OMS 3250

OMS3250Product Description15 GENERAL OPERATING FEATURESThe equipment assists the operators in a lot of common tasks, defined as general operatingfeatures, related with:• equipment use;• plug-in unit handling;• fault maintenance (self diagnostic);• recovery from faults;• equipment robustness;• inventory.15.1 Equipment UseThe equipment supports the operator during installation and provides useful facilities likemanual restart, software and hardware consistency check, the possibility of upgrading systemfunctionality without disturbing the traffic.15.2 Plug-in Unit HandlingReplacement of one plug-in unit with one of the same type does not require any reconfigurationon any of the other units on the shelf while the newly inserted unit is automatically configured asthe extracted one.Removal and insertion of the units are reported to the management system.15.3 Fault Management (Self Diagnostic)Built-in diagnostic facilities identify the single unit that needs changing or the faulty interface, forall faults occurring within the equipment or detectable at its interface.This operation is carried out automatically using non-intrusive monitoring inside the networkelement.Management and operation of the diagnostic facilities are available both from a remote locationand from local operation. The equipment is capable of:• automatically transferring an alarm report with data about the failure to a remotemanagement centre immediately on detection of a failure;• automatically switching on fault the functionality to the protection units, if duplicated units arefitted.Issue 1 Copyright – Refer to Page 2 Page 67 of 74