SkyLIGHT VCX ControllerUserManualFirmware Release 1.1

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Contents

1 About This Manual 11.1 Organization 21.2 Conventions 31.3 References 4

2 Managing the SkyLIGHTVCXController 52.1 About the ManagementWeb Interface 62.2 Starting the ManagementWeb Interface 8

2.2.1 Physically Connecting to the SkyLIGHTVCXController 82.2.2 Logging In 82.2.3 Working in the Home Page 92.2.4 Modifying the SkyLIGHTVCXController'sUnit Identifier 102.2.5 Managing SSL Certificates 11

2.3 Configuring the Logical Interfaces 152.3.1 Adding or Editing a Logical Interface 162.3.2 Adding or Editing an IPv4 Route 19

2.4 Finding a Host (Ping and Traceroute) 202.5 Managing Sessions 21

2.5.1 Terminating a User Session 222.5.2 Locking or Unlocking User Sessions 222.5.3 Configuring Session Options 23

2.6 Managing Users and Privileges 262.6.1 Setting Up the Administrator Account 262.6.2 Defining Permissions for a Group of Users 262.6.3 Adding or Editing User Accounts 292.6.4 Administering User Account Privileges 292.6.5 Changing Passwords 30

2.7 Using a RADIUS Server for Authentication 312.7.1 RADIUS Server Configuration Examples 32

2.8 Using a TACACS+ Server for Authentication 332.8.1 TACACS+ Server Configuration Examples 34

2.9 Managing Access Control Lists 362.9.1 Setting Up an ACL 362.9.2 Deleting an ACL 38

3 Managing Remote Devices 393.1 About Remote Devices 403.2 Adding Remote Devices 41

3.2.1 Linking to the SkyLIGHT VCX Controller 43

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3.2.2 Unlinking Devices From the SkyLIGHT VCX Controller 433.3 Managing Remote Device Features 443.4 Configuring Security Key Management 463.5 Managing Feature Suites 48

4 Discovering Remote Devices 494.1 Discovering Remote Devices 50

4.1.1 Configuring the Discovery of Remove Devices 504.2 Remote Device Inventory 544.3 Configuring Remote Device Ports 57

5 Configuring the SkyLIGHTVCXController 595.1 Setting the System Date and Time 60

5.1.1 Setting Date and Time Manually 605.1.2 Setting Date and Time Automatically 60

5.2 Setting Up DNS 625.3 Upgrading the Firmware 635.4 Importing/Exporting the Units Configuration 675.5 Rebooting the SkyLIGHTVCXController 695.6 Restoring Factory Default Settings 70

6 Managing Ports 716.1 Setting Up Ports 726.2 Network Requirements TCP/UDP Ports 756.3 Viewing Port Statistics 786.4 Setting Up Port PHY Parameters 806.5 Viewing SFP Information 83

7 Managing Traffic 897.1 Setting Up Traffic Policies 90

7.1.1 Viewing a Summary of the Policy Configurations 907.1.2 Assigning Filters to a Traffic Policy 90

7.2 Defining Filters 927.2.1 Configuring a Layer-2 Filter 927.2.2 Configuring an IPv4 Filter 95

7.3 Working with the FlowMETER 1007.3.1 Setting Up Bandwidth Utilization per Flow 100

7.4 Setting Up FlowMETERFlow Rules 1017.4.1 Configuring Flow Filters per Port 1017.4.2 Viewing Flow Statistics per Port 103

7.5 Configuring FlowMETERFlows 1067.6 Setting Up Flow Reporting 1077.7 Configuring Traffic 108

7.7.1 Setting the Working Rate 108

8 Managing Loopbacks 1098.1 Understanding Loopback Testing 110

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8.2 Setting Up and Enabling Loopbacks 111

9 Monitoring Network Performance with Service OAM 1159.1 Using Service OAM 116

9.1.1 Setting Up CFM 1179.1.2 Setting Up Delay Measurements 121

9.2 Using the Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) 1239.3 Setting Up a TWAMP Reflector 124

10 Testing Network Performance 12710.1 Using RFC-2544 for Traffic Generation and Analysis 128

10.1.1 Setting Up the Traffic Generator 12810.1.2 Starting the Traffic Generator and Viewing Test Results 13210.1.3 Setting Up a Test Suite 13410.1.4 Running a Test Suite and Viewing Test Reports 143

10.2 Setting Up SAT Reporting 145

11 Managing Alarms and SystemMessages 14711.1 Managing Alarms 148

11.1.1 Setting General Alarms 14811.1.2 Customizing Alarms 14811.1.3 Viewing Alarms 150

11.2 Managing Syslog Messages 15311.2.1 Defining Syslog Parameters 15311.2.2 Sending Syslog Messages to a Remote Location 154

11.3 Managing History Files 15511.3.1 Creating History Files 15511.3.2 Transferring History Files 157

11.4 Managing the SNMP Agent 16111.4.1 Enabling the SNMP Agent 16111.4.2 Setting Up the SNMP Trap Receivers 162

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1 About This Manual

Intended for network designers and network administrators, this document will help inthe design, configuration and use of Accedians network solutions such as theSkyLIGHTVCX Controller. The term unit in this document refers to an instance of theVCXController. The term management Web interface refers to theWeb-based interfacethat is used to access the VCX Controller.

A VCX Controller can be viewed as an extended Performance Element, since it is equippedwith multiple (i.e., over 100) virtual communication ports. Accedian PerformanceModules(ants, Nanos) are linked to the VCXController and provide the physical ports used forcommunication with the VCXController.

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1.1 OrganizationThis document contains an introduction, as well as several chapters of detailedprocedures and examples.

The Introduction chapter provides information about technologies and standards used inAccedians equipment.

The various chapters containing information and procedures for configuring theequipment are as follows:

"Managing the SkyLIGHTVCXController"

"Managing Remote Devices"

"Configuring the SkyLIGHTVCXController"

"Managing Ports"

"Managing Traffic"

"Managing Loopbacks"

"Monitoring Network Performance with Service OAM"

"Testing Network Performance"

"Managing Alarms and System Messages"

Tables of parameters are provided to help you understand the function of eachparameter that is available for a particular feature. Whenever possible, parameters arelisted in the order in which they appear in the interface.

Typographical standards for this document are provided in "Conventions" on page 3.

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1.2 ConventionsThis manual uses certain types of document conventions to help you distinguish betweencommands, keywords and language elements. Furthermore, special formatting elementshave been added to draw your attention to certain types of information.

The conventions described below appear throughout this manual:

Commands and keywords are presented in bold.

Menu options when navigating in theWeb interface's menu system are shown as follows:SOAM CFM DMM Configuration

Brackets [] are used when several options are available and you need to select a specificoption. For example, in the following line you need to select a specific port namewhenyou reach the PHY page: Port PHY [Port name]

Alarm numbers are composed of three parts: x.yyyy.zz. The first number (x) refers to ageneral category. The second number (yyyy) refers to the specific component. The thirdnumber (z) is the specific alarm