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1. User Manual About AlvariSTAR Task Management allowing definition and scheduling of system wide background tasks including Network Discovery allowing to scan the network for new devices Database Aging allowing automation of database management tasks Range Discovery allowing to scan a predefined range of IPs for new and modified devices Additional product line dependent tasks according to the installed Device Driver s File Management enabling to restore import and export configuration backup files Contact Management allowing definition of contact persons and attributes to be associated with selected devices License allowing to add and view the information about valid licenses for managing devices Security Management allowing management of users user groups functional permissions and passwords Audit Logs allowing viewing of logged events User Session Monitor displays information on the currently logged in users and enables sending messages to a logged in user Certain additional features are applicable only for certain product lines For information about these features refer to the applicable Device Driver Manual Embedded with the entire knowledge base of WiMAX network operations the management system is a unique state of the art power multiplier in the hands of the service provider that enables the provisioning of satisfied customers AlvariSTAR dramatically extends the
2. Managed Object Type Select the type of managed object from which the alarm originated Managed Object Instance Enter a specific instance name of the object where the alarm originated Alias A user defined name for the managed object Trap Name OID Select the trap name or OID Selector of the alarm For SNMP traps the name of the trap is OID Topology Page The Topology Page lets you select the following filter criteria about the equipment and at a particular location o User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Filter Manager Simple Filter Filter Locations a a Network Elements eal a Figure 3 11 Event Filter Editor Simple Filter Tab Topology Locations Select the physical location of the equipment Network Elements Select the network element from which the alarm originated This option is available only if the user selected at least one Network Element Type which is different from NMS in the NE page 3 4 1 2 3 Event Tab The Event page lets you select the following filter criteria AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Filter Manager General Simple Filter Filter NE we ali Event Category LA Event Type State Change ommunications Alarm Operational violation Event Severity critical Major Minor warning Indeterminate F Cleared Event Status Cc Acknowledged User Classifier Figure 3 12
3. Minor A non service affecting fault condition exists and corrective action should be taken in order to prevent a more serious fault The detected alarm condition is not currently degrading the capacity of the equipment et User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management 3 3 1 3 AlvariSTAR Event History Parameter Description Warning A potential or impending service affecting fault could occur and no significant effects have yet been felt Action should be taken to further diagnose and correct the problem to prevent it from becoming a more serious service affecting fault The detected alarm condition does not currently pose a problem but may degrade the capacity of the equipment if you do not take corrective action Cleared The problem is corrected and the correlated alarm is cleared from the Alarm Table Other All other types of events alarms Indeterminate Indicates an alarm for which the perceived severity is uncertain due to any cause Event Details Window The Event Tables in Active Events Event History provide a simplified display summarizing each alarm The Event Details window however presents all the information associated with a selected alarm To open the Event Detail Information window From the Active Events Event History window select an alarm from the table right click and select Event Details from the Alarm pop up menu or double click on the
4. Prints the Event History of the selected alarm s User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Filter Manager 3 4 Event Filter Manager The Event Filter Manager lets you create edit and delete filters which are used to display events in the Active Events and Event History windows When using pre defined filters specific alarm types are displayed allowing you to control alarms more efficiently gt To open the Event Filter Manager 1 Select Fault Management gt Event Filter Manager from the main menu or from the Navigation Pane AlvariSTAR 7a User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Filter Manager a Event Filter Manager X j ua Wane desertion Ser dation ate Critical Major SU Critical and major events admin 03 08 2009 15 40 09 15 40 09 dp New Edit R from the Event Filter Manager To apply a filter select a Custom Filter in the Active Events or Event History windows Results on page 2 PageSize a KJ page 1 of 1 Figure 3 8 Event Filter Manager You cannot apply an event filter to the Alarm Tables in the Active Events or Event History windows For each filter the following information is displayed Parameter Description Name The name of the filter AlvariSTAR 75 User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Filter Manager 3 4 1 3 4 1 1 AlvariSTAR Parameter Description Description A description of
5. AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Template Manager 3 5 1 2 AlvariSTAR Parameter Description Priority A numerical ranking for this template The template priority field determines which template processes an alarm if the alarm matches more than one template The smaller the number defining a template s priority the higher the priority the template is The range is 0 999999 Owner A read only display of the user who created the template Creation Date A read only display of the creation date of the template Filter Tab The Filter tab lets you edit Filter Criteria This filter information matches or finds an event template for each alarm received by Fault Management The first template that matches the received alarm controls the processing of that alarm Fault Management s fault processing logic uses the filtering information provided in the Event Template along with the templates priority to determine which template to use for a given alarm NOTE The smaller the number defining a template s priority the higher the priority For every alarm received Fault Management scans each template in order of priority high to low Fault Management selects the first template that matches on each of the filterable fields for alarm processing If a template does not define a field with either a null or empty value or set to All then Fault Management does not use th
6. The SNMP Object Identification number For SNMP v1 the OID is the enterprise value from the SNMP PDU For SNMP v2c the OID is the SNMP trap OID For Q3 the OID is the Q3 Alarm Enterprise OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 231 7 1 3 1 1 5 204 System Up Time Seconds elapsed since the object or device last rebooted For Q3 it is seconds elapsed since the Q3 Listener Parser last rebooted Variable Bindings Displays a list of the variable bindings for the selected alarm Name The name of the variable as it appears in the MIB OID The variable s Object Identification Value The value for the variable set in the MIB User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event History 3 3 1 3 5 Notes Tab Event Details General General Timestamps And Status Event Parameters Additional Information Notes 4nd Status Event Parameters Additional Information Event Advisor Equipment Up Proposed Repair Actions General Notes Figure 3 7 Event Details Window Notes Tab AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management 3 3 1 4 AlvariSTAR Event History The Notes tab displays the following information about the alarm Parameter Description Event Advisor Displays a text description of the alarm and sometimes proposes a remedy For example The device has received an improperly authorized protocol message The message has been discarded The default message displayed in the Adv
7. OK Applies changes made in the window and closes the window Cancel Closes the active window without taking any further action Any modifications made prior to clicking Cancel are ignored Refresh Refreshes the window and displays the most updated information Save Saves changes made in the dialog box Help Displays the online help window Browse The Browse button appears whenever the command s completion may need additional step Clicking this button displays another window that lets you select an entry for an adjacent field User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Conventions and Common Operations 1 5 3 1 5 4 gt AlvariSTAR Button Description Clear Clears adjacent fields It appears next to a field with a Browse button LZ at the other end Retrieve Displays all appropriate matches according to the selected filter It can also be used to refresh the display Some of the control buttons such as Edit Open Import and Export may appear grayed out for users without write permission Context Menus When handling tables in the work area most of the functions are accessible via right click menus The contents of these menus are context sensitive Common functions include E New Adds a new entry to the table E Delete Removes an entry from the table E Edit Changes the parameters of a particular entry Working with Tables All tables and lists allow resizi
8. Use the Event Forwarding NBI Manager to interface with other Network Management Systems Refer to Section 3 7 Use the Script Command Manager to create script commands that can be triggered by template matched alarms 5 Modify the threshold number of rows stored in the alarm table if necessary Refer to Database Aging Tasks Section 5 2 5 By default 50000 rows are displayed and the Database Aging task is scheduled to run every hour AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 3 Starting the Client gt To start the application Starting AlvariSTAR From the Windows Start menu select lt Management System name gt Management System gt Start Client After the client application is started the Login prompt window will be displayed 1 1 4 Logging In To log in type a valid user name and password at the login prompt as follows Default User Name Default Passwords admin admin manager manager observer observer By default you have five attempts to enter the correct password before the system aborts the login AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Starting AlvariSTAR AlvariSTAR on www alvarion com Figure 1 1 Login Prompt 1 1 5 Logging Out or Shutdown Logging out keeps the application running but disable access to the client preventing unauthorized persons from using it You may log in again without the need to restart
9. the Functional Permissions and or Operations check boxes 6 Click Finish to save your settings gt To modify an existing profile Right click the profile in the Profile Manager and select Edit An editor window is displayed with two tabs AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Profile Manager User Profile General Security Assignment General Description NMS Managers Username Password Expire Date Display Name Status 8 17 2009 18 42 38 Manager Active Figure 6 11 User Profile Editor General Tab 7 Inthe General tab enter or modify the description of the profile The name is read only 8 If you want to assign that profile to existing user s click Add The User Selector window is displayed Select the user s to which to assign the profile and click Select To remove users from the profile click Remove or Remove All 9 Inthe Security Assignment tab set the permissions to the profile Grant permissions by selecting a predefined function and then possible operations AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Profile Manager delete edit configure and so on that each profile or user can perform when exercising the function To select all check the Functional Permissions and or Operations check boxes User Profile General Security Assignment Assignment Security Assignment C Functional Permissions C Contact Ma
10. 10 9 RIE page 1 of 1 gt 1 gt gt Summary by File Category Performance 0 f 0 Configuration 3 3 Logging 0 0 Other 0 0 Figure 5 9 File Manager For detailed information about each type of file that is supported for a particular equipment check the File Manager related section of the corresponding device driver manual In general you can use the right click menu to import export or delete various files from the client file system Depending on the file type AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 5 Administration File Manager AlvariSTAR additional options may be available in the context menu such as initiating a restore configuration task for configuration backup files You can display only specific types of files by selecting the corresponding setting from the View drop menu at the top of the working area When doing so the table header will change so that only the columns that are relevant for that particular file type are shown If you choose the All Files option an additional summary section will be displayed at the bottom of the Working Area You can switch between two types of summaries by right clicking on the section and selecting the corresponding option from the context menu E Summary by File Category File counts for performance configuration logging and other file categories E Summary by File Type File counts for various types of files according to the installed Device Drivers
11. Deleting Event Filters To delete an Event Filter 1 Inthe Event Filter Manager window Figure 3 8 right click the filter to remove and select Delete A confirmation message is displayed 2 Click Yes to confirm the deletion Archiving Alarms To ensure your database does not fill up with alarms you can archive them via the Database Aging task See Section 5 2 5 for further details User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Template Manager 3 5 Event Template Manager Event Templates determine how the system processes different types of messages sent by managed network objects These templates can even trigger external scripts see Section 3 6 The system s messages alarms typically indicate a change in the operational status of the object like a device failure or a system reset Event templates match each incoming message with specific actions Device drivers often install their own templates gt To open the Event Template Manager Select Fault Management gt Event Template Manager from the main menu or from the Navigation Pane The Event Template Manager window is displayed AlvariSTAR faa User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Template Manager Filter B Event Template Manager X Connectivity Cascade Por Connectivity Managemen CPE License Assigned 1 CS Type Mismatch 1 3 6 Database Aging Task Rep Decompression of the do Diagnostics HW Fault OFF Diagn
12. Event Filter Editor Simple Filter Tab Event Event Category Select the category classification of the event Possible values are All Alarm State Change System Event Config Change Event Type Select the classification type of the event The possible values differ according to the event category Event Severity Check the boxes for the relevant alarm severity For more information on alarm severity see Section 3 3 1 2 Event Status Check Acknowledged to display only acknowledged alarms Cleared to only display cleared alarms or both to display all alarms AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Filter Manager User Classifier Possible values are None Service Affecting 3 4 2 Editing Event Filters gt To edit an existing event filter 1 From the Event Filter Manager Window Figure 3 8 right click an existing filter from the list and select Edit The Event Filter Editor window is displayed Simple Filter Name Owner Creation Date 21 08 2009 16 19 13 Figure 3 13 Event Filter Editor AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Filter Manager 3 4 3 3 4 4 AlvariSTAR The Editing Event Filter window comprises the following main pages General Tab on page 76 Simple Filter Tab on page 78 2 Edit the information in the fields on all the pages as required 3 Click OK to confirm your choices and save them to the database
13. To open Active Events Select Fault Management gt Active Events from the main menu or from the Navigation Pane The Active Events window is displayed sa User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Active Events PB eee events x Active Events X Fiter EA SevertyFiter Total results 1 Summary by severity r 1 1 Critical jj 0 0 Major C 0 0 Minor 0 0 Warning E 0 0 Indeterminate B 0 0 Cleared _ 0 0 Other Figure 3 1 Active Events Window When Active Events is launched it opens in Listening mode The display is updated whenever an alarm is received or cleared To freeze the display such that the display of incoming alarms is suppressed click on the Freeze button When in Freeze mode the button label changes to Unfreeze enabling to return to the default state of displaying incoming alarms on the fly The Active Events window is divided into the following main areas AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Active Events AlvariSTAR Filter allows you to filter out displayed alarms according to a custom filter or according to severity The displayed alarms change according to your selection Refer to Section 3 4 for information on the filtering options Alarm Table displays general information about each alarm see Section 3 3 1 1 You can customize the information displayed in the table to provide a more efficient view Counters displays the distribution of the
14. a Script Command Manager X A ep New a z ET 3 Delete Results on page 1 Total 1 PageSize 10 9 Q 4 page 1 of 1 gt F 1g Figure 3 21 Script Command Manager From the Script Command Manager you can E Create new commands and modify existing commands Section 3 6 1 E Delete commands Section 3 6 2 AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Script Command Manager 3 6 1 Creating or Editing Commands gt To create or edit a command 1 Inthe Script Command Manager right click and select New to define a new command The Command Editor window is displayed Command Editor Command Information Command Name Description Command Details Script Name Script Path Command Argument Argument Option Argument Type Argument Yalue Text Qualifier Command Line Figure 3 22 Command Editor 2 Configure your script with the following fields AlvariSTAR foo User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Script Command Manager Parameter Description Command Information Command Name A unique text identifier Description A text description Command Details Script Name The name of the script to run Script Path The location of the script Describe either a Windows or UNIX path Command Argument Argument Option Enter a text value Argument Type Possible values are Constant Event Property Argument Value If Argument Type Constant this is a tex
15. alphabetic order Parameter Description Acked By The user who acknowledged the alarm Ack Time The date and time the alarm was acknowledged Alias A user defined name for the equipment Cleared By The user who cleared the alarm Clear Time The date and time that the alarm was cleared Location The location of the equipment at the source of the alarm Equipment The name of the equipment at the source of the alarm Equipment Type The type of equipment at the source of the alarm Event Category The category classification of the event The event categories are Alarm State Change System Event Config Change Event Name The name of the alarm For SNMP traps the name is the trap OID If the name is blank when received by the application the alarm takes the name of the event template used for processing Event Time The time and date the event occurred Event Type The classification type of the alarm Event types vary according to the event category Last Update Time The date and time the network element last updated the alarm Managed Object The name of the equipment associated with the alarm If the object name is unknown NotFound appears An identification of a component of the network element for which the alarm occurred For example a port on a router would be a managed object instance IP Address The IP address of the mediation agent reporting this alarm Recei
16. and associate information to them such as passwords profile membership and contact information You can filter the display to show a select subset of users The User Manager Window The User Manager displays the User Name Display name and status Active or Suspended Password Expired and Activation Waiting for each user To access the User Manager window Select Security Management gt User Manager The User Manager window is displayed User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Manager A User Manager x User Manager X o Refresh Display Name Userstate i Administrator Active AN Manager Active dp New Edit 3 Delete Results on page 3 Total 3 12g PageSize a 4 page 1 of 1 gt 1 gt v Figure 6 2 User Manager gt To reset a user s password 1 Right click a user entry from the list 2 From the context menu select Reset Password The Reset Password window is displayed AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Manager Username E Figure 6 3 Reset Password Window 3 Enter and confirm the new password 6 3 2 Adding or Modifying a User You can add new users or edit existing ones by modifying their properties You can set the User Profiles to associate with a user see Section 6 4 for information about how to create the profiles As you grant permissions to defined profiles you can grant or deny users access to certain functions ba
17. devices if applicable Export the general information of selected devices to a Commas Separated Value CSV file Open a map display associated with a selected device if applicable Perform additional operations according to the product line and type of managed devices User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Equipment Manager gt 2 1 2 AlvariSTAR To open the Equipment Manager Select Managed Network gt Equipment Manager from the Navigation Pane or menu bar The Equipment Manager window is displayed NOTE Equipment Manager applications running on different NMS clients bound to the same server are notified of the changes made by other clients The equipment list will be automatically updated whenever another client on the network modifies adds deletes or edits equipment data The Equipment Manager can be configured to display only specific types of network elements This allows you to quickly switch between the various lines of products that you need to manage according to the installed Device Driver s For this purpose from the View drop menu at the top of the work area select the products type that you would like to be visible The structure and functionality of the Equipment Manager depend on the selected type of managed equipment Refer to the relevant Device Driver Manual for details on how to use the Equipment Manager with the applicable devices The Unified All Network Elements View Selecting
18. 23 2009 Thu 7 23 2009 Thu 7 23 2009 Thu 7 23 2009 Task Manager Task Manager Task Manager Task Manager System System SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM admin admin Results on page 100 Total 396 PageSize 10 3 For each audit record the following information is displayed E Event Time The date and time of the event AlvariSTAR Task Start Task Start Task Finish Task Finish User Logout User Login page 1 of 4 Audit Log DAP Database Aging Event History DAP Database Aging Audit Log DAP Database Aging Event History DAP Database Aging admin admin Figure 6 1 Audit Log Manager System System leke User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management Audit Log Manager E Category The category of the event Equipment Manager Event Filter Manager Event Template Manager Licence NBI Manager NBI Policy Manager Script Command Manager Security System Task Manager User Manager User Profile Manager E User ID The user who initiated the action System User ID indicates a system initiated action AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management AlvariSTAR E The action performed Change Password Entity Change Entity Create Entity Delete Equipment Create Equipment Del
19. Confirm Password Re enter the password Password Creation Date Date you created the password The date is added automatically The countdown for the password expiration age begins from this date AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Manager Parameter Description Password Expiration Date Specify a date when the password will expire The default is three months Account Activation Date The date when this account becomes effective This field lets you create accounts in advance The accounts remain with Activation Waiting status until the first login of the user after the Effective Date Specify an Effective Date by entering the date directly in the text field in the proper format by default month day year You can also click the Calendar button and select a date from the calendar graphic display Password Never Expires When selected the user s password will not expire regardless of the password policy Login Attempts Number of attempts to login until the system is locked Last Login Time Time that the user last logged in User State Active or Activation Waiting 4 Click Next and set the user profile in the User Profile section Use the controls in this section to assign profiles to or remove assignments from the current user AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Profile 1 General
