User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About This Guide
- Introduction
- Installation
- Start-Up
- Configuration
- Displays
- Statistics
- Device Management
- Dial Function
- Firmware Download
- Reports
- Session
- Platform/Network Performance Monitor
- Hard Disk and System Recommendations
- NMS Windows Conventions
- Record and Device Locks
- Cabling Requirements
- Data Input Sheets
- Glossary
- Index
Configuration
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5. Enter the following information in the fields on the Device Configuration input
form by either:
— Using the selection list button to the right of the field to access existing
field entries, or
— Typing the information in the field and pressing Tab.
Model: Required when a new device is entered. Select a model from the
displayed list.
Device Name: A label (maximum 15 characters) that is unique to the
network. Selecting the Device Name button gives you access to the Selection
Browser. Refer to
Device Selection
in Appendix A,
NMS Windows
Conventions,
for additional information on using the Selection Browser.
Example: ATL1-OE-096
Dial Backup: Yes indicates that the DSU is configured with a DBM. No
indicates that a DBM is not configured. The DBM-V/DBM-S is a separate
device configuration available only for 3611 Series devices, so No should be
chosen for this device.
Installed Features: Indicates what additional features are installed with this
device. Select from None, Time Division Multiplexer, Multichannel Multipoint,
and Modem Sharing Device.
NOTE:
If the selected device is a DSU or APL with a TDM or multipoint feature
installed, an additional carrier slot will be reserved.
Leased/Dial: Select either Leased or Dial to indicate the device’s primary
operating mode.
Control/Tributary: Select one of three device codes to represent unit control:
— Control: Indicates the device can issue tests and commands to other
devices on the same circuit in the network.
— Tributary: Indicates the device receives control data from a control
device and from NMS.
— Extended Control: Indicates the device is a tributary that performs
control-type functions.
Inventory Code: Select one of three inventory codes to indicate the status of
the device in the network:
— Active: Installed in the network and in use.
— Inactive: Installed in the network but not in use. A user may still issue
tests to an inactive device.
— Inventory: The device is not in service in the network but its
configuration information remains in the network database.