Alcatel 1320 CT

Element Management Craft Terminal

With the extensive introduction of SDH

and WDM in the transport network,
centralized and integrated network
management is mandatory for
Network Operators to realize the
potential cost savings and required
Quality of Service.
Based on extensive experience in
provisioning of telecommunication
networks, Alcatel provides a
comprehensive range of Network
Management Applications compliant
with ITU-T Telecommunication
Management Network Principles.
The Alcatel OPTINEXTM 1320 CT (Craft
Terminal) is an Element Management
Application that provides the Network
Operator with facilities for the first
set-up and continuous field
maintenance of SDH and WDM
network elements locally or remotely.

Craft Terminal Overview

The 1320 CT (Craft Terminal) is the
maintenance terminal for field
operation technicians managing
Alcatel SDH and WDM Network
Elements locally or remotely.
Particulary the 1320 CT supports the
new OPTINEXTM Multi-Service Nodes
(MSN), Multi-Service Gateways
(MSG), Optical Network systems
(ON), and Microwave Radio Link

systems (MW).
It is part of Alcatels network
management solution for the
operation of SDH/WDM transmission
networks.
The main purpose of these networks is
the transport at 2, 34 and 140 Mbit/s
or optical wavelength level using
PDH, SDH and WDM lines (e.g. for
leased lines, voice and data
communication or video distribution).
The Element Manager 1353 SH and

the Regional Manager 1354 RM

provide a complete end-to-end
subnetwork management solution in
small, medium sized and large
SDH/WDM transmission networks.
The Element Management Craft
Terminal provides in this scenario the
necessary local operation and
maintenance functionality using the
same platform as the Element
Manager 1353 SH.

Main Features
1354 NN

The Craft Terminal for the Alcatel

SDH/WDM NEs provides:

1354 RM

Single NE or Multiple NE
management: up to 32 Network
Elements with a synthesis
functionality can be managed
(Remote Craft Terminal application)

1353 SH

ITU-compliant Information Model

Interface to the network elements

Fault Management for real time

alarm reporting and subsequent
fault localisation and correction

Configuration Management for

handling operational data of the
network elements

MW
Q3

ON
Q3

MSN
Q3

Main Tasks of the System:

Performance Monitoring to set up,

collect, log and display
performance data associated with
the managed network elements
according ITU-T G.826
Security Management to take care
of the data integrity and operator
access.

local operation and maintenance

of the connected network
element(s)

activate/deactivate the supervision

of a network element

setting of transmission
configuration

real-time monitoring of the

connected network element(s) for
any kind of fault via alarms and for
normal operation via event
notifications

Supported Network Elements

The Craft Terminal manages all Q3

Network Elements in the Alcatel
Transmission Catalogue
(SDH/WDM)

In particular, the Alcatel 1641 SX

Multiservice Metro Gateway
starting with Release 5.3-2, the
new Multiservice Node and
Gateway and the new Optical
Network systems are managed.
During 1999, almost every existing
SDH/WDM Network Element is
switched to the Q3 protocol and
managed by the 1320 CT.

cross-connection management of
VC-4, VC-3, VC-2, VC-12 and
wavelength level

MSG
Q3

1320 CT
Element Management
Craft Terminal

These services include:

Management of Applications and
system parameters
Provisioning of the network
element(s)
Management of the operating
parameters and status of the
network element(s)

Cross Connection
Management
The cross connection management
provides a set of functions to set up
cross connections in the network
elements and to monitor the actually
implemented connections for
maintenance purposes. The
connection configuration is done in an
easy-to-use list based application.

Configuration management

Fault Management

The 1320 CT Craft Terminal provides

functionalities to set-up, initialise and
modify equipment configuration
parameters.

The fault management comprises a

number of functions, which allow realtime supervision of the status of the
managed network resources.
Faults are detected and isolated and
corrective actions can be taken by the
operator.

