NMS5LX

Administrator
Training Course

NMS5LX Trainning
NMS5LX
ELEMENT MANAGER

NMS5UX/LX is a Network Management System capable of fully Supervise and

Control all types of SIAE equipment portfolio (Radio Equipment's, Multiplexers….)

NMS5UX/LX is ideally suitable for wide Telecom Networks.

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I.E. NMS5UX/LX Network Architecture
HIGH LEVEL NMS5UX/LX
Server Server X-Terminal X-Terminal
GoGlobal GoGlobal

Ethernet
INTERNET DCN LAN
IP NETWORK
SCT/LC
T
PC PC

NE NE

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Architecture - Overview
• OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11 SP4 64 bit
• Oracle: Version 12.1.0.1
• NMS: Version 7.4.1

SNMP
NE
Proxy
Manager
Interface

NMS5LX
Oracle Database
Operating System
SLES 11 SP4 64 bit
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NMS5UX/LX- SUPPORTED FEATURES
NMS5UX supports the following features:

• Full supervision of all SNMP SIAE Equipment

• Alarms
• Configuration
• Performance Monitoring
• Hw and Sw Inventory
• Scheduled NE Software Download
• Map Edit features (NE creation, NE copy, Map Copy)
• Multi-Map management (Network Access according to the user profile)
• Network and Functional Access Control (through creation
of different users profiles)
• Geographical Redundancy Management

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NMS5UX - ALARM MANAGEMENT

• NE Spontaneous Alarm Notification using SNMP-TRAPs

• History Alarm Log on Equipment (500 Events)
• Current Alarm Log on Equipment
• Alarm Severity Programmability
• Current and History Log on NMS5UX (1.000.000 Events)
with Set and Clear correlation

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NMS5UX/LX – EXTENDED ALARMS MONITORING
HISTORICAL & CURRENT ALARMS TABLES ARE STORED IN ORACLE DB

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NMS5UX/LX – EXTENDED ALARMS MONITORING
❑ Network Events Statistics
❑ Equipment Event Statistics
❑ Event Frequency Statistics

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NMS5UX / LX - Performance Monitoring
Performance monitoring are in
accordance with:
❑ TDM traffic : ITU-T G.828 –
G.784
❑ Ethernet traffic: according to
RFC 2819 “RMON Remote
Monitoring”
for the following MIB groups:
statistics { rmon 1 }, history {
rmon 2 }, alarm { rmon 3 }, event {
rmon 9 }
❑ Automatic collection and
graphical display of P.M. data

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NMS5UX / LX - Performance Monitoring G.828 – G.784
G.828 Counters
❑ BBE (Back ground Block Errors)
❑ ES (Errored Seconds)
❑ SES (Severly Errored Seconds)
❑ SEP (Severly Errored Period)
❑ UAS (Unavailable Seconds)

Received Level (RL) and Transmitted Level (TL) Counters

❑RLTS - N RL/TL Threshold Seconds
❑TLTS – N Seconds with the RL/TL lower/higher than a predefined Threshold (N=4)
❑RLTM RL/TL Tide Mark
❑TLTM Maximum and Minimum value reached during the measurements period
(15min or 1 day)

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NMS5UX / LX - Performance Monitoring G.828 – G.784
PM Management (G.784 Compliant)

❑ Performance records are produced by NE every 15 minutes and every day.

❑ Sixteen quarter of hour and two daily performance records are stored by NE.

❑ NMS5UX/LX polls NE every 2 hours (configurable from 15 minutes to 4 hours.

❑ Performance records are stored by NMS5UX up to for six months.

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NMS5UX / LX – Historico del RMON

Interval time: 60 seconds

Samples on NE: 240 (4 hours)
NMS5UX/LX polling: 15 minutes
NMS5UX/LX history: 30 days

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NMS5UX/LX - SECURITY MANAGEMENT
FIVE SECURITY LEVELs:

❑ Read-only - it allows to access NE attributes in read-only

❑ Normal - it allows to access and update NE attributes
❑ Advanced - it allows to update the assigned network map
❑ Privileged - it allows to update all network maps
❑ Super user - it allows to add/remove users

TRANSACTION LOGGER

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NMS5UX/LX – NETWORK MAP PRESENTATION

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Architecture - Overview

NMS5 Application

Oracle

Database

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Architecture - Database
Database Data files are
stored in:
/oradata01/NMS5UX/

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Architecture - Oracle
Ordinary Oracle
database maintenance is
automatically done by the
NMS system. For any
extraordinary activity refer
to Siae!

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Architecture – NMS Applications

Log files

Master/Snapshot
Replication tools

Including
Startup/Shutdown
functions

Including PM
and RMON
export tools

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Startup/Shutdown Functions

Startup/Shutdown/Check functions
available from /opt/nms5ux/start both
as GUI and CLI

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Startup/Shutdown Functions
Follow the correct order!

