Viewing Performance Monitoring Details of Optical ILAs for Detecting and Diagnosing Faults
To analyze and resolve any faults associated with optical inline amplifiers (ILAs), it is essential to view the diagnostic data, warnings, and alarms for transport performance monitoring. The different types of parameters related to performance monitoring that are retrieved from the optical ILAs enable you to ensure service availability and verify or monitor individual services and the service network performance.
The performance monitoring capability in Connectivity Services Director displays information about the health of your network and changing conditions of your optical ILAs. Use this diagnosis and detection mechanism to identify problems with the equipment, pinpoint security attacks, or to analyze trends and categories of errors. This feature includes fault-monitoring details in the dashboard, in monitoring pages, and on a dedicated page that displays alarms, events, and system log messages that are generated. Performance monitoring parameters can be viewed in both chart and statistical formats. These charts and statistical details provide essential and cohesive information about system conditions, any discrepancies and malfunctioning, and protocols or components that need to be examined and debugged for better efficiency and working capacity. You can assess the performance of your network, not only at a point in time, but also over a period of time. This feature enables you to determine trending and network-health parameters; for example, whether service-level agreements (SLAs) have been violated.
To view the performance monitoring details of optical ILAs:
- From the Junos Space user interface, click the Build icon on the Connectivity Services Director banner.
The workspaces that are applicable to Build mode are displayed on the Tasks pane.
- From the View selector, select Device View.
The functionalities that you can configure in this view are displayed.
- From the Device View pane, click the plus sign (+) next
to the My Network tree to expand the tree and select the device for
which you want to define the optical ILA settings.
The network tree is expanded and the selected device is highlighted.
- From the Tasks pane, select Device Management > View
Physical Inventory.
An image of the device is displayed on the right pane.
- Select an optical ILA in the image of the device.
The ILA Optics dialog box is displayed at the lower part of the page, which contains the Equipment, Status/Config, and Performance tabs.
- Click the Performance tab at the bottom of
the pane.
The Perf Mon tab of the ILA Optics PMs dialog box is displayed.
The following fields are displayed in the Perf Mon tab of the ILA Optics PMs dialog box. The date and time at which the dialog box was last refreshed is shown.
Note Pump Turn-Down During a Loss of Signal— If LOS (Loss of Signal) is detected based on lack of receipt of the OSC signal at the input port of an amplifier, then the amplifier must turn down its pumps (to achieve no more than 0dBm total output power), until it detects receipt of a valid OSC signal at its input port. Likewise, if an upstream amplifier receives an OSC message from the downstream node that the OSC signal was not received downstream (LOS was declared downstream), it must also turn down its own pumps (to achieve no more than 0dBm total output power) until it receives an OSC message that the fault has cleared. Therefore, in addition to the automatic power reduction (APR) algorithm, the ILA software must keep the amplifier pumps disabled until a fiber connection is confirmed between the ILA output port and the input to the downstream optical node. This fiber connection is confirmed using the “handshaking” messages exchanged over Optical Supervisor Chanel (OSC). This behavior occurs during amplifier turn-up and during ongoing operation.
Local LOS—The software reads the LOS status for incoming signal from SFP. This LOS status can be used to shut off the amplifier pump. When local LOS is cleared, pumps need to be turned on again.
Remote LOS—Incoming LOS status is conveyed to OSC_FPGA. OSC_FPGA in turn sends this status to nextnode through some overhead bits. The next node OSC_FPGA would read the overhead bits and puts it in its “Remote LOS” register. OSC_FPGA also forwards the remote LOS status further down the chain through overhead bits in the same way. The software can read the “Remote LOS” value and take appropriate action of turning the amplifier pump on or off.
