify the current status of the power profile of RF transmitter ............................................. 88

    To verify/modify the reference band/modulation..................................................................... 89

    To verify/modify the lower and upper thresholds of the modulation ........................................... 89

    To verify/modify the number of E1 streams permanently allocated (high priority streams) ........... 89

    To enable/disable the intermediate profiles of the adaptive modulation...................................... 90

    To verify/modify the number of E1 streams assigned to an ACM profile (low priority streams)....... 92

    To verify/modify the tributary used for the PM measures ......................................................... 92

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    Adaptive modulation (more information)................................................................................ 93

    NODE LINK (PUSH-BUTTON).................................................................................................. 94

    To verify the alarm status on the nodal connection.................................................................. 94

    PRBS (PUSH-BUTTON) ........................................................................................................... 95

    To verify the PRBS measure status ....................................................................................... 95

    To activate/reset the PRBS measure ..................................................................................... 97

    To deactivate the PRBS measure .......................................................................................... 97

    To enable/disable the signal used for the measure .................................................................. 97

    To verify/modify the type of PRBS pattern used for the measure............................................... 98

    USER INPUT (PUSH-BUTTON) ................................................................................................ 99

    To verify the User Input status (local/remote) ........................................................................ 99

    To verify/modify the name of the User Input (local/remote) ....................................................100

    To verify/modify the active condition of the local User Input....................................................101

    To enable/disable the User Input (local/remote) alarm or the forwarding of the trap to the supervisory system and define the severity level of a User Input (local/remote)..........................................101

    Enabling the user input alarms (more information).................................................................102

    USER OUTPUT (PUSH-BUTTON) ........................................................................................... 103

    To verify the User Output status..........................................................................................103

    To verify/modify the name of the User Output .......................................................................104

    To verify/modify the operating mode of the User Output relay contacts ....................................105

    To associate a signal (alarms or User Input) to the User Output...............................................105

    To enable the forced activation of the relay contacts from operator ..........................................107

    To force the activation of the relay contacts relevant to a User Output......................................107

    To remove the forced activation of the relay contacts relevant to a User Output.........................108

    PERFORMANCE MONITORING (PUSH-BUTTON).................................................................... 109

    Measures available for the ALCplus2 equipment.....................................................................109

    Description of the quality parameters...................................................................................110

    To verify the status of the PM measures and of the relevant alarms of threshold exceeding .........112

    Measure G828 Radio .............................................................................112

    Measure G828 ACM Radio A ..........................................................................................114

    Measure Rx Power Radio ........................................................................114

    Measure Tx Power Radio ........................................................................114

    Measure G829 RstB1 STM-1 ................................................................114

    Measure G829 MstB2M1 STM-1 ...........................................................116

    Measure G828 STM-1 VC-12 ...............................116

    Measure G828 E1 Line Side...........................................................................................117

    Measure G828 E1 Radio Side.........................................................................................118

    To activate a PM measure...................................................................................................119

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    Measure G828 Radio .............................................................................119

    Measure G828 ACM Radio A ..........................................................................................119

    Measure Rx Power Radio ........................................................................120

    Measure Tx Power Radio ........................................................................120

    Measure G829 RstB1 STM-1 ................................................................120

    Measure G829 MstB2M1 STM-1 ...........................................................121

    Measure G828 STM-1 VC-12 ...............................121

    Measure G828 E1 Line Side...........................................................................................122

    Measure G828 E1 Radio Side.........................................................................................122

    To deactivate a PM measure ...............................................................................................122

    Measure G828 Radio .............................................................................123

    Measure G828 ACM Radio A ..........................................................................................123

    Measure Rx Power Radio ........................................................................123

    Measure Tx Power Radio ........................................................................124

    Measure G829 RstB1 STM-1 ................................................................124

    Measure G829 MstB2M1 STM-1 ...........................................................125

    Measure G828 STM-1 VC-12 ...............................125

    Measure G828 E1 Line Side...........................................................................................125

    Measure G828 E1 Radio Side.........................................................................................126

    To set the alarm intervention thresholds (PM) .......................................................................126

    Measure G828 Radio .............................................................................127

    Measure G828 ACM Radio A ..........................................................................................127

    Measure Rx Power Radio ........................................................................129

    Measure Tx Power Radio ........................................................................129

    Measure G829 RstB1 STM-1 ................................................................130

    Measure G829 MstB2M1 STM-1 ...........................................................131

    Measure G828 STM-1 VC-12 ...............................132

    Measure G828 E1 Line Side...........................................................................................133

    Measure G828 E1 Radio Side.........................................................................................133

    To reset the threshold exceeding alarms (PM) .......................................................................134

    Measure G828 Radio .............................................................................134

    Measure G828 ACM Radio A ..........................................................................................135

    Measure Rx Power Radio ........................................................................135

    Measure Tx Power Radio ........................................................................135

    Measure G829 RstB1 STM-1 ................................................................135

    Measure G829 MstB2M1 STM-1 ...........................................................135

    Measure G828 STM-1 VC-12 ...............................136

    Measure G828 E1 Line Side...........................................................................................136

    Measure G828 E1 Radio Side.........................................................................................136

    To reset the performance counters (PM) ...............................................................................137

    Measure G828 Radio .............................................................................137

    Measure G828 ACM Radio A ..........................................................................................137

    Measure Rx Power Radio ........................................................................137

    Measure Tx Power Radio ........................................................................138

    Measure G829 RstB1 STM-1 ................................................................138

    Measure G829 MstB2M1 STM-1 ...........................................................138

    Measure G828 STM-1 VC-12 ...............................138

    Measure G828 E1 Line Side...........................................................................................139

    Measure G828 E1 Radio Side.........................................................................................139

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    PM measures (more information).........................................................................................139

