Patton electronics 3095 User manual

Model 3095
mDSL Digital Access and Cross-
Connect System (DACS)
Administrator’s Reference Guide
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Document Number: 110062U Rev. A
Part Number: O7MD3095-ARG-A
Revised: November 26, 2001

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dance with the terms of such license.

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Contents
About this guide ...................................................................................................................................................15
Audience............................................................................................................................................................... 15
Structure............................................................................................................................................................... 15
Typographical conventions used in this document................................................................................................ 16
General conventions .......................................................................................................................................16
Mouse conventions .........................................................................................................................................17
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 19
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................20
Logging into the HTTP/HTML Administration Pages .........................................................................................20
HTTP/HTML and SNMP Object Format ...........................................................................................................20
Saving HTTP/HTML Object Changes .................................................................................................................21
2 Home............................................................................................................................................................. 23
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................24
Operating Status Variables ....................................................................................................................................25
Egress Card Installed (boxEgressType) ............................................................................................................25
Number of Egress Ports (boxEgressCount) .....................................................................................................25
% CPU Idle (boxIdleTime) ............................................................................................................................25
Running Since Last Boot (sysUpTime) ...........................................................................................................25
Total System Alarms (alarmTotal) ..................................................................................................................25
Immediate Actions ................................................................................................................................................26
Record Current Configuration (storeConfig(1)) .............................................................................................26
Hard Reset (hardReset(2)) ..............................................................................................................................26
Set Factory Default Configuration (forceDefaultConfig(3)) ............................................................................26
3 Import/Export............................................................................................................................................... 27
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................28
Export Configuration ............................................................................................................................................28
Import Configuration............................................................................................................................................30
4 System Status................................................................................................................................................. 31
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................32
Refresh Rate ..........................................................................................................................................................32
System Status parameters.......................................................................................................................................33
Navigating the WAN Port Information parameters .........................................................................................33
Navigating the mDSL Port Information parameters ........................................................................................34
5 System History .............................................................................................................................................. 35
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................36
WAN Port Information table ................................................................................................................................36
mDSL History table ..............................................................................................................................................37
6 Alarms ........................................................................................................................................................... 39
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................40

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Displaying the alarms window...............................................................................................................................40
Alarm Response Outputs ................................................................................................................................42
Relay Response (alarmRlay(1)) ..................................................................................................................42
Minor Alarm SYSLOG Priority (minorSyslogPriority) ..............................................................................42
Major Alarm SYSLOG Priority (majorSyslogPriority) ...............................................................................42
Minor Alarm SNMP Trap IP [address] (minorTrapIp) .............................................................................42
Major Alarm SNMP Trap IP [address] (majorTrapIp) ..............................................................................42
Temperature Threshold (boxAlarmTemperature) ......................................................................................42
Current Box Temperature (boxTemperature) ............................................................................................42
Clear All Alarms ........................................................................................................................................42
Alarms ............................................................................................................................................................42
Alarm ID (alarmDefIndex) ........................................................................................................................42
Alarm Name (alarmName) ........................................................................................................................43
Alarm Severity (alarmSeverity) ..................................................................................................................43
Alarm Time (alarmTicks) ..........................................................................................................................43
Alarm Count (alarmCount) .......................................................................................................................43
Generate Alarm (alarmGenerate(1) ...........................................................................................................43
Clear Alarm (alarmGenerate(2) .................................................................................................................43
Alarm Parameters ............................................................................................................................................44
Types of Alarms ..............................................................................................................................................44
Modify Response—Configuring the alarm response system...................................................................................45
Relay Response (alarmRelay(1)) ......................................................................................................................45
Minor Alarm Syslog Priority (minorSyslogPriority) & Major Alarm Syslog Priority (majorSyslogPriority) .....45
Minor Alarm SNMP Trap IP [address] (minSyslogPriority) ...........................................................................45
Major Alarm SNMP Trap IP [address] (majorSyslogPriority) .........................................................................45
Temperature Threshold (boxAlarmTemperature) ...........................................................................................45
Modify Alarms—Configuring alarm severity levels ................................................................................................46
7 DS0 Mapping................................................................................................................................................ 49
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................50
Displaying the DS0 Mapping window...................................................................................................................50
DACS Display Type .......................................................................................................................................50
Help (DACS help information) ......................................................................................................................51
Static Connection ...........................................................................................................................................51
ID (daxConnectionID) .............................................................................................................................51
Device Type (daxDeviceTypeTomDSL) (daxDeviceTypeFrommDSL) .....................................................51
Device Number (daxDeviceNumberTomDSL) (daxDeviceNumberFrommDSL) .....................................51
Device Slots (daxDeviceSlotTo) (daxDeviceSlotFrom) ..............................................................................52
Configuration .................................................................................................................................................52
8 System Clocking............................................................................................................................................ 55
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................56
Configuring the System Clock Settings..................................................................................................................56
Main Reference (daxClockMainRef) ...............................................................................................................56
Fallback Reference (daxClockFallbackRef) ......................................................................................................57

