Infinera

Wet Plant Link Manager User Guide

Release 3.0
Version 002
V002
Document ID 1900-001932

Infinera Corporation
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FCC Class A
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause
harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation. Modifying the equipment without Infinera's written authorization may result in the equipment no longer complying with FCC
requirements for Class A digital devices. In that event, your right to use the equipment may be limited by FCC regulations, and you
may be required to correct any interference to radio or television communications at your own expense.

DOC Class A
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the
interference-causing equipment standard titled “Digital Apparatus," ICES-003 of the Department of Communications.
Cet appareil numérique respecte les limites de bruits radioélectriques applicables aux appareils numériques de Classe A prescrites
dans la norme sur le matériel brouilleur: "Appareils Numériques," NMB-003 édictée par le Ministère des Communications.

Class A ITE
This is a Class A product based on the standard of the VCCI Council. If this equipment is used in a domestic environment, radio
interference may occur, in which case, the user may be required to take corrective actions.
この装置は、クラス A 情報技術装置です。この装置を家庭環 境で使用すると電波妨害を引き起こす場合があります。

この場合には使用者が適切な対策を講 ずるよう要求されることがあります。 VCCI-A

Warning
This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be
required to take adequate measures.

FDA
This product complies with the DHHS Rules 21CFR 1040.10 and 1040.11, except for deviations pursuant to Laser Notice No. 50,
dated June 24, 2007.
 Contents

About this Document

Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Document Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Documents for Release 3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Document Revision History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Technical Assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Documentation Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

Chapter 1 - Introduction
Release 3.0 Feature Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Fault Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Security and Access Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Performance Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Working with Submarine Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Infinera Wet Plant Link Manager Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Chapter 2 - Getting Started

WPLM Client Platform Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
WPLM Client Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
WPLM Client Software Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Java Web Start Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

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Browser Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Launching the WPLM Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Chapter 3 - Exploring the User Interface

Infinera WPLM Main View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Infinera WPLM Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Inventory and Shortcuts Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Alarm Count Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Network Tree View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Quick View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Quick View for My Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Quick View for Link Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Quick View for Submarine Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Auto-Hiding of Quick View and Network Tree View tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Customizing the Infinera WPLM Main View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
WPLM Workspace Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Working with Tabs in the Link Manager area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Link Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Link View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Repeaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Equalizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Viewing, Navigating and Printing Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
WPLM GUI Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Save and Reset Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Export Historical PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
PM Statistics Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35

Chapter 4 - Working with Submarine Links

Creating Submarine Links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Properties of a Submarine Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Launching the Create Submarine Link Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Launching the Create Submarine Link window from the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Launching the Create Submarine Link window from a Link Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Creating a Submarine Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Adding Repeaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Adding Equalizer Pairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Editing a Submarine Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Modifying Link Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
Modifying a Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Modifying an Equalizer Pair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27

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Deleting a Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28

Deleting an Equalizer Pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Deleting a Submarine Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
Managing and Unmanaging a Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Managing a Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Unmanaging a Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Polling a Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Start Polling a Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Stop Polling a Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
Performing Actions on the Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Performing Actions on Repeaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Switching Off and On the Co-pump Lasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-34
Switching Off and On the Counter-pump Lasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
Setting the Amplifier Output Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
Resetting the Fault for Direction A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
Resetting the Fault for Direction B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
Polling a Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
Performing Actions on Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Setting the Slope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
Polling an Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Exporting the Link Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
Configuring Repeaters and Equalizers in Bulk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Configuring Repeaters in Bulk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
Configuring Equalizers in Bulk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-45

Chapter 5 - Fault Management

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Alarm Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Alarm Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Using the Alarm Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Customizing the Alarm Manager view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Viewing Alarm Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Acknowledging Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Exporting Alarm Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Filtering Alarm Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Sorting Alarm Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Alarm Severity Profile Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Event Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Event Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Operating the Event Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Customizing Event Manager view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37

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Viewing Event Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38

Exporting Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Filtering Event Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
Sorting Event Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42

Appendix A - Alarms
Alarm Description and Clearing Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

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Figure 1-1 Infinera WPLM System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Figure 3-1 WPLM Main View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Figure 3-2 Inventory and Shortcut Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Figure 3-3 Alarm Count Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Figure 3-4 Network Tree View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Figure 3-5 Quick View: My Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Figure 3-6 Quick View: Link Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Figure 3-7 Quick View Panel: Submarine Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Figure 3-8 Toggle Auto-Hide of Network Tree View and Quick View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Figure 3-9 Infinera WPLM with Floating and Docked Tabs/Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Figure 3-10 Toggle Floating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Figure 3-11 Toggle Auto-hide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Figure 3-12 Link View: Repeater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Figure 3-13 Link View: Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Figure 3-14 Details panel: Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Figure 3-15 Details panel: Equalizer A Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Figure 3-16 Details panel: Equalizer B Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Figure 3-17 Actions panel: Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Figure 3-18 Actions panel: Equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Figure 3-19 Link Manager: Alarms Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Figure 3-20 Link Manager: Events Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
Figure 3-21 Link Manager: Repeaters Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Figure 3-22 Link Manager: Equalizers Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Figure 3-23 Export Historical PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Figure 3-24 PM Statistics Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Figure 4-1 Create Submarine Link: General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

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Figure 4-2 Polling Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-6

Figure 4-3 Add Repeater: Absolute Thresholds tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-9
Figure 4-4 Add Repeater: Differential Thresholds tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-11
Figure 4-5 Create Submarine Link: Link View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-14
Figure 4-6 Add Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-14
Figure 4-7 Edit Submarine Link: Link View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-15
Figure 4-8 Add Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-16
Figure 4-9 Edit Submarine Link: Link View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-17
Figure 4-10 Add Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-18
Figure 4-11 Add Equalizer Pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-21
Figure 4-12 Edit Submarine Link: Link View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-22
Figure 4-13 Add Equalizer Pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-22
Figure 4-14 Edit Submarine Link: Link View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-23
Figure 4-15 Add Equalizer Pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-24
Figure 4-16 Switch Off co-pump Lasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-35
Figure 4-17 Switch Off Counter-pump Lasers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-36
Figure 4-18 Set Amplifier Output Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-37
Figure 4-19 Reset Direction A Fault: When Fault Exists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-38
Figure 4-20 Reset Direction A Fault: When No Fault Exists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-39
Figure 4-21 Reset Direction B Fault: When Fault Exists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-39
Figure 4-22 Reset Direction B Fault: When No Fault Exists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-40
Figure 4-23 Equalizer: Setting the Slope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-41
Figure 4-24 Bulk Configuration: Repeaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-45
Figure 4-25 Bilk Configuration: Equalizers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-46
Figure 5-1 Events and Notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-2
Figure 5-2 Alarm Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-6
Figure 5-3 Alarm Manager: Filtering based on severity from the Alarm Count Summarization Panel . . . . . .5-7
Figure 5-4 Alarm Manager: Quick Filter panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-10
Figure 5-5 Customized Toolbar Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-16
Figure 5-6 Default Toolbar Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-16
Figure 5-7 Alarm Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-17
Figure 5-8 Acknowledging alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-19
Figure 5-9 Multiple alarm Acknowledged Text - Confirm Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-19
Figure 5-10 Export Alarms: Status Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-20
Figure 5-11 Alarms in an Alarm Manager sorted in descending order of the Source Object . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-23
Figure 5-12 Alarm Severity Assignment Profile Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-24
Figure 5-13 Event Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-27
Figure 5-14 Event Manager: Filtering based on severity from the Event Count Summarization Pane . . . . . .5-29
Figure 5-15 Event Manager: Quick Filter panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-31
Figure 5-16 Event Manager: Customized Toolbar Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-37
Figure 5-17 Event Manager: Default Toolbar Positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-38
Figure 5-18 Event Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-39
Figure 5-19 Export Events: Status Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-41

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Table 1-1 New Features in Release 3.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Table 2-1 WPLM Client Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Table 2-2 Operating System Requirements for WPLM Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Table 2-3 Browser Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Table 3-1 WPLM Main Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Table 3-2 Working with Tabs/Frames: Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Table 3-4 Fault Status A Direction and B Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Table 3-5 WPLM Icon Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Table 3-6 WPLM Alarms Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Table 3-7 WPLM Link Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Table 3-8 PM Data: Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Table 4-1 Submarine Link Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Table 4-2 Add Repeater: General Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Table 4-3 Add Repeater: Calibration Constants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Table 4-4 Add Repeater: Absolute Thresholds—Minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Table 4-5 Add Repeater: Absolute Thresholds— Maximum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Table 4-6 Add Repeater: Differential Thresholds—Positive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Table 5-1 Alarm Manager: Action Panel toolbar icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Table 5-2 Alarm Table: Page Traversal Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Table 5-3 Alarms Manager: Navigation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Table 5-4 Alarm Manager: Quick Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Table 5-5 Alarm Manager: Quick Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Table 5-6 Color coding and alarm severity mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Table 5-7 Alarm Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Table 5-8 Alarm Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Table 5-9 Alarm Severity Profile Settings: Profile Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

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Table 5-10 Event Manager: Action Panel toolbar icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29

Table 5-11 Event Table: Page Traversal Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Table 5-12 Alarms Manager: Navigation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Table 5-13 Event Manager: Quick Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Table 5-14 Event Manager: Quick Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Table 5-15 Color coding and severity mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Table 5-16 Event Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Table A-1 Alphabetical Alarm Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

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To start the WPLM client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

To customize the main view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
To customize the repeater or equalizer tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
To view online help from the main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
To view online help from any window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
To navigate online help pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
To print online help pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
To save user preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
To reset preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
To Export Historical PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
To View PM Statistics Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
To launch the Create Submarine Link window from the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
To launch the Create Submarine Link window from a Link Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
To create a submarine link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
To add a Repeater to a new submarine link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
To add a repeater to an existing submarine link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
To add a repeater between the repeaters or equalizers of an existing submarine link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
To add multiple repeaters to a submarine link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
To launch the Add Equalizer Pair window from the Create Submarine Link window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
To launch the Add Equalizer Pair window from the Edit Submarine Link window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
To launch the Add Equalizer Pair window from the Link View Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
To add an Equalizer Pair to a submarine link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
To add multiple equalizer pairs to a submarine link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
To edit link properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
To edit the Repeater properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
To edit an Equalizer Pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27

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To delete a Repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28

To delete an Equalizer Pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
To delete a submarine link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-31
To manage a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
To unmanage a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
To start polling a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
To stop polling a link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-33
To switch off the laser of the co-pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
To switch on the laser of the co-pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-35
To switch off the laser of the counter pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
To switch on the laser of the counter pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-36
To set the output level of the amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-37
To reset the fault for Direction A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-38
To reset the fault for direction B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-39
To poll a repeater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-40
To set the slope of an equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-41
To poll an equalizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-42
To export the link data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-43
To configure the repeaters in bulk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-44
To configure the equalizers in bulk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-46
To launch the Alarm Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
To Change the Toolbar Positions in the Alarm Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
To change the width of the column in the Alarm Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
To view the details of an alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
To acknowledge alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
To export alarms from current page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
To export alarms from all pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
To sort alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
To edit the Alarm Severity Profile Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
To launch the Event Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
To change the toolbar positions in the Event Manager window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
To change the width of the columns in the Event Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
To view the details of an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
To export events from current page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
To export events from all pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
To sort events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42

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This section is an overview of the Infinera WPLM User Guide. It discusses these topics:
“Objective” on page xi

“Audience” on page xi

“Document Organization” on page xii

“Documents for Release 3.0” on page xii

“Conventions” on page xiii

“Technical Assistance” on page xiv

“Documentation Feedback” on page xviii

Objective
This document describes the Infinera Wet Plant Link ManagerTM (WPLM) and it’s components, namely,
the WPLM application and the WPLM Configurator. It provides instructions to install and operate the
WPLM.

Audience
The primary audience for this guide includes network operation personnel who are responsible for
monitoring the network, configuring the network elements and topology and provisioning services. This
guide assumes that the reader is familiar with the following topics and products:
 Microsoft Windows 2000

 Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Vista

 Web Browsers such as Internet Explorer, and Mozilla

 Basic internetworking terminology and concepts

 Network topology and protocols

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Document Organization
The following table describes each chapter in this guide.

Chapter Number: Title Description

CHAPTER 1: Provides an introduction to Infinera WPLM and a high

“Introduction” level description of the Fault Management and Secu-
rity and Access Management functions provided.
CHAPTER 2: Provides details of hardware and software require-
“Getting Started” ments to run Infinera WPLM client. It also provides the
procedure to launch the WPLM client.
CHAPTER 3: Provides an overview of Infinera WPLM interface
“Exploring the User Interface” including the various GUI components and icons
used.
CHAPTER 4: Describes procedures to use Infinera WPLM to create
“Working with Submarine Links” and manage submarine links.

CHAPTER 5: Describes Fault Management tools provided by Infin-

“Fault Management” era WPLM and procedures to use them.

Appendix A Describes each alarm, its probable cause and clear-

“Alarms“ ing procedure.

Appendix B: Provides a list of acronyms and their definitions used

“Acronyms“ in Infinera Technical Publications.

Appendix C Provides a list of third party software used by the Infin-

“Third Party Software License Terms“ era IQ NOS, WPLM and SNMP software and the
terms of agreement.

Documents for Release 3.0

The following documents are available for Infinera Wet Plant Link Manager system:

Document Name Document ID Description

Infinera WPLM Administrator 1900-001931 Describes the Infinera WPLM server installation,
Guide administration, security management and routine
maintenance procedures.
Infinera WPLM User Guide 1900-001932 Describes the Infinera WPLM user interface used to
manage the Submarine Wet Plant. It describes the
procedures to work with submarine links and fault
management applications.

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Document Revision History

The following table lists the changes made in each version of the Infinera WPLM User Guide for the
current product release:

Document Version Number Document Updates Since Previous Revision

002 • Updated the JRE version

Conventions
The table below lists the conventions used in this guide.

Convention Item Example

bold default font Menu command paths Select Fault Management-> Alarm
Manager
Button names Click Apply
User interface labels Click Summary panel
Window/dialog box titles In the Dial-Up Networking window
courier font User-entered text In the Label enter EastBMM
Command output Database restore from local or
remote machine?
Directory path /WPLM/EMS
default font, italic Document titles Refer to the Infinera WPLM User
Guide
Default font Icon names Click Node icon
Window names not in the user inter- In the WPLM Main View
face
Helpful suggestions
Note: Note: The window is
refreshed only
after making all
the changes.

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Technical Assistance
Customer Support for Infinera products is available, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (24x7). For information
or assistance with Infinera products, please contact the Infinera Technical Assistance Center (TAC) using
any of the methods listed below:
 Email [email protected]
 Telephone:

Direct within United States: +1-408-572-5288

Outside North America: +1-408-572-5288

Toll-free within United States: +1-877-INF-5288 (+1-877-463-5288)

Toll-free within Germany/France/Benelux/United Kingdom: 00-800-4634-6372

Toll-free within Japan: 010-800-4634-6372

 Fax: +1-408-572-5454

 Infinera corporate website: http://www.infinera.com

 Infinera Customer Web Portal: https://customersupport.infinera.com

Infinera Customer Web Portal

A wealth of technical support resources are available 24x7 through the Infinera Customer Web Portal at:
https://customersupport.infinera.com (login and password required).
To request access to the Infinera Customer Web Portal, send email to: [email protected].

Customer Web Portal Resource Log on to Customer Web Portal and then...

Access Infinera Customer Service Module (CSM): Click Link to CSM

• Create and submit incident (service request) cases
• Check status and update incident cases
• Run incident case reports
View Infinera technical support policies and procedures Click How To Guides
Download software updates Click Downloads
Download product documentation Click Documentation
View training courses and/or sign up for training Click Training
View important technical and product bulletins Click Technical Bulletins
View data sheets and/or brochures regarding service Click Service Portfolio Offerings
portfolio offerings
View Infinera contact information Click Contact Us

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FTP Technical Support Resources

The Infinera file transfer protocol (FTP) server provides a secure and fast way to access a variety of
technical support resources:
 Technical and Product Bulletins

 Software Updates

 Product Documentation

In addition, the Infinera FTP server allows you to upload debug log files and other information to the
Infinera TAC. To download more information about using the Infinera FTP server, perform the following:
Step 1 Log in at: https://customersupport.infinera.com.
Step 2 Click How to Guides.
Step 3 Under Online Resource Guides, click FTP_Server_Overview.pdf.

Submitting Service Requests

To submit a service request, contact the Infinera TAC using any of the methods listed previously. Service
requests are monitored and responded to on a 24x7 basis by live TAC specialists.

Track and Update Service Requests

To check incident case status and make updates online through the Infinera Customer Web Portal,
perform the following:
Step 1 Log in at: https://customersupport.infinera.com.
Step 2 Click Link to CSM.
Step 3 Click on your incident title or ID to check your incident case status.
Step 4 To update your incident case, perform the following:
Step 4a Enter your service request within the Notes field.
Step 4b Click Submit to update the incident case.
You can also track and update Infinera CSM cases by contacting the Infinera TAC via phone or email.

Information to Provide
When submitting service request(s), have the following information available:
 Caller Name, Company, and/or Contact Information

 Priority (for example, High, Medium, Low, and/or Informational)

 Network Impact (for example, service-affecting, non-service affecting, and/or intermittent)

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 Network Status (for example, deployment in progress, field trial, and/or production live)

 Software Version (if relevant)

 Affected Hardware Chassis/Module/Cable Type

 Description of the problem and symptoms

 Network topology and configuration

 Supporting information (for example, data logs, troubleshooting steps taken, etc.)

Incident Classification/Handling/Response
All service requests are immediately assigned to an Infinera Tier 3+ TAC specialist, who ensures proper
and timely handling of your request through closure. To facilitate flawless handling of customer-reported
incidents, the Infinera TAC utilizes a customer relationship management (CRM) system called the Infinera
Customer Service Module (CSM) to track and manage all reported incidents and service requests
including RMAs.
Every service request is tracked as a unique case within the Infinera CSM, and is classified in accordance
with the table below. The table below also describes the standard Service Level response and resolution
targets supported by the Infinera TAC.

Targeted Maximum
Priority Definition Handling and Escalation Time for Resolution

1—High Network service is “down”, Infinera TAC coordinates all 4 hours to find resolution, or
or extended (>30 minutes) necessary resources, 4 hours to attain workaround
loss of network manage- around-the-clock, to bring and downgrade to Major (if
ment. incident to closure. acceptable to customer).
Engagement of higher-level For software incidents with
specialists and management workaround, maintenance
with highest level of priority, release to be issued as soon
within 2 hours after incident as possible with high priority
report. engagement of Infinera
engineering resources.
2—Medium Network operation is Infinera TAC coordinates all 8 hours to attain workaround
degraded, or unacceptable necessary resources, and downgrade to Minor (if
levels of network perfor- around-the-clock, to bring acceptable to customer).
mance. Significant impact incident to closure. 8 hours for root cause identi-
on business operations. Engagement of higher-level fication.
specialists and management For software incidents,
within 4 hours after incident maintenance release to be
report. issued at time of next sched-
uled maintenance release.