    SYNCHRONIZATION INFORMATION (PUSH-BUTTON) .......................................................... 141

    To verify the status of the synchronism sources in input .........................................................141

    To enable/disable the use of a synchronism source in input.....................................................143

    To verify/modify the priority of a synchronism source in input .................................................144

    To force the use of a synchronism source in input ..................................................................144

    To set a synchronism source in input as preferential...............................................................145

    To verify the type of interface of tributary A used as synchronism source in input for T2/T3 1......145

    To select the E1 tributary used as synchronism source in input for T2/T3 2 and/or the relevant interface type ................................................................................................................................146

    To set the type of source used as synchronism source in input for STM-1/NODAL A (T0) or STM-1/NODAL B (T0) ...................................................................................................................146

    To verify the status of the alarms of a synchronism source in input ..........................................147

    To force the status of T0 synchronization..............................................................................147

    To verify the status of the alarms of T0 synchronism..............................................................148

    To manage the output of the synchronism on the tributary A and/or B and define the (output/input) interface of tributary A/B....................................................................................................148

    To re-time the E1s set for the contemporary transport of traffic and synchronisation ..................149

    Synchronism management (more information) ......................................................................149

    Synchronism sources in input ..................................................................................150

    Internal synchronism T0 .........................................................................................152

    Synchronism in output T12 .....................................................................................153

    Re-timing of the E1s set for the contemporary transport of traffic and synchronisation..........153

    ALCPLUS2 (CONTEXTUAL AREA) .......................................................................................... 156

    Functional scheme.............................................................................................................156

    To display the functional diagram of the equipment..........................................................156

    STM-1..............................................................................................................................158

    To verify/modify the status of the STM1 stream...............................................................158

    To verify the type of STM1 interface...............................................................................160

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the J0 Trace Identifier byte ....................................160

    To verify/modify the sequence of characters transmitted/expected/received as J0 Trace Identifier (STM-1) .....................................................................................................................161

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the STM1 loop (line side) .......................................161

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the STM1 loop (internal side) .................................162

    To verify/modify the intervention threshold of the B2 Signal Degraded alarm.......................162

    To verify/modify the intervention threshold of the B2 Excessive BER alarm..........................163

    To verify the current status of the laser ..........................................................................163

    To verify the type of laser module..................................................................................164

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the laser..............................................................164

    To verify/modify the transmission mode of the laser.........................................................165

    To enable manually the laser transmission ......................................................................165

    To execute the test laser operating status.......................................................................166

    To execute the manual restart of the laser ......................................................................167

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    VC4.................................................................................................................................167

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the byte J1 Trace Identifier ....................................167

    To verify/modify the sequence of characters transmitted/expected/received as J1 Trace Identifier168

    To verify the configuration of TUG-3...............................................................................168

    To verify/modify the intervention threshold of the B3 Signal Degraded alarm.......................169

    To verify/modify the intervention threshold of the B3 Excessive BER alarm..........................169

    To verify/modify the sequence of characters transmitted/expected/received as Signal Label ..170

    VC12 ...............................................................................................................................170

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the byte J2 Trace Identifier ....................................171

    To verify/modify the sequence of characters transmitted/expected/received as J2 Trace Identifier171

    To verify/modify the sequence of characters transmitted/expected/received as Signal Label ..172

    To verify/modify the intervention threshold of the VC12 Signal Degraded alarm ...................172

    To verify/modify the intervention threshold of the VC12 Excessive BER alarm ......................173

    IDU .................................................................................................................................173

    To verify the inventory data of IDU unit ..........................................................................173

    Ethernet...........................................................................................................................174

    To verify the status of the ports of Ethernet switch...........................................................174

    To verify the Ethernet capacity of the internal port (Port A) ...............................................176

    Ethernet Switch...........................................................................................................176

    To verify/modify the aging time of the MAC addresses stored in the specific table...........177

    To verify/modify the maximum size of the accepted packet .........................................177

    To verify/modify the time interval (Hysteresis) after which the Link Loss Forwarding modality is activated ...........................................................................................................177

    To verify/modify the value of QinQ in Service Tag field ...............................................178

    To verify/modify the emptying algorithm of the packets present in the output queue ......178

    To verify/assign the output queue to a packet, in input to any Ethernet port, according to its priority Tag 802.1p ................................................................................................179

    To verify/assign which output queue a packet, in input from the Ethernet ports, must be as-signed to depending on its PTOS/DSCP field (level 3)..................................................180

    LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4..............................................................................................181

    To verify/modify the interface type of an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) .........183

    To verify/modify the enabling status of an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) .......183

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the flow control of an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) ..................................................................................................................184

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the auto negotiation and, if the auto negotiation is in-active, the operation modality and the transmission speed used by an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) ................................................................................................185

    To restart the autonegotiation procedure for an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) 185

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the automatic learning of MAC Address in the specific table (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4)..............................................................................186

    To verify/modify the activation status of the autonegotiation between the roles of the line syn-chronism (LAN1, LAN2 and LAN3, LAN4 with electrical interface)..................................186

    To verify/modify the operating modality of the line synchronism (role) (LAN1, LAN2 and LAN3, LAN4 with electrical interface) .................................................................................187

    To verify/modify the inversion status of the Tx and Rx lines of an external port (LAN1, LAN2 and LAN3, LAN4 with electrical interface) ..................................................................187

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the Link Loss Forwarding modality of an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4)......................................................................................188

    To enable/disable the ports through which the packets in input from an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) can pass ...................................................................................188

    To verify/modify the control of Tag Vlan Id on the messages in input from an external port

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    (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4)......................................................................................189

    To verify/modify the behaviour of an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) towards the packets in output...................................................................................................189

    To verify/modify the default Vid of an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4)..............190

    To force the value of Vid of an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) to the default value.191

