Operations Manual

IFU Link Manager Overview

CONFIDENTIAL & PROPRIETARY

NOTE: For more information about this feature, refer to “Security

Management” in the online help.

IFU Configuration Management

Depending on your level of access (see For more information about this

feature, refer to “General Procedures” in the online help. on page 2-13), the

Configuration Management feature enables you to enter or review the

following characteristics of the IFU:

n Site name, IP addresses of IFU pairs

NOTE: To monitor the status of an IFU with IFU Link

Manager, you must enter the correct addresses for each IFU

in a linked pair.

n Assigned channel, rain region, grade of service, latitude and longitude

of IFU pairs

n Installation, in-service, and last change dates

IFU configuration monitoring enables you to review the following

characteristics of the IFU:

n Inventory information (IFU serial number, IFU product type, IFU

Link Manager software version)

n Link selection, antenna orientation, and type of network interface

NOTE: For a list of the specific parameters that can be changed or

viewed, refer to “IFU Provisioning” in the online help.

Fault Management

The Fault Management feature provides the following functions:

n Enables the user to view an IFU’s active alarms with time stamps as

they are stored on each IFU

n Enables the user to tag a note to each alarm type

n Enables the user to view the Alarm History Log that includes the

previous 300 time stamped events (set, event, and clear) as they are

stored on each IFU

n Enables the user to mask and unmask all alarms

n Enables the user to change the threshold setting for modem power,

SQM, and internal temperature