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EXFO FIBER GUARDIAN FG-750 Getting Started

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  • Page 1 GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR FIBER GUARDIAN...

  • Page 2: Preparing For Installation

    GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR FIBER GUARDIAN The installation process can be divided into the following main steps: › Preparing for installation › Installing the unit in a rack › Connecting the power and the network cables › Cleaning and connecting optical fi bers ›...
  • Page 3 Grounding Your Unit To ground your unit: 1. Remove the two Phillips screws. Remove the grounding lug from the rear panel of the unit. 2. Prepare the ground wire (minimum 14 AWG). Attach one end to the unit’s grounding lug using a crimping tool. 3.

  • Page 4: Cleaning And Connecting Optical Fibers

    To connect the fiber-optic cable to the port: 1. Inspect the fi ber using a fi ber inspection probe, such as an EXFO FIP product or a standard microscope. If the fi ber is clean, proceed to connecting it to the port. If the fi ber is dirty, clean in accordance to good cleaning practices.

  • Page 5: Turning On The Unit

    TURNING ON THE UNIT As soon as you connect the unit to a power source, the companion starts its initialization (refer to the initialization process on page 3). Once the initialization is complete, you can turn on the host. Once the host is on, the operating system will be started automatically.
  • Page 6 SETTING UP THE UNIT (PLATFORM APPLICATION) Before setting up your IP address, make sure you have two different IP addresses under your corporate LAN: one for the Host (operating system and remote access) and another for the Companion (maintenance component). All the confi guration and provisioning will be perform from the laptop connected to the FG-750 front port.
  • Page 7 5. Depending on your needs, go to the Rear adapter IPv4 confi guration or Rear adapter IPv6 confi guration section. 6. Confi gure your network settings according to defi ned table values in “FG-750 Network Confi guration Requirements” in the prior-to-install requirements document.
  • Page 8 CONFIGURING THE E-MAIL SERVER SETTINGS The E-Mail confi guration page is available from the Confi guration > Host tab. Click E-Mail Server under Northbound Settings to open the following E-Mail Server page. To configure the E-Mail Server settings: 1. Click Edit to set the following parameters: 1a.

  • Page 9: Adding Users

    ADDING USERS To add users to your system: 1. From the Configuration menu, click Users, click the Add icon to open a blank User Information page. 2. Enter the parameters as per your requirements. Mandatory fields are the following: › Username ›...
  • Page 10 SETTING UP THE UNIT (OPTICAL APPLICATION) ACCESSING TO THE P2P OPTICAL APPLICATION 1. Connect to the P2P optical application Web UI as follows: 1a. From your computer, open a Web browser. 1b. In the address bar, type http://169.254.10.10/. 1c. When the application prompts you, enter Admin as the username and Admin as the password. 1d.
  • Page 11 Note: Once the manual detection of fiber ports is completed, there is a chance that the ports remain undetected even though the fiber is connected. These ports can be detected forcefully by selecting Force Detection of Fiber. To use Force Detection of Fiber: Force detection by-passes the injection loss criteria to create or not create an optical route object.
  • Page 12 Once you verified proper fiber connection and information, the following process describes the force detection functionality: 1. From the main menu, select Configuration > Remote Test Unit. 2. From the tree view, select the optical test head to which the optical routes are connected. 3.

  • Page 13: Configuring Alerts

    CONFIGURING ALERTS The application can alert users when certain events or combinations of events occur. To generate the alerts, the application uses pre-defi ned templates called alert types. To configure alert: 1. From the main menu select Confi guration > Alerting Types. 2.
  • Page 14 VALIDATE LEARNING PHASE HAS COMPLETED Although fault(s) can be detected from next acquisition after reference, it is good practice to let the system complete learning phase such that best possible thresholds are applied, as close as possible to the user target threshold set values. 1.
  • Page 15 NOTES | 15...

  • Page 16: Sales And Customer Service

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