ADC LoopStar 1600, LoopStar 800, LoopStar 3600 User Manual

LoopStar® Network Management

LoopStar 800/1600/3600 Provide Flexible Options for Network Management

LoopStar 800

LoopStar 3600

LoopStar 1600

Overview

ADC’s LoopStar next generation SONET product family provides service providers and enterprise
customers several choices when deciding how to manage their networks. The choices include: 1) A
full GUI-based Element Management System (EMS) for large complex networks; 2) An EMS- Local
Craft Terminal (LCT) for centralized management of relatively small networks via a single layer
solution; 3) Web-LCT which is resident on the LoopStar system and provides GUI control using a
PC- based web browser; and 4) Transaction Language (TL-1) command language with direct serial
communication between a PC or higher layer NMS and the LoopStar SONET system. These flexible
options enable customers to select the right level of network management for their LoopStar
systems, based on their considerations of complexity and cost.

Spec Sheet

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LoopStar® Network Management

LoopStar 800/1600/3600 Provide Flexible Options for Network Management

LoopStar EMS and EMS-Local Craft
Terminal (LCT)

The LoopStar EMS is an advanced user­friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) Element
Management System (EMS) for controlling and
managing networks consisting of LoopStar
800/1600/3600 SONET access systems. The
LoopStar EMS provides users with sophisticated
centralized control capabilities for configuring,
monitoring, testing, and managing multiple
LoopStar 800/1600/3600 systems from a single
management platform.

The LoopStar EMS-LCT is an element
management layer (EML) management system
for LoopStar 800/1600/3600 SONET Access
Systems. The LoopStar EMS-LCT is intended
for small, relatively simple networks. It provides
users with single-layer management network
solutions to the LoopStar 800/1600/3600 of
up to eight NEs and manages the systems in a
centralized manner.

LoopStar 800/1600/3600 systems are highly
advanced next-generation SONET Access
Systems that allow service providers to cost-

Network Management

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LoopStar

effectively deploy and manage TDM and
Ethernet services to end-user customers.

With the LoopStar EMS or EMS LCT, service
providers can perform advanced management
control functions for their entire network of
LoopStar 800/1600/3600 systems, all from
a common management platform. Specific
capabilities of the LoopStar EMS and
EMS-LCT include:

• Configuration Management: Network
connections, system and circuit provisioning,
system inventory

Network Configuration Management

and System Alarming

System and Circuit
Provisioning

Performance
Monitoring
and Testing

• Fault Management: Alarm management
and control, alarm history database
management

• Performance Monitoring: Real-time traffic
management, monitoring and alarming, PM
database management

• Security: System access and password control

• Testing: Circuit and test management control

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