hit70xx commissioning guide

Surpass hiT 7025

and 7060

Commissioning Guide

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ContentsInstalling The FTP-Server: ........................................................................................................................3Install TNMS CT (NCT) Stand Alone (Single User).................................................................................5Installing TNMS Licenses:......................................................................................................................10Basic Setup Of A hiT 70xx Via Console..................................................................................................16Setting Up TNMS (NCT) For Network Element Access.........................................................................19Basic Commissioning Of hiT 70xx..........................................................................................................26Configuring STM Interfaces....................................................................................................................32Configuring DCC Management...............................................................................................................34Configuring A PDH Port (E1)..................................................................................................................35Configuring Ethernet................................................................................................................................36Creating A Cross Connection...................................................................................................................42Enabling Alarms.......................................................................................................................................44Clock Synchronization.............................................................................................................................46Protection.................................................................................................................................................50Saving / Restoring the MIB.....................................................................................................................61LP-201 IP Phone Setup............................................................................................................................63

Surpass hiT 7025 and 7060 Commissioning Guide

Installing The FTP-Server: Settings->Control Panel + Add or Remove Programs + Add / Remove Windows Components:Select Internet Information Services:

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Press “Details” and select File Transfer Protocol:

Start the installation. It might be necessary to have the XP installation CD/DVD at hand.



Install TNMS CT (NCT) Stand Alone (Single User)Start Install.exe from DVD. Select NCT:



In the next screen, make sure that both client and server are selected:



Click Next and wait...



Accept the license agreement, select whether you like a wallpaper or not, and then choose the network elements, that you have in your network. Attention: select only what you need, otherwise lots of data is copied onto your computer!



Click Next and wait...

After the installation has finished, restart your computer.



Installing TNMS Licenses:After rebooting your PC, start TNMS for the first time. Leave the password field empty and press “Login”:



An advisory window opens. Click “OK”:

(you can disable this window in the dialog “Security->Settings”)



Now, enter a new password. The password must consist of at least 8 characters, including one numeric and one special character:

You will get a message telling you, that there's no basic license installed:



Click “OK” and a window opens, where you can add the licenses that were purchased for your TNMS. For a working NCT installation, you will need the basic license, a feature license for each multiplexer type, and a network element license for each multiplexer that shall be managed from TNMS.



First, install the basic license. Then select Configuration->License... from the toolbar to import the feature and network element licenses.



Basic Setup Of A hiT 70xx Via ConsoleBefore you can power up the hiT 70xx, you have to install the SD card containing the firmware. Switch the hiT on and connect a PC to the serial console interface. You need a straight cable with female DSub9 plugs at both ends and a terminal software on your PC like HyperTerminal or TeraTerm, serial settings are 9600 8N1.

Log in as <root> without password



Change IP parameters: management IP address must belong to local substation net, node IP must belong to node network, gateway must be the address of the PC connected to management port



Connect management port to PC (straight CAT5) and verify your network settings: open a command prompt and ping management port and node addresses:



Setting Up TNMS (NCT) For Network Element AccessOpen Configuration->DCN Management. Create the SNMP structure of the network elements. First, add a new SNMP object by hovering the mouse offer the TNMS-Server icon and selecting “New...” in the context menu.

The SNMP properties dialog opens. You can leave everything on default values.



Click “OK” and select “NEW...” in the context menu of the SNMP object.

Select the correct template for your network element and fill in the settings. The two most common ones are “Universal SNMPv2” and “Universal SNMPv3”.




General Settings for a hiT 7060. the “Universal SNMPv2” template is used.



SNMP settings for a hiT 7060. Only the node IP address is needed (passwords are already preset).



Settings for a hiT7025. Select the Universal SNMPv3 template. The initial password in "NSN!e2eNet4u"



This is the setup for another template called "hiT7025 4.2", suitable for NCT operation.


make sure, that everything in the TNMS-CT Server tree is activated.



Basic Commissioning Of hiT 70xxOpen the network view in TNMS and double-click onto the node icon that is connected to your computer.



The LCT should start.

In case, you have only read access, you can get write access by selecting “NE Security->Request Write Access”



In <Configuration->NE->Main Shelf Property Configuration> enter some information about the NE.



Select “NE Time Setting” and enter your LAN NTP server address in the “NTP Time Server IP” field. Make sure, that Port 123/UDP of your server machine is open (firewall settings) and the NTP server is active



You can verify, that the NTP protocol works by inspecting the network traffic with sniffer software like e.g. Wireshark


Excerpt from a Wireshark session. You can see how the NTP client requests are followed by a NTP server reply.


Configuring STM InterfacesHover mouse over the STM card in the LCT and right-click. Open “Card Properties Configuration”. Make sure, that the working mode corresponds to the equipped laser modules and that the admin status of used modules is enabled.



Hover mouse over port symbol on card, right click and open “TP Multiplexing Structure”. Configure AU-4 for 140MBit/s, TU-3 for 45 Mbit/s or TU-12 for 2MBit/s.



Configuring DCC ManagementIn <DCN->DCC Management> make sure, that for used ports the MS/RS DCC Protocol is set to HDLC (for RIP) and MS/RS DCC Mode is enabled.



Configuring A PDH Port (E1)Hover the mouse over the E1 card in LCT, right click and select “Port Property Configuration”. Select the port, check the E1 parameters and that the admin mode is “Enabled”

When the PDH port is properly configured, you can create a cross connection.



Configuring EthernetIn the context sensitive menu of the ethernet card select “WAN Ports TP structure”. Here you have to define the multiplexer structure of the ethernet card.