    To verify/modify the priority criterion used to associate the packets in input from an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) to the output queues .................................................191

    To verify/modify the value to insert in the field 802.1p of the packets in input from an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) which, in output, the Tag is added to ...........................192

    To verify/modify the mapping of the priority (802.1p) in the Tag VLan (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) ..................................................................................................................192

    To enable/disable the Spanning Tree protocol for the external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4)192

    To verify/modify the operating status of the external port in the Spanning Tree protocol (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4)......................................................................................193

    To verify/modify the priority of the external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) (STP/ELP)...194

    To verify/modify the type of external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) in Spanning Tree proto-col .......................................................................................................................195

    To verify/modify the connection cost of the external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) (STP/ELP)195

    To enable/disable the Ethernet Line protection on an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4)196

    To verify the status of the external port in relation to the Trunking mode (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) ..................................................................................................................196

    To enable/disable the Trunking mode for the external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) ....197

    To activate/deactivate the loop on line side of an external port (LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4) ...198

    To verify the laser module equipped on an external port (LAN3, LAN4 with optical interface).198

    To verify the operating status of the laser an external port (LAN3, LAN4 with optical interface)199

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the laser an external port (LAN3, LAN4 with optical interface) .............................................................................................................199

    To verify/modify the laser transmission modality on an external port (LAN3, LAN4 with optical interface) .............................................................................................................199

    To enable manually the laser transmission on an external port (LAN3, LAN4 with optical inter-face)....................................................................................................................200

    To execute the test on the laser operating status on an external port (LAN3, LAN4 with optical interface) .............................................................................................................201

    To execute the manual restart of the laser on an external port (LAN3, LAN4 with optical inter-face)....................................................................................................................201

    Spanning Tree protocol (more information) ...............................................................201

    Ethernet Line Protection (more information) ..............................................................202

    Trunking mode (more information) ..........................................................................205

    Port A ........................................................................................................................205

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the internal port (Port A)..................................206

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the automatic learning of MAC Address in the specific table (Port A) ........................................................................................................207

    To enable/disable the ports through which the packets in input from the internal port (Port A) can transit ............................................................................................................207

    To verify/modify the control of Tag Vlan Id on the messages in input from the internal port (Port A)................................................................................................................208

    To verify/modify the behaviour of the internal port (Port A) towards the packets in output....208

    To verify/modify the default Vid value of the internal port (Port A) ...............................209

    To force the Vid value of the internal port (Port A) to default value...............................209

    To verify/modify the priority criterion used to associate the packets in input from the internal

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    port (Port A) to the output queues ...........................................................................210

    To verify/modify the value to insert in the field 802.1p of the packets in input from the internal port (Port A) which, in output, the Tag is added to .....................................................210

    To verify/modify the mapping of the priority (802.1p) in the Tag VLan (Port A) ..............211

    To verify the status of the internal port (Port A) in the Spanning Tree protocol ...............211

    To enable/disable the Spanning Tree protocol for the internal port (Port A)....................212

    To verify/modify the priority of the internal port (Port A) (Spanning Tree) .....................212

    To verify/modify the type of internal port (Port A) (Spanning Tree) ..............................213

    To verify/modify the connection cost of the internal port (Port A) in the Spanning Tree protocol213

    To verify the status of the internal port (Port A) in relation to the Trunking mode ...........214

    To enable/disable the Trunking mode for the internal port (Port A) ...............................214

    LAN per Port ...............................................................................................................215

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the transit of the packets through the ports of the local Ethernet switch .....................................................................................................215

    VLAN Management ......................................................................................................216

    To verify the existing virtual Lans............................................................................216

    To create a virtual Lan............................................................................................218

    To modify a virtual Lan...........................................................................................220

    To delete a virtual Lan............................................................................................220

    To filter the list of virtual LANs ................................................................................220

    Domain ......................................................................................................................221

    To verify the characteristics of the OAM-FM of an equipment .......................................222

    To define an OAM-FM Domain for an equipment.........................................................223

    To remove the OAM-FM Domain for an equipment......................................................224

    OAM ..........................................................................................................................224

    To verify the status of the VLANs in relation to OAM-FM Ethernet functionality ...............225

    To associate a MA to a VLAN ...................................................................................227

    To associate a MEP to a VLAN..................................................................................228

    To remove a MA/MEP from a VLAN...........................................................................229

    To enable/disable the transmission of CCM messages for a MEP ...................................229

    To verify the table of the remote MEPs (RMep table)...................................................229

    To insert a remote MEP in the RMep table .................................................................231

    To enable a remote MEP of the RMep table................................................................231

    To disable a remote MEP of the RMep table ...............................................................232

    To delete a remote MEP from the RMep table.............................................................232

    To send one or more LoopBack messages (LBM) to a remote MEP/MIP..........................233

    To trace the path between locel MEP and remote MEP of the same VLAN by means of the LTM messages .............................................................................................................234

    OAM-FM Ethernet functionality implemented in the equipment managed by NMS5UX-NMS5LX ....235

    OAM-FM Domain....................................................................................................236

    MA.......................................................................................................................237

    MEP .....................................................................................................................237

    MIP......................................................................................................................238

    Remote MEPs ........................................................................................................238

    CCM.....................................................................................................................240

    LBM .....................................................................................................................241

    LTM .....................................................................................................................242

    Example of configuration of a OAM-FM maintenance Domain for a set of ALCplus2 equipment242

    LAN Statistics..............................................................................................................243

    To verify the counters of the packets/bytes in input/output from the Ethernet port .........244

    To reset the counters results ..................................................................................245

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    Spanning Tree.............................................................................................................245

    To verify the status of the Ethernet ports in relation to the Spanning Tree protocol .........246

    To verify/modify the version of the Spanning Tree protocol .........................................247

