Paradyne Hotwire 8784 User manual

Hotwire®8784 TDM SDSL
Termination Unit
with DSX-1 Interface
User’s Guide
Document No. 8784-A2-GB20-30
February 2001

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Important Safety Instructions
1. Read and follow all warning notices and instructions marked on the product or included in the manual.
2. Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation. To ensure reliable operation of the product and to
protect it from overheating, these slots and openings must not be blocked or covered.
3. Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord and do not locate the product where persons will walk on the power
cord.
4. Do not attempt to install or service this product yourself, as opening or removing covers may expose you to
dangerous high voltage points or other risks. Refer all installation and servicing to qualified service personnel.
5. General purpose cables are provided with this product. Special cables, which may be required by the regulatory
inspection authority for the installation site, are the responsibility of the customer.
6. When installed in the final configuration, the product must comply with the applicable Safety Standards and
regulatory requirements of the country in which it is installed. If necessary, consult with the appropriate regulatory
agencies and inspection authorities to ensure compliance.
7. A rare phenomenon can create a voltage potential between the earth grounds of two or more buildings. If products
installed in separate buildings are interconnected, the voltage potential may cause a hazardous condition.
Consult a qualified electrical consultant to determine whether or not this phenomenon exists and, if necessary,
implement corrective action prior to interconnecting the products.
8. In addition, if the equipment is to be used with telecommunications circuits, take the following precautions:
—Never install telephone wiring during a lightning storm.
—Never install telephone jacks in wet locations unless the jack is specifically designed for wet locations.
—Never touch uninsulated telephone wires or terminals unless the telephone line has been disconnected at the
network interface.
—Use caution when installing or modifying telephone lines.
—Avoid using a telephone (other than a cordless type) during an electrical storm. There may be a remote risk of
electric shock from lightning.
—Do not use the telephone to report a gas leak in the vicinity of the leak.
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EMI Notices
UNITED STATES – EMI NOTICE:
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant
to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates,
uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment
in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to
correct the interference at his own expense.
The authority to operate this equipment is conditioned by the requirements that no modifications will be
made to the equipment unless the changes or modifications are expressly approved by Paradyne
Corporation.
CANADA – EMI NOTICE:
This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian interference-causing equipment
regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du règlement sur le matérial
brouilleur du Canada.
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Contents
About This Guide
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Document Purpose and Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
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Document Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
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Product-Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
1 About the Hotwire 8784 Termination Unit
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TDM SDSL Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
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Hotwire 8784 Termination Unit Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
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Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
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SNMP Management Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Management Information Base (MIB) Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
SNMP Trap Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
2 Using the Asynchronous Terminal Interface
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User Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
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Management Serial Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
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Logging In to the Hotwire DSLAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
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Initiating an ATI Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
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Menu Hierarchy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
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Screen Work Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
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Navigating the Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Keyboard Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Switching Between Screen Work Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
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Ending an ATI Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
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Exiting From the DSLAM Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Contents
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3 Initial Startup and Configuration
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
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Entering Identity Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
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Configuring the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Current and Default Factory Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Configuration Loader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
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Saving Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
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Downloading Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
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AutoRate Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Disabling AutoRate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Resetting AutoRate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
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Restoring Access to the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
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Resetting the Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
4 Monitoring the Unit
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What to Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
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Viewing System and Test Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Health and Status Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Self-Test Results Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Test Status Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
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Performance Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Viewing Network Error Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Viewing Network Performance Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Viewing Current Network Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Viewing DSX-1 Performance Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
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Viewing LED Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
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Front Panel LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

