ATM NETWORK MANAGEMENT

Network management (1)

Network management concerns the following
areas:
• Configuration Management:
areas/management applications
How do I set up the correct parameters
consistently? Accounting

• Fault Management: Security

What broke? Where did it break? Did it Interfaces Performance
recover? d Fault

• Performance Management: Configuration

Is service degrading? Is something going to Network operator
break? Do I need to upgrade my network?
• Accounting Management:
Who is using the network? How much are
they using? When do I need to re-engineer Data base
the network?
• Security Management:
Is the network being used properly? Do I
have illegal users?
 Network management (2)
Network Management functionality occurs in areas:
• Network Management Model used for total management of ATM
networks and services,defines 5 points (M1-M5)

• Integrated Local Management Interface (ILMI): Used primarily for

configuration & alarms of ATM interfaces More precisely getting 2
adjacent devices to interface to one another

• Layer Management used primarily for end to end circuit

management and checking a user circuit through a complete
network

• Signalling replaces some Network Management functions

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Management M3 Management M5 Management

system system system

M1
M2 M4

UNI UNI/PNNI BICI

ATM Device Private ATM Public ATM Public ATM
Network Network Network

Management Functions at UNI:

• Physical link: Performance& Fault
• Layer Management: Fault
• ILMI: Configuration, Fault
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Integrated Local Management Interface (ILMI)

• ILMI provides status, configuration and control

– information for an ATM interface
– specifically the link and physical layers of a UNI or PNNI
– Address registration can also occur
• UNI ILMI attributes are organized in a standard SNMP MIB
– One MIB instance per ATM device link
– An ATM device may contain more than 1 UNI/PNNI
• ILMI very useful when you do not control the device on the other end
of the ATM link information is read only across UNI or PNNI
 Network management (5)
• Layer management performs
– Alarm Surveillance at VP (OAM cells)
– Connectivity Verification at VP,VC (OAM cells))
– Invalid VPI/VCI detection (VPI/VCI)

• Operation, Administration and Maintenance Cells (OAM) allows

for monitoring of functions performed by physical and ATM layer:
– Alarm Indication Signal (AIS)
– Far End Receive Failure (FERF)
– Remote Defect Indicator (RDI)
– Loopback
• Allows connectivity checking
• Allows fault isolation to subnetworks
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OAM procedures are related with different levels:
• Flow F1 – regeneration section
• Flow F2 – digital section
• Flow F3 – path
• Flow F4 – virtual path
– End-to-end VP: VP/VCI=100
– segment VP: VP/VCI=011
• Flow F5 - virtual circuit
– End-to-end VCC:PTI=101
– segment VCC:PTI=100

UNI/PNNI
ATM Private ATM Public ATM ATM
Device Network Network Device
segment segment segment

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