Sunday, July 30, 2017

How to configure GPON Type B Single-Homing Protection?

This section describes how to configure GPON type B single-homing protection on an OLT to implement GPON port 1+1 redundancy backup, which ensures that services are not interrupted if a fault occurs on the OLT's PON port or backbone fiber.

Precautions
After GPON type B single-homing protection is configured, the service configurations on an Huawei optical network unit (ONU) remain unchanged and data is transmitted or received over the primary GPON port.
The GPON type B protection function is incompatible with the GPON type C protection functions. Only one of the two functions can be enabled on a network.

Procedure
Step 1 Run the protect-group command to create a protection group for GPON access ports.
Step 2 Run the protect-group member command to add a protection member to the protection group.
Step 3 Run the protect-group enable command to enable the protection group.
A created protection group is disabled by default.
Step 4 Run the display protect-group command to query the information about the protection group and all the members in the protection group.

Result
After the configuration, the primary GPON port on Huawei OLT works in active mode and the secondary GPON port works in standby mode.
An automatic switching can be triggered by any of the following conditions:
OLT GPON port failureuyi
Fractures of optical fibers
Quality deterioration of lines
For a type-B inter-board protection group, if an the customer needs to change the board that houses the active PON port, trigger type-B protection switching to activate the standby PON port, and then migrate the to-be-migrated PON port to the target board.

Example
The following configurations are used as an example to configure GPON type B single-homing protection on the OLT:
Protection group members: 0/2/0 and 0/2/1 (on the same GPON service board)
Primary port: 0/2/0
Secondary port: 0/2/1
The following configurations are used as an example to configure type B single-homing protection on the OLT:
Protection group members: 0/3/1 and 0/4/1 (on different GPON service boards)
Primary port: 0/3/1
Secondary port: 0/4/1

iManagerN2000 - Tape Backup fails

Issue Description
Customer product iManager N2000,Version V200R008B02D061SP23 & V200R008B02D061SP21
Tape backup of the Databases does not work. The tape backup causes /dev/rmt/0n: Device busy message when executing mt status command. No files are coppied into /opt/n2000/backup/AllDB/20080318150012. Stangely the 20080318150012 was created with root: other instead of n2kuser:2kgroup ownership. The log file in the Database Backup tool does NOT show a record of backup success or failure.

Alarm Information
root@NBMS_B # mt status
/dev/rmt/0n: Device busy
Handling Process
1.Restart the whole server not only the application n2000.
    a)stop n2000
    b)stop watchman
    c)stop sybase
    d)restart server shutdown -y -g0 -i6
2.When you make Tape backup do as follows:
    a)initialize the Tape
    b)make backup
      
Root Cause
First we tried to restart the application n2000, but after that the tape still does not work. We restart thewhole server and after we tried again after restart the backup still does not work Tape drive was staying only in busy state and you cannot do anything.

Suggestions
You have to do Three things for success:
1. Restart the server
2.Initial the tape
3.Make backup



Thursday, July 27, 2017

Network Applications of TDM PWE3 and ETH PWE3

Network Applications of TDM PWE3

For details on the corresponding clock solution of the TDM service, see 26.5 Physical Layer
Clock/Time Synchronization.
Network application: converting the native TDM service into the E1 service for upstream
transmission
As shown in Figure, the mobile 2G base station is connected to the ONU through
TDM E1. Huawei ONU encapsulates the TDM frame into the GPON GEM frame directly to
transmit TDM service over Huawei GPON network (native TDM). The OLT terminates the
TDM PWE3 signals and transmits the signals to the upstream network through the E1
port.

Network application: converting the TDM PWE3 service into the E1 service for
upstream transmission
Network Applications of ETH PWE3
Network application: implementing PWE3 private line upstream transmission in FE/GE
access
As shown in Figure, the enterprise router is connected to the OLT MA5600T through FE/GE.
The OLT interconnects with the peer ETH PWE3 device of the enterprise through the
ETH PWE3 private line to implement the ETH private line service.
Figure 8-27 Network application: implementing PWE3 private line upstream transmission in
FE/GE access

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Huawei S5720-SI Series Next-generation Standard Gigabit Ethernet Switch

Huawei S5720-SI series switches (S5720-SI for short) are next-generation standard gigabit Layer 3 Ethernet switches based on new generation of high-performance hardware and Huawei Versatile Routing Platform (VRP). It provides a large switching capacity, high-density GE interfaces, and 10GE uplink interfaces. With extensive service features and IPv6 forwarding capabilities, the S5720-SI is applicable to various scenarios. For example, it can be used as an access or aggregation switch on campus networks or an access switch in data centers. The S5720-SI integrates many advanced technologies in terms of reliability, security, and energy saving. It employs simple and convenient means of installation and maintenance to reduce customers' O&M costs and help enterprise customers build a next-generation IT network.