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Targeted Maximum
Priority Definition Handling and Escalation Time for Resolution

3—Low Network operation is Infinera TAC coordinates all 72 hours for root cause iden-
impaired, but causes little/no necessary resources during tification.
impact on business opera- normal business hours. Fix issue in next major
tions. Engagement of higher-level release, if committed by
specialists and management Infinera development
within 2.5 days after incident resources.
report.
4—Informational An informational request Infinera will commit Varies, depending upon
that has little/no impact on resources and address nature of request.
business operations. during normal business
hours.

Escalation
You may escalate your service request to higher levels of attention if you are not satisfied with its current
handling. All service requests are routed to management within 15 minutes of receiving your notification.
To escalate by phone or email:
Step 1 Contact the Infinera TAC.
Step 2 Provide your Infinera CSM case number.
To escalate through the Infinera Customer Web Portal:
Step 1 Log in at: https://customersupport.infinera.com.
Step 2 Click Link to CSM.
Step 3 Click on your incident title or ID.
Step 4 Enter your escalation request within the Notes field.
Step 5 Click Submit.

Return Material Authorization (RMA)

Infinera supports the following types of RMAs:
 Advanced Replacement

 Repair and/or Replace

 Return for Credit

 Defective on Arrival

 Product Recall

 Takeback

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To request a Return for Credit RMA, contact your Infinera Account Manager.
To request all other types of RMA, submit your RMA request to the Infinera TAC.
To download additional information on the Infinera RMA Handling Policy and Procedures, including return-
module packing instructions:
Step 1 Log in at: https://customersupport.infinera.com.
Step 2 Click How To Guides.
Step 3 Under RMA Procedures, click one of the following documents:
RMA Procedure - Customer Quick Reference.pdf
RMA Procedure.pdf

Documentation Feedback
Infinera strives to constantly improve the quality of its products and documentation. Please submit
comments or suggestions regarding Infinera Technical Product Documentation using any of the following
methods:
 Submit a service request using the Infinera Customer Web Portal

 Send email to: [email protected]

 Send mail to the following address:

Attention: Infinera Technical Documentation and Technical Training

Infinera Corporation
140 Caspian Court
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
When submitting comments, please include the following information:
 Document name and document ID written on the document cover page

 Document release number and version written on the document cover page

 Page number(s) in the document on which there are comments

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Introduction

Note: Please refer Infinera technical documents for the most recent updates.

The Infinera Wet Plant Link Manager (WPLM) is a graphical tool used to manage the Alcatel Lucent
Submarine Wet Plant. The Infinera Wet Plant Link Manager (WPLM) is installed and run from a Linux
server that has IP connectivity to the Infinera network element (DTN) with an OTC housing the Submarine
Control Module (SCM). The WPLM operates independently of other Infinera management products.
Repeaters and Equalizers that form the Wet Plant are managed and monitored by the WPLM.
This chapter includes the following sections:
“Release 3.0 Feature Summary” on page 1-4

“Working with Submarine Links” on page 1-8

“Fault Management” on page 1-5

“Security and Access Management” on page 1-6

“Infinera Wet Plant Link Manager Licensing” on page 1-9

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Figure 1-1 Infinera WPLM System

The Infinera WPLM has the following two main components:

 Infinera WPLM Server
The Infinera WPLM Server (referred to as WPLM Server) is a Linux based server. The WPLM server
can manage multiple submarine links simultaneously. Multiple WPLM clients can be launched from
the WPLM server at the same time. A maximum of 12 clients can be launched simultaneously. The
WPLM server uses the Oracle database to store the WPLM data. For information on the configura-
tion of the WPLM Server see, Infinera WPLM Administrator Guide.
 Infinera WPLM Client

The Infinera WPLM Client (referred to as WPLM Client) provides a graphical user interface to per-
form remote management of the submarine links. The WPLM client is accessible using a web
browser. Multiple clients can be launched simultaneously and operations can be performed from
each client. Each client is authenticated by the WPLM username and password.

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The Infinera WPLM supports the following functions:

 Fault Management

 Configuration (creating, deleting, updating a submarine link, repeater or equalizer)

 Security Administration

 Performance Monitoring

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Release 3.0 Feature Summary

Table 1-1 on page 1-4 lists the new features in release 3.0.

Table 1-1 New Features in Release 3.0

Feature Description

PM Statistics Reports Starting Release 3.0, WPLM is enhanced to support PM data comparison.
MFM Starting Release 3.0, WPLM uses both Submarine Control Module (SCM) or Multi-
function Module (MFM) FRU to communicate with submarine network elements.

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Fault Management
Infinera WPLM provides fault monitoring and management capabilities related to changes to an network
entity, operations performed on those network entities, or any failure conditions in the submarine link
system. Any failure condition raises an alarm. Any changes to the network entity or any operations on the
network entity creates an event.
Fault Management is divided into the following two categories:
 Alarms— Alarms can be managed from the Alarm Manager that displays all outstanding conditions
(alarms) in a tabular form. Alarm Manager instances can be launched simultaneously based on two
contexts: network level and link level.
The Alarm Manager is used to view alarm details, sort the alarms, filter alarms based on various
alarm attributes, acknowledge alarms, and export alarm information. For more information see,
“Alarm Management” on page 5-5.
 Events— Events can be managed from the Event Manager that displays all events in a tabular
form. Event Manager instances can be launched simultaneously based on two contexts: network
level and link level.
The Event Manager is used to view event details, sort the events, filter events based on various
event attributes, and export event information. For more information see, “Event Management” on
page 5-26.
See “Fault Management” on page 5-1 for procedural details.

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Security and Access Management

The Infinera WPLM provides security features in compliance with the GR-815-CORE standard. This
includes support for multiple user access privileges, the ability to create/delete/modify user accounts, user
ID and password authentication.
The Infinera WPLM security administration capabilities enable users to:
 manage Infinera WPLM user accounts

 add new users

 control user access privilege

 delete users

 modify user attributes

 end active user sessions

 monitor security audit logs to detect unauthorized access

 configure password reuse history count

See Infinera WPLM Administrator Guide for procedural details.

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Performance Management
The Infinera WPLM provides the following performance monitoring capabilities:
 Export 15-minute and 24-hour Historical PM data

 View PM Statistics Report

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Working with Submarine Links

Infinera WPLM features operations on submarine links that enable creating of submarine links, editing
existing submarine links, and deleting submarine links. It also features managing or unmanaging the
submarine links. Submarine links can be logically grouped under a single Link Group. The Link Group(s)
and the submarine links are displayed in the Network Tree View. A user can view only those links that are
assigned to him or created by him in the Network Tree View. For more information see, “Working with
Submarine Links” on page 4-1.
The “Working with Submarine Links“ chapter contains the following topics:
 “Creating Submarine Links“ — This section provides information on creating a submarine link. It also
provides information on the properties of the submarine link, the different methods of launching the
create Submarine Link window and the procedure of creating the submarine link.
“Adding Repeaters“ — This topic provides information on adding the repeaters in different sce-
narios to a submarine link.
“Adding Equalizer Pairs“ — This topic provides information on adding equalizer pairs to a sub-
marine link.
 “Editing a Submarine Link“ — This section provides information on editing an existing submarine
link. It provides information on modifying the properties of the link, modifying existing repeaters and
equalizers as required.
 “Deleting a Submarine Link“ — This section provides information on deleting a submarine link.

 “Managing and Unmanaging a Link“ — This section provides information on connecting the WPLM
link to the real nodes so that submarine link can be managed or unmanaged.
 “Polling a Link“ — This section provides information on starting or stopping the polling of a subma-
rine link.
 “Performing Actions on the Links“ — This section provides information on performing actions that
can set or reset the values of the editable fields of the repeaters and the equalizers.
“Performing Actions on Repeaters“ — This topic provides information on how to perform actions
on a selected repeater in a link.
“Performing Actions on Equalizer“ — This topic provides information on how to perform actions
on a selected equalizer in a link.
 “Configuring Repeaters and Equalizers in Bulk“ — This section provides information on performing
bulk configuration updates to multiple repeaters and equalizers in a single operation.

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Infinera Wet Plant Link Manager Licensing

The WPLM is an Infinera licensed software as part of the overall Infinera Management Suite. Contact the
Infinera Sales Representative to purchase/order the number of Right-to Use (RTU) software licenses for
WPLM. The number of RTU licenses is dependent on the number of submarine wet plant links managed
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Getting Started

This chapter lists the hardware and software platform requirements to run the WPLM Client. It consists of
the following section:
“WPLM Client Platform Requirements” on page 2-2

“Launching the WPLM Client” on page 2-4

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WPLM Client Platform Requirements

This section describes the following details:
 “WPLM Client Hardware Requirements” on page 2-2

 “WPLM Client Software Requirements” on page 2-2

 “Java Web Start Requirements” on page 2-3

 “Browser Requirements” on page 2-3

WPLM Client Hardware Requirements

In order to launch the WPLM client, make sure your environment meets one of the following hardware
system requirements.

Table 2-1 WPLM Client Hardware Requirements

Microsoft Windows Red Hat Linux

Requirements Minimum Recommended Minimum Recommended

Processor speed 1.5 GHz 2 GHz 1GHz 2GHz

Memory 2 GB 3 GB a 2 GB 3 GBa
Hard disk free 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
space
a. The recommended virtual memory is 1.5 times to 3 times the memory size

WPLM Client Software Requirements

In order to launch the WPLM client, make sure any of the following operating system requirement is met.

Table 2-2 Operating System Requirements for WPLM Client

Requirements Minimum

Microsoft Windows 7 Windows Service Pack 4

Microsoft Windows 8 Windows Service Pack 4
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Windows Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise Edition (64 bit)

Additionally, ensure that the patch cluster required for Java is installed as recommended by Sun
Microsystems (now Oracle). For a list of patches go to https://support.oracle.com.

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Java Web Start Requirements

This section lists the JRE requirements to run the Infinera WPLM.
 If the WPLM client is launched from a Microsoft Windows machine, the minimum version of Java
Runtime Environment (JRE) required is 1.8.172.
 If the WPLM client is launched from a Linux machine, the minimum version of Java Runtime Envi-
ronment (JRE) required is 1.8.172.
If the JRE version is not available for auto-download, go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/
javase/downloads/index.html to download the JRE version manually and install the required version.
When you first launch the WPLM client and if no JRE is installed on your machine and internet connectivity
is available, the WPLM client will direct the user to download the JRE from the website http://
www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. If the supporting version is not available
on the web site, follow the online instructions.

Browser Requirements
In order to run the WPLM client, you must have one of the following browsers.

Table 2-3 Browser Requirements

Microsoft Windows Red Hat Linux

Internet Explorer 11.0.9600 Mozilla Firefox v 60.0.2 (64-bit)

Microsoft Edge 40.15063.674.0
Mozilla Firefox v 60.0.2 (64-bit)
Google Chrome v 67.0.3396.79 (Offi-
cial Build) (64-bit)

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Launching the WPLM Client

The WPLM client is a web-based application which can be launched from a web browser.
Before you launch the WPLM client, ensure the following applications are installed/running on your
machine:
 Ensure the Hardware and Software requirements are met.
 Sun Java Runtime Environment. See “Java Web Start Requirements” on page 2-3 for a list of JRE
versions supported.
 Ensure that the WPLM Server is running.

 Ensure that the following ports are available: WEB_SERVER_PORT. These ports are not blocked by
proxy or firewall in the client machine.

To start the WPLM client

Note: Start any supported web browsers. See Table 2-3 on page 2-3 for a list of supported brows-
ers.

Step 1 Type the IP address (http://<IP address>:<WEB_SERVER_PORT number>) of the machine on

which the WPLM server is installed in the browser window.
The Java Web Start Interface window is displayed.

Note: If the parameter WEB_SERVER_PORT in the WPLM configuration file wplm.conf is differ-
ent from the default value of 7070, you must type http://<IP address>:<WEB_-
SERVER_PORT number> in the browser window to launch the WPLM client.

The Infinera WPLM Login window is displayed.

Step 2 Enter your User Name and Password.
The default user name is admin and default password is infinera1.
Step 3 Click Login.
Step 4 When you log in for the first time, you are prompted to change your password. This is mandatory
for all users except for the admin user, if the change password is enabled in the WPLM.
Step 4a Enter the current password and new password as prompted.
Step 4b Click Apply to close the window. A Success Message is displayed.
Step 4c Click OK to continue.
The Security Message window is displayed.
Step 5 Click OK. The WPLM client interface is displayed.

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Exploring the User Interface

Note: Please refer to Infinera technical documents for the most recent updates.

The Infinera WPLM is an easy-to-use graphic user interface used to monitor and control the Submarine
Links. This chapter provides an overview of the Infinera WPLM user interface and provides information on
how to use it. This chapter contains the following topics:
“Infinera WPLM Main View” on page 3-2

“WPLM Workspace Area” on page 3-13

“WPLM GUI Conventions” on page 3-30

“Save and Reset Preferences” on page 3-32

“Export Historical PM” on page 3-33

“PM Statistics Reports” on page 3-35

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Infinera WPLM Main View

On a successful login to the Infinera WPLM Client, the Infinera WPLM Main Menu, Inventory and Short-
cuts Panel, the Network Tree View, and the Quick View are displayed. The Link Manager for a link has to
be opened manually. The WPLM Main View displays a graphical representation of the network and
provides access to the submarine link(s) assigned to the user.

Figure 3-1 WPLM Main View

The Infinera WPLM Main View consists of the following regions:

 Infinera WPLM Main Menu—“Infinera WPLM Main Menu” on page 3-3

 Inventory and Short-cuts Panel—“Inventory and Shortcuts Panel” on page 3-3

 Alarm Count Panel—“Alarm Count Panel” on page 3-4

 Network Tree View—“Network Tree View” on page 3-5

 Quick View—“Quick View” on page 3-6

 Workspace Area—“WPLM Workspace Area” on page 3-13

 Status Panel—“Status Bar” on page 3-29

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Infinera WPLM Main Menu

The Infinera WPLM Main Menu contains commands that are grouped together and displayed in the main
menu bar. Table 3-1 lists the menu options in the Infinera WPLM Main Menu.

Table 3-1 WPLM Main Menu Options

Fault
File Management Configuration Security Tools Help

• Close • Alarm Manager • Create  • Change Password • Save  • Help Contents

• Close All • Event Manager Submarine • User Administration Preferences • About 
Links • Reset  Infinera
• Exit • Active Users
Preferences WPLM Client
• Security Settings
• Export His-
torical PM
• PM Statis-
tics Reports

Keyboard Accelerators
Frequently performed menu selections have keyboard accelerators. To access the menu options, select
Alt+<underlined letter in the menu option>. For example, to access the Security menu, hold the Alt key
and press s. The Security menu is dropped down.

Inventory and Shortcuts Panel

The Inventory and Shortcuts panel provides two shortcut buttons, the Alarm Manager and the Event
Manager, see, Figure 3-2 on page 3-4. The Alarm Manager and the Event Manager when launched from
the Inventory and Shortcuts panel display the alarm and event information at a Network Level.

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Figure 3-2 Inventory and Shortcut Panel

Alarm Count Panel

The Alarm Count Panel displays a count of the total number of alarms, categorized (by color) in different
severities, see Figure 3-3 on page 3-5. The severities are categorized by the use of color, see, Table 5-6
on page 5-13 for more information on the colors assigned to the class of severity for different types of
alarms.

Note: The Alarm Count displays a count of alarms from the links that are assigned to a user.

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Figure 3-3 Alarm Count Panel

Network Tree View

The Network Tree View provides a hierarchical view of all the submarine Link Groups and the submarine
links that belong to the groups in the Infinera WPLM. Refer Infinera WPLM Administrator Guide for
information on access privileges.
When a submarine link in the Network Tree View is opened, the corresponding link’s Link Manager is
displayed in the workspace area. Right-click operation on objects in the Network Tree View is also
supported wherein, a context-based menu is displayed for performing various operations depending on
the access privileges of the user; some operations may be disabled, and appear in grey text.
The Network Tree View displays the submarine link’s or Link Group’s name beside the icon by default.

Note: The Network Tree View displays only those links to which the particular user has access.

The Network Tree View displays:

 A hierarchical grouping of the submarine links.

 The submarine links within a Link Group.

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Figure 3-4 Network Tree View

Expanding the Network Tree View

This section describes how to navigate through the Network Tree View and the usage of the expand and
collapse icons and to view the hierarchical grouping of the submarine links.
To expand the tree structure to show more levels of submarine links:
 Click the desired submarine Link Group name and click the expand button to expand it. On expand-
ing the submarine links belonging to the Link Group are displayed.
 Double-click a submarine link in the Network Tree View to display the Link Manager for that link.
Various operations on the submarine links can be performed using right-click options provided on each of
the submarine links or Link Groups in the Network Tree View.

Quick View
The Quick View panel displays a summary of the submarine link or Link Group, last selected in the
Network Tree View. The Link View panel displays summary information for the following elements when
they are selected:
 My Network— “Quick View for My Network” on page 3-7

 Link Group— “Quick View for Link Group” on page 3-8

 Submarine Link— “Quick View for Submarine Link” on page 3-9

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Quick View for My Network

My Network is the first icon in the Network Tree View. All Link Group(s) and Link Name(s) appear under
the My Network icon by default. When the Infinera WPLM application is launched, the Quick View panel
will display the summary for My Network, by default, see Figure 3-5 on page 3-7. My Network can also
be selected to view its details at any time, in the Quick View panel.
The Quick View panel displays a summary of the following items for My Network:
 Name—My Network (Name for My Network will always be My Network)

 Links—The total number of links present in the Network Tree View.

 Repeaters—The total number of repeaters present in all the links present in the Network Tree View.

 Equalizers—The total number of equalizers present in all the links present in the Network Tree
View.
 Unreachable Links—The total number of links that are unreachable.

 Alarm Summary—A graphical display of the number of alarms for each severity type in all the links
of all the Link Groups present in the Network Tree View.

Figure 3-5 Quick View: My Network

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Quick View for Link Group

When a Link Group icon in the Network Tree View is selected, the Quick View panel displays a summary of
the elements belonging to that Link Group, see Figure 3-6 on page 3-8. The Quick View panel displays a
summary the following elements for the selected Link Group.
 Name—Name of the Link Group.

 Links—The total number of links present in the selected Link Group.
 Repeaters—The total number of repeaters present in all the links present within the selected Link
Group.
 Equalizers—The total number of equalizers present in all the links present within the selected Link
Group.
 Unreachable Links—The total number of links that are unreachable in the selected Link Group.

