EXFO Fiber Guardian FG-750 User manual

GETTING STARTED WITH
YOUR FIBER GUARDIAN

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GETTING STARTED WITH YOUR FIBER GUARDIAN
The installation process can be divided into the following main steps:
› Preparing for installation
› Installing the unit in a rack
› Connecting the power and the network cables
› Cleaning and connecting optical fibers
› Turning on the unit
› Setting up the unit (platform application)
› Setting up the unit (optical application)
PREPARING FOR INSTALLATION
Before installing your unit, you should take the following into consideration:
› The chosen location provides adequate clearance for maintenance procedures, including a front opening of the drawer that
allows access to the OTDR module inside the unit and enough slacks for jumpers if you want to open the drawer without
disconnecting all ports.
› The location is an environmentally-controlled area that meets the minimum operating parameters.
› The location is isolated from strong electromagnetic fields produced by electrical devices.
› The power cable and power supply are compatible with your power service.
› The power source is properly grounded and falls within the internal power supply rating.
› The location is in an Electrostatic discharge (ESD)-safe work area.
INSTALLING YOUR UNIT IN A RACK
› The rack (which is not included with the unit) should provide sufficient vertical clearance to insert the unit. The height of the
unit is two rack units (2U) high or about 3 ½ in.
› All electrical cabling can be connected only through the back panel.
To install the mounting brackets on your unit:
1. Position the unit so that its bottom panel rests on a flat surface, such as a table.
2. Align the holes of the first bracket with the holes of the unit casing at the
position that best suits your installation needs. You can even invert position of
the mounting bracket, if necessary.
3. Fix the first bracket on the unit with the supplied screws (four screws per
bracket).
4. Repeat steps 3 and 4 with the other bracket, ensuring that you place the bracket
at the exact same position (the orientation of the bracket, as well as the set of
holes on the bracket and on the unit’s casing).
5. Place the unit in the rack at the desired height.
6. Fix the unit in place using four 10-32 x 1/2 in. screws (four M6 screws for the
ETSI racks).

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Grounding Your Unit
To ground your unit:
1. Remove the two Phillips screws. Remove the grounding lug from the rear panel of the unit.
2. Prepare the ground wire (minimum 14 AWG). Attach one end to the unit’s grounding lug using a crimping tool.
3. Use the two Phillips screws to attach the grounding lug and wire assembly to the rear panel of the unit.
4. Ground the other end of the wire as per local regulations.
CONNECTING THE POWER AND THE NETWORK CABLES
The Fiber Guardian is available with either AC or DC power supplies. The unit has redundant AC or redundant DC power
modules. To benefit from this redundancy, be sure to connect each power supply to a separate circuit.
As soon as you connect the unit to a power source, the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) starts its initialization.
During this operation, the LEDs on the front panel will be lit in the following sequence:
› All LEDs will turn to yellow for about 40 seconds.
› All the LEDs will turn off for about 5 seconds.
› Finally, the power LED ( ) will turn to blinking green, indicating that the BMC is now ready (unit is in standby) and you
are ready to turn on the unit.
To connect the power to AC power supplies:
1. Connect the cords to the main power inlets located at
the back of the unit.
2. Connect the other end of the cords to the power sources.
To connect the power to DC power supplies:
1. Crimp each power lead (minimum 14 AWG) with a UL-listed pressure
terminal connector (ring type). The connector must be suitable for
14 AWG wires.
2. Pair the power leads with the appropriate power terminal (located at
the back of the unit), respecting the polarity as indicated just below
the terminal block.
3. Tighten the screws to attach the power leads to the unit.

