Saving and restoring provisioning data, Local tl1 of provisioning data, Management entity through an ip connection 2-129 – Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 3500 User Manual
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not store or retain any clear text passwords in non-volatile storage. Encrypted
password storage employs the DES and is stored in non-volatile memory for
survival of restarts and network processor / shelf processor replacements.
Note 1: Any clear text representation of a password on the data entry
device is suppressed by the network element. Passwords in clear text are
not available to any user, including appropriate administrators. An
appropriate administrator may be allowed to retrieve encrypted passwords.
Note 2: The network element does not support the ability to change
passwords on the RADIUS server. RADIUS passwords are changed
through a mechanism supplied by the RADIUS server.
Saving and restoring provisioning data
OPTera Metro 3500 supports the saving and restoring of provisioning data:
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on the shelf circuit packs to and from the shelf processor
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on the shelf processor to and from the STX or VTX-series circuit packs
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on the shelf processor to and from the controlling network processor
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on the network processor to and from an external repository
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on the network processor from multiple shelf processor in the span of
control
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on the shelf processor to and from a remote IP address
Local TL1 of provisioning data
You can save shelf processor provisioning data to, and restore provisioning
data from, the disk of a local PC running Site Manager. You can execute this
procedure only through a PC connected to the shelf processor through an
RS-232 or a modem connection.
Save and restore of shelf processor or span of control data to a remote
management entity through an IP connection
Span of control
Save and Restore functionality provides users the capability to:
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save each individual network element’s backup data to the repository
located on the network processor.
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transfer of a copy of each file to a given remote location immediately after
the files become available following a successful backup to the network
processor. Files are transferred to a remote location of destination type TID
or IP.
Individual shelf processor
Users are able to target a single shelf processor for backup from the network
processor’s span of control. Subsequently, files are transferred automatically
to a remote location of destination type TID or IP.