 Alarm Summary—A graphical display of the number of alarms for each severity type in all the links
of all the selected Link Group.

Figure 3-6 Quick View: Link Group

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Quick View for Submarine Link

When a submarine link is selected in the Network Tree View, the Quick View panel displays a summary of
the elements of that link. For more information, see Figure 3-7 on page 3-10.
The Quick View panel displays the following information for the selected link:
 Link Name—Name of the submarine link.

 Group Name—The Link Group to which the selected submarine link belongs.

 Repeaters—The number of repeaters in the selected submarine link.

 Equalizers—The number of equalizers in the selected submarine link.

 Near End NE—The name of the near end station

 Near End SCM—The name of the Network element at Near End station with the SCM card.

 Far End NE—The name of the far end station

 Far End SCM—The name of the Network element at Fear End station with the SCM card.

 A—The direction of transmission from the near end to the far end.

 B—The direction of transmission from the far end to near end.

 Connected Via—The station through which there is connectivity.

 Controller Card Type—The controller card type used either SCM or MFM.

 Last Poll At—The time when the last polling occurred.

 Next Poll At—The time when the next polling will occur.

 Alarm Summary—A graphical display of the number of alarms for each severity type for the
selected link.

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Figure 3-7 Quick View Panel: Submarine Link

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Auto-Hiding of Quick View and Network Tree View tabs

The Network Tree View and the Quick View panels have the Toggle Auto-Hide buttons. Click on the auto-
hide button of either of the panels to hide them. Once hidden the panel’s tab is visible on the left side
panel. Hiding the panels helps increasing the workspace area, see “Toggle Auto-Hide of Network Tree
View and Quick View” on page 3-11.

Figure 3-8 Toggle Auto-Hide of Network Tree View and Quick View

Customizing the Infinera WPLM Main View

Infinera WPLM allows customizing the following items of the main view:
 Menu Bar

 Fault Managers

 Alarm Summary

 Rearrangeable

 Hidable

 Floatable

To customize the main view

Step 1 Do one of the following:

Right-click on the empty space in the Main Menu bar.

Right-click on the empty space next to the Inventory and Short-cuts panel.

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Step 2 Select (check) or un-check the item as per your preference.

Note: Only one item can be selected (checked) or un-checked at once.

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WPLM Workspace Area

The Link Manager of a selected link(s) is displayed in the Workspace Area. The Link Manager provides
options to view and perform actions on the link(s) managed by the Infinera WPLM Server. Additionally,
Infinera WPLM supports the Tabbed Document Interface (TDI) that allows for multiple Link Manager
application window access in the tabbed format contained within the same workspace area. Multiple tabs
aid in the navigation to the multiple Link Managers. These tabs are either dockable to the main workspace
area or can be undocked (floating) to aid the movement of the frame/window anywhere on the screen
using the Toggle Floating button. These dockable frames can be minimized to the side panel on the
screen with the Toggle auto-hide button.
The following sections provide more details on the Workspace area:
 “Working with Tabs in the Link Manager area“

 “Link Manager“

Working with Tabs in the Link Manager area

Selecting and opening (by double-clicking) a link in the Network Tree View displays the Link Manager tab/
frame (by default) of that link in the Workspace area. Similarly, selecting and opening another link in the
Network Tree View displays the respective link’s Link Manager tab/frame as a separate tab in the
Workspace area by default. The Link Manager windows are docked to the Workspace area by default.
Users can dock, undock, hide, or unhide these tabs/frames using the icons provided. See Table 3-2 for
more information on the icons. It is also easy to navigate from one Link Manager frame to another Link
Manager frame, by simply clicking the tab of the Link Manager in the workspace area.
Table 3-2 on page 3-13 provides a description of various icons associated with these tabs/frames and their
functionality.

Table 3-2 Working with Tabs/Frames: Icons

Icons Functionality

Toggle floating; Click this to dock or undock the Tab/Frame.

Toggle auto-hide; Click this to toggle auto-hide the Tab/Frame to and from the side panel.

Hide active auto-hide window; Click this to minimize the Tab/Frame to the side panel.

Close; Click this to close the Tab/Frame.

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The following section provides more information on working with the tabs/frames in the workspace area:
 Docked Tab/Frame—By default, the Link Manager tabs/frames launched in Infinera WPLM are
docked to the workspace area in the Infinera WPLM main view. The Link Manager tabs/frames can-
not be moved in the workspace area as long as they are docked. Infinera WPLM provides an option
to toggle this (to floating frame) using the toggle floating option.

Figure 3-9 Infinera WPLM with Floating and Docked Tabs/Frames

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 Floating Tab/Frame—Infinera WPLM provides an option to toggle the docked Link Manager tabs/
frames (to floating frames) in the Link Manager area. With this setting, the application frame/tab is
floating (undocked) in the workspace area, in the sense that the tab/frame can be moved anywhere
in the Link Manager area and can be resized. Infinera WPLM provides an option to toggle this (to
docked tab) using the toggle floating option.

Figure 3-10 Toggle Floating

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 Auto-hidden Tab/Frame—Infinera WPLM provides an option to auto-hide the docked application
tab/frame to the side panel where it is minimized. Options to toggle auto-hide these tabs/frames from
the side panel are provided. Using this option, these tabs/frames can be docked to the workspace
area.

Figure 3-11 Toggle Auto-hide

Note: Similar to the Link Manager tabs/frames, the Network Tree View and the Quick View panels
can be hidden. Once hidden, the Tabs for Network Tree View and Quick View can be seen
in the left-side panel. They can be viewed in the work space area by hovering the mouse on
their tabs.

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Link Manager
By default, the Link Manager is launched as a docked window in the workspace area when a link from the
Network Tree View is double-clicked. Users can toggle between different Link Managers using the tabs in
the Infinera WPLM Main View.
The Link Manager displays the following four application tabs for a submarine link:
Link View

Alarms

Events

Repeaters

Equalizers

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Link View
The Link View tab displays a graphical representation of the complete link. The Link View tab comprises of
the following components:

Note: Repeaters and Equalizers are commonly referred as network elements in this document.

 Near End and Far End SLTE NE names— The first element displaying in the Link View tab is the
Near End and the Far End SLTE NE name for the link opened in the Link Manager.
 Node Navigation—Node Navigation allows navigation between the repeaters and equalizers of the
submarine link. The following table describes the Node Navigation in detail.

Table 3-3 Link View: Node Navigation

Icon Description

Move to First Node— Click this button to navigate and select the first node in the Link
View panel.
Move to Previous Node— Click this button to navigate and select the previous node
relative to the current selected node in the Link View panel.
Move to Next Node— Click this button to navigate and select the next node relative to
the current selected node in the Link View panel.
Move to Last Node— Click this button to navigate and select the last node in the Link
View panel.

 Search Widgets— Enter the network element name or the address of the network element to be
searched, and click the search button next to it( ).
 Link View panel—The Link View panel allows the selection of the network element (repeater or
equalizer) that you want to view or perform an action. The Details panel displays the selected ele-
ment by enlarging it and displaying its values. The Actions panel displays buttons to perform actions
on the selected repeater or the equalizer.

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Figure 3-12 Link View: Repeater

Based on the selection on the Link View panel, the Details and the Actions panel change dynami-
cally. The view of the Details and the Actions panel are different for repeaters and equalizers.
The Figure 3-12 on page 3-19 describes the Link View tab in the Link Manager. It displays a repeater
selected in the Link View panel of the Link Manager window. The selected repeater’s enlarged view
is displayed in the Details panel and the Actions panel displays buttons to perform action on the
selected repeater.

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Figure 3-13 Link View: Equalizer

The Figure 3-13 on page 3-20 displays an equalizer selected in the Link View tab. It displays an
equalizer selected in the Link View panel of the Link Manager window. The selected equalizer’s
enlarged view is displayed in the Details panel and the Actions panel displays buttons to perform
action on the selected equalizer.
 Details panel— The Details panel displays the complete details of the selected repeater or equalizer.
The following are the information displayed in the Details panel:
Repeater— The following information is displayed in the Details panel for a repeater.

• Repeater Name • A Direction Received Light Level (RLL) in dBm

• Repeater Address • Direction A Intermittent Fault Flag: Fault
• Co-Pump Laser Bias Current in Direction B • A Direction Send Light Level (SLL) in dBm
• B Direction Send Light Level (SLL) in dBm • Co-Pump Laser Bias Current in Direction A
• Counter-Pump Laser Bias Current in Direction A • B Direction Received Light Level (RLL) in dBm
• Co Pump Status • Counter-Pump Laser Bias Current in Direction B
• Counter Pump Status • Direction B Intermittent Fault Flag:Fault

The location of the information in the Details panel is shown in Figure 3-14 on page 3-21.

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Figure 3-14 Details panel: Repeater

Note: The border of A Direction and B Direction triangle will be colored as per the rules in
Figure 3-4 on page 3-21. The colors define the status of the fault.

Note: The status of Co-pump or Counter-pump will display as On when the pump is switched on,
Off, when the pump is switched off, and Unknown, when the status is not known to be
either off or on.

The colors of the border of A direction and B direction in the Details view define the status of
fault on the direction. The following table provides information on the different status of fault on
A Direction and B Direction

Table 3-4 Fault Status A Direction and B Direction

Fault Icon Description

A Direction
No fault exists in A Direction.

Direction A Intermittent Fault Flag: Fault.

The repeater is not polled for A Direction.

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Table 3-4 Fault Status A Direction and B Direction

Fault Icon Description

B Direction
No fault exists in B Direction.

Direction B Intermittent Fault Flag: Fault.

The repeater is not polled for B Direction.

Equalizer— The following details are displayed for an equalizer in the Details panel:

– Equalizer Name
– Equalizer Address
– RLL
– Slope
– Filter Current
The location of these information in the Details view is shown in Figure 3-15 on page 3-22, and
Figure 3-16 on page 3-23.

Figure 3-15 Details panel: Equalizer A Direction

Note: Slope values cannot be read from the equalizer. This value is shown only if it has been set
from WPLM, in this case WPLM will be aware of it. Otherwise Unknown will be shown for
the value of slope.

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Figure 3-16 Details panel: Equalizer B Direction

 Actions panel— The Actions panel provides command buttons to perform actions or set values on
the selected network element, that is being displayed in the Details panel. Actions ca be performed
on the following two network elements:
Repeaters— The following actions can be performed on repeaters:
– Switching Off and On the Co-pump Lasers
– Switching Off and On the Counter-pump Lasers
– Setting the Amplifier Output Level
– Resetting the Fault for Direction A
– Resetting the Fault for Direction B
– Polling a Repeater
The Figure 3-17 on page 3-23 shows the Actions panel when a repeater is selected, and dis-
played in the Details panel.

Figure 3-17 Actions panel: Repeater

Equalizers— The following actions can be performed on equalizers:

– Setting the Slope
– Polling an Equalizer

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The Figure 3-18 on page 3-24 shows the Action panel when an equalizer is selected, and dis-
played in the Details panel.

Figure 3-18 Actions panel: Equalizer

 Export Link Data— The Export Link Data button saves a compressed file with all the information of
the link in the WPLM server. After a successful export the link to download that compressed file is
provided. The compressed file is saved with a name as that of the link. For more information see,
“Exporting the Link Data” on page 4-42.

Alarms
The Alarms tab in the Link Manager window displays the all alarms for the selected link. The Alarms tab
consists of the following components:

• Alarm Count • Page Length and Navigation Panel

• Action Panel • Alarm Count Summarization Panel
• Quick Filters Panel • Quick Filters Summary Panel
• Alarms Table • Export options

See, Figure 3-19 on page 3-25 it displays the Alarms tab of the Link Manager showing the location of the
different components of the Alarms tab.
The operations of the Alarms tab are similar to that of Alarms Manager. The difference between the Link
manager’s Alarms tab and the Alarm Manager is that Alarm Manager displays and allows operations on all
the alarms on the network, and the Alarms tab displays and allows operations on the alarms that are for the
particular link. For more information on working on alarms, see “Using the Alarm Manager” on page 5-16.

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Figure 3-19 Link Manager: Alarms Tab

Events
The Events tab in the Link Manager window displays the all events for the selected link. The Events tab
consists of the following components:

• Event Count • Page Length and Navigation Panel

• Action Panel • Event Count Summarization Panel
• Quick Filters Panel • Quick Filters Summary Panel
• Event Table • Export options

See Figure 3-20 on page 3-26, it displays the Events tab of the Link Manager showing the location of the
different components of the Events tab.
The operations of the Events tab are similar to that of Event Manager. The Event Manager displays and
allows operations on all the events in the network. The Events tab (in Link Manager) displays and allows
operations on the events that are for the particular link. For more information on working on the events,
see “Operating the Event Manager” on page 5-37.

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Figure 3-20 Link Manager: Events Tab

Repeaters
The Repeaters tab of the Link Manager window, displays information of all the repeaters in the link. The
Repeaters tab comprises of the following:
 Repeaters Table

 Search
 Export Repeater Data button

The Repeaters table consists of the following informational columns:

• Name • A RLL (dBm) • A SLL Count

• Address • B SLL (dBm) • A RLL Count
• Sub Type • B RLL (dBm) • B SLL Count
• A IFF • A Co-Pump LBC (%) • B RLL Count
• B IFF • A Counter-Pump LBC (%) • A Co-Pump LBC Count
• Co-Pump Status • B Co-Pump LBC (%) • A Counter-Pump LBC Count
• Counter-Pump Status • B Counter-Pump LBC (%) • B Co-Pump LBC Count

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• Amp Output Power Level • Last Polling Time • B Counter-Pump LBC Count
• A SLL (dBm)

Figure 3-21 Link Manager: Repeaters Tab

Equalizers
The Equalizers tab of the Link Manager window, displays information of all the equalizers in the link. The
Equalizers tab comprises of the following:
 Equalizer Table

 Search

 Export Equalizer Data button

The Repeater Table consists of the following informational columns:

• Name • Filter Current

• Address • Last Polling Time
• Sub Type • Received Light Level Count
• Received Light Level (dBm) • Filter Current Count
• Slope (dB)

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Figure 3-22 Link Manager: Equalizers Tab

Customizing the Repeaters and Equalizers tab

Infinera WPLM allows customizing the columns appearing in the repeaters and equalizers tab. It allows to
hide, resize, select columns to appear or remove columns appearing. By default all columns are displayed
in each tab.

To customize the repeater or equalizer tab

Step 1 Right-click on any of the column heading.

Step 2 Select (check) or un-check the item as per your preference.

Note: Only one item can be selected (checked) or un-checked at once. To get a list of columns to
make more than one selections, click More.

Viewing, Navigating and Printing Online Help

Infinera WPLM also provides an online help system. Use the online help system to obtain information on
using the Infinera WPLM, navigating within the menu options and getting information about specific tasks.
The online help provides a detailed description of every window, procedures and related information on the
Infinera WPLM features and applications. It contains a Table of Contents and a Search option to search for
specific text or topics within the online help system.

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The online help system can be accessed from the Infinera WPLM in two ways:
 From the main menu (See “To view online help from the main menu” on page 3-29)

 From any window with a context-sensitive Help button (See “To view online help from any window”
on page 3-29)

To view online help from the main menu

 From the Infinera WPLM main menu, click Help > Help Contents.

The main page of the online help is displayed.

Starting from the main page, you can navigate anywhere within the online help system to access
other information.

To view online help from any window

Step 1 Launch the required window from the Infinera WPLM.

Step 2 In the window, click the Help button.
The online help page with help contents for the specific window is displayed.
From the displayed page, you can navigate within the online help system.

To navigate online help pages

 Use one of the following options:

In the online help window, click the required topic in the Table of Contents.
The online help page for the selected topic is displayed.
In the online help window, click the Search icon, enter the required text in the Find panel and
click Enter.
An index of all topics matching the search text is displayed.
At any time, to display the previously viewed page, click Previous page option in the online help win-
dow. To go to the next page, click Next Page option in the online help window.

To print online help pages

Step 1 Click Page Setup to enter/verify the print settings.

Step 2 Click Print.

Status Bar
The Status Bar is located at the bottom of the WPLM Main View. It displays the login ID of the current user
using the Infinera WPLM at the left end of the status bar and the date and time at the right end of the status
bar.

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WPLM GUI Conventions

The WPLM uses specific icons and color-coding to represent equipment and their corresponding status as
described in Table 3-5. The WPLM Link scheme is as described in Table 3-5

Table 3-5 WPLM Icon Scheme

Icon Description

My Network as displayed in the Network Tree View.

Alarm Manager as displayed in the WPLM Inventory and Shortcuts Panel.

Events Manager as displayed in the WPLM Inventory and Shortcuts Panel.

Link Manager icon displayed on the Link Manager tab. This icon appears when two or more
than two Link Manager tabs are open.

Table 3-6 WPLM Alarms Scheme

Color Description

Red— Indicates that the aggregation of alarms contained by the link or Link Group is
critical.
Orange— Indicates that the aggregation of alarms contained by the link or Link Group
is major.
Yellow— Indicates that the aggregation of alarms contained by the link or Link Group
is minor.
Violet— Indicates that the aggregation of alarms contained by the link or Link Group is
a warning.

Table 3-7 WPLM Link Scheme

Icons Description

Indicates a submarine link.

Indicates that the aggregation of alarms contained by the link is critical, and that the link
is reachable.
Indicates that a link is being polled.

Indicates that the aggregation of alarms contained by the link is minor, and that the link
is reachable.
Indicates that the link is unmanaged.

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Table 3-7 WPLM Link Scheme

Icons Description

Indicates that the link is managed but with no alarms.

Indicates that the link has minor alarms and is being polled. Any link icon showing the P
symbol at the bottom-right corner indicates that the link is being polled.
Indicates that the link has critical alarm(s) and is unreachable. Any link icon showing a
cross mark, depicts that it is unreachable.
Indicates a Link Group icon.

Indicates a Link Group with unreachable links.

Indicates a Link Group with links having critical alarms.

Indicates a Link Group with links having minor alarms.

Indicates a Link Group with links being managed, but having no alarms.

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Save and Reset Preferences

User modified viewing preferences are saved and persisted on per user account name and WPLM server
basis. This feature eliminates the need for re-applying preferences for every session launched. The last
saved preference(s) will take effect on subsequent launch/re-open of the application(s). It does not require
re-launch of the WPLM client. The user changed preferences for each window get automatically saved,
when each of the windows in the WPLM client are individually closed. The user-changed preferences do
not get saved when the WPLM client is closed, without closing any of the currently open windows in the
WPLM. Use this option to save/reset preferences for all the currently open windows in the WPLM.
User preferences such as window size, column width, column sort order and sort criteria are persisted for
all inventory managers.
User preferences such as window size, column width, column ordering, column sort order, sort criteria,
severity selection and filter selection are persisted for Alarm Manager and Event Manager. The height and
width of the displayed Alarm Manager and Event Log window are also persisted.
For all other applications with tabular information, user preferences such as column width, column
ordering, column sort order, sort criteria, filter selection and search criteria are persisted, wherever
applicable.