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To connect the network cables:
1. Connect one end of a network cable to the Ethernet port
located at the back of your unit. Connect the other end of the
cable to the network itself.
2. In order to setup your unit, connect one end of a network
cable to the Ethernet port located at the front of your
unit. Connect the other end of the cable to a portable
computer as illustrated in the side image.
CLEANING AND CONNECTING OPTICAL FIBERS
To connect the fiber-optic cable to the port:
1. Inspect the fiber using a fiber inspection probe, such as an EXFO FIP product or a standard microscope. If the fiber is
clean, proceed to connecting it to the port. If the fiber is dirty, clean in accordance to good cleaning practices.
2. Carefully align the connector and port to prevent the fiber end from touching the outside of the port or rubbing against
other surfaces.
If your connector features a key, ensure that it is fully fitted into the port’s corresponding notch.
3. Push the connector in so that the fiber-optic cable is firmly in place, thus ensuring adequate contact.
If your connector features a screw sleeve, tighten the connector enough to firmly maintain the fiber in place. Do not overtighten:
this will damage the fiber and the port.
After plugging in the proper fibers, your unit must look as follows:

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TURNING ON THE UNIT
As soon as you connect the unit to a power source, the companion starts its initialization (refer to the initialization process
on page 3). Once the initialization is complete, you can turn on the host. Once the host is on, the operating system will be
started automatically. Several components must be initialized before you can actually send commands or connect to the unit.
1. Make sure the companion is up and running. From a DOS windows in your laptop connected to the FG-750 front port,
ping the IP address: 169.254.10.11 (this is the companion IP address).
2. Press the power button until the power LED turns to green (non-blinking) and release it.
3. Make sure the OS is up and running. From a DOS windows in your laptop connected to the FG-750 front port, ping the
IP address: 169.254.10.10 (This is the fix OS IP address). The unit must respond.

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SETTING UP THE UNIT (PLATFORM APPLICATION)
Before setting up your IP address, make sure you have two different IP addresses under your corporate LAN: one for the
Host (operating system and remote access) and another for the Companion (maintenance component).
All the configuration and provisioning will be perform from the laptop connected to the FG-750 front port.
To configure the network settings:
1. Connect to the Host Web UI as follows:
1a. From your computer, open a Web browser.
1b. In the address bar, type http://169.254.10.10/
HostWebUI.
1c. When the application prompts you, enter Admin
as the username and Admin as the password.
1d. Click OK to open the session.
2. From the Configuration menu, select Host.
3. Depending on the type of parameters that you wish to modify, under Host Settings or Companion Settings, select Network.
4. To modify the displayed information, click Edit.

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5. Depending on your needs, go to the Rear adapter IPv4 configuration or Rear adapter IPv6 configuration section.
6. Configure your network settings according to defined table values in “FG-750 Network Configuration Requirements” in the
prior-to-install requirements document.
7. Click Apply to confirm the changes.

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CONFIGURING THE E-MAIL SERVER SETTINGS
The E-Mail configuration page is available from the Configuration > Host tab. Click E-Mail Server under Northbound
Settings to open the following E-Mail Server page.
To configure the E-Mail Server settings:
1. Click Edit to set the following parameters:
1a. Server Address is the IP or Host Name.
1b. Port is the number value higher than 0.
1c. Sender is the e-mail address used to send e-mails.
1e. Authentication Required allows you to enable the following fields by checking the box:
User name is the name of the user permitted to connect to the to the SMTP server.
Password of the accredited user.
Retype password to confirm the correct password.
2. Click Apply to save changes, or Cancel to discard them.

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ADDING USERS
To add users to your system:
1. From the Configuration menu, click Users, click the Add icon to open a blank User Information page.
2. Enter the parameters as per your requirements. Mandatory fields are the following:
› Username
› Password and Re-Enter password
› Language
› Time Zone
› Units
› Role
Alerts configuration will be describe in section ”Configuration Alerts”. For sending either SMS, Email or SNMP traps notifications
to this user, complete the following information:
› Email
› Mobile phone number
› Trap receiver address*
Note: Enter a valid IP address where SNMP traps will be sent (e.g.: 172.16.65.50).
3. Click Add to create the user or Cancel to discard them.