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Clock Status (daxClockFailure) .......................................................................................................................58
9 mDSL Port Configuration ............................................................................................................................ 59
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................61
mDSL Port Configuration window .......................................................................................................................61
Action buttons ................................................................................................................................................62
mDSL Port Table ...........................................................................................................................................63
Port Number (mdslconfigID) .........................................................................................................................63
Circuit ID (userIDMdsl) .................................................................................................................................63
DSP Status (dspStateMdsl) .............................................................................................................................64
Desired State (userDesireMdsl) .......................................................................................................................64
The Test Mode Selection (testModeMdsl) ......................................................................................................65
Loopback tests ...........................................................................................................................................65
DTE Rate (dteRateMdsl) ................................................................................................................................66
Clock Mode (clockModeMdsl) .......................................................................................................................66
mDSL Port Information window ..........................................................................................................................68
mDSL Port x (where x can be any mDSL port from 1 to 16.) .........................................................................69
Configuration State (changeParamMdsl) ...................................................................................................69
mDSL Port Desired State (userDesireMdsl) ..............................................................................................70
Test Mode Selection (testModeMdsl) ........................................................................................................70
Port Runtime Statistical Information ..............................................................................................................70
Dsp State (dspStateMdsl) ..........................................................................................................................70
Line (S/N ratio) Quality (dB) (lineQualityMdsl) .......................................................................................71
DSL Connection Time (linkupTimerMdsl) ..............................................................................................71
Clock Slip Counter (fifoCounterMdsl) .....................................................................................................71
DSL Flap Counter (flapCounterMdsl) ......................................................................................................72
Set Factory Default Configuration button .................................................................................................72
Port Configuration Information ......................................................................................................................72
Model Code (Remote Status) (remoteModelCodeMdsl) ...........................................................................72
Line Rate (Local Status) and (Remote Status) (lineRateMdsl) ...................................................................73
DTE Rate (Local Status) (dteRateMdsl) ....................................................................................................74
DTE Rate (Remote Status) (dteRateMdsl) ................................................................................................74
Framer Mode (Local Status) (framerModeMdsl) .......................................................................................74
Framer Mode (Remote Status) (remoteframerModeMdsl) ........................................................................74
CO/CP Mode (Local Status) (cocpModeMdsl) .........................................................................................75
CO/CP Mode (Remote Status) (remoteCOCPMdsl) ................................................................................75
Clock Mode (Local Status) (clockModeMdsl) ...........................................................................................75
Clock Mode (Remote Status) (remoteClockMdsl) .....................................................................................75
Unit User ID (Local Status) (userIDMdsl) ................................................................................................76
Unit User ID (Remote Status) (remoteUserIDMdsl) .................................................................................76
Remote Unit Software Version (Remote Status) (remoteSoftwareVersionMdsl) ........................................76
Remote Unit DTE Test Mode (Remote Status) (remoteDTETestModeMdsl) ..........................................76
Remote Unit TX Edge (Remote Status) (remoteTXEdgeMdsl) .................................................................76
Set Factory Default Configuration button .................................................................................................76

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Port Alarm Information ..................................................................................................................................77
Line Down Alarm Severity (lineDownSeverityMdsl) .................................................................................77
Bit Error Alarm Severity (bitErrSeverityMdsl) ...........................................................................................77
Alarm Thresholds ......................................................................................................................................77
Errored Seconds Alarm Threshold (errSecThresholdMdsl) .................................................................. 77
Severely Errored Seconds Alarm Threshold (sevErrSecThresholdMdsl) ............................................... 77
Unavailable Seconds Alarm Threshold (unavailSecThresholdMdsl)..................................................... 77
Port Error Statistics .........................................................................................................................................78
Near End Performance in the Current 15 Minute Interval ........................................................................78
Current Seconds (currentSecondMdsl) ......................................................................................................78
15 Minute Intervals Since Activation (interval15minMdsl) .......................................................................78
Errored Seconds (ES) (errSecondMdsl) .....................................................................................................78
Severely Errored Seconds (SES) (sevErrSecondMdsl) .................................................................................78
Unavailable Seconds (UAS) (unavailableSecMdsl) .....................................................................................78
History… ..................................................................................................................................................78
mDSL Port x (mdslIntervalIndex) .............................................................................................................79
Interval (mdslIntervalNumber) .................................................................................................................79
Errored Seconds (ES) (historyESMdsl) ......................................................................................................79
Severely Errored Seconds (SES) (historySESMdsl) ....................................................................................79
Unavailable Seconds (UAS) (historyUASMdsl) .........................................................................................79
Line Quality (historyLineQualityMdsl) .....................................................................................................80
mDSL Port Configuration Page window ...............................................................................................................81
DTE Rate (dteRateMdsl) ..........................................................................................................................82
Clock Mode (Local Status) (clockModeMdsl) ...........................................................................................82
CO/CP Mode (Local Status) (cocpModeMdsl) .........................................................................................82
Remote Unit User ID (remoteUserIDMdsl) .............................................................................................83
Remote Unit DTE Test Mode (Remote Status) (remoteDTETestModeMdsl) ..........................................83
Remote Unit TX Edge (remoteTXEdgeMdsl) ...........................................................................................83
Remote Unit Framer Mode (remoteframerModeMdsl) .............................................................................83
Configuration State (changeParamMdsl) .................................................................................................84
10 Ethernet......................................................................................................................................................... 85
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................86
Ethernet statistics...................................................................................................................................................86
Alignment Errors (dot3StatsAlignmentErrors) ................................................................................................86
FCS Errors (dot3StatsFCSErrors) ...................................................................................................................86
Single Collision Frames (dot3StatsSingleCollision Frames) .............................................................................86
Multiple Collision Frames (dot3StatsMultipleCollisionFrames) ......................................................................87
SQE Test Errors (dot3StatsSQETestErrors) ....................................................................................................87
Deferred Transmissions (dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions) .............................................................................87
Late Collisions (dot3StatsLateCollisions) ........................................................................................................87
Excessive Collisions (dot3StatsExcessiveCollisions) .........................................................................................87
Other Errors (dot3StatsInternalMacTransmitErrors) ......................................................................................87
Carrier Sense Errors (dot3StatsCarrierSenseErrors) .........................................................................................87

