About this document


Purpose

This manual provides information on the installation and configuration of 1643 AM and 1643 AMS units. Furthermore, all steps for putting the system into operation are also described.

What's new

This is Issue 12 of this guide for 1643 AM and 1643 AMS, Release 1.0 through 7.2.

Note

The 1643 AM / 1643 AMS Installation Guide contains images with old logos and will be replaced in forthcoming releases.

Previous versions and features are listed below:

Release

GA

Features added

Ruby 1.0

December 2000

  • One or Two STM-1 or two STM-4 optical line interface pairs (transmit/receive)

  • Upto sixteen 2 Mbit/s interface ports - G.703 interface - G.704/G.706 interface

  • Remote and local software downloading

  • General VC-11/VC-12 SNC/N protection or VC-3 SNC/N protection

  • 1+1 MSP protection (STM-1 aggregate only) in terminal applications

  • Performance Monitoring

  • E1 or DS1 or E3 or DS3 or X.21 loopbacks

  • Cross-connect loopbacks

  • Four Miscellaneous Discrete Inputs (MDI)

  • Four Miscellaneous Discrete Outputs (MDO)

  • Dual fiber pair working

  • IP Tunneling in the DCC channels for the management of elements (TCP/IP protocol)

  • Space-efficient for simple and rapid installation within street cabinets or in customer premises

  • Supported by the user-friendly Integrated Transmission Management (ITM) network management and element management systems

  • AC/DC or DC/DC converter

  • Working in large temperature range

  • Optional additional sixteen 1.5 Mbit/s ports

  • Optional additional sixteen 2 Mbit/s ports

  • Optional additional two 34 Mbit/s ports

  • Optional additional two 45 Mbit/s ports

  • Optional additional four 2 Mbit/s X.21 ports

  • Optional additional four 10/100Base-T LAN interfaces

Topaz 2.0

July 2001

  • Optional additional two optical STM-1 tributary signals

Pearl 2.2

July 2002

  • Optional additional two electrical STM-1 tributary signals

  • Spanning tree protocol

Garnet 3.1

May 2003

  • Rapid spanning tree protocol

Garnet 3.2

July 2003

  • introduction of 1643 AMS

  • introduction of Network Termination Unit (NTU)

  • Optional additional twelve SHDSL interfaces

Venus 4.0

September 2003

  • X8PL option card

  • LCAS functionality for VC-12 and VC-3

  • AITS operation (DCCm)

  • Transparent DCCr

Earth 5.0

April 2004

  • Support of SNMP management

  • Advanced SFP data retrieve capability

  • Enhanced VLAN tagging

  • Enhanced Ethernet port provisioning

  • Provisionable LSP size

Mars 6.1

March 2005

  • Enhanced flow classification (Port, VID, UP) on E/FE units

  • QoS in IEEE 802.1Q & IEEE 802.1ad mode on E/FE units, i.e. flow classification, rate control and traffic class handling

  • Oversubscription in IEEE mode

  • SHDSL Performance Monitoring

  • SHDSL enhancements

  • Port Loopback alarming

  • J0 support on STM-n lines

  • E1 non-intrusive performance monitoring

  • E1 PDH AIS

  • 1643 AMS with integrated AC power supply

Uranus 7.1

November 2006

  • Optional TransLAN card - X5IP, Remote Power Supply support

  • Ethernet PM counter enhancements

  • PM counter for Congestion monitoring

  • Round trip time/delay measurement

  • Provisionable CBS

  • Flow classification based on DA-MAC and IP-TOS/DSCP

  • SHDSL enhancements

Miranda 7.2

May 2009

The following features are implemented in this release:

  • Alarm Severity Assignment Profile (ASAP)

  • X5IP option card enhancements

  • Outloops on Ethernet ports in repeater mode

  • Performance Monitoring

  • VC-4-4c cross connection

  • Supported by the Lucent OMS Release 5.0.2 and Wavestar® ITM-CIT - Release 18.0

  • Digital Diagnostics Monitoring (DDM) on SFPs

Miranda 7.2.11

August 2012

The following features are implemented in this release:

  • X12SHDSL-V3 option card

Miranda 7.2.11

May 2014

Removed all vertical rack mounting content.

