RAD Data comm 10/100BaseT to STM-1/OC-3 Converter RIC-155 - Manual (Page 17)

RIC-155 Installation and Operation Manual Chapter 1 Introduction
Overview 1-3
Management
Setup, control and monitoring of status and diagnostics information can be
performed using one of the following methods:
• ASCII terminal connected to the V.24/RS-232 DTE control port
• Telnet host via dedicated Ethernet management port
• PC running a Web browsing application (ConfiguRAD)
• Network management station running RADview, RAD’s SNMP network
management application.
ConfiguRAD is user-friendly Web-based terminal management system serving for
remote device configuration and maintenance. It is embedded in RIC-155 and
provided at no extra cost. ConfiguRAD can be run from any standard Web
browser.
Internal Bridge
The RIC-155 internal bridge uses four ports for connection to the Ethernet
management port, Ethernet data port, STM-1/OC-3c interface and the host. The
bridge provides separation of the management traffic from the user traffic by
assigning different VLANs to the different ports.
The bridge operates in the following modes:
• Filter – frames are received with VLAN tag or untagged, the bridge learns the
source address of the incoming frames, performs the bridging according to the
MAC address only.
• Filter Tagging – the bridge separates management traffic from the user traffic
by the tags assigned to the frames. The bridge operation complies with the
relevant parts of IEEE 802.1Q.
Alarm Relay
Real time alarms provide information on the system status, indicating management
failure, status of the STM-1/OC-3c and Ethernet links, and other faulty conditions.
Major and minor alarms can be reported to a remote alarm device via dedicated
DB-9 rear panel connector.
Alarms severity can be configured by the user. In addition, the RIC-155 alarms can
be masked to prevent them from being reported.
Status Reporting
RIC-155 includes LED indicators that display the status of power, fiber optic signal,
and Ethernet traffic.
RIC-155 supports Ethernet and STM-1/OC-3c statistics collection for up 96
15-minute intervals.