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Received Frames Too Long (dot3StatsFrameTooLongs) .................................................................................87
Other Received Errors (dot3StatsInternalMacReceiveErrors) ..........................................................................88
Chip Set ID (dot3StatsEtherChipSet) .............................................................................................................88
11 Filter IP ......................................................................................................................................................... 89
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................90
Defining a filter .....................................................................................................................................................90
Name (filterIpName) ......................................................................................................................................92
Direction (filterIpDirection) ...........................................................................................................................92
Action (filterIpAction) ....................................................................................................................................92
Source IP (filterIpSourceIp) ............................................................................................................................92
Source IP Mask (filterIpSourceMask) ..............................................................................................................92
Destination IP (filterIpDestinationIp) .............................................................................................................92
Destination Mask (filterIpDestinationMask) ...................................................................................................93
Source Port (FilterIpSourcePort) .....................................................................................................................93
Action (filterIpSourcePortCmp) ......................................................................................................................93
Destination Port (filterIpDestinationPort) ......................................................................................................93
Action (filterIpDestinationPortCmp) ..............................................................................................................93
Protocol (filterIpProtocol) ...............................................................................................................................93
TCP Established (filterIpTcpEstablished) .......................................................................................................93
12 Frame Relay................................................................................................................................................... 95
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................96
13 ICMP ............................................................................................................................................................ 97
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................98
Block ICMP redirects (boxBlockIcmpRedirects)....................................................................................................98
ICMP Receive/Send Messages window..................................................................................................................98
Total Received (icmpInMsgs) .........................................................................................................................98
Total Sent [imcpOutMsgs] .............................................................................................................................99
w/Errors (icmpInErrors, icmpOutErrors) ........................................................................................................99
Destinations Unreachable (IcmpInDestUnreachs, IcmpOutDestUnreachs) ....................................................99
Times Exceeded (icmpInTimeExcds, icmpOutTimeExcds) ............................................................................99
Parameter Problems (icmpInParmProbs, icmpOutParmProbs) .......................................................................99
Source Quenchs (icmpInSrcQuenchs, icmpOutSrcQuenchs) .........................................................................99
Redirects (icmpInRedirects, icmpOutRedirects) ...........................................................................................100
Echos (icmpInEchos, icmpOutEchos) ...........................................................................................................100
Echo Replys (icmpInReps, icmpOutReps) ....................................................................................................100
Time Stamps (icmpInTimestamps, icmpInTimestamps) ...............................................................................100
Time Stamp Replys (icmpInTimestampsReps) (icmpOutTimestampsReps) .................................................100
Address Mask Requests (icmpInAddrMasks) (icmpOutAddrMasks) .............................................................100
Address Mask Replys (icmpInAddrMasksReps) (icmpOutAddrMasksReps) ..................................................100
14 IP................................................................................................................................................................. 101
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................103
IP main window ..................................................................................................................................................103