Optical EDFA AB Input Power—Received input power of the optical erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) in the direction from optical supervisory channel (OSC) A to OSC B
EDFA AB Input Power—Received laser optical input power
EDFA AB Input Power-Min—Minimum received input power
EDFA AB Input Power-Avg—Average received laser power
EDFA AB Input Power-Max—Maximum received input power
Optical EDFA AB Output Power—Transmitted output power of the optical EDFA in the direction from OSC A to OSC B
EDFA AB Output Power—Transmitted laser optical output power
EDFA AB Output Power-Min—Minimum transmitted laser output power
EDFA AB Output Power-Avg—Average transmitted laser output power
EDFA AB Output Power-Max—Maximum transmitted laser output power
Optical EDFA AB Signal Output Power—Signal output power of the optical EDFA in the direction from OSC A to OSC B
EDFA AB Signal Output Power—Signal laser optical output power
EDFA AB Signal Output Power-Min—Minimum signal laser output power
EDFA AB Signal Output Power-Avg—Average signal laser output power
EDFA AB Signal Output Power-Max—Maximum signal laser output power
Optical EDFA AB Pump1 Current—Pump1 current of the EDFA in the direction from OSC A to OSC B
EDFA AB Pump1 Current—Pump1 current of the EDFA from OSC A to OSC B
EDFA AB Pump1 Current-Min—Minimum pump1 current of the EDFA
EDFA AB Pump1 Current-Avg—Average pump1 current of the EDFA
EDFA AB Pump1 Current-Max—Maximum pump1 current of the EDFA
Optical EDFA AB Pump1 Temperature—Pump1 temperature of the EDFA in the direction from OSC A to OSC B
EDFA AB Pump1 Temperature—Pump1 temperature of the EDFA from OSC A to OSC B
EDFA AB Pump1 Temperature-Min—Minimum pump1 temperature of the EDFA
EDFA AB Pump1 Temperature-Avg—Average pump1 temperature of the EDFA
EDFA AB Pump1 Temperature-Max—Maximum pump1 temperature of the EDFA
Optical EDFA AB Pump2 Current—Pump2 current of the EDFA in the direction from OSC A to OSC B
EDFA AB Pump2 Current—Pump2 current of the EDFA from OSC A to OSC B
EDFA AB Pump2 Current-Min—Minimum pump2 current of the EDFA
EDFA AB Pump2 Current-Avg—Average pump2 current of the EDFA
EDFA AB Pump2 Current-Max—Maximum pump2 current of the EDFA
Optical EDFA AB Pump2 Temperature—Pump2 temperature of the EDFA in the direction from OSC A to OSC B
EDFA AB Pump2 Temperature—Pump2 temperature of the EDFA from OSC A to OSC B
EDFA AB Pump2 Temperature-Min—Minimum pump2 temperature of the EDFA
EDFA AB Pump2 Temperature-Avg—Average pump2 temperature of the EDFA
EDFA AB Pump2 Temperature-Max—Maximum pump2 temperature of the EDFA
Optical EDFA BA Input Power—Received input power of the optical erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) in the direction from optical supervisory channel (OSC) B to OSC A
EDFA BA Input Power—Received laser optical input power
EDFA BA Input Power-Min—Minimum received input power
EDFA BA Input Power-Avg—Average received laser power
EDFA BA Input Power-Max—Maximum received input power
Optical EDFA BA Output Power—Transmitted output power of the optical EDFA in the direction from OSC B to OSC A
EDFA BA Output Power—Transmitted laser optical output power
EDFA BA Output Power-Min—Minimum transmitted laser output power
EDFA BA Output Power-Avg—Average transmitted laser output power
EDFA BA Output Power-Max—Maximum transmitted laser output power
Optical EDFA BA Signal Output Power—Signal output power of the optical EDFA in the direction from OSC B to OSC A
EDFA BA Signal Output Power—Signal laser optical output power
EDFA BA Signal Output Power-Min—Minimum signal laser output power
EDFA BA Signal Output Power-Avg—Average signal laser output power
EDFA BA Signal Output Power-Max—Maximum signal laser output power
Optical EDFA BA Pump1 Current—Pump1 current of the EDFA in the direction from OSC B to OSC A
