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View and manage node

On NMS Home page, go to Topology menu and click Manage Nodes option. Manage Nodes page is displayed with a list of all Managed Elements present in TJ5500 and its details.

Manage Nodes page

Manage Nodes buttons

Button

Description

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Click Add NE button to add a Managed Element to TJ5500.

Add node

Click Delete NE button to delete/remove the selected Managed Elements from TJ5500.

Delete node

Click Edit NE button to change the location, IP and Name of the node.

Edit NE

Click Migrate NE button to migrate the selected node to another EMS.

Migrate node

Click Manage Alarms button to view the alarms on the selected node.

Manage alarms

Click View Details button to view the circuits and View TLs on the selected node in Manage Circuits page.

View circuits and TLs on a node

Click Reports button to export the data in any of the four formats supported namely PDF, CSV, XML, and HTML.

Export summary report of node details

Click Group By button to group the data on the page based on the parameters provided.

Group the nodes

For multiple row selection in Manage Nodes page, select a block area in the grid first and then use CTRL+ mouse click.

Right-click Options

The following table lists the options available when you right-click a Managed Element in Manage Nodes page:

Right-click Options- Manage Nodes

Option

Description

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ReAdd Node

Allows you to re-add a node to TJ5500.

Re-Add node

ReSync Node

Allows you to resolve the mismatch of node data between TJ5100 and TJ5500.

Re-Sync node

Force ReSync Node

Allows you to resolve configuration mismatch between a node and TJ5500.

Force Re-Sync node

Force ReSync Alarms

Allows you to resolve a mismatch of alarms between TJ5500 and a node.

Force Re-Sync alarms on node

Toggle Configuration from Node Page

Allows you to enable or disable configuration changes from node UI.

Toggle configuration from node page

Topology View

Allows you to perform few operations on node from Topology view tab like node reboot, add/remove global constraint on node, and migrate port.

Topology view

Configure/De-configure VNE

Allows you to configure and de-configure virtual nodes.

Configure/De-configure VNE

Configure CEM Card Ports

Allows you to configure ports on CEM1 card.

Configure CEM Card Ports

NOTE: A success or failure notification will automatically pop up in Notifications window on NMS UI when ME operations are executed from NMS. These ME operations include IP address change; addition, deletion, migration, force resync, and resync of a node.

The following table lists the parameters displayed on Manage Nodes page along with their description:

Manage Nodes parameters

Parameter

Description

Node IP or Name

Displays the name or IP address of the managed element.

A click the link will launch the node login page (if Radius is disabled on node) or NE Information page (if Radius is enabled on node).

Node Label

Displays the node label.

NOTE: When the user click the desired row of the node, Node IP or Name and Node Label parameters are displayed at the bottom of the page and allows you to edit the Node Label and click Update button.

Partition Label

Displays the NMS partition label under which the node is present.

Product Name

Displays the name of the product type.

Location

Displays the location of the corresponding node.

Protocol

Displays the protocol used for EMS to node communication. Options are:

  • HTTP-SNMPv1: Displays when the node is enrolled with HTTP and SNMPv1.
  • HTTP-SNMPv2: Displays when the node is enrolled with HTTP and SNMPv2.
  • HTTPS-SNMPv1: Displays when the node is enrolled with HTTPS and SNMPv1.
  • HTTPS-SNMPv2: Displays when the node is enrolled with HTTPS and SNMPv2.
  • N/A: Displayed against a VNE.

Communication Status

Displays whether the node is available or unavailable for communication from NMS.

  • Available: User can access the node through NMS.
  • Unavailable: User cannot access the node through NMS.

EMS Sync State

Displays if the EMS is in synchronization with the NMS.

  • true: Displayed when EMS is in sync with the node.
  • false: Displayed when there is mismatch of node data between EMS and NMS.

NMS Sync State

Displays the NMS synchronization status after a node is added to NMS.

  • ACTIVE: Displayed when the node is successfully added to NMS.
  • INIT: This state is displayed when the request to add a node to EMS fails when either node or EMS is unreachable. This may be used for planning purpose also.
  • PENDING: Displayed when ME discovery of node command is being executed on backend.

Version

Displays the software version on the corresponding node.

EMS Name

Displays the name of the EMS to which the node belongs.

Creation Time

Displays the date and time when the node was added to NMS.

Constraint

Displays the constraint of the node as:

  • NONE: The node can be included in the circuit creation.
  • GLOBAL_EXCLUDE: The node cannot be used in the circuit creation.

NMS Enrolled

Options displayed are:

  • nmsEnable: Displayed when the node is enrolled under TJ5500, restricting the user from performing any configurations from the node UI. When a node is added to TJ5500, it sets the NMS Enrolled attribute to nmsEnable by default.
  • nmsDisable: Displayed when the node is not enrolled under TJ5500, allowing the user to perform configurations from node UI. When a node is deleted from TJ5500, it sets the NMS Enrolled attribute to nmsDisable state.
  • NA: Displayed against the nodes which does not support the NMS Enrolled attribute.

Ethernet IP

Displays the ethernet IP address of the node.

Modify Time

Displays the date and time of the 'ReSync Node' or 'ForceReSync Node' operation last performed on the node.

Upgraded Version

Displays the latest version upgraded on the node.

Navigation Keys

Max rows per page

Click drop-down button and select the maximum number of rows allowed to display per page. Acceptable values are 100, 200, 300, 400, 500.

First

Displays the list of nodes on first page of Manage Nodes page.

Previous

Displays the page following immediately before the current page.

Next

Displays the page following immediately after the current page.

Last

Displays the list of last number of nodes in Manage Nodes page where number is the 'Max rows per page'.

NOTE: Manage Nodes displays the number of nodes present in NMS.

Filtering Managed Elements on Manage Nodes Page

Managed Elements in Manage Nodes pages can be filtered based on the criteria available on the page. Perform the following steps to filter the Managed Elements (ME):

  1. Go to Topology menu and click Manage Nodes option. Manage Nodes page is displayed.
  2. A first level search can be performed based on any of the following criteria:
  3. After entering the desired filtering criteria, click Search Nodes. The result is displayed in Manage Nodes page.
  4. Click Clear all search options to clear the search criteria.

See also

Manage Nodes

Add node

Delete node

Edit NE

Migrate node

Manage alarms

View circuits and TLs on a node

Export summary report of node details

Group the nodes

Right click options on node