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5-4 Using the Database Module
Software Release 3.00 StormTracker-Site Manager and Administration User Guide 08-01148-01-200
Unmanaged vs. managed modem shelves
"Unmanaged" shelves contain a "passive" or unprovisioned card in the
processor slot that simply passes EtherLoop traffic between the modem cards
and the BitStorm Server. To use the automated Discover Modems operation,
an unmanaged shelf must reside on the same LAN segment as the BitStorm
Server interface (ETH 0 or ETH 1). No shelf provisioning is required.
"Managed" EtherLoop modem shelves are components such as the
BitStorm™ MIU processor card in the BitStorm 1900 IP DSLAM and the
MicroBurst™ mini-IP DSLAM that contain interfaces that can be managed
remotely (over a WAN) using the StormTracker-Site Manager software.
EtherLoop modems in managed shelves can be discovered using the Discover
Modems operation regardless of where the modem shelf resides, as long as the
shelf is on a reachable TCP/IP network.
Provisioning managed shelves
To provision a managed shelf, the following is required:
• The modem shelf interface (BitStorm MIU or MicroBurst shelf) must be
configured with an IP address on a network that is reachable over a LAN
or WAN from the BitStorm Server ETH 0.
• The shelf IP address must be provisioned using the Shelf Add/Search
operation in the Database module.
Once these two tasks are complete, the Discover Modems operation can be
used to automatically detect all EtherLoop CO and CPE modems within the
"domain" of the modem shelf interface. All CO and CPE modems in managed
shelves will appear in the StormTracker-Site Manager software modules
such as EtherCraft in a [MAC Address]@[Shelf IP address] format as in the
following example:
00:30:52:01:AF:C6@172.17.2.11
Figure 5-2 shows the "Shelf Configuration" dialog launched by clicking the
Shelf Add/Search operation link.
Figure 5-2
Shelf Configuration dialog