To save user preferences

Step 1 Launch the Infinera WPLM client.

Step 2 Modify/set the required viewing preferences.
Step 3 In the Infinera WPLM Main Menu, click Tools > Save Preferences.
The user defined/modified viewing preferences are saved.
At any time, the user modified viewing preferences can be reset to the default settings.

To reset preferences

Step 1 Launch the Infinera WPLM client.

Step 2 In the Infinera WPLM Main Menu, click Tools > Reset Preferences.
The user defined/modified preferences are reset and default preferences take effect on subse-
quent launch/re-open of the applications.

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Export Historical PM
Infinera WPLM provides to Export Historical PM data for all the equipment details in the node. The export
file get saved in the tab separated value (.tsv) format.

To Export Historical PM

Step 1 Launch the Infinera WPLM client

Step 2 In the Infinera WPLM Main Menu, click Tools > Export Historical PM.

Figure 3-23 Export Historical PM

Step 3 In the Export Status Window, click on the link (.tsv) to save and open.
Step 4 Click Close to exit the window.
The information is now saved to a .tsv file. Table gives a summary of historical PM data col-
lected.

Table 3-8 PM Data: Parameters

Parameter Description

MOType The label for the repeater.

MoId The managed object identifier of the repeater.
LinkName The name of the configured link
NE Address The address of the repeater on the WPLM link.
Receive Light Level Receive Light Level [dBm] The minimum
threshold value for the monitored threshold,
below which an alarm will be raised.
Send Light Level The minimum threshold value for the moni-
tored threshold, below which an alarm will be
raised.
CoPump LBC The minimum threshold value for the Co-pump
Laser Bias Current in percentage.

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Table 3-8 PM Data: Parameters

Parameter Description

CounterPump LBC The minimum threshold value for the Counter-

pump Laser Bias Current in percentage.
Intermittent Fault Flag Status Fault Flag status.
Receive Light Level Count The maximum threshold value for the
monitored threshold, below which an alarm will
be raised.
Send Light Level Count The maximum threshold value for the
monitored threshold, below which an alarm will
be raised.
CoPump LBC Count The maximum threshold value for the Co-pump
Laser Bias Current in percentage.
CounterPump LBC Count The maximum threshold value for the Counter-
pump Laser Bias Current in percentage.
Intermittent Fault Flag Specifies the number of repeaters in which
fault is present.
Timestamp Specifies the time stamp when the fault was
raised.

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PM Statistics Reports
Infinera WPLM provides the support to compare PM data where PM reports are shown up in table and
chart views.
WPLM PM Statistics Reports displays two chart views, one for DBM unit counter values and the other for
Percentage counter values.

To View PM Statistics Reports

Step 1 Launch the Infinera WPLM client.

Step 2 In the Infinera WPLM Main Menu, click Tools > PM Statistics Reports.
The PM Statistics Reports window is displayed.

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Figure 3-24 PM Statistics Reports

Step 3 Select the appropriate submarine link from the Select Link drop down.
Step 4 Select the corresponding amplifier/repeater/equalizer AID from the Select Type drop down.
Step 5 Select the start and end dates from the Start Date and End Date drop down.
Step 6 Click Apply to view the PM statistics data for the selected time period.
If there is no PM statistics data available for the selected start and end time period a message,
“No Data For Selected Time Period” is displayed.
Step 7 In the chart view panel, select both check-boxes for DBM unit counters (SLL and RLL) and Per-
centage counters (CoPumpLbc and CnPumpLbc).

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The table displays the summary of PM parameters collected. Refer to “PM Data: Parameters” on
page 3-33.

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Working with Submarine Links

This chapter explains how to create a Infinera WPLM Submarine Link and configuring its corresponding
Repeaters and Equalizers. It also explains the procedure to modify a submarine link and its elements, to
monitor it, perform actions to set functionality-related parameters of the submarine network elements, to
apply bulk configurations to repeaters and equalizers in the link, and deleting the link.
“Creating Submarine Links” on page 4-2

“Editing a Submarine Link” on page 4-26

“Deleting a Submarine Link” on page 4-31

“Managing and Unmanaging a Link” on page 4-32

“Polling a Link” on page 4-33

“Performing Actions on the Links” on page 4-34

“Configuring Repeaters and Equalizers in Bulk” on page 4-44

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Creating Submarine Links

The following sections describe the operations that need to be performed to create a submarine link:
“Properties of a Submarine Link” on page 4-2

“Launching the Create Submarine Link Window” on page 4-4

“Creating a Submarine Link” on page 4-5

Properties of a Submarine Link

The input parameters that need to be provided when creating a submarine link are described in Table 4-1
on page 4-2.

Table 4-1 Submarine Link Properties

Item Description

Link Configuration
Link Name The name of the link. Enter a maximum of 32, alphanumeric
characters, you can also use hyphens (-) or underscores (_).
Link Group The name of the group to which the link will belong. A Link Group
is used to group the links in a Network Tree View.
K1 and K2 Calibrated SCM constants used to calculate minimum threshold
value (depends on the distance of the network element from the
near end SCM) to communicate with the Repeater or the Equal-
izer. Set the values for K1 and K2 to 0 to enable automatic calcu-
lation of message detection thresholds.
Modulation Depth [%] The modulation depth used to communicate with the network ele-
ment. This value is dependent on the link characteristics.
Connectivity (Near End and Far End)
NE Name The name to identify the SCM at the near end and the far end.
NE IP Address The DCN IP address of the Infinera node that is equipped
with the SCM card, one on the near end and one on the far
end.
Chassis The chassis number that houses the SCM card, one on
the near end and one on the far end.
Telnet Port The telnet port using which the WPLM communicates with the
SCM card housed in the Infinera node (near end network ele-
ment). By default, this value is set to 23.

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Table 4-1 Submarine Link Properties

Item Description

Submarine Controller Slot The slot in which the Submarine Controller card is installed on
the near end and on the far end network element.
When SCM is selected as Controller Card Type, the available
slots are 2 and 3.
When MFM is selected as Controller Card Type, the available
slots are from 1 to 7.
Preferred Connectivity Select the connectivity preference from the drop down as Near
End or Far End. By default the Near End is selected as the pre-
ferred connectivity.
Controller Card Type Select the controller card type from the drop down.
Supported Controller Card types:
• SCM
• MFM
Authentication (Near End and Far End)
NDI User Name The user account information on near end or far end network ele-
ment that is used to login to the network element. Default User
Name value is acli.
Password The password for the corresponding user account.
Confirm Password Re-enter to confirm the password for the corresponding user
account.
Polling Options
Frequency Select any of the following frequencies from the drop down:
• Daily— To poll the link daily at a particular Hour of Day. Also
enter the Hour of Day.
• Hour of Day - A particular hour of the day when the polling
should take place (0:00 to 23:00)
• Weekly—To poll the link once a week. Also enter the Day of
Week and the Hour of Day.
• Day of Week - A particular day of the week on which the poll-
ing takes place (Monday - Sunday)
• Hour of Day - A particular hour of the day when the polling
should take place (0:00 to 23:00)
• Monthly—To poll the link once a month. Also specify the Day
of Month to poll and the Hour of Day.
• Day of Month - A particular day of a month, value ranging
from 1 to 31.
• Hour of Day - A particular hour of the day when the polling
should take place (0:00 to 23:00).
• None— If no polling has to be scheduled.

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Launching the Create Submarine Link Window

The Create Submarine Link window can be launched in the following ways:
Launching the Create Submarine Link window from the Main Menu

Launching the Create Submarine Link window from a Link Group

Launching the Create Submarine Link window from the Main Menu
To create a submarine link and group it into a new Link Group, launch the Create Submarine Link window
from the Main Menu.

To launch the Create Submarine Link window from the Main Menu

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator privileges.

Step 2 In the WPLM Main Menu, select Configuration > Create Submarine Link.
The Create Submarine Link window is displayed. See, Figure 4-1 on page 4-5.
Step 3 Mention the Link Group name as the new link created will be displayed under this Link Group
name in the Network Tree View.

Launching the Create Submarine Link window from a Link Group

To create a submarine link and group it into an existing Link Group, launch the Create Submarine Link
window from the Link Group.

To launch the Create Submarine Link window from a Link Group

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator privileges.

Step 2 Right-click the Link Group icon in the Network Tree View.
Step 3 Select Create Submarine Link.
The Create Submarine Link Window is displayed. See, Figure 4-1 on page 4-5.
The Link Group field is editable, this allows creating a new Link Group or make the new subma-
rine link a part of another existing Link Group by specifying the other Link Group’s name.

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Figure 4-1 Create Submarine Link: General

Creating a Submarine Link

To create a submarine link

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator privileges.

Step 2 Launch the Create Submarine link window. See, “Launching the Create Submarine Link Win-
dow” on page 4-4.
Step 3 Select the General tab.
Step 4 In the General tab, enter the required input parameters in the Link Configuration panel. For a
detailed description on the input parameters, see “Properties of a Submarine Link” on page 4-2.
Step 5 In the General tab, the Connectivity panel consists of two sub-panels, Near End and Far End.
Enter the required input parameters for both Near End and Far End. For a detailed description
on the input parameters, see “Properties of a Submarine Link” on page 4-2.
Step 6 In the General tab, the Authentication panel consists of two sub-panels, Near End and Far
End. Enter the required parameters for both Near End and Far End. For a detailed description
on the input parameters, see “Properties of a Submarine Link” on page 4-2.

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Step 7 The Polling Options panel lets you set the Frequency of polling. By default the frequency of
polling is set to DAILY. To change the frequency of polling, click the selection button ( ). The
Polling Option window is displayed.

Figure 4-2 Polling Options

In the Polling Options window, select the frequency of polling from the Frequency drop down
menu. Depending on the value selected for Frequency, other fields may need to be assigned.
Select the values for Frequency and its dependent fields (Hour of Day / Day of Week / Day of
Month) and click Apply. For more information on the frequency settings in Polling Options, see
Table 4-1 on page 4-2.

Adding Repeaters
This section contains the following topics:
Properties of a Repeater

Adding a Repeater to a Submarine Link

Adding Multiple Repeaters to a Submarine Link

Properties of a Repeater
The Add Repeater window is divided into the following four parts:
 General Properties— The top panel, where the general property fields of the repeater can be
defined. See, Table 4-2 on page 4-6 for more information on these fields.
The table below describes the general properties of a repeater.

Table 4-2 Add Repeater: General Properties

Item Description

Label The label for the repeater. Enter a maximum of 32 alphanu-

meric characters.
Sub Type The sub type of the repeater. Enter a maximum of 64 alpha-
numeric characters.

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Table 4-2 Add Repeater: General Properties

Item Description

Address The address of the repeater on the WPLM link. Enter a

numeric value between 0 to 1023. In a link, each repeater will
have a unique address.
Response Tone [KHz] Select a value from the drop-down. Valid values are:
• 7.5
• 8.3
• 12.5
• 37.5
• 62.5
Amp Output Levels The output power level of the amplifier. Valid values are:
• ALC[00]
• ALC[01]
• ALC[10]
• ALC[11]
Reverse Direction Select this check-box, if the fibre connectivity of the amplifiers
is reversed in the repeater. By default this check-box is not
selected.

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 Calibration Constants

The Calibration Constants tab is divided into two panels, A Direction and B Direction. Table 4-3
on page 4-8 describes the properties in the Calibration Constants tab.

Table 4-3 Add Repeater: Calibration Constants

Item Description

A Direction and B Direction

Pump Slope (A1)
Pump Intercept (A2)
RLL Slope (B1) Coefficients specific to each subsea network element that is
RLL Intercept (B2) determined at the time of manufacture.

SLL Slope (C1)

SLL Intercept (C2)

 Absolute Thresholds

The Absolute Thresholds tab is divided into the following panels:

Minimum
The Minimum panel lets you enter the minimum threshold values for A direction and B Direc-
tion.It is divided into two sub-panels:
– A Direction
– B Direction

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Figure 4-3 Add Repeater: Absolute Thresholds tab

Table 4-4 on page 4-9 describes the properties of the Minimum panel in the Absolute Thresholds
tab.

Table 4-4 Add Repeater: Absolute Thresholds—Minimum

Item Description

A Direction and B Direction

Send Light Level [dBm] The minimum threshold value for the monitored threshold,
below which an alarm will be raised. Enter a numeric value
between -100 to 100.
Receive Light Level [dBm] The minimum threshold value for the monitored threshold,
below which an alarm will be raised. Enter a numeric values
between -100 to 100.
Co-pump Laser Bias Current [%] The minimum threshold value for the Co-pump Laser Bias Cur-
rent in percentage. Enter a numeric value between 0 to 100.
Counter-pump Laser Bias Current [%] The minimum threshold value for the Counter-pump Laser Bias
Current in percentage. Enter a numeric value between 0 to
100.

Maximum
The Maximum panel lets you enter the maximum threshold values for A direction and B Direc-
tion.It is divided into two sub-panels:
– A Direction

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– B Direction
Table 4-5 on page 4-10 describes the properties of the Maximum panel in the Absolute Thresh-
olds tab.

Table 4-5 Add Repeater: Absolute Thresholds— Maximum

Item Description

A Direction and B Direction

Send Light Level [dBm] The maximum threshold value for the monitored threshold,
below which an alarm will be raised. Enter a numeric value
between -100 to 100.
Receive Light Level [dBm] The maximum threshold value for the monitored threshold,
below which an alarm will be raised. Enter a numeric values
between -100 to 100.
Co-pump Laser Bias Current [%] The maximum threshold value for the Co-pump Laser Bias
Current in percentage. Enter a numeric value between 0 to
100.
Counter-pump Laser Bias Current [%] The maximum threshold value for the Counter-pump Laser
Bias Current in percentage. Enter a numeric value between 0
to 100.

 Differential Thresholds

The Differential Thresholds tab is divided into the following panels:

Positive
The Positive panel lets you enter the positive threshold values for A direction and B Direction.It
is divided into two sub-panels:
– A Direction
– B Direction

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Figure 4-4 Add Repeater: Differential Thresholds tab

Table 4-6 on page 4-11 describes the properties of the Positive panel in the Differential Thresh-
olds tab.

Table 4-6 Add Repeater: Differential Thresholds—Positive

Item Description

A Direction and B Direction

Send Light Level [dBm] The positive differential threshold value of the Send Light
Level. If between two consecutive polling cycles the positive
change in value exceeds the positive threshold, an alarm is
raised. Enter a numeric value between 0 to 100.
Receive Light Level [dBm] The positive differential threshold value of the Received Light
Level. If between two consecutive polling cycles the positive
change in value exceeds the positive threshold, an alarm is
raised. Enter a numeric value between 0 to 100.

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Table 4-6 Add Repeater: Differential Thresholds—Positive

Item Description

Co-pump Laser Bias Current [%] The positive differential threshold value of the Co-pump Laser
Bias Current. If between two consecutive polling cycles the
positive change in value exceeds the positive threshold, an
alarm is raised on the co-pump. Enter a numeric value
between 0 to 100.
Counter-pump Laser Bias Current [%] The positive differential threshold value of the Counter-pump
Laser Bias Current. If between two consecutive polling cycles
the positive change in value exceeds the positive threshold, an
alarm is raised on the co-pump. Enter a numeric value
between 0 to 100.

Negative
The Negative panel lets you enter the negative threshold values for A direction and B Direc-
tion.It is divided into two sub-panels:
– A Direction
– B Direction
The table below describes the properties of the Negative panel in the Differential Thresholds tab.

Table 4-7 Add repeater: Differential Thresholds—Negative

Item Description

A Direction and B Direction

Send Light Level [dBm] The negative differential threshold value of the Send Light
Level. If between two consecutive polling cycles the negative
change in value is found to be less than the negative thresh-
old, an alarm is raised. Enter a numeric value between 0 to
100.
Receive Light Level [dBm] The negative differential threshold value of the Received
Light Level. If between two consecutive polling cycles the
negative change in value is found to be less than the nega-
tive threshold, an alarm is raised. Enter a numeric value
between 0 to 100.

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Table 4-7 Add repeater: Differential Thresholds—Negative

Item Description

Co-pump Laser Bias Current [%] The negative differential threshold value of the Co-pump
Laser Bias Current. If between two consecutive polling
cycles the absolute difference in the negative change in
value is found to be less than the negative threshold, an
alarm is raised on the co-pump. Enter a numeric value
between 0 to 100.
Counter-pump Laser Bias Current [%] The negative differential threshold value of the Counter-
pump Laser Bias Current. If between two consecutive polling
cycles the absolute difference in the negative change in
value is found to be less than the negative threshold, an
alarm is raised on the co-pump. Enter a numeric value
between 0 to 100.

Adding a Repeater to a Submarine Link

A repeater can be added in the following three different scenarios:
Adding a repeater to a new submarine link—“To add a Repeater to a new submarine link” on page 4-
13
Adding a repeater to an existing submarine link—“To add a repeater to an existing submarine link”
on page 4-15
Adding a repeater between the link—“To add a repeater between the repeaters or equalizers of an
existing submarine link” on page 4-17

To add a Repeater to a new submarine link

Note: Follow these steps for adding a repeater if you are creating a new submarine link.

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator privileges.

Step 2 Launch the Create Submarine Link window. for information on launching the Create Submarine
Link window see, “Launching the Create Submarine Link Window” on page 4-4.
Step 3 Select the Link View tab.

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The Link View tab is displayed.

Figure 4-5 Create Submarine Link: Link View

Step 4 Click Add Repeater. The Add Repeater window is displayed.

Figure 4-6 Add Repeater

Step 5 Enter the required input parameters. For information on the input parameters for repeaters, see
“Properties of a Repeater” on page 4-6.
Step 6 Click Ok. The repeater is created and added to the link. The Add Repeater window is closed
and the Link View tab of the Create Submarine Window is displayed.

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Step 7 Click Apply in the Create Submarine Link window.

To add a repeater to an existing submarine link

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator privileges.

Step 2 Right-click the link in the Network Tree View, and select Edit Link. The Edit Submarine Link
window displays.

Figure 4-7 Edit Submarine Link: Link View

Step 3 Select the Link View tab.

Note: If the submarine link is in managed state, then the options to Add Repeater, Add Equal-
izer or Delete the repeater or equalizer will be disabled. Ensure that the submarine link is
in unmanaged state to add or delete repeaters and equalizers. For more information see,
“Managing and Unmanaging a Link” on page 4-32.