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Forwarding (ipForwarding) ...........................................................................................................................104
Default Time-To-Live (ipDefaultTTL) .........................................................................................................104
Total Datagrams Received (ipInReceives) .....................................................................................................104
Discarded for Header Errors (ipInHdrErrors) ...............................................................................................104
Discarded for Address Errors (ipInAddrErrors) .............................................................................................104
Forwarded Datagrams (ipForwDatagrams) ...................................................................................................104
Discarded for Unknown Protos (ipInUnknownProtos) .................................................................................104
Discarded w/No Errors (ipInDiscards) ..........................................................................................................104
Total Deliveries (ipInDelivers) ......................................................................................................................105
Out Requests (ipOutRequests) ......................................................................................................................105
Out Discards (ipOutDiscards) ......................................................................................................................105
Discarded for No Routes (ipOutNoRoutes) ..................................................................................................105
Reassembly Timeout (ipReasmTimeout) ......................................................................................................105
# of Reassembled Fragments (ipReasmReqds) ...............................................................................................105
# Successfully Reassembled (ipReasmOKs) ...................................................................................................105
Reassembly Failures (ipReasmFails) ...............................................................................................................105
# Fragmented OK (ipFragOKs) ....................................................................................................................106
# Fragmented Failed (ipFragFails) .................................................................................................................106
# Fragments Created (ipFragCreates) ............................................................................................................106
# Valid but Discarded (ipRoutingDiscards) ..................................................................................................106
Modify ................................................................................................................................................................106
Forwarding (ipForwarding) ...........................................................................................................................106
Default Time-To-Live (ipDefaultTTL) .........................................................................................................106
Addressing Information.......................................................................................................................................107
IP addressing Information Details .................................................................................................................107
Entry Interface Index (ipAdEntIfIndex) ..................................................................................................107
Entry Subnet Mask (ipAdEntNetMask) ..................................................................................................107
Entry Broadcast Address (ipAdEntBcastAddr) .........................................................................................107
Entry Reassembly Maximum Size (ipAdEntReasmMaxSize) ...................................................................107
Routing Information ...........................................................................................................................................108
Destination (genRouteDest) .........................................................................................................................108
Mask (genRouteMask) ..................................................................................................................................109
Gateway (genRouteGateway) ........................................................................................................................109
Cost (genRouteCost) ....................................................................................................................................109
Interface (genRouteIfIndex) ..........................................................................................................................109
Protocol (genRouteProto) .............................................................................................................................109
State (RouteState) .........................................................................................................................................109
Add a route: ..................................................................................................................................................110
Advanced… ..................................................................................................................................................110
O/S forwarding table window..............................................................................................................................110
Destination (ipRouteDest) ............................................................................................................................110
Mask (ipRouteMask) ....................................................................................................................................110
Next Hop (ipRouteNextHop) .......................................................................................................................110
Interface (ipRouteIfIndex) ............................................................................................................................111

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Type (ipRouteType) .....................................................................................................................................111
Protocol (ipRouteProto) ................................................................................................................................111
Info (ipRouteInfo) ........................................................................................................................................111
IP Routing Destination window..........................................................................................................................112
Route Destination (genRouteDest) ...............................................................................................................112
Mask (genRouteMask) ..................................................................................................................................112
Interface (genRouteIfIndex) ..........................................................................................................................112
Protocol (genRouteProto) .............................................................................................................................112
Seconds Since Updated (genRouteAge) .........................................................................................................113
Tag (genRouteTag) .......................................................................................................................................113
Gateway (genRouteGateway) ........................................................................................................................113
Cost (genRouteCost) ....................................................................................................................................113
State (genRouteState) ....................................................................................................................................113
Address Translation Information .........................................................................................................................113
Interface (ipNetToMediaEntry) ....................................................................................................................113
Net Address (ipNetToMediaNetAddress) .....................................................................................................114
Physical (ipNetToMediaPhysAddress) ..........................................................................................................114
Type (ipNetToMediaType) ..........................................................................................................................114
15 TCP............................................................................................................................................................. 115
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................116
TCP main window ..............................................................................................................................................116
Retransmit-Timeout Algorithm (tcpRtoAlgorithm) ......................................................................................116
Retransmit-Timeout Minimum (tcpRtoMin) ...............................................................................................116
Retransmit-Timeout Maximum (tcpRtoMax) ...............................................................................................116
Maximum Connections (tcpMaxConn) ........................................................................................................117
Active Opens (tcpActiveOpens) ....................................................................................................................117
Passive Opens (tcpPassiveOpens) ..................................................................................................................117
Attempt/Fails (tcpAttemptFails) ....................................................................................................................117
ESTABLISHED Resets (tcpEstabResets) ......................................................................................................117
Current ESTABLISHED (tcpCurrEstab) .....................................................................................................117
Total Received (tcpInSegs) ............................................................................................................................117
Total Sent (tcpOutSegs) ................................................................................................................................117
Total Retransmitted (tcpRetransSegs) ...........................................................................................................117
Total Received in Error (tcpInErrs) ...............................................................................................................117
Total Sent w/RST Flag (tcpOutRsts) ............................................................................................................117
TCP (Details)......................................................................................................................................................118
Local Port (tcpConnLocalPort) .....................................................................................................................118
Remote Address (tcpConnRemAddress) .......................................................................................................118
Remote Port (tcpConnRemPort) ..................................................................................................................118
State (tcpConnState) .....................................................................................................................................118
16 UDP ............................................................................................................................................................ 121
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................122
Received (udpInDatagrams) ..........................................................................................................................122

