In this section:
You can access the DSC Platforms remotely using the
Transaction Language 1 (TL1) port and TL1 commands
Remote access to the DSC Platforms is only possible after you completed the installation process and configured the IP addresses on the Management and Routing CPUs/VMs. For more information about the installation process and system access, see the appropriate chapter in the Installation Guides.
Access to the Web UI to configure and provision the DSC Platforms is limited to a Web browser using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer (HTTPS). If you attempt to use HTTP for system access, you are redirected to use HTTPS. Using HTTPS for system access provides protection from eavesdroppers and man-in-the-middle attacks. Before you can log onto the system, a Certificate of Authority (CA) notification is displayed to ensure that you are, indeed, logging onto the DSC Platforms (see Configuring Signed Certificates from a Certificate Authority).
For information about logging onto the system using the TL1 port and TL1 commands, see the appropriate chapter in the TL1 Reference Guide.
This interface is only available for the DSC Platforms.
The DSC Platforms is integrated with the Ribbon Application Management Platform (RAMP) or the Insight Element Management System (EMS) for a seamless and unified element management user experience.
For information about registering the DSC Platforms with Insight EMS, refer to Register a DSC Node.
DSC Platforms can be accessed through the latest version of the DSC Manager in EMS (refer to DSC Manager).
Use one of the following methods to enable EMS access on the respective DSC Platform:
The DSC Platform supports a customized Linux-based operating system. The following UIs are supported:
For more information about the Web UI or Menu UI, refer to the appropriate sections in the Web UI and Menu UI Guide.
This release supports the following Web browsers:
The following browser versions were used for testing Release 23.0.
To log onto the DSC-SP2000, use the shared IP interfaces (for more information about the system IP configuration, refer to the DSC 8000 Networking Configuration and DSC SWe Networking Configuration).
The Web UI supports the HTTPS protocol for secured Web access. If you enter HTTP in the Web browser URL address when logging onto the system you are automatically redirected to HTTPS.
Microsoft Internet Explorer is the supported Web browser for the SS7 Database Application (SDA) on SP2000. You cannot access the SDA System Manager GUI using an unsupported Web browser.
Prerequisites
Start
Start your Web browser, and type the following in the URL text box:
https://<IP address of the Web UI>
Enter the user name and password in the appropriate text box.
The DSC Platforms support a Linux-based operating system. These operating systems do not allow the use of upper-case characters. Therefore, all user names must be entered as lower-case characters in the Web UI login page.
Prerequisites
Start
Start your Web browser, and type the following in the URL text box:
https://<IP address of the Web UI>
Prerequisites
Start
Start your Web browser, and type the following URL into the text box:
https://<IP address of the Web UI>
Enter the username in the User text box.
Enter the password in the Password text box.
The SP2000 is a Linux-based operating system. The operating system does not allow the use of upper-case characters for usernames. Therefore, all usernames must be entered as lower-case characters in the Web UI login page.
To prevent unauthorized access, you must click Logout to log off the Web UI
Use the Custom Application Mode in the Web UI to create a redirect button to access any Web-enabled application. The following procedure shows an example of setting up a link to Google.
Start
Enter the required information in the text boxes (in this example, the information for Google and the appropriate Link Address).
The Menu UI is a command line interface is only supported for executing software upgrade and restore procedures, if required.
Prerequisites
Before you can start the Menu UI, make sure that you
have connected the local console
understand the DSC IP networking configuration
For more information about the preceding items, refer to the appropriate sections in the Installation Guides
are familiar with the DSC Menu UI
For more information about the DSC Platforms Menu UI, refer to the appropriate sections in the Web UI and Menu UI Guide
Start
Enter the following at the Linux prompt:
# startmenu
The DSC Platform is equipped with a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent that can connect with up to ten SNMP managers, or network management systems.
SNMP is part of the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol suite. The SNMP is an application layer protocol that defines how management information between network devices is exchanged. The SNMP provides a means to monitor and control network devices.
An SNMP-managed network consists of the following three key components:
An SNMP Manager can manage and monitor a network device using
The DSC Platform agents support Management Information Bases (MIBs) for monitoring various DSC Platform devices, entities, and alarms, and includes a circular buffer to record (up to 2048) instances of the alarms. The default value is 1000. To set this value as required, refer to Configuring the Trap Log. The MIB contains the performance and alarm data collected from the SS7 network.
The Alarm Dashboard only displays alarms that are currently uncleared by the system. Alarms that are raised and quickly cleared by the system may be overlooked by the operator. The ptisyslog file should be periodically reviewed for a historical list of all events and alarms that have been raised by the system.
For more information about SNMP, refer to Configuring SNMP
Transaction Language 1 (TL1) is a Man-Machine Language (MML) widely used in the telecommunications industry for the management of network elements. A computer terminal configured with any operating system capable of establishing a Telnet session is used to communicate with a network element using TL1 commands. TL1 commands are ASCII-based instructions that are entered by an operator at a computer terminal and sent to a network element. The network element sends back a response based on the instructions.
The DSC Platform supports a customized Linux-based operating system and TL1 command capabilities. The TL1 commands are used to manage software application elements and parameters for this product.
For more information about TL1, refer to the appropriate chapter in the TL1 Reference Guide.