S5720-SI highlights:

Powerful support for services
• The S5720-SI offers higher performance and delivers a switching capacity of up to 336 Gbps. It provides more powerful Layer 3 routing capability such as OSPF/OSPFv3, BGP/BGP4+, ISIS/ISISv6, and provides voice, video and data services, helping enterprises build an integrated full service network with high availability and low latency.
• The S5720-SI supports many Layer 2/Layer 3 multicast protocols such as PIM SM, PIM DM, PIM SSM, MLD, and IGMP snooping, to support multi-terminal high-definition video surveillance and video conferencing services. It supports IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping, IGMP filter, IGMP fast leave, and IGMP proxy. It also supports wire-speed replication of multicast packets between VLANs, multicast load balancing among member interfaces of a trunk, and controllable multicast, meeting requirements for IPTV and other multicast services.

Comprehensive reliability mechanisms
• Besides STP, RSTP, and MSTP, the S5720-SI S5720-52X-SI-AC supports enhanced Ethernet reliability technologies such as Smart Link and RRPP (Rapid Ring Protection Protocol), which implement millisecond-level protection switchover and ensure network reliability. It also provides Smart Link multi-instance and RRPP multiinstance to implement load balancing among links, optimizing bandwidth usage.
• The S5720-SI supports the Smart Ethernet Protection (SEP) protocol, a ring network protocol applied to the link layer on an Ethernet network. SEP can be used on open ring networks and can be deployed on upper-layer aggregation devices to provide fast switchover, ensuring non-stop transmission of services. SEP features simplicity, high reliability, fast switchover, easy maintenance, and flexible topology, facilitating network planning and management.
• The S5720-SI supports Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS), also referred to as G.8032. As the latest ring network protocol, ERPS was developed based on traditional Ethernet MAC and bridging functions and uses mature Ethernet OAM function and a Ring Automatic Protection Switching (R-APS) mechanism to implement millisecond-level protection switching. ERPS supports various services and allows flexible networking, helping customers build a network with lower OPEX and CAPEX.

What are the Applications of Huawei S5700-LI Switch?

Huawei S5700-LI is a next-generation energy-saving gigabit Ethernet switch that provides flexible GE access ports and 10GE uplink ports. Building on next-generation, high-performance hardware and the Huawei Versatile Routing Platform (VRP), Huawei S5700-LI supports Advanced Hibernation Management (AHM), intelligent stack (iStack), flexible Ethernet networking, and diversified security control. It provides customers with a green, easyto- manage, easy-to-expand, and cost-effective gigabit to the desktop solution. In addition, Huawei customizes specialized models to meet customer requirements to suit special scenarios.

CSFP switches support downlink CSFP ports, and each downlink CSFP port provides 2 Gbit/s bandwidth bidirectionally. CSFP switches apply to scenarios where users increase continuously and demand higher bandwidth, and scenarios where deploying fibers is costly and difficult and construction timeframes are long.

The switches with front power sockets can be installed in the 300 mm deep cabinet.
The S5701-LI series with front power sockets can be installed in the 300 mm deep cabinet. They can be maintained through the front panel, saving space in small equipment rooms.

Huawei S5700-10P-LI-AC provides 1000M desktop access functions for a high performance network, such as voice VLAN, NAC and so on.

The S5700-LI-BAT uses an internal lithium battery as the backup power supply. When a mains power failure occurs, the lithium battery begins powering the switch. When the mains power supply recovers, the switch automatically charges the lithium battery. The use of internal batteries ensures high reliability at the access layer in the case of frequent mains power failures.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Do you know Huawei FTTO SOHO and SME solutions?

FTTO SOHO and SME solutions involve many concepts. Here we mianly talk about  FTTO SOHO and SME solutions from user side to network side based on the following FTTO SOHO and SME network diagram.

Scenario

Small office home office (SOHO):SOHO is positioned for miniature enterprises, such as home offices, shops, and markets.

