Planet Technology IP DSLAM IDL-4801 - Manual (Page 53)

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3. IDL Manager Management
After successfully setting up the environment of IDL Manager, you can manage different IP
DSLAM via your IDL Manager remotely. This chapter will tell you how to interact with a
specified IP DSLAM.
3.1 Agent Desktop
Agent Desktop is the main window for the network administrators in performing their
day-to-day network monitoring jobs. Like the standard desktop of MS Windows, Agent
Desktop appears once the system is started. First appears on the Agent Desktop is the
status of agents by an array of colors. By which you may monitor the status of agents, and
judge if they are normal or in situations of alarms. You may then double click on the
required agent IP to activate the event log window. Similarly, the Mounted Agents Desktop
can be started up by double clicking on the icon of territory.
3.1.1 Agent Desktop Window
In the Agents Desktop, press to refresh the status of all agents.
Gray icon indicates that the agent is disconnected.
Green icon indicates that the agent is in normal condition.
Red icon indicates that “Major Alarm” is occurred to the
agent and requires network administrator’s attention.
Network administrator pays attention to alarms by looking
into the alarms using Event Log – Outstanding.
The red icon will turn into a yellow icon after the network
administrator has looked into the alarms. However, this
does not mean the situation is released. If any new alarm
happens, yellow will turn red.
Black icon indicated that the agent is demounted.