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Received With No Ports (udpNoPorts) .........................................................................................................122
Others Received with No Delivery (udpInErrors) .........................................................................................122
Sent (udpOutDatagrams) ..............................................................................................................................122
Listener Table (udpTable) .............................................................................................................................122
Local Address (udpLocalAddress) ..................................................................................................................122
Local Port (udpLocalPort) .............................................................................................................................123
17 RIP Version 2 .............................................................................................................................................. 125
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................126
RIP Version 2 main window................................................................................................................................126
Route Changes Made (rip2GlobalRouteChanges) .........................................................................................126
Responses Sent (rip2GlobalQueries) .............................................................................................................126
Adding a RIP address ....................................................................................................................................126
RIP Version 2—Configuration............................................................................................................................127
Address (rip2IfConfAddress) .........................................................................................................................127
Domain (rip2IfConfDomain) .......................................................................................................................128
Authentication Type (rip2IfConfAuthType) .................................................................................................128
Authentication Key (rip2IfConfAuthKey) .....................................................................................................128
Send (rip2IfConfSend) ..................................................................................................................................128
Receive (rip2IfConfReceive) .........................................................................................................................128
Metric (rip2IfConfDefaultMetric) ................................................................................................................128
Status (rip2IfConfStatus) ..............................................................................................................................129
RIP Version 2 (Statistics).....................................................................................................................................129
Subnet IP Address (rip2IfStatAddress) ..........................................................................................................129
Bad Packets (rip2IfStatRcvBadPackets) .........................................................................................................129
Bad Routes (rip2IfStatRcvBadRoutes) ..........................................................................................................129
Sent Updates (rip2IfStatSentUpdates) ...........................................................................................................129
Status (rip2IfStatStatus) ................................................................................................................................129
18 SNMP.......................................................................................................................................................... 131
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................132
SNMP window....................................................................................................................................................132
In ........................................................................................................................................................................132
Packets (snmpInPkts) ....................................................................................................................................132
Bad Version (snmpInBadVersions) ...............................................................................................................132
Bad Community Names (snmpInBadCommunityNames) ............................................................................133
Bad Community Uses (snmpInBadCommunity) ..........................................................................................133
ASN ParseErrors (snmpInASNParseErrs) ......................................................................................................133
Error Status “Too Big” (snmpInTooBigs) .....................................................................................................133
No Such Names (snmpInNoSuchNames) .....................................................................................................133
Bad Values (snmpInBadValues) ....................................................................................................................133
Error Status “Read Only” (snmpInReadOnlys) .............................................................................................133
Generated Errors (snmpInGenErrs) ..............................................................................................................133
Get/Get Next Variables (snmpInTotalReqVars) ...........................................................................................133
Set Variables (snmpInTotalSetVars) ..............................................................................................................133

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Get Requests (snmpInGetRequests) ..............................................................................................................133
Get Next Requests (snmpInGetNexts) ..........................................................................................................134
Set Requests (snmpInSetRequests) ................................................................................................................134
Get Responses (snmpInGetResponses) ..........................................................................................................134
Traps (snmpInTraps) ....................................................................................................................................134
Out .....................................................................................................................................................................134
Out Packets (snmpOutPkts) .........................................................................................................................134
Error Status “Too Big” (snmpOutTooBigs) ..................................................................................................134
No Such Names (snmpOutNoSuchNames) ..................................................................................................134
Bad Values (snmpOutBadValues) .................................................................................................................134
Generated Errors (snmpOutGenErrs) ...........................................................................................................134
Get Requests (snmpOutGetRequests) ...........................................................................................................134
Get Next Requests (snmpOutGetNexts) .......................................................................................................134
Set Requests (snmpOutSetRequests) .............................................................................................................134
Get Responses (snmpOutGetResponses) .......................................................................................................135
Traps (snmpOutTraps) .................................................................................................................................135
Authentication Failure Traps (snmpEnableAuthenTraps) .............................................................................135
19 System ......................................................................................................................................................... 137
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................139
System main window...........................................................................................................................................140
CPU .............................................................................................................................................................140
Percentage CPU Idle (boxIdletime) .........................................................................................................140
Time Slices Fully Utilized (boxCPUcritical) ............................................................................................140
Time Slices 90% Utilized (boxCPUWarning) .........................................................................................140
SNMP and HTTP ........................................................................................................................................140
Version (boxSnmpVersion) .....................................................................................................................140
Super User Password (boxSnmpMasterPassword) ....................................................................................140
User Password (boxSnmpMonitorPassword) ...........................................................................................140
LAN IP .........................................................................................................................................................140
How to Obtain Address (boxIPAddressTechnique) .................................................................................141
Address(boxIPAddress) ............................................................................................................................141
Mask(boxIPMask) ...................................................................................................................................141
Manufacturer ................................................................................................................................................141
Serial Number (boxManufactureDatecode) .............................................................................................141
PCB Revision (boxManufacturePcbRevision) ..........................................................................................141
General Information (boxManufactureGeneralInfo) ...............................................................................141
Message Blocks .............................................................................................................................................141
Packet Holding Message Blocks... ...........................................................................................................141
Total (boxMsgBlksConfigured) ...............................................................................................................141
Free (boxMsgBlksFree) ............................................................................................................................141
Total Time Waited (boxCountMsgBlkTaskWait) ...................................................................................141
Total Times Unavailable (boxCountMsgBlkUnavailable) ........................................................................142
Operating System Heap Memory ..................................................................................................................142