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SETTING UP THE UNIT (OPTICAL APPLICATION)
ACCESSING TO THE P2P OPTICAL APPLICATION
1. Connect to the P2P optical application Web UI as follows:
1a. From your computer, open a Web browser.
1b. In the address bar, type http://169.254.10.10/.
1c. When the application prompts you, enter Admin as the username and Admin as the password.
1d. Click OK to open the session.
DETECTING THE FIBERS CONNECTED TO THE OPTICAL PORTS
To detect new ports:
Detection of ports, if successful, will trigger optical route creation and referencing (testing) on all of them, unless systems
settings were set differently. Detecting a port verifies if a fiber is on the port and properly connected. It then creates an object
called an optical route, which will be automatically given a name from the port ID.
Once you validated all monitored routes are properly connected, follow the instructions in this section.
1. Access to the FG-750 web UI as described in section “Accessing to the P2P optical application”
2. From the main menu, select Configuration > Remote Test Unit.
3. Under OTAU section, click Detect.
4. From the displayed dialog box, select a wavelength.
5. Select the ports you want to use at this wavelength.
Note: To quickly select or clear the checked boxes, use respectively Select All and Unselect All.
6. Click Start to start the automatic detection of the ports. The RTU will generate
test setups for the new wavelengths.
7. Repeat the previous steps with other wavelengths and ports, if necessary.
The status of the ports (detected or not) is indicated in the OTAU section.

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Note: Once the manual detection of fiber ports is completed, there is a chance that the ports remain undetected even though
the fiber is connected. These ports can be detected forcefully by selecting Force Detection of Fiber.
To use Force Detection of Fiber:
Force detection by-passes the injection loss criteria to create or not create an optical route object. In some cases, such as
using cascaded switches with a WDM/coupler, it may in fact exceed the level of loss expected normally to detect ports.
Before starting the force detection of the fiber, make sure that the fiber is properly connected to the port and the OTDR trace
and route length correspond to the expected monitored route by running the following ad-hoc test:
To verify monitored routes:
1. Access to the FG-750 web UI as described in section “Accessing to the P2P optical application”.
2. Make sure the fiber is properly identified in each port of the Fiber Guardian according to information provided in the table
“FG-750 Monitored Routes Requirements” in the prior-to-install requirements document.
2a. From the main menu, select Manual test > Ad Hoc.
2b. Select each port to be detected under Define a route manually.
2c. Click on Start.
3. In the Test Results table and graph, verify total distance corresponds to expected value according to information you
documented in the routes table “FG-750 Monitored Routes Requirements” in the prior-to-install requirements document.

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Once you verified proper fiber connection and information, the following process describes the force detection functionality:
1. From the main menu, select Configuration > Remote Test Unit.
2. From the tree view, select the optical test head to which the optical routes are connected.
3. Under OTAU , click Detect.
4. From the displayed dialog box, select a wavelength.
5. Select the ports you want to use at this wavelength.
6. Check Force Detection and click Start to start the force detection of the ports.
7. The forcibly detected ports will be outlined in red.

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CONFIGURING ALERTS
The application can alert users when certain events or combinations of events occur. To generate the alerts, the application
uses pre-defined templates called alert types.
To configure alert:
1. From the main menu select Configuration > Alerting Types.
2. From the tree view, select Fiber Fault and click on Edit.
3. Select proper channel type (Detailed e-mail by default).
4. Check the Is Active box.
5. Select events that will be sent.
6. Indicate which user will receive the notification.
7. Click Save.
Note: If the SNMP channel type is selected, the machine address is displayed for the destination table.
Note: You can add more alerting types by clicking on the Add button ( ) and following process described above.
button ( ) and following process described above.

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VALIDATE LEARNING PHASE HAS COMPLETED
Although fault(s) can be detected from next acquisition after reference, it is good practice to let the system complete learning
phase such that best possible thresholds are applied, as close as possible to the user target threshold set values.
1. Connect to the Host Web UI as follows:
1a. From your computer, open a Web browser.
1b. In the address bar, type http://169.254.10.10/HostWebUI.
1c. When the application prompts you, enter Admin as the username and Admin as the password.
1d. Click OK to open the session.
2. From the Reports menu, select Event Log.
3. Make sure the learning phase has completed for every port you detected in section “Detecting the Fibers Connected to
the Optical Ports.”

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