RTN 900 V100 TP-Assist User Guide 01

OptiX RTN 900 Radio Transmission System
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OptiX RTN 900
V100
Intended Audience
This document describes the TP-Assist solution used by OptiX RTN 900 and operation
guidelines on the core functions of the solution.
This document is intended for:
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Installation and commissioning engineers
Data configuration engineers
System maintenance engineers
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Contents
Contents
About This Document.....................................................................................................................ii
1 TP-Assist Solution.........................................................................................................................1
1.1 Background.....................................................................................................................................................................2
1.2 TP-Assist O&M System and Functions..........................................................................................................................3
2 TP-Assist Operation Guidelines................................................................................................7

2.1 Searching for Service Paths Based on VLANs..............................................................................................................8
2.2 Searching for Service Paths Based on MAC Addresses.................................................................................................9
2.3 Monitoring Ethernet Service Performance and Traffic Volume Based on Service Paths............................................10
2.4 Performing Intelligent Service Fault Diagnosis for Ethernet Services.........................................................................12
2.5 Performing E-LAN Service Loopback Detection.........................................................................................................14
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1 TP-Assist Solution
TP-Assist Solution
About This Chapter

Transport packet assist (TP-Assist) allows a packet network to be efficiently planned, quickly
deployed, and easily maintained like an SDH network.
1.1 Background
With the explosive growth of data traffic, services carried on MANs and mobile bearer networks
have changed from traditional voice services to data services (mainly, video, Internet, and VoIP
services). MANs and mobile bearer networks, themselves, have also evolved from mainly SDH
networks to mainly packet networks. However, compared with SDH technologies, packet
transport technologies have many disadvantages in performance monitoring and fault diagnosis,
bringing huge O&M challenges to packet networks (especially large-scaled packet networks).
1.2 TP-Assist O&M System and Functions
In compliance with the network-centered, service-centered, and intelligent packet network O&M
trend, Huawei promotes a brand new O&M system based on the TP-Assist solution. The O&M
system covers the entire O&M process from network planning to fault diagnosis.
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1.1 Background
With the explosive growth of data traffic, services carried on MANs and mobile bearer networks
have changed from traditional voice services to data services (mainly, video, Internet, and VoIP
services). MANs and mobile bearer networks, themselves, have also evolved from mainly SDH
networks to mainly packet networks. However, compared with SDH technologies, packet
transport technologies have many disadvantages in performance monitoring and fault diagnosis,
bringing huge O&M challenges to packet networks (especially large-scaled packet networks).
The O&M challenges include:
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How to quickly plan and deploy large-scale packet services

Packet services are much more complex than SDH services. Especially, packet networks
have various networking modes, with each using different transport technologies and
different packet forwarding modes. This requires that O&M personnel be highly skilled
and exercise caution during configuration. In addition, it is more complex to verify packet
services than to verify SDH services, which makes it more difficult to deploy and
commission packet services.
How to monitor packet service performance

Unlike SDH services wherein containers at each level have dedicated overhead bytes for
performance monitoring, packet services have no corresponding overheads. How to
implement delicacy monitoring over each service and each service level is a huge challenge.
How to quickly locate a fault

Packet networks and services on the packet networks are more complex than SDH networks
and services on the SDH networks. In addition, fault isolation performance on packet
networks is poorer than on SDH networks. For example, once a broadcast storm occurs on
a packet network, the entire broadcast domain will be affected. Therefore, O&M personnel
must be capable of quickly locating and rectify the fault.
To handle these difficulties and challenges, the packet network O&M measures must evolve in
a network-centered, service-centered, and intelligent manner.
Table 1-1 Packet network O&M trend
O&M Trend
Main Requirements
Network-centered
Conduct service configuration, monitoring,

and fault diagnosis at the network level,
instead of on a per-NE basis.
Service-centered
Quickly deploy and commission services.

Clearly display service paths and views.
Conduct monitoring by service, allowing the
impacts that each feature has on services to
be displayed in a real-time manner.
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O&M Trend
Main Requirements
Intelligent
Implement intelligent fault diagnosis.

