Management System Overview - Cisco ASR 5000 series Product Overview

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Management System Overview

This chapter outlines the various methods of managing the system. There are multiple ways to locally or remotely

manage the system using its out-of-band management interfaces. These include:

Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Using the Web Element Manager application

The following figure demonstrates these various element management options and how they can be utilized within the

wireless carrier network.

Remote login using Telnet, and Secure Shell (SSH) access to CLI through SPIO card Ethernet

management interfaces

Local login through the Console port on SPIO card using an RS-232 serial connection

Supports communications through 10 Base-T, 100 Base-TX, 1000 Base-TX, or 1000 Base-SX

management interfaces on the SPIO

Client-Server model supports any browser (i.e. Microsoft Internet Explorer v5.0 and above or Netscape

v4.7 or above, and others)

Supports Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) protocol, Secure Sockets Layer

(SSL) for encryption of management data, and Simple Network Management Protocol version 1

(SNMPv1) for fault management

Provides complete Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) capabilities

Can be easily integrated with higher-level network, service, and business layer applications using the

Object Management Group's (OMG's) Interface Definition Language (IDL)

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