20. E7 Location2 2c ap New Edit Export Import Results on page 2 Total 2 PageSize o page 1 of 1 a i gt a 1 5 Figure 2 3 Discovery Settings Manager Use the right click menu to perform the following available actions New Click to add a new entry to the table This is done via the Network Settings Window Up to 65535 IPs are supported Edit Click to edit an entry from the table This is done via the Network Settings Window Delete Click to delete the selected Network IP Address Range entry AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Discovery Settings Manager Import Click to import an existing file xml or nar of IP address ranges settings Browse to the location of the file and click Open Export Click to export the current IP Address Ranges table to an external file xml Browse to the location where the file is to be saved and click Save 2 3 1 Network Settings Window New or existing address ranges are edited inside the Network Settings window Network Settings Start IP Network 192 166 2 1 End IP Mask 255 255 255 i SNMP Credentials private Figure 2 4 The Network Settings Window The following information is displayed for each range AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Discovery Settings Manager Parameter Description Type The type of range definition IP Range or Subnet Select
21. In This Chapter E Equipment Manager on page 29 E Location Manager on page 37 E Discovery Settings Manager on page 45 not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility NOTE This manual does not cover some topics which are device driver dependant Refer to the x applicable Device Manager Manual for information about the following features if applicable E GPS Chain manager Network Maintenance AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Equipment Manager 2 1 2 1 1 AlvariSTAR Equipment Manager This section includes Introduction to the Equipment Manager The Unified All Network Elements View The Equipment Editor Introduction to the Equipment Manager The Equipment Manager provides functionality and access to windows that enables you to manage equipment in your network Using the Equipment Manager in conjunction with the right click menu you can View devices that exist in the database according to various selection criteria View general information on the displayed devices Add and Delete devices to from the database Edit the general properties of devices Open the Configure window to configure a selected device Apply licenses to selected equipment not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility Open a Telnet session for a selected device if supported by the specific device type Open the Backup Configuration Task to backup the configuration of selected
22. OF ON LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS IN HAZARDOUS ENVIRONMENTS REQUIRING FAIL SAFE PERFORMANCE SUCH AS IN THE OPERATION OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION OR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL LIFE SUPPORT MACHINES WEAPONS SYSTEMS OR OTHER APPLICATIONS REPRESENTING A SIMILAR DEGREE OF POTENTIAL HAZARD ALVARION SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES b PURCHASER S SOLE REMEDY FOR BREACH OF THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES ABOVE SHALL BE REPLACEMENT OR REFUND OF THE PURCHASE PRICE AS SPECIFIED ABOVE AT ALVARION S OPTION TO THE O User Manual Legal Rights FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW THE WARRANTIES AND REMEDIES SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED EITHER IN FACT OR BY OPERATION OF LAW STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES TERMS OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE SATISFACTORY QUALITY CORRESPONDENCE WITH DESCRIPTION NON INFRINGEMENT AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION GENERATED ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED ALVARION WARRANTIES HEREIN RUN ONLY TO PURCHASER AND ARE NOT EXTENDED TO ANY THIRD PARTIES ALVARION NEITHER ASSUMES NOR AUTHORIZES ANY OTHER PERSON TO ASSUME FOR IT ANY OTHER LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE SALE INSTALLATION MAINTENANCE OR USE OF ITS PRODUCTS Limitation of Liability AlvariSTAR a ALVARION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO THE
23. User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Filter Manager 3 4 1 2 Simple Filter Tab The Simple Filter tab lets you enter custom filter criteria that are used to change the event views in Active Events and Event History windows to make the information more manageable gt To create filter criteria 1 From the Event Filter Editor click Simple Filter to define filter criteria The Filter Page is displayed General Simple Filter Filter Network Element Type J Managed Object Type ea Topolo Event Managed Object Instance Alias Trap Name OID Auth Failure 1 3 6 1 2 1 4 GP Neighbor Loss 1 3 6 1 2 1 5 Figure 3 10 Event Filter Editor Simple Filter Page NE AlvariSTAR 7s User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management 3 4 1 2 1 3 4 1 2 2 AlvariSTAR Event Filter Manager The main Simple Filter page comprises the following pages NE Tab on page 79 Topology Page on page 79 Event Tab on page 80 2 Enter the relevant information in each of the pages When there is a select icon click the icon to select elements from a list Click the eraser icon to remove selected elements 3 Click the OK button to confirm your choices and save them to the database NE Tab The NE page Figure 3 10 lets you enter the following filter criteria Parameter Description Network Element Type Select the type of the network element from which the alarm originated from
24. With the Navigation Pane hidden or maximized if clicking the arrowhead does not restore the display of both panes manually drag the separation bar to restore the display 1 3 7 Status Bar The Status Bar is displayed at the bottom of the main window and contains the following information E Current logged user AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction The About Window E The IP address of the application server or the selected interface of the Local CRAFT Utility machine E The name of the currently open manager A progress bar is displayed every time a window is refreshed or a new window is selected Equipment Manager Server 172 30 105 210 User admin Figure 1 7 Status Bar 1 4 The About Window The About window displays a list of all products installed and their software version To open the About window select Help gt About in the Main Menu AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction The About Window AlvariSTAR Installed Modules Module Version Description Infrastructure 4 7 0 61 Beta NMS Platform Core BNB Device Driver 1 0 0 42 Beta BNB 300 WANFlex 1 3 6 Bridgewater 444 Device Driver 1 0 0 36 Beta Bridgewater 444 Server Outdoor Cabinet Device Driver 1 0 0 14 Beta Outdoor Cabinet ELTEK We Server Application Device Driver 1 0 0 14 Beta StarQuality Server BreezeMAx FDD TDD Device D 5 1 30 37 GA FDD 3 7 802 16d TDD 4 4M BTS Device Driver 3 0 0 52 Beta 4Motion 2 x 3 0
25. alarms color coded according to their severity and a count of the number of active alarms meeting the filter criteria out of the total number of active alarms The format is x y where x is the number of active alarms meeting the filter criteria per severity and y is the total number of active alarms per severity Section 3 3 1 provides details on managing alarms in Active Events and Event History The following information is available Alarm Table Section 3 3 1 1 Alarm Severities Section 3 3 1 2 Editing Event Filters Section 3 4 2 Alarm Operations Section 3 3 1 4 Q User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event History 3 3 Event History The Event History window displays a list of all events and alarms occurred in the system color coded according to severity gt To open the Event History Select Fault Management gt Event History from the main menu or from the Navigation Pane The Event History window is displayed a Event History Fiter ta From 2009 08 23 14 17 01 JCA To 2009 09 02 14 17 01 Sl Now Severity Event Name Receive Equipment IP Address Managed Object Alias Event Time Location Equipment Tye Other Access via L 18 06 27 2 Training BS 192 168 2 23 NPU Slot 5 Training BS 18 06 27 2 Venice FDD TDD MaA Other Entity Created 18 05 58 2 SYSTEM 192 168 2 5U 00 10 E7 bubu 18 05 58 2 NMS Other Entity Created 18 05
26. apache log4j varia LevelRangeFilter gt lt param name LevelMin value INFO gt lt param name LevelMax value INFO gt lt filter gt lt appender gt lt root gt lt priority value INFO gt lt appender ref ref FILE gt lt appender ref ref LOG_SHRINK gt lt appender ref ref stdout gt lt root gt lt log4j configuration gt AlvariSTAR User Manual aopendrh E Remote Access Appendix B Remote Access In This Appendix This appendix describes the alternative of accessing the NMS server via the Java Web Start software framework without using the NMS client E WebStart on page 194 E The Web Portal on page 195 AlvariSTAR User Manual Appendix B Remote Access WebStart B 1 AlvariSTAR WebStart You can access the NMS directly using Java Web Start by employing the following procedure 1 Open a browser and type the following URL http lt NMS IP address gt 8080 webstart 2 The Download NMS Client page opens allowing you to download a jnlp file 3 Once the download is complete run it to start your application remotely NOTE The Java Network Launching Protocol JNLP is part of the Java Runtime Environment JRE You need JRE 1 6 or higher in order to run the jnlp file User Manual Appendix B Remote Access The Web Portal B 2 The Web Portal The NMS server also runs a web portal that allows users to qui
27. are selected or if the State is other than Up opens a Configuration Backup Task for the selected device where you can add additional devices to the task Refer to the Configuration Backup Task section in the relevant Device Driver Manual Export Not available if two or more devices are selected Exports the general information of the selected device to an external Comma Separated Value CSV file Opens the Exports Equipment dialog box in which you can browse to the desired location enter a file name and click Export The information displayed for the selected device in the Equipment Manager is exported AlvariSTAR Additional management options are available for a single device according to the specific product line of the selected entry For details refer to the Equipment Manager section in the relevant Device Driver Manual User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Equipment Manager 2 1 3 LOCAL CRAFT NOTE The Equipment Manager in the Local CRAFT Utility enables managing a single BTS There is an exception for point to point equipment allowing the user to discover both devices To manage a new device when a device already exists in the Equipment Manager you must delete the existing entity before adding the new one Otherwise the new entity will be added with Unlicensed State To apply a License to the new entity you must first delete the older one After performing the necessary changes click Retri
28. close the contact or click Cancel to close the window without saving the changes AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration License Manager 5 5 5 5 1 AlvariSTAR License Manager LOCAL CRAFT NOTE The License Manager is not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility This section includes The License Manager on page 147 Adding Licenses on page 149 Activating Existing Licenses on page 149 Rescue License on page 149 Displaying Licensing Information on page 150 The License Manager The License Manager displays information about valid licenses for managing different device types summary details on the currently managed device types and server information included in the license To access the License Manager window Select Administration gt License Manager from the main menu or the Navigation Pane User Manual Chapter 5 Administration License Manager License Manager X b NMS_4 0_DeFault installed on Wed Jul 22 15 49 16 EEST 2009 active pg Expires on Tue Oct 20 15 49 16 EEST 2009 PM SNMP Collection Th FOD TDD SU 2000 used 2 GQ FDD TDD Macro BTS 10 used 1 FDD TDD Micro BTS 10 used 0 Elite Macro BTS 10 used 0 Elite Macro BTS ODU 10 used 0 T Asnow Standalone 10 used 0 Th FDD Si SU 2000 used 0 UD FOD Si Macro BTS 10 used 0 U Extreme BTS 10 used 0 P Add L ii Number of clients 2 used 1 Activate
29. displays the current policies defined for the specific interface To open the NBI Policy List From the Event Forwarding NBI Manager window Figure 3 23 right click an existing NBI from the list and select Policy The NBI Policy List is displayed User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Forwarding NBI Manager z ob New sae 3 Delete Results on page 1 Total 1 PageSize ae page 1 of 1 gt Figure 3 25 NBI Policy List For each NBI Policy the following information is displayed Parameter Description Name The name of the policy Description A description of the policy Status The policy status AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Forwarding NBI Manager From the NBI Policy list you can E Create or modify NBI policies Section 3 7 3 1 E Delete NBI policies Section 3 7 3 2 3 7 3 1 Creating or Modifying NBI Policies gt To create or modify an NBI policy 1 Right click inside the NBI Policy window Figure 3 25 and select New to define a new NBI policy or right click an entry from the list and click Edit The NBI Policy Editor window is displayed Figure 3 26 The NBI Policy Editor window comprises the following main pages General Page on page 108 Filter Tab on page 109 2 Enter the relevant information in each of the pages 3 Click OK to confirm your choices and save them to the database 3 7 3 1 1 General
30. following values apply E 0 Synchronization disabled E 1 Synchronization enabled E 2 Synchronization based on a custom time interval E 3 Synchronization based on a custom SeqNo interval opAlarmsCustomintervalStart Interval start for custom time SeqNo interval based synchronization opAlarmsCustomIntervalEnd Interval end for custom time SeqNo interval based synchronization NOTE x The OSS SNMP client uses the 16162 port to send synchronization request to the NMS AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter Configuration Management Chapter 4 Configuration Management In This Chapter This chapter describes functionalities used by the NMS to support integration with Google Earth see Appendix D for more information about Google Earth integration These features are E CPE Types Selector on page 118 E File Generation Parameters on page 120 AlvariSTAR D User Manual Chapter 4 Configuration Management CPE Types Selector 4 1 CPE Types Selector The CPE Types Selector allows users to indicate the frequency bands power and antenna gains used by the deployed CPEs Based on this information sector coverage representations can be estimated and displayed in Google Earth gt To open the CPE Types Selector Select Configuration Management gt CPE Types Selector from the main menu The CPE Types Selector window opens CPE Types for Sector Coverage Available CP
31. for Northern latitudes and negative values for Southern latitudes Longitude Use this field to manually enter the network element s longitude coordinate Use positive values for Eastern longitudes and negative values for Western longitudes Altitude Use this field to manually enter the network element s altitude in meters SNMP Parameters applicable only for a single device editor AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Equipment Manager Parameter Description Version Indicates the SNMP protocol version used for communicating with the device The available options are E vi E v2c E v3 For a complete list of all compatible SNMP versions for each device see Appendix E Agent Address The device s IP Address Not configurable when editing the properties of an existing object Port The port number used by the device to communicate with the NMS Not configurable when editing the properties of an existing object Retries The maximum number of retries for SNMP TFTP communication with the Device The range is from 0 to 255 The default is 2 retries Timeout s The maximum time in seconds that the requesting process waits for a response from the Device before attempting a retransmission or aborting if the maximum number of retries has been reached The available range is 1 to 3600 seconds The default is 15 seconds Read community only The Read community string password for S
32. from the drop down menu whether to define the range using IP Range the first and last address in the range or Subnet Network and Mask Start IP Network The first IP address in an IP Range or the Subnet address in a Subnet range type End IP Mask The last IP address in an IP Range or the Subnet Mask in a Subnet range type To minimize unnecessary traffic load in the network avoid defining IP address ranges that include too many gaps e g non existing addresses Discovery Check to enable periodical discovery according to parameters defined in the Task Manager When unchecked discovery is disabled Auto Discovery Indicates whether Auto Discovery for the range is enabled or disabled When enabled Discovery will be initiated whenever a trap is received from a device in the range Location The location defined for devices in the range If a location is not defined the range will be used as the default location Contact The contact defined for devices in the range SNMP Version The SNMP protocol version used for communication by the discovered devices This can be either Evi E v2c E v3 For a complete list of all compatible SNMP versions for each device see Appendix E AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Discovery Settings Manager Parameter Description SNMP Credentials Use the Add and Remove buttons to populate the SNMP Credentials The type
33. of credentials differ depending on the SNMP version For SNMP v1 and v2c fill in the read write community table E Read Community SNMP Read community to be used by discovery when accessing devices in the range If unique communities are not defined the defined global Read communities will be used one after the other E Write Community The unique SNMP Write community to be used when accessing discovered devices in the range If unique communities are not defined the global Write community paired with the global Read community that was used to discover devices in the range will be used when accessing these devices For SNMP v3 the following credentials apply E Username Username used for authentication E Security Level Authentication and privacy settings NoAuth_NoPriv Both authentication and privacy are disabled Auth_NoPriv Authentication is enabled and privacy is disabled Auth Priv Both authentication and privacy are enabled E Authentication Algorithm Hashing algorithm applied to the authentication password MD5 Message Digest algorithm 5 SHA Secure Hash Algorithm E Authentication Password Password used for authentication E Privacy Algorithm Encryption standard used for data transmission AES Uses the Advanced Encryption Standard DES Uses the Data Encryption Standard E Privacy Password Encryption key used by the privacy algorithm AlvariSTAR User Manu
34. on which they are based are subject to change without notice The software described in this document is furnished under a license The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that license Information in this document is subject to change without notice Corporate and individual names and data used in examples herein are fictitious unless otherwise noted Alvarion Ltd reserves the right to alter the equipment specifications and descriptions in this publication without prior notice No part of this publication shall be deemed to be part of any contract or warranty unless specifically incorporated by reference into such contract or warranty The information contained herein is merely descriptive in nature and does not constitute an offer for the sale of the product described herein Any changes or modifications of equipment including opening of the equipment not expressly approved by Alvarion Ltd will void equipment warranty and any repair thereafter shall be charged for It could also void the user s authority to operate the equipment User Manual About AlvariSTAR AlvariSTAR About AlvariSTAR AlvariSTAR is a comprehensive Carrier Class Network Management System NMS for Broadband Wireless Access products based networks AlvariSTAR is designed for today s most advanced service provider Network Operation Centers NOCs providing the network OA amp M staff and managers with all the network su
35. open the Range Discovery Task window 1 Inthe Task Manager window Right click and select New The Task Wizard opens In the Task Wizard select Discovery Task in the Category field fill in the rest of the fields according to your preferences and click Next to proceed to the Discovery Task configuration window described below After you configure all your settings proceed to the third step of the wizard to finalize your task creation OR Right click an existing Discovery task from the list and select Edit or double click the task s entry If the task is Active the Runtime Result window is displayed displaying the status of the running task User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager If the task is Inactive the Discovery Task window is displayed 8 X Discovery Task Task Name Network Discovery Range Type Range Start Subnet Mask NMS Reference Location _ Sublocation 1 3 Contact SNMP Parameters Retries Timeout s SNMP version SNMP Credentials So TE Geox Figure 5 7 Discovery Task Window The Discovery Task window comprises the following fields Task Name The name of the task A string of up to 128 printable characters The name must be unique in the system and cannot include the following characters lt gt 4 Range Type The range type IP or Subnet Range Start The first IP in the range or the base IP depending on the selec
36. page Next Last Cycles forward to the next or last page Go to Page Specify the page number in the box to the right page Size Page Size define the number of results to display in each page 1 3 4 Navigation Pane AlvariSTAR AL AlvarisTaR fil Fault Management a Active Events A Event History A Event Filter Manager Event Template Manager ey Script Command Manager bo Event Forwarding NBI Manager T Configuration Management Template Manager rf Duplicate Site Service Provisioning ry Administration g Task Manager El File Manager Se Contact Manager License Manager L File System Manager a Security Management Figure 1 6 Navigation Pane User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction The Main Window 1 3 5 AlvariSTAR Click on menu headings to expand that menu node double click on the menu heading or single click on the sign to its right then click on the appropriate item in that node to display the associated page Management Functions The Navigation Pane and Main Menu provide access to all the management functions The Navigation Pane and Main Menu options are described below NOTE Certain menus menu options may be applicable only for certain product lines The descriptions below are only for menus menu options that are common to all product lines Refer to the relevant Device Driver Manual for details on additional menus menu option
37. require some initialization activity The available management options depend on the selected device type s Select one or several entries and right click to view the available management options The following options are available for all device types Option Description New Adds a new equipment object to the database Click to open the Equipment Type selection dialog box Select the type of equipment to be added available options depend on the installed Device Drivers and click OK The Equipment Editor opens allowing to enter general information on the BTS to be added For more details see The Equipment Editor on page 34 NOTE The New option is available when right clicking anywhere in the work area without the need to select any existing entry Configure Opens the Device Manager for the selected device Not available if two or more devices are selected or if the State of the selected device is other than Up NOTE You can also open the Device Manager by double clicking on the selected device Edit Opens the Equipment Editor for the selected equipment object s allowing to edit general parameters For multiple selected devices you can edit only the Location and Contact parameters For a single device you can edit also some general SNMP parameters For more details see The Equipment Editor on page 34 AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Equipment Manag
38. so that it displays only rows that are relevant for your purposes If a table supports filters the Filter control displays above it Filter J s a Figure 1 10 The Filter Control AlvariSTAR O User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Conventions and Common Operations The following controls are available Button Name Description Select Filter Opens the Filter Criteria Manager which allows you to define edit and apply your filters Remove Filter Removes the currently selected filter 1 5 5 1 1 Filter Criteria Manager Clicking the Select Filter button opens the Filter Criteria Manager see Figure 1 11 The Filter Criteria Manager contains a table that lists all the available filters Use the right click menu to manage and select your filters Creation Date A IPs outside Chicago Equipment inthe IP admin 7 30 2009 17 12 14 A Cod 9 41 3 Delete Results on page 2 Total 2 PageSize S page 1 of 1 Pg Figure 1 11 Filter Criteria Manager AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Conventions and Common Operations 1 5 5 1 2 AlvariSTAR Filter Criteria You define new filters or edit existing filters from the Filter Criteria window see Figure 1 12 This window is displayed whenever you select the New or Edit option from the right click menu inside the Filter Criteria Manager Filter Criteria Name IPs outside Chicago Owner Description Equipmen