Small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME)

An SME contains 10-300 personnel. SME is positioned for small- and medium-sized enterprises, campuses, and net bars.

User Side
VoD:VoD is known as interactive video on demand. Users can choose their desired programs from the VoD program database. When watching programs, users can perform operations such as pause, fast forward, fast rewind, and locate.
Multicast: Multicast, or broadband TV (BTV) is similar to traditional wired broadcasting or television satellite broadcasting. Users have the same experience in watching BTV programs and traditional television programs. Unlike the traditional television, the IPTV system encodes audio signals into media streams and multicasts the media streams over an IP network to user terminals.
Fax: A communication tool widely used in enterprises and institutions to transmit digital text and images through phone lines.
Point of sale (POS):A terminal supporting multiple functions. After being installed in a promissory shop or designated network of a credit card and accessing the network, the POS machine implements speedy, convenient, and reliable automatic electronic funds transfer. The POS machine supports consumption, advance payment, balance inquiry, and transfer.
Wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi):A short-distance wireless transmission technology, which supports wireless signals for Internet access within hundreds of feet.

Access Side
PON:A passive optical network (PON) uses a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) network architecture. A PON network consists of three parts: optical line terminal (OLT), optical distribution network (ODN), and optical network units (ONUs). A PON network uses optical fibers for data transmission, supports more users with less optical fiber resources, and provides a higher access rate.
ODN:The ODN is composed of passive optical components, such as optical fibers and one or more passive optical splitters. The ODN provides highly reliable optical channels between Huawei OLT and ONUs.
OLT:The OLT is an aggregation device located at the central office (CO), which terminates PON protocols. OLTs in this document are Huawei MA5800.
ONU:ONUs are located on the user side, providing various types of ports for connecting to user terminals. The ONUs communicate with the OLT through a passive ODN.\
Split Ratio:Split ratio is the ratio of dividing a downstream optical signal into sub-signals in the PON system. Greater optical ratio requires more power to support physical distances.

Network Side
U-PE:User-end provider edges (U-PEs) are routing devices directly connected to customer edges (UEs). U-PEs support routing and MPLS encapsulation. If a U-PE is connected to multiple CEs and possesses the basic bridging function, data frame forwarding only needs to be performed on the U-PE. This reduces the load of the S-PE.

PE-AGG:Aggregation provider edge (PE-AGG) routers provide aggregation and route forwarding functions for access equipment. Compared with U-PEs, PE-AGGs features higher performance, fewer interfaces, and higher switching rates.

NGN/IMS:A next generation network (NGN) is a network that uses softswitches as its core and uses open and standardized architectures to provide abundant services such as VoIP, video, and data.
The IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) uses SIP signaling as its call control signaling to provide services such as VoIP, data, and multimedia services.

IPTV head end:The IPTV head end system functions as the contents preparation platform in the IPTV system. It provides functions such as signal receipt, media format conversion, and media material management.

Application of Huawei S5700 switch on a Small-scale Enterprise Campus Network and in Public Cloud

Application of  Huawei S5700 on a Small-scale Enterprise Campus Network

This section describes the application of the S5700 on a small-scale enterprise campus
network.
As core switches of a small-scale enterprise network shown in below, the S5700s have
powerful aggregation and routing capabilities. S5700s use iStack to implement backup among
multiple devices and ensure high reliability. Huawei S5700 provides various access control
policies to achieve centralized management and simplify configuration.


Application in Public Cloud

Agile Cloud Network is a suite of network solution based on Huawei public cloud. The
S5720-SI/S5720S-SI (since V200R010C00) and S5720-LI (since V200R011C00) can be
located at the access layer of the agile cloud network as a cloud box, as shown in picture
The cloud box is plug-and-play. It goes online after being powered on and connected with a
network cable, without complicated configurations. A cloud box can connect to the cloud
management platform and bidirectional certificate authentication is used to ensure
management channel security. The cloud box provides the Netconf&YANG interface for the
cloud management platform to deliver configurations remotely. In addition, remote
maintenance and fault diagnosis can be performed on the cloud box through the cloud
management platform.


Monday, July 24, 2017

Planning Transparently Transmitted EPL Services on Huawei OSN2500

The transparently transmitted EPL services can be used to plan the Ethernet services.