Startup Shutdown

SNMP
NE
Proxy
Manager
Interface
If required the OS can be
NMS5LX shutdown from CLI with the
command:
Oracle Database
Shutdown –y 0
Operating System
SLES 11 SP4 64 bit

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Startup/Shutdown Functions

NMS5 Application

Oracle

Processes that are started or

Database
shutdown are included in
/opt/nms5ux/conf/platform.conf

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Startup/Shutdown Functions • Basement: controls all the operation
down towards the network
• OvwSiae: it manages the GUI and
and the number of simultaneous
users connected to the system
• SnmpScheduler: it manages all the
SNMP GET towards the network
• ProxyGenericAll: it controls the NBI
• ConnectionManager: it controls the
connection of the equiipment to the
NMS (Connect, unreachable etc..)
• PmDaemon: manage the collection
of PM data from the network
• nmsRmonDaemon: manage the
collection of RMON data from the
network

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NMS Logs

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NMS Logs

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NMS Logs

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NMS Tools
The tools used to export
PM and RMON data are
stored in
/opt/nms5ux/tools/export
DbData and
/opt/nms5ux/tools/siaeEth
Export

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Crontab
From crontab it is possible to schedule all the
processes/tasks that should run periodically. It is
possible to edit the file /etc/cron.allow to customize
the list of users allowed to add new entries in crontab

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Crontab
The following process are vital for the correct functioning of the NMS system and should never be
removed from crontab:
• CheckNMSPlatform: this process is running every minute and checks if all the NMS processes are
still running and responsive.
• NmsDailyCheck: this process is running once a day and performs several housekeeping routines
(deletes not required backup files, DB entries, firefox temp files etc..)
• NmsBackupAll: this process runs once a day and controls the backup of the NMS system

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Crontab – RMON Export
RMON exports can be added (or removed) to crontab by using the scripts
addSiaeEthExportInCrontab.sh (or removeSiaeEthExportFromCrontab.sh).

The exports are stored in /opt/nms5ux/tools/siaeEthExport/data

The NEs in the network stores RMON data locally and the 24 hours data is made available for
collection from NMS every day at 00:00 GMT

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Crontab – RMON Export
Optional parameters of the
RMON exports

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Crontab – RMON Export
RMON data to be exported can be
customized by editing the file
/opt/nms5ux/tools/siaeEthExport/conf
/siaeEthExport.conf

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Crontab – PM Export
PM exports can be added (or removed) to crontab by using the scripts addExportInCrontab.sh (or
removeExportFromCrontab.sh).

The exports are stored in /opt/nms5ux/tools/exportDbData/QOS/data/

The NEs in the network stores PM data locally and the data is collected by NMS every 2 hours
(at odd hours)

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Crontab – PM Export
Optional parameters of the PM
exports

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Crontab – PM Export
PM data to be exported can be
customized by editing the file
/opt/nms5ux/tools/exportDbData/QO
S/conf/siaeEthExport.conf

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webLCT vs webNMS
Main difference between webLCT (right)
and webNMS (left):
• Some menu is not available in
webNMS (Backup/Restore, Alarm
Severity config, SSL/HTTPS Secure,
RADIUS..)
• It is not possible to modify some
settings from webNMS (IP address,
MNGT VLAN..)

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User Management
• It is required to associate
each NMS user to an OS
user
• Each user requires a
dedicated folder under
/home
• Password can be changed
by the NMS admin
however password
management (complexity
or special requirements are
demanded to the external
authentication server

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User Management
NMS supports 5 different user levels:
• SUPERUSER: Only one superuser is allowed in the system. He is enabled to access to all maps and
perform all operations including creating new users.
• PRIVILEGE: He is enabled to access to all maps and perform all operations except creating new
users.
• ADVANCED: He is enabled to access only to the map to which he was assigned and perform all
operations (on that map).
• NORMAL: He is enabled to access only to the map to which he was assigned and perform all
operations (on that map) except create/modify/move existing NE.
• ENTRY: Read only user

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 User Management
Users, Groups and passwords are stored in /etc/passwd and
/etc/group

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Backup/Restore Configuration
• NMS automatically creates
config backups when the
equipment is first
connected and when the
configuration is changed
• Backups are stored in
/home/ftp/pub/CfgBackup
• Up to 3 backup are stored
for each NE

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Backup/Restore Configuration

The NMS initiate the config backup

by setting a specific MIB OID

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Backup/Restore Configuration

In both backup and restore the NE

behave as client and the NMS as
server

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Software Manager
Firmware are normally stored in
/home/ftp/pub/Firmware

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 Backup and Restore

• Full: backup of the database

NEs and topology. 7 backups
are kept into the NMS
• Incremental: backup of the
alarm log, PM and RMON. 30
backups are kept into the NMS

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Backup and Restore

NmsRestoreAll.sh is used to restore an existing database backup and is included in

/opt/nms5ux/nmsdata_backup/script.

The script prompts the user which on the image both from the /full and /incremental folder to import
during the database restore.

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Replication

• The replication process is controlled by the snapshot server

• Text menu for the configuration of the replication, activation of snapshow and master
restore are available from /opt/nms5ux/replication

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Replication - Startup Initial Conditions
Master:
• Oracle = Running
• NMS = Running
Snapshot:
• Oracle = Running
• NMS = Not Running

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Replication – Snapshot Activation Initial Conditions
Master:
• Oracle = Not Running
• NMS = Not Running
Snapshot:
• Oracle = Running
• NMS = Not Running

Once the snapshot

activation has been
successfully completed
startup the NMS platform
on the snapshot server

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Replication – Master Restore Initial Conditions
Master:
• Oracle = Running
• NMS = Not Running
Snapshot:
• Oracle = Running
• NMS = Not Running

Once the master restore

has been successfully
completed startup the NMS
platform on the master
server

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Transaction Logs

Transaction Logs can be used to track all the activity that a specific user has done since his log in

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Useful Commands

Top: used to check CPU and memory df: used to check logical volumes occupation
utilization

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Useful Commands
Ps -ef: ised to check when was the
last time a process was restarted

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