39. specify the day in the month 1 31 and the number of months between task executions the range is 1 36 AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration 5 2 3 AlvariSTAR Task Manager Parameter Description End The end time for a recurring task only Select one of the following options E Never enable tasks to be executed indefinitely E After N occurrences where N is a number between 1 65 000 set the number of occurrences after which the task s scheduling will be cleared E On set an end date and time You can highlight the value to change month day year and click on the up down arrows to change the value or you can pick a specific date using the calendar icon You can also type in the date and time as follows MMMM DD YYYY HH MM AM PM 2 Set the Start and End time and optionally select a recurrence interval 3 Click OK to apply the schedule for the selected task The Task Results Viewer The Task Results window displays a list of all past activations of the task selected in the Task Manager window and their results Not available for tasks that were never run To use the Task Results window 1 Inthe Task Manager window right click a task from the list and select History from the context menu The Task Results window is displayed User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager Last Run Result Thu 10 30 2008 15 04 07 Thu 10 30 2008 15 04 0
40. switch to another user and start another domain definition process Clicking the Revert button resets the currently selected user s domain to the previously saved setting AlvariSTAR Q User Manual EAA Watchdog Appendix A Watchdog In This Appendix E The Watchdog Application on page 190 AlvariSTAR User Manual Appendix A Watchdog The Watchdog Application A 1 AlvariSTAR The Watchdog Application Watchdog is an external application for monitoring the NMS server LDAP and database servers providing they reside on the same machine as the NMS The NMS watchdog service is started when the NMS server is started In case the server or LDAP are down Watchdog will try to restart them The monitoring information and the actions involved in restarting the NMS server or LDAP are written in the watchdog log file The log is saved daily to lt Management System Root gt lt NMS installation folder gt watchdog watchdog log YYYY MM DD Watchdog can be configured from the watchdog properties file located in lt Management System Root gt lt NMS installation folder gt watchdog Watchdog logs can be automatically deleted by configuring the following two parameters in red text in the log4j xmil file located in lt Management System Root gt lt NMS installation folder gt watchdog lt xml version 1 0 encoding UTF 8 gt lt DOCTYPE log4j configuration SYSTEM log4j dtd gt lt lo
41. the client The Exit feature however shuts down the client application while the Application Server continues to run gt To log out of the system 1 From the Main Menu at the top of the window select System gt Logout A confirmation message is displayed 2 Click OK to confirm AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Starting AlvariSTAR 3 Only the Main Menu of the client is displayed Only the System and Help menus are available gt To log in again after logging out From the Main Menu at the top of the window select System gt Login The Login prompt window will be displayed allowing you or another authorised user to log in gt To shut down the client 1 From the main menu select System gt Exit or use the X icon displayed on the right upper corner of the main window or use the Alt F4 shortcut A confirmation message is displayed 2 Click OK to confirm 1 1 6 Changing the Password By default there are no password constraints By using Change Password the current logged in users can change only their own password gt To change the password 1 From the main menu select System gt Change Password The Change Password dialog is displayed 2 Enter the old password 3 Enter the new password 8 32 characters Confirm it 4 Click OK to save the new password AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Starting AlvariSTAR 1 1 7 1 1 8 AlvariSTAR Username
42. type added to the database will be presented as unlicensed These devices cannot be managed by the system The License button in the Equipment Manager will be available upon selecting unlicensed object s allowing to install additional licenses E Unmanageable Equipment is reachable but cannot be managed from various reasons wrong SW version synch errors no route manual unmanage etc E Unmanaged Operator does not want to manage an equipment although it is discovered AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Equipment Manager Parameter Description Standby Status This column indicates a device s backup related behavior The following statuses are available E Providing Service The backup resource is providing service and is backing up another resource E Hot Standby The resource is not providing service but is operating in synchronism with another resource that is to be backed up e g a computer shadowing another computer A resource with a hot standby status will be immediately able to take over the role of the resource being backed up without the need for initialization activity and will contain the same information as the resource to be backed up E Cold Standby The resource is to backup another resource but is not synchronized with that resource A resource with a cold standby status will not be immediately able to take over the role of a resource being backed up and will
43. users user groups passwords and functional permissions refer to Chapter 6 Quick Start The following is an overview that covers the basic steps for getting started with the management process Refer to the respective chapter in this manual or when applicable in the relevant Device Driver Manual for an in depth explanation of each step 1 Design the equipment location hierarchy Define locations and sub locations and associate them with maps if applicable Refer to Section 2 2 2 Define security policy and assign permissions to users user profiles Refer to Chapter 6 3 Open the Discovery Settings Application Enter the necessary IP address ranges locations and SNMP parameters Define all other applicable parameters and initiate discovery Refer to Section 2 3 for information on using the Discovery Settings application and Section 5 2 4 for information on running the Network Discovery task for equipment discovery 4 After devices are discovered and stored in the database you can fully use the application to manage the system Use the Equipment Manager to view devices in the database according to various search criteria From the Equipment Manager you can access the devices dependent Configuration and Multiple Configuration managers and topology maps Refer to the relevant Device Driver Manual Use additional managers that may be applicable only for certain product lines to manage different features and parameters
44. you to filter out displayed alarms according to a custom filter or for a range of dates that the event occurred By default the alarms are displayed for 10 days but the range can be changed Click on the calendar icon to change the date and use the up down arrows to change the time from and until when to display events The default time displayed is the real time of the system If Now is checked alarms will be displayed from the time selected until the present time E Page Size allows you to limit the number of displayed alarms E Page x of y a read only display of the number of the page displayed You can browse through the multiple screen displays using the right left arrows Section 3 3 1 provides details on managing alarms in Active Events and Event History The following information is available E Alarm Table Section 3 3 1 1 E Alarm Severities Section 3 3 1 2 E Event Details Window Section 3 3 1 3 E Alarm Operations Section 3 3 1 4 User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management 3 3 1 3 3 1 1 AlvariSTAR Event History Managing Alarms The following paragraphs describe how to manage alarms using Active Events and Event History Alarm Table The Alarms Table presents general information about each alarm occurred in the system You can change the order of the columns by dragging the columns title to the desired location The following describes the available attributes columns in
45. 111 Event Page on page 112 2 Enter the relevant information in each of the pages When there is a select icon click the icon to select elements from a list Click the eraser icon to remove selected elements 3 Click the OK button to confirm your choices and save them to the database NE Page The NE page Figure 3 27 lets you enter the following filter criteria Parameter Description Network Element Type Select the type of the network element from which the alarm originated from Managed Object Type Select the type of managed object from which the alarm originated Managed Object Instance Enter a specific instance name of the object where the alarm originated Managed Object Alias A user defined name for the managed object Event Name Select the name of the alarm Topology Page The Topology Page lets you select the following filter criteria User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Forwarding NBI Manager NBI Policy Locations rA Network Elements mra ae Figure 3 28 NBI Policy Editor Filter Page Topology Locations Select the physical location of the equipment Network Elements Select the network element from which the alarm originated This option is available only if the user selected at least one Network Element Type which is different from NMS in the NE page 3 7 3 1 2 3 Event Page The Event page lets you se
46. 179 6 7 External Entities Mapping 2 cc sceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneaeneeeeeaneneeeeeeeeeeeeeees 182 6 8 User Domain Manager iisiiescciecctitendetorstunneitensGenerdesencviminstuensaitensesensienesieinearenbtonws 185 APPENGix A Watchdog sssisssiissnnrsaa a aaa aa 188 A 1 The Watchdog Application cccccccceccneceecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeneess 190 Appendix B Remote ACCESS s sccseeeeseeeeeeeeseneeeeneeneeeeneeneeeeeeeeeeeeeee 192 B 1 WBS sees sutcenetpecetmteneaac cn aeaaea a aaea aaan ekipa aaia Gan eNe 194 B 2 THE Web Portal cctiecrasecentsdeduannnciasincuveastonnttvnceadenbeideib aunnrdineuadnshleskaeuneadannicareuadonucais 195 Appendix C Connecting to an External LDAP Server sssss2222222 196 C 1 The LDAP Server Configuration File ccseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeenenees 198 C 2 Open LDAP Configuration ive cs iaveetsiccesindcsmwtiensedbatevestirdednenstecisintiedsiweadaaticiseestiaeoias 199 C 3 Active Directory Configuration sisiccccciccionsesenasrasdesnidintassieccdansecinnnsensteiousedinncienns 200 Appendix D Google Earth Management ssns1222122512225 2222225 2252225 2 5 201 D 1 Connecting Google Earth to the NMS ccccccceeeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeneeeseeeees 203 D 2 Viewing the Network Elements in Google Earth ccccccccsssesseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneneees 204 Appendix E SNMP Compatibility 2 csccseseeee
47. 2009 06 11 PM Recurrence None O Minutely Hourly Daily O Weekly Monthly End End never after on 1 ocurrences Figure 5 2 Schedule Editor User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager The Schedule Editor includes the following parameters Parameter Description Start The start time for the task Select one of the following options E Now E On seta specific start date and time You can highlight the value to change month day year and click on the up down arrows to change the value or you can pick a specific date using the calendar icon You can also type in the date and time as follows MMMM DD YYYY HH MM AM PM Recurrence Set the recurrence interval between each task execution Available intervals include E None no recurrence default E Minutely specify the number of minutes the range is 1 1 440 E Hourly specify the number of hours the range is 1 96 E Daily specify the number of days the range is 1 60 HM Weekly select one of the following options Recur every enter the number of weeks between task executions the range is 1 20 Day specify the day of the week Sunday to Saturday and the number of weeks between task executions the range is 1 20 H Monthly select one of the following options Recur every enter the number of months between task executions the range is 1 36 Day
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49. 3 1 3 4 Additional Information Tab Event Details General Timestamps And Status Event Parameters Additional Information Notes Protocol Source IP Address 192 168 2 132 Mediation Agent Address SNMP Version Generic Trap 6 Enterprise Specific Specific Trap 11 Equipment Up Enterprise OID 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 260 3 System Up Time 0 days 0 hours 0 minutes 10 seconds Variable Bindings managedEntityId 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 260 3 managedEntityName 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 260 3 Training BS managedEntityType 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 260 3 E Figure 3 6 Event Details Window Additional Information Tab The Additional Information tab displays the following alarm attributes Protocol AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management AlvariSTAR Event History Parameter Description Protocol The protocol used for the alarm The current version supports SNMP only Source IP Address The IP address of the object or device that sent the alarm For Q3 the source is the TNS name of the device or object Mediation Agent Address The IP address of the mediation agent that received the trap SNMP Version The SNMP version number Generic Trap The generic trap code For Q3 it indicates an enterprise specific trap Possible values 0 1 2 3 4 6 Specific Trap The specific trap code as defined in the MIB used only if Generic trap is 6 Enterprise OID
50. 58 2 SYSTEM 192 168 2 5U 00 10 E7 SU1 18 05 58 2 NMS Equipment Up 18 05 58 2 SYSTEM 192 168 2 BS 192 168 2 Training BS 18 05 58 2 NMS Equipment i 18 05 51 2 SYSTEM 192 168 2 B5 192 168 2 Training BS 18 05 51 2 NMS Other Entity Created 18 05 48 2 SYSTEM 192 168 2 BS 192 168 2 Training BS 18 05 48 2 NMS Total results 6 PageSsize 100 39 4 page 1 of 1 gt gt De ig Summary by severity m O 0 Critical E 0 0 Major E 0 0 Minor 0 0 Warning E 0 0 Indeterminate E 2 2 Cleared L 4 4 Other Figure 3 2 Event History Window To display newly received alarms or to updated the display of cleared alarms click on the Refresh button The Event History window is divided into the following main areas AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event History AlvariSTAR E Counters displays the list of severities color coded according to pre defined settings and a count of active alarms distributed according to severity The format is x y where x is the number of active alarms meeting the filter criteria per severity and y is the total number of active alarms per severity E Alarm Table displays general information about each event or alarm see Section 3 3 1 1 You can customize the information displayed in the table to provide a more efficient view You can also define the maximum number of alarms displayed in the table see Section 3 3 1 1 1 E Filter allows
51. 7 Completed with errors Figure 5 3 Task Results Window The Task Results window displays the following information for each listed activation Start The start time of the activation End The end time of the activation Result The result of the activation 2 Use the Task Results controls as required View Displays the task results Save Enables to save the task results to an external file Click and browse to a location in the file system enter a name for the file and click Save Delete Deletes the selected task AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager Close Closes the Task Results window 5 2 4 Network Discovery Task craft The Network Discovery Task is not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility Craft The Network Discovery task is a system task that scans the entire network for new devices The scope of the network is defined in the Discovery Settings window see Section 2 3 The Network Discovery task can only be modified not deleted gt To edit the Network Discovery Task 1 Inthe Task Manager window right click the Network Discovery task from the list and select Edit or double click the task s entry If the task is Active the Runtime Results window opens displaying the status of the running task 10 0 22 245 10 0 22 254 10 0 16 1 110 0 16 50 A view report Figure 5 4 Network Discovery Task Runtime Results If t
52. 802 16e en POA Do www alvarion com Figure 1 8 About Window AlvariSTAR The version numbers of the management system and the installed product line device driver s are in the format a b c d where a b increases for major releases c increases for minor releases and d is an internal control number User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Conventions and Common Operations 1 5 1 5 1 1 5 2 AlvariSTAR Conventions and Common Operations The following conventions and common operations appear throughout this manual unless otherwise specified Conventions The phrase Select Managed Network gt Equipment Manager from the Main Menu bar or the Navigation Pane means you should do one of the following E Click on the Managed Network menu in the Main Menu bar to expand it then click on Equipment Manager E Click on the Managed Network node in the Navigation Pane to expand it if it is not already expanded then click on Equipment Manager Control Buttons A control button causes an immediate action To activate a control button click on it Certain control buttons only appear in selected windows Others are common to most windows Equivalent functions to some control buttons are available from the toolbar and main menu Button Description Apply Applies changes made in the window Clicking the Apply button maintains the window opened for the following transaction or response delivery
53. 99 and Active Directory Configuration on page 200 for examples on how to configure the external ldap properties file User Manual Appendix C Connecting to an External LDAP Server Open LDAP Configuration C 2 Open LDAP Configuration The example below illustrates a typical configuration for connecting to an Open LDAP server installed by default from the Solaris CD java naming factory initial com sun jndi ldap LdapCtxFactory jJava naming provider url ldap 192 168 10 171 10389 java naming security authentication simple rootDN cn Directory Manager rootPW nssecret ldapSuffix dc testing dc ldap principalCNPrefix ou principalCN People principalDNPrefix cn groupCNPrefix ou groupCN Groups groupDNPrefix cn userObjectClass inetOrgPerson groupObjectClass groupofUniqueNames usernameAttribute cn accountNameAttribute sAMAccountName groupNameAttribute cn groupDescriptionAttribute description groupMembersAttribute uniquemember AlvariSTAR User Manual Appendix C Connecting to an External LDAP Server C 3 Active Directory Configuration Active Directory Configuration The example below illustrates a typical configuration for connecting to an Active Directory server java naming factory initial com sun jndi ldap LdapCtxFactory java naming provider url java naming security authentication rootDN rootPW alpha ldapSuffix principalCNP
54. Appendix E SNMP Compatibility E 1 SNMP Version Compatibility SNMP Version Compatibility Each device managed by AlvariSTAR may supports one or more SNMP versions Table E 1 SNMP Compatibility for Each Device Device Driver SNMP v1 SNMP v2C SNMP v3 4Motion xX BreezeMAX FDD TDD X BreezeMAX DM X BreezeACCESS Family X BreezeMAX Extreme X BNB 300 X only read X Outdoor Cabinet X AAA Server X X X AlvariSTAR Q User Manual
55. Databas Inactive Never run 03 03 20 Ai New a Edit SYSTEM 4M File D Inactive Never run i 3 Delete BB Abort mY Schedule Unschedule BB Report History Results on page 5 Total 5 PageSize 10 9 4 page 1 of 1 gt 1 gt 5 13 Figure 5 1 Task Manager The following information is displayed for each defined task AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration AlvariSTAR Task Manager Parameter Description Name A unique name of the task Created by The user name of the task creator Modified by The name of the user who last modified the task Volatile Describing if the task s behavior varies unpredictably This type of tasks is not saved in the database It can be run only once Type The type of task The available task types are HM Network Discovery Task not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility E Database Aging Task E Range Discovery Task not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility Additional tasks according to the installed device driver s State The current state of the task Active Inactive Waiting Stopping Last Run The date and time the last time the task was run Last Run Result The result of the task s last run Completed Completed with errors Aborted Never run Next Run The date and time the next time the task is scheduled to run or Not Scheduled 2 The following controls are available in the Task Manager s context
56. Description Security Management Provides the following sub menus E Audit Log Manager Enables to view recorded events and export the logged data to an external Comma Separated Value CSV file Refer to Section 6 2 E User Manager Enables to create and manage users and associate information to them such as passwords profile membership and contact information Refer to Section 6 3 E User Profile Manager not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility Enables to create user profiles edit them or delete profiles Refer to Section 6 4 E User Session Monitor not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility Enables to view information on the currently logged in users and to send messages to a logged in user Refer to Section 6 5 E Password Policy available only from the Main Menu enables to set general policies for user passwords 1 3 6 Hiding and Displaying the Navigation Pane By default both the Navigation Pane and Work Area are displayed When hovering the mouse over the separation bar between the Navigation Pane and Work Area the mouse pointer becomes a double headed arrow lt gt You can change the size of the Navigation Pane by dragging this arrow left right You can hide the Navigation Pane to increase the size of the Work Area or hide the Work area to increase the size of the Navigation Pane by clicking on the arrowheads located on the separation bar until reaching the required display
57. E Types Active CPE Types PCMCIA AWB 2 x f 3 5 GHz 23 dBm 1 dBi RGW SUSI R2 2 3 GHz 23 dBm 7 dBi RGW AWB 2 x GHz 26 dBm 3 dBi RGW SUSI R2 3 5 GHz 23 dBm 9 dBi RGW AWB 3 5 GHz 26 dBm 4 dBi CPE PRO AWB 3 5 GHz 24 dBm 15 dBi RGW SUSI R2 2 5 GHz 24 dBm 7 dBi CPE PRO 5000 5 x GHz 21 dBm 16 dBi CPE PRO AWB 2 x GHz 24 dBm 12 dBi CPE OD R2 3 5 GHz 20 dBm 17 dBi CPE OD R2 2 3 2 5 GHz 19 dBm 14 dBi Gemtek 1130 Indoor 2 x GHz 27 dBm S dBi Gemtek 1130 Outdoor 2 x GHz 27 dBm 15 dB Gemtek 1130 Outdoor 3 x GHz 27 dBm 15 dB Quanta USB Dongle 2 3 GHz 23 dBm 3 dBi Quanta USB Dongle 2 5 GHz 23 dBm 3 dBi Quanta USB Dongle 3 5 GHz 23 dBm 4 dBi Figure 4 1 CPE Types Selector Select one or more CPE types that are deployed E Use the gt button to add the currently selected available CPE type to the Active CPE Types list AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 4 Configuration Management CPE Types Selector E Use the gt gt button to add all currently available CPE types to the Active CPE Types list E Use the lt button to remove the currently selected active CPE type from the list E Use the lt lt button to remove all the CPE types that are currently active from the list AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 4 Configuration Management File Generation Parameters 4 2 File Generation Parameters The NMS can be configured to generate a
58. NMP get operations This string is used for SNMP v1 and v2c by the SNMP agent to allow disallow SNMP read access The default Read community string in Base Station Micro Base Station equipment is public Write community only for The Write community string password for SNMP set operations This string is used SNMP v1 and v2c by the SNMP agent to allow disallow SNMP write access The Write community can also be used for read get operations The default Write community string in Base Station Micro Base Station equipment is private Username only for Username used for authentication SNMP v3 AlvariSTAR 35 User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Equipment Manager Parameter Description Security Level only for SNMP v3 Configures the authentication and privacy settings The available options are HM NoAuth_NoPriv Both authentication and privacy are disabled E Auth_NoPriv Authentication is enabled and privacy is disabled E Auth_Priv Both authentication and privacy are enabled Authentication Algorithm only for SNMP v3 Selects the hashing algorithm applied to the authentication password The available options are E MD5 Uses the Message Digest algorithm 5 E SHA Uses the Secure Hash Algorithm Authentication Password only for SNMP v3 Password used for authentication Privacy Algorithm only for SNMP v3 Encryption standard used for data transmission The av
