Craft Interface Terminal (CIT)

Overview

The WaveStar® CIT is the primary tool used to interface with the Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 for managing synchronous interfaces and SONET/SDH operations. The WaveStar® CIT client software is installed on a personal computer (PC), and provides the Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 user-interface for SONET operations.

Requirements

It is anticipated that most customers will dedicate a laptop or personal computer (PC) to run the WaveStar® CIT software. However, any properly configured computer will suffice.

The following table lists the customer-provided PC minimum and recommended requirements for using the WaveStar® CIT.

Table 10-55: WaveStar® CIT PC requirements

Component

Minimum 1

Recommended

Processor

Pentium II 266 MHz

Pentium IV 1GHz or higher

RAM (one System View)

256 MB

512 MB

RAM (up to 5 System Views)

512 MB

1 GB

Virtual memory

139 MB

267 MB

Available disk space

750 MB

850 MB 2

Video

800x600 256 colors (8 bit)

1024x768 16 million colors (24 bit)

Network Interface card

10/100BASE-T Network Interface Card

10/100 BASE-T LAN interface Pin Designations/signals are:

  • 1 TD+

  • 2 TD−

  • 3 RD+

  • 6 RD−

CD-ROM drive

Required

Operating System

Supported Operating Systems are:

  • Microsoft Windows® 2000

  • Microsoft Windows® XP

  • Microsoft Windows® 7 ( 32-bit version)

The customer is responsible for ensuring that the PC remains virus-free.

Internet Browser

Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, or 7.0

Notes:

  1. Minimum requirements are sufficient to run two or three graphical System Views, unless otherwise noted. Recommended requirements are intended to be used as a general guideline to optimize WaveStar® CIT performance. Since the WaveStar® CIT is used with multiple NE connections and multiple NE types, the processor type and speed and the memory size all factor into the performance.

  2. Available hard disk space required to install and store the WaveStar® CIT and online help files is approximately 750 MB. During installation, an additional 100 MB is required. To store a copy of an NE generic, another 125 MB is needed for each generic

Table 10-56: CIT and Microsoft Windows® requirements

Alcatel-Lucent 1850 TSS-5 port/Microsoft Windows® Guidelines

Serial Port

OSI/TCP-IP LAN Port

Microsoft Windows® 2000

X

NA

Microsoft Windows® XP

NA

X

Microsoft Windows® 7

NA

X

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