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v 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 About This Guide Document Purpose and Intended Audience This guide describes how to configure and operate the software component ofthe Hotwire Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) system. It isintended for administrators and operators who maintain the net...

About This Guide vi 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Document Summary Section Description Chapter 1 Hotwire DSLAM System Description. Provides anoverview of the Hotwire 8600 and 8800 systems. Chapter 2 Hotwire Menus and Screens. Describes the operationof Hotwire menus, screens, and commonly usednavigati...

About This Guide vii 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Product-Related Documents Document Number Document Title 5020-A2-GN10 Hotwire 5020 POTS Splitter Central Office InstallationInstructions 5030-A2-GN10 Hotwire 5030 POTS Splitter Customer PremisesInstallation Instructions 5038-A2-GN10 Hotwire 5038 Dist...

1-1 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Hotwire DSLAM SystemDescription 1 What is the Hotwire DSLAM? The Hotwire t Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) is a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) platform that houses a Management CommunicationsController (MCC) card and up to 18 DSL cards. These can be...

Hotwire DSLAM System Description 1-2 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 The following illustration shows a typical Hotwire configuration. Legend: DSL - Digital Subscriber Line SN - Service Node MDF - Main Distribution Frame POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service IPC - Interworking Packet Concentrator DSL CARD...

Hotwire DSLAM System Description 1-3 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Hotwire DSLAM Chassis There are three types of chassis: H The Hotwire 8600 DSLAM chassis is an independent, standalone system.The stackable design provides for up to six chassis to share managementaccess through a single MCC card, whi...

Hotwire DSLAM System Description 1-5 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 MCC Card The chassis requires one MCC card, which is a processor card that administersand provides diagnostic connectivity to the DSL cards. It acts as a mid-levelmanager and works in conjunction with a Simple Network Management Proto...

Hotwire DSLAM System Description 1-6 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Levels of Access There are two levels of diagnostic/administrative access in the Hotwire DSLAMsystem: H Administrator The Administrator has complete read/write access to the DSLAM system.With Administrator permission, you can set spec...

Hotwire DSLAM System Description 1-7 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Monitoring the DSL Cards The Hotwire DSLAM software provides submenu options to monitor the activity ofthe Hotwire DSL cards. The monitoring screens allow you to: H List the status of active ports and interfaces in a card, as well as ...

Hotwire DSLAM System Description 1-8 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Troubleshooting and Diagnostics The Hotwire DSLAM system provides DSL diagnostic submenu options that: H Display self-test results for CPU health, memory and ports, and resets. H Show major alarms such as Selftest Failure, Processor F...

2-1 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Hotwire Menus and Screens 2 Overview The Hotwire DSLAM has a menu- and screen-driven user interface system thatenables the user to configure and monitor the Hotwire cards. This chaptercontains: H Menu and Screen Formats H Commonly Used Navigation Keys H Hotwire Menu ...

Hotwire Menus and Screens 2-2 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Menu and Screen Formats The Hotwire DSLAM uses an ASCII-based text format for its menus and screens.This section describes the components of a typical Hotwire menu and screen. Components of a Hotwire Menu A typical Hotwire menu format looks ...

Hotwire Menus and Screens 2-3 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Components of a Hotwire Screen A typical Hotwire screen looks like this: 2 1 4 3 1. System Header Line is the top line of the screen. This line has two fields that provide system login information. — The first field displays the system name ...

Hotwire Menus and Screens 2-4 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 4. Status Line is the last line on the screen. This line displays status information about the selected card. For information about these fields, see Card Selection Screen on page 2-10. Commonly Used Navigation Keys The following table lists...

Hotwire Menus and Screens 2-5 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Hotwire Menu Hierarchy This section describes the menu structure of the Hotwire user interface. Hotwire Chassis Main Menu The following illustration shows the Hotwire Chassis Main Menu. Hotwire Chassis A. Chassis InfoB. Card SelectionC. Logo...

