User Manual

MDR2400/5800-SR, Orion2410/5810-SRi and Orion 5825-SR
862-01881 Issue 12c Page 46
6 NMS Software
6.1 Scope
This section provides minimal information required to install the Orion NMS. A detailed
HTML-based help document can be found on the NMS installation CD supplied with
new radios.
6.2 Introduction
The purpose of the Network Management System, hereafter called the NMS, is to
allow you to configure, manage or interrogate the following primary functional
elements of a Digital Radio Link:
• Digital Indoor Unit
• RF Unit
A Digital Radio Link consists of two Indoor-RF Unit stations connected through a radio
link.
The Orion NMS is designed to auto-detect the radio type it is connected to and can
support the following radio types:
• Orion XX
• MDR XXXX
Since the firmware and software for the MDR XXXX and the Orion XX10i RFUs are
exactly the same, the NMS has no means to detect the difference between these
units. The NMS will therefore always display the radio type as MDR XXXX.
The NMS is a PC-based software package that provides you with a graphical interface
that is used to perform on-site element management of a digital radio system. It
allows you to configure, manage and interrogate the system by selecting various
menus and options.
The hardware as well as the software constituting the NMS is collectively called the
NMS Terminal.
The NMS Terminal is the principal system support equipment associated with the radio
for system installation and commissioning.
The NMS connects to a designated NMS Terminal port (labelled Element Manager) on
the front panel of the Digital Indoor Unit, by means of a serial data interface (this cable
is supplied in the DIU box). It can also connect to any number of Digital Indoor Units
interconnected through an IP network.
The NMS communicates with SNMP agent software that is contained in each Digital
Indoor Unit. The NMS communicates with the agent’s software: the software enables
a unit to interpret MIB (Management Information Base) commands via SNMP (Simple
Network Management Protocol).