Step 4 Click Add Repeater.

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The Add Repeater window is displayed.

Figure 4-8 Add Repeater

Step 5 Enter the required input parameters, for more information on the input parameters, see “Proper-
ties of a Repeater” on page 4-6.
Step 6 Click Apply.
Step 7 Click Close.
The Add Repeater window is closed and the Edit Submarine Link window is displayed.
Step 8 Click Apply.
On successful update of the link, the Submarine Link updated successfully message is
displayed.
Step 9 Click Ok, to close the message window.
The new, added repeater is displayed in the Link View tab of the Edit Submarine Link window.
Step 10 Click Close, to exit the Edit Submarine Link window.

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To add a repeater between the repeaters or equalizers of an existing submarine link

Step 1 Right-click the link in the Network Tree View, and select Edit Link. The Edit Submarine Link
window displays.

Figure 4-9 Edit Submarine Link: Link View

Step 2 Select the Link View tab.

Note: If the submarine link is in managed state, then the options to Add Repeater, Add Equal-
izer or Delete the repeater or equalizer will be disabled. Ensure that the submarine link is
in unmanaged state to add or delete repeaters and equalizers. For more information see,
“Managing and Unmanaging a Link” on page 4-32.

Note: The new repeater is always added to the right of the network element (repeater or equalizer
pair) on which the right-click action is performed.

Note: When you want to add a repeater to the right of a equalizer pair, the Add Repeater and Add
Equalizer Pair options will be available on the right-click of only that equalizer which is on
the receiving side.

Step 3 Right-click the repeater or the equalizer on the left of where the new repeater is to be added, and
select Add Repeater.

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The Add Repeater window is displayed.

Figure 4-10 Add Repeater

Step 4 Enter the required input parameters, for information on the required input parameters, see,
“Properties of a Repeater” on page 4-6.
Step 5 Click Apply.
Step 6 Click Close.
The Add Repeater window is closed and the Edit Submarine Link window is displayed.
Step 7 Click Apply.
On successful update of the link, the Submarine Link updated successfully message is
displayed.
Step 8 Click Ok, to close the message window.
The new, added repeater is displayed in the Link View tab of the Edit Submarine Link window.
Step 9 Click Close, to exit the Edit Submarine Link window.

Adding Multiple Repeaters to a Submarine Link

To add multiple repeaters to a submarine link

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator privileges.

Step 2 Launch the Add Repeater window. For information on launching the Add Repeater window, see
“Adding a Repeater to a Submarine Link” on page 4-13.

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Step 3 In the Add Repeater window, enter the required input parameters, for information on the input
parameters, see, “Properties of a Repeater” on page 4-6.
Step 4 Click Apply.
Step 5 Update the entries for the new repeater and click Apply.
Step 6 Once you have completed the addition of repeaters, click Ok.
The control goes back to the Link View tab in the Edit Submarine Link window. This window also
displays the repeaters in the Link View tab’s panel.
Step 7 Click Apply.
On successful update of the link, the Submarine Link updated successfully message is
displayed.
Step 8 Click Ok, to close the message window.

Adding Equalizer Pairs

This section contains the following topics:
Properties of an Equalizer Pair

Launching the Add Equalizer Pair window

Adding an Equalizer Pair to a Submarine Link

“Adding Multiple Equalizer Pairs to a Submarine Link” on page 4-24

Properties of an Equalizer Pair

The following table describes the properties of the Equalizer Pair.

Table 4-8 Add Equalizer Pair

Item Description

A Direction and B Direction

Label Enter the name of the Equalizer Pair. The name is character string
with a maximum of 32 characters without any blank spaces. The
allowed characters are alphanumeric, underscore and numeric.
Sub Type Enter the sub type of the Equalizer Pair. Enter a maximum of 64,
alpha-numeric characters.
Address Enter the address of the Equalizer Pair. The value can range from 0 to
1023. In a link, each equalizer will have a unique address.

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Table 4-8 Add Equalizer Pair

Item Description

Response Tone [KHz] Enter the response tone in KHz. The valid values are:
• 7.5
• 8.3
• 12.5
• 37.5
• 62.5
RLL Slope (B1) Coefficient specific to each subsea network element that is deter-
mined at the time of manufacture.
RLL Intercept (B2) Coefficient specific to each subsea network element that is deter-
mined at the time of manufacture.
Polling Check to enable polling, or un-check to disable polling of the equalizer.
By default the Polling option is un-checked.

Launching the Add Equalizer Pair window

The Add Equalizer Pair window can be launched through different launch points in the following scenarios:
 Adding an Equalizer Pair to a New Submarine Link

The Add Equalizer Pair window can be launched from the Create Submarine Link window, while cre-
ating a new submarine link and adding equalizer pairs to it. To launch the Add Equalizer pair window
in this scenario follow steps in the procedure, “To launch the Add Equalizer Pair window from the
Create Submarine Link window” on page 4-20.
 Adding an Equalizer Pair to an Existing Submarine Link

The Add Equalizer Pair window can be launched from the Edit Submarine Link window, when equal-
izer pairs need to be added to an existing submarine link. To launch the Add Equalizer pair window
in this scenario follow steps in the procedure, “To launch the Add Equalizer Pair window from the
Edit Submarine Link window” on page 4-21.
 Adding an Equalizer Pair between the Repeaters or Equalizers of an Existing Submarine Link

The Add Equalizer Pair window can be launched from the Link View panel of the Edit Submarine
Link window, by right clicking on an existing repeater or an equalizer in the Link View panel of the
Edit Submarine Link Window. To launch the Add Equalizer Pair window in this secnario follow the
steps in the procedure, “To launch the Add Equalizer Pair window from the Link View Panel” on
page 4-22.

To launch the Add Equalizer Pair window from the Create Submarine Link window

Step 1 Launch the create Submarine Link window, see “Launching the Create Submarine Link Window”
on page 4-4.
Step 2 Select the Link View tab.

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Step 3 Click Add Equalizer Pair.

The Add Equalizer Pair window is displayed.

Figure 4-11 Add Equalizer Pair

To launch the Add Equalizer Pair window from the Edit Submarine Link window

Step 1 Right-click the link in the Network Tree View, and select Edit Link. The Edit Submarine Link
window is displayed.
Step 2 Select the Link View tab.

Note: If the submarine link is in managed state, then the options to Add Repeater, Add Equal-
izer or Delete the repeater or equalizer will be disabled. Ensure that the submarine link is

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in unmanaged state to add or delete repeaters and equalizers. For more information see,
“Managing and Unmanaging a Link” on page 4-32.

Figure 4-12 Edit Submarine Link: Link View

Step 3 Click Add Equalizer Pair.

The Add Equalizer Pair window is displayed.

Figure 4-13 Add Equalizer Pair

To launch the Add Equalizer Pair window from the Link View Panel

Step 1 Right-click on the link in the Network Tree View, and select Edit Link. The Edit Submarine
Link window is displayed.

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Step 2 Select the Link View tab.

Figure 4-14 Edit Submarine Link: Link View

Step 3 To add an equalizer pair between the repeaters or equalizer pairs of the link, right-click the
repeater or the equalizer on the left, and select Add Equalizer Pair.

Note: If the submarine link is in managed state, then the options to Add Repeater, Add Equal-
izer or Delete the repeater or equalizer will be disabled. Ensure that the submarine link is
in unmanaged state to add or delete repeaters and equalizers. For more information see,
“Managing and Unmanaging a Link” on page 4-32.

Note: When adding an equalizer pair in a link, between two repeaters or equalizer pairs, the new
equalizer pair is always added to the right of the repeater or equalizer pair on which the
right-click action was performed.

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The Add Equalizer Pair window is displayed.

Figure 4-15 Add Equalizer Pair

Adding an Equalizer Pair to a Submarine Link

To add an Equalizer Pair to a submarine link

Step 1 Launch the Add equalizer Pair window. for information on launching the Add Equalizer Pair win-
dow, see “Launching the Add Equalizer Pair window” on page 4-20.
Step 2 In the Add Equalizer Pair window enter the required input parameters. For information on the
input parameters, see “Properties of an Equalizer Pair” on page 4-19.
Step 3 Click Apply.
Step 4 Click Ok.

Adding Multiple Equalizer Pairs to a Submarine Link

To add multiple equalizer pairs to a submarine link

Step 1 Launch the Add Equalizer pair window. For information on launching the Add Equalizer pair win-
dow, see “Launching the Add Equalizer Pair window” on page 4-20.
Step 2 Enter the required input parameters. for information on the input parameters, see “Properties of
an Equalizer Pair” on page 4-19.
Step 3 Click Apply.
Step 4 Update the entries for another, new equalizer pair and click Apply again.
Step 5 On completion of adding of equalizer pairs, click Close.

Note: The Address entered for each equalizer should be unique.

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The control goes back to the Link View tab in the Create Submarine Link window. This window
displays the repeater(s) and equalizer pairs added in the Link View tab’s panel.
Step 6 Click Apply.
On successful addition of the equalizer pair, the Submarine Link created successfully
message is displayed.
Step 7 Click Ok.

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Editing a Submarine Link

Infinera WPLM provides the feature to edit the existing submarine links. It allows the modification of the link
properties and the properties of the repeaters and equalizers within the link. It also lets you delete
repeaters and equalizers you want to remove from the WPLM link.
This topic covers the following operations for modification of a submarine link.
“Modifying Link Properties” on page 4-26

“Modifying a Repeater” on page 4-27

“Modifying an Equalizer Pair” on page 4-27

“Deleting a Repeater” on page 4-28

“Deleting an Equalizer Pair” on page 4-30

Modifying Link Properties

Infinera WPLM provides the facility to modify existing links to suit the network requirements. The general
properties defining the link can be modified and saved.

To edit link properties

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Network Tree View, right-click the link that you want to edit.
Step 3 Select Edit Link.
The Edit Submarine Link window is displayed.
Step 4 Enter or update the values of the attributes to be modified, and click Apply. To view the defini-
tions of the different fields and attributes of the General tab, see “Launching the Create Subma-
rine Link Window” on page 4-4.
When a submarine link is in the managed state, editing is allowed only for the following subma-
rine link properties:

• Link Name • Modulation Depth

• K1 • Near End: NE Name
• K2 • Far End: NE Name
• Polling Options: Frequency

Step 5 Click Close.

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Modifying a Repeater
Infinera WPLM allows you to modify the properties of the repeater in a submarine link.

To edit the Repeater properties

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Network Tree View, right click on the link that you want to edit.
Step 3 Select Edit Link.
The Edit Submarine Link window is displayed. This window consists of two tabs, General and
Link View.

Note: In the Edit Submarine Link window, the General tab is selected by default.

Step 4 Select the Link View tab.

The Link View tab displays the complete link, with its existing repeaters and equalizer pairs.
Step 5 To edit a repeater, do any of the following:
Double-click a repeater, the Edit Repeater window is displayed.

Right-click and select Properties, the Edit Repeater window is displayed.

Step 6 Enter or update the values of the attributes you want to modify, and click Apply. To view the defi-
nitions of the different fields and attributes in the Add Repeater tab, see “Properties of a
Repeater” on page 4-6.

Note: When a submarine link is in the managed state, editing is not allowed for the Address and
Amp Output Level fields of the repeater properties. The Amp Output Level field can not be
modified even when the link is in an unmanaged state, its value is to be set while adding
the repeater.

Step 7 Click Ok.

Modifying an Equalizer Pair

Infinera WPLM allows you to modify the properties of the equalizer pairs in a submarine link.

To edit an Equalizer Pair

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Network Tree View, right click on the link that you want to edit, and select Edit Link.

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The Edit Submarine Link window is displayed. This window consists of two tabs, General and
Link View.

Note: In the Edit Submarine Link window, the General tab is selected by default.

Step 3 Select the Link View tab.

The Link View tab displays the complete link, with its existing repeaters and equalizer pairs.
Step 4 To edit an equalizer pair, do any of the following:
Double-click an equalizer, the Edit Equalizer Pair window is displayed.

Right-click the equalizer, and select Properties, the Edit Equalizer Pair window is disap-
layed.
Step 5 Enter or update the values of the attributes you want to modify, and click Apply. To view the defi-
nitions of the different fields and attributes in the Add Equalizer Pair window, see “Properties of
an Equalizer Pair” on page 4-19.

Note: When a submarine link is in the managed state, editing is not allowed for the Address field
of the equalizer pair properties for both, A Direction and B Direction.

Step 6 Click Ok.

Deleting a Repeater
To be able to delete a repeater from a submarine link, the link should be in unmanaged state.

To delete a Repeater

Note: To be able to delete a repeater from a submarine link, the link should be in unmanaged
state. If the link is in a managed state then the Delete option will be disabled. For more
information see, “Managing and Unmanaging a Link” on page 4-32.

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator privileges.

Step 2 In the Network Tree View, right click on the link that you want to edit, and select Edit Link.
The Edit Submarine Link window is displayed. This window consists of two tabs, General and
Link View.

Note: In the Edit Submarine Link window, the General tab is selected by default.

Step 3 Select the Link View tab.

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The Link View tab displays the complete link, with its existing repeaters and equalizer pairs.
Step 4 Right-click the repeater you wish to delete and select Delete. The Repeater is deleted from the
Link View tab.
Step 5 Click Apply. An Informational Message, Submarine Link updated successfully is dis-
played. Click Ok.

Note: Any modifications made in the Link View tab will not reflect unless the changes are applied
by clicking Apply.

Step 6 Click Close. The Infinera WPLM main window displays the updated link.

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Deleting an Equalizer Pair

Deleting an equalizer deletes the complete equalizer pair from the submarine link.

To delete an Equalizer Pair

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator privileges.

Step 2 In the Network Tree View, right click on the link that you want to edit, and select Edit Link.
The Edit Submarine Link window is displayed. This window consists of two tabs, General and
Link View.

Note: In the Edit Submarine Link window, the General tab is selected by default.

Step 3 Select the Link View tab.

The Link View tab displays the complete link, with its existing repeaters and equalizer pairs.
Step 4 Right-click any equalizer of the Equalizer Pair that you wish to delete and select Delete. The
Equalizer Pair is deleted from the Link View tab.

Note: Deleting a single equalizer will delete the full pair of the equalizer. A single equalizer can not
be deleted.

Step 5 Click Apply. An Informational Message, Submarine Link updated successfully is dis-
played.
Step 6 Click Ok.

Note: Modifications made in the Link View tab will reflect on clicking Apply.

Step 7 Click Close. The updated link is displayed in the Link View tab of the Link Manager window.

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Deleting a Submarine Link

Deleting a submarine link will permanently delete the link from your network. All alarms and events related
to that submarine link are also deleted with the submarine link.

To delete a submarine link

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator privileges.

Step 2 In the Network Tree View, right-click the link you want to delete. A menu with options is dis-
played.
Step 3 Select Delete Link. A warning message, The topological link representation and
its configuration data will be purged. Do you want to proceed? is displayed.
Step 4 Click Ok to confirm deletion of the link.

Note: If the link manager for the link that you are deleting is open then a message, Link has
been deleted. Corresponding Link Manager may get closed. is displayed.
Click Ok to close the dialog box.

Note: If a Link Group contains only one submarine link and that link is deleted then the Link
Group will also be deleted.

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Managing and Unmanaging a Link

When a link is managed, a connection is established between the Infinera network element housing the
SCM and the WPLM server. When a link is unmanaged this connection is disconnected.
A submarine link by default is in an unmanaged state. Submarine Links can be managed manually. It is
required to have access to a link to be able to manage or unmanage it. Access privileges to perform all
operations on a submarine link are automatically granted to the user who creates that submarine link.

Managing a Link
Managing a link establishes a connection between the Infinera network element housing the SCM and the
WPLM server.

To manage a link

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Network Tree View, right-click the link to be managed.
Step 3 Select Manage Link.

Note: If the link does not establish a connection, then its icon is marked with a cross.

Note: Once a link is selected to be managed, it can not be deleted. To delete the link, first unman-
age it and then try deleting it.

Unmanaging a Link
Unmanaging a link disconnects the connection between the Infinera network element housing the SCM
and the WPLM server.

To unmanage a link

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Network Tree View, right-click the link to be unmanaged.
Step 3 Select Unmanage Link. A warning message, Control and monitoring of the link is
halted once it is in an ‘Unmanaged’ state. Do you want to continue the
operation? is displayed.
Step 4 Click Ok. The color of the link icon changes once the link is unmanaged.

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Polling a Link
Polling a submarine link retrieves information from its repeaters and equalizers and updates it in the
database. The updated information in the database is used by the WPLM server to raise alarms on that
submarine link.

Start Polling a Link

To start polling a link

Step 1 In the Network Tree View, right-click the link to be polled.

Step 2 Select Poll Link.
On successful initiation of polling, the message Link polling has been initiated on
link <link name> is displayed.
Step 3 Click Ok.

Stop Polling a Link

To stop polling a link

Step 1 In the Network Tree View, right-click the link that you want to poll.
Step 2 Select Stop Polling.
An informational message Request to stop polling on link <link name> has
been sent. is displayed in a dialog-box.
Step 3 Click Ok, to close the dialog-box.

Note: Polling can be stopped only for the links that are undergoing polling. For links that are not
being polled, Stop Polling will not be displayed when the link is right-clicked in the Net-
work Tree View.

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Performing Actions on the Links

This section provides information on the following topics:
“Performing Actions on Repeaters” on page 4-34

“Performing Actions on Equalizer” on page 4-41

“Exporting the Link Data” on page 4-42

Note: Performing these actions on network elements (repeaters and equalizers) requires that the
link to which these network elements belong is managed and reachable. These actions will
be disabled for the network elements if the link is either in managed state or is unreach-
able.

Performing Actions on Repeaters

This section provides procedures to perform actions on repeaters in the submarine link.

Note: Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges to
perform the actions on repeaters.

Note: No actions can be performed if the link is being polled. To perform actions on repeaters and
equalizers, ensure that the link is not being polled.

The following are the actions that can be performed on repeaters:

“Switching Off and On the Co-pump Lasers” on page 4-34
“Switching Off and On the Counter-pump Lasers” on page 4-36

“Setting the Amplifier Output Level” on page 4-37

“Resetting the Fault for Direction A” on page 4-38

“Resetting the Fault for Direction B” on page 4-39

“Polling a Repeater” on page 4-40

Switching Off and On the Co-pump Lasers

Perform the following procedure to switch off or switch on the lasers of the co-pump.