    To verify/modify the transmission interval of the BPDU packets ...................................247

    To verify/modify the Forward Delay interval ..............................................................248

    To verify/modify the maximum lifetime of the BPDU packets .......................................248

    To verify the MAC Address of a bridge ......................................................................249

    To verify/modify the priority of a bridge....................................................................249

    To verify the status of the external ports in relation to the Ethernet line protection .........249

    E1 tributaries....................................................................................................................251

    To verify/modify the enabling status of the E1 tributaries..................................................251

    To enable/disable the use of an E1 tributary....................................................................253

    To activate/deactivate the LOS Inversion criterion on an E1 tributary .................................253

    To verify/modify the label of an E1 tributary....................................................................254

    To verify/modify the status of the loop on an E1 (line and/or radio) tributary.......................254

    To specialize the E1s set for the contemporary transport of traffic and synchronisation .........255

    LIM .................................................................................................................................255

    To verify the alarm status of LIM unit .............................................................................255

    RIM .................................................................................................................................256

    To verify the alarm status of RIM unit.............................................................................256

    RT (CONTEXTUAL AREA) ...................................................................................................... 257

    To display the functional diagram of the equipment................................................................257

    To verify/modify the radio parameters..................................................................................257

    To verify/modify the RF channel of the equipment............................................................257

    To verify/modify the operation of the transmitter .............................................................258

    To verify/modify the operation of the RT power supply .....................................................259

    To verify/modify the modulation status of the RF carrier ...................................................259

    To verify/modify the operating status of ATPC .................................................................260

    To verify/modify the output power value at the transmitter ...............................................260

    To verify/modify the intervention thresholds (High/Low) of the ATPC device ........................261

    To verify/modify the value of maximum attenuation for ATPC function ................................261

    To verify the table summarizing the minimum/maximum power in transmission/reception for eve-ry ACM profile .............................................................................................................262

    To verify the configuration parameters of the radio units ........................................................262

    APPENDICES 263

    AVAILABILITY OF THE COMMANDS/PUSH-BUTTONS ........................................................... 263

    ALARM LIST ......................................................................................................................... 266

    LOCAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (LCT)................................................................................. 270

    Types of LCT-Equipment connection (Monitoring, Configuration) ..............................................270

    FIGURES INDEX ................................................................................................................... 271

    TABLES INDEX ..................................................................................................................... 273

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    OPERATIONS INDEX ............................................................................................................ 274

    INDEX OF PARAMETERS....................................................................................................... 281

    ASSISTANCE SERVICE.......................................................................................................... 284

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    ALCPLUS2 IDU MANAGERPROGRAM

    In this manual the wording NMS5UX identifies the supervision system/graphic interfaceNMS5UX (Network Management System 5 UniX), NMS5UX-B (Network Management System 5UniX-B) and NMS5LX (Network Management System 5 LinUx).

    NMS5UX is a very versatile system thanks to its modular structure.

    It is composed by a group of main application programs which, depending on the type of the equipmentto manage, a further application is added to.

    The group of the main application programs manages the NMS5UX graphical interface at general level thatallows the user graphically displaying the whole network, activating/deactivating the connection with theequipment, checking the operating status (current alarms and alarm history), the results of the Perform-ance Monitoring measurements, etc.

    At this level, the equipment is considered as a whole element.

    The additional application program has the task to provide to the NMS5UX graphical interface the com-mands and the specific functions relevant to the type of the equipment to manage.

    Each additional application program manages a specific equipment graphical interface (Equipment win-dow), through which the user can, besides controlling the operating status of the equipment, directly man-age it verifying/modifying the configuration parameters.

    In order to control and manage the equipment of series ALS with ALCplus2 IDU by means of the NMS5UXsupervisory system, the application program ALCplus2 IDU Manager has been developed that manages theALCplus2: Equipment window (Fig.1).

    The access to the graphical interface at general level takes place with the start of the NMS5UX graphicalinterface. The access to the graphical interface at equipment level (for the equipment of series ALS withALCplus2 IDU) is executed at the opening of the ALCplus2: Equipment window. The access to the graphicalinterface at equipment level is subjected to the access to the graphical interface at general level.

    This user manual has the purpose to describe the use of ALCplus2 IDU Manager application programand of the relevant graphical interface.The use of the NMS5UX graphical interface at general level and all the functions available for the systemadministrator are reported in the relevant documentation.

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    RELEASE

    The information contained in this manual refers to ALCplus2 IDU Manager program (ALCplus2: Equipmentwindow) relevant to the graphical interface:

    NMS5UX release 6.4.5 and higher.

    NMS5UX-B release 6.4.5 and higher.

    NMS5LX release 6.4.5 and higher.

    The release currently in use can be checked selecting the Help > About Application option, present intothe ALCplus2: Equipment window.

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    FUNCTIONS

    Besides the applications available in the NMS5UX graphical interface at general level, the ALCplus2 IDUManager application program allows, by means of the commands present in the ALCplus2: Equipment win-dow, executing the following operations:

    To verify/modify the equipment configuration parameters.

    The list of the operation that can be executed is reported into the Operations Index (pag. 274).

    To display the equipment status and the equipment alarms (current (pag. 38)/history (pag. 39)).

    To transfer the equipment configuration (pag. 36) to another NE (real or virtual one) of the sametype.

    To update the equipment software/firmware (pag. 37).

    This operation can be immediately executed or scheduled to be executed later in background by thesystem.

    To create virtual ALCplus2 equipment (pag. 33), that is equipment that have not any correspondentequipment in the network.For this equipment, it is possible to download the configuration, to open the relevant ALCplus2:Equipment window, to change the parameters, to execute the setting operations and then to trans-fer the new configuration (pag. 36) to other real or virtual equipment of the same type.

