PLANET EPL-2000 - Manual (Page 17)

User’s Manual of EPL-2000
3.2 Management Access Overview
The GEPON OLT EPL-2000 supports 10/100Mbps Management interface and two 1000BASE-X net interfaces for
TCP/IP-based GUI Management. The GEPON OLT gives you the flexibility to access and manage it by using any or all of the
following methods:
 EMS (Element Management System) Utility
 An external SNMP-based network management application
Each of these management methods has their own advantages. Table 3-1 compares the two management methods.
Method Advantages Disadvantages
EMS Utility
 Ideal for configuring the EPL-2000
 Compatible with most popular
Windows-based Systems
 Most visually appealing
 Can’t remote control over Etherent
SNMP Agent
 Communicates with switch functions at
the MIB level
 Based on open standards
 Requires SNMP manager software
 Least visually appealing of all three methods
 Some settings require calculations
 Security can be compromised (hackers need
only know the community name)
Table 3-1
Management Methods Comparison
3.3 EMS Utility Management
The EMS (Element Management System) Utility comes with sophisticated software Graphical User Interface (GUI). It is highly
intuitive and allows the user to control the GEPON and set such things as SLAs, bridging and VLAN modes, static table entries,
and to perform firmware upgrades, etc. It is found in the Utility folder on the CD provided. There are two softwares that need to
be installed in your management PC:
 Microsoft MySQL Server
 EMS Utility
To install and use the GUI, do the following two sections.
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