Allied Telesis AT-S99 - Manual (Page 46)

Chapter 2: AT-CM and AT-CV Media Converter Line Cards
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OAM-based Features
The AT-CM Line Cards support five OAM-based features on their fiber
optic ports. Some of the features are part of the IEEE 802.3ah standard
and others are specific to this product. The features are:
ˆ “Remote Peer Management,” next
ˆ “Remote Updates of the AT-S73 Management Software” on page 50
ˆ “OAM Loopback Tests” on page 51
ˆ “Dying Gasp Feature” on page 52
ˆ “OAM Variable Requests” on page 55
Remote Peer
Management
This feature, also known as peer-to-peer management, makes it easier to
manage your remote line cards because you can configure them through
their local counterparts in a managed chassis. This saves you from having
to travel to the remote sites when you need to configure the cards, or
having to install management cards in all of the remote chassis.
To manage a remote card, you start a local or remote management
session on the chassis that has the management card. You then redirect
the session to the remote card by selecting its local counterpart. The
remote management sessions are conducted over the fiber optic cables
that link the local and remote line cards. The sessions do not interfere with
the network operations of the line cards.
This feature is illustrated in Figure 1 on page 47. Residing at a central
location is the AT-CV5000 Chassis with the AT-CV5M02 Management
Card. To manage the remote card, you select its local counterpart in slot
11. This establishes a management connection to the remote line card
over the fiber optic cable that links the line cards.