    To activate/deactivate more Performance Monitoring measurements (pag. 36) at the same time.

    To execute the software reset of the equipment main controller (pag. 35).

    To enable/disable the LCT user to be connected to the equipment in Configuration mode (pag. 37).

    To manage and to change the local severity level associated to each equipment alarm (pag. 39).

    To manage the user list stored into the equipment controller (pag. 40).

    To force the disconnection (logout) of a user connected with the equipment.

    To check the active manual operations (loop, switching, etc.) (pag. 42)and define a timeout (pag.43) after which the active manual operations are automatically removed.

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    GRAPHICAL INTERFACE

    A double click with the left button of the mouse on a NE object of ALCplus2 IDU type opens the relevantEquipment window which characterizes the use of the graphic interface at equipment level for ALCplus2equipment: the ALCplus2: Equipment window.

    The ALCplus2: Equipment window contains elements (commands, push-buttons, contextual areas) thatrepresent physical or logical parts of the equipment and allow the user controlling and managing the equip-ment.

    The selection of one of these elements can:

    execute an operation

    display a window showing alarms/parameters relevant to the selected part (windows of typeALCplus2: Unit)

    display a window which shows a more detailed part of the equipment (window of type ALCplus2:Subrack). In this type of window, the user can select other elements to display windows of typeALCplus2: Unit where the parameters/alarms of the selected element are listed.

    Here below, there is the description and the use procedure of the ALCplus2: Equipment (Fig.1), ALCplus2:Subrack (Fig.4) and ALCplus2: Unit (Fig.5) windows.

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    ALCPLUS2: EQUIPMENT WINDOW

    A double click with the left button of the mouse on a NE object of ALCplus2 IDU type opens the ALCplus2:Equipment (pag. 29) window. Fig.1 shows an example.

    The ALCplus2: Equipment window is composed by the following parts:

    Title bar

    Menu bar

    Push-button bar

    Status bar

    Equipment view area

    Equipment status area

    Fig.1 ALCplus2: Equipment window

    EQUIPMENT STATUS area PUSH-BUTTONS bar

    STATUS barEQUIPMENT VIEW areaTITLE barMENU bar

    IDU temperature display

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    Title bar

    Horizontal bar which points out the equipment type.

    The wording ALCplus2: Equipment points out the equipment of series ALS with ALCplus2 IDU.

    Menu bar

    Horizontal bar containing the menus and the commands available in the ALCplus2: Equipment window. Theselection of a menu displays a list of commands.

    When a command is displayed grey, and not white, it is not available.

    In detail:

    File menu (pag. 34), contains the commands to close the ALCplus2: Equipment window and/or theALCplus2 IDU Manager application program.

    Command menu (pag. 35), contains the commands:

    To manage the connection between the equipment and the supervisory system.

    To execute the software reset of the equipment.

    To activate/deactivate more Performance Monitoring measurements at the same time.

    To transfer the equipment configuration to another Network Element (real or virtual).

    To update the equipment software/firmware.

    To enable/disable the LCT user for the connection to the equipment in Configuration mode.

    Alarm menu (pag. 38), contains the commands:

    To display the equipment current alarms.

    To display the equipment alarm history.

    To verify/modify the local severity level of the equipment alarms.

    Option menu (pag. 40), contains the commands:

    To verify/modify the LCT user list stored into the equipment controller.

    To verify the users (LCT, NMS5UX) connected to the equipment and eventually to force theirdisconnection.

    To verify the acknowledge status of the alarms, of the LCT presence in Configuration mode,and of the failed Configuration Upload operations.

    To verify the active manual operations (loop, switching) and to set their timeout.

    Maintenance menu (pag. 44), contains the commands to activate/deactivate the loops, force theswitching of the radio part and manage the switch on the nodal connection.

    Cross Connect menu (pag. 58), contains the commands for the creation and the management ofthe cross-connections on the radio equipment. This menu is displayed only for ALCplus2 equipmentwith expansion IduBoard Exp. 2xSTM-1 32E1 o IduBoard Exp. Nod. 2xSTM-1 16E1.

    Direction Labels menu (pag. 70), contains the commands for the assignment of a label to the ra-dio directions.

    Configurator menu (pag. 71), contains the command to control the equipment configuration.

    Help menu (pag. 78), contains the commands to open the help on-line.

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    Push-button bar

    This horizontal bar contains the push-buttons available in the ALCplus2: Equipment window.

    The selection of a push-button opens a window, where the parameters relevant to the physical or logicalpart represented by the push-button are pointed out.

    In detail, the:

    Radio Equipment push-button (pag. 79), displays and allows to change the configuration param-eters of the equipment. The summarized alarm status is pointed out by the colour of the led in thepush-button.

    Radio push-button (pag. 83), displays and allows to change the parameters relevant to the modemand radio part of the equipment. The summarized status of the modem/radio alarms is pointed outby the colour of the led in the push-button.

    PRBS push-button (pag. 95), displays and allows to change the configuration parameters of PRBS(Pseudo Random Binary Sequence) functionality. The summarized status of the PRBS alarms ispointed out by the colour of the led in the push-button.

    User Input push-button (pag. 99), displays and allows to change the configuration of the user in-puts (UI) of the equipment. The summarized alarm status associated to the user inputs is pointedout by the colour of the led in the push-button.

    User Output push-button (pag. 103), displays and allows to change the configuration of the useroutputs (UO) of the equipment.

    Performance Monitoring push-button (pag. 109), allows to activate/deactivate the PM measure-ments and to modify the threshold levels of the control parameters. The summarized status of thePM alarms is pointed out by the colour of the led in the push-button.

    For equipment in protected configuration, the areas relevant to the management of the redundant partsof the modem and of the radio section are subdivided according to the branches managed by the equip-ment. Generally, the characters A, 1A, 2A, after the name of an option point out that the relevant param-eters respectively refer to branch A, 1A, 2A.