Service Requirement
Company A and company B at NE 1 need to transmit data services respectively to company A
and company B at NE 2. It is required that services of company A and company B are totally
isolated from each other. Both company A and company B provide 100M Ethernet electrical
interfaces. Company A requires 10M bandwidth and company B requires 45M bandwidth.

Networking Application
Services of company A and company B are required to be transparently transmitted between NE
1 and NE 2. Two OptiX OSN 2500 systems can be used as NE 1 and NE 2.

At NE 1, services from company A and company B are accessed respectively from Ethernet
ports. At NE 2, services from company A and company B are also respectively accessed from
Ethernet ports.
In the line, the EPL service from company A is carried by one VCTRUNK and the EPL service
from company B is carried by another VCTRUNK.

Application Scheme
Use the port routing scheme for the transparently transmitted EPL services.

Hardware Configuration
Configure one EFS4 for NE 1 and NE 2 to access Ethernet services from company A and
company B respectively.


How to configure SIP Voice Service on Huawei ONU?

How to configure voice services based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) on an optical network unit (ONU). The voice over IP (VoIP) services have high quality, but require low cost.

Prerequisites

  • The IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) interface data and public switched telephone network (PSTN) user data corresponding to the SIP interface is configured on the IMS.
  • Status of the voice board on Huawei ONU is normal. (To verify board status, run the display board 0 command.)

Precautions
1. An ONU like MA5822 24FE+24POTS supports both the H.248 and SIP protocols; however, these two protocols are mutually exclusive. You can run the display protocol support command to query the
currently supported voice protocol.

2. If the voice protocol needs to be switched, you need to delete the global digitmap and the
MG interface (under H.248 protocol) or SIP interface (under SIP protocol) first and run
the protocol support command to switch the protocol. After the configuration is
complete, save the configuration and restart the system to make the configured protocol
take effect.

Procedure

Step 1 Log in to and configure the ONU.
You can remote log in to the ONU from Huawei OLT to perform the configuration. The user name
is root and the password is admin123.

Step 2 Configure the upstream VLAN interface.
Specify the upstream VLAN interface for the media stream and the signaling flows and
configure the IP addresses of the Layer 3 interface. These IP addresses are the sources of the
IP address pools for the media stream and the signaling flows.
1. Create an upstream VLAN.
The VLAN ID is 200 and the VLAN is a smart VLAN.
huawei(config)#vlan 200 smart
2. Add the upstream port to the created upstream VLAN.
Add upstream port 0/0/1 to VLAN 2000.
huawei(config)#port vlan 200 0/0 1
3. Configure the IP address of the Layer 3 interface.
Enter the VLAN interface mode and configure the lP address of the Layer 3 interface to
10.10.10.10
huawei(config)#interface vlanif 200
huawei(config-if-vlanif200)#ip address 10.10.10.10 24
huawei(config-if-vlanif200)#quit

Step 3 Configure the media and signaling IP address pools.
Set the media IP address and signaling IP address to 10.10.10.10, and the media gateway to
10.10.10.1.
huawei(config)#voip
huawei(config-voip)#ip address media 10.10.10.10 10.10.10.1
huawei(config-voip)#ip address signaling 10.10.10.10
huawei(config-voip)#quit

Step 4 Configure static routes.
Because the IP address of the VLAN interface and that of the IMS (200.200.200.200/24) are
in different network segments, the configured routes must be from gateway 10.10.10.1 to the
network segment 200.200.200.0.
huawei(config)#ip route-static 200.200.200.0 24 10.10.10.1

Step 5 Add an SIP interface.
The SIP interface is used for IMS communication.
huawei(config)#interface sip 0
Are you sure to add the SIP interface?(y/n)[n]:y

Step 6 Configure the basic attributes of the SIP interface.
huawei(config-if-sip-0)#if-sip attribute basic media-ip 10.10.10.10 signal-ip
10.10.10.10 signal-port 5060 transfer udp primary-proxy-ip1 200.200.200.200
primary-proxy-port 5060 home-domain huawei sipprofile-index 1

Step 7 (Optional) Configure the optional attributes of the SIP interface.
Run the if-sip attribute optional command to configure the optional attributes, including the
domain name, description, register server uniform resource identifier (URI), phone context,
and conference factory URI of the SIP interface.