59. NMS database and LDAP servers Appendix B Remote Access Describes the WebStart functionality Appendix C Connecting to an External LDAP Server Describe how to connect AlvariSTAR to an LDAP server Appendix D Google Earth Management Describes how you can visualize the network s topography in Google Earth Appendix E SNMP Compatibility Describes SNMP version compatibility for each supported device User Manual Contents Contents Chapter 1 Introd ria ty wiisiniciississsnsinsnsdnnsnsnianndisvansiniinssneniveniannemisinanads 1 14 14 Starting AlvariS TAR civssassensenctsndcncseccaseapinincsasacteainticiearans suetieneixedemueanisiacsinifeanegiuarncitas 3 1 1 1 Post Installation Checklist ccc cccccessececeesceeeaeeeaeeaaeeeaeececcaeceaeceeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 3 1 142 QUICK STAINS osipa edan eea aieia AEAN AiE 4 1 1 3 Starting the Client sssesssssrrreseesesnrrrreseseosoessstssrosrrinnnnnnrrennnnnunnnutnnnnanneeeeceeneaes 6 AAA Logging IM sisser iiser karida ann N ATANN EE ENEKE 6 1 1 5 Logging Out or Shutdown ssssssesssssisesseesriittttetetriitttteeettrninnnnsssrtnnnnnnnnstenennnn 7 1 1 6 Changing the Password sccitcs mcnchnaiaicedetlawetdradletndnddadaat Neate dceniamedassiebersiadlemcetaxman denen 8 1 1 7 Suspended Accounts ccesccssececeeseeeaaeeaaaeeaeeaaeeaaecaeccaeceaeceeceeeceeeeceeseeeeeeeeeeess 9 1 1 8 Application Server cccccesccsseceseceeeeaaeeaaneaeeeaeeeaecaeceeec
60. Old Password New Password Confirm New Password es Figure 1 2 Change Password Dialog Passwords constraints are set from the Security Management gt Password Policy menu The password policy also determines when the user receives a password expiration warning Suspended Accounts Users with a suspended account cannot access the system An account can be suspended by the administrator or is blocked according to the Login Policy settings set in the Password Policy window The Login Attempts parameter sets the number of unsuccessful login attempts before the user is locked out default five attempts The account can be re activated by the system administrator Only the system administrator can activate suspended and blocked accounts The default admin user is never blocked To activate an account 1 Open the User Manager window 2 Select the suspended user and click Edit 3 Select Security Info and change it to Active 4 Click OK to apply the changes Application Server The application server which typically runs on a dedicated host enables the system to process incoming alarms and communicate with equipment and 6 User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Starting AlvariCRAFT network devices If the client application cannot connect to an application server a warning message appears and the client is not launched 1 2 Starting AlvariCRAFT To log in to the application you must have a valid user ID and p
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62. Page In the General page you can add general information on the policy AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Forwarding NBI Manager NBI Policy General Fiter Enabled Figure 3 26 NBI Policy Editor General Page The General page comprises the following fields Name The name of the NBI policy Description An optional description of the policy Enabled Check to enable the policy 3 7 3 1 2 Filter Tab The Filter tab lets you associate a filter with the NBI policy AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Forwarding NBI Manager gt To create filter criteria 1 From the NBI Policy Editor click Filter to define filter criteria The Filter Page is displayed NBI Policy Network Element Type ia g Managed Object Type asa Managed Object Instance Event Name Cold Start 1 3 6 1 2 1 0 Warm Start 1 3 6 1 2 1 1 Link Down 1 3 6 1 2 1 2 Link Up 1 3 6 1 2 1 3 Auth Failure 1 3 6 1 2 1 4 EGP Neighbor Loss 1 3 6 1 2 1 5 Cold Start 2 1 3 6 1 6 3 1 1 5 1 Warm Start 2 1 3 6 1 6 3 1 1 5 2 Figure 3 27 NBI Policy Editor Filter Page NE AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management 3 7 3 1 2 1 3 7 3 1 2 2 AlvariSTAR Event Forwarding NBI Manager The main Filter page comprises the following sub tabs NE Page on page 111 Topology Page on page
63. PageSsize 10 9 o page 1 of 1 i gt Ce ce Figure 5 12 License Manager The License Manager displays the following information for each licensed device type lt Name gt used Name The device type The number of licensed devices of the applicable type used The number of managed devices The number increases whenever a new device is discovered AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration License Manager 5 5 2 5 5 3 5 5 4 AlvariSTAR When the number of discovered devices Managed Devices reaches the number of Licensed Devices additional discovered devices will be ignored Unlicensed devices will be marked in Equipment Manager with an exclamation icon When considering future expansion plans the number of licensed devices compared with the number of managed devices of each type will indicate whether there is a need for an updated license Adding Licenses Before adding a license make sure that the file obtained from the supplier is available To add licenses From the right click menu select Add and browse to the location of the license file Select the file and click Open The new licenses are displayed on the list Alternatively save the license file in the lt Management_System gt file system license folder The next time the server will be restarted the new license will also be added Activating Existing Licenses The new license added to t
64. STAR Event History Parameter Description Receive Time The time a mediation agent received the alarm Event Time The time that the event actually occurred Ack Time The date and time the alarm was acknowledged Acked By The user who acknowledged the alarm Clear Time The date and time that the alarm was cleared Cleared By The user who cleared the alarm User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event History 3 3 1 3 3 Event Parameters Tab Event Details General Timestamps And Status Event Parameters Additional Information Motes Alarm Information Event Severity Object Severity Probable Cause Specific Problem Cleared By Clear Time Clear Cause Figure 3 5 Event Details Window Event Parameters Tab The Event Parameters tab displays the following alarm attributes Event Severity The severity of the alarm AlvariSTAR O User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management AlvariSTAR Event History Parameter Description Object Severity The alarm severity of the object associated with the alarm Probable Cause The probable cause of the alarm Specific Problem The specific problem that caused the alarm Cleared By The user who cleared the alarm Clear Time The date and time that the alarm was cleared Clear Cause The reason the alarm was cleared User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event History 3
65. User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Contact Manager 5 4 Contact Manager The Contact Manager enables to organize and manage your contacts Each device can be associated with a contact gt To open the Contact Manager 1 Select Administration gt Contact Manager from the main menu or the Navigation Pane The Contact Manager displays a list of available contacts AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Contact Manager Contact Manager X Filter a Contactid Firstname Lastname Compay B Fa AdminO1 John Doe XYZ BS dP New 3 Delete Results on page 2 PageSsize 100 o page 1 of 1 gt E 1g Figure 5 10 Contact Manager 2 Use the following controls in the right click menu of the Contact Manager window Button Description New Opens the Contact Editor window enabling to create new contacts Edit Opens the Contact Editor window enabling to modify the selected contact AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Contact Manager Button Description Delete Deletes the selected contact s from the Contact Manager window and from the database Contacts that are associated with equipment cannot be deleted 5 4 1 Associating Devices with a Contact gt To associate devices with a contact Open the Equipment Editor of the device Click the Browse button next to the Contact field to open the Select C
66. Username 2 Security Info User Manager 3 User Profile Available User Profiles User Profile Membership Administrators Managers Observers Figure 6 6 User User Profile To Do This Assign or remove one profile to the user 1 Select a profile from the left pane Available User Profiles 2 Click the right arrow gt button to move the profile into the right pane Profile Membership or left arrow lt to remove Assign or remove multiple profiles 1 Ctrl click to select multiple items or click on one item and Shift click on another to select a range of consecutive items 2 Click the right arrow gt or left arrow lt AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management AlvariSTAR User Manager To Do This Assign or remove all profiles to the user Click the double right arrow gt gt or double left arrow lt lt button Click Finish The new user is added to the list To edit an existing user entry 1 Right click an entry from the list and select Edit A three tab User Editor appears open to the General tab 2 Modify the information as required in the General Security Info and User Profile tabs For more information see the steps in To create a new user 3 Click OK to apply the changes 4 Click Delete to remove the entry In addition to these entries you may want to associate the user with a Profile This confe
67. abilities of the service provider to provide a rich portfolio of services and to support rapid customer base expansion NOTE x This manual describes the general features of the management system To manage specific product families refer also to the applicable Device Driver Manual AlvariSTAR User Manual About AlvariCRAFT AlvariSTAR About AlvariCRAFT AlvariCRAFT is a PC or Laptop based Graphical application based on the same user interface available for AlvariSTAR AlvariCRAFT is designed for field technician use enabling simple and intuitive Graphical Local Craft Terminal LCT for managing and configuring a single device type in the field This utility simplifies the installation and maintenance of small size deployments by easily enabling the change of settings or firmware upgrade for one modular Base Station or Micro Base Station at a time including the managed device s components and associated SUs if applicable The AlvariCRAFT utility includes all the functions of AlvariSTAR that are applicable to the management of a single device User Manual About This Manual AlvariSTAR About This Manual This manual describes the AlvariSTAR management system referred to as Network Management System and the AlvariCRAFT Local CRAFT Utility The manual describes the full functionality of the Carrier class management system and presents screen captures of the AlvariSTAR application Unless otherwise stated the
68. acro BTS SW Version npu_3_0_0_ 18 a MS 192 168 198 2 M 850 0 56 AU 1 Antenna 1 Management status Managed Pea a Operational state Enabled o ci an Alarm status Major Temporary Places Directions To here From v Layers n O10 PPW B MS Primary Database E ocentre PEE Mg Geographic Web n Bi 2010 Gsoyi58 198 3 rer gle O Panoramio 2 og enes Spot Image CRA wikinecia gt 24306 36 16 E elev 419m Eye alt Figure D 1 Network Elements Displayed in Google Earth AlvariSTAR User Manual Appendix D Google Earth Management Viewing the Network Elements in Google Earth AlvariSTAR When clicking on a network element either in My Places or on the map a callout containing information on the network element is displayed The displayed information includes E Name IP address Type Software version Management status Operational state As displayed in Equipment Manager E Alarm status The network element s highest order alarm currently displayed in the Active Events manager This alarm s color code will also determine the network element s icon color Where applicable sector coverage information is also displayed by highlighting the covered area on the map 205 User Manual oponatal SNMP Compatibility Appendix E SNMP Compatibility In This Appendix This appendix lists the SNMP versions supported by each device AlvariSTAR Q User Manual
69. ager enables to manage system wide tasks such as SW upgrade Network Discovery not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility PM collection etc See Section 5 2 E File Manager enables to manage files that are stored in the database These files and functionality of the manager are product line dependent For details refer to the relevant Device Driver Manual Refer to Section 5 3 E Contact Manager enables to organize and manage your contacts Refer to Section 5 4 E License Manager not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility enables to view information about valid licenses See Section 5 5 AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager 5 2 5 2 1 AlvariSTAR Task Manager This section includes E Using The Task Manager on page 124 E The Task Scheduler on page 129 E The Task Results Viewer on page 131 E Network Discovery Task on page 133 not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility E Database Aging Tasks on page 134 E Discovery Task on page 136 not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility Using The Task Manager Tasks are operations that are performed on a large number of system entities such as equipment services etc They run in the background allowing the network administrators to continue managing the network while they run After a task has completed or upon termination of a task a report is issued The Task Manager displays information on
70. ailable options are E AES Uses the Advanced Encryption Standard E DES Uses the Data Encryption Standard Privacy Password only for SNMP v3 Encryption key used by the privacy algorithm AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Location Manager 2 2 AlvariSTAR Location Manager The Location Manager enables to specify information regarding the physical location of managed equipment to facilitate quick detection of managed objects and to help drill down quickly when using maps to view specific equipment components You can specify equipment locations within the Location Manager Note that a location can have a Parent Location meaning that it belongs to a subset of another location For example if network objects are on the third floor of a facility you can designate both the building and the specific floor as locations the building would be the parent of the floor You may define multiple levels for locations In the current example the city in which the building is located can be defined as the parent location of the building and so on To associate a single device with a location or several devices with a single location open the Equipment Editor for the device s click the Browse button next to the Location field to open the Select Location window and select a location For further details refer to Section 2 2 2 To use the Location Manager 1 Select Managed Network gt Locat
71. al Chapter 2 Managed Network Discovery Settings Manager x AlvariSTAR NOTE Whenever possible use unique SNMP community pairs for defined ranges rather than global community pairs The key for deciding which Write community to use is the IP range Unique community definitions enable to use the same Read community with several different Write communities in different ranges as well as to use the same Write community with several different Read communities in different ranges When using global community pairs the Read community is the key for deciding which Write community to use meaning that the Read community should not be used in more than one pair The Discovery process is based on the defined Read community All future device management actions will use the defined Write community If a wrong Write community was defined the device will be discovered and displayed but its status will be Unknown and it will not be possible to manage it The same is true for cases where the Write community in the device was changed not via the management system after being discovered In this case the range must be updated with the correct Write community the device s must be deleted from the database and the Discovery process for the range should be re initiated NOTE When using global community pairs the Read community is the key for deciding which Write community to use Each Read community should not be used more than once Q U
72. alarm An example of the Event Details window is displayed below User Manual Chapter 3 AlvariSTAR Fault Management Event Details Timestamps 4nd Status Network Element Event Parameters Additional Information Notes Event History Equipment Name Equipment Type Managed Object Alias Location Name SYSTEM NMS B5 10 0 16 20 Macro FDD General Information Event Category Event Type Event Name Event Description Event Severity Object Severity Communications Alarm Equipment Unreachable Macro FDD Equipment Unreachable Figure 3 3 Event Details Window The Event Details window consists of the following tabs E General Tab Section 3 3 1 3 1 E Timestamps and Status Tab Section 3 3 1 3 2 E Event Parameters Tab Section 3 3 1 3 3 User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management 3 3 1 3 1 AlvariSTAR Event History E Additional Information Tab Section 3 3 1 3 4 E Notes Tab Section 3 3 1 3 5 General Tab The General tab displays the following alarm attributes Parameter Description Network Element Equipment Name The name of the equipment Equipment Type The type of equipment Base Station Micro Base Station SU NPU AU Managed Object The name of the equipment associated with the alarm If the object name is unknown NotFound appears Alias A user defined name for
73. arounds may be supplied as Firmware updates Additional hardware if required to install or use Firmware updates must be purchased by the Customer Alvarion will be obligated to support solely the two 2 most recent Software major releases ALVARION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE UNDER THIS WARRANTY IF ITS TESTING AND EXAMINATION DISCLOSE THAT THE ALLEGED DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT DOES NOT EXIST OR WAS CAUSED BY PURCHASER S OR ANY THIRD PERSON S MISUSE NEGLIGENCE IMPROPER INSTALLATION OR IMPROPER TESTING UNAUTHORIZED ATTEMPTS TO REPAIR OR ANY OTHER CAUSE BEYOND THE RANGE OF THE INTENDED USE OR BY ACCIDENT FIRE LIGHTNING OR OTHER HAZARD Disclaimer AlvariSTAR a The Software is sold on an AS IS basis Alvarion its affiliates or its licensors MAKE NO WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION ALVARION SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON INFRINGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE SOFTWARE UNITS OF PRODUCT INCLUDING ALL THE SOFTWARE DELIVERED TO PURCHASER HEREUNDER ARE NOT FAULT TOLERANT AND ARE NOT DESIGNED MANUFACTURED OR INTENDED FOR USE OR RESALE IN APPLICATIONS WHERE THE FAILURE MALFUNCTION OR INACCURACY OF PRODUCTS CARRIES A RISK OF DEATH OR BODILY INJURY OR SEVERE PHYSICAL OR ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO USE AS PART
74. assword gt To open AlvariCRAFT 1 Double click on the AlvariCRAFT icon or open it from the windows Start menu Programs gt AlvariCRAFT gt Start Craft The Network Interface Chooser opens Network InterFace State UP MAC Address 00 1C 24 C1 CC 83 IP Address 172 30 105 111 v Description Broadcom NetLink TM Gigabit Ethernet 2 Packet Scheduler Miniport ce Figure 1 3 Network Interface Chooser The Network Interface Chooser enables to select the IP address of the computer on which the Local CRAFT Utility is installed The Network Interface Chooser includes the following fields Field Description Network Interface A list of the available network interface cards NIC installed State The state of the selected network interface Only network interfaces that are UP are displayed MAC Address The MAC Address of the selected NIC For the local loopback NIC no MAC address is displayed IP Address The IP address associated with the selected NIC AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction AlvariSTAR Starting AlvariCRAFT Field Description Description A read only description of the selected NIC 2 Inthe Network Interface Chooser select a network interface from the list 3 Click OK The Main window opens User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction The Main Window 1 3 The Main Window After logging on the main window is displayed providing acc
75. can define locations using a variety of coordinate types enabling accurate definition of locations The following are the default coordinate types Parameter Description Country City Country and city access codes Example 049 071 Latitude Longitude Latitude and longitude Example 38 57N 121 47W Area Code Prefix Area code and prefix Example 916 939 Vertical Horizontal Vertical horizontal coordinates developed by Bell Systems User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Location Manager x 2 2 4 2 2 4 1 AlvariSTAR NOTE Coordinates type and coordinates values are not used for displaying the location in geographic topology They are available for informational purposes only Location Map The Location Map viewer displays a topology view of network devices and their relationships Clicking on the Open Map button opens the Location Map viewer for the selected location displaying its sub locations and the equipment associated with it Associating a map with a location is optional if no map is associated with the location the Location Map viewer will be empty Each location can either share a map with any other location or it can be associated with its own map LOCAL CRAFT NOTE In the Local CRAFT Utility the Map displays only the licensed equipment and their associated SUs where applicable Defining Locations Sub Locations and Maps Primary first l
76. ce that records messages to the database upon the occurrence of pre specified events These messages can include event date and time event type error messages and other important information according to the recorded event The Audit Log Manager enables to view recorded events and export the logged data to an external Comma Separated Value CSV file To open the Audit Log Manager Select Security Management gt Audit Logs from the main menu or the Navigation Pane The Audit Log Manager displays a list of all logged records Q User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management Audit Log Manager dP Aude Log Manager x Audit Log Manager X Filter a SYSTEM admin admin System System System System Task Manager Task Manager Task Manager System System System System System System System System Startup System User Login admin Change Password admin User Login admin Task Create Single scan Task Start Single scan Task Finish Single scan User Logout admin User Login User Login User Logout admin User Login admin User Logout admin System Startup System System System System System Single Range Sc Single Range Sc Single Range Sc System System System System System System System admin admin admin SYSTEM admin admin admin admin admin admin admin admin SYSTEM admin admin Thu 7 23 2009 System System Thu 7 23 2009 Thu 7 23 2009 Thu 7
77. ckly access all the applications in StarSuite which are installed To access the web portal 1 Open a web browser and type the following URL http lt NMS IP address gt 8080 starsuite The Web Portal interface is displayed alvaran NI Your Open WiMAX Choice StarQuality AlvariSTAR StarACS StarReport wg Ce amp Star Management Suite Figure B 1 The Web Portal 2 Click the desired application logo to launch it Selecting the NMS launcher will take you directly to the Download NMS Client page from where you can proceed as described above AlvariSTAR User Manual o novendih y B Connecting to an External LDAP Server Appendix C Connecting to an External LDAP Server In This Appendix This appendix describes how to set up a connection to a typical LDAP server E The LDAP Server Configuration File on page 198 E Open LDAP Configuration on page 199 E Active Directory Configuration on page 200 AlvariSTAR User Manual Appendix C Connecting to an External LDAP Server The LDAP Server Configuration File C 1 AlvariSTAR The LDAP Server Configuration File To set up the parameters for connecting to an external LDAP server 1 Go to lt NMS path gt jboss server nms deploy bwanms sar conf 2 Open the external ldap properties file 3 Edit the LDIF entries in this file so that they apply to the corresponding LDAP server See Open LDAP Configuration on page 1
78. defined tasks and enables to create new tasks edit schedule run or delete existing tasks If there is any error in the parameters definition such as a missing parameter contradicting definitions or a non valid value the relevant error message s will be displayed at the top section of the window and a red border around the relevant entries will indicate the parameters that should be corrected The Task Manager also enables to abort running tasks and to view reports on completed and aborted tasks As tasks availability and functionality differ depending on the configured device driver refer to the relevant Device Driver Manual for a detailed description of performing these tasks The following are the common available types of tasks E Network Discovery Task Section 5 2 4 not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility E Database Aging Tasks Section 5 2 5 User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager E Discovery Task Section 5 2 6 not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility gt To access the Task Manager 1 Select Administration gt Task Manager from the main menu or the Navigation Pane The Task Manager displays a list of defined tasks Task Manager X w A flame ___ reaked By Modfed By Volatile Tyes State lastRun flastRun Ment un 3 Network SYSTEM Network Inactive Never run LDAP Bac SYSTEM SYSTEM LDAP Bac Inactive Neverrun 03 03 20 Event His SYSTEM SYSTEM