    The push-button label can be read even selecting the push-button itself by means of the right push-button of the mouse.

    In detail the colour:

    Green, points out that no alarm is active.

    Red, orange, yellow or light blue, points out that at least one alarm is active and the highestseverity of the active alarms is respectively Critical, Major, Minor or Warning.

    If the ALCplus2: Equipment window refers to a virtual equipment, the summarized status of the alarms isnot meaningful (the colour of the led is white).

    Status bar

    This vertical bar contains the status information (Fig.2).

    If the ALCplus2: Equipment window refers to a virtual equipment, the information present in the statusbar is not meaningful.

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    Fig.2 Status bar (ALCplus2: Equipment window)

    Notes of Fig.2

    (1) The wording:

    Absent, points out that the LCT-equipment connection is not active (pag. 270).

    Monitor, points out that the LCT-equipment connection is active in Monitoring mode.

    Config, points out that the LCT-equipment connection is active in Configuration mode.

    (2) The wording:

    enabled, points out that the LCT user can activate the LCT-equipment connection both inMonitoring mode and in Configuration one.

    disabled, points out that the LCT user can activate the LCT-equipment connection in Moni-toring mode only.

    The setting of the parameter can be changed (pag. 36).

    Independently from the previous setting, when the equipment is disconnected, the parameteris automatically enabled (enabled value).

    (3) The wording:

    absent, points out that no manual operation is active.

    present, points out that at least one manual operation is active.

    A double click on the box displays the Active Manual Operations window (pag. 42).

    Summary of the activation statusof the equipment alarms (subdividedaccording to their severity level).Each box points out a different levelof alarm severity.The status of each level is representedby the color of the relevant led.In detail, the color: Green points out that no alarm of the specific level is active on the equipment Associated to the level (Criticalred, Major orange, Minoryellow, Warninglight blue, Unknownblue) points out that at least one alarm of the specific level is present. The number of active alarms is displayed under the name of the level.

    Warning. The supervision system associates to theUnknown level all the alarms, sent by the equipment,whose severity level (for any reason) is unknown.

    Status of the connectionbetween the LCT program

    and the equipment (1)

    Enabling status of the LCTuser for the connection tothe equipment inConfiguration modality (2)

    Activation status of the manual operations

    (loop, switch) (3)

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    Equipment view area

    Fig.3 shows the equipment view area and the elements that form it.

    Fig.3 Equipment view area (ALCplus2: Equipment window)

    Notes of Fig.3

    (1) The equipment view is divided in areas representing the units that compose it (the description ofthe units is reported in the ALCplus2 equipment manual). The name of an area/unit is reported nextto or inside the area itself. The name of an area can be verified clicking, with the right button of themouse, in any point of the area.The equipment view changes according to the equipment type and equipment configuration.The areas/units are contextual. Double click in any point of the area: the system displays a windowpointing out the configuration parameters of the unit.In each area/unit, there is a led that points out the status of the unit alarms. In detail, if the led isof colour:

    Green, no unit alarm is active.

    Red, orange, yellow or light blue, at least one unit alarm is active and that the most seriousactive alarm has respectively the Critical, Major, Minor or Warning level.

    If the ALCplus2: Equipment window refers to a virtual equipment, the summary status of the alarmsis not meaningful (the colour of the led is white).

    For equipment in protected configuration, the areas relevant to the management of the redun-dant parts of the modem and of the radio section are subdivided according to the branches managedby the equipment. Generally, the characters A, 1A, 2A, after the name of an option point out thatthe relevant parameters respectively refer to branch A, 1A, 2A.

    (2) The push-button Synchronization Information displays and allows modifying the parameters forthe management of the synchronization. The resuming status of the synchronization alarms ispointed out by the colour of the led in the push-button.

    If the colour of the led in the push-button is.

    Green, no alarm is active.

    (1)

    (1)

    (4)

    (2) (3)

    (5)

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    Red, orange, yellow or light blue, at least one alarm is active and the highest severity ofthe active alarms is respectively Critical, Major, Minor or Warning.

    If the ALCplus2: Equipment window refers to a virtual equipment, the summary status of thealarms is not meaningful (the colour of the led is white). The Synchronization push-button isdisplayed only if the synchronization function is enabled.

    (3) The box:

    Disable Alarms is displayed if the equipment has at least one alarm or the forwarding of atrap disabled. The total number of disabled alarms and/or trap forwarding is pointed out afterthe Disable Alarms wording.

    Incorrect Upload is displayed when the last operation of information acquisition (Configura-tion Upload) executed by the supervision system is failed.

    RMon, displays the enabling status of the monitoring of the performance on the ports of theEthernet switch. The wording:

    Disabled, points out that the performance monitoring is disabled

    Enabled: x, points out that the performance monitoring is enabled on x ports of theEthernet switch.

    The information relevant to the enabling/disabling status of the RMON functionality is auto-matically updated by the system.

    A double click on the push-button displays the RMon History View window, where the op-erator can enable/disable the monitoring of the performance. For the detailed description ofthe window and of the procedures referred to it, refer to the manual of the supervision sys-tem NMS5UX.

    (4) The Power area reports the following operating parameters for the considered radio branch:

    Tx , operating status and value of the power in output to the transmitter.

    Rx , operating status and value of the power in input to the receiver.

    In the equipment with 1+1 isofrequential configuration, the Standby wording is present inthe Tx field related to the stand-by branch. Both the powers are measuredat the antenna flange.The boxes Tx2A and Rx2A are present and meaningful only for equipment in protected con-figuration. The operating status of the radio branch, both for automatic or manual switch, isrepresented by the colour of the box:

    Green. Branch operating

    White. Branch in stand-by

    In the equipment with 1+1 heterofrequential configuration, the branches 1A and 2A transmitat the same time. In this case, both the labels Tx1A e Tx2A will be green.

