Patton electronic FORESIGHT 6300 - Manual (Page 30)

Defining Containers 30
FS6300 NMS User Manual 2 • Discovering Your Network
– Geographical Area Name (Descriptive name of the geographical area)
– Node ID (This is permanent and cannot be modified).
– Node Name (Descriptive name of the node)
– Chassis ID (This is permanent and cannot be modified).
– Chassis Label (Descriptive label for the chassis)
– System Manager (Name of the person managing this subnet on the network)
– System Location (Description of where the system is located)
– Chassis Type (Choose a chassis type from the drop-down menu)
5. Click Update to save the information for all of the cards on that subnet.
If the same CH ID exists on cards in a different chassis unit but with the same subnet address, an alert is dis-
played asking if the cards need to be merged into one unit.
If the same CH ID exists on cards in a different chassis unit and with different subnet address, an alert is dis-
played that Chassis ID already exists.
This is to ensure uniqueness of Chassis IDs in the NMS.
The following details are also checked when modifying containers during multiple card configuration:
• If there is already an entry for the GA ID and GA Name entered by the Admin
• If not, a new record is added to the master-list.
• If the master-list instead has an entry for GA-101-Michigan or GA-105-Maryland, an alert is displayed
requesting the admin to re-enter the ID/Name
The NMS also verifies containers to prevent duplication of ID and name for the Network Node.
• If the values entered are successfully verified and found to be unique, these values are auto-updated in the
master-list table (mentioned with Option A above), in the background.
• 6300 NMS does not allow these records to be deleted from the 6300-Conatiner definition interface.
• All cards in the selected chassis are configured with the new container IDs.
figure 13 shows a visual representation of container IDs in the NMS.
Figure 13. Container IDs in the NMS
NMS
GA 1
GA 2
NN 1
NN 2
CHASSIS 1
NN 3 CHASSIS 1
NN 1
NN 5
CHASSIS 1
CHASSIS 2
CHASSIS 3
CHASSIS 4
CHASSIS 1
CHASSIS 2
CHASSIS 1
CHASSIS 2
subnet of
GA1-NN1-
or
GA1-NN1-CH2
(Can be represented as)