79. descriptions apply to both applications Limitations on AlvariCRAFT due to the single device restriction are noted in a Note specific to the application as follows LOCAL CRAFT NOTE This feature is not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility This User Manual comprises the following chapters Chapter 1 Introduction provides an overview of the AlvariSTAR and AlvariCRAFT systems and their functionality Chapter 2 Managed Network describes how to access the management functions for managing the system Equipment Manager Location Manager and Discovery Settings Chapter 3 Fault Management describes the tools for managing events generated in the system Active Events Event History Event Filter Manager Event Template Manager Script Command Manager and Event Forwarding NBI Manager Chapter 5 Administration describes the administrative utilities Task Manager File Manager Contacts Manager and License Manager Chapter 4 Configuration Management describes features used for integration with Google Earth CPE Type Selector and File Generation Parameters Chapter 6 Security Management describes the utilities for managing the user permissions and access rights for AlvariSTAR and AlvariCRAFT users i User Manual About This Manual AlvariSTAR Audit Log Manager User Manager User Profile Manager and User Session Monitor Appendix A Watchdog describes the Watchdog application used for monitoring the
80. e 3 20 Event Template Editor Email AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Template Manager The Email page contains the following parameters Parameter Description Auto Send Email Check to automatically send a defined email message to the specified recipient s whenever the associated event occurs To Select the recipient for this email message from the list Subject Enter the subject line of the email message Message Enter an email message 3 5 2 Deleting Event Templates gt To delete an Event Template 1 Inthe Event Template Manager window Figure 3 14 right click the template to remove and select Delete A confirmation message is displayed 2 Click Yes to confirm the deletion AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Script Command Manager 3 6 AlvariSTAR Script Command Manager Template matched alarms can trigger external scripts These script commands can even have parameters that come from values in the Eventinfo alarm s attributes or other assigned constants The Script Command Manager lists available script commands You can create edit and delete script commands To open the Script Command Manager Select Fault Management gt Script Command Manager from the main menu or from the Navigation Pane The Script Command Manager window is displayed 97 User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Script Command Manager
81. e field in the comparison Empty or All in a filterable template field means that the field matches anything Therefore Fault Management uses only fields that have non empty or non All values in any comparison To create filter criteria 1 From the Event Template Editor click Filter to define filter criteria The Filter tab is displayed User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Template Manager Event Template General Filter Behavior Te Network Element Type a Managed Object Type S Event BS SU ASK ICENSE Managed Object Instance Managed Object Alias Event Name OID GP Neighbor Loss 1 3 6 1 2 1 5 quipment Down 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 260 3 0 12 Database Aging Task Report 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 260 3 0 20 quipment Reset Detected 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 260 3 0 13 janaged Entity Created 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 260 3 0 1 icense Expiration 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 260 3 0 30 quipment Up 1 3 6 1 4 1 12394 1 260 3 0 11 Figure 3 16 Event Template Editor Filter Page NE The main Filter page comprises the following sub tabs NE Page on page 90 Topology Page on page 90 Event Page on page 91 2 Enter or edit the relevant information in each of the pages When there is a select icon click the icon to select elements from a list Click the eraser icon to remove selected elements 3 Edit the information in the fields on all the pages as required AlvariSTAR User Ma
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83. eeeneeneeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeneee 206 E 1 SNMP Version Compatibility wciccccccccssivecccvensessnssessesessrisssnscucstienesanseaaccenerenennauassabons 208 AlvariSTAR User Manual chante ia Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction In This Chapter AlvariSTAR Starting AlvariSTAR on page 3 Starting AlvariCRAFT on page 10 The About Window on page 18 The Main Window on page 12 Conventions and Common Operations on page 20 User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Starting AlvariSTAR 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 AlvariSTAR Starting AlvariS TAR This section describes the necessary steps to start the AlvariSTAR management system For a description of the AlvariCRAFT utility go to Section 1 2 The management system enforces security at the client level To log in to the application you must have a valid user ID and password Before you can run this application your system must have running Application and Database Server Typical installations implement the Application Server so it runs in the background even after you log out of the client See the Installation Manual for information about installing and configuring these required server processes called services in Windows daemons in Solaris Post Installation Checklist Before starting the client application verify the following License The default demo license is valid for 90 days and includes lice
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85. entities to specific user profiles defined in the NMS For this purpose you must set up a connection between the NMS server and the external LDAP server See Appendix C for details on how to do this NOTE The external LDAP connection is disabled by default If you want to enable it follow these steps 1 Goto lt NMS_Installation_Path gt boss server nms deploy bwanms sar conf 2 Edit the appserver properties file 3 Look for the com bwanms backend security externalLDAPEnabled entry 4 Change its value from false to true 5 Restart the NMS server To open External Entities Mapping Select Security Management gt External Entities Mapping from the main menu The External Entities Mapping window opens NOTE The External Entities Mapping is available only to users with New operations enabled for the User Manager functional permission For more information about setting functional permissions see User Profile Manager on page 168 User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management Global Default User Profile External Entities Mapping External Entity Type Group DB2ADMINS Iv Member of IIS WPG User TWAM_NMS SERVER iv User Profiles Available User Profiles Administrators Observers User Profile Membership External Entity Name External Entity Type Associated User a e Enterprise Admins Administrator Dns dmins Administrators Administrators Manage
86. er Option Description Delete Deletes the selected equipment object s from the database The application prompts you for confirmation You can always rediscover deleted equipment License Activated only when unlicensed equipment is selected If the number of devices of a certain type in the database has reached the number of available licenses for managing the specific device type additional devices of this type will be presented as unlicensed These devices cannot be managed by the system Select the License option to open the License Manager enabling to view the current status of available licenses and add licenses if necessary Cut Through Opens a Telnet session to the selected device Not available if two or more devices are selected or if the State of the selected device is other than Up Open Map Opens the location map displaying the selected map for the applicable location Available only when a location is assigned to the selected device Not available if two or more devices are selected Open Alarms Not available if two or more devices are selected or if the State is other than Up Opens the Open Alarms window displaying the details of currently active events Unmanage Manually switch a device s management status to Unmanaged Manage Attempt to revert a manually unmanaged device to its normal management status Backup Configuration Not available if two or more devices
87. ess to all functions System Managed Network Fault Management Configuration Management Service Provisioning Administration Security Management Help lt Main Menu x P rst _ r A AlvarisTAR cee a Opened Managers Help Button y T Managed Network of Equipment Manager Filter E A Location Manager Discovery Settings Username Display Name User State R Administrator Active amp GPS Chain Manager lt q Manager Active Gi Network Maintenance Observer Active A Fault Management T Configuration Management Service Provisioning oa Administration 5 amp Security Management Separation Line or User Profile Manager Work Area iG User Session Monitor Navigation Pane Results on page 3 Total 3 Pagese 100 3 Page Controls gt amp page 1 of 1 Status Bar Server 1 1 1 11 User admin Figure 1 4 The Main Window 1 3 1 Main Menu The main menu contains all menus and their options which provide access to the management system functions It mirrors all the functions available in the Navigation Pane see Section 1 3 4 In addition the Main Menu includes the following menus and options AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction The Main Window Menu Description Help Provides the following options E About Enables viewing details about installed system components see Section 1 4 E Help Con
88. esults window opens displaying the status of the running task If the task is Inactive the Database Aging Task is displayed Database Aging Task Table Name _ _ Event History iv Max Row Count 50000 Figure 5 6 Database Aging Task Window The Database Aging Task window includes the following information in two tabs Criteria tab Table Name The name of the table Possible values are Event History and Audit Logs This is a read only field and cannot be modified AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration 5 2 6 AlvariSTAR Task Manager Parameter Description Max Row Count The maximum number of alarms in the database Note When the number of alarms exceeds the value entered in the Max Row Count field by 25 an alarm is sent When the number of alarms exceeds the value entered in the Max Row Count field by 50 the oldest alarms are deleted so that the total number of alarms in the database equals the value defined in the Max Row Count field Actions tab Secondary File type of the archived records Possible values are None CSV Storage Destination A disk location for archiving The default location is lt Management_System gt filesystem archive Discovery Task LOCAL CRAFT NOTE The Discovery Task is not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility The Discovery Task enables to scan a predefined range of IPs for new and modified devices To
89. ete Licence Activated License Expired License Imported System Shutdown System Startup Task Abort Task Create Task Delete Task Finish Task Start Task Schedule Task Unschedule Task Update User Login User Logout Audit Log Manager User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management AlvariSTAR Audit Log Manager E Target Entity The element which is the target of an action for example the entity delete action that for which the target is a user named aa Event History DAP User of any type Audit Log DAP Task Names License Names Filter Names Device Names User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management Audit Log Manager E Entity Type The entity associated with the event Database Aging Task Event Filter Event Template License NBI NBI Policy Network Discovery Task Performance Collection Task Script Command Security Range Discovery Task System User User Profile Additional entities according to the installed Device Driver s gt To export the information of selected audit records Right click the desired entry and select Export In the window that opens browse to the desired location enter a file name and type and click Save AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Manager 6 3 6 3 1 AlvariSTAR User Manager The User Manager enables to create and manage users
90. eve to update the display The Equipment Editor The Equipment Editor enables editing NMS Reference Location and Contact and SNMP parameters of a selected device For multiple devices it only enables editing the NMS Reference Location and Contact parameters It also enables defining the parameters of a new device that you wish to add to the database The Equipment Editor for all device types includes the following parameters Parameter Description General Name This field displays the network element s name Location The location associated with the device in the database of the management system optional Click on the Browse icon to open the Select Location window and select a location Click the Eraser icon to clear the Location field Contact The contact associated with the device in the database of the management system optional Click on the Browse icon to open the Select Contact window and select a contact Click the Eraser icon to clear the Contact field Area Type The type of environment the network element is located in This feature is useful for estimating and displaying the sector coverage in Google Earth see Appendix D for more information The available options are E Urban E Suburban E Rural GPS Status Indicates the GPS status for network elements which support GPS cards Latitude Use this field to manually enter the network element s latitude coordinate Use positive values
91. evel locations have no parent locations However you can define sub locations second level whose parents are the primary locations You may continue and define third fourth and fifth levels where the parent location for level N is a location in level N 1 For each location you can also define a Geographical Map To define locations sub locations and or maps 1 Locations From the Location Manager click New to open the Location Editor Sub Locations Select a location and click Add Child to open the Location Editor with the selection location as the default parent location Alternatively click New to open the Location Editor and select an existing node as the parent in the Parent field 2 Define the Location Name O User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Location Manager x x 2 2 4 2 AlvariSTAR NOTE For first level locations the parent location field must be empty For additional locations a parent location must be defined 3 Ifyou want to associate the location with a map select the required map in the Topology Image field NOTE The required maps must be available as jpg gif bmp or png files in the client station The file size is limited to 512 kb 4 You can optionally define the Location Type Icon and other details available in the Location Editor 5 You can associate equipment with locations See Section 2 2 Location Map Viewer Options The Location Map viewer includes
92. file containing information about the network elements locations This file uses the Keyhole Markup Language kml format which is compatible with Google Earth allowing it to display the network s topography gt To open the File Generation Parameters Select Configuration Management gt File Generation Parameters from the main menu The File Generation Parameters window opens Parameters File Generation Enabled w File Generation Interval min Figure 4 2 File Generation Parameters The following parameters can be configured Parameter Description File Generation Enabled Check to generate the kml file and uncheck if you don t want the file to be generated The feature is enabled by default If you don t plan to use Google Earth you may disable it File Generation Interval Enter how often in minutes the kml file is updated The default value is 5 minutes AlvariSTAR User Manual N B Administration Chapter 5 Administration In This Chapter AlvariSTAR Introduction on page 123 Task Manager on page 124 File Manager on page 141 Contact Manager on page 143 License Manager on page 147 not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Introduction 5 1 Introduction The Administration node in the Navigation Pane comprises the following system wide utilities E Task Man
93. formation displayed for each device refreshed every 15 seconds includes Parameter Description Name The BTS Name configured in the device Applicable only for devices that are Up or that were reached previously NE Type The device s type Running SW Ver The currently running SW version Applicable only for devices that are Up or that were reached previously IP Address The IP address of the device Applicable only for devices that are Up or that were reached previously Location The location of the device as defined in the database of the management system either automatically during discovery based on settings of discovery parameters or manually using the Equipment Editor Management Status The management state of the device E Managed The equipment is answering to keep alive polling and synchronization E Down Available only for CPEs Equipment is reported as down E Unreachable A device that the management system is aware of exists in the database but cannot be reached currently E Unknown This is typically a temporary status for a device that is available in the database but has never been reached in the past and its current status is unknown After a short time its status should change to one of the other options E Unlicensed If the number of devices of a certain type in the database has reached the number of licenses for managing the specific device type additional devices of this
94. g4j configuration xmIns log4j http jakarta apache org log4j gt lt appender name LOG_SHRINk class com bwanms watchdogcommon SizeShrinkAppender gt lt param name File value nms root watchdog log dummy log gt lt param name MaxFileSize value 10KB gt lt param name MaxBackupIndex value 1 gt lt param name RetainsDays value 10 gt lt max log files size ex 1OKB 20MB 3GB 100 gt lt param name MaxFilesSize value 10MB gt lt layout class org apache log4j PatternLayout gt lt param name ConversionPattern value d 5r 5p Yoc 2 Yt x Ym n gt lt layout gt lt appender gt lt appender name FILE class org apache log4j DailyRollingFileAppender gt User Manual Appendix A Watchdog The Watchdog Application lt param name File value nms root watchdog log watchdog log gt lt Rollover at midnight each day gt lt param name DatePattern value yyyy MM dd gt lt layout class org apache log4j PatternLayout gt lt param name ConversionPattern value d ABSOLUTE 5p c 1 Y m n gt lt layout gt lt appender gt lt appender name stdout class org apache log4j ConsoleAppender gt lt layout class org apache log4j PatternLayout gt lt param name ConversionPattern value d ABSOLUTE 5p c 1 M n gt lt layout gt lt filter class org
95. he User Domain Manager is used to allocate location visibility domains to each user that is not an administrator administrators are always able to see all network elements in every location A domain is a group of Network Elements that are located in one or multiple areas Therefore domains are defined by selecting specific locations that have been previously defined in the Location Manager NOTE The User Domain Manager is enabled by default If you want to disable it follow these steps 1 Goto lt NMS_Installation_Path gt boss server nms deploy bwanms sar conf 2 Edit the appserver properties file 3 Look for the com bwanms backend domainmanagement disable entry 4 Change its value from false to true 5 Restart the NMS server By default users are not assigned to any domain thus being able to see all network elements A user who is assigned to a domain can only view and manage the network elements and related objects inside that domain or the ones that have no domain associated The following features are impacted E Equipment Manager Only equipment in the current users s domain and equipment not associated to any domain is visible All counters are computed according to the visible equipment Equipment selectors implement domain based filtering E File Manager Only files pertaining to equipment in the current user s domain are visible Backup restore tasks are limited to the applicable domain Imported fi
96. he system needs to be activated in order to enable the system to manage the required devices To activate a license Right click the required license and select Activate NOTE Activating a license will deactivate all other licenses Rescue License The NMS comes with a default license called Rescue This license is activated automatically if there is no other license currently active It allows the user to login and add a new valid license This prevents the user from being locked out of the application if the current license expires User Manual Chapter 5 Administration License Manager 5 5 5 Displaying Licensing Information gt To display licensing information From the right click menu select Licensing Information The Server Information window is displayed showing the Server IP and MAC Addresses Server IP 172 30 105 210 172 30 105 211 Server MAC Address 00 08 02 43 70 4B 00 02 45 45 03 9D cE Figure 5 13 Server Information Window AlvariSTAR User Manual chapter O E Security Management Chapter 6 Security Management In This Chapter E Overview on page 153 E Audit Log Manager on page 154 E User Manager on page 160 E User Profile Manager on page 168 E User Session Monitor on page 176 not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility E Password Policy on page 179 E External Entities Mapping on page 182 E User Domain Manager o
97. he task is Inactive the Network Discovery Task is displayed AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager Network Discovery Task SNMP Parameters Retries Timeout 5 Discovery Settings Range Type Start IP Network End IP Mask 192 168 2 1 255 255 255 0 192 168 2 100 192 168 2 200 Dann k E ee Figure 5 5 Network Discovery Task Window 2 You can modify the SNMP Parameters of the Network Discovery Task as required the Discovery Settings are read only and can be modified only in the Discovery Settings manager Retries The maximum number of retries for SNMP communication The range is from 0 to 255 Timeout The maximum time in seconds that the requesting process waits for a response before attempting a retransmission or aborting if the maximum number of retries has been reached The available range is 1 to 3 600 seconds 3 Use the Editor controls as required 5 2 5 Database Aging Tasks The Database Aging tasks set the maximum number of alarms shown in the Event History Section 3 3 and Audit Log Section 6 2 and automate database management tasks Database Aging tasks are system tasks and can only be modified not deleted AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager gt To edit the Database Aging Task 1 Inthe Task Manager window right click the Database Aging task from the list and select Edit If the task is Active the Runtime R
98. ins the following parameters Parameter Description Script Command Initiates an external script Browse for the script command name by clicking the command button When you click this button the Command Selector is displayed See Section 3 6 for information about how to add commands to this selector Click the eraser icon to remove selected scripts from this field User Classifier Select the User Classifier Possible values None Service Affecting Alarm Severity Select the severity level of the alarm Once Fault Management selects the template before actually processing the alarm this field overrides the severity of the alarm as it was received from mediation Possible values are No Change Cleared Indeterminate Warning Minor Major Critical Requires Acknowledge Check to require that the associated event is acknowledged Advisor Message Enter a text description of the event Email Page LOCAL CRAFT NOTE The Email page is not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility Use the Email page to enter a message that appears in emails when the template acts and define a list of recipients to be notified This presupposes email functions within the environment where your host is installed User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Template Manager Event Template Fiter Behavior _Actions_ Auto Send Email To Subject Message Figur
99. ion Manager from the main menu or the Navigation Pane The Location Manager window is displayed Q User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Location Manager 2 Select one or more locations from the list g Location Manager X China USA Chicago EE Sears Tower New York EE Chrysler Tower Empire State Building Flatiron Building 3 Delete Add Child Open Map Figure 2 1 Location Manager 3 Use the following commands from the right click menu for various actions in the Location Manager Menu item Action New Opens the Location Editor through which you can define a new location Refer to Section 2 2 2 for more information AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Location Manager 2 2 1 2 2 2 AlvariSTAR Menu item Action Edit Opens a Location Editor for a selected location enabling you to modify the definition of the Location See Section 2 2 2 for more information Delete Enables to delete the selected location s When deleting a parent location the application also deletes its associated child locations A location associated with equipment cannot be deleted Add Child Opens the Location Editor through which you can define a new child location that will be subordinate to the selected location When creating a child location the name of the parent location field is displayed in the Parent field Open Map Opens the Locat