    (5) Configuration parameters of the radio branches:

    ACM Prof. Current ACM profile for the branch in transmission (Tx) and in reception (Rx).

    TDM. Radio capacity reserved to the TDM tributaries in transmission (Tx) and in reception(Rx).

    ETH Cap. Radio capacity (in kbit/s) reserved to the Ethernet tributaries in transmission (Tx)and in reception (Rx).

    Channel. RF channel. The wording UNAVAIL. points out that the RF channel is not set.

    Tx Freq. Frequency (in MHz) which the transmitter of the considered radio branch is tunedon.

    Rx Freq. Frequency (in MHz) which the receiver of the considered radio branch is tuned on.

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    Equipment status area

    In this area there are:

    the symbol that represents the radio equipment of the series ALS with ALCplus2 IDU (ALCPLUS2symbol).

    The colour of the symbol border shows the general connection/alarm status of the equipment. Themeaning of the colours is described in Tab.1.

    The presence of the label READ-ONLY in the symbol points out that only reading operations (get)can be executed in the window.

    For each single equipment, different ALCplus2: Equipment windows can be displayed at thesame time. The first user who opens the window can execute get and set operations (Read-Writeaccess), the other users only get operations (Read Only access).

    the logical address of the equipment.

    the physical (IP) address of the equipment. The Virtual Equipment wording points out that theALCplus2: Equipment window refers to a virtual NE equipment.

    Tab.1 Summarized alarm status of the equipment

    * By default, the colour of the symbol edge displays always the colour of the most serious alarm presentin the equipment.

    Edge colour Description

    Green The equipment is in connected status and no alarm is active.

    Red * The equipment is in connected status and at least one alarm with Critical level is active.

    Orange * The equipment is in connected status and at least one alarm with Major level is active.

    Yellow * The equipment is in connected status and at least one alarm with Minor level is active.

    Light blue * The equipment is in connected status and at least one alarm with Warning level is active.

    White The equipment is in connected status and the LCT-equipment connection in Configuration mode (pag. 270) is active.

    Red with X onthe symbol

    The equipment is in an unreachable status.

    Brown The equipment is in disconnected status or the ALCplus2: Equipment window refers to a virtual equipment (pag. 33).

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    ALCPLUS2: SUBRACK WINDOW

    A double click on a push-button in the ALCplus2: Equipment window opens an ALCplus2: Subrack window.Fig.4 shows an example. More ALCplus2: Subrack windows can be opened at the same time.

    Here below, a general description of the window is given: component items, menu and commands. Forthe detailed description of the functional schemes and of the parameters, refer to the description of thepush-button (pag. 34).

    Fig.4 ALCplus2: Subrack window

    Notes of Fig.4

    (1) The menu:

    File, contains the following commands:

    Main Window, brings in foreground or opens the ALCplus2: Equipment window.

    Close, closes the considered ALCplus2: Subrack window.

    Logicaddress (2)

    Menu bar(1)

    Functional schemeof the equipment (3)

    Name of the contextual area selectedand highlighted in the functional scheme

    List of the units relevant to thehighlighted equipment section (4)

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    If there are not other ALCplus2 windows open, the command closes even the ALCplus2IDU Manager application program. In this second case only, when the command is se-lected, the system displays a confirmation window. Press Yes to execute the operation.

    Exit, closes all the ALCplus2 windows actually open (included the ALCplus2: Equipmentwindow, if open) and the ALCplus2 IDU Manager application program. When the com-mand is selected, the system displays a confirmation window. Press Yes to execute theoperation.

    Help contains the commands to access to the help on line.

    (2) The Virtual Equipment wording points out that the window refers to a virtual NE object.

    (3) The functional scheme is usually displayed by blocks.

    The highlighted block (blue margin) is the block which the selected contextual area refers to.

    Double click on a block: the ALCplus2: Unit window (Fig.5) opens, where the parameters and thealarms relevant to the selected block are listed.

    In some blocks there is a led that points out the status of the alarms relevant to the block. In detail,if the led is:

    Green, no alarm relevant to the specific block is active.

    Red, orange, yellow or light blue, at least one alarm relevant to the block is active and thehighest severity is respectively Critical, Major, Minor o Warning.

    (4) Each unit is represented by a rectangle that points out the graphical symbol, the name and the sta-tus of the unit alarms.

    Double click on the unit: the ALCplus2: Unit window (Fig.5) is displayed that lists the unit charac-teristics (name, version, etc.).

    The general status of the unit alarms is pointed out by the colour of the led. In detail, if the led is:

    Green, no alarm relevant to the specific block is active.

    Red, orange, yellow or light blue, at least one alarm relevant to the block is active and thehighest severity is respectively Critical, Major, Minor o Warning.

    If the window refers to a virtual equipment, the resuming status of the alarms is not a significantone (the colour of the led is white).

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    ALCPLUS2: UNIT WINDOW

    A double click on a element (push-button, command, contextual area, etc.) in the ALCplus2: Equipment orALCplus2: Subrack window opens an ALCplus2: Unit window. Fig.5 shows an example. More ALCplus2: Unitwindows can be opened at the same time.

    Here below a general description of the window is given: items, menus and commands. For the detaileddescription of the parameters, refer to the description of the push-buttons (pag. 34).

    Fig.5 ALCplu2s: Unit window

    Notes of Fig.5

    (1) The menu:

    File, contains the following commands:

    Main Window, brings in foreground or re-opens the ALCplus2: Equipment window.

    Close, closes the considered window.

    If no other ALCplus2 windows are open, the command closes even the ALCplus2 IDUManager application program. In this second case only, when the command is selected,the system displays a confirmation window. Press Yes to execute the operation.

