Bb-electronics 856-14205--29 - Manual User Manual

iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III Operation Manual

Installation Instructions 5 Switch Function Default Setting 1 Management on EXT MGMT port ON 2 Management on DATA port OFF 3 Management on

Configuration 6 CHAPTER 3: CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION The following sections describe the features that can be configured. AS

Configuration 7 FORCING THE SPEED AND DUPLEX MODE Manually set the twisted-pair ports on the iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III for 10 Mbps or 100, o

Configuration 8 port he wants the fault to be reported to, based on which port he wants to be in control. LFPT allows the fault to be repo

Configuration 9 LOOPBACK TESTING ON REMOTE OR STANDALONE NO LOOPBACK, NORMAL TRAFFIC MODE The standard mode in which the units function, e

Configuration 10 HOST: NO LEARNING ON OPTICS AND DATA PORTS The Loopback feature can be set to disable address learning on the OPTICS (or

Configuration 11 The following options are configurable through both the iView2 (iConfig view) and/or Serial/Telnet. Feature iView² Serial

Configuration 12 BASIC DEVICE CONFIGURATION USING THE CLI After running through an initial self-test, the screen will display the followin

Configuration 13 SAVED AND CURRENT VALUES Saved values display the changes made during the current session and current values display the

Configuration 14 ASSIGNING IP INFORMATION To modify the Saved Parameter Values (i.e. assign IP address and subnet mask), press I. The sys

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Configuration 15 2c and press Enter. This function enables ALL of the device traps. Supported traps include: Link Down, Link Up, and Las

Configuration 16 ENDING THE SESSION Press E to end a serial port or Telnet/HyperTerminal session before disconnecting the serial cable. T

Configuration 17 COMMANDS LIST (SPACE BAR) The iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III also includes several device-specific options. To access these op

Configuration 18 Command Description sfpstats Provides information about the wavelength, serial number, output power, BER and other inform

Configuration 19 Once loaded into the device's SNMP memory area, the system prompts the user to reboot the device to make the new co

Configuration 20 Press the down arrow on the computer keyboard to access additional configuration selections. OPERATION MODE 2 PORT BASE

Configuration 21 Press the down arrow on the computer keyboard to access the additional configuration commands.

Configuration 22 By default, the device is set up to access ports. However, one must be configured to be a trunk port. The Optics port a

Configuration 23 will be treated as an unrecognized VLAN tagged frame. If configuring the port as an access port, enter a VLAN ID between

Configuration 24 Note: It is highly recommended that customers configure the modules to segregate management traffic from data tra

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Configuration 25 OPTICS PORT Ingress Bandwidth Limit (CIR) Monitors the traffic entering the unit (ingress), discarding traffic that exce

Configuration 26 be sent. If the internal buffers are full, excess traffic will be dropped. The Unit Rate Control can be used to alleviat

Configuration 27 Explanations: Preamble DA CRC IFG = 8 bytes = EtherNet Destination Address = EtherNet Checksum = 1

Configuration 28 VIEWING PORT STATISTICS (IFSTATS) To view port statistics on the iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III, enter ifstats. This will open

Configuration 29 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION (SYSDESCR) The sysDescr allows the end-user to enter a description for the B&B Electronics devic

Configuration 30 (OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT) OAM Two modes of operations control the OAM function, Passive and Active. Pas

Configuration 31 UNIT Unit FlowControl displays the following screen: Unit FlowControl Enable/Disable FlowControl functionality on the u

Configuration 32 Unit Optics Loopback There are five selections to determine connectivity over the fiber run. Unit Max Framesize Choose fr

Configuration 33 Both settings must be enabled to enable the port. Port Speed Ctrl Set the port manually or for Auto Negotiation for the

Configuration 34 LFPT can be used in addition to setting up SNMP Traps for link up/link down. LFPT provides a visual way to determine that

ii TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: GENERAL INFORMATION ... 1 INTRODUCTION ...

