User Manual

AS8100 Sitespan
Release Description
DLP 001
605-0000-449
Issue 1.1 Date 28/10/98
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3. Configuration Management
Sitespan provides the ability to configure managed equipment centrally for operations
ranging from commissioning through to maintenance. All common operations for each
piece of equipment are grouped in appropriate dialogues.
Sitespan supports the programming of RF frequencies, RF card levels and RF channel
activation. A Subscriber Database (supporting entries for Name, Address, Telephone
Number, Tariff, Parent Shelf, Line Activation, Line Resources -line number and card
number and supplementary services) provides control mechanisms and relational
information for each line.
Please refer to the appropriate documentation for further information.
All cards have an electronic serial number that can be accessed by Sitespan.
4. Alarm Handling
Sitespan supports the real-time detection, logging and propagation of equipment
alarms. Each Sitespan Server receives or polls for alarms, updates its object model
state accordingly and then sends alarm indications to all connected Equipment Views
for real-time display. Since all views, whether textual or graphical, are derived from the
same object model information, consistency is assured from view to view.
Alarms can be examined in real time by locating the element view to which the alarm
belongs, or an alarm history can be displayed, giving the time at which each alarm was
logged by the system and its associated inventory. Please refer to the appropriate
documentation for further information.
4.1. Alarm Reporting
The equipment monitors the network interface, the CT equipment and the
remote subscriber terminal status. Alarm reports will be forwarded to Sitespan
to be displayed in either the history, alarm, tree, or active alarm views. The
following lists the alarms/events supported.
Events Description Comments
FRU Alarms Failure of a Field
Replaceable Unit
Detected
A field replaceable unit a failure to the
management system if it detected part of
its circuit is not functioning (e.g.
NVRAM, power supplies out of
specification).
In addition the Shelf Controller may
report a FRU alarm failure on a unit that
it fails to communicate with.
CT Power Fail Central Terminal
Equipment power status
The CT rack is a dual-feed design. If one
of its power supplies fails, the Sitespan
system will report the CT Power failure.