Decrease manual intervention and improves
O&M automation.
Allow batch operations based on services or
templates.
1.2 TP-Assist O&M System and Functions

In compliance with the network-centered, service-centered, and intelligent packet network O&M
trend, Huawei promotes a brand new O&M system based on the TP-Assist solution. The O&M
system covers the entire O&M process from network planning to fault diagnosis.
Figure 1-1 TP-Assist O&M system
TP-Assist O&M system
Network planning
Professional
planning service
and planning
tools
Service
configuration
Service
commissioning
Routing
maintenance
Fault diagnosis
E2E service
deployment
One-click
service
connectivity test
Performance
monitoring and
measurement
Intelligent fault
diagnosis
One-click
service
performance
test
Visualized O&M
Responding to
IP ping packets
Automatic alarm
deployment with
service
deployment
Service loop
detection
Tool-free
automatic test
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Table 1-2 Functions of the TP-Assist O&M system

Function
Description
License
Control
Purpose
Professional planning service and

planning tools
Experienced planning expert teams

provide professional planning
service.
Improves
planning
efficiency.
Planning tool UniSTAR Designer,

embedded with the common
network HLD/LLD design
templates and device/board/
interface capacity parameter
templates, is used. This tool is
applicable to various network
planning scenarios including new
network construction, network
expansion, network migration, and
service adjustment.
End-to-end service deployment
Deploys Native Ethernet (E-Line

and E-LAN) services and hybrid
services in an end-to-end manner.
Improves
planning
accuracy.
None
Quick service
configuration
Improves
configuration
accuracy.
Deploys CES and ATM/IMA

services in an end-to-end manner.
Deploys PW-carried E-Line, ELAN, and hybrid services in an endto-end manner.
Deploys services across microwave
and optical fibers in an end-to-end
manner.
Deploys ERPS rings in an end-toend manner.
Automatic deployment of alarm
management with service
deployment
Deploying ETH-OAM or MPLS-TP

OAM when deploying Ethernet
services and MPLS tunnels in an
end-to-end manner.
None
Avoids extra
OAM
deployment
operations.
Allows the NE
to automatically
report alarms
when a service
fault occurs.
One-click service connectivity test
Supports one-click service

connectivity test for Ethernet
services and MPLS tunnels that are
deployed in an end-to-end manner.
None
Quick
commissioning
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Lowers project
acceptance
costs.

Function
Description
License
Control
One-click service performance test
Supports one-click packet loss,

delay, and delay jitter tests for
Ethernet services and MPLS tunnels
that are deployed in an end-to-end
manner.
None
Automatic tests with no need for any

instrument
Simulating the Smartbits function,

supports delay, throughput, shortterm packet loss ratio, and long-term
packet loss ratio tests for VLANbased E-Line services.
None
Performance
monitoring and
measurement
The PMS embedded in the U2000

supports unified monitoring and
measurement of any measurement
object and performance indicator in
the network.
None
Network-level
performance
monitoring and
measurement
system
It supports 24-hour service status

pre-warning and monitoring, and
provides equipment performance
threshold-crossing alarms and
network performance thresholdcrossing alarms.
Visualized
O&M
360-degree
traffic statistics
and monitoring
based on service
paths
Allows all-service-layer (port,

MPLS tunnel, PW, and VLAN)
traffic statistics and monitoring in a
service view.
Queries and
display of
service paths
based on
VLANs
For E-Line services, allows users to

find the service working path and
protection path views based
VLANs.
Queries and
display of
service paths
based on MAC
addresses
For E-LAN services, allows users to

find the actual MAC address
forwarding path views based on
MAC addresses.
Yes
Display of L2
protocol status
information
based on service
paths
Illustrates the running status of the

spanning tree protocol and ERPS
protocol of each NE in the service
view.
None
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Purpose
Optimized
monitoring
points, rich
service
monitoring
methods
Visualized
monitoring;
network-level
and servicecentered
monitoring
Supports QoS packet loss detection.

Yes
Service
visualization
For E-LAN services, allows users to

find the VLAN domain views based
on VLANs.


Function
Description
License
Control
Purpose
Intelligent fault diagnosis
Performs automatic fault diagnosis

for Ethernet services by layer
(service/PW/tunnel/port) and by
level (connectivity/performance/
configuration).
Yes
Intelligent fault
diagnosis
Cross-product
fault diagnosis
Quickly outputs fault diagnosis

reports on a one-click operation
GUI.
IP ping
Responds to IP ping packets sent

from client equipment and then
quickly narrows down the fault
location to the client equipment or
the transport network.
None
Support near-end or far-end IP ping

responding.
Support near-end or far-end IP ping
responding.
Supports initiating an IP ping test to
the near-end or far-end.
Network-level E-LAN service loop
detection
Quickly detects an E-LAN loop (if

any) in the service view.
Yes
Automatically shuts down a looped

service.
Displays the loopback path.
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2 TP-Assist Operation Guidelines
TP-Assist Operation Guidelines
About This Chapter