Configuration 35 Save Configuration screen. The user is prompted for a filename: Save As screen. The user is prompted to enter any notes

Configuration 36 After the file transfer from the device to disk, the user is notified of the status: Configuration Saved screen. UPLOADI

Configuration 37 After selecting the configuration file, the file upload process begins; when completed, the user is notified of the statu

Operation 38 CHAPTER 4: OPERATION Before using iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III, decide the following:  Will iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III units be loc

Operation 39 SMALL FORM-FACTOR PLUGGABLE PORTS (SFP) iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III modules are available with one optional SFP port. The SFP po

LED Operation 40 CHAPTER 5: LED OPERATION The iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III features diagnostic LEDs as shown below. TX/FX LEDS Diagnostic LED

LED Operation 41 TX/SFP LEDS Diagnostic LEDs FCU (Far CPU Up):  Host: Glows green when far end is detected.  Remote: Glows green when u

Troubleshooting 42 CHAPTER 6: TROUBLESHOOTING  If two iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III Host/Remote units are not communicating properly, make sure one

Troubleshooting 43 Electronics recommends using this function on both units in Host/Remote applications, then reconfiguring all settings.  En

Fiber Optic Cleaning Guidelines 44 CHAPTER 7: FIBER OPTIC CLEANING GUIDELINES Fiber Optic transmitters and receivers are extremely susceptible

iii Port Configuration (port) ... 32 CONFIGURATION FILE SAVE / RES

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 45 APPENDIX A: IVIEW2 MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE iView² is the management software that features a Graphical U

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 46 USING IVIEW2 iView² is management software that provides network management in an easy to use GUI.

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 47 The following functions can be performed via iView2: Function Description Unit Configuration Display

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 48 Host Configuration screen. Remote Configuration screen.

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 49 BANDWIDTH Select Bandwidth to display configured bandwidth settings for the DATA or the Optics port.

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 50 Tables main screen. Select Unit and Port Tables to display the following information: the link stat

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 51 VLAN Enter a VLAN ID between 1 and 4,094; possible priority settings are 0 (lowest priority) through

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 52 NOTE: the VLAN configuration only applies to the Host. The Remote unit must be accessed directly via

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 53 OAM AH Select OAM AH to display the following screen and monitor the status, configuration, loopback

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 54 LOOPBACK TESTING The iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III includes Loopback testing functionality. This feature

General Information 1 CHAPTER 1: GENERAL INFORMATION INTRODUCTION The iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III allows network operators to deploy managed

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 55 Select Event Log to display the OAM event log showing fault changes that have occurred via OAM confi

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 56 OAM CFM Select OAM CFM to display the following screen and perform administrative control for Mainte

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 57 For the first-time configuration, the user must first create an MD, then an MA, then local and peer

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 58 For the first configuration, create an MA after the MD. Select "Configure MA" to display

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 59 For a first time configuration, the next step is to create a MEP. Select Add New MEP to display the

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 60 Once the user has configured the MD, MA and at least one MEP, a particular instance of an MEP can be

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 61 The MEP Instance Configuration page offers more details about an individual MEP as shown below: OAM

Appendix A: iView2 Management Software 62 OAM CFM: Data Analysis screen. AGENT INFO Select Agent Info to display agent data: Agent Info scr

Appendix B: Pinouts 63 APPENDIX B: PINOUTS RJ-45 DATA PORT PINOUT The following table lists the pin configuration for the RJ-45 Data connect

Appendix C: Troubleshooting 64 APPENDIX C: TROUBLESHOOTING If a fiber connection cannot be established, perform the following to make sure th

General Information 2  Remote automatic alarms  Bandwidth limiting  Link Fault Pass Through (LFPT)  Loopback testing  Auto Nego

Appendix D: Unified Management Agent (UMA) 65 APPENDIX D: UNIFIED MANAGEMENT AGENT (UMA) UMA operates in conjunction with B&B Electronics

Appendix D: Unified Management Agent (UMA) 66  Manage up to 41 devices with a single IP address  Telnet capability available for all devic

Appendix E: Glossary 67 APPENDIX E: GLOSSARY The following are terms and phrases used within this manual, or which are found in documents ass

Appendix E: Glossary 68 Term/Acronym Definition MDI/MDIX Media-Dependent Interface/ Media-Dependent Interface Crossover. The ability of an Eth

General Information 3 management on more than one port, or disable management on all of the ports, as desired. These switches limit only

Installation Instructions 4 CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Each iMcV-Giga-FiberLinX-III module requires one slot in an iMediaChassi