100. ion Map displaying the selected location See Section 2 2 4 for more information Searching for a Location To search for a specific location enter the full name of the location for example California or part of the name Ca in the Name field Only locations matching that specification appear Note that the filter is case sensitive and the results are displayed immediately Location Editor The Location Editor enables to create a new location or modify details of an existing location To create modify a location 1 Inthe Location Manager right click inside the work area and select New to create a new location or to edit an existing location right click a location from the list and select Edit or double click on the selected location The Location Editor is displayed User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Location Location Manager General parameters Coordinate type Country City D Icon Postal address Location details Topology image No image assigned py Figure 2 2 Location Editor 2 Type in or modify the Location Editor fields as required Parameter Description General parameters Name Enter a unique name for the Location up to 32 printable characters This is the name that will be used for searching Parent The parent of this location the location to which this location is subordinate Click the Browser button to open the Select Location window through
101. is unavailable for currently running tasks The Run button is also available in each of the task windows If there are more than 20 active tasks some of the tasks may change from Inactive to Waiting When attempting to run a task which affects equipment that is not part of the user s visibility domain a meaningful message will be displayed in the task report For more information about domain management see User Domain Manager on page 185 AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager Control Description Abort Aborts the selected running task Available for running tasks only Upon selecting the Abort option a confirmation message is displayed Click Yes to abort the task The task s State changes to Inactive and the Last Run Result to Aborted Schedule Opens the Schedule Editor enabling to schedule the activation of the task See Section 5 2 2 Unschedule Clears the schedule for the selected task Active only for scheduled tasks Report Opens the Task Report window enabling to view a report of the last execution of the selected task Not available for tasks that were never run The Report window can also be accessed from each task editor The Report button in the task editors is inactive while the task is running and will become active only after the task has completed You can save the report to the file system by clicking the Save As button in the Tas
102. isor page comes from the trap s MIB but the message can be edited in the Event Template Editor Advisor page see Section 3 5 1 3 1 The Advisor message is the default message for any e mails sent about the alarm Proposed Repair Actions The proposed remedy for the Alarm The remedy comes from the trap s MIB General Notes Enables the operator to provide additional information about the selected alarm such as steps already taken to correct the problem The note is stored with the alarm Alarm Operations The system provides many alarm management features allowing you to diagnose troubleshoot process and clear alarms All general alarm operations are available via the context menu To manage alarms Select an alarm from the table and right click on it to display the context menu The following are the displayed items Action Description Acknowledge Alarm Acknowledges the selected open alarm s The current date and time appear in the Ack Time field and the name of the currently logged on user appears in the Ack By field Available for events that were set in the Event Template Manager to require acknowledgement and for alarms This status can be changed using an event template See Section 3 5 1 for additional information Unacknowledge Alarm Unacknowledges previously acknowledged selected alarm s and clears the entries in the Ack By and Ack Time fields Available for
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104. k Report window The system will prompt you to save large reports You can print the report directly from the report window Not available for tasks that were never run History Opens the Task Results window displaying a list of all past activations of the selected task and their results Not available for tasks that were never run When editing tasks the following general controls are available Click To OK Save the changes and close the task window Cancel Close the window without saving Run G Execute the task Abort Stop the task View Report ai Open the scan report see Section 5 2 3 Schedule i y Set a time to run the task see Section 5 2 2 Additional task status information may appear at the bottom of the task window For example Completed Never Run or Inactive AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration 5 2 2 AlvariSTAR The Task Scheduler Tasks can be scheduled to run once or at predefined recurrence intervals Task Manager Examples of recurring tasks include Network Discovery and Database Aging To schedule a task 1 Inthe Task Manager window right click a task from the list and select Schedule Alternatively you can schedule a task during task creation or while editing a task by clicking on the scheduler icon at the bottom left of the task window The Schedule Editor opens Start Start now Oon August 21
105. lect the following filter criteria AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Forwarding NBI Manager NBI Policy L General Fiter NEm rere eee Event Category a Event Type State Change System Event ime Domain violation Event Severity Critical ww Warning cdl Indeterminate cal Cleared User Classifier Figure 3 29 NBI Policy Editor Filter Page Event Event Category Select the category classification of the event Possible values are Alarm State Change System Event Config Change Event Type Select the classification type of the event The possible values differ according to the event category Severity Check the boxes for the relevant alarm severity For more information on alarm severity see Section 3 3 1 2 User Classifier Select the User Classifier Possible values None Service Affecting AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Forwarding NBI Manager 3 7 3 2 Deleting NBI Policies gt To delete an NBI policy 1 Inthe Event Forwarding NBI Manager window Figure 3 23 right click the policy to remove and select Delete A confirmation message is displayed 2 Click Yes to confirm the deletion 3 7 4 NBI Notifications Global Settings The NBI Notifications Global Settings configures the synchronization notifications sent by the NMS to the OSS a 4 NBI Notifications Global Settings Notifications Til Keep Alive Inter
106. les are visible to all users User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Domain Manager AlvariSTAR E Active Events Event History Only events pertaining to equipment in the current user s domain are visible All counters are computed according to the visible equipment E Task Manager All tasks are displayed but edit and run operations only work for equipment in the current user s domain E Location Manager All locations are displayed but only locations associated to the current user s domain can be edited To open the User Domain Manager Select Security Management gt User Domain Manager from the main menu The User Domain Manager opens NOTE The User Domain Manager is available only to users with administrator privileges User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Domain Manager User Domains Assigned Locations D f Location 1 i EF Sublocation 1 1 O 2 Sublocation 1 2 E EN Location 2 Figure 6 16 User Domain Manager The User Domain Manager includes the following parameters Parameter Description User Use the drop box to select a user you want to assign a domain Administrators are not available Assigned Locations Use the location tree to check the locations you want to be assigned to the user s domain Once you have defined a domain for a specific user click the Save button to enable it You can then
107. m AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager 5 2 7 LDAP Backup File Aging Task The LDAP Backup File Aging task is used to set up the backup frequency for LDAP credentials LDAP Backup File Aging tasks are system tasks and can only be modified not deleted gt To edit the LDAP Backup File Aging Task 1 Inthe Task Manager window right click the LDAP Backup File Aging task from the list and select Edit If the task is Active the Runtime Results window opens displaying the status of the running task 2 If the task is Inactive the Database Aging Task is displayed LDAP Backup File Aging Days Threshold SHG Ti kes Figure 5 8 The LDAP Backup File Aging Edit Window 3 Use the Days Threshold field to indicate how often the backup task should be run AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration File Manager 5 3 File Manager The File Manager allows users to manage different types of files stored in the database such as backup configuration files and performance collection files LA File Manager X View Fiter a Category Type staus NEName NEAddress Date fo Training BS 192 168 2 23 9 2 2009 15 192 168 2 23 9 2 2009 15 backup res Configuration FDD TDD Full Normal backup res Configuration FDD TDD Full Normal Training BS Restore M Delete Export Import Results on page 3 Total 3 PageSize
108. menu User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager Control Description New Adds a new task to the Task list When selected it opens the Task Wizard The wizard has three steps 1 Create New Task Define the task s name description type and the network equipment to which it applies 2 Configure Task Define the specific task parameters This step is customized based on the type of task and network equipment 3 Finish Task Choose how to use the task once you are finished defining it Run it immediately Run Now Don t run it None Schedule it to be run later Schedule Edit For an Inactive Task Opens the Task Editor for the selected Inactive task allowing to edit the task parameters Not available if more than one task is selected From the Task Editor you can also run the task by clicking Run For Active Task Opens the Runtime Results window displaying the task s progress Delete Deletes the selected task from the database Right click the task to remove and select Delete The application prompts you for confirmation Not available for active tasks and for system tasks Network Discovery Task and Database Aging Tasks Scheduled tasks cannot be deleted To delete a scheduled task you need to first clear the schedule see below Run Manually executes the task While the task is running the state changes from Inactive to Active The option
109. n page 185 AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management Overview 6 1 AlvariSTAR Overview In the Security Management menu you can define and manage user permissions and access rights for users of the management system The access level you assign to users determines the management functions that the user can access The menu provides access to the following windows Audit Log Manager Enables to view recorded events and export the logged data to an external Comma Separated Value CSV file Refer to Section 6 2 User Manager Enables to create and manage users and associate information with each user Refer to Section 6 3 User Profile Manager Enables to create and manage user profiles which contain the default access right definitions for all users assigned to that user group Refer to Section 6 4 User Session Monitor not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility Enables to display information on the currently logged in users and to send messages toa logged in user Refer to Section 6 5 Password Policy Enables to set policies for user passwords These policies govern the security measures applied to user s attempts to log in NOTE All security changes will be visible to the user only after logging out and logging back into the system User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management Audit Log Manager 6 2 AlvariSTAR Audit Log Manager The management system provides a logging servi
110. nager Discovery Settings cdl Equipment Manager Event Filter Manager Event Forwarding NBI Manager cdl Event Manager Til Event Template Manager File Manager GPS Chain Manager C License Manager E Location Manager cdl Password Policy Manager _ Operations gt Figure 6 12 User Profile Editor Security Assignment Tab 10 Click OK to save your settings To delete a profile AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Profile Manager Right click the profile to remove and select Delete Default profiles cannot be deleted AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Session Monitor 6 5 AlvariSTAR User Session Monitor LOCAL CRAFT NOTE The User Session Monitor is not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility The User Session Monitor window displays information on the currently logged in users and enables sending messages to a logged in user Users with Administrator rights can terminate the application of other users To open the User Monitor 1 Select Security Management gt User Session Monitor from main menu or the Navigation Pane The User Session Monitor displays a list the Current Logged In Users with the User Name IP addresses with correlation to server and client IPs and login time for each of the currently logged in users User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Session Monitor E User Session Mentor gt Session M
111. nainonnaueanticensncannaaunerecentinentines 124 5 2 1 Using The Task Manager sccsevis tos ccdens sicasssocsceedesantasasdarenteacspeassusansaciseieandbeenes 124 5 2 2 The Task Scheduler tasetccccsecsscereariccontiedataratorcantatiereulasancantecestivaauannantiearenaobee 129 5 2 3 The Task Results Viewer ssssssssssrrressesseseessesserororsrrnnnnrrrrnunnnnnunnntnuunneeeeeeoe 131 5 2 4 Network Discovery Task iisasassnsnsdarncrteanaatinnnehtecseadesagdaativnteals araasamauentmeutaadsdaaeane 133 5 2 5 Database Aging Task Sisccncsdicssiedectteccectnsssaseldalesnigsnsabcnscdenntacupsuasaet benceddmsoDeleins 134 5 2 6 Discovery TaSlacccccstccdadeticrvndicveda vai anarik an NAKA a TEPEK 136 5 2 7 LDAP Backup File Aging Task tucictterccichsiaccttcrestianonitentsmansiaendasatnetideathoatanndiee 140 5 3 File Manager se siceiscaresdnceinenisencasedccsnestans gens eneniiniiadeeruarineniariinenseiadaciiaaninonguanaddiaetiianle 141 5 4 Contact MANAGER nianinisccicnessinnsancnnccanaduninancanbacencnieanannsunnesewansinasananuaranadcaneadcinanceenniens 143 5 4 1 Associating Devices with a Contact cc ceecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeneenaaas 145 5 4 2 Creating or Modifying a COntact cece ceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaes 145 5 5 License MANAG ON ow cistcinaesnccamsasiniacdenesdoonondaedceisnnnninacatucniaincedvendedouisenssncumhodouedecnnnsicd 147 5 5 1 The License Manager ss ctisecccentscesnnactcuetatsutoncut
112. ng NBI Manager 3 7 1 AlvariSTAR From the Event Forwarding NBI Manager you can Create or modify Event Forwarding NBI interfaces Section 3 7 1 Delete Event Forwarding NBI interfaces Section 3 7 2 Create and modify Event Forwarding NBI interface policies Section 3 7 3 Set up status notifications sent by the NMS Server for synchronisation Section 3 7 4 NOTE It is mandatory to define at least one policy for a Event Forwarding NBI interface in order to activate trap forwarding Provided that the Event Forwarding NBI is enabled in the NBI Editor if no policy has been defined or if the policy is not enabled the Event Forwarding NBI interface appears gray in the display indicating that an action must be taken Creating or Editing Event Forwarding NBI Interfaces To create a new Event Forwarding NBI interface 1 Right click inside the Event Forwarding NBI Manager window Figure 3 23 and select New to define a new Event Forwarding NBI interface or right click an entry from the list and select Edit The NBI Editor window is displayed Q User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Forwarding NBI Manager Name Description Enable IP Address Protocol SNMP Parameters Version Trap Port Figure 3 24 NBI Editor 2 Edit the information in the fields on all the pages as required Name The name for the northbound interface Description An optional description of the Event Forwarding NBI inte
113. ng and rearranging the column display sequence In some pages tables are used for displaying information and configuring and managing multiple entities of the same type Color conventions Grayed out cells are read only In rows with modified parameter s all the details are colored blue The new lines added are green The lines marked for deletion are red To modify the configuration of an existing entity amp User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Conventions and Common Operations 1 5 4 1 AlvariSTAR 3 Double click on the applicable cell Ina text cell edit the content In some cells a drop down menu opens enabling selection of the required option Click on any other cell to apply the change to the selected cell At this stage the change only applies to the display Click Apply to apply the change to the device Dynamic Column Selection Some of the tables in the work area can be tuned to display only specific columns Tables that support Dynamic Column Selection have a small button located in the top right corner as shown in Figure 1 9 Clicking this button displays a list of all the columns that are available in the table Check the columns that you wish to display and uncheck the columns that you want to hide The following additional options are also available Horizontal Scroll Displays Hides the table s horizontal scrollbar Pack All Columns When the table exceeds the width
114. nly for equipment Opens the Active Events window enabling to view the alarms if any associated with the selected device The background color of the device icon on the map is in accordance with the alarm status of the device the highest severity open alarms For more information refer to Alarm Severities Section 3 3 1 2 Place a cursor on an icon to view its general details 44 User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Discovery Settings Manager 2 3 AlvariSTAR Discovery Settings Manager LOCAL CRAFT NOTE Not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility The Discovery Settings application enables to define the IP ranges sub nets in which devices are expected to be discovered and global SNMP Read and Write community pairs This defines the scope of your network and only devices within this scope will be discovered Up to 65535 IPs are supported To open the Discovery Settings Manager Application Select Managed Network gt Discovery Settings Manager from the main menu or the Navigation Pane The Discovery Settings Manager displays the currently defined IP address ranges sub nets up to 65535 IPs and other applicable information and enables to add edit or remove a range User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Discovery Settings Manager amp Discovery Settings Manager X wO a 5 Start IP Netw End IP Mas Enable Auto Discov Location SNMP Ver son f B IP range 192 168 2 1 192 168
115. ns to populate the SNMP Credentials The type of credentials differ depending on the SNMP version For SNMP v1 and v2c fill in the read write community table E Read Community SNMP Read community to be used by discovery when accessing devices in the range If unique communities are not defined the defined global Read communities will be used one after the other E Write Community The unique SNMP Write community to be used when accessing discovered devices in the range If unique communities are not defined the global Write community paired with the global Read community that was used to discover devices in the range will be used when accessing these devices For SNMP v3 the following credentials apply E Username Username used for authentication E Security Level Authentication and privacy settings NoAuth_NoPriv Both authentication and privacy are disabled Auth_NoPriv Authentication is enabled and privacy is disabled Auth_Priv Both authentication and privacy are enabled E Authentication Algorithm Hashing algorithm applied to the authentication password MD5 Message Digest algorithm 5 SHA Secure Hash Algorithm E Authentication Password Password used for authentication E Privacy Algorithm Encryption standard used for data transmission AES Uses the Advanced Encryption Standard DES Uses the Data Encryption Standard Privacy Password Encryption key used by the privacy algorith
116. nses for two management system clients and a certain amount of managed devices It does not support licensed features To obtain a permanent license contact your product reseller To load and activate licenses see License Manager Section 5 5 Device Configuration To discover and properly manage devices certain parameters must first be properly configured in the managed devices For details refer to the relevant Device Driver Manual SW Upgrade Files Software Upgrade files for the managed devices need to be stored on the Application Server in the management system firmware repository folder located under lt management system gt filesystem firmware lt product line gt The product line name is device dependant refer to the relevant Device Driver User Manual NOTE The firmware repository folder is created automatically for certain device drivers For other device drivers it should be created manually Use forward slashes in UNIX systems User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Starting AlvariSTAR 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 5 1 1 2 AlvariSTAR SNMP Ports Verify that the SNMP ports 161 162 are not used by any other application running on the computer If Windows or any other SNMP Server is installed open the Windows Service Manager stop the SNMP Services and disable it to ensure that it will not start automatically the next time you restart the computer Security Enforcement The Administrator should define
117. nual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Template Manager 4 Click OK to confirm your choices and save them to the database 3 5 1 2 1 NE Page The NE page Figure 3 16 lets you enter the following filter criteria about the network elements and managed objects from which the alarm originates Parameter Description Network Element Type Select the type of the network element from which the alarm originates Managed Object Type Select the type of managed object from which the alarm originates Managed Object Enter a specific instance name of the object where the alarm Instance originated Managed Object Alias A user defined name for the managed object Event Name Select the name of the alarm 3 5 1 2 2 Topology Page The Topology Page lets you select the following filter criteria about the equipment at a specific location AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Template Manager Locations a F A Network Elements Figure 3 17 Event Template Editor Filter Page Topology Locations Select the physical location of the equipment Network Elements Select the network element from which the alarm originates This option is available only if the user selected at least one Network Element Type different from NMS on the NE page 3 5 1 2 3 Event Page The Event page lets select the following filter criteria AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Managemen
118. of the available work area this option attempts to fit it into the available space by reducing the columns widths Pack Selected Column Resizes the currently selected column to its minimum width that still fits all its content 6 User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Conventions and Common Operations e State Standby Status F Name z NE Type Running SW ver IP Address Location Management Status Operational State 7 Administrative State Standby Status Horizontal Scroll Pack All Columns Pack Selected Column Figure 1 9 Dynamic Column Selection Alternatively you can select which columns to display hide by right clicking the table s header and from the list that displays checking the corresponding column names 1 5 4 2 Sorting Tables Click on any of the column headings to sort tables Click again on a column heading to toggle between ascending and descending sort order 1 5 4 3 Resizing and Rearranging Columns To resize a column position the cursor on the border line between two columns headings The cursor changes into a double headed arrow Drag the cursor to the left or to the right to increase or decrease the size of a column To rearrange column sequence click a column header and drag it to the new desired position 1 5 5 Manipulating the Displayed Information 1 5 5 1 Using Filters Some of the tables support the filtering feature Filters allow you to set up the table
