User`s manual

Chapter 1 Overview
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1.2.5 Management Support
Using one of the following methods can perform setup, control and monitor the
status and diagnostics information:
 ASCII terminal connected to the V.24/RS-232 craft port
 Telnet host, Web browsers and SNMP-based network management stations
The following access options are supported:
 Out-of-band access via one of the LAN ports connected to the internal
Ethernet switch (that is, Ethernet ports: 1, 2, 3 and 4)
 In-band access either through the SDH network, through one of the VCG
ports of the internal Ethernet switch, or through the DCC carried in the
STM-1 link overhead.
The management subsystem supports TFTP for remote software upgrading
downloading, as well as cold software downloading by using an ASCII terminal
directly connected to the MUXpro Series Device. TFTP can also be used to upload
and download the MUXpro configuration database. Network administrators can
use the download facility to allocate confirmed configuration files to all the
managed MUXpro units in the network from a central office (CO).
To further expedite the process, it is also possible to upload the configuration data
stored by a MUXpro unit to the management station as a standard disk file, and
then dispense the file to other units that use the similar configuration.
MUXpro has comprehensive diagnostics capabilities including: real-time alarms
alert users to fault conditions. Alarms are reported to the management station and
simultaneously relayed via ALARM port Ethernet and SDH link monitoring.