Nortel INM 3.1 Release Note
Nortel INM 3.1 Release Note

Nortel INM 3.1 Release Note

Nortel inm 3.1 software: release note

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Integrated Network Management Products

INM Broadband

Release Notes For Release 3.1
Document release: issue 1.0
Date: November 1997
*NTse68aA.0100*

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  • Page 1: Inm Broadband

    Release Notes Integrated Network Management Products INM Broadband Release Notes For Release 3.1 Document release: issue 1.0 Date: November 1997 *NTse68aA.0100*...
  • Page 3: Integrated Network Management Products

    Integrated Network Management Products INM Broadband Release Notes For Release 3.1 Document status: Issue 1.0 Date: November 1997 1997 Northern Telecom All rights reserved Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corporation. HP is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Co. NCD is a trademark of Network Computing Devices S/DMS AccessNode is a trademark of Northern Telecom.
  • Page 4: Publication History

    iv of 24 Publication history November 20, 1997 1.0 (Jacques Kuftedjian) - Official Release for RTM. November 20, 1997 0.2 Draft (Jacques Kuftedjian) - Release for review only. October 10, 1997 0.1 Draft (Jacques Kuftedjian) - Initial release for review only. INM Broadband Issue 1.0...
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents About this document Structure of the document 7 Audience 7 Summary of Features Release Notes 1. Installation 13 Upgrades 13 New Installs 13 2. Federated Networks 13 3. Problem Analyzer 14 4. Partitioned Access 14 5. Alarm History 15 6.
  • Page 6 vi of 24 Table of Contents INM Broadband Release 3.1 Issue 1.0...
  • Page 7: About This Document

    About this document This document describes the INM Broadband Release 3.1 release notes that the users should be aware of before using the software application. The items that are listed in this document will be addressed in the upcoming releases of INM Broadband.
  • Page 8 8 of 24 About this document INM Broadband Release 3.1 Issue 1.0...
  • Page 9: Summary Of Features

    Summary of Features The new features offered by the Integrated Network Management Broadband Release 3.1 applications are summarized below. • Federated Networks support which provides the ability to manage a network of up to 5500 network elements and 750 controller (OPC/MOA) pairs in a scalable environment by distributing the resources and data required for the network across a number of communicating INM workstations.
  • Page 10 OC-3 Express Connection Management, Performance Monitoring and Remote Inventory (including Shelf Level Graphics) support is provided in INM 3.1. INM 3.1 supports a new nodal connection management for OC-3 Express NEs for functionalities such as Time Slot Assignment (TSA), Time Slot Interchange (TSI), Hairpinning, Path switched connections and Drop-and-Continue and Broadcast.
  • Page 11 Summary of Features 11 of 24 the controllers in the network. Any user on a given INM workstation in the network who has the proper user/group permissions (for access to the GNE) is able to initiate bridging to any controller in the network which supports bridging.
  • Page 12 12 of 24 Summary of Features INM Broadband Release 3.1 Issue 1.0...
  • Page 13: Release Notes

    INM Broadband GUI User Guide. New Installs 1 When an alternate directory other than /opt/nortel (default in INM 3.1) is selected, the user will get this misleading error message which can be ignored: “/opt/nortel was not found”.
  • Page 14: Problem Analyzer

    The new network elements should then be visible. 5 Indirect MOAs show MOA software load in the Software +Bridge list instead of the NE release (eg. MOA04BI is displayed instead of OC3 MOA REL 2.0).
  • Page 15: Alarm History

    triangle. Once in that state, the status icon will be “stuck” showing the yellow triangle, even though all network elements are reporting. There is no impact on actual alarm reporting: just the status icon. 2 The user cannot assign alarm filters to NEs as they are being enrolled. The ability to select alarm filters and apply them against all future NEs is not possible in this release.
  • Page 16: Fault Management

    16 of 24 Release Notes login is implemented for MOA based Controllers (as opposed to OPCs). The user could potentially open any number of login sessions consuming more and more resources and ultimately affecting performance of other functionality. The user has to take note of this limitation and ensure to keep the number of open sessions per GNB session, at any time to 6.
  • Page 17 Release Notes 17 of 24 whole NE list shifts to the right. Therefore, if the user wants to check (or uncheck) specific NEs, he has to scroll to the left to check (or uncheck) the next NE. This can be annoying to the customer even though it is a minor problem.
  • Page 18 18 of 24 Release Notes INM Broadband Release 3.1 Issue 1.0...
  • Page 19: List Of Terms

    List of Terms Add Drop Multiplexer AISS Alarm Indication Signal Second AccessNode AccessNode Express ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange Bipolar Code Violation Bipolar Errored Second BLSR Bidirectional Line Switched Ring BSES Bipolar Severly Errored Seconds CCITT Consultative Committee on International Telegraphy and Telephony CLFI Common Language Facility Identifier D r a f t...
  • Page 20 20 of 24 List of Terms Hewlett-Packard HP-VUE Hewlett-Packard Visual User Environment Intelligent Alarm Filtering ICCCM Inter-Client Communication Convention Manual IDLC Integrated Digital Loop Carrier IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Integrated Network Management Broadband Release 3.0/3.1 International Standards Organization Local Area Network Maintenance and Administrative Position MAPCI...
  • Page 21: Appendix 1

    Appendix 1: Technical support and information For 24-hour emergency technical support and technical support for system upgrade, that is, problems that may lead to payload-affecting failures or issues that prevent payload protection switching, please call the following number: From 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., please call the following toll-free number for technical support, upgrade notification or upgrade reporting: Southern Region Northern Telecom Inc.
  • Page 22 22 of 24 Appendix 1: Technical support and information Canada Technical Assistance Service Centers FSE West Main Location (Alberta) Northern Telecom Canada Limited 10235, 101st Street Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3G1 (403) 441-3193 FSE West (Manitoba, North-Western Ontario) Northern Telecom Canada Limited 360 Main Street, Suite 1400 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 3Z3 (204) 934-7530...
  • Page 24 Integrated Network Management Products Integrated Network Management Broadband Release 3.1 Release Notes 1997 Northern Telecom All rights reserved Information subject to change without notice. Issue 1.0 November 1997 Printed in Canada...

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