Step 8 Reset the SIP interface.
huawei(config-if-sip-0)#reset
Are you sure to reset the SIP interface?(y/n)[n]:y
huawei(config-if-sip-0)#quit

Step 9 Configure the SIP PSTN user data.
Configure in batches the phone numbers of users 0/3/0-0/3/15 to 83110001-83110016.
l To configure the data of a single SIP PSTN user, run the sippstnuser add command.
l To configure the data of multiple SIP PSTN users in batches, run the sippstnuser batadd command.
huawei(config)#esl user
huawei(config-esl-user)#sippstnuser batadd 0/3/0 0/3/15 0 telno 83110001

Step 10 Configure call priorities for SIP PSTN users.
huawei(config-esl-user)#sippstnuser attribute set 0/3/0 priority cat2
huawei(config-esl-user)#quit

Step 11 Configure all the PSTN ports to support polarity reversal.
Configure the physical attributes of the PSTN port to which the users belong to support
polarity reversal so that the user supports polarity reversal accounting.
huawei(config)#pstnport
huawei(config-pstnport)#pstnport attribute batset 0/3/0 0/3/15 reverse-pole-pulse
enable
huawei(config-pstnport)#quit

Step 12 Save the data.
huawei(config)#save






Sunday, July 16, 2017

There is no any resource in U2000 report server because of no NE in User domain

Issue Description
Customer M complains that U2000V1R2C01SPC100 report server can not generate any report, because they cannot select any resource when they generate a report, the resource page is empty.
Alarm Information
Null
Handling Process
1. Check the performance instance in U2000 performance Monitoring Management, it is normal, performance instances are there.
2. Check the report user right in U2000 administration > NMS Security > NMS User Management, in the Domain page, I find there are not any NE in it.
3. Add NEs in the Domain for report user, login the U2000 report server, the resource come, and problem resolve.
Root Cause

1. Do not create performance instance in U2000 server
2. Report user do not have enough right to manage the NE
Suggestions
Null

Thursday, July 13, 2017

N2000BMS shows the alarms with an early hour because the NE does not have configured the right time zone

Issue Description

The alarms displayed in the N2000BMS are displayed with an early hour.
The alarm is reported in the OLT MA5600V800R007
Example:
the next alarm is reported in Huawei MA5600T at 01:39:49-05:00, but, in the N2000BMS appear the same alarm at 02:39:49. The time in the N2000BMS is the real time.

Handling Process
Because of the BMS had the correct time, so, it was supposed that the DST was not configured in the NEs.
It was analyzed the time settings and the time zone  in Huawei OLT.
Ceylan(config)#display time                                                  
{ <cr>|dst<K>|time-stamp<K> }:                                                 
  Command:                                                                   
          display time                                                       
  2011-11-02 10:10:03-05:00                                                                                                                                 
Ceylan(config)#display timezone                                              
The current time zone:  GMT-05:00

it was found that the timezone is not the correct. So it was requested change the timezone to make a test.
After modify the time zone to the correct one, the alarms was reported in the N2000BMS with the correct time.
However, to avoid changing the timezone every period of time, it was suggested to enable the DST.
Ceylan(config)#display time dst                                              
  Failure: DST has not been configured  

  
Suggestions
Verify the timezone of the country to set the correct one in the NE or in the Server. Also, consider use the DST feature.

Introduction about Huawei S6700 Switch Hardware Information

Hardware modules of Huawei S6700 S6720-30C-EI-24S-DC for expample refer to the SCU (Switch Control Unit), power supply, and fan.

Logical structure of hardware modules


SCU

The SCU is fixed on Huawei S6700. Each S6700 has one SCU.
The SCU is responsible for packet switching and device management. It integrates multiple
functional modules, namely, the main control module, switching module, and interface
module.

Main Control Module
The main control module implements the following functions:
Processing protocols
Functioning as an agent of the user to manage the system and monitor the system
performance according to instructions of the user, and report the running status of the
device to the user
Monitoring and maintaining the interface module and switching module on the SCU
Switching Module
The switching module, also called the switching fabric, is responsible for packet exchange,
multicast replication, QoS scheduling, and access control on the interface module of the SCU.
The switching module adopts high performance chips to implement line-speed forwarding and
fast switching of data with different priorities.
Interface Module
The interface module provides Ethernet interfaces for accessing Ethernet services.
Cards
Huawei S6700 such as S6720S-26Q-EI-24S supports service cards. Service cards allow flexible networking and provide cost-effective
and customized solutions.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

History of 10 GPON Technology Evolution

What Is 10G GPON?

