Operations philosophy

Overview

Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX has incorporated an operations philosophy that is optimized for operations in the access transport environment. This allows operation and maintenance of remote NEs from a single location. Similarly, a technician working at a remote site can gain access to other NEs. In addition, OSs are available to allow operation of the Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX NEs from a centralized operations center.

Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX uses the SONET data communications channel (DCC) to provide remote CIT access, remote CO alarms, remote alarm reports, and remote OS access. The terms remote operations, single-ended operations (SEO), and Operations Interworking (OI) are synonymous.

SEO capability

The figure below shows the SEO capability that provides remote access to all Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX systems in a subnetwork from a single Alcatel-Lucent 1665 DMX location. This minimizes the need for technician travel because most maintenance, provisioning, and administration can be performed on all NEs with DCC connectivity by accessing any one NE. The SEO capability can be disabled between NEs to create maintenance boundaries (for example, interoffice applications) or for security reasons.

Figure 5-4: Remote operations philosophy