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.

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