OMC-R Administration

OM4 Course

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Publication History

Version Date Comments

01.01/FR 21/03/94 Creation for V5 system release

01.01/E 25/07/94 Translation into English
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02.01/E 31/01/95 Upgrade to V6 system release
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02.02/E 23/02/95 Upgrade after review
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03.01/E 12/01/96 Upgrade to V7 system release
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reformat doc
New OS
New OMC-R architecture (HW & SW)
03.02/E 23/02/96 Course update
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04.01/E 10/05/96 Course update to V8b system release
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04.02/E 16/04/97 Creation and conversion to new format
N WORD6/MAC-PC (V8 system release)
05.01/E 15/07/97 Upgrade to V9 system release
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15/12/97 Upgrade after review
05.02/E
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05.03/E 26/02/98 Update for system release V9 after internal
N review
10.01/EN August Upgrade to V10 system release
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10.02/E 26/11/98 Course update

N
10.03/E 05/02/99 Course update (Administration & Maintenance
N Procedures)
10.04/E 25/02/99 Course update (Administration & Maintenance
N Procedures)
11.01/EN 05/02/99 Update to V11 system release
12.01/EN 31/01/200 Update to V12 system release
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12.02/E 08/03/200 Course update
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OM4 Course

Objectives of the Course 1

General Description 2
About Unix 3
Physical Architecture 4
Software Architecture 5
Network Administration 6
Administration Procedures 7
Maintenance Procedures 8
Appendix 9

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Volume Composition

No. Title Reference Version/Editio

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1 Course Note OM4 PE/TRD/CN/0303 12.02/EN
2 Appendix
3 OMC-R Global Restoration DS/OMC/APP/00 04.09/EN
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Course Presentation

This course covers the OMC-R administration.

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
-configure the network,
-configure the network devices (router, terminal server, modem),
-backup and restore any data,
-troubleshoot problems that may arise in normal operating conditions.

Prerequisites
This course is designed for OMC-R administrators.
Before attending this course, you need to know UNIX (user commands,
administration), have knowledge on X.25 and Ethernet networks, and have basic
knowledge on OMC-R operations.
-OM9: BSS Operations and Fault Handling.

Scope
This course applies to the V12 version of the BSS.

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Table of Contents
COURSE NOTES CONTENTS

PUBLICATION HISTORY ii
OM4 COURSE iii
VOLUME COMPOSITION iv
COURSE INTRODUCTION v
TABLE OF CONTENTS vii

1. OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE 1-1

GSM TRAINING CURRICULUM 1-2

BSS NORTEL TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS 1-4
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COURSES 1-5
OBJECTIVES OF THIS COURSE 1-6
CONTENTS 1-7

2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION 2-1

PRESENTATION 2-2
OMC-R IN THE GSM NETWORK 2-3
OMC-R FUNCTIONS 2-4

3. ABOUT UNIX 3-1

OBJECTIVES 3-2
CONTENTS 3-3
UNIX OVERVIEW 3-5
SOME BASIC UNIX COMMANDS 3-15
SOME ADVANCED UNIX COMMANDS 3-31
DEVICES MANAGEMENT 3-43
TEXT EDITOR 3-47

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4. PHYSICAL ARCHITECTURE 4-1

OBJECTIVES 4-2
CONTENTS 4-3
GENERAL HARDWARE DESCRIPTION 4-4
SEVERAL SERVER CONFIGURATIONS 4-6
MAIN EQUIPMENT 4-9
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE E4500 OMC-R SERVER 4-10
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF AN A5000 4-11
E4500 SERVER CONNECTIONS 4-12
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE E4000 OMC-R SERVER 4-13
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE S1000 SERVER 4-14
SPARC 1000 SERVER CONNECTIONS 4-15
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF AN OMC-R WORKSTATION 4-16
OMC-R WORKSTATION CONNECTIONS 4-17
X TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND CONNECTIONS 4-18
ROT DESCRIPTION 4-19
PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT 4-21
THE OMC-R PRINTER 4-22
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE BAYSTACK ACCESS NODE ROUTER 4-23
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF A CISCO ROUTER 4-24
XYPLEX MAXSERVER 4-25
XYPLEX MAXSERVER 1620 4-26
MODEMS 4-27
BAYSTACK 250 4-28
LINK BUILDER FMS 2 HUB 4-29
X.25 SWITCH 4-30
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT 4-31
ROT FIREWALL 4-32
RELAY BOX 4-33
LINE MODE VIA XYPLEX 4-34
UPS 4-35
DIFFERENT ETHERNET CONNECTIONS 4-36

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5. SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE 5-1

CONTENTS 5-2
SERVER AND WORKSTATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE 5-3
OTHER SYSTEMS SOFTWARE 5-5
SERVER AND WORKSTATION APPLICATION SOFTWARE 5-6
OPTIONAL WORKSTATION APPLICATION SOFTWARE 5-8
MIRRORING MANAGEMENT 5-10
DISK ORGANIZATION 5-12
ORGANIZATION OF APPLICATIONS DATABASE 5-20

6. NETWORK ADMINISTRATION 6-1

CONTENTS 6-2
OSI MODEL PRESENTATION 6-3
COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE 6-7
LAN BASIS ELEMENTS 6-17
WAN BASIS ELEMENTS 6-27
AVAILABLE TOOLS 6-31
TROUBLESHOOTING METHODOLOGY 6-37

7. ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES 7-1

OBJECTIVES 7-2
CONTENTS 7-3
OMC-R CUSTOMIZATION 7-4
CONFIGURATION FILES 7-5
FUNCTIONAL STATES OF OMC-R MACHINES 7-6
START-UP PROCEDURES 7-7
SHUTDOWN PROCEDURES 7-10
SWITCHING PROCEDURES 7-11
OMC-R BACKUP /RESTORE 7-12
PRINTING MANAGEMENT 7-16

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TIME AND DATE MANAGEMENT 7-19

RETRIEVAL OF OMC-R CONTEXT 7-20
USING THE INTRANET DNS/NIS SERVERS 7-22
ADDING AN X TERMINAL 7-25
ADDING A WORKSTATION 7-26

8. MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES 8-1

OBJECTIVES 8-2
CONTENTS 8-3
OMC-R MONITORING AND DEFENSE PRINCIPLES 8-4
OMC-R OPERATING CONTROL PROCEDURES 8-5
E4XXX + A5000 (OR E4002 + SSAS) MAINTENANCE 8-9
OMC-R CONFIGURATION CHECK 8-12
OMC-R DATABASE CHECK 8-13
OMC-R DATABASE RE-INSTALLATION 8-14

9. APPENDIX 9-1

CONTENTS 9-2
GENERAL DEFINITIONS 9-3
SPECTRACOM MODEM 9-5
MULTI-TECH MT2834 9-6
SEMATRANS 14 496 M MODEM 9-7

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