Select “LAN Ports Property Configuration”. Select the port, that you want to configure. In the next window, set the proper VLAN ID in the PVID field. The PVID is the VLAN, that this port belongs to.



Hover the mouse over the ethernet card and select “WAN Ports Property Configuration”. (A WAN port is a virtual port that connects to the line side). Click the “Bandwidth Management” button.



Here you have to define a virtual concatenation group (VCG): a bandwidth that shall be used for the WAN port. Select VC3 or VC12 and select the virtual containers that shall be used.



Select VLAN Management. Make sure, that the WAN port, that shall be used for transmission, has all necessary VLAN IDs defined (more than one is possible).



If needed, change the VLAN configuration by clicking the “VLAN Configuration” button. The VLAN Management can be done on port based or VLAN ID based.

After the VLLAN IDs are assigned to the correct LAN and WAN ports, you can create a cross connection.



Creating A Cross ConnectionSelect “Cross Connect Management”, either in the top level menu “Configuration” or in the context menu of a CC card.



Click “Query” to get a list of current cross connections. To add a new connection, click “Create”.


This dialog adds a new ethernet connection. Note, that there's no physical LAN port selected. Instead, a virtual port vP01 is selected.. The WAN port has been previously assigned to a VCG of one TU3.


Enabling AlarmsBy default, Alarms are disabled. In order to enable alarms on the hiT, select <Fault->Alarm Inhibit Configuration> and remove the marker from the first check box. If needed, you can inhibit alarms for specific cards or ports.



In order to activate the alarm outputs, you have to select <Configuration->Alarm Out Configuration>. In this dialog, check the Enable … out boxes.



Clock SynchronizationProper clock synchronization is mandatory for SDH systems. You need at least one external clock source (PRC) for your network. In case you don't have one, you might consider taking the clock from a PDH signal. By default, the hiT70xx uses the internal oscillator in free running mode. To make the multiplexer using an external timing source, you have to add one in <Configuration->Synchronization Management>.



Hover the mouse over the port that you want to use as clock source and select “Add” in the context menu.



Once a clock source is defined, you can change some parameters. Most important is the priority: lower values outplay higher values. The hiT 70xx always selects the clock with the best quality, but when several equal clocks are available, then the priority decides.



The hiT is still working in free running mode. Press the <System Clock> button in the “Synchronization Management” dialog, choose “AutoSelection” and activate this new setting by pressing “Set Mode”.



ProtectionThe hiT offers different methods of protection: hardware protection and path protection. If you have e.g. a second cross connector card for hardware protection, the active one is identified by the “ACT” LED. You can manually switch the active card by selecting <Configure->CC 1+1 Protection>. When you select “Manual Switch” and the selected card becomes faulty, the multiplexer will still switch over to the other card. However, when you select “Forced Switch”, the automatic switchover is deactivated.



In order to get hardware protection for E1 cards, you have to define an equipment protection group: Select <Configuration->1:N Equipment Protection Management> and create a new group.



After refreshing the main window you get a list of the defined protection groups.



Path protection comes in different flavors. One is MSP (Multiplexer Section Protection). MSP can be activated by selecting <Configuration->MSP Management> and then pressing the “Create” button.



After refreshing the main window you get a list of the defined protection groups.

Note: You have to set up MSP on the remote mutiplexer as well.



Another method is MS-SPRing (Multiplexer Section Shared Protection Ring). MS-SPRing allows to use the bandwidth, that is used for protection, for traffic as well, as long as to protection is active.

To set up MS-SPRing, select <Configuration->MS-SPRing Management> and press the “Create” button.

Enter a name for the new ring, enter the number of network elements in the protected ring and click “OK”.



A window showing the ring opens. Left click on each NE and enter its IP address (start with the local NEs address as No. 0).



Left click on each link (east and west) and enter the slot and port of the corresponding interface. In the peer link area, enter the slot and port of the remote NE.



When all links are green, click “OK”



Now, double-click on the new entry (or select it and press “Property”)



this opens the property window of this ring. Press “Enable” to activate protection.

Repeat adding MS-SPRing on all participating NEs!



Saving / Restoring the MIBSelect NE MIB Management->To Local Folder. The MIB Management dialog allows you to upload the current configuration to your PC, to download a previously saved configuration to the hiT and to erase the current configuration (this option is inactive until you've uploaded the current configuration to your computer)

After uploading, find your file in <C:\Program Files\Nokia Siemens Networks\TNMS CT\NStar\SURPASS hiT 7060 4.2\build\ftproot\mibs\X.X.X.X> where X.X.X.X is the IP address of your hiT.



When restoring a previously saved configuration, do not forget to press the “Switch NE MIB” button in order to activate the downloaded file. Also, a warm or cold reboot of the multiplexer will be necessary in order to activate the new settings.



LP-201 IP Phone SetupThis setup assumes a simple peer to peer configuration without gatekeeper (gateway to traditional telephone network )

After booting the IP phone, enter the “System Configuration” by pressing one of the arrow keys and then the “OK” key. Password is “x” (press the transfer button + '9' + '9'). Enter “Connect Configuration” (by pressing “OK”) and enter IP address and subnet mask. After that, reboot the telephone.

Connect phone via Ethernet cable to PC and log in via web-browser, user “root” and no password. Enter the following settings:

– in “Network Configure”: verify again IP address and subnet mask.

– in “H232 Configure”: set to Peer-to-Peer mode and enter phone numbers of the other phones (registered E.164 numbers)

– in “Phone Book”: Enter IP address and phone number for each phone.

In order to active the changes you have to reboot the telephone.


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