Specifications

Chapter 4 Configuration Installation and Operation Manual
4-10 Configuring Optimux-34 for Operation Optimux-34 Ver. 2.81
Configuring Security Timeout
The timeout specifies a time interval after which Optimux-34 automatically
disconnects from the supervisory terminal (or Telnet or Web application) if no
input from the user is detected. The timeout can be set to 10 minutes, or
disabled.
³ To Configure the Security Timeout:
From the Control Port menu, select Security Timeout to toggle between the two
available positions:
10 min After 10 minutes the Optimux-34 automatically disconnects from the
management session. To reconnect, press <Enter> on the
management terminal and then log in again.
OFF Security Timeout is not active.
Enabling and Disabling Pop-up Messages
When the pop-up function is enabled, Optimux-34 displays messages as they are
generated by the system or received by the interfaces. The messages are
displayed at the bottom of the terminal screen.
³ To enable or disable pop-up alarms:
• From the Control Port Menu, select Pop alarms, to choose the pop-up
messages mode:
 ON (pop-up messages are enabled)
 OFF (pop-up messages are disabled).
Setting the Fault Propagation
³ To turn Fault Propagation On/Off:
• Select Fault propagation to toggle between On and Off.
When fault propagation is On:
 When signal loss or sync loss is detected on the active uplink, the
USER-ETH port on both local and remote units is shut down.
 When the USER-ETH port detects that the link is down, the USER-ETH port
on the remote unit is automatically shut down.
When fault propagation is Off: Deactivates the Fault propagation functionality.
Setting the Alarms
The local system alarms have to be masked or unmasked to prevent setting the
alarm in the log file and dry contact activation. When the alarms are unmasked,
traps will not be sent to the alarms and dry contact will not activate.
³ To mask or unmask the alarms:
1. From the System Menu, select Alarms.