- Using the Command Line
Interface (CLI)
Remote login using
Telnet, and Secure Shell (SSH) access to CLI through SPIO card Ethernet management
interfaces
Local login through
the Console port on SPIO card using an RS-232 serial connection
- Using the Web Element
Manager application
Supports communications
through 10 Base-T, 100 Base-TX, 1000 Base-TX, or 1000 Base-SX management
interfaces on the SPIO
Client-Server model
supports any browser (i.e. Microsoft Internet Explorer v5.0 and
above or Netscape v4.7 or above, and others)
Supports Common Object
Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) protocol, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
for encryption of management data, and Simple Network Management
Protocol version 1 (SNMPv1) for fault management
Provides complete Fault,
Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) capabilities
Can be easily integrated
with higher-level network, service, and business layer applications
using the Object Management Group’s (OMG’s) Interface
Definition Language (IDL)
The following figure
demonstrates these various element management options and how they
can be utilized within the wireless carrier network. Element Management
Methods
Figure 1. Element Management Methods
The system’s
management capabilities are designed around the Telecommunications Management
Network (TMN) model for management - focusing on providing superior
quality Network Element (NE) and element management system (Web
Element Manager) functions. The system provides element management
applications that can easily be integrated, using standards-based
protocols (CORBA and SNMPv1), into higher-level management systems
- giving wireless operators the ability to integrate the system
into their overall network, service, and business management systems.
Overview information
about each of these methods follows. For detailed information, please see
the System Administration and Configuration Reference, the Web Element
Manager Getting Started Guide, or the Web Element Manager’s
robust Help system.