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Total Size (boxHeapSize) ........................................................................................................................142
Free (boxHeapFreeSpace) ........................................................................................................................142
Largest (boxHeapLargestSpace) ...............................................................................................................142
Enclosure System ..........................................................................................................................................142
Internal Temperature (boxTemperature) .................................................................................................142
Highest Temperature (boxMaxTemperature) ..........................................................................................142
Installation ....................................................................................................................................................142
Country (installCountry) ........................................................................................................................142
Other ............................................................................................................................................................142
Total DRAM Detected (boxDetectedMemory) .......................................................................................142
SystemID (sysObjectID) .........................................................................................................................142
Running Since Last Boot (sysUpTime) ...................................................................................................143
System Manager (sysContact) ..................................................................................................................143
Box Name (sysName) ..............................................................................................................................143
Physical Location (sysLocation) ...............................................................................................................143
Web Settings (boxBackgroundFlag) ........................................................................................................143
Monitor Privilege (boxMonitorPrivilege) ................................................................................................143
System—Modify window....................................................................................................................................144
SNMP and HTTP ........................................................................................................................................144
Version (boxSnmpVersion) .....................................................................................................................144
Superuser Password (boxSnmpMasterPassword) ......................................................................................144
Superuser Password Verification (boxSnmpVerifyMasterPassword) .........................................................144
User Password (boxSnmpMonitorPassword) ...........................................................................................145
User Password Verification (boxSnmpVerifyPassword) ...........................................................................145
LAN IP .........................................................................................................................................................145
Method to Obtain Address (boxIPAddressTechnique) ............................................................................145
Address (boxIPAddress) ...........................................................................................................................145
Mask (boxIPMask) ..................................................................................................................................145
Installation ....................................................................................................................................................145
Country (installCountry) ........................................................................................................................145
Other ............................................................................................................................................................146
System Manager (sysContact) ..................................................................................................................146
Box Name (sysName) ..............................................................................................................................146
Physical Location (sysLocation) ...............................................................................................................146
Web Settings (boxBackgroundFlag) ........................................................................................................146
Monitor Privilege (boxMonitorPrivilege) ................................................................................................146
System—Packet Holding Message Blocks............................................................................................................147
Buffer Size (boxBufferSize) ............................................................................................................................147
No. of Buffers (boxBufferCount) ..................................................................................................................147
No. Free (boxBuffersFree) .............................................................................................................................147
No. of Tasks Waited (boxCountBufferTaskWait) .........................................................................................147
No. of Times Unavailable(boxCountBufferUnavailable) ...............................................................................147
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Introduction........................................................................................................................................................150
System Log Main Window ..................................................................................................................................150
System Log—Modify ..........................................................................................................................................151
Daemons ......................................................................................................................................................151
SysLog Daemon IP Address(syslogDaemonIP) ........................................................................................151
SNMP Trap Daemon IP Address (syslogTrapIP) ....................................................................................151
Priority .........................................................................................................................................................151
Min Priority for SysLog Daemon (syslogDaemonPriority) ......................................................................152
Min Priority for Console RS-232 (syslogConsolePriority) .......................................................................152
Min Priority for Flash Storage (syslogFlashPriority) ................................................................................152
Min Priority for SNMP Trap Daemon (syslogTrapPriority) ...................................................................152
Min Priority for RAM (SyslogTablePriority) ...........................................................................................153
Unix Facility (syslogUnixFacility) ...........................................................................................................153
Call Trace (syslogCallTrace) ....................................................................................................................154
Maintenance .................................................................................................................................................154
Maintain Flash Storage (syslogFlashClear) ...............................................................................................154
System Log—Volatile Memory............................................................................................................................155
Time (slTick) ................................................................................................................................................155
Message (slMessage) ......................................................................................................................................155
System Log—Non-Volatile Memory ...................................................................................................................156
Time (slfTick) ...............................................................................................................................................156
Message (slfMessage) .....................................................................................................................................156
21 T1/E1 Link.................................................................................................................................................. 157
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................160
T1/E1 Link Activity Ports main window .............................................................................................................161
Link (dsx1LineIndex) ....................................................................................................................................161
Type (dsx1LineType) ....................................................................................................................................162
Circuit ID (dsx1CircuitIdentifier) .................................................................................................................162
Line Status (dsx1LineStatus)................................................................................................................................162
Failure States .................................................................................................................................................162
Far End Alarm Failure .............................................................................................................................162
Alarm Indication Signal (AIS) Failure .....................................................................................................163
Loss Of Frame Failure .............................................................................................................................163
Loss Of Signal Failure .............................................................................................................................163
Loopback Pseudo-Failure ........................................................................................................................163
TS16 Alarm Indication Signal Failure .....................................................................................................163
Loss Of MultiFrame Failure ....................................................................................................................163
Far End Loss Of Multiframe Failure .......................................................................................................164
Line Status—Configuration.................................................................................................................................164
Time Elapsed (dsx1TimeElapsed) .................................................................................................................164
Valid Intervals (dsx1ValidIntervals) ...............................................................................................................165
WAN Circuit Configuration—Modify................................................................................................................165
Line Interface Settings ...................................................................................................................................165

