In the following, a description of all menu functionalities, related to the Element Management, is supplied; detailed descriptions of each field and window are given in order to correctly understand the way to retrieve information and to collect performance data, to manage currently active alarms or to consult the alarm historical database, to download software and to schedule jobs, about the just described operations, towards the managed Network.
This section deals with the following topics:
• File
• Configuration
• Fault
• Performance
• Plugin Services
• Windows
• Help
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3.1 File
It contains a set of features to print/export EM or NEs data.
See Also:
Element Management User Interface, Configuration, Fault, Plugin Services, Windows, Help
3.1.1 Export
PATH: (File-Export)
It is used to export any kind of report (details and configuration information) to a text file.
To Export NE Details:
1. Open a Network Data List window, relevant to one or more specific NEs.
2. Select the File-Export menu item.
3. Insert a desired file name in the proper field.
4. Select a desired file type (txt, csv) where:
txt: text format (compatible with any text editors)
csv: comma separated value format (compatible with the most common spreadsheet programs)
5. Press OK button to confirm.
The file will be automatically saved into the
$NCS/../../users/<user_name>/export/<host_name> directory.
See Also:
File
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3.1.2 Page Setup
PATH: (File-Page Setup)
It is used to modify the page layout of printed data pages.
To Setup a Page Layout:
1. Select the File-Page Setup menu item.
2. Fill the first field (Header) with a desired page title;
default: &R where:
&R is the Report Title
Otherwise is possible to customise the Header with one or more of the following entries:
• &D that means Date
• &H that means Hour
• &P that means Current Page number
• &T that means the Total Page number
• &N that means New Line
3. Check or uncheck the three header relevant options:
Disable Header Print Header Separator Print Logo
4. Fill the second field (Footer) with a desired page title;
default: Page &P of &T where &P and &T meanings are described here above.
5. Check or uncheck the two header relevant options:
Disable Header Print Header Separator 6. Press OK button to confirm.
The next print sessions will have the new configured page layout.
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See Also:
File, Print Preview, Print 3.1.3 Print Preview
PATH: (File-Print Preview)
It is used to get a preview next printing page justification/layout of a document.
To Get a Preview of Next Printing:
1. Select the File-Print Preview menu item.
2. Verify the justification/layout of the next printing.
3. Press Zoom In or Zoom Out buttons to increase or decrease the view over the document.
4. Press Previous Page or Next page to browse the document.
5. Press the Print to start printing directly from this window, otherwise press Close to leave the window.
See Also:
File, Page Setup, Print
3.1.4 Print
PATH: (File-Print)
Used to send the printing command of a document. This option is divided in three main folders:
• General
• Page Setup
• Appearance
In the following they are described.
To Print a Document:
General:
1. In the Print Service area select the destination printer name in the Name field;
select Properties to change default settings of the selected printer itself.
Information about the chosen printer destination will be shown in the "read-only"
fields just below. Otherwise select Print To File to get the print output available in a file.
2. In the Print Range area select how many pages to print:
All means the whole document
Pages requires to insert the start page and the end one to print a limited range of the document.
3. In the Copies area select a Number of Copies by means of the relevant spinners and choose the Collate option to print them in sequence or not.
Page Setup:
4. In the Media area choose the paper format by means of the Size pop-up menu and the relevant paper Source of the printer.
5. In the Orientation area choose the directory in which the text is oriented (portrait, landscape, reverse portrait, reverse landscape).
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6. In the Margins area set the white margins from the text to the output sheet borders; the distance has to be intended in millimetres (mm) from each border (left, right, top, bottom).
Appearance:
7. In the Colour Appearance area choose if the output has to be in Monochrome (grey scale) or in Colour.
8. In the Quality area select the tone of the used ink; Draft (minimum usage), Normal (medium usage), High (maximum usage).
9. In the Sides area select the different text position in the output sheet; if One Side to leave the other one blank, or Tumble or Duplex to cover both the sides depending on the reading verso.
10. In the Job Attributes area select to print or not a Banner Page and the information that will be printed in it; the other parameters are composed of a Priority among all simultaneously printing sessions on the same printer, a printing Job Name and a printing User Name to identify the printing session owner in case of network shared printer.
See Also:
File, Page Setup, Print Preview
3.1.5 Exit
PATH: (File-Exit)
Used to exit the ServiceOn Microwave Element Manager application.
To Exit The EM Application:
1. Select the File-Exit menu item.
2. Press OK in the confirmation window.
The User Interface (UI) of ServiceOn Microwave Element Manager will be stopped.
See Also:
File
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3.2 Configuration
A second step of features (after the first commissioning) to configure access rights, data/time, get information and more, towards the managed Network Elements.
See Also:
Element Management User Interface, File, Fault, Plugin Services, Windows, Help
3.2.1 Inventory Management
Inventory Management supported in ServiceOn Microwave allows visualization of Inventory data belonging to Network Elements of type:
• MINI-LINK E
• MINI-LINK E-Micro
• MINI-LINK SAU
• MINI-LINK Traffic Node
• MINI-LINK High Capacity
Inventory data is hierarchically organized according to the following structure:
• Networks contain other Networks or Sites
• Sites contain NEs and Custom NEs
• Custom NEs are objects in the network not managed from ServiceOn Microwave
• NEs contain their HW Modules
• HW Modules contain their SW Modules 3.2.1.1 Startup Inventory Viewer
PATH: (Configuration-Inventory-Viewer)
To launch the Inventory Viewer using the Menu/Tool Bar:
1. Select the Inventory->Viewer option from the Configuration Menu to open the