Hotwire Menus and Screens 2-6 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Hotwire – DSL Menu After selecting a specific DSL card from the Card Selection screen, the DSLAMsystem displays the Hotwire – DSL Menu. See Monitoring Menu See Configuration Menu* Hotwire – DSL A. Configuration*B. MonitoringC. ApplicationsD....

Hotwire Menus and Screens 2-7 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL Card Configuration Menu The following figure illustrates the complete Configuration menu hierarchy fromthe Hotwire – DSL menu. 98-15899-01 (A) Configuration A. Card StatusB. PortsC. InterfacesD. UsersE. BridgeF. SN ConfigurationG. Filter...

Hotwire Menus and Screens 2-8 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL Card Monitoring Menu The following figure illustrates the complete Monitoring menu hierarchy from theHotwire – DSL menu. (A) Card Status A. Card InfoB. Login HistoryC. Syslog (B) Physical Layer A. Active ListB. Ethernet StatsC. EtherHDLC...

Hotwire Menus and Screens 2-9 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Reviewing the Levels of Access There are two levels of privileges on the Hotwire DSLAM system. Your useraccounts can be configured with a user name, password, and privilege of: H Administrator, giving you access to all of the features of the...

Hotwire Menus and Screens 2-11 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 The status of each DSL card is indicated by codes displayed in any of eightpositions to the right of the card selected. The following table explains the valid codes by position. ColumnHeading Position Display Description Slt <slot number...

Hotwire Menus and Screens 2-12 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 For more information about the status displayed on this screen, such as majorand minor alarms, see Troubleshooting in Chapter 6, Diagnostics and Troubleshooting. Accessing the Hotwire – DSL Menu " Procedure To access the Hotwire – DSL m...

3-1 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Configuring the Hotwire DSLAM 3 Overview The Hotwire DSLAM enables you to configure and manage the Hotwire MCC andDSL cards. This chapter describes the basic card configuration instructions. Domain Types To monitor and control the overall system, the Hotwire Access N...

Configuring the Hotwire DSLAM 3-2 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Configuring the DSL Cards Use the procedures in the following order to minimally configure DSL cards foruser data connectivity. For detailed information on these instructions, see Chapter 4, 8310 MVL and 8510 RADSL Card Configuration . F...

Configuring the Hotwire DSLAM 3-3 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Configuring VNID(s) on a DSL Card " Procedure To configure at least one VNID for this RADSL or MVL card from the Hotwire –DSL Card menu: 1. Follow this menu selection sequence : Configuration → Bridge → Card VNID (A-E-B) 2. Type 0 or...

Configuring the Hotwire DSLAM 3-4 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Configuring the Active VNID on each DSL Port You can configure multiple VNIDs with different next hop routers with one activeVNID configured per port. " Procedure To configure the active VNID on each RADSL or MVL port from the Hotwir...

Configuring the Hotwire DSLAM 3-5 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Configuring Static Users " Procedure From the Hotwire – DSL menu: 1. Follow this menu selection sequence: Configuration → Bridge → Client VNID (A-E-D) 2. Enter the port number at the DSL Port #: prompt. 3. Type 0 or press Enter at th...

Configuring the Hotwire DSLAM 3-7 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Configuring IP Filter Rules " Procedure Configure IP Filters and associated rules in the following sequence: 1. Define each filter. An IP filter consists of a set of rules. 2. Configure rules for each filter. TCP/UDP/ICMP traffic typ...

8310 MVL and 8510 RADSL Card Configuration 4-2 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 NOTE: Only a user who logs in to the Hotwire DSLAM with Administrative permissioncan configure the DSL card. " Procedure To configure card information, time/date, clear NVRAM, upload or downloadconfiguration sets, downlo...

8310 MVL and 8510 RADSL Card Configuration 4-5 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL Configuration Ports Screens Use the system information submenu of the Ports screens to display the DSLPorts screen. " Procedure To configure ports: 1. Follow this menu selection sequence: Configuration → Ports (A-B) ...

8310 MVL and 8510 RADSL Card Configuration 4-8 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL Configuration Interfaces Screens Use the system information submenu of the Interfaces screens to configure basicinterface information. " Procedure To view DSL card information, configure Maximum Transmission Unit (MT...

8310 MVL and 8510 RADSL Card Configuration 4-9 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Table 4-3. Interfaces Options General (General Interfaces) A-C-A Gives the user the ability to configure and view basic card interface information about agiven interface, including binding filters. Interface Name – 3 charact...

8310 MVL and 8510 RADSL Card Configuration 4-10 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL Configuration Users Screens Use the system information submenu of the Users screens to configure loginaccounts for Telnet sessions directly to the DSL cards. This menu item is not currently supported on this card. DSL C...

8310 MVL and 8510 RADSL Card Configuration 4-14 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL Configuration Service Node Screens Use the SN Configuration screen to configure endpoint Service Node information. " Procedure 1. Follow this menu selection sequence: Configuration → SN Configuration (A-F). 2. The S...

8310 MVL and 8510 RADSL Card Configuration 4-15 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Table 4-5. Service Node Options SN Configuration A-F Displays endpoint information for the 5620 RTU or 6310 MVL modem. Port # – Enter the RADSL or MVL port number (1–4). SN Type – Model number of SN connected to the DSL por...

8310 MVL and 8510 RADSL Card Configuration 4-16 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL Configuration Filters Screen Use the IP Router Filters to add, delete, or edit a filter. " Procedure 1. Follow this menu selection sequence: Configuration → Filters → IP Filters (A-G-A). 2. The IP Filters screen app...

5-1 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Monitoring the Hotwire DSLAM 5 Overview The Hotwire DSLAM lets you monitor the activity of the Hotwire DSL cards.When you select Monitoring from the Hotwire DSL Main Menu, a menu tree ofselections on history and error logs, performance statistics, card status, andphy...

Monitoring the Hotwire DSLAM 5-2 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 " Procedure To view general card information, login history, and the system log: 1. Follow this menu selection sequence: Monitoring → Card Status (B-A) 2. The Card Status menu appears. Select the submenu option as shown in Table 5-1 a...

Monitoring the Hotwire DSLAM 5-3 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Syslog Screen Example

Monitoring the Hotwire DSLAM 5-4 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL Monitoring Physical Layer Screens Use the Physical Layer screens to display read-only system information aboutphysical ports. " Procedure To view the active ports list, Ethernet statistics, and HDLC bus statistics: 1. Follow this ...

Monitoring the Hotwire DSLAM 5-10 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL Monitoring Interfaces Screens Use the Interfaces screens to display read-only system information aboutinterfaces. " Procedure To view the active interfaces list and interface status list: 1. Follow this menu selection sequence: M...

Monitoring the Hotwire DSLAM 5-11 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Table 5-3. Monitor Interfaces Options Active List (Active Interfaces List) B-C-A Displays a list of the current status of all of the active interfaces in the card. if – Number of the interface. name – Name of the interface. type – Interf...

Monitoring the Hotwire DSLAM 5-12 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL Network Protocol Screens Use the Network Protocol screens to display read-only system information for themanagement domain. " Procedure To view various management traffic statistics between the access node and theMCC card, includ...

Monitoring the Hotwire DSLAM 5-18 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL Bridge Screens Use the Bridge screens to display read-only system information. " Procedure To view bridge information: 1. Follow this menu selection sequence: Monitoring → Bridge (B-E) 2. The Bridge menu appears. Select the subme...

Monitoring the Hotwire DSLAM 5-21 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL SN Information Screen Use the SN Information screen to display read-only Service Node information. " Procedure 1. Follow this menu selection sequence: Monitoring → SN Information (B-F) 2. The SN menu appears. The information disp...

Monitoring the Hotwire DSLAM 5-22 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 DSL Monitoring IP Filters Screen Use the IP Filters screen to display configured filters. " Procedure 1. Follow this menu selection sequence: Monitoring → Filters → IP Filters (B-G-A) 2. The IP Filters screen appears. The information...

6-1 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 6 Diagnostic Screens Use the Diagnostics submenu to perform self-tests or view alarm status.

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 6-2 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 " Procedure To view self-test, card alarm, packet test, and Service Node self-test information: 1. From the Hotwire – DSL Menu, select: Diagnostics (D) 2. The Diagnostics menu appears. Select the submenu option as shown in Table 6-...

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 6-3 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Troubleshooting The status of each card in the Hotwire DSLAM is indicated on the Card Selectionscreen (see Components of a Hotwire Screen in Chapter 2, Hotwire Menus and Screens). Checking Alarms If the Card Selection screen indicates ...

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 6-5 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Minor Alarms Use Table 6-3 to determine the appropriate action to take for each Minor Alarm. Table 6-3. Minor Alarms (1 of 2) Alarm Action Config Error 1. Check the Selftest Results display by following the menu selection sequence: Dia...

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 6-7 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Network Problems To provide a practical aid in the isolation and resolution of Layer 2 networkdifficulties, the guidelines in this section provide information on troubleshooting ageneric network containing the devices found in most net...

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 6-8 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 The following table provides an overview of the sequence of troubleshootingprocedures for the DSL card. The following sections address potential problemsthat may occur in each network segment: I f the Client cannot Ping theGateway Rout...

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 6-9 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Client Cannot Reach Service Node Table 6-4. Client-to-Service Node Segment Layer Solution Layer 1 –Physical 1. Make sure the PWR LED on the front of the Service Node is lit. Use only the power adapter shipped with the unit. 2. To verif...

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 6-10 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Client Cannot Reach DSLAM This section examines the Service Node-to-DSLAM segment of the network. NOTE: On the DSLAM, verify that the DSL link is up and that there is a MAC addressfor the client (screen B-E-B). — If the MAC address ap...

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 6-12 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Client Cannot Reach IPC This section examines the DSLAM-to-IPC segment of the network. NOTE: On the IPC, verify that there is a MAC address for the client (enter themacinfo command). If the correct MAC address appears on the IPC, and ...

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 6-14 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Client Cannot Reach Router Table 6-7 examines the IPC-to-Router segment of the network on the IPC end ofthe segment. 99-16175-01 O OII Next Hop Router (NHR) DSLAM Clients NMS WAN Hub SN SN ISP IPC WAN IPC-to-Router Segment NMS ISP Gat...

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 6-15 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Table 6-8 examines the Router-to-IPC segment of the network from the routerend of the segment. Table 6-8. Router-to-IPC Segment Layer Solution Layer 2 –Network 1. On the router, make sure that the defined line characteristics agree wi...

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 6-16 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Performance Issues – Viewing Network Statistics The previous sections of this document examined connectivity issues, i.e., theinability to Ping the router. Table 6-9 presents information on viewing DSLAMstatistics screens to examine p...

A-1 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Download Code A The Download Code menu option on the Hotwire DSLAM gives you the ability toupgrade your software with a new version of code and then apply this code toyour system. New firmware releases are typically applied to the MCC card, DSL cards, and/orendpoints...

Download Code A-2 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Download Code When you are attempting to download to the DSL cards, refer to Table 5-1 , Card Status Options, in Chapter 5, 8310 MVL and 8510 RADSL Card Configuration. In general, the following describes what to expect when you have initiated adownload ...

B-1 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Traps B DSL Card Traps Traps are configured via a Telnet or terminal session. The addition or removal ofa card or another hardware component within the Hotwire DSLAM system causesa trap to be generated. These traps indicate a configuration change notification(CCN) of...

GL-1 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Glossary A 10-Mbps Ethernet LAN that works on twisted-pair wiring. A symbol (usually numeric) that identifies the interface attached to a network. A software program housed within a device to provide SNMP functionality. Each agentstores management information and re...

IN-1 8000-A2-GB26-10 January 1999 Index A Active Interfaces List screen, 5-11 Active List screen, 5-4 Active Ports List screen, 5-4 Add ARP Entry screen, 4-13 Administrator access, 1-6 Administrators Overview, 3-1 Alarms screen, 6-2 Alarms, Major, 6-3 Alarms, Minor, 6-5 Apply Download screen, 4-4 AR...