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Circuit ID (dsx1CircuitIdentifier) ...........................................................................................................165
Line Type (dsx1LineType) Type (dsx1LineType) ....................................................................................166
Line Coding (dsx1LineCoding) ...............................................................................................................166
Receive Equalizer (linkRxEqualizer) ........................................................................................................166
Line Build Out (linkLineBuildOut) ........................................................................................................166
Yellow Alarm Format (linkYellowFormat) ...............................................................................................167
FDL (dsx1FDL) ......................................................................................................................................167
Test Settings .................................................................................................................................................167
Force Yellow Alarm (linkYellowForce) ....................................................................................................167
Loopback Configuration (dsx1LoopbackConfig) .....................................................................................167
Send Code (dsx1SendCode) ....................................................................................................................168
Error Injection (linkInjectError) ..............................................................................................................168
Yellow Alarm Severity () ..........................................................................................................................168
Red Alarm Severity () .............................................................................................................................168
Near End Line Statistics—Current......................................................................................................................169
Errored Seconds (dsx1CurrentESs) ...............................................................................................................169
Severely Errored Seconds (dsx1CurrentSESs) ................................................................................................169
Severely Errored Frame Seconds (dsx1CurrentSEFSs) ...................................................................................169
Unavailable Seconds (dsx1CurrentUASs) ......................................................................................................169
Controlled Slip Seconds (dsx1CurrentCSSs) .................................................................................................169
Path Code Violations (dsx1CurrentPCVs) ....................................................................................................169
Line Errored Seconds (dsx1CurrentLESs) .....................................................................................................169
Bursty ErroredSeconds (dsx1CurrentBESs) ...................................................................................................169
Degraded Minutes (dsx1CurrentDMs) .........................................................................................................170
Line Code Violations (dsx1CurrentLCVs) ....................................................................................................170
Near End Line Statistics—History.......................................................................................................................170
Interval (dsx1IntervalNumber) ......................................................................................................................170
Errored Seconds (dsx1intervaless) ..................................................................................................................170
Severely Errored Seconds (dsx1IntervalSESs) ................................................................................................170
Severely Errored Frame Seconds (dsx1IntervalSEFSs) ...................................................................................171
Unavailable Seconds (dsx1IntervalUASs) ......................................................................................................171
Controlled Slip Seconds (dsx1IntervalCSSs) .................................................................................................171
Path Code Violations (dsx1IntervalPCVs) ....................................................................................................171
Line Errored Seconds (dsx1IntervalLESs) ......................................................................................................171
Bursty ErroredSeconds (dsx1IntervalBESs) ...................................................................................................171
Degraded Minutes (dsx1IntervalDMs) ..........................................................................................................171
Line Code Violations (dsx1IntervalLCVs) .....................................................................................................171
Near End Line Statistics—Totals.........................................................................................................................172
Errored Seconds (dsx1TotalESs) ...................................................................................................................172
Severely Errored Seconds (dsx1TotalSESs) ....................................................................................................172
Severely Errored Frame Seconds (dsx1TotalSEFSs) .......................................................................................172
Unavailable Seconds (dsx1TotalUASs) ..........................................................................................................172
Controlled Slip Seconds (dsx1TotalCSSs) .....................................................................................................172
Path Code Violations (dsx1TotalPCVs) ........................................................................................................172

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Line Errored Seconds (dsx1TotalLESs) .........................................................................................................172
Bursty ErroredSeconds (dsx1TotalBESs) .......................................................................................................172
Degraded Minutes (dsx1TotalDMs) .............................................................................................................173
Line Code Violations (dsx1TotalLCVs) ........................................................................................................173
Far End Line Statistics—Current.........................................................................................................................173
Time Elapsed (dsx1FarEndTimeElapsed) ......................................................................................................173
Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndCurrentESs) ....................................................................................................173
Severely Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEnd CurrentSESs) ...................................................................................173
Severely Errored Frame Seconds (dsx1FarEndCurrentSEFSs) .......................................................................173
Unavailable Seconds (dsx1FarEndCurrentUASs) ..........................................................................................173
Controlled Slip Seconds (dsx1FarEndCurrentCSSs) .....................................................................................174
Line Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndCurrentLESs) ..........................................................................................174
Path Code Violations (dsx1FarEndCurrentPCVs) ........................................................................................174
Bursty Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndCurrentBESs) ......................................................................................174
Degraded Minutes (dsx1FarEndCurrentDMs) ..............................................................................................174
Far End Line Statistics—History .........................................................................................................................174
Interval (dsx1FarEndIntervalNumber) ..........................................................................................................175
Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndIntervalESs) ....................................................................................................175
Severely Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndIntervalSESs) .....................................................................................175
Severely Errored Frame Seconds (dsx1FarEndIntervalSEFSs) ........................................................................175
Unavailable Seconds (dsx1FarEndIntervalUASs) ...........................................................................................175
Controlled Slip Seconds (dsx1FarEndIntervalCSSs) ......................................................................................175
Line Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndIntervalLESs) ..........................................................................................175
Path Code Violations (dsx1FarEndIntervalPCVs) .........................................................................................175
Bursty Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndIntervalBESs) .......................................................................................175
Degraded Minutes (dsx1FarEndIntervalDMs) ..............................................................................................175
Far End Line Statistics—Totals ...........................................................................................................................176
Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndTotalESs) ........................................................................................................176
Severly Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndTotalSESs) ..........................................................................................176
Severely Errored Frame Seconds (dsx1FarEndTotalSEFSs) ...........................................................................176
Unavailable Seconds (dsx1FarEndTotalUASs) ..............................................................................................176
Controlled Slip Seconds (dsx1FarEndTotalCSSs) .........................................................................................176
Line Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndTotalLESs) ..............................................................................................176
Path Code Violations (dsx1FarEndTotalPCVs) ............................................................................................176
Bursty Errored Seconds (dsx1FarEndTotalBESs) ..........................................................................................177
Degraded Minutes (dsx1FarEndTotalDMs) ..................................................................................................177
22 T1/E1 Assignment....................................................................................................................................... 179
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................180
T1/E1 Assignment window (Mapping Overview)................................................................................................180
T1/E1 Assignment Tables ...................................................................................................................................181
Slot (daxWANConnectionID) .....................................................................................................................182
Device (daxWANxDeviceType) where x is a number from 0 to 15. .............................................................182
Port # (daxWANxDeviceNumber) where x is a number from 0 to 15. .........................................................182