  • 10G GPON is evolved from the existing GPON technology, the factors promoting the technology evolution to Huawei 10G GPON are as follows:
  • Developing services require higher bandwidths and the GPON technology cannot meet bandwidth requirements.
  • Innovative access technologies on the user side require higher bandwidths and the GPON technology will face bandwidth bottlenecks.
  •  A greater split ratio and a longer transmission distance increase network construction investments.


GPON Technology Evolution Roadmap

XG-PON, provides asymmetric 10G GPON transmission (Maximum downstream line rate: 9.953 Gbit/s, Maximum upstream line rate: 2.488 Gbit/s ).
XGS-PON, provides symmetric 10G GPON transmission (Maximum downstream line rate: 9.953 Gbit/s, Maximum upstream line rate: 9.953 Gbit/s ).
TWDM PON, provides symmetric 40G GPON transmission ( Maximum downstream line rate: 40 Gbit/s, Maximum upstream line rate: 40 Gbit/s ).

Standard Formulation Progress
In 2004, International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Q2 started to research and analyze the possibility of evolving GPON to XG PON.
In September 2007, Q2 officially released the enhanced wavelength plan to standardize the coexistence of GPON and XG PON.

In November 2007, Q2 confirmed the XG PON standardization roadmap. With the goal of achieving low cost, high capacity, wide coverage, full service, and high communication capability, Q2 sped up the researching and finalizing of the XG PON standard.
In October 2009, Q2 officially released the phase 1 text for the XG PON standard during the SG15 plenary meeting. The text contained overall requirements for XG PON (G.987.1) and physical-layer physical media dependent (PMD) standard (G.987.2).
In June 2010, Q2 released the convergence-layer GPON transmission convergence (GTC) standard (G.987.3) and the management-layer optical network terminal management and control interface (OMCI) standard (G.988) for XG PON.

A 10G GPON network is of the point-to-multipoint (P2MP) type, which is the same as that of a GPON network.
10G GPON network contains an optical line terminal (OLT) Huawei MA800, optical network units
(ONUs), and an optical distribution network (ODN).
The Optical line terminal (OLT) is an aggregation device located at the central office
(CO) for terminating the PON protocol.
Optical network units (ONUs) are located on the user side, providing various types of
ports for connecting to user terminals.
The Optical distribution network (ODN) is composed of passive optical components
(POS) such as optical fibers, and one or more passive optical splitters. It interconnects
the OLT and ONUs.

Monday, July 10, 2017

Huawei S3352P-PWR-EI Switch

Huawei Quidway S3300 series switches are new generation Layer 3 Ethernet switches developed to meet the requirements for reliable access and high-quality transmission of multiple services on the MAN metropolitan area network. Based on the high-performance hardware and Huawei VRP Versatile Routing Platform, the S3300 provides the enhanced selective QinQ function and capability to replicate multicast packets between VLANs at the line speed, and supports carrier-class reliability technologies such as Smart Link (applicable to tree networks) and RRPP (applicable to ring networks), as well as the Ethernet OAM function. Huawei S3300 can be used as access devices in buildings or applied to the access layer and aggregation layer of campus networks. 

Huawei S3352P-PWR-EI Switch features:

  • 48*10/100Base-TX ports, 2*10/100/1000Base-T or 100/1000Base-X ports and 2 SFP 1000Base-X
  • Power: need to purchase additional power W0PSA5000 or W0PSA2500
  • Supports 1:1 Backup power supplies
  • Support 802.3af and 802.3at
  • POE Switch
  • Layer 3 Ethernet Switch
  • Software: Enhanced Version
Q: Why S3352P-PWR-EI CPU Usage Is Too High When Many VLANIF Interfaces Are Configured on the S3352P-PWR-EI?
A: Do not configure many VLANIF interfaces on S3352P-PWR-EI due to limitations on specifications and hardware performance. This prevents attacks to the CPU from numerous ARP packets or ARP Miss messages and overhigh CPU usage.
Run the arp-fake expire-time 30 command in the view of each VLANIF interface to configure ARP entries and reduce the CPU usage. Besides, you are advised to load the latest patch.