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To switch off the laser of the co-pump

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Link Manager window, within the Link View tab, select the repeater whose co-pump
lasers need to be switched off.
Step 3 In the Actions panel, Click Switch Off Co-pump Lasers. The Switch Off Co-pump Lasers
window is displayed asking a confirmation message This operation is service affec-
tiong. Do you want to proceed?.

Figure 4-16 Switch Off co-pump Lasers

Step 4 Select Yes from the drop-down to proceed switching off the co-pump laser.
Step 5 Click Ok.

Note: Once the co-pump is switched off, the Switch Off Co-pump Lasers button changes to
Switch On Co-pump Lasers.

Note: The status of the co-pump in the Detailed View will be updated as Off.

To switch on the laser of the co-pump

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Link Manager window, within the Link View tab, select the repeater whose co-pump
lasers need to be switched on.
Step 3 In the Actions panel, Click Switch On Co-pump Lasers. The co-pump laser is switched on.

Note: The co-pump lazer can be switched on only if it has been switched off, and the Switch On
Co-pump Lasers button is active.

Note: The status of the co-pump in the Detailed View will be updated as On.

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Switching Off and On the Counter-pump Lasers

Perform the following procedures to switch off or switch on the counter-pump lasers

To switch off the laser of the counter pump

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Link Manager window, within the Link View tab, select the repeater whose counter-pump
lasers need to be switched off.
Step 3 In the Actions panel, Click Switch Off Counter-pump Lasers. A confirmation message This
operation is service affecting. Do you want to proceed? is displayed.

Figure 4-17 Switch Off Counter-pump Lasers

Step 4 Select Yes from the drop-down.

Step 5 Click Ok. The counter-pump lasers are switched off.

Note: Once the counter-pump is switched off, the Switch Off Counter-pump Lasers button
changes to Switch On Counter-pump Lasers.

Note: The status of the counter-pump in the Detailed View will be updated as Off.

To switch on the laser of the counter pump

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Link Manager window, within the Link View tab, select the repeater whose counter-pump
lasers need to be switched on.

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Step 3 In the Actions panel, Click Switch On Counter-pump Lasers.The counter-pump laser is
switched on.

Note: The counter-pump lazer can be switched on only if it has been switched off, and the Switch
On Counter-pump Lasers button is active.

Note: The status of the counter-pump in the Detailed View will be updated as On.

Setting the Amplifier Output Level

Perform the following procedure to set the output level of the amplifier.

To set the output level of the amplifier

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Link Manager window, within the Link View tab, select the repeater whose amplifier out-
put level needs to be set.
Step 3 In the Actions panel, Click Set Amp Output Level. The Set Amplifier Output Power Level
window is displayed.

Figure 4-18 Set Amplifier Output Power Level

Step 4 Select the a value from the Amp Output Level drop-down box. The Amp Output Level drop-box
displays the following values:
ALC[00]

ALC[01}

ALC[10]

ALC[11]
Step 5 Click Apply. The selected value is applied to the repeater.

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Step 6 Click Close.

Note: The modified value of the Amplifier Output Power Level will also be updated in the Repeater
table in the Link Manager.

Resetting the Fault for Direction A

Perform the following procedure to reset the fault for direction A.

To reset the fault for Direction A

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Link Manager window, within the Link View tab, select the repeater whose fault for direc-
tion A needs to be reset.
Step 3 In the Actions panel, click Reset Direction A Fault. The Reset Direction A Fault window is
displayed.

Figure 4-19 Reset Direction A Fault: When Fault Exists

Step 4 Click Yes to proceed with the resetting of the Direction A fault. The fault for Direction B is reset.
Step 5 Once the fault is reset a message, The Repeater parameters have changed. Do you
want to poll the Repeater? is displayed.
Step 6 Click Yes to poll or click No if you do not wish to poll the repeater.

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If no fault exists in direction A, then the window displays a message, There is no fault on this
direction. Do you want to proceed?.

Figure 4-20 Reset Direction A Fault: When No Fault Exists

Note: Fault in a direction is shown with a triangle in red color, and if no fault exists then the trian-
gle will be shown in green color within the repeater in the details panel. For more details
see, Table 3-4 on page 3-21.

Resetting the Fault for Direction B

Perform the following procedure to reset the fault for direction B.

To reset the fault for direction B

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Link Manager window, within the Link View tab, select the repeater to reset its fault for
direction B.
Step 3 In the Actions panel, Click Reset Direction B Fault. The Reset Direction B Fault window is dis-
played.

Figure 4-21 Reset Direction B Fault: When Fault Exists

Step 4 Click Yes to proceed resetting the fault for Direction B. The fault for Direction B is reset.
Step 5 Once the fault is reset a message, The Repeater parameters have changed. Do you
want to poll the Repeater? is displayed.
Step 6 Click Yes to poll or click No if you do not wish to poll the repeater.

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If no fault exists in direction B, then the window displays a message There is no fault on this
direction. Do you want to proceed?.

Figure 4-22 Reset Direction B Fault: When No Fault Exists

Polling a Repeater
In order to retrieve information from a repeater it is required that the repeater be polled. Perform the
following procedure to poll a repeater.

To poll a repeater

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Link Manager window, within the Link View tab select the repeater to be polled.
Step 3 In the Actions panel, click Poll Repeater.

Note: Polling an individual repeater or an equalizers does not generate polling events for the start-
ing and completion of polling.

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Performing Actions on Equalizer

This section provides procedures to perform actions on the existing equalizers in the submarine link.

Note: Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges to
be able to perform actions on equalizers.

The following are the actions that can be performed on equalizers:

Setting the Slope

Polling an Equalizer

Setting the Slope

To set the slope of an equalizer

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Link Manager window, within the Link View tab select the equalizer whose slope needs
to be set.
Step 3 In the Actions panel, click Set Slope.

Figure 4-23 Equalizer: Setting the Slope

Step 4 Select any one of the following values from the Slope [dB] drop-box:

• +4 • - 0.5
• + 3.4 • - 1.0
• + 2.8 • - 1.5
• + 2.3 • - 2.0
• + 1.7 • - 2.5
• + 1.1 • - 3.0
• + 0.6 • - 3.5
• 0 • - 4.0

Step 5 Click Apply, and then click Close.

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Polling an Equalizer
Polling an equalizer retrieves the information of that equalizer and updates it in the database.

To poll an equalizer

Step 1 Log in to Infinera WPLM client with network administrator or network engineer privileges.
Step 2 In the Link Manager window, within the Link View tab select the equalizer that needs to be
polled.
Step 3 In the Actions panel, click Poll Equalizer.

Note: The Poll Equalizer button is enables only if the Polling option is selected when the pair of
equalizers were added. For more information on adding equalizers see, “Adding an Equal-
izer Pair to a Submarine Link” on page 4-24.

Note: Polling can be enabled by editing an equalizer pair, and selecting the Polling option. For
more information see, “Modifying an Equalizer Pair” on page 4-27.

Note: Polling an individual repeater or an equalizers does not generate polling events for the start-
ing and completion of polling.

Exporting the Link Data

Infinera WPLM allows you to export the complete information of your link, download it and save it on your
machine.
Exporting the link data creates a compressed file at the server side, and provides the link to download and
save the file. This file name is comprises of the link name followed by the date and time of its creation.
The compressed file when extracted provides the following files:
 Alarms — A tab separated value file, providing information on the all the alarms in that link.

 Events — A tab separated value file, providing information on the all the events in that link.

 Equalizers — A tab separated value file, providing information on the properties of all the equalizers
in that link.
 Repeaters — A tab separated value file, providing information on the properties of all the repeaters
in that link.
 An Image File — A portable network graphic file, that provides a snap-shot of the complete link as
shown in Link View.

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To export the link data

Step 1 In the Link Manager window, select the Link View tab.
Step 2 Click Export Link Data. On successful export of the link data, a export status message, “Export
is successful. Click the following link to download the exported file” is displayed.

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Configuring Repeaters and Equalizers in

Bulk
Infinera WPLM provides the facility to make modifications to the properties of the repeaters and equalizers
of a link in bulk. Bulk configuring lets you assign or modify a single value for a property field for multiple or
all repeaters and equalizers at the same time. This eliminates the tedious task of applying the same values
for each repeater. Multiple property field(s) can be also be modified at the same time.
Bulk configuration of repeaters and equalizers should be performed on managed and reachable links. For
links that are unmanaged or unreachable, the Bulk Configuration option will be disabled.

Note: Bulk Configuration of repeaters and equalizers can be performed by users with network
administrator or network engineer privileges. For users with different privileges, the Bulk
Configuration option will be disabled.

This topic provides instructions to perform the following operations on repeaters and equalizers in bulk:
“Configuring Repeaters in Bulk” on page 4-44

“Configuring Equalizers in Bulk” on page 4-45

Note: Bulk configuration allows you to modify the repeaters and equalizers only of a single link at
a time.

Configuring Repeaters in Bulk

Perform the following procedure to modify the properties of repeaters.

To configure the repeaters in bulk

Step 1 In the Network Tree View, right-click the link and select Bulk Configuration. The Bulk configu-
ration window for that link is displayed.
The following two tabs are there in this window:
Repeaters — Displays all the repeaters in the link. This tab is displayed by default.

Equalizers — Displays all the equalizers in the link.

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Figure 4-24 Bulk Configuration: Repeaters

The Bulk Configuration for Repeaters displays the Name, Address, Amp Output Power Level,
Co-Pump Status, Counter-Pump Status, Reset A direction IFF, Reset B direction IFF and
the Status fields of that repeater, but allows you to modify only the following property fields:
Amp Output Power Level

Co-Pump Status

Counter-Pump Status
Reset A direction IFF

Reset B direction IFF

Step 2 Do one of the following:

Click and drag the mouse pointer to select multiple repeaters

Press Ctrl, and select multiple repeaters individually

Click Select All to select all repeaters

Step 3 Right-click on the selected fields you want to modify. A list of assignable values is displayed.
Step 4 Select the value you want to assign.
Step 5 Click Apply.

Configuring Equalizers in Bulk

Perform the following procedure to modify the properties of equalizers.

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To configure the equalizers in bulk

Step 1 In the Network Tree View, right-click the link and select Bulk Configuration. The Bulk configu-
ration window for that link is displayed.
Step 2 Select the Equalizers tab. The Equalizers tab is dappled, showing the available equalizers in
that link. The Equalizers tab displays the Name, Address, Slope and Status for all the equaliz-
ers in that tab.
The value of Slope is the only value that can be modified for equalizers.

Figure 4-25 Bilk Configuration: Equalizers

Step 3 Do one of the following:

Click and drag the mouse pointer to select multiple equalizers

Press Ctrl, and select multiple equalizers individually

Click Select All to select all equalizers.

Step 4 Right-click on the selected fields of Slope that you want to modify. A list of assignable values is
displayed.
Step 5 Select the value you want to assign.
Step 6 Click Apply.

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Fault Management

This chapter describes the Fault Management applications provided by the DTN and the Optical Line
Amplifier network elements (referred to as network element) in the following sections:
“Overview” on page 5-2

“Alarm Management” on page 5-5

“Event Management” on page 5-26

Note: All the date and time parameters described/referred to in this document will be in the user
configured time zone unless otherwise specified.

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Overview
The fault monitoring and management capabilities of Infinera WPLM allows:
 Monitoring alarms and events detected by the WPLM server.

 Retrieving alarms and events stored in the WPLM server.

 Applying Alarm Severity Profile Settings to the WPLM link(s).

 Acknowledging of alarms and events.

 Deletion of alarms.

Infinera WPLM provides a central location for monitoring critical events and alarms generated by the
WPLM servers. Infinera WPLM supports two types of notifications, namely alarms and events. Figure 5-1
summarizes the different types of alarms and events.

Figure 5-1 Events and Notifications

Alarms
An alarm is an indication of a failure condition. Alarms are assigned severities as critical, major, minor and
warning, depending on the degree of service degradation or disruption. Using the Alarm Severity Profile
Settings tool, users can edit the assigned severities.
Alarms are categorized into the following categories:
 Facility

 Equipment

 Communication

 WPLM Alarm

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Alarms are assigned the following type of severities:

 Critical (CR)

 Major (MJ)

 Minor (MN)

 Warning (WN)

 Not Reported (NR)

Events
Events identify changes to an entity in the network. Events indicate the operations performed through
Infinera WPLM. Events are recorded within the system and are available to management applications for
data-model synchronization and reporting. Events are stored and can be viewed in the Event Manager.
Network elements recognize the following types of notifications:
 Conditions

Conditions are reported when anything other than the usual behavior of the managed network ele-
ment occurs. Conditions are further divided into the following categories:
Alarmed conditions—Conditions that require immediate action are reported as alarms. These
conditions require immediate attention, for example Intermittent Fault Flag (IFF) sets. They are
differentiated by the severity. These events are also available in the alarm list.
Threshold Crossing Alarms—These conditions are reported when there is a threshold cross-
ing.
 Reporting Events

Reporting events are generated by the target network element when there is a state change in the
WPLM server. Reporting events are divided into the following categories:
Security event—Events generated when there are security violations in the WPLM server.
Administrative event—Internal communication events between network elements and man-
agement clients. These events are used to communicate the event queue status and processor
activities (server start-up, server shut-down).
Threshold crossing event—Events that report threshold crossing information.

Audit event—Records of user actions that modify the state of any of the managed objects within
the network element.
Infinera WPLM provides the following two tools to view alarms and events generated in the WPLM server:
 Alarm Manager

 Event Manager

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These tools are useful for the following operations:

 Displaying detailed information about events and alarms

 Sorting and filtering alarms and events into categories



 Acknowledging alarms by including custom information (acknowledged text)

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Alarm Management
This section describes the various components of the Alarm Manager and provides detailed procedures
for using it:
“Alarm Manager” on page 5-5

“Using the Alarm Manager” on page 5-16

“Alarm Severity Profile Setting” on page 5-23

Alarm Manager
The Alarm Manager displays all outstanding conditions (alarms) in a tabular form. All outstanding alarms
are maintained in the Alarm Table and displayed until the condition is cleared. Alarm Manager instances
can be launched simultaneously based on two contexts (network level and link level).

Note: Launching Alarm Manager from the Fault Management menu launches the alarms for all
the submarine links assigned to the current user.

Note:

The Alarm Manager is used:

 To view alarm details

 To get a list of alarms (Alarm Table) that match a specific context

 To filter alarms based on various alarm attributes (criteria)

 To acknowledge alarms and add acknowledgement text to the alarms

 To export alarms.

To launch the Alarm Manager

Step 1 Do one of the following:

In the WPLM Main Menu, select Fault Management > Alarm Manager. This would display
all network level alarms.
In the Inventory and Shortcuts Panel, click the Alarm Manager icon.



In the Network Tree View, right-click the link and select Link Manager, then select the
Alarms tab. This Alarms tab will display the alarms belonging only to that particular link.

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The Alarm Manager is displayed.

Figure 5-2 Alarm Manager

The Alarm Manager consists of the following panels:

 Alarm Count Summarization Panel

The Alarm Count Summarization Panel displays the count of the total number of alarms categorized
by alarm severity. The count displayed corresponds to the instance of the Alarm Manager launched.
This is based on the context and the launch point. The number embedded in these buttons indicate
the number of alarms in the category. The Alarm Count Summarization Panel is refreshed with a
change in filter criteria. Alarms can be filtered based on severity using the severity buttons on the
Alarm Count Summarization Panel.
This panel consists of the following buttons:
Total—When the Alarm Manager is launched, this button is activated by default indicating the
total number of alarms that match the context and the filter. The appearance of this button
changes when the alarms are filtered based on severity, indicating that only a subset of the total
number of alarms are displayed in the Alarm Table.
CR—This button is indicative of the total number of alarms with severity Critical that match the
context and the filter criteria selected in the Alarm Manager. Clicking this button toggles the dis-
play of the Critical alarms in the Alarm Table.

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MJ—This button is indicative of the total number of alarms with severity Major, that match the
context and the filter criteria selected in the current Alarm Manager instance. Clicking this button
toggles the display of the Major alarms in the Alarm Table.
MN—This button is indicative of the total number of alarms with severity Minor, that match the
context and the filter criteria selected in the current Alarm Manager instance. Clicking this button
toggles the display of the Minor alarms in the Alarm Table.
WN—This button is indicative of the total number of alarms with severity Warning, that match the
context and the filter criteria selected in the current Alarm Manager instance. Clicking this button
toggles the display of the Warning alarms in the Alarm Table.
Figure 5-2 on page 5-6 shows the default settings of the Alarm Count Summarization Panel in a net-
work-wide instance of the Alarm Manager. Note that, by default, all the buttons are selected in this
panel indicating that the alarms are not filtered based on severity and complete list of alarms are dis-
played in the Alarm Table. The numbers embedded in the buttons matching the severity color-code
of the alarms indicate the number of alarms in the respective category. The sum of all these num-
bers is displayed in the Total button indicating the total number of alarms that match the context and
filtering criteria.

Figure 5-3 Alarm Manager: Filtering based on severity from the Alarm Count Summarization
Panel

Figure 5-3 on page 5-7 shows the settings of Alarm Count Summarization Panel in a network-wide
instance of the Alarm Manager where Critical alarm button is de-selected. With this, the Alarm Table
is refreshed to display all alarms excluding CR (Critical) alarms (CR button is de-selected). Any
change to the default settings in the Alarm Count Summarization Panel highlights the Total button
indicating the filter selection or a change. Click the respective buttons to select or de-select them.
Selecting the buttons at any time refreshes the alarm table to include the alarms in the selected cat-
egory. Also notice that the Critical check box under Severity, in the Quick Filters panel is
unchecked. Unchecking the Critical check box under Severity in the Quick Filters panel will also
result in excluding the critical alarms from the list of alarms being displayed.

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 Action Panel

The Action panel consists of icons mentioned in Table 5-1:

Table 5-1 Alarm Manager: Action Panel toolbar icons

Toolbar Icon Description

Restore Default Toolbar Positions—Icon used to reset the customized toolbar

positioning to default positions in the Alarm Manager. For details on changing or reset-
ting the toolbar positions in the Alarm Manager, see “To Change the Toolbar Positions in
the Alarm Manager” on page 5-16.

 Page Length and Navigation Panel

The Page Length and Navigation Panel displays the total number of alarms generated by the WPLM
server, the range of number of alarms displayed in the current screen and allows to customize the
number of alarms displayed per page. Additionally, this panel includes the page traversal buttons to
ease the navigation between pages
The Page Length and Navigation Panel is divided into the following panels:
Total—The total number of alarms that match the selected context and filter criteria.

Displaying —The alarm range displayed in the current page of the Alarm Table. The display
range can be set by typing the range in the fields next to Displaying tag in the alarm count and
navigation panel.
Page Length—A drop-down menu that allows to customize the page length of the Alarm Table.
It is used to set the maximum number of alarms to be displayed per page. The default value is
250.