119. onitor X w a Saman Results on page 1 Total 1 PageSize 100 KJ gJ page 1 of 1 gt ry 2 E Figure 6 13 User Session Monitor Window 2 Use the following options available in the User Session Monitor right click menu Send Message Select after right clicking one of the logged in users to open the Sending Message window enabling you to send a text message to the selected user AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Session Monitor Kill Select to terminate the application of the selected user s Only an Administrator can perform this operation to terminate applications of users with lower permission levels AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management Password Policy 6 6 AlvariSTAR Password Policy The Password Policy editor enables to set policies for user passwords such as required length required characters expiration policy To open the Password Policy Editor Select Security Management gt Password Policy from the main menu The Password Policy Editor opens Minimum Password Length Maximum Password Length Character Setting Rules C Lower Cases C Numbers C Upper Cases _ Special Characters Login Attempts Password Expiration Age 3 months Password Expiration Warning 14 days Password History passwords Inactivity Session Timeout g minutes Figure 6 14 Password Policy Editor The Password Polic
120. ontact window and select a contact 5 4 2 Creating or Modifying a Contact gt To create modify a contact 1 From the Contact Manager window right click and select New to create a new contact To modify an existing Contact select a contact from the list and click Edit or double click on the selected contact Company Lay Contact icon Contact Address AlvariSTAR GR cc Figure 5 11 The Contact Editor User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Contact Manager 2 Configure the following parameters Parameter Description Contact ID A unique identifier for this contact Up to 80 printable characters First Name Optional The contact s first name Up to 80 printable characters Last Name Optional The contact s last name Up to 80 printable characters Company Optional The contact s company name Up to 80 printable characters Contact Icon Optional Select from the drop down list an icon to represent this contact Contact Group Address Optional The contact s address Up to 80 printable characters Phone Number Optional The contact s phone number Up to 80 printable characters Mobile Number Optional The contact s mobile number Up to 80 printable characters Email Optional The contact s e mail address Up to 80 printable characters Fax Number Optional The contact s fax number Up to 80 printable characters 3 Click OK to save and
121. ostics HW Fault On Download of software fro Equipment Comm Ok 1 3 i Equipment Down 1 3 6 1 Equipment Reset Detecte Equipment Unreachable Equipment Up 1 3 6 1 4 ER Test Finished 1 3 6 1 ER Test Started 1 3 6 1 Excessive assignment of External 1 PPS Failure Off External 1 PPS Failure On External 10 MHz Failure External 16 MHz Failure Naes Ower Creation Date m M SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM SYSTEM 22 07 2009 15 49 26 22 07 2009 15 49 26 22 07 2009 15 49 20 22 07 2009 15 49 29 22 07 2009 15 49 30 22 07 2009 15 49 29 22 07 2009 15 49 19 22 07 2009 15 49 19 22 07 2009 15 49 29 22 07 2009 15 49 30 22 07 2009 15 49 30 22 07 2009 15 49 30 22 07 2009 15 49 30 22 07 2009 15 49 30 22 07 2009 15 49 20 22 07 2009 15 49 20 22 07 2009 15 49 29 22 07 2009 15 49 20 22 07 2009 15 49 20 22 07 2009 15 49 21 22 07 2009 15 49 20 3 Delete p 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Results on page 100 Total 434 pageses 10 BE Figure 3 14 Event Template Manager leJLo page 2of5 For each template the following information is displayed AlvariSTAR Parameter Description Name The name of the template Description A description of the template Owner The user who created the template Creation Date The
122. r a selected user from the User Manager In case of contradiction the parameter set in the User Manager overrides the general policy for the specific user From the User Manager you can set the password expiration policy for a selected user to never expire Value range 1 12 AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management AlvariSTAR Password Policy Parameter Description Password Expiration Warning The number of days before a user password expires during which a message requiring to change the password is displayed The message is displayed at every login until the password expiration age is reached Value range 1 14 Password History The number of old passwords for the system to keep a record The user will not be able to repeat a used password if it was used in a cycle within the set range Value range 0 10 Inactivity Session Timeout Not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility The number of minutes with no user activity after which the user is logged out The user will be required to log in again to continue working Value range 0 100 NOTE All password policy parameters except Inactivity Session Timeout do not apply to external users User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management External Entities Mapping 6 7 AlvariSTAR External Entities Mapping If you are using an LDAP server for user account management you can map existing LDAP
123. refix principalCN Users principalDNPrefix groupCNPrefix cn groupCN Users groupDNPrefix cn userObjectClass groupObjectClass usernameAttribute accountNameAttribute groupNameAttribute groupDescriptionAttribute groupMembersAttribute AlvariSTAR dc nms ldap 192 168 10 120 389 simple cn Administrator cn Users dc nms dc local dc local Ch cn organizationalPerson group cn sAMAccountName cn description member User Manual LD Appendix A Google Earth Management Appendix D Google Earth Management In This Appendix The following sections describe how you can visualize your network elements in Google Earth E Connecting Google Earth to the NMS on page 203 E Viewing the Network Elements in Google Earth on page 204 AlvariSTAR User Manual Appendix D Google Earth Management Connecting Google Earth to the NMS D 1 AlvariSTAR Connecting Google Earth to the NMS The NMS server maintains information regarding the network elements locations in a Keyhole Markup Language based kml file By linking to this file Google Earth can use the information within to display your network s topography For this purpose you need a computer with E Google Earth installed E Access to the Internet E Access to the NMS server NOTE It is not required for the NMS server itself to run on a computer with Internet access To pop
124. rface Enable Check to enable trap forwarding IP Address The IP address of the remote host to which the traps will be forwarded Protocol SNMP SNMP Parameters Version The SNMP version Possible values are v1 v2c or v3 Fora complete list of all compatible SNMP versions for each device see Appendix E Trap Port The port number to use to communicate with the system AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Forwarding NBI Manager x 3 7 2 3 7 3 AlvariSTAR NOTE The port configured in the NBI editor must match the port your system uses to communicate Typically SNMP devices use port 161 to receive set get requests and port 162 to receive traps So typically you must configure Fault Management to forward traps to an OSS SNMP client with a destination port of 162 3 Click OK to confirm your choices and save them to the database Deleting Event Forwarding NBI Interfaces To delete an NBI 1 In the Event Forwarding NBI Manager window Figure 3 23 right click the filter to remove and select Delete A confirmation message is displayed 2 Click Yes to confirm the deletion Creating Event Forwarding NBI Interface Policies Once you have defined the IP address to which to forward traps the policy determines which traps to forward and when At least one policy must be defined for a specific Event Forwarding NBI interface in order to activate trap forwarding The policy manager
125. ribing how to use Google Version 4 7 June 2010 Earth to view the network s topography Appendix E New appendix describing SNMP version Version 4 7 June 2010 compatibility for each supported device AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Legal Rights Legal Rights Copyright 2010 Alvarion Ltd All rights reserved The material contained herein is proprietary privileged and confidential and owned by Alvarion or its third party licensors No disclosure thereof shall be made to third parties without the express written permission of Alvarion Ltd Alvarion Ltd reserves the right to alter the equipment specifications and descriptions in this publication without prior notice No part of this publication shall be deemed to be part of any contract or warranty unless specifically incorporated by reference into such contract or warranty Trade Names Alvarion BreezeCOM WALKair WALKnet BreezeNET BreezeACCESS BreezeLINK BreezeMAX BreezeLITE BreezePHONE 4Motion and or other products and or services referenced here in are either registered trademarks trademarks or service marks of Alvarion Ltd All other names are or may be the trademarks of their respective owners WiMAX Forum is a registered trademark of the WiMAX Forum WiMAX the WiMAX Forum logo WiMAX Forum Certified and the WiMAX Forum Certified logo are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum Statement of Conditions The information contained in this manual is s
126. rm E Event History Enables to query the database for all events and alarms that occurred in the system in specific time intervals color coded according to severity E Event Filter Manager Allows to create edit and delete filters which are used to display events in Active Events and Event History windows E Event Template Manager Allows to create edit and delete templates to automate the processing of alarms E Script Command Manager Allows to associate template matched alarms with external scripts E Event Forwarding NBI Manager Provides an interface where you can connect to other management systems and effectively forward traps AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Active Events 3 2 AlvariSTAR Active Events The Active Events window displays real time updates of new alarms entering the system color coded according to severity It allows you to manage and diagnose alarms By default only events that are categorized as alarms are displayed and cleared alarms are removed from the Active Events display and can only be viewed from the Event History window These can be either E Manually cleared alarms E Alarms cleared by the automatic correlation rules E Alarms associated to a device that can no longer be managed by the system HM Multiple occurrences of the same alarm only one is visible in Active Events To change the default settings see Event Template Manager Section 3 5
127. rs Engineer Managers Figure 6 15 External Entities Mapping Parameter Description Global Default User Profile Use this drop box to allocate a default user profile to entities defined in the LDAP server that are not explicitly mapped to any user profile AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management AlvariSTAR External Entities Mapping Parameter Description External Entity Type Select an entity from the LDAP server that you wish to map to one or multiple user profiles You can either choose E A group of users or E A specific user in which case the group s it belongs to will be displayed below in the Member of text box User Profiles Select one or more user profiles you wish to map to the external entity E Use the gt button to map individual user profiles that are available E Use the gt gt button to map all the user profiles that are available E Use the lt button to unmap individual user profiles that have been previously mapped E Use the lt lt button to unmap all the user profiles that have been previously mapped When you are done defining a mapping rule click Add to confirm it The rule will be visible in the mapping table To remove an active rule select it from the mapping table and click Remove User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Domain Manager 6 8 AlvariSTAR User Domain Manager T
128. rs a predetermined set of permissions to the user See Section 6 4 for more information Q User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Profile Manager 6 4 AlvariSTAR User Profile Manager The User Profile Manager lets you create user profiles edit them or delete profiles You can associate individual users with profiles and grant permissions to users based on their association with a profile Only profiles that have no users can be deleted Default profiles and users cannot be deleted or modified By default several user profiles with one user defined in each profile are provided when you install your application The following are the defaults Administrators admin Observers Managers To access the User Profile Manager Select Security Management gt User Profile Manager from the main menu or the Navigation Pane The User Manager window is displayed showing the profile names and how many users share those profiles User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Profile Manager r User Profile Manager X m a S Refresh Administrators 1 Managers 1 dep New 3 Delete Results on page 3 Total 3 PageSize Q 4 page 1 of 1 gt 1g Figure 6 7 User Profile Manager gt To add a new profile 1 Inthe User Profile Manager right click and select New A User Profile editor window is displayed AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Managemen
129. rveillance monitoring and configuration capabilities required in order to effectively manage the network while keeping the resources and expenses at a minimum AlvariSTAR provides the following network management functionality Equipment Management allowing viewing of devices according to various search criteria access to devices dependent features such as device configuration managers and maps access to the Configuration Backup Task for creating backup files for a selected device exporting general information of selected devices to a Commas Separated Value CSV file and other tasks according to the managed device family Single and Multiple Device Management allowing comprehensive configuration and management of devices Location Management allowing definition and organization of hierarchical locations and associating them with maps and other attributes Discovery Settings allowing management of device discovery for identifying and adding existing devices to the managed devices database Active Events providing alerts and real time updates of defined alarms Event History Management providing the ability to query for alarms in specific time intervals Event Template Management allowing customization and management of event templates according to specific preferences and needs Event Forwarding to other Network Management Systems Topology providing Geographical hierarchical topology views for selected objects
130. s that are dependent on the installed device driver s and the managed product line Node Description Managed Network Provides the following options E Equipment Manager Opens the Equipment Manager window enabling to view equipment in the network and access the Equipment Editor Refer to Section 2 1 and the relevant Device Driver Manual E Location Manager Opens the Location Manager window enabling to define equipment locations and to associate maps and other features with locations Refer to Section 2 2 E Discovery Settings not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility Opens the Discovery Settings window enabling to manage IP address ranges or sub nets and global SNMP Read and Write community pairs Refer to Section 2 3 User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction The Main Window Node Description Fault Management The Fault Management allows you to manage alarms that occur in the network It displays information about each alarm and lets you acknowledge received alarms It also provides tools that help you diagnose and correct alarms The Fault Manager is divided into the following sub menus E Active Events Displays real time updates of new events and alarms entering the system Refer to Section 3 2 E Event History Queries for alarms and events in the database according to specified time intervals Refer to Section 3 3 E Event Filter Manager Allows to create edit and delete filter
131. s to a view by adjusting columns in the Alarm Table The following are the available options for customizing the view E Sort columns Click on the column header of the column according to which you want to sort the table An icon appears on the header indicating sorting in ascending descending order Only the following columns can be sorted Severity Event Name Received Time Equipment IP Address Managed Object Alias and Location NOTE Column sorting is not available in Active Events E Move Columns Click the column header of the column you want to move and drag it to its new location E Resize Columns Click the right margin of the column header you want to resize and drag to resize the column The column margin is located between the column headers You can also Configure which alarms will appear in the Alarm Table using the Event Filter Manager see Section 3 4 Alarm Severities The management system is delivered with a set of default alarm severity definitions each with its own default color The default severity definitions are Parameter Description Critical A service halting condition occurs requiring immediate corrective action The equipment is completely out of service and you must restore its capability Major A service affecting condition has developed and corrective action is required There is severe degradation in the equipment s capability and you must restore its full capability
132. s to the Active Events Event History windows Refer to Section 3 4 E Event Template Manager Allows to create modify and delete event templates Refer to Section 3 5 E Script Command Manager Allows to create edit and delete script commands Refer to Section 3 6 E Event Forwarding NBI Manager not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility Allows to connect to other management systems and to forward traps related to this system Refer to Section 3 7 Administration Provides the following sub menus E Task Manager Enables to define manage schedule run abort system wide operations such as Network Discovery not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility Database Aging and product line dependent tasks etc Refer to Section 5 2 and to the relevant Device Driver Manual E File Manager Opens the File Manager window enabling to manage configuration backup and other types of files Functionality depends on the managed product line Refer to Section 5 3 and to the relevant Device Driver Manual E Contact Manager Opens the Contact Manager window enabling to organize and manage your contacts Refer to Section 5 4 E License Manager not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility Enables viewing information about valid licenses and summary details on the currently managed device types included in the license Refer to Section 5 5 AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction The Main Window Node
133. sed on their profile associations gt To create a new user 1 From the right click menu select New to display the User Editor 2 Enter the appropriate information for the General section Most of the information associated with a user is optional However the Username entries required AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Manager General Middle Name Last Name Description Organization Address E mail johndoe compnay com Telephone Cellular Pager E5 Coo E DE E E l Ss oss Game econ Figure 6 4 User Editor General Ed The Username must be unique if it matches an existing Username the application generates an error The Username you enter here is displayed in the User Manager window and in all relevant reports 3 Click Next and enter the required information for the Security Info section AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management a 1 General 2 Security Info 3 User Profile Username johndoe Password Confirm Password Password Creation Date Password Expiration Date Account Activation Date August 24 2009 wx Password never expires Login Attempts Last Login Time User State Figure 6 5 User Security Info User Manager Policy Parameter Description User Name Read only Taken from the previous dialog box Password Password is mandatory The password must adhere to the Password
134. ser Manual chapter S Fault Management Chapter 3 Fault Management In This Chapter AlvariSTAR Introduction on page 53 Active Events on page 54 Event History on page 57 Event Filter Manager on page 74 Event Template Manager on page 84 Script Command Manager on page 97 Event Forwarding NBI Manager on page 102 not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Introduction 3 1 Introduction The Fault Management module provides network operators with the full fault management capabilities required for rapid problem solving to ensure that the network is up and running The Fault Management module comprises efficient tools for managing alarms generated in the system Information about each alarm is readily displayed helping operators diagnose and correct system failures The Fault Management tools allow you to acknowledge received alarms clear or forward them You can apply filters to display specific alarms or to display specific information about each alarm according to your needs You can connect to other management systems and forward traps apply templates to automate the processing of alarms and trigger external scripts The following Fault Management tools are available E Active Events Displays real time updates of new alarms entering the system color coded according to severity and allows to manage each ala
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136. t Event Template Manager Event Template quipment Alarm nvironmental Alarm Integrity Violation Operational Violation Physical violation Security Violation ime Domain Violation Event Severity critical wa Warning Indeterminate F Cleared Figure 3 18 Event Template Editor Filter Page Event Event Category Select the category classification of the event Possible values are Alarm State Change System Event Config Change Event Type Select the classification type of the event The possible values differ according to the event category Event Severity Check the boxes for the relevant alarm severity For more information on alarm severity see Section 3 3 1 2 AlvariSTAR 22 User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Template Manager 3 5 1 3 Behavior Tab The Behavior tab provides parameters that determine how Fault Management processes matching alarms Event Template General Filter Behavior Email Script Command User Classifier Alarm Severity No Change Requires Acknowledge _ Advisor Message Figure 3 19 Event Template Editor Behavior Tab The main Behavior page comprises the following sub tabs E Actions Page on page 94 E Email Page on page 94 not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management 3 5 1 3 1 3 5 1 3 2 AlvariSTAR Actions Page Event Template Manager The Actions page conta
137. t Forwarding NBI Manager 3 7 AlvariSTAR Event Forwarding NBI Manager LOCAL CRAFT NOTE The Event Forwarding NBI Manager is not applicable to the Local CRAFT Utility The Event Forwarding NBI Manager provides an interface where you can connect to other management systems and effectively forward traps Fault Management uses these definitions to enable it to forward notifications to those systems Event Forwarding NBI systems include any EMS system a system receiving information from Fault Management for example Billing Management Systems Support Management Systems Network Management Systems and Customer Service Systems To open the Event Forwarding NBI Manager Select Fault Management gt Event Forwarding NBI Manager from the main menu or from the Navigation Pane User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Forwarding NBI Manager Filter a Description IP Address Protocol Event Forwarding Results on page 0 Total 0 Pagesize Figure 3 23 Event Forwarding NBI Manager For each filter the following information is displayed Parameter Description Name The name of the filter Description A description of the filter IP Address The IP address of the higher manager Protocol The protocol governing the network management Event Forwarding The event forwarding status AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Forwardi
138. t User Profile Manager User Profile a a 2 Security Assignment _ ST TTT a Figure 6 8 User Profile Editor 2 Enter a unique name for the new profile and optionally add a description 3 If you want to assign that new profile to existing user s click Add The User Selector window is displayed Select the user s to which to assign the profile and click Select AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Profile Manager wO a Active Active Active Results on page 4 Total 4 Pagesze 1009 u e povero Geb aa oS Figure 6 9 User Selector 4 Click Next The Security Assignment window is displayed AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management User Profile User Profile Manager ESE eer 1 General User Profile Name 2 Security Assignment w Functional Permissions w Audit Log Manager w Contact Manager w Discovery Settings cdl Equipment Manager Event Filter Manager w Event Forwarding NBI Manager wi Event Manager File Manager GPS Chain Manager w License Manager idl Location Manager w Password Policy Manager Figure 6 10 User Profile Security Assignment 5 Grant permissions to the profile by selecting a predefined function check box and then possible operations edit delete configure and so on that each profile or user can perform when exercising the function To select all check