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5Testing
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Accessing the Test Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
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Running Network Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Line Loopback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Repeater Loopback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
DTE Loopback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Remote Send Line Loopback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Send and Monitor 511 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
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Device Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Lamp Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
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Ending an Active Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
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Telco-Initiated Tests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Telco-Initiated Line Loopback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Telco-Initiated Payload Loopback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Telco-Initiated Remote Line Loopback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
6 Messages and Troubleshooting
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
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Configuring SNMP Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
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Device Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
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Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
7 Security
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
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ATI Access Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
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Creating a Login. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
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Deleting a Login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
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Controlling SNMP Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Assigning SNMP Community Names and Access Types . . . . . . . 7-4
Limiting SNMP Access through the IP Addresses of
the Managers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
8 IP Addressing
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Selecting an IP Addressing Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Configurations Not Running IP Conservative Software. . . . . . . . . 8-1
All Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
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IP Addressing Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

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A Configuration Options
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
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Network Interface Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
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DSX-1 Interface Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
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Copy Ports Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
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System Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
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Management and Communication Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
Telnet Session Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
General SNMP Management Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
SNMP NMS Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14
SNMP Trap Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16
B Standards Compliance for SNMP Traps
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SNMP Traps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
warmStart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
authenticationFailure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
linkUp and linkDown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
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Enterprise-Specific Traps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
C Connector Pin Assignments
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
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Front Panel 50-pin DTE Connector Pinouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
D Technical Specifications
Glossary
Index

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About This Guide
Document Purpose and Intended Audience
This guide contains information needed to set up, configure, and operate the
2-port Hotwire 8784 Time Division Multiplexer Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line
(TDM SDSL) Termination Unit, and is intended for installers and operators.
Document Summary
Section Description
Chapter 1, About the Hotwire
8784 Termination Unit
Describes the Hotwire 8784 Termination Unit’s
features and capabilities.
Chapter 2, Using the
Asynchronous Terminal Interface
Provides instructions for accessing the user interface
and navigating the screens.
Chapter 3, Initial Startup and
Configuration
Provides procedures for configuring the unit.
Chapter 4, Monitoring the Unit Describes using the LEDs, status, and network
statistics to monitor the unit.
Chapter 5,
Testing Provides information about available tests and test
setup.
Chapter 6, Messages and
Troubleshooting
Provides information on SNMP traps, device
messages, and troubleshooting.
Chapter 7, Security Presents procedures for creating a login, setting the
effective access levels, and controlling SNMP
access.
Chapter 8,
IP Addressing Provides information and examples regarding IP
addresses.
Appendix A, Configuration
Options
Contains all configuration options, default settings,
and possible settings.
Appendix B, Standards
Compliance for SNMP Traps
Contains SNMP trap compliance information.
Appendix C, Connector Pin
Assignments
Lists the pin assignments for the front panel DTE
connector.

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Product-Related Documents
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Appendix D,
Technical
Specifications
Contains physical and regulatory specifications,
network and port interfaces, power consumption
values, and accessory part numbers.
Glossary
Defines acronyms and terms used in this document.
Index
Lists key terms, acronyms, concepts, and sections in
alphabetical order.
Section Description
Document Number Document Title
7970-A2-GB20
Hotwire TDM SDSL Standalone Termination Units,
Models 7974, 7975, 7976, 7984, 7985, and 7986,
User’s Guide
8000-A2-GB22
Hotwire Management Communications Controller (MCC)
Card, IP Conservative, User’s Guide
8000-A2-GB29
Hotwire Management Communications Controller (MCC)
Card User’s Guide
8600-A2-GN20
Hotwire 8600 Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
(DSLAM) Installation Guide
8610-A2-GN10
Hotwire 8610 DSLAM Installation Instructions
8620-A2-GN20
Hotwire 8620 GranDSLAM Installation Guide
8784-A2-GZ40
Hotwire 8784 TDM SDSL Termination Unit,
with DSX-1 Interface, Installation Instructions
8800-A2-GN21
Hotwire 8800 Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
(DSLAM) Installation Guide
8810-A2-GN11
Hotwire 8810 DSLAM Installation Instructions
8820-A2-GN20
Hotwire 8820 GranDSLAM Installation Guide