Safety information

For your safety, this document contains safety statements. Safety statements are given at points where risks of damage to personnel, equipment, and operation may exist. Failure to follow the directions in a safety statement may result in serious consequences.

Intended audience

This manual is intended for users who wish to install, configure and cable 1643 AM and 1643 AMS units including all accessories.

This requires that the installation staff has a basic knowledge of SDH and Ethernet technology. Working on the equipment described in this manual requires also special training of the personnel.

How to use this information product

This manual is divided into the following sections with a brief description of the contents of each major part/chapter/appendix:

About this document describes the purpose, intended audience, reason for reissue, and organization of this document. This section references related documentation and explains how to order, make comments or recommend changes to this document.

Part I – Physical and power installation

Part II – NE provisioning and stand alone installation test

Part III – Link testing

Appendices

Glossary provides definitions for telecommunication acronyms and terms.

Index supplies users with specific subjects and corresponding page numbers to find necessary information.

Conventions used

The following conventions are used throughout the manual:

Numbering

The chapters of this document are numbered consecutively. The page numbering restarts at “1” in each chapter. To facilitate identifying pages in different chapters, the page numbers are prefixed with the chapter number. For example, page 2-3 is the third page in chapter 2.

Cross-references

Cross-reference conventions are identical with those used for numbering, i.e. the first number in a reference to a particular page refers to the corresponding chapter.

Keyword-blocks

This document contains so-called keyword blocks to facilitate the location of specific text passages. The keyword blocks are placed to the left of the main text and indicate the contents of a paragraph or group of paragraphs.

Abbreviations

Abbreviations used in this document can be found in the “Glossary” unless it can be assumed that the reader is familiar with the abbreviation.

Codes

The codes (CC, DC and SC) in this manual are used to define a hardware item owned by the Alcatel-Lucent Development Systems. The code consists of a letter combination followed by a combination of numbers (Example: CC123456789).

Related documentation

This section briefly describes the documents that are included in the 1643 AM and 1643 AMS documentation set.

The following table lists the documents included in the 1643 AM and 1643 AMS documentation set.

Document title

Document code

1643 AM and 1643 AMS Applications and Planning Guide

109635771

(365-312-801R7.2)

1643 AM and 1643 AMS User Operations Guide

109635813

(365-312-807R7.2)

1643 AM and 1643 AMS Alarm Messages and Trouble Clearing Guide

109635763

(365-312-803R7.2)

1643 AM and 1643 AMS Installation Guide

109635797

(365-312-802R7.2)

OMS Provisioning Guide (Application 1643 AM and 1643 AMS)

109635805

(365-312-877R7.2)

CD-ROM Documentation 1643 AM and 1643 AMS (all manuals on a CD-ROM)

109635789

(365-312-811R7.2)

Engineering and Ordering Information

ED8C940-10

Interconnect information

ED8C940-20

Technical support

Alcatel-Lucent provides the following Technical Support Services:

NOTE: Technical Support Services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

When additional technical assistance is needed, use the appropriate contact information in the table below.

Customer location

Initial Alcatel-Lucent contact location

Inside the United States and Canada

Technical Support Services can be reached at

1-866-Alcatel-Lucent8 (866-582-3688): Prompt#1.

Outside the United States

Technical Support Services can be reached at

+1-630-224-4672: Prompt#2.

Web Site

For additional information regarding Worldwide Services, refer to the Alcatel-Lucent' web site at

http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/solutions/lws.html

How to order

For all questions concerning ordering of 1643 AM and 1643 AMS documentation, for a complete list of the marketable items and their comcodes, and for ordering the equipment please contact your Account Executive or your Alcatel-Lucent local customer team (see http://support.alcatel-lucent.com.

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