This topic provides the operation guidelines on each license-controlled function of the TP-Assist
O&M system. For the operation guidelines on functions not controlled by licenses, see the
Commissioning Guide and Configuration Guide.
2.1 Searching for Service Paths Based on VLANs
For E-Line services, this operation can display the transmission path of the VLAN service flow
on one access port. For E-LAN services, this operation can display the broadcast domain to
which the VLAN belongs.
2.2 Searching for Service Paths Based on MAC Addresses
For E-LAN services, this operation allows the information of a MAC address learned by each
NE on a service path to be displayed, illustrating the entire service path through which packets
with the MAC address being the source address travel.
2.3 Monitoring Ethernet Service Performance and Traffic Volume Based on Service Paths
This section describes how to monitor Ethernet service performance based on service paths.
2.4 Performing Intelligent Service Fault Diagnosis for Ethernet Services
This section describes how to intelligently diagnose faults of Ethernet services based on service
paths.
2.5 Performing E-LAN Service Loopback Detection
This section checks whether a loopback occurs on Ethernet services based on service paths.
Users can quickly rectify a data storm on a loop after finding out the loopback point.
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2.1 Searching for Service Paths Based on VLANs

For E-Line services, this operation can display the transmission path of the VLAN service flow
on one access port. For E-LAN services, this operation can display the broadcast domain to
which the VLAN belongs.
Prerequisites
You must be an NM user with NE administrator authority or higher.
End-to-end Ethernet services have been deployed.
Procedure
Step 1 Optional: Search for an E-Line service path.
Step 2 Optional: Search for an E-LAN service path.
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2.2 Searching for Service Paths Based on MAC Addresses

For E-LAN services, this operation allows the information of a MAC address learned by each
NE on a service path to be displayed, illustrating the entire service path through which packets
with the MAC address being the source address travel.
Prerequisites
Procedure
Step 1 Search for an E-LAN service path.
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Step 2 Query the Learning of MAC Addresses.
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2.3 Monitoring Ethernet Service Performance and Traffic

Volume Based on Service Paths
This section describes how to monitor Ethernet service performance based on service paths.
Prerequisites
End-to-end Ethernet services have been created and the related fibers/cables have been created.
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Procedure
Step 1 Search for service paths.
Step 2 Query the real-time and historical performance data of each measured object on each service
path.
The following figure shows how to query the real-time performance data of priority queues on
a port. Querying the real-time and historical performance data of other measured objects is
similar.
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2.4 Performing Intelligent Service Fault Diagnosis for

Ethernet Services
This section describes how to intelligently diagnose faults of Ethernet services based on service
paths.
Prerequisites
Procedure
Step 1 Search for services.
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Step 2 Select a service to be diagnosed by specifying a service port.
Step 3 Diagnose the service and display the result.
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2.5 Performing E-LAN Service Loopback Detection

This section checks whether a loopback occurs on Ethernet services based on service paths.
Users can quickly rectify a data storm on a loop after finding out the loopback point.
Prerequisites
End-to-end Ethernet services have been created and the related fibers/cables have been created.
Procedure
Step 1 Search for an E-LAN service path.
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Step 2 Perform E-LAN service loopback detection.
NOTE
If a service is looped back,
can be seen from the icons .
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How to quickly plan and deploy large-scale packet services

How to monitor packet service performance

How to quickly locate a fault

Conduct service configuration, monitoring,

Quickly deploy and commission services.

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Implement intelligent fault diagnosis.

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Table 1-2 Functions of the TP-Assist O&M system

Professional planning service and

Experienced planning expert teams

Planning tool UniSTAR Designer,

Deploys Native Ethernet (E-Line

Deploys CES and ATM/IMA

Deploying ETH-OAM or MPLS-TP

One-click service connectivity test

Supports one-click service

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One-click service performance test

Supports one-click packet loss,

Automatic tests with no need for any

Simulating the Smartbits function,

The PMS embedded in the U2000

It supports 24-hour service status

Allows all-service-layer (port,

For E-Line services, allows users to

For E-LAN services, allows users to

Illustrates the running status of the

Supports QoS packet loss detection.

For E-LAN services, allows users to

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