User Manual

SPEEDCOM SC5800 User

Manual

10 APPENDIX B: MANAGEMENT OF THE SC5800

All management of the SC5800 product is implemented using SNMP (Simple Network

Management Protocol), an open standard. The SC5800 product can be managed by:

1. Standard SNMP managers such as HP OpenView or SNMPc (i.e., there is Open Network

Management compatibility).

2. For rapid product installation, the NMS GUI Application (hereafter referred to as the NMS-

GA) provides extensive management functions on site and, via the microwave radio link,

can be used to access the SC5800 station on the opposite side of the link. The SC5800

NMS-GA is a software application that runs on a PC workstation such as a laptop or

notebook computer that is connected to an SC5800 Indoor Unit (IU) serial port (DB9 DTE)

or an Ethernet connection (10BaseT DTE) (both accessed via the IU front-panel).

10.1 SNMP and the SC5800

Use of SNMP within the product allows remote: configuration, monitoring of performance,

notification of alarms and firmware upgrades via an IP-network. Within an IP network supporting

routing of IP data, the radios can be supported from any remote location. The product can be

accessed via the Internet if the necessary gateways are provided. A GSM/PCS modem dial-up

capability provides another remote management option.

The SPEEDCOM (SC) Indoor Units have built-in SNMP agents and an extensive MIB

(Management Information Base). The SC5800 product uses SNMP V1 (RFC1155, 1157). The

user has access to an Enterprise MIB (obtainable though customer services) and MIB II (RFC

1213).

Access to the MIB via the IU SNMP agent is via Ethernet (10BaseT interface on the product's

front panel) or PPP (RFC 1661) via the product's serial channel Element Manager port. The use

of SNMP provides flexibility for operators with central equipment monitoring. It provides

management access to radio configuration (all data interfaces), interface status and statistics,

fault and maintenance information.

SNMP security (if enabled) is ensured by using a login and password to give the user

administrator or basic user rights (a standard user rights option limits the ability to SET MIB

variables).

The product has threshold-based alarm generation (there is an extensive SNMP trap list with a

trap filter that is adjustable via SNMP). Network access (wired or wireless (i.e., GSM/PCS

Modem) allows over-the-air remote firmware uploading (FTP) with a load verification (and reversion)

capability.