User guide

Configuring Network Services Topology Maps and Inventory Tables
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AlliedView NMS Administration Guide
6.1.5 NTE8 Service
The NTE8 card is used to allow DS1/E1 facilities to connect (backhaul) the ethernet network, with both ends of the DS1/E1
connections being on iMAP 9000 devices. Refer to the iMAP User Guide for a complete description of the NTE8 configuration.
Note: Refer to 5.5.14 and 5.6.20 for an overview of the NTE8 card and DS1/E1 port attributes.
The NTE8 configuration always has dual endpoints, since there must be an iMAP 9000 device at each end. Moreover, each
end must be correctly provisioned for the logical hierarchy (DS1, PPP, MLPP, ETH) of the NTE8. Finally, the hierarchy for
each endpoint in a pair must be the same.
6.2 Topology Maps and Inventory Tables
6.2.1 Overview
To view and manipulate the network VLANs, a set of maps and tables show the configuration for the network VLANs and
their status at the layer 3 and layer 2 for all their related components:
• The physical links that connect the devices
• The VLAN links that connect the VLAN interfaces
• The VLAN interfaces on the device
• The Network VLAN itself
The maps and tables that show these components are explained first, so that the menu items that create, change, and delete
these components are more easily understood. Figure 6-1 shows the Network Objects node tree and highlights those that
are used to view and configure network VLANs.