Q: Does the S3352P-PWR-EI Support Port Mirroring?
A: Yes, the details are as follows:
  • A maximum of four observing ports can be configured on an S3300 Switch. Packets from multiple ports can be mirrored to the same observing port. You can mirror incoming packets, outgoing packets, or both to an observing port.  
  • S3352P-PWR-EI supports Remote Switched Port Analyzer (RSPAN). That is, the observing port and mirrored port can be located on different switches. This facilitates remote device management.
  • S3352P-PWR-EI supports traffic mirroring. A maximum of four observing ports can be configured on an S3300. Flows can be mirrored from multiple ports to the same observing port. Flows to be mirrored are determined by the traffic classification rule.

Q: After a Traffic Policy Is Applied Globally on an S3352P-PWR-EI, the Rate Limit Is Invalid When a Traffic Policy Is Applied to Interface?
A: If more than 128 ACL rules are configured, a traffic policy must be applied to the interface, VLAN, and globally in sequence. To update ACL rules, delete all traffic policies from the interface, VLAN, and system, and reconfigure traffic policies on the interface, in the VLAN, and globally in sequence.

Sunday, July 9, 2017

How to Plan Orderwire Phone Interfaces on Huawei Optix OSN2500?

Capability of Supporting Orderwire Phone Interfaces

The capability of supporting orderwire phone interfaces is defined.
The Q1SEI board of the Huawei OptiX OSN 2500 provides one orderwire phone interface, two NNI
voice interfaces and two NNI signaling interfaces. The five interfaces are all of the RJ-45 type.

Planning Principles

The principles for planning the orderwire phone interfaces are defined.
Adhere to the following principles when planning orderwire phone interfaces:


  • Make sure that the orderwire signaling is compatible in the entire network.
  • Make sure the orderwire phone number of each node is of the same length. It is recommended that the orderwire phone number be set as four characters.
  • Set the orderwire phone number in the format: subnet number (one character) + user number (three characters).
  • Make sure that the conference phone numbers in the entire network are the same and the number should be larger than the orderwire phone number. It is recommended that the conference phone number be set to 9999.
  • Make sure that all orderwire phone numbers in the entire network, except the conference phone number, are unique.
  • Make sure that the dial-up scheme of the orderwire phone of each node is dual-tone multifrequency.
  • Make sure the call waiting time of each node is the same. If less than 30 nodes are present in the network, set the call waiting time to 5s. If more than 30 nodes are present in the network, set the call waiting time to 9s.
  • The orderwire phone number should increase as the node ID increases.
  • Consider the possibility of howl in the orderwire loop. Release the loop to solve the problem of howl in the conference phone. The loop is automatically released, if an OptiX OSN 2500 system is networked with other OptiX OSN 2500 systems, or with Huawei OptiX OSN 7500, OptiX OSN 3500, OptiX OSN 3500T, OptiX OSN 2500REG and the OptiX OSN 1500. If the OptiX OSN 2500 is networked with other equipment, manually release the loop.
  • If no optical path is available between two nodes, which, however, require orderwire communication, use the orderwire NNI connection for the orderwire communication. Use Voice 1 or Voice 2 as the voice interface, and Serial 3 or Serial 4 as the data interface for the orderwire NNI connection.
Planning Example

An example is given to show how to plan the orderwire phone interfaces.
Set the orderwire phone number as four characters, with the last two characters being the same
as the node ID. The conference phone number has four characters and is 9999.






Thursday, July 6, 2017

Planning the TPS Protection for the STM-1 Electrical Interface Service Boards

Capabilities of Supporting the TPS Protection for the STM-1 Electrical Interface Service Boards

The N1SEP, the STM-1 service board for Huawei OptiX OSN 2500, supports two 1:1 TPS protection groups.

Planning Principles
When planing the TPS protection for the STM-1 electrical interface service boards, follow the
basic principles.
Adhere to the following principles when planning the TPS protection for the STM-1 electrical
interface service boards.
Determine whether to configure the TPS according to the importance of the services.
When the N1SEP1 board works with the interface board to provide optical interfaces, choose the N1SEP.
When configuring the TPS protection group for the STM-1 electrical interface service
board, choose the N1SEP as the processing board, N1EU08 or N1EU04 as the interface
board, and N1TSB8 or N1TSB4 as the switching and bridging board.
When the slot for the protection board is slot 6, the slot for the working board is slot 7.
When the slot for the protection board is slot 13, the slot for the working board is slot 12.