Table 5-2 Alarm Table: Page Traversal Keys

Buttons Description

First Page—Click this button to navigate to the first page of the Equipment Table.

Previous Page—Click this button to navigate to the previous page relative to the current
page of the Equipment Table.
Next Page—Click this button to navigate to the next page relative to the current page of
the Equipment Table.
Last Page—Click this button to navigate to the last page of the Equipment Table.

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Page Traversal Keys—Buttons that allow to traverse between pages in the Event Manager win-
dow.The following table provides a description of the traversal buttons:

Table 5-3 Alarms Manager: Navigation Buttons

Button Description

First Page— Click on this button to go back to the first page of Alarms Table.

Previous Page—Click this button to go to the previous page of the Alarm

Table from the current page.
Next Page—Click this button to go to the next page from the current page of
the Alarm Table.
Last Page—Click this button to go to the last page of alarms in the Alarms
Table.

Suspend/Resume Updates Keys—Suspend Updates ( ) and Resume Updates ( ) but-

tons are used to stop or start the Alarm Manager from getting dynamically updated.
 Quick Filters Panel

The Quick Filter panel in the Alarm Manager consists of:

Quick Filters—Quick Filters are used to further filter the alarms in the alarm table. The Quick
Filter panel has a hierarchical tree with a check-box against each attribute to select the filtering
criteria.

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The Quick filter panel in the Alarm Manager is shown in Figure 5-4:

Figure 5-4 Alarm Manager: Quick Filter panel

The hierarchical root for the Quick Filter is indicated by the label Quick Filters. Selecting or
deselecting the Quick Filters checkbox selects or deselects all the attributes in the Quick Filter
panel. Expanding a filtering attribute in the Quick Filter panel displays the associated categories
for further definition of the filter. By default, Severity criteria is checked in the Quick Filters panel
indicating that alarms of all severities are listed in the Alarm Table. The severity selection in the
Quick Filter panel matches the respective selection in the Alarm Count Summarization panel.
With the default selection in the Quick Filters panel, the Apply Filter(s) button is greyed-out
unless there is a change in the filter criteria selection. Click Apply Filter(s) button to apply the
quick filter. Once a Quick Filter is applied, the Apply Filter(s) button is greyed-out indicating the
application of Quick Filter.

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The attributes in the quick filter panel are listed in Table 5-5:

Table 5-4 Alarm Manager: Quick Filters

Item Description

Severity Filter definition based on alarm severity:

• Critical
• Major
• Minor
• Warning
• Unreachable
Service Affecting Filter definition based on service affecting attribute:
• SA — Service Affecting
• NSA — Non-service Affecting
Equipment Type Filter definition based on the equipment type associated with the alarm:
• Submarine Link
• SLTE Node
• Submarine NE
• Repeater CTP
• Amplifier CTP
• Amplifier
• Equalizer
• Equalizer CTP
Time Filter definition based on the time at which the alarms were raised:
• Today
• Last 1 hour
• Last 4 hours
• Last 8 hours
• Last 12 hours
• Last 24 hours
• Last 3 days
• Last 7 days
• Last 30 days
• Last 90 days
Acknowledgement Filter definition based on the acknowledgement status of the alarms:
• Acknowledged Alarms
• Unacknowledged Alarms

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Table 5-5 Alarm Manager: Quick Filters

Item Description

Severity Filter definition based on alarm severity:

• Critical
• Major
• Minor
• Warning
Service Affecting Filter definition based on service affecting attribute:
• SA - Service Affecting
• NSA - Non-service Affecting
Object Type Filter definition based on the equipment type associated with
the alarm:
• Submarine Link
• SLTE Node
• Submarine Network Element
• Repeater CTP
• Amplifier CTP
• Amplifier
• Equalizer
• Equalizer CTP
Time Filter definition based on the time at which the alarms were
raised:
• Today
• Last 1 hour
• Last 4 hours
• Last 8 hours
• Last 12 hours
• Last 24 hours
• Last 3 days
• Last 7 days
• Last 30 days
• Last 90 days
Acknowledgement Filter definition based on the acknowledgement status of the
alarms:
• Acknowledged Alarms
• Unacknowledged Alarms

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The Filter summary panel summarizes the filtering criteria selected for the view. The Alarm
Table in the Alarm Manager is refreshed only when the Apply Filter(s) button is clicked after the
Quick Filter selection.
To unapply a Quick Filter, de-select the quick filtering criteria check-box against each attribute
selected and click Apply Filter(s).
Selecting and de-selecting the check-box next to the hierarchical root, Quick Filters, selects
and de-selects all the filtering criteria attributes in the Quick Filter panel respectively.

Note: Clicking Apply Filter(s) button when no attributes are selected in the Quick Filters panel
will refresh the Alarm Table with a list of alarms that match the previously applied filter.

Note: The Quick Filters applied are applicable only for the current view.

Quick Filter Summary Panel—The Quick Filter Summary Panel summarizes the quick filtering
conditions selected for the view.
 Alarm Table

The Alarm Table provides a list of all the alarms that are currently outstanding. By default, the
alarms are in chronological order with the most recent alarm at the top of the list. Alarms are dis-
played in a tabular form. Alarms can be sorted on any of the columns. By default they are sorted by
the time at which the alarm was raised by the WPLM server that is the Source Date/Time attribute
in the user configured time zone.
The following fields are displayed for alarms:
 Sev
Sev (alarm severity) is a classification of alarms depending on the degree of perceived degradation
or disruption of service or product. The severity of alarms are indicated by the following color code:

Table 5-6 Color coding and alarm severity mapping

Color Severity Description

Red CR—Critical alarms indicate a severe, service-affecting condition for which immediate correc-
tive action is required to restore service.
Orange MJ—Major alarms indicate a serious disruption of service, malfunctioning or failure of important
circuits. These alarms require immediate response to restore or maintain system capability.
Major alarms indicate a lesser immediate or impending effect on service or system perfor-
mance.
Yellow MN—Minor alarms are used for issues that do not have a serious effect on service.
Blue WN—Warning alarms are used to provide information regarding special precautions.

 SA/NSA

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The SA/NSA (Service affecting/Non-service affecting) flag indicates if the alarm is service-affecting
or non-service affecting. If an alarm is Service-affecting, it requires immediate corrective action to
restore service.
 Ack
In order to keep track of which alarms are being worked on, alarms can be acknowledged. Acknowl-
edging alarms allow entry of user-defined text (acknowledged text) for the alarms. All users who
have access to the Alarm Manager can see these changes. Alarms can be re-acknowledged at a
later point, if needed.

 Link Name

The link name specifies the name of the link with which the alarm is associated.
 Source Object
The source object specifies the equipment identifier that indicates the object on which the alarm has
been raised, for example, 500-A, 607-B.
 Object Type

The object type specifies the object with which this alarm is associated, such as, AMPLIFIERCTP.
 Category
Every alarm belongs to a category. The alarm categories available are listed in Table 5-7.

Table 5-7 Alarm Categories

Alarm Category Description Example

Communication Alarms Is associated with faults which impact the com- Failure in data retrieval, data
munication between the modules within the net- updation, or loss of commu-
work element and between network elements. nication or connectivity.
WPLM Alarms An alarm generated by Infinera WPLM. Node Unreachable
Equipment Alarms Is associated with hardware faults. Equipment Failure
Facility Alarms Is associated with a termination point fault, the Thresholds increasing the
line and tributary facilities, and incoming signal. maximum limits, or going
below the minimum set lim-
its.

 Probable Cause

The probable cause is the most likely reason for the occurrence of an alarm, for example, Optical
Loss of Signal. For more details on the various probable causes, refer to the “Alarms“ appendix.
 Ack User
Ack User indicates the ID of the user who acknowledged the alarm.
 Direction

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The direction in which the alarm is raised.

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 Source Date/Time (UTC)

The time indicates the time at which the alarm was raised by the network element. The time is
always displayed in UTC.
For procedural details to use the Alarm Manager, see “Using the Alarm Manager” on page 5-16.

Using the Alarm Manager

For a description of attributes in the Alarm Manager, see “Alarm Manager” on page 5-5. The following tasks
can be performed on the Alarm Manager:

“Customizing the Alarm Manager view” on page 5-16

“Viewing Alarm Details” on page 5-17

“Acknowledging Alarms” on page 5-18

“Exporting Alarm Information” on page 5-20



“Filtering Alarm Data” on page 5-21

“Sorting Alarm Data” on page 5-21

Customizing the Alarm Manager view

To Change the Toolbar Positions in the Alarm Manager

Step 1 In the Alarm Manager, drag and drop the toolbars to the desired position to rearrange the toolbar
positions.

Figure 5-5 Customized Toolbar Positions

Note: Changes to the toolbar positions are saved as user preferences and the settings will be
applied to all subsequent launches of Alarm Manager by the user.

Step 2 Click the Restore Default Toolbar Positions icon to restore the default toolbar positions.

Figure 5-6 Default Toolbar Positions

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To change the width of the column in the Alarm Table

Step 1 Move the cursor to the column separator (the vertical line) on the right side of the column. The
cursor changes to a horizontal double-arrow.
Step 2 Click and hold while moving the mouse either left or right to adjust the column width. All columns
to the right are moved to accommodate the new column width.
The hover box displays the full content of the cells that are truncated.

Viewing Alarm Details

Alarm details are viewed from the Alarm Details window.

To view the details of an alarm

Step 1 In the Alarm Manager, select the alarm for which you would like to view the details.
Step 2 Do one of the following:
Right-click and select Properties.

Double-click the alarm.

The Alarm Details window is displayed.

Figure 5-7 Alarm Details

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Table 5-8 Alarm Details

Item Description

Summary
Source Name The name of the object associated with the alarm.
Service Affecting A field indicating if the alarm is service affecting or non-service affecting.
Severity The severity of the alarm. Can be critical, major, minor, warning, unreachable.
Source Date/Time The date and time (in UTC) when the alarm was raised by the WPLM server.
Alarm Category The alarm category. See Table 5-7 on page 5-14 for the alarm categories.
Link Name The name of the submarine link that raised the alarm.
Probable Cause The most likely reason for the occurrence of an alarm. For example, Loss of Light.
Description
Parameters
Correlation ID A system-generated ID that specifies the correlation identifier.
Probable Cause A brief description of the most likely reason for the occurrence of the alarm. This format
of the probable cause matches with the TL1 description.
Event Type The type of event. The type can be a Condition or Report.
Event SubType The subtype of the event. This varies based on the event type. The subtype can be
alarm or TCC.
Location The location where the alarm has been raised. For example, A and B.
Acknowledgement Information
User The login name of the user responsible for this acknowledgment.
Time The time at which the alarm was acknowledged.
Acknowledgement User entered comments about the acknowledgment.
Text
Additional Text
Additional Text Additional details about the alarm.
Trouble-shoot Click this for a detailed description of the alarm and a procedure to clear the alarm.
Acknowledge Click this to acknowledge the alarm. For details on how to acknowledge and alarm, see
“Acknowledging Alarms” on page 5-18.

Acknowledging Alarms
In order to keep track of the Alarms that are being worked on, alarms can be acknowledged.
Acknowledging alarms allow entry of user-defined text (upto 256 characters) for alarms.

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To acknowledge alarms

Step 1 In the Alarm Manager, right-click the alarm you want to acknowledge and select Acknowledge.
To select multiple alarms to be acknowledged, press the Ctrl key and select the alarms in the
Alarm Manager.

Note: A maximum of 100 alarms can be acknowledged at once.

The Alarm Acknowledgement window is displayed.

Figure 5-8 Acknowledging alarms

Step 2 Enter the acknowledge text in the Acknowledged Text field and click Apply.

Note: The Acknowledged Text can have a maximum of 256 characters.

A prompt to confirm if the Acknowledged Text is to be replaced or appended to the previous one
is displayed.

Figure 5-9 Multiple alarm Acknowledged Text - Confirm Message

Step 3 Do one of the following:

Click Replace. The previous acknowledged text, if any, is replaced with the new one.

Click Append. The append the acknowledged text to the previous one, if any.
An informational message confirming the successful acknowledgement of the alarm(s) is dis-
played:
Step 4 Click Ok.

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The columns, Ack and Ack User are updated to indicate the alarm acknowledgement. The
check-box in the Ack column is selected and the user ID of the acknowledging user is displayed
in the Ack User column.

Exporting Alarm Information

Outstanding alarms can be exported to a tab separated value (TSV) file. This file can be viewed using any
standard text editor like vi, Notepad or Excel. There are two options to export alarms:
 Export Current Page—Using this option, all alarms displayed in the current page or view of the
Alarm Manager can be exported into a TSV file. In this option, only attributes that are selected to be
displayed are exported.
 Export All Pages—Using this option, the complete list of alarms and their attributes that match the
context are exported into a TSV file. In this option, all alarm attributes (inclusive of the attributes that
are not displayed in the Alarm Manager as a result of view customization) are exported. Irrespective
of the sorting criteria in the current view of the Alarm Manager, the Alarms in exported file are sorted
by Source Date/Time by default.

To export alarms from current page

Step 1 In the Alarm Manager, click Export Current Page.

The Save dialog box is displayed.
Step 2 Navigate to the directory location where you would like to save the alarms information.
Step 3 Enter the name of the file and click Save.
A success message, indicating the directory location and the file name is displayed.
Step 4 Click Ok to close the prompt.

To export alarms from all pages

Step 1 In the Alarm Manager, click Export All Pages.

Step 1 An export message, indicating the success of export and the directory location of the file is dis-
played.

Figure 5-10 Export Alarms: Status Message

Step 2 Click the link to download and save the file.

The Save dialog box is displayed.

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Step 3 Navigate to the directory location where you would like to save the alarms information.
Step 4 Enter the name of the file and click Save.
The alarms information is now saved as a TSV file.
Step 5 Click Close to close the prompt.

Filtering Alarm Data

Filter conditions can be applied the alarm table in the Alarm Manager. The filter options allow finer
granularity of filtering outstanding alarms. The applied filter preferences are not saved when the Alarm
Manager instance is closed.
Infinera WPLM provides quick filtering options that can be used independently or in combination:

Note: Quick Filters—Quick Filters can be used to filter alarms based on specific selection from
the hierarchical tree of attributes in the Quick Filter Panel of the Alarm Manager. See
Table 5-5 on page 5-12 for a list of Quick Filtering attributes listed in the Alarm Manager.

 Quick Filter Summary Panel—The Quick Filter Summary Panel summarizes the quick filtering
conditions selected for the filter.

Sorting Alarm Data

The data displayed in the Alarm Manager can be sorted by all fields in both ascending and descending
order. Sorting is applied according to the following rules:
 Numbers are sorted in numeric sequence.

 Text is sorted in an alphanumerical sequence.

To sort alarms

When the Alarm Manager is launched for the first time, all the alarms are sorted on Source Date/Time
column and displayed with the latest alarms on the first page. (See Figure 5-11). If the Alarm Manager is
closed and subsequently re-opened without changing the sorting order, the latest alarms are displayed on
first page and the oldest alarms are displayed on the last page.
Step 1 Click any column heading to sort all the alarms based on the attribute listed in the respective col-
umn. The sort order is identified by a triangle pointing in the direction of sort.
Step 2 To reverse the sort order, click the column heading again.
To view the latest alarms at any time, navigate to either the first page or the last page based on
the sort order.

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If the Alarm Manager is closed and re-opened, the alarms will be displayed with the previously
applied sort criteria which would be saved as a preference for the user.

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The following figure displays the alarms in an Alarm Manager sorted in descending order of the Source
Object.

Figure 5-11 Alarms in an Alarm Manager sorted in descending order of the Source Object

Alarm Severity Profile Setting

All alarms generated are assigned a factory-set default severity and service affecting value. The factory
default values can be edited using the Alarm Severity Profile Settings (ASPS) feature.

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Figure 5-12 Alarm Severity Assignment Profile Settings

The Alarm Severity Assignment Profile Settings window is divided into the following sections.
 Profile Table—The Profile Table lists the factory set attributes as listed in Table 5-9.

 Profile Attributes—Attributes of the alarm selected in the Profile Table.

Table 5-9 Alarm Severity Profile Settings: Profile Attributes

Item Description

Object Type The managed object that raised the alarm.

Probable Cause The most likely reason for the occurrence of an alarm.
Category The alarm category. See Table 5-7 on page 5-14 for the alarm categories.
Severity The alarm severity. Alarm severity can be one of critical, major, minor, or
warning.
Service Affecting The effect on the service due to the failure.

The ASPS feature can be used to customize the following attributes:

 Severity—Specifies the new alarm severity assigned to the alarm. Valid values are Critical(CR),
Major(MJ), Minor(MN), Warning(WN) and Not Reported(NR).
 Service Affecting—Indicates if the failure will be affecting the service or not.
ASPS is edited from the Alarm Severity Assignment Profile Settings window.

To edit the Alarm Severity Profile Settings

Step 1 In the Network Tree View, right-click on the link icon. Select Alarm Severity Profile Settings.
The Alarm Severity Assignment Profile Settings window is displayed.

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Step 2 Select an alarm object. The attributes are displayed in the Profile Attributes panel.
Step 3 Select the new severity from the Severity list.
Step 4 If applicable, select Service Affecting check box if the service is affected when the alarm is
raised. Otherwise, leave the check box blank.
Step 5 To save your changes, click Apply.
A message Alarm Severity Profile Updated Successfully is displayed.
Step 6 Click Ok to close the success message.
Step 7 Repeat Step 1 to Step 6 to edit other alarms.
Step 8 Click Close to exit the Alarm Severity Assignment Profile Settings window..

Note: At anytime, to restore the default factory settings for alarm severity, click Restore to Fac-
tory Defaults.

Note: Modifications to the Alarm Severity Profile Settings will take effect on the alarms raised in
future. Modifications are subject to the specific link for which the Alarm Severity Profile
Settings are changed.

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Event Management
This section describes the various components of the Event Manager window and provides detailed
procedures to use it:
“Event Manager” on page 5-26

“Operating the Event Manager” on page 5-37

Event Manager
The Event Manager displays the events generated by the WPLM server, in a tabular form.
The Event Manager window is used to view event details, get a list of events (Event Table) that match a
specific context, filter events based on various event attributes (criteria), and export events.
Perform the following procedure to launch the Event Manager.

To launch the Event Manager

Step 1 Do one of the following:

From the WPLM Main Menu, select Fault Management > Event Manager, to view all events
in the network.
In the WPLM Main View, click the Event Manager icon, to view all events at the network
level.
In the Link Manager of a link, select the Events tab. This Events tab displays events belong-
ing to that particular link for which the Link Manager is open.
The Event Manager window is displayed.