EDFA BA Pump1 Current—Pump1 current of the EDFA from OSC B to OSC A
EDFA BA Pump1 Current-Min—Minimum pump1 current of the EDFA
EDFA BA Pump1 Current-Avg—Average pump1 current of the EDFA
EDFA BA Pump1 Current-Max—Maximum pump1 current of the EDFA
Optical EDFA BA Pump1 Temperature—Pump1 temperature of the EDFA in the direction from OSC B to OSC A
EDFA BA Pump1 Temperature—Pump1 temperature of the EDFA from OSC B to OSC A
EDFA BA Pump1 Temperature-Min—Minimum pump1 temperature of the EDFA
EDFA BA Pump1 Temperature-Avg—Average pump1 temperature of the EDFA
EDFA BA Pump1 Temperature-Max—Maximum pump1 temperature of the EDFA
Optical EDFA BA Pump2 Current—Pump2 current of the EDFA in the direction from OSC B to OSC A
EDFA BA Pump2 Current—Pump2 current of the EDFA from OSC B to OSC A
EDFA BA Pump2 Current-Min—Minimum pump2 current of the EDFA
EDFA BA Pump2 Current-Avg—Average pump2 current of the EDFA
EDFA BA Pump2 Current-Max—Maximum pump2 current of the EDFA
Optical EDFA BA Pump2 Temperature—Pump2 temperature of the EDFA in the direction from OSC B to OSC A
EDFA BA Pump2 Temperature—Pump2 temperature of the EDFA from OSC B to OSC A
EDFA BA Pump2 Temperature-Min—Minimum pump2 temperature of the EDFA
EDFA BA Pump2 Temperature-Avg—Average pump2 temperature of the EDFA
EDFA BA Pump2 Temperature-Max—Maximum pump2 temperature of the EDFA
Optical OSC A Fiber Loss—Fiber loss of OSC A
Optical OSC A Fiber Loss—Fiber loss of OSC A
Optical OSC A Fiber Loss-Min—Minimum fiber loss of OSC A
Optical OSC A Fiber Loss-Avg—Average fiber loss of OSC A
Optical OSC A Fiber Loss-Max—Maximum fiber loss of OSC A
Optical OSC A Tx Power—Transmitted power of OSC A
Optical OSC A Tx Power—Transmitted power of OSC A
Optical OSC A Tx Power-Min—Minimum transmitted power of OSC A
Optical OSC A Tx Power-Avg—Average transmitted power of OSC A
Optical OSC A Tx Power-Max—Maximum transmitted power of OSC A
Optical OSC A Rx Power—Recieved power of OSC A
Optical OSC A Rx Power—Recieved power of OSC A
Optical OSC A Rx Power-Min—Minimum received power of OSC A
Optical OSC A Rx Power-Avg—Average received power of OSC A
Optical OSC A Rx Power-Max—Maximum received power of OSC A
Optical OSC B Fiber Loss—Fiber loss of OSC B
Optical OSC B Fiber Loss—Fiber loss of OSC B
Optical OSC B Fiber Loss-Min—Minimum fiber loss of OSC B
Optical OSC B Fiber Loss-Avg—Average fiber loss of OSC B
Optical OSC B Fiber Loss-Max—Maximum fiber loss of OSC B
Optical OSC B Tx Power—Transmitted power of OSC B
Optical OSC B Tx Power—Transmitted power of OSC B
Optical OSC B Tx Power-Min—Minimum transmitted power of OSC B
Optical OSC B Tx Power-Avg—Average transmitted power of OSC B
Optical OSC B Tx Power-Max—Maximum transmitted power of OSC B
Optical OSC B Rx Power—Recieved power of OSC B
Optical OSC B Rx Power—Recieved power of OSC B
Optical OSC B Rx Power-Min—Minimum received power of OSC B
Optical OSC B Rx Power-Avg—Average received power of OSC B
Optical OSC B Rx Power-Max—Maximum received power of OSC B
On the Perf Mon tab, for the TCA column, either a minus sign (–) is displayed that denotes that an alarm for threshold-exceed is not configured or a check mark is displayed and grayed out that indicates that the TCA for the particular attribute is configured.
- In the 15 Mins column, click the Chart button
for the performance monitoring parameter set for which you want to
view the statistics for the last 15 minutes. This option enables
you to view the statistics in a chart form. Performance monitoring
information for the different parameters are displayed for the current
15-minute interval. By default, 96 records of 15-minute intervals
are displayed.
A 15-Min parameter-name tab is displayed beside the TCA Config tab at the top-left corner of the Optics PMs dialog box. A graphical format of the statistics for the specified parameter is displayed on this tab.
