Document Outline

• Table of Contents
• NCM Overview
  • Applications
    • Network Node Management
  • Features Summary
  • Features Detail
    • Automatic Discovery and Restoral
    • Management Redundancy
    • NCM as a Gateway
    • Circuit Manager Database
    • Shelf Compatibility
    • Advanced Programmable Architecture
  • System Hardware
    • NCM Front Module
    • NIM 2000 Network Interface Module
  • Craft Interface
    • Craft Interface Ports
  • SNMP Support
    • RFVerilink Enterprise MIBs
    • Verilink Vendor Number
  • TABS-based and ACP-based Application Modules
    • Enhanced Feature Sets
    • Mixing TABS and ACP Modules
  • Daisy-Chaining AS2000 Shelves
    • Connectors Used
    • Cables for Connecting Shelves
    • ACP and mixed ACP/TABS Nodes
    • TABS-Only Node
  • Environmental Specifications
  • Technical and Regulatory Compliance
  • Related Verilink Documents
• Craft Interface
  • Accessing Remote Nodes
  • Use NCM Craft Interface
  • Firmware Personalities
  • Starting a Session
    • Using Telnet
  • The Main Menu
    • Firmware Version
    • Shelf Symbols
    • Element Symbols
    • Selection Brackets
    • Unknown
    • Node Map
    • Module Key
    • Command Examples
    • Command Line Prompt
  • Main Menu Options
    • Selecting an Element
    • Administration
    • Configuration
    • Diagnostics
    • Performance and Status
    • Alarms
    • Circuit Manager
    • Manufacturing Info
    • Card Specific Menus
• Administration Menu
  • Selecting the Administration Menu
  • Selecting a Node
    • Node Management Menu
    • DS3 Far-end Node Records
    • Set Shelf Type
    • Shelf Type Sets ACP Bus
  • Using Passwords
    • Password Levels
    • Displaying Passwords
    • System Superuser Password
  • The Network Configuration Menu
    • Ethernet and SLIP Parameters
  • Configuring Modem Parameters
    • Exiting the Administration Menu
• Circuit Manager
  • Cautions
  • Modules Supported for Building Circuits
  • Circuit Manager Functions
    • Alarm Handling
    • Module Configuration Updates
  • Circuit Manager Menu
    • Adding Circuits
  • Editing and Cloning New Circuits
    • Changing Name Clones New Circuit
    • Changing the Type of a Circuit
    • Setting up a Cloned Circuit
• Downloading and Broadcasting Firmware
  • Using the Administration Menu in Downloads
    • Different Command Options
    • Firmware Options
  • Upgrading NCM Firmware
    • Preview
    • Upgrading NCM Flashbanks
  • Broadcasting Firmware
    • Cautions
    • Securing the Download File
    • Checking the Result/Retrying Broadcast
    • Switching over to the New Firmware
  • Moving Firmware Across a Network from NCM to NCM
    • FTP the Flash File
    • Select a Remote Node
    • Using the New File
    • Conflicting Download Sessions
• Index