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Slot # (daxWANxDeviceSlot) where x is a number from 1 to 31. ...............................................................182
23 About........................................................................................................................................................... 183
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................184
Patton Electronics Company contact information ...............................................................................................184
24 License......................................................................................................................................................... 185
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................186
End User License Agreement ...............................................................................................................................186
1. Definitions: ...............................................................................................................................................186
2. Title: .........................................................................................................................................................187
3. Term: ........................................................................................................................................................187
4. Grant of License: .......................................................................................................................................187
5. Warranty: .................................................................................................................................................187
6. Termination: .............................................................................................................................................187
A Network Ports (RJ-21X) connector pin-out ............................................................................................... 189
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................190
B WAN Network Module connector pin-out ................................................................................................. 193
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................194

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About this guide
This guide describes configuring a Patton Electronics Digital Access and Cross-Connect System (DACS). This
section describes the following:
•Who should use this guide (see “Audience”)
•How this document is organized (see “Structure”)
•Typographical conventions and terms used in this guide (see “Typographical conventions used in this docu-
ment” on page 16)
Audience
This guide is intended for the following users:
•System administrators
•Operators
•Installers
•Maintenance technicians
Structure
This guide contains the following chapters:
•Chapter 1 describes using the Administration Page window
•Chapter 2 describes using the Home window
•Chapter 3 describes using the Import/Export window
•Chapter 4 describes using the System Status window
•Chapter 5 describes using the System History window
•Chapter 6 describes using the Alarms window
•Chapter 7 describes using the DS0 Mapping window
•Chapter 8 describes using the Clocking window
•Chapter 9 describes using the mDSL Port Configuration window
•Chapter 10 describes using the Ethernet window
•Chapter 11 describes using the Filter IP window
•Chapter 12 describes using the Frame Relay window
•Chapter 13 describes using the ICMP window
•Chapter 14 describes using the IP window
•Chapter 15 describes using the TCP window
•Chapter 16 describes using the UDP window

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•Chapter 17 describes using the RIP Version 2 window
•Chapter 18 describes using the SNMP window
•Chapter 19 describes using the System window
•Chapter 20 describes using the System Log window
•Chapter 21 describes using the T1/E1Link window
•Chapter 22 describes using the T1/E1 Assignment window
•Chapter 23 describes the contents of the About window
•Chapter 24 describes the contents of the License window
•Appendix A contains a table with the color code for the RJ-21X connector
•Appendix B contains a table with the color code for the WAN Network Module connector pin-out
Typographical conventions used in this document
This section describes the typographical conventions and terms used in this guide.
General conventions
The procedures described in this manual use the following text conventions:
Table 1. Text conventions
Convention Meaning
Futura bold type Indicates the names of menu bar options.
Italicized Futura type Indicates the names of options on pull-down menus.
Futura type
Indicates the names of fields or windows.
Garamond bold type Indicates the names of command buttons that execute an action.
< >
Angle brackets indicate function and keyboard keys, such as <SHIFT>,
<CTRL>, <C>, and so on.
Are you ready? All system messages and prompts appear in the Courier font as the
system would display them.
% dir *.* Bold Courier font indicates where the operator must type a response or
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Mouse conventions
The following conventions are used when describing mouse actions:
Table 2. Mouse conventions
Convention Meaning
Left mouse button This button refers to the primary or leftmost mouse button (unless you have
changed the default configuration).
Right mouse button This button refers the secondary or rightmost mouse button (unless you have
changed the default configuration)
Point This word means to move the mouse in such a way that the tip of the pointing
arrow on the screen ends up resting at the desired location.
Click Means to quickly press and release the left or right mouse button (as instructed in
the procedure). Make sure you do not move the mouse pointer while clicking a
mouse button. Double-click means to press and release the same mouse button two
times quickly
Drag This word means to point the arrow and then hold down the left or right mouse but-
ton (as instructed in the procedure) as you move the mouse to a new location.
When you have moved the mouse pointer to the desired location, you can release
the mouse button.

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