- Click the 15 Mins parameter name tab.
Select one of the following options from the drop-down menu:
Select View Chart or the graphical icon (elliptical curve symbol) to display the chart of performance monitoring statistical metrics. A line graph is displayed with date and time along the horizontal axis and the parameter along the vertical axis. A color-coding format is used to display the different lines, and legends reference the parameter names corresponding to the lines displayed. Mouse over the points in the line graph to expand and show the value of the performance monitoring counters at a particular time.
Select View Grid to switch over to the tabular format of display of performance monitoring statistics.
The records are displayed in tabular format. A serial number of the count of entries, the day, month, and year at which the entry was collected, and the time at which the entry was collected are displayed. The timestamp is the UTC time in the database that is mapped to the local time zone of the client computer.
Select Save Chart, when you view the performance monitoring statistics in graphical format, to save the graph to a Microsoft Excel file, as a .png image. Click the pin icon on the upper-left corner to revert the tab to the original container panel.
Select Popout Tab or the light blue triangle icon to view the dialog box as a separate window.
In the pop-up dialog box, you can do one of the following:
In the From Date field, pull down the calendar and select the start date of the search. In the To Date field, pull down the calendar and select the end date of the search.
Click Reload to refresh the contents and display the updated information for the specified time period.
Click Export Data to transfer the data in graphical or statistical format to a spreadsheet or other business applications for future reference and archival. The comma-separated value (CSV) format takes the raw data from the report and delineates the fields with commas so that the data is imported into popular spreadsheet programs.
Click the View Chart button at the top-left corner of the dialog box to view the statistics in graphical format. Alternatively, click the View Grid button at the top-left corner of the dialog box to view the statistics in tabular format. The View Chart/Grid button is a toggle button.
Click OK to close the pop-up dialog box. Alternatively, press Esc to close the dialog box after you complete viewing the statistical details.
Click Close to close the 15-Min parameter-name tab.
- In the 24-Hrs column, click the Chart button
for the performance monitoring parameter set for which you want to
view the statistics for the previous day. This option enables you
to view the statistics in a chart form. Performance monitoring information
for the different parameters are displayed for the current 24-hour
interval. By default, records pertaining to the last 30 days are displayed
when you view the performance monitoring counters for the 24-hour
duration.
A 24 Hours parameter-name tab is displayed beside the TCA Config tab at the top-left corner of the Optics PMs page.
- Click the 24 Hours parameter name tab.
Select one of the following options from the drop-down menu:
Select View Chart or the graphical icon (elliptical curve symbol) to display the chart of performance monitoring statistical metrics. A line graph is displayed with date along the horizontal axis and the parameter along the vertical axis. A color-coding format is used to display the different lines, and legends reference the parameter names corresponding to the lines displayed. Mouse over the points in the line graph to expand and show the value of the performance monitoring counters at a particular time.
Select View Grid to switch over to the tabular format of display of performance monitoring statistics.
Select Save Chart, when you view the performance monitoring statistics in graphical format, to save the graph to a Microsoft Excel file, as a .png image. Click the pin icon on the upper-left corner to revert the tab to the original container panel.
Select Popout Tab or the light blue triangle icon to view the dialog box as a separate window.
In the pop-up dialog box, you can do one of the following:
In the From Date field, pull down the calendar and select the start date of the search. In the To Date field, pull down the calendar and select the end date of the search. Click Reload to refresh the contents and display the updated information for the specified time period.
Click Export Data to transfer the data in graphical or statistical format to a spreadsheet or other business applications for future reference and archival. The comma-separated value (CSV) format takes the raw data from the report and delineates the fields with commas so that the data is imported into popular spreadsheet programs.
Click the View Chart button at the top-left corner of the dialog box to view the statistics in graphical format. Alternatively, click the View Grid button at the top-left corner of the dialog box to view the statistics in tabular format. The View Chart/Grid button is a toggle button.
Click OK to close the pop-up dialog box. Alternatively, press Esc to close the dialog box after you complete viewing the statistical details.
Click Close to close the 24 Hours parameter-name tab.
You can click the Refresh (rotating arrow icon) button at the top of the dialog box to enable the latest performance monitoring statistics to be polled and displayed.