User Manual

MDR5800 User Manual
862-01881 Issue 6 Page 43
6 NMS SOFTWARE
6.1 Introduction to the Network Management System
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 (Local or Remote Stations within the link):
• Indoor Unit
• Outdoor Unit
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 Microwave Digital Radio
(MDR) System. It allows you to configure, manage and interrogate the MDR System
by selecting various menus and options.
It provides extensive management functions on site and, via the microwave radio link,
can be used to access the remote MDR station.
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 MDR
System for system installation and commissioning.
It connects to a designated NMS Terminal port (labelled Element Manager) on the
front panel of the Indoor Unit of a MDR Station installation, by means of a serial data
interface (this cable is supplied in the IU box).
The NMS communicates with SNMP agent software that is contained in each
MDR5800 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).
6.2 General Information
1. To select a button/option, simply click the appropriate button/option.
2. Move the mouse pointer to the different areas of the screen. When the pointer
changes into a hand, this indicates that the area can be activated by a left
mouse button click. In some cases (opto inputs, relays, payload interfaces),
hold the mouse hand cursor over the particular area of the screen and a hint
appears indicating the state associated with the selected item. If the pointer
changes to vertical bar, then the field may be edited if clicked.
3. The main screen has pull-down menus that are activated by clicking on the
words of the menu (menu items).