Planning Cases
A case is given to show how to plan the TPS protection for the STM-1 electrical interface service boards.
TPS configuration for Huawei STM-1 electrical interface service boards

Application Scenarios of Huawei S6700

Application of the S6700 in a Data Center

Huawei S6700 is deployed at the access layer of an enterprise campus network, helping an enterprise build a virtualized, highly reliable, non-blocking, and green data center network.

Position of Huawei S6700 in a data center

on a data center network, NE routers function as the egress routers; Huawei S9700 function as core and aggregation switches to ensure network security and implement load balancing by using firewall and load balance service cards. S6700s function as access switches to provide 10 Gbit/s access. The S6700 uses iStack to ensure high reliability. When a switch is faulty, the other switch takes over services on the faulty switch. Eth-Trunk is used to achieve link-level reliability. Reliability protocols such as STP and VRRP are not required, configuration and maintenance are simplified, and
configuration errors are reduced.

Application of the S6700 on a Large-scale Enterprise Campus Network

Huawei S6700 is deployed at the aggregation layer of a large-scale enterprise campus network, helping you built a highly reliable, scalable, and manageable enterprise campus network.

Position of the S6700 on an enterprise campus network
On an enterprise network or campus network, the S6700s connect to access switches through
100M/1000M interfaces, provide high performance and large switching capacity, and connect
to core switches through 10GE optical interface card. The network provides 10 Gbit/s rate for the
backbone layer and 100 Mbit/s access rate for terminals, meeting requirements for high
bandwidth and multi-service.

The S6700 provides SEP and RRPP to implement millisecond-level protection switching.
S6700s form a stack system by using iStack technology to implement the distributed
forwarding structure and fast fault recovery. The stack system increases the number of user
interfaces and improves packet processing capability. The iStack-enabled S6700s can be
managed in a uniform manner to facilitate network management and maintenance.




Tuesday, July 4, 2017

How to Query Traffic of a Port on Huawei MA5616?

How to Query Traffic of a Port on Huawei MA5616?


On current ONUs, you can query packet statistics of a port but cannot directly query traffic of a port. To obtain traffic of a port, you can collect the number of frames received or transmitted by the port in a period of time as follows:
  1. Query the number of frames received or transmitted by a port at two different time points by running the following commands for different scenarios:
    • On a GPON uplink port, run the interface gponnni command to enter the GPONNNI mode, and then run the display gpon-port statistics command to query the number of frames received or transmitted by a port.
    • On other ports, run the display interface [ interface-type [ interface-number ] ] command to query the number of received or transmitted by the ports.
  2. Use the following formula to calculate the number of frames received or transmitted by a port between two time points: Number of frames collected the second time - Number of frames collected the first time.
  3. Use the following formula to calculate the traffic on the port: Number of frames x Bytes per frame.
For example, the number of frames on a port are collected at two time points within 30s, and the number of frames between the two time points is 85734 (786687061 - 786601327). Assume that the length of a frame is about 1500 bytes. The traffic on the port within 30s is 981 Mbits (85734 x 1500 x 8= 1,028,808,000 bits), or 122.6 Mbytes.

Monday, July 3, 2017

Does Huawei S2700 switch support PoE, and how much power?

Yes, some Huawei S2700 models can support PoE, for example S2700-26TP-PWR-EI and  S2700-9TP-PWR-EI.

There are two kinds of PoE power modules:

1, W0PSA2500: 250 W AC PoE Power Module

Switch chassis matching a 250 W AC PoE power module:
Supported only in the S2700-26TP-PWR-EI, S2700-52P-PWR-EI, and S2710-52P-PWR-SI

Appearance


2, W0PSA5000: 500 W AC PoE Power Module

Supported only in the S2700-26TP-PWR-EI, S2700-52P-PWR-EI
and S2710-52P-PWR-SI




Function:
PoE power supply
Input protection
Output protection
Overtemperature protection
Surge protection
Hot swap

Port resource report doesn't show all subnets in U2000 NMS

Issue Description

The version of the U2000 is  V100R006C00SPC200
On menu Inventory -> Huawei SDH Report -> Port Resource Report we can't see all subnets like in the Main Topoly tab as the pictures below:
In the Main Topology tab, we can see all subnets:




On the other hand, in the Port Resource Report tab, we can't see all subnets.
We can see only 8 subnets:



Handling Process
This is a bug of the software.
To solve this problem is necessary to upgrade from the Huawei U2000 V100R006C00SPC200 version to V100R006C00SPC300 version.