    Exit, it closes all the ALCplus2 windows open (included the ALCplus2: Equipment win-dow, if open) and the ALCplus2 IDU Manager application program. When the command

    Logicaddress

    Menu bar(1)

    IP address(2)

    List ofalarms (5)

    List of parameters (4)

    Push-buttonbar (3)

    Name of the button/blockwhich the window refers to

    Value of theparameter

    Name of theparameter

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    is selected, the system displays a confirmation window. Press Yes to execute the oper-ation.

    Commands, contains the following commands:

    Refresh, it updates the information present into the window.

    Clear, it remove the selection on all the parameters selected for the get or set parame-ters.

    Send GET Request, it executes the Get operation for all the parameters selected for thisoperation. The command is available only at least a parameter is selected for the get op-eration. The selection of this command is equal to the selection of the Get push-button.

    Send SET Request, it executes the Set operation for all the parameters selected for thisoperation. The command is available only at least a parameter is selected for the set op-eration. The selection of this command is equal to the selection of the Set push-button.

    Option, contains the following commands:

    Select All (Get), it selects all the parameters of window, for which the get operation canbe executed, except the parameters already selected for the set operation.

    Help, contains the commands to access to the help on line

    (2) The Virtual Equipment wording points out that the window refers to a virtual equipment.

    (3) The push-button:

    Set, executes the Set operation for all the parameters selected for this operation.

    The push-button is available only at least a parameter is selected for the set operation.

    The selection of this push-button is equal to the selection of the Send SET Request com-mand.

    Clear, removes the selection of all the parameters selected for the get or set operation.

    The push-button is available only at least a parameter is selected for the get or set operation.

    The selection of this push-button is equal to the selection of the Clear command.

    Get, executes the Get operation for all the parameters selected for this operation.

    The push-button is available only at least a parameter is selected for the get operation.

    The selection of this push-button is equal to the selection of the Send GET Request com-mand.

    (4) Each line represents a parameter.

    In some windows, the parameters are subdivided into tabs. The activation of a tab shows only theparameters present in it. To display the parameters of a different tab, select the name of the tabitself.

    When the name of the parameter appears with grey colour, it means that this parameter is notavailable because not meaningful in the current situation.

    The values of some parameters can be changed by the NMS5UX user (Set operation), the values ofother parameters can be read only (Get operation), other values can be as read as set.

    When an attribute is selected for a get operation, it cannot be selected for a set operationand vice versa.

    (5) Each alarm is represented by a rectangle that points out the alarm short name.

    The alarm status is pointed out by the rectangle background colour. In detail, if the colour is:

    Green, the alarm is not active.

    Red, orange, yellow or light blue, the alarm is active with severity respectively Critical, Ma-jor, Minor or Warning.

    Grey, the alarm is disabled (pag. 39) or the window refers to a virtual equipment with a notmeaningful alarm status.

    The alarm disabling operation is pointed out also into the ALCplus2: Equipment window bymeans of a warning box (Fig.3)

    Not all the ALCplus2: Unit windows are provided with the alarm list.

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    Set operation

    The set operation is the possibility to change the value of a parameter and to send it to the equipment insuch a way to replace the current value of this parameter.

    The attributes for which a set operation is possible have the relevant value pointed out, for example, intoa text box, into a pop-up menu or into every element that allows to change this value (the mode to changethe value of a parameter is pointed out in the paragraph that describes the parameter itself).

    Once a parameter is changed, the system displays an arrow: next to the name, on the left.

    To execute the writing operation, press Set or select the Send SET Request command.

    At the end of the operation, if the operation has been successful, the arrow disappears; otherwise, if theoperation is failed, the arrow is barred by a red cross:

    More parameters can be written at the same time, changing their values one after the other and then se-lecting the above mentioned push-button or command.

    The parameters, whose value is not contained in an element that allows the change, cannot be selectedfor the set operation.

    Get operation

    The get operation is the possibility to require to the equipment the sending of the current value of a pa-rameter to the supervisory system.

    The setting of a parameter for the get operation consists in a double click on the parameter name: thesystem displays an arrow: , on the left, next to the parameter.

    To execute the reading operation, press Get or select the Send GET Request command.

    At the end of the operation, if this operation has been successful, the arrow disappears and the systemdisplays the read value; otherwise, if the operation is not successful, the arrow is barred by a red cross:

    .

    More parameters can be read at the same time, selecting them one after the other and then selecting theabove mentioned push-button or command.

    Not all the attributes can be selected for the get operation.

    Get and Set operations for the virtual equipment

    If the ALCplus2: Unit window refer to a virtual equipment (pag. 33), the get operation will not be availablefor any parameter present into the window.

    The set operation can instead be executed for all the parameters for which it is available, but during a pos-sible transfer operation (pag. 36) of the virtual equipment configuration to another equipment, the systemwill transfer only the parameters that have the symbol , on the side of the value.

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    OPERATING PROCEDURES

    OPENING/CLOSING OF ALCPLUS2: EQUIPMENT WIN-DOW

    This chapter describes the modalities to open (pag. 29) and close (pag. 32) the ALCplus2: Equipment win-dow.

    Opening of ALCplus2: Equipment window

    The following procedure assumes that:

    ALCplus2 IDU Manager application program has been installed and enabled to operate.

    To check the presence of the application program, select the Help > About NMS5 com-mand present in the NMS5UX graphical interface. If the application program is not present,contact the system administrator.

    the NMS5UX graphical interface is open.

    The start-up procedure of the NMS5UX graphical interface is described in the supervisionsystem user manual.

    the network that contains the ALCplus2 equipment has been configured and the relevantNetwork Element object has been created.

    The procedure to graphically represent the equipment network and to create the NE objectsis reported into the supervision system user manual.