Security Management

These services include:

Display of the current alarms of the
network element(s)
Alarm filtering, printing and
logging
Enabling/Disabling of secondary
alarms

The security management provides a

set of functions to protect the system
against unauthorised access by users,
procedures or other influences.
Access rights are based on FADs and
NADs (Functional Access Domains /
Network Access Domains).
The offered FADs allow setting up
several operator levels with
predefined access rights to
applications.
The different operator rights can be
set according to the relevant
operating tasks (e.g. Administrator or
simple network Supervisor).
The NADs allow partitioning of the
network and splitting of the access to
the network elements into different
operator areas, e.g. according to the
geographical responsibility of an
operator.

Alarm severity setting

User Interface
Creation of Alarm History files

Performance Management
The performance management
provides a set of functions to start and
stop monitoring activities on physical
network resources, and to collect,
process and display the available
data graphically.
The provided data are according to
G.826 recommendation for SDH NEs,
depending on the capabilities of the
network elements.
The performance monitoring functions
allow setting of performance
thresholds for certain resources,
generating a Quality of Service alarm
if those thresholds are crossed.
This gives the operator the opportunity
to monitor in detail the individual
Service Level Agreements fixed with
his customers.

The graphical User Interface of the

Craft Terminal is the same as used for
the individual network elements on
1353 SH level. Starting from a map
display of all managed resources,
Ilog Views based screens provide a
zoom-in to network element views to
get details about notified alarms.
The graphical view of the network
elements offers a quasi-photographic

picture at the highest level, going

down to block diagram views , thus
offering very detailed easy-to-analyse
information about the status of the
network element. Throughout all
presentation layers, consistent alarm
information is propagated.
For all views and tasks, a context
sensitive on-line-help system is
provided. This provides the network
operator hints and explanations for
the different operational situations he
is in.
In addition, the complete product
documentation is accessible via the
online help system.

Software-Architecture
The Craft Terminal is fully based on
the common Alcatel Management
Platform ALMAP. This ensures an open
platform, using HP environment
(HP OpenView DM, HP-UX).
For generic tasks like Alarm
Management and Graphical Network
Presentation, standard Alcatel
components are used.
The 1320 CT is the common platform
for the different applications coming
with the Network Element. It offers
common services and ensures a
homogeneous look & feel and
operating philosophy throughout all
Alcatel SDH and WDM Network
Elements.

Hardware
Two types of Hardware solutions are
offered:

Personal Computers (Notebooks,

Desktops) running Microsoft NT
especially for mobile Craft Terminal
applications (e.g. for Service
Technicians).

HP B1xx series workstations which

provide a high performance to run
the software platform and the
management applications
especially for usage in fixed offices
(e.g. as Remote Craft Terminal).
This platform is available for the
1641/64 SX Multiservice
Gateway.products

Physical connection to the network

element(s) is achieved via serial
connection, local 10baseT LAN or
any other remotized DCN with a
minimum bandwidth of 56 kbit/s like
X.25.
If the Craft Terminal is used to
manage several NEs, only one
gateway NE has to be connected
directly.
Communication to the other managed
NEs can be achieved via internal

QECC, using flexible IS/ES routing

protocols on existing transmission
lines.

Migration towards the new

Craft Terminal
The transition from non-Information
Model systems to Q3-based
Information Model systems has been
kept as smooth as possible, without
restricting the advantages coming
with the new technology.
For ADM Craft Terminal applications
this means that the NT-PC environment
will run existing NECTAS based
applications as well as new 1320 CT
based applications.
For DXC Craft Terminal applications,
the transition from former UAE-SUN
environment to HP B-series
Workstations or NT-PCs is performed.

For more information visit our www.alcatel.com web site

and contact your Alcatel account representative

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The Craft Terminal Architecture is fully

based on the Alcatel Network Release
5 concept: For all Q3 network
elements, a common Craft Terminal /
Element Manager approach is
followed.
The management application is
developed once and as is used then
consequently on Craft Terminal and
Element Management Level. This
ensures a high commonality between
CT and EML (same look & feel).
The Craft Terminal is based on the ITU
G.774 and ETSI-ETS 300-304
Information Model standards.