Installation guide

Overview
14 FTTH Application Guide
Zhone supports both Active Ethernet and GPON. Read the Zhone White
Paper, “Choosing the Right FTTx Architecture” or consult your Zhone sales
representative about both GPON and Active Ethernet solutions.
Zhone GPON solutions: OMCI and browser based
Zhone has two types of zNIDs for GPON: those which are based on ONT
Management Control Interface (OMCI) for configuration and management
and those which use a browser based user interface (UI) as is common with
modems, routers and residential gateways.
Most Zhone ONT models (zNIDs) are OMCI based, using Zhone’s easy to
use Smart OMCI configuration tools. At this time no zNIDs support both
OMCI and the browser based UI.
Note: This document uses the zNID 2510 as a reference model for
the OMCI based zNIDs. The same procedures described in this
document apply for OMCI based zNIDs.
Though Zhone's element management system, ZMS, manages both sets of
models, the main differences between the OMCI-based solution and the
browser-based solution are how you configure them. The OMCI based zNIDs
may be configured directly through ZMS or via the CLI and Web UI (which
are SLMS based). OMCI is a policy-based solution, designed to deal with
larger numbers of zNIDs in a structured way.
Both browser based zNIDs, GPON and Active Ethernet (currently the 4200
series) are configured from a Web user interface. For example, to build a
bridge for the subscriber devices connected to the browser based zNID, you
configure a bridge on the zNID as well as on the MXK.
Note: This document uses the zNID GPON 4213 as a reference
model for GPON browser-based zNIDs and the zNID ETH 4212 as a
reference for the Ethernet browser-based zNIDs, mainly because the
4213 and 4212 have all the features of the 4200 family. The same
procedures described in this document apply for all 4200 series
zNIDs whether based on GPON transport media or Active Ethernet
transport media.
For deploying similar configurations to multiple browser based zNIDs, you
can copy and upgrade the configurations.
This application guide is organized into separate sections for configuring
OMCI based and browser based zNIDs, to help reduce any confusion between
the two methods. Browser based and OMCI based zNIDs may be used on the
same network, even on the same bridge.
Deploying fiber solutions
Although this guide is primarily concerned with configuring Zhone
equipment, we believe it is important to have a strong understanding of the