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Figure 5-13 Event Manager

The Event Manager consists of the following panels:

 Event Count

Provides the Total number of events in the Event Manager.

 Event Count Summarization Panel

The Event Count Summarization Panel displays the count of the total number of events categorized
by event severity based. The count displayed corresponds to the instance of the Event Manager
launched. This is based on the context and the launch point. The number embedded in these but-
tons indicate the number of events in the category. The Event Count Summarization Panel is
refreshed with the change in context and/or change in filter criteria. Events can be filtered based on
the severity using the severity buttons on the Event Count Summarization Panel.
This panel consists of the following buttons:
Total—When the Event Manager is launched, this button is activated by default indicating the
total number of events that match the context and the filter criteria selected are displayed in the
Event Table. The appearance of this button varies when the events are filtered based on sever-
ity, indicating that only a subset of the total number of events that match the context are dis-
played in the Event Table. The Event Manager is dynamically refreshed.

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CR—This button is indicative of the total number of events with severity, Critical that match the
context and the filter criteria selected in the current Event Manager instance. Clicking this button
toggles the display of the Critical events in the Event Table.
MJ—This button is indicative of the total number of events with severity, Major, that match the
context and the filter criteria selected in the current Event Manager instance. Clicking this button
toggles the display of the Major events in the Event Table.
MN—This button is indicative of the total number of events with severity, Minor, that match the
context and the filter criteria selected in the current Event Manager instance. Clicking this button
toggles the display of the Minor events in the Event Table.
WN—This button is indicative of the total number of events with severity Warning, that match the
context and the filter criteria selected in the current Event Manager instance. Clicking this button
toggles the display of the Warning events in the Event Table.
Clear—This button is indicative of the total number of cleared events that match the context and
the filter criteria selected in the current Event Manager instance. Clicking this button toggles the
display of the Cleared events in the Event Table.
Info—This button is indicative of the total number of informational events that match the context
and the filter criteria selected in the current Event Manager instance. Clicking this button toggles
the display of the Informational events in the Event Table.
Figure 5-13 on page 5-27 shows the default settings of the Event Count Summarization Panel in a
network-wide instance of the Event Manager. Note that, by default, no buttons are highlighted
(selected) in this panel indicating that the events are not filtered based on severity and complete list
of events are displayed in the Event Manager. The numbers embedded in the buttons that match the
severity color-code of the events indicate the number of events in the respective category. The sum
of all these numbers is displayed in the Total button indicating the total number of events that match
the context and filtering criteria.

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Figure 5-14 Event Manager: Filtering based on severity from the Event Count Summarization Pane

Figure 5-14 on page 5-29 shows the settings of Event Count Summarization Panel in a network-
wide instance of the Event Manager where Critical, Clear and Info event buttons are de-selected.
With this, the Event Manager is refreshed to display all events excluding CR (Critical), Clear
(Cleared) and Info (Informational events (CR, Clear and Info buttons selected). Any change to the
default settings in the Event Count Summarization Panel highlights the Total button indicating the
filter selection or a change. Click the respective buttons to select or de-select them. Selecting the
buttons at any time refreshes the Event Table to include the events in the selected category.
 Action Panel
The Action panel consists of shortcut icons mentioned in Table 5-10.

Table 5-10 Event Manager: Action Panel toolbar icons

Toolbar Icon Description

Restore Default Toolbar Positions—Icon used to reset the customized toolbar

positioning to default positions in the Event Manager window. For details on changing or
resetting the toolbar positions in the Event Manager window, see “To change the toolbar
positions in the Event Manager window” on page 5-37.

The context and filter conditions chosen are applicable only to the current view.

 Page Length and Navigation Panel

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The Page Length and Navigation Panel displays the total number of events generated by the net-
work element, the range of number of events displayed in the current screen and allows to custom-
ize the number of events displayed per page. Additionally, this panel includes the page traversal
buttons to ease the navigation between pages.
Display Range —The event range displayed in the current page of the Event Table. The display
range can be set by typing the range in the fields next to Displaying tag in the event count and
navigation panel.
Page Length—A drop-down menu that allows to customize the page length is used to set the
maximum number of events to be displayed per page. The default value is 1500.
Page Traversal Keys—Buttons that allow to traverse between pages in the Event Manager win-
dow.The following table provides a description of the traversal buttons:

Table 5-11 Event Table: Page Traversal Keys

Buttons Description

First Page—Click this button to navigate to the first page of the Event
Table.
Previous Page—Click this button to navigate to the previous page rel-
ative to the current page of the Event Table.
Next Page—Click this button to navigate to the next page relative to
the current page of the Event Table.
Last Page—Click this button to navigate to the last page of the Event
Table.



Table 5-12 Alarms Manager: Navigation Buttons

Button Description

First Page— Click on this button to go back to the first page of Alarms Table.

Previous Page—Click this button to go to the previous page of the Alarm

Table from the current page.
Next Page—Click this button to go to the next page from the current page of
the Alarm Table.
Last Page—Click this button to go to the last page of alarms in the Alarms
Table.

Suspend/Resume Updates Keys—Suspend Updates ( ) and Resume Updates ( ) but-

tons are used to stop or start the Event Manager from getting dynamically updated.
 Quick Filter Panel

The Quick Filter panel in the Event Manager consists of the following panels:

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Quick Filters—Quick Filters is used to further filter the events in the Event Table. The Quick Fil-
ter panel has a hierarchical tree with a check-box against each attribute to select the filtering cri-
teria.
The Quick filter panel in the Event Manager is shown in Figure 5-15:

Figure 5-15 Event Manager: Quick Filter panel

The hierarchical root for the Quick Filter is indicated by the label Quick Filters. Selecting or
deselecting the Quick Filters check-box selects or de-selects all the attributes in the Quick Fil-
ter panel. Expanding a filtering attribute in the Quick Filter panel displays the associated catego-
ries for further definition of the filter. By default, Severity criteria is checked in the Quick Filters
panel indicating that event of all severities are listed in the Event Table. The severity selection in
the Quick Filters panel matches the respective selection in the Event Count Summarization
panel. With the default selection in the Quick Filters panel, the Apply Filter(s) button is greyed-
out unless there is a change in the filter criteria selection. Click Apply Filter(s) button to apply
the Quick Filter. Once a Quick Filter is applied, the Apply Filter(s) button is greyed-out indicat-
ing the application of Quick Filter.

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The attributes in the Quick Filter panel are listed in Table 5-14:

Table 5-13 Event Manager: Quick Filters

Item Description

Severity Filter definition based on alarm severity:

• Critical
• Major
• Minor
• Warning
• Info
• Clear
• Unreachable
Service Affecting Filter definition based on service affecting attribute:
• SA - Service Affecting
• NSA - Non-service Affecting
Event Type Filter definition based on Event type:
• Conditions
• Report
Event Sub Type Filter definition based on the Event sub-type:
• Admin
• Audit
• Security

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Table 5-13 Event Manager: Quick Filters

Item Description

Equipment Type Filter definition based on the Equipment Type:

• Submarine Link
• SLTE Node
• Submarine NE
• Repeater CTP
• Amplifier CTP
• Amplifier
• Equalizer
• Equalizer CTP
Time Filter definition based on the time at which the alarms were
raised:
• Today
• Last 1 hour
• Last 4 hours
• Last 8 hours
• Last 12 hours
• Last 24 hours
• Last 3 days
• Last 7 days
• Last 30 days
• Last 90 days

Table 5-14 Event Manager: Quick Filters

Item Description

Severity Filter definition based on alarm severity:

• Critical
• Major
• Minor
• Warning
• Clear
• Info
Service Affecting Filter definition based on service affecting attribute:
• SA - Service Affecting
• NSA - Non-service Affecting

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Table 5-14 Event Manager: Quick Filters

Item Description

Event Type Filter definition based on Event type:

• Conditions
• Report
Event Sub Type Filter definition based on the Event sub-type:
• Admin
• Audit
• Security
• Alarm
• Threshold Crossing Alert
Object Type Filter definition based on the object type associated with the
alarm:
• Submarine Link
• SLTE Node
• Submarine NE
• Repeater CTP
• Amplifier CTP
• Amplifier
• Equalizer
• Equalizer CTP
Time Filter definition based on the time at which the alarms were
raised:
• Today
• Last 1 hour
• Last 4 hours
• Last 8 hours
• Last 12 hours
• Last 24 hours
• Last 3 days
• Last 7 days
• Last 30 days
• Last 90 days

The Filter summary panel summarizes the filtering criteria selected for the view. The Event Table
in the Event Manager window is refreshed only when the Apply Filter(s) button is clicked after
the Quick Filter selection.

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To unapply the Quick Filter, de-select the quick filtering criteria check-box against each attribute
selected and click Apply Filter(s).
Selecting and de-selecting the check-box next to the hierarchical root, Quick Filters, selects
and de-selects all the filtering criteria attributes in the Quick Filter panel respectively.

Note: Clicking Apply Filter(s) button when no attributes are selected in the Quick Filters panel
will refresh the Event Table with a list of events that match the previously applied filter.

Note: The Quick Filters applied are applicable only for the current view.

Quick Filter Summary Panel—The Quick Filter Summary Panel summarizes the quick filter
conditions selected for the view.


 Event Table

The Event Table provides a tabular list of events raised by the network element and the WPLM
server. By default, the events are in chronological order with the most recent event at the top of the
list. The event list is displayed with the following fields: Severity, Link Name, Source Object, Object
Type, Event Type, Event Sub Type, Message, Changed Variables, User Name, and Source Date/
Time (UTC). The view can be customized to include the desired fields.
 Sev

The severity of an event provides an indication of how the capability of the component affected is
perceived. Severity levels are represented from most severe to least severe as Critical, Major,
Minor, Warning, Clear, and Information.The severity of events are indicated by a color code for easy
differentiation between important alarms and information alarms. By default, alarms are indicated by
the colors as listed below.

Table 5-15 Color coding and severity mapping

Color Severity Description

Red CR—Critical events indicate a severe, service-affecting condition for which

immediate corrective action is required to restore service.
Orange MJ—Major events indicate a serious disruption of service, malfunctioning or
failure of important circuits. These alarms require immediate response to
restore or maintain system capability. Major alarms indicate a lesser immedi-
ate or impending effect on service or system performance.
Yellow MN—Minor events are used for issues that do not have a serious effect on
service.
Blue WN—Warning events are used to provide information regarding special pre-
cautions.

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Table 5-15 Color coding and severity mapping

Color Severity Description

Green Clear—Clear events are raised when a clearing condition is met and an
event is cleared.
White Info—Information events are raised by the WPLM to provide information
regarding events generated. No corrective action is required when such
events are raised.

 Link Name

The name of the link on which the event is generated.

 Source Object

The source object is an equipment identifier that indicates where the event was generated. For
example, if the event is generated from Near End network element, the source object is displayed as
SLTE Node.
 Object Type

The object type specifies the type of equipment that initiated the alarm. For example, if the event is a
Threshold Crossing Alert, the object type is displayed as Amplifier CTP.
 Event Type

The Event Type displays the event type based on the action performed. See Table 5-16 on page 5-
39 for a list of event types.
 Event Sub Type

The Event subtype displays the event sub type based on the action performed. See Table 5-16 on
page 5-39 for a list of event sub types.

 Message

The Message column displays additional information about the event that briefly describes the cause
of the event.
 Changed Variables

The Changed Variables column displays the attribute(s) that changed and the new value(s).
For example, the Changed Variable managementState=Managed indicates that the Management
State of the link denoted as the Source Object has been changed to Managed.
 User Name—The login name of the user.

 Source Date/Time

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The time indicates the time at which the event was raised by the network element. The time is
always displayed in UTC.
For procedures to use the Event Manager, see “Operating the Event Manager” on page 5-37.

Operating the Event Manager

For description of attributes in the Event Manager, see “Event Manager” on page 5-26. The following tasks
can be performed on the Event Manager:
“Customizing the Alarm Manager view“



“Viewing Event Details“

“Exporting Events“

“Filtering Event Data“

“Sorting Event Data“

Customizing Event Manager view

To change the toolbar positions in the Event Manager window

Step 1 In the Event Manager window, drag and drop the toolbars to the desired position to re-arrange
the toolbar positions.

Figure 5-16 Event Manager: Customized Toolbar Positions

Note: Changes to the toolbar positions are saved as user preferences and the settings will be
applied to all subsequent launches of Event Manager by the user.

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Step 2 Click the Restore Default Toolbar Positions icon to restore the default toolbar positions.

Figure 5-17 Event Manager: Default Toolbar Positions

To change the width of the columns in the Event Table

Step 1 Move the cursor to the column separator (the vertical line) on the right side of the column. The
cursor changes to a horizontal double-arrow.
Step 2 Click and hold while moving the mouse either left or right to adjust the column width. All columns
to the right are moved to accommodate the new column width.
The hover box displays the full content of the cells that are truncated.

Viewing Event Details

Event details are viewed from the Event Details window.

To view the details of an event

Step 1 In the Event Manager window, select the event for which you would like to view the details.
Step 2 Do one of the following:
Double-click the event.

Right-click and select Properties.

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The Event Details window is displayed.

Figure 5-18 Event Details

Step 3 Click Close to close the Event Details window.

Table 5-16 Event Details

Item Description

Summary
Source Name The name of the identified object associated with the event.
Service Affecting A flag indicating if the current event can disrupt service or not. Value can be
one of SA, NSA, or Not Applicable.
Severity The severity of the event.
Source Date/Time The date and time (in UTC format) when the event was generated.
Alarm Category The alarm category. This is not applicable for informational events. For WPLM
raised events, the alarm category is WPLM Events.
Link Name The name of the submarine link that raised the event.
Message Information about the event that indicates the cause of event generation.
Parameters
Event Type The type of event. Valid values can be one of Condition, Report, or Update
Event

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Table 5-16 Event Details

Item Description

Event Sub Type The sub-type of the event. This varies based on the event type. Valid values
can be one of the following:
• Admin, Audit or Security for Report Events
• Alarms
Operation Status The status of the operation that was performed. Status can be Success or Fail.
It is displayed only for Audit Events.
Operation Name The operation performed that resulted in event generation. Displayed only for
audit events.
Client Host Machine The terminal from which the WPLM client is launched. It is displayed only for
Audit Events.
User Name The login name of the user.
Additional Text
Additional Text This tab displays additional details about the event.
Acknowledgement Information
User The login name of the user.
Time The date and time when event was acknowledged.
Acknowledged Text The text written to acknowledge the event.

Exporting Events
Events in the Event Manager can be exported to a tab separated value (TSV) file. This file can be viewed
using any standard text editor such as vi, Notepad or Excel. There are two options to export alarms.
 Export Current Page—Using this option, all events displayed in the current page or view of the
Event Manager can be exported into a TSV file. In this option, only attributes that are selected to be
displayed are exported.
 Export All Pages—Using this option, the complete list of alarms and their attributes that match the
context are exported into a TSV file. In this option, all event attributes (inclusive of the attributes that
are not displayed in the Event Manager as a result of view customization) are exported.


To export events from current page

Step 1 In the Event Manager window, click Export Current Page.

The Save dialog box is displayed.
Step 2 Navigate to the directory location where you would like to save the events information.
Step 3 Enter the name of the file and click Save.
A success message, indicating the directory location and the file name is displayed.

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Step 4 Click Ok to close the prompt.

To export events from all pages

Step 1 In the Event Manager window, click Export All Page. A success message, indicating the direc-
tory location of the file is displayed.

Figure 5-19 Export Events: Status Message

Step 2 Click the link to download and save the file.

The Save dialog box is displayed.
Step 3 Navigate to the directory location where you would like to save the events information.
Step 4 Enter the name of the file and click Save.
The events information is now saved into a TSV file.
Step 5 Click Close to close the prompt.
Step 6

Filtering Event Data

Filter conditions can be applied to the Event Tables in the Event Manager. The filter options allow finer
granularity of events filtering. Applied filters are not saved when the Event Manager window is closed.

Quick Filters
Quick Filters can be used to filter events based on specific selection from the hierarchical tree of attributes
in the Quick Filter Panel of the Event Manager. See Table 5-14 on page 5-33 for a list of Quick Filtering
attributes listed in the Event Manager window.

Note:

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Sorting Event Data

The data displayed in the Event Manager can be sorted by any column in either ascending or descending
order. Sorting is applied according to the following rules:
 Numbers are sorted in numeric sequence.

 Text is sorted by ASCII sequence.

To sort events

When the Event Manager is launched for the first time, all the events are sorted on Source Date/Time and
displayed with the latest events on the last page. If the Event Manager is closed and subsequently re-
opened without changing the sorting order, the latest events are displayed on first page and the oldest
events are displayed on the last page.
Step 1 Click any column heading to sort all the events. The sort order is identified by a triangle pointing
in the direction of sort.
Step 1
To reverse the sort order, click the column heading again.
To view the latest events at any time, navigate to either the first page or the last page based on the sort
order. If the sort order is ascending, the latest events are displayed on the last row of the last page. If the
sort order is descending, the latest events are displayed on the first row of the first page.
If the Event Manager is closed and re-opened, the events will be displayed with the previously applied sort
criteria.

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Alarms

The Infinera WPLM server reports alarm conditions through local alarm indicators. This chapter describes
the alarms reported by the WPLM server and the corrective procedures to be performed to clear the
alarms in the following sections:
“Alarm Description and Clearing Procedures” on page A-2

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Alarm Description and Clearing Procedures

Alarms are listed according to the category. The description and common procedures that are frequently
used when troubleshooting, accompany each alarm.
Alarms are described in the following sections:
“Alphabetical Alarm Index“
“Facility Alarms“

“Communication Alarms“

“Equipment Alarms“

“WPLM Alarm“

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Alphabetical Alarm Index

Table A-1 lists the alarms displayed in the user interface along with a link to a detailed description of each
alarm.
Table A-1 Alphabetical Alarm Index

CNPUMP_LBC_MAX_TCA RLL_MAX_TCA
CNPUMP_LBC_MIN_TCA RLL_MIN_TCA
CNPUMP_LBC_NEG_DIFF_TCA RLL_NEG_DIFF_TCA
CNPUMP_LBC_POS_DIFF_TCA RLL_POS_DIFF_TCA
COPUMP_LBC_MAX_TCA SET_FAILED
COPUMP_LBC_MIN_TCA SLL_MAX_TCA
COPUMP_LBC_NEG_DIFF_TCA SLL_MIN_TCA
COPUMP_LBC_POS_DIFF_TCA SLL_NEG_DIFF_TCA
GET_FAILED SLL_POS_DIFF_TCA
IFF_SET SLTE_CONNECTIVