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Nortel INM 5.0 Update Manual

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NTNM13XKAB
INM Products
Integrated Network Management
Network Wide Backup & Restore Planning Guide
Standard Rel 1.0 July 1999
Update issue: 2
July 1999
What's inside...
Network Wide Backup & Restore Description
Network Wide Backup & Restore Compatibilities
Network Wide Backup & Restore Engineering Considerations
Network Wide Backup & Restore Requirements
TCP/IP Network Requirements

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  • Page 1 NTNM13XKAB INM Products Integrated Network Management Network Wide Backup & Restore Planning Guide Standard Rel 1.0 July 1999 Update issue: 2 July 1999 What’s inside... Network Wide Backup & Restore Description Network Wide Backup & Restore Compatibilities Network Wide Backup & Restore Engineering Considerations Network Wide Backup &...
  • Page 2 The information contained herein is the property of Nortel Networks and is strictly confidential. Except as expressly authorized in writing by Nortel Networks, the holder shall keep all information contained herein confidential, shall disclose it only to its employees with a need to know, and shall protect it, in whole or in part, from disclosure and dissemination to third parties with the same degree of care it uses to protect its own confidential information, but with no less than reasonable care.

  • Page 3: Publication History

    Publication history July 1999 Oficial release, for GA load, of Network Wide Backup & Restore Planning Guide, Rel 1.0, update 0.2. June 1999 Oficial release of Network Wide Backup & Restore Planning Guide, Rel 1.0, update 0.1. May 1999 Draft release for internal review of Network Wide Backup & Restore Planning Guide, Rel 1.0.
  • Page 4 iv Publication history Integrated Network Management Rel 1.0 Standard July 1999...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents About this document Network Wide Backup & Restore Description Graphical User Interface (GUI) 1-2 Controller List 1-2 Controller List Filtering/Sorting 1-3 Refreshing View 1-4 User Preferences Tab 1-5 Print & Export Tab 1-6 History Tab 1-7 Recurring/Custom Storage Location 1-7 Details Window Description 1-8 Controllers Tab 1-8 Restore Tab 1-11...
  • Page 6 vi Contents TCP/IP Network Requirements Ethernet 5-1 TCP/IP 5-2 LAN requirements 5-2 X.25 5-2 WAN requirements 5-3 Summary 5-4 List of terms Integrated Network Management Rel 1.0 Standard July 1999...

  • Page 7: Technical Support And Information

    • provisioners • transmission standards engineers • network administrators References This document references the following Nortel Networks technical publications (NTP) and other documentation: • INM Planning Guide, PG OC 98-15 • INM Installation and Administration User Guide, 450-3101-201 • Network Wide Backup & Restore User Guide, 450-3101-031...
  • Page 8 • eastern standard time (EST) or eastern daylight time (EDT) Use the regular technical support to report and receive help for issues covered by the product warranty, as described in your purchase agreement with Nortel Networks. Integrated Network Management If you are in Canada or the US...
  • Page 9 You can be charged a standard rate for service requests that Nortel Networks considers to be outside the scope or period covered by the product warranty. You can purchase extended warranty coverage and additional support services. These optional, value-added service packages are part of the INM Product Services suite.
  • Page 10 x About this document EMC conformance Integrated Network Management This product/product family complies with the provisions of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC, and with the essential protection requirements of the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC as amended by 92/31/EEC, when it is properly installed and maintained and when it is used for the purposes for which it is intended.

  • Page 11: Network Wide Backup & Restore Description

    Network Wide Backup & Restore Description Network Wide Backup & Restore centralizes controller backup administration and storage by allowing all backup related activities to be managed at the INM platform. The Network Wide Backup & Restore Release 1.0 features are listed below: •...

  • Page 12: Graphical User Interface (Gui)

    1-2 Network Wide Backup & Restore Description • Ability to print summaries of controllers being managed in both a readable, and comma separated value format. Graphical User Interface (GUI) The Network Wide Backup & Restore application is launched as a separate process from the GNB’s Configuration menu.

  • Page 13: Controller List Filtering/Sorting

    Figure 1-1 Controller List window Controller List Filtering/Sorting This feature allows users to customize the controller list according to the options that are chosen. Network Wide Backup & Restore Planning Guide Network Wide Backup & Restore Description 1-3 Rel 1.0 Standard July 1999...

  • Page 14: Refreshing View

    1-4 Network Wide Backup & Restore Description The list is filtered by selecting the checkboxes that appear at the top of the controller list. The default is “All”, by de-selecting all and selecting the desired controllers, a list of controllers that fall into those contraints will be displayed. For example, if OPC and NPC were selected, then the controller list will display the controllers of type OPC and type NPC, complying to the constraints.

  • Page 15: User Preferences Tab

    User Preferences Tab Figure 1-2 User Preferences tab Under the User Preferences tab will be the following preference setting options: Table 1-2 Preference setting options Label Input Widget values Log Level: option menu Print command: text entry max 80 char NULL widget Concurrent Jobs: option menu Email notification...

  • Page 16: Print & Export Tab

    1-6 Network Wide Backup & Restore Description Table 1-2 (continued) Preference setting options Label Input Widget Describe option menu Controllers as Managed Error text entry States widget Print & Export Tab Figure 1-3 Print & Export tab Under the Print & Export Tab should be the following radio button options: •...

  • Page 17: History Tab

    The History Tab provides detailed information on the backups stored for a particular controller. It also provides for administration of these backup files. In addition, detailed information about a specific backup, such as the software load and the scheduled backup date, is viewable. This tab contains features in which a backup for a selected controller can be deleted, locked, or unlocked.

  • Page 18: Details Window Description

    Backup & Restore application: • Controller Type • Controller Name, IP Address • Name of Controller Software Load • Backup Date (from controller) • Backup Date (timestamp developed by INM) The controller can also pass other information which will be presented in this window.
  • Page 19 Figure 1-5 Controllers tab The Controller Tab screen contains crucial information pertaining to the Controller in question, such as the IP, MOA IP, etc. Using this component of the Backup & Restore, the controllers can be added or deleted to and from the controllers list, respectively.
  • Page 20 1-10 Network Wide Backup & Restore Description Table 1-3 (continued) Controller tab information Add new This is selected if a new controller is added to the controller network. This disables the delete feature of Save & Restore. Delete selected By choosing Delete selected controller, the controller information of the selected controller will then appear in the appropriate boxes.

  • Page 21: Restore Tab

    Restore Tab Figure 1-6 Restore tab Restore Action After selecting a backup to restore in the “Stored Backup Window”, selecting “Restore” will start an ftp download of the file to the controller. After the download is initiated, it can be cancelled at any time using the “Cancel” button located in the Controller Status Tab.

  • Page 22: Details Window Description

    1-12 Network Wide Backup & Restore Description Details Window description For description, see section “Details Window” of the History Tab. Recurring Backup Tab The recurring backup tab contains the information pertaining to the controller's time and storage location of the backups. Using this tab, time and storage location can be entered for Backup &...
  • Page 23 Table 1-4 (continued) Setting a recurring backup time information Two digit calendar day. Start Time Two digit representation of hour on a 24 hour clock. Two digit representation of minutes. Two digit representation of seconds. Backup Every Integer accompanied by the portion of date that the integer represents.

  • Page 24: One Time Backup Tab

    1-14 Network Wide Backup & Restore Description “Save as Defaults” action button saves the current information in the data fields as the UI defaults for recurring backups. This is stored, and can be read in by the “Set To Defaults” action button. It is important to realize that this information should be generic enough to span the entire controller list, not just selected controllers.
  • Page 25 Table 1-5 Setting up a One Time Backup information Two digit calendar day. Start Time Two digit representation of hour on a 24 hour clock. Two digit representation of minutes. Two digit representation of seconds. OPC pacing The packet size of the speed backup.
  • Page 26 1-16 Network Wide Backup & Restore Description Integrated Network Management Rel 1.0 Standard July 1999...

  • Page 27: Network Wide Backup & Restore Compatibilities

    Network Wide Backup & Restore Compatibilities Network Wide Backup & Restore Release 1.0 software is compatible with INM Release 5.0 and currently supports the S/DMS TransportNode product releases listed in Table 2-1. GUI compatibilities Table 2-1 lists the S/DMS TransportNode product releases required to obtain Network Wide Backup &...
  • Page 28 2-2 Network Wide Backup & Restore Compatibilities Integrated Network Management Rel 1.0 Standard July 1999...

  • Page 29: Network Wide Backup & Restore Engineering Considerations

    Network Wide Backup & Restore Engineering Considerations Network Wide Backup & Restore Engineering Rules The Network Wide Backup & Restore engineering considerations for Release 1.0 are as follows: • Since Network Wide Backup & Restore application is coresident with INM Broadband Release 5.0, the minimal bandwidth for the WAN communication link is 56 Kbits/sec.

  • Page 30: Estimated Time To Backup An Opc

    3-2 Network Wide Backup & Restore Engineering Considerations Estimated Time to Backup an OPC The estimated time for OPC backup to complete is dependent on the following: • available bandwidth • number of controllers • concurrent jobs setting under the user preferences of the GUI Table 3-1 Estiimated time to backup an OPC # of OPC...
  • Page 31 Table 3-3 Network Wide Backup & Restore capacities Description Number of instances of the Backup and Restore GUI with Admin priviledges Number of instances of the Backup and Restore GUI with View only priviledges Number of simultaneous backups Number of simultaneous restores Number of controllers that can be added in Backup and Restore’s Controllers List Network Wide Backup &...
  • Page 32 3-4 Network Wide Backup & Restore Engineering Considerations Integrated Network Management Rel 1.0 Standard July 1999...

  • Page 33: Network Wide Backup & Restore Requirements

    Network Wide Backup & Restore. Again since Network Wide Backup & Restore software is coresident with INM Release 5.0, refer to INM 5.0 Planning Guide for detailed information on operating system requirements and HP-UX 10.20 software patches. First Time Installation If the workstation is purchased from Northern Telecom (Nortel), the HP-UX operating system is installed and configured.
  • Page 34 4-2 Network Wide Backup & Restore Requirements • Install the INM 5.0 Core software prior to the Backup & Restore software. Refer to chapter 1, “Getting Started”, and chapter 2, “Installing the INM software”, in INM 5.0 User Guide •...

  • Page 35: Tcp/Ip Network Requirements

    TCP/IP Network Requirements This section provides a general description of ethernet networks, TCP/IP and X.25 protocols and the requirements needed to support the operation of the Network Wide Backup and Restore application with INM Broadband. Ethernet The ethernet protocol is a standard defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for communication networks.

  • Page 36: X.25

    5-2 TCP/IP Network Requirements TCP/IP The TCP/IP acronym stands for Transport Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. These protocols are implemented in the protocol stack as shown in Figure 5-1 on page 1. This protocol is commonly used in conjunction with ethernet networks. The TCP/IP address, also known as the IP address, is used to uniquely identify each ethernet device on a network.

  • Page 37: Wan Requirements

    WAN, shown in Figure 5-2 on page 3. If the INM Broadband is to be used in a software delivery function, then sub-rate T1 or T1 links are recommended as shown in Figure 5-3 on page 4.

  • Page 38: Summary

    5-4 TCP/IP Network Requirements Figure 5-3 INM Broadband Leased Line WAN Configuration LAN router with lease line capability S/DMS Network Manager 56 Kb/sec or X terminal IEEE 802.3 X terminal Summary Two approaches can be used to connect the INM Broadband to the OPC modules: •...

  • Page 39: List Of Terms

    List of terms Access Bandwidth Manager add-drop multiplexer alarm a signal which alerts staff to an equipment fault or problem S/DMS AccessNode ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange balloon a balloon-shaped object that appears on a node to indicate alarm counts BLSR bidirectional line switched ring CCITT...
  • Page 40 6-2 List of terms CNet control network common product code circuit pack group centralized software management DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency digital data storage (tape) Digital Multiplex System DMS MAP Digital Multiplex System Maintenance Access Position DV45 Digital Video Codec...
  • Page 41 graphical user interface highlighting the graphical application of color to a node to indicate a certain alarm severity Hewlett-Packard HP VUE Hewlett-Packard Visual User Environment indicator an audible or visible alert to an alarm or status condition International Organization for Standardization International Telecommunications Union.
  • Page 42 Nortel Networks technical publication Network Upgrade Manager, an OPC tool OAM&P operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning...
  • Page 43 performance monitoring System Administration Manager S/DMS Synchronous/Digital Multiplexing System span of control SONET a standard for optical transport formulated by the Exchange Carriers Standards Association (ESCA) for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The standard defines optical carrier (OC) levels and their electrically equivalent synchronous transport signals (STS).
  • Page 44 6-6 List of terms User Session Manager VTBM virtual tributary bandwidth management window a rectangular area of a display screen used to contain a particular application wide area network X.25 CCITT protocol used for wide-area packet switching. OSI Data communication standard Integrated Network Management Rel 1.0 Standard July 1999...
  • Page 45 Network Wide Backup & Restore Planning Guide Copyright 1999 Nortel Networks, All Rights Reserved. The information contained herein is the property of Nortel Networks and is strictly confidential. Except as expressly authorized in writing by Nortel Networks, the holder shall keep all information contained herein...

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