This preface explains the audience, purpose, and organization of the Cisco DSL Manager NI-2 User Guide. It also defines the conventions that are used to present instructions and information.
Audience
The Cisco DSL Manager NI-2 User Guide is designed for network managers, system administrators, and operators. This guide is also written for central office (CO) technicians and maintenance personnel who are familiar with telco products and networking systems.
This guide assumes that you have a basic understanding of network design, operation, and terminology, and that you are familiar with the configuration specifications of your own networks. This guide also assumes that you have a basic familiarity with UNIX, and that you have read the Cisco Element Management Framework User Guide.
Purpose
The Cisco DSL Manager NI-2 User Guide describes how to use the Cisco Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) Manager (CDM) graphical user interface (GUI) to manage the Cisco 6015, 6100, 6130, 6160, and 6260 DSLAM chassis that have a network interface-2 (NI-2) configuration. This guide includes descriptions of menus, dialog boxes, system files, and events and alarms. This guide also provides instructions for navigating in CDM, configuring your system, monitoring subscriber status and configuration settings, saving and restoring configuration data, and upgrading the node software. For additional information on related documentation, see the "Related Documentation" section.
Organization
The Cisco DSL Manager NI-2 User Guide is organized as follows:
"Overview of the CDM Graphical User Interface," provides a general overview for using the Cisco Digital Subscriber Line Manager (CDM) graphical user interface (GUI) to manage the Cisco DSLAM chassis and other network components. This chapter also describes how to navigate through the GUI.
"Getting Started Using CDM," describes the tasks you must perform to begin working with CDM. To manage Cisco DSLAMs on the network, you should be familiar with the Cisco EMF and CDM GUIs. This chapter briefly describes the Cisco EMF portion of the software, but mainly describes the CDM user interface.
"Creating Connections and ATM QoS Profiles," describes how to use the connection synchronization policy feature, how to create PVCs and SPVCs, how to manage virtual channels links (VCLs), how to manually upload ATM connections and create ATM quality of service (QoS) profiles, and how to use inverse multiplexing over ATM (IMA) on Cisco 6015 and 6160 DSLAMs.
"Configuring Subtend Configurations," describes how to configure subtending systems and how to set subtended subscriber PVCs. Subtending allows you to use one ATM backbone for multiple Cisco DSLAMs.
"Maintaining System Performance," describes how to maintain your Cisco EMF and CDM software system at its peak level of performance.
"Viewing Performance Data," describes the interface performance windows in which you can view real-time, current performance information within 10-second polled intervals for interfaces and line cards. This chapter also describes how to access CDM windows that display historical performance data.
"Viewing Inventory and Summary Information," describes how to access inventory details about Cisco DSLAM chassis and each of the cards within the chassis. This chapter also describes the Chassis Summary Data window where you can view summary information about chassis, modules, PVCs, subscribers, and other managed objects. Additionally this chapter describes the Interface Summary window through which you can view data about specific interfaces.
"Viewing Alarms and Events," describes how to identify faults (events or alarms) that a Cisco DSLAM generates on the network. When a fault occurs on a managed object in the network, CDM receives immediate notification. When you open the Cisco EMF Event Browser from the launchpad, a color next to the network object indicates the presence of an alarm.
"Finding Tasks and Related Windows," lists tasks for setting up and managing DSLAMs through the CDM GUI, identifies the associated windows, and includes links to the related procedures.
Glossary.
Index.
Conventions
This publication uses the document conventions listed in this section.
Table 1 Font Conventions
Convention
Definition
Sample
boldface font
Commands and keywords are in boldface.
Also used for names of some GUI elements.
This is similar to the UNIX route command.
italic font
Arguments for which you supply values are in italics.
Also used for publication names and for emphasis
See the Cisco 6160 Hardware Installation Guide for further details.
screen font
Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in screen font.
Are you ready to continue? [Y]
boldface screen font
Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.
Login: root Password: <password>
^
The symbol ^ represents the key labeled Ctrl.
^D—The key combination in a screen display means hold down the Control key while you press the D key.
[ ]
Elements in square brackets are optional.
Also used for default responses to system prompts.
[no] offset-list {in | out} offset
{x | y | z}
Alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.
offset-list {in | out} offset
< >
Nonprinting characters such as passwords are in angle brackets.
DSLAM> Password: <cisco123>
({ })
Indicate a required choice.
offset-list {in | out} offset
([{ }])
Indicate a required choice within an optional element.
[{letter\number}Enter]
NoteMeans reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to
material not covered in the manual.
TipMeans the following information will help you solve a problem. The tips information might not be troubleshooting or even an action, but could be useful information or information that might save time.
CautionMeans reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.
WarningMeans danger. You are in a situation that could cause bodily injury. Before you work on any equipment, you must be aware of the hazards involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar with standard practices for preventing accidents. To see translated versions of the warning, refer to the Regulatory Compliance and Safety document that accompanied the device.
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