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MINI LINK Craft User Guide
MINI LINK Craft User Guide
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MINI-LINK Craft User Guide
Disclaimer
The contents of this document are subject to revision without notice due to continued
progress in methodology, design and manufacturing. Ericsson shall have no liability for
any error or damage of any kind resulting from the use of this document.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Safety Information
3 Preparations
3.1 Additional Preparations
Reference List
1 Introduction
This user guide provides information about the MINI-LINK Craft 2.9.
2 Safety Information
Make sure that the information in the following documents has been understood by the
persons performing the procedures:
3 Preparations
This section presents the preparations needed for a successful completion of the
procedures in this instruction.
Read through all applicable sections and make sure referenced documents are
available.
Make sure you have access to the NE using MINI-LINK Craft. For more
information, see Accessing a Network Element.
It is also possible to select Allow Anonymous Login and login with user name
anonymous. In this case a password is not needed (the FTP server accepts any
text).
7. In the Permissions list, select whether the FTP server should allow read-write
operations or only read operations. To be able to upload files to the FTP server,
this must be set to read-write.
4.2 Starting and Stopping the FTP Server
Figure 1 shows the different parts of the MINI-LINK Craft user interface. The main frame
displays information on different pages, further described in MINI-LINK Craft User
Interface Descriptions. The other parts are described in the following sections.
Figure 1 MINI-LINK Craft Desktop Overview
Help on Window — Opens Help for the currently displayed page in a new web
browser window.
Help Contents — Opens Help in a new web browser window.
Bug Reporting — Opens the Bug Reporting Tool, see Section 5.6.
Ericsson Web — Opens a web browser window with a link to Ericsson home
page.
About — Credit and version information.
The Management Tree is used to locate entities of different types, that is the NE, plug-in
units, interfaces and ports.
Each entity is displayed with an icon and name. Entities that contain sub-entities, for
example a plug-in unit that contains interfaces, are displayed with a plus-sign in front of
its icon. When the plus-sign or the icon is clicked the entity is expanded and the sub-
entities are displayed.
The NE is located at the top of the tree and the plug-in units are located below. A plug-in
unit can contain interfaces and/or ports in different structures depending on the unit
type and the current configuration of the unit. An interface can contain higher layer
interfaces. In this case the interface icon has a plus-sign that displays the higher layer
interfaces when selected.
5.4 Notification List
The notification list is a dynamic view. The list presents alarm notification records, and
present alarms in an active state, not cleared. The dynamic list are updated every time a
new notification is received, unless the notification is suppressed by any selection.
Figure 11 List
The Notification List presents the current alarm and status information. All history alarms
are also presented. The dynamic lists are updated every time a new notification is
received, unless the notification is suppressed by any selection.
The text editor is a simple editor which you can use to write down notes and lists during
your work and save for later review. Note that you can only save in .txt format.
Figure 12 Text Editor
Top menus:
MINI-LINK Craft has a built-in Bug Reporting Tool. The bug report is used for reporting
problems with the MINI-LINK Craft software or the NE. A bug report should always be
produced before contacting the Ericsson customer support. Efficient handling and better
understanding is important to successfully solve problems with the software.
Note:
An external FTP server or firewall running on the PC running MINI-LINK Craft may
block the transfer of the Network Element Files. It is recommended to turn off
any firewalls and FTP servers before using the Bug Reporting Tool.
Figure 13 Bug Reporting Tool in MINI-LINK Craft
Open Folder – Click to open the folder where the bug report is
saved.
Save – Click to save the bug report in a .zip file in the folder
tn_ftp_home. Saving the file may take a few minutes if Network
Element Information or Network Element Files is selected.
Close – Click to close the Bug Report Tool.
5.7 Wizards
There are two Ethernet wizards: one for Layer 1 Connections and one for
Layer 2 Connections. Wizards are started using the Wizards menu.
The wizards are used for basic configuration. For advanced configuration,
use the Management Tree in MINI-LINK Craft (see Configuration Data for
MINI-LINK TN in the Site Engineering folder of the MINI-LINK TN CPI library
for parameters that can be set in MINI-LINK Craft).
Note:
The wizards only read configuration information from the NE when the wizard is
started. If changes are made in MINI-LINK Craft while a wizard is running, the
wizard will not be aware of the changes. It is necessary to exit the wizard and
start it again to make it read the modified information.
For each Packet Link, the position of the MMU within the AMM
is given in the Connection Overview. For other objects, the
position is given on the format Subrack/Position/Port if these
are known.
If the FTP server does not start, the problem might be that the
default port 21 is already used. In that case, the error message
is
FTP server status change failed.
The probable reason for this is that another FTP server is using
port 21. Do the following:
5.9.4 USB-cable
If the USB cable have been moved to another node during
operation, a manual restart must be performed on MINI-LINK
Craft. Do the following:
The node will start and be updated with the latest alarms and
status.
Reference List
[1] Accessing a Network Element, 3/1543-CSH 109 32/1-V1.
[2] Installing or Uninstalling MSM, 2/1531-CAU 119 2778.
[3] MINI-LINK Craft User Interface Descriptions, 7/1551-CSH
109 32/1-V1.
[4] Personal Health and Safety Information, 124 46-2885.
[5] Supplementary Safety Information for MINI-LINK, 124 46-
HSD 101 16/1.
[6] SW Management Overview, 6/1551-CSH 109 32/1-V1.
[7] System Safety Information, 124 46-2886.
[8] Technical Description, 12/221 02-CSH 109 32/1-V1.