139. t are displayed in the 2009 Equipment Manager and the various types of files that are displayed in the File Manager Summaries Real time summary counts at the bottom of Version 4 5 September 2009 Task Creation New wizard transforms task creation into a 3 step process Version 4 5 September 2009 Remote Access Web Portal for launching any application in StarSuite and ability to access the AlvariSTAR server via the Java Web Start software framework Version 4 5 September 2009 The Equipment Manager Updated Version 4 5 October 2009 The Unified All Network Elements View Column structure updates Version 4 7 June 2010 The Equipment Editor Column structure updates Version 4 7 June 2010 AlvariSTAR User Manual Document History Topic Description Date Issued Discovery Settings Manager Restructured Version 4 7 June 2010 NBI Notifications Global Settings New feature Version 4 7 June 2010 Discovery Task Renamed Range Discovery Task Added SNMP versions v1 v2c v3 Version 4 7 June 2010 External Entities Mapping New feature Version 4 7 June 2010 User Domain Manager New feature Version 4 7 June 2010 Configuration Management New chapter Version 4 7 June 2010 Appendix C New appendix describing how to connect the Version 4 7 June 2010 NMS to an external LDAP server Appendix D New appendix desc
140. t field If Argument Type Event Property then select from a list of possible attributes Text Qualifier Select whether this parameter needs double single quotes or no qualifier When you select quotes the parameter looks like this a surrounded by quotes Command Line This section of the screen displays the script command as you assemble it Click the Add button on the right to assemble the complete script command Added parameters always appear last on the list in this area but you can use the arrow keys to re arrange their order and the Delete button to remove parameters but not the script Delete All removes everything 3 Click Add to assemble the complete script command Added parameters always appear last on the list but you can use the arrow keys to re arrange their order or use the Delete button to remove parameters not the script Delete All removes everything 4 Click the Up or Down buttons to arrange the order of parameters 5 Click OK to add your command script to the list of available scripts AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Script Command Manager 3 6 2 Deleting Commands gt To delete a command 1 Inthe Script Command Manager window Figure 3 21 right click the command to remove and from the context menu click Delete A confirmation message is displayed 2 Click Yes to confirm the deletion AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Even
141. t in the IP range 1 25 Creation Date Column IP Address v mYalues Figure 1 12 Filter Criteria You define a selection criterion by specifying the values which are relevant for the entries in a particular column Then press the Add button to include your criterion into the filter criteria list If you want to use multiple selection criteria use the above procedure to add additional entries to the list All criteria in the list are aggregated by applying the logical AND operator between them This means that only entries which fulfill each and every criterion in the list will be displayed when the filter is applied User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Conventions and Common Operations 1 5 5 2 AlvariSTAR Once a selection criterion is added to the list you can negate it by checking the NOT checkbox This is useful when it is easier to define entries that are to be excluded from the selection than those which are to be included Limiting the Results Set You can define the maximum number of results to be displayed in a list by entering a number in the Page Size box or by using the up and down arrows to the right of the number field If the results set exceeds the defined number it will be divided into several pages Click Refresh to refresh the displayed list Refer to Section 1 3 3 for details on navigating among pages User Manual canal Managed Network Chapter 2 Managed Network
142. ted Range Type AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager Parameter Description Range End Subnet Mask The last IP in the range or the subnet mask depending on the selected Range Type Location An optional field for defining a location for devices in the range Select from the available locations Newly discovered devices will be automatically associated with the defined location Devices already in the database will not be affected Contact An optional field for defining a contact for devices in the range Select from the available contacts Newly discovered devices will be automatically associated with the defined contact Devices already in the database will not be affected Retries The maximum number of retries for SNMP communication The range is from 0 to 255 Timeout s The maximum time in seconds that the requesting process waits for a response before attempting a retransmission or aborting if the maximum number of retries has been reached The available range is 1 to 3 600 seconds SNMP Version The SNMP protocol version used by the devices the NMS is attempting to discover The available options are Evi E v2c E v3 For a complete list of all compatible SNMP versions for each device see Appendix E AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 5 Administration Task Manager Parameter Description SNMP Credentials Use the Add and Remove butto
143. template s date of creation Priority The template s priority The range is 1 99999 User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Template Manager From the Event Template Manager you can E Create new event templates and modify existing templates Section 3 5 1 E Delete event templates Section 3 5 2 3 5 1 Creating or Editing Event Templates gt To create or edit an event template 1 Inthe Event Template Manager window Figure 3 14 right click and select New to define a new event template or select an existing template from the list and click Edit The Event Template Editor window is displayed The Event Template Editor window comprises the following main pages General Tab on page 87 Filter Tab on page 88 Behavior Tab on page 93 2 Enter the relevant information in each of the pages 3 Click OK to confirm your choices and save them to the database AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Template Manager 3 5 1 1 General Tab In the General tab you can add general information on the template Event Template Monitor Access OFF Description fip 1 3 6 1 4 12394 1 2 0 5 Priority Creation Date 21 08 2009 16 58 11 Figure 3 15 Event Template Editor General Tab The General tab comprises the following fields Name The name of the event template Description An optional description of the template s purpose
144. tents Opens the WebHelp contents window System Provides the following options E Login Enables logging in to the client application Applicable after logging out refer to Section 1 1 5 and in the management system also after time out E Logout Enables logging out of the client application without closing it The application is still running and you may login again refer to Section 1 1 5 E Change Password Opens the Change Password window enabling to change the user s password refer to Section 1 1 6 E Exit Enables shutting down the client application 1 3 2 Open Managers The Open Managers section displays all the currently open managers Click on an open manager name to switch to the window of this manager Click on the X sign of an open manager to close it 1 3 3 Page Control Bar The Page Control Bar is displayed at all times only for certain windows at the bottom of the window It contains quick access icons for some common operations page Size page 1 of 5 Lod ad gt il4 Figure 1 5 Page Control Bar When the number of results in the manager exceeds the number defined in the Page Size box the results are divided into several pages Use the following controls to browse the various pages AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction The Main Window Help Opens the Online Help Navigator HS First Previous Cycles back to the first or previous
145. that are product line dependent User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Starting AlvariSTAR Use the Location Manager to design and manage hierarchical locations and associate them with maps Refer to Section 2 2 Use the Contact Manager to define contact persons and attributes to be associated with selected devices Refer to Section 5 4 Use the Task Manager to define and schedule general system wide tasks and various additional tasks according to the managed product line Refer to Section 5 2 and the relevant Device Driver Manual Use the Files Manager to restore import and export configuration backup files generated via the Configuration Backup task Refer to the relevant Device Driver Manual Use the Database Aging Task to manage alarm records Refer to Section 5 2 5 Use the License feature to view information on licensed vs discovered devices enabling you to estimate when you need to update your license Refer to Section 5 5 Use the User Session Monitor feature to identify other currently active users and communicate with them Refer to Section 6 5 Use the Audit Log Manager to view logged events Refer to Section 6 2 Use Active Events to view alarms and other events in real time Refer to Section 3 2 Use the Event History to query the database for events and alarms in specific time intervals Refer to Section 3 3
146. the All Network Elements option will display all the BTS units in the database as well as a summary count at the bottom of the work area There are two types of summaries you can switch between by right clicking E Summary by NE Type Lists counts for all types of BTS units E Summary by State Lists counts for units that are in the Unmanageable Unreachable Unlicensed Unknown Unmanaged and Managed states The summaries are displayed in a ratio format The first figure indicates the filtered number of devices while the second indicates the total number of devices For instance if applying a filter excludes 2 devices from a total of 5 the ratio displayed will be 3 5 If no filters are applied both figures will indicate the total number of devices In our previous example this would mean a ratio of 5 5 The BTS equipment table for All Network Elements includes all the BTS objects that exist in the database of the management system This includes devices that were discovered by the management system using either Network Discovery Task or the Range Discovery Task and devices that were added manually to the database see New option below The background color of the device s icon is in accordance with the device s alarm status the highest severity open alarms User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network Equipment Manager You can use the Filter option for viewing only devices that meet one or several selection criteria The in
147. the current user if the alarm was previously acknowledged by the current user User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management AlvariSTAR Event History Action Description Clear Alarm Clears only open selected alarm s Alarms status changes from open to cleared The status of the alarm changes from open to cleared but the alarm remains in the table Available if the Event type of a selected entity is Alarm and is not acknowledged automatically by correlation mechanism Event Details Displays detailed information about the selected alarm See Section 3 3 1 3 for additional information Event Advisor Displays a text description of the alarm and sometimes proposes a remedy Clearing Event Opens the Event Details window of the event that cleared the alarm Equipment Details Opens the Configuration Manager for the selected equipment Cut Through Opens a Telnet session to the device Applicable only for devices that support this feature Topology Map Displays the Location Map centered on the equipment associated with the selected alarm Available only when the device has a location associated with it Export Exports the selected alarm s and creates a comma delimited text file that can be imported into other programs for example a spreadsheet Print Preview Displays a preview of the Event History of the selected alarm s before printing Print
148. the equipment Location Name The physical location of the equipment General Information Event Category The category classification of the event The event categories are Alarm State Change System Event Config Change Event Type The classification type of the alarm Event types vary according to the event category Event Name The name of the alarm For SNMP traps the name is the trap OID If the name is blank when received by the application the alarm takes the name of the event template used for processing Event Description An optional text description of the alarm as defined in the related event template Event Severity The severity of the alarm Object Severity The alarm severity of the object associated with the alarm User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event History 3 3 1 3 2 Timestamps and Status Tab Event Details Timestamps And Status And Status Event Parameters Additional Information Notes Timestamps amp Status Last Update Time 18 06 25 2009 09 01 Receive Time 18 05 58 2009 09 01 Event Time 18 05 58 2009 09 01 Ack Time Acked By Clear Time Cleared By Figure 3 4 Event Details Window Timestamps and Status Tab The Timestamps and Status tab displays the following alarm attributes Last Update Time The date and time the Alarm Table was last updated AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Alvari
149. the filter Owner The user who created the filter Creation Date The filter s date of creation From the Event Filter Manager you can Create new event filters see Section 3 4 1 Modify existing event filters see Section 3 4 2 Delete event filters see Section 3 4 3 Creating Event Filters To create a new event filter 2 3 From the Event Filter Manager window Figure 3 8 right click and select New to define a new event filter The Event Filter Editor window is displayed The Event Filter Editor window comprises the following main pages General Tab on page 76 Simple Filter Tab on page 78 Enter the relevant information in each of the pages Click OK to confirm your choices and save them to the database General Tab In the General Tab you can add general information on the filter 76 User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Filter Manager General Simple Fiter Name Description aay Owner 21 08 2009 16 19 13 Creation Date 21 08 2009 16 19 13 Figure 3 9 Event Filter Editor General Page The General Tab comprises the following fields General Event Template Settings Name The name of the event filter Description An optional description of the filter s purpose Owner A read only display of the user who created the template Creation Date A read only display of the creation date of the template AlvariSTAR
150. the following controls Parameter Description Up one level Opens the next higher level of the topology map in the same window Disabled with in first level locations Display BreezeMAX SU Check to display the associated SUs on the map Only SUs associated with the relevant location are displayed If the serving Base Station s devices are associated with the same location each of the displayed SU will be connected to the serving device Save Saves the changes made to the map Cancel Closes the Location Map viewer without saving The Location Map viewer provides a pop up menu with the following options when right clicking on an equipment location icon Parameter Description Drill down Opens the next lower level of the topology map in the same window Available only when right clicking a location in the map provided there is a sub location Configure Available only for equipment with an Up state Opens the Configuration window enabling to configure the selected device You can also double click on the device icon on the map Refer to the applicable Device Manager Manual User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network AlvariSTAR Location Manager Parameter Description Cut Through Available only for equipment Opens a Telnet session to the device Applicable only for devices that support this feature SUs do not support Telnet Open Alarms Available o
151. ubject to change without notice Alvarion Ltd shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this manual or equipment supplied with it Warranties and Disclaimers All Alvarion Ltd Alvarion products purchased from Alvarion or through any of Alvarion s authorized resellers are subject to the following warranty and product liability terms and conditions Exclusive Warranty a Alvarion warrants that the Product hardware it supplies and the tangible media on which any software is installed under normal use and conditions will be free from significant defects in materials and workmanship for a period of fourteen 14 months from the date of shipment of a given Product to Purchaser the Warranty Period Alvarion will at its sole option and as Purchaser s sole remedy repair or replace any defective Product in accordance with Alvarion standard R amp R procedure AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Legal Rights b With respect to the Firmware Alvarion warrants the correct functionality according to the attached documentation for a period of fourteen 14 month from invoice date the Warranty Period During the Warranty Period Alvarion may release to its Customers firmware updates which include additional performance improvements and or bug fixes upon availability the Warranty Bug fixes temporary patches and or work
152. ulate Google Earth with the network elements defined in the NMS 1 Open Google Earth 2 Go to Add gt Network Link 3 In the New Network Link window that opens type the following path in the Link field http lt NMS path gt 8080 bwanmsws load kml 4 Fill in the remaining Google Earth options according to your preferences and click OK when done 203 User Manual Appendix D Google Earth Management Viewing the Network Elements in Google Earth D 2 Viewing the Network Elements in Google Earth Once Google Earth is synchronized with the NMS server all viewable network elements will be displayed in the My Places section The following network elements are visible in Google Earth E Network elements supporting GPS cards or the Chain Manager feature E Network elements with latitude longitude coordinates defined in Equipment Editor amp Google Earth g a File Edit Yiew Tools Add Help gO x g op Se e a E 5 x Search Fly To Find Businesses Directions Fly to e g Reservoir Rd Clayville NY Places Add Content ma Sectors al MS Defaut 3 MS 192 168 198 4 M ddd 85 0 0 1 AU 1 Antenna 1 BSID 2 41 0 0 1 Frequenc 50 0 MHz ddd Bs 1 4 4 AU 7 Antenna 2 BSID 2 4 1 4 4 Frequency 3450 0 MHz 3 OS 192 168 198 3 og Es 3 2 3 AU 4 Antenna 1 192 168 198 3 Name IP address 192 168 198 3 NE Type 4M M
153. val minutes e Server Started Server Shutdown Event Types Send Original Traps Send NMS Events D coe Figure 3 30 NBI Notifications Global Settings The following settings are available Notifications Keep Alive Sends keep alive notifications at predefined time intervals as long as the NMS server is active Check to enable uncheck to disable AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event Forwarding NBI Manager Parameter Description Interval minutes Defines the time interval in minutes between successive keep alive notifications Use the text box to enter the desired value Server Started Sends a notification message when the server has started up Check to enable uncheck to disable Server Shutdown Sends a notification message when the server is shutting down Check to enable uncheck to disable Event Types Send Original Traps Select this option to forward traps in their original format just as they are received from the device Send NMS Events Select this option if you want the sent traps to include all the relevant information stored in the fault management database NOTE In order to enable synchronization with the NMS the following RW parameters must be configured x on the OSS SNMP client Parameter Description sendOperationalAlarms Enables Disables alarm synchronization The
154. ve Time The time the alarm was received by a mediation agent Severity The severity of the alarm Refer to Section 3 3 1 2 User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event History Event Category Event Type Alarm All Other Communications Alarm Quality of Service Alarm Processing Error Alarm Equipment Alarm Environmental Alarm Integrity Violation Operational Violation Physical Violation Security Violation Time Domain Violation State Change All State Or Status Change System Event All System Event Software Download Backup Configuration File Maintenance Telnet Session Config Change All Config Change Entity Added Entity Changed Entity Removed 3 3 1 1 1 Limiting the Number of Events from the Database You can change the maximum number of events recorded in the database by changing the value of the Max Row Count field in the Database Aging Task Editor Section 5 2 5 If the number of alarms exceeds 150 from the maximum number of alarms older alarms will be deleted If your Secondary Storage is set up as CSV they will be saved to the following folder lt Management System gt filesystem archive AlvariSTAR User Manual Chapter 3 Fault Management Event History 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 1 2 AlvariSTAR Customizing Views in Active Events Event History You can make change
155. which you can select a Parent Location Click the Eraser icon to clear the Parent Location field Coordinate Type Specifies the way coordinates are designated see Section 2 2 3 for more information Valid types are Country City Latitude Longitude Area Code prefix Vertical Horizontal AlvariSTAR Q User Manual Chapter 2 Managed Network 2 2 3 AlvariSTAR Location Manager Parameter Description Coordinates The coordinates of the location using the Coordinate Type specified above Up to 80 printable characters Note that Coordinates do not relocate icons in geographic topology maps dragging icons does Images Icon Select an icon from the drop down list to associate it with the location Available icons are Building Location Topology Image Click the Browse button to open the Select Location window through which you can select a map and associate it with the location Click the Eraser icon to clear the field Click the Preview button to view the associated map Depending on whether or not an image is assigned the label changes from No image assigned to Image assigned Details Postal Address An optional field for entering the address of the location A string of up to 80 characters Location Details An optional field for entering a description of the location A string of up to 80 characters 3 Click Apply Coordinate Types You
156. ww alvanion Your Open WiMAX Choice AlvariSTAR User Manual SW Version 4 7 June 2010 P N 215668 Document History Document History Topic Description Date Issued Version 4 0 is regarded as the first pu blication December 2008 Single platform for NMS and Local CRAFT Utility The manual covers both AlvariSTAR and AlvariCRAFT Unless otherwise stated The features are applicable to both applications Version 4 1 March 2009 Password Policy New feature enabling to set a policy for all passwords Version 4 1 March 2009 Watchdog External application for monitoring the NMS server LDAP and database servers Version 4 1 March 2009 Context Menus New approach in accessing most of the functions via right click menus instead of buttons Version 4 5 September 2009 Dynamic Column Selection Ability to select which columns are displayed in tables and to pack columns in order to fit into the available space Version 4 5 September 2009 the Equipment Manager and File Manager Filters Enhanced Filter Criteria Manager now allows Version 4 5 September aggregating multiple selection criteria within 2009 the same filter and using negated selection criteria File Manager New manager for handling files stored in the Version 4 5 September database 2009 View Filters Quickly switch between various types of Version 4 5 September equipment tha
157. y Editor includes the following parameters User Manual Chapter 6 Security Management Password Policy Parameter Description Minimum Password Length Sets the minimum length of accepted passwords Any password with less than the set minimum will be rejected Value range 1 32 Maximum Password Length The maximum length allowed for a password The maximum length is pre set to 32 characters and cannot be changed Character Setting Rules Lower Cases When checked a new password will be required to include at least one lower case character Upper Cases When checked a new password will be required to include at least one upper case character Numbers When checked a new password will be required to include at least one digit Special Characters When checked a new password will be required to include at least one special character e g lt gt amp 4 9 Login and Expiration Login Attempts The number of allowed erroneous login attempts before the application is closed and the user is blocked This parameter can be configured for a selected user from the User Manager In case of contradiction the parameter set in the User Manager overrides the general policy for the specific user Value range 3 20 Password Expiration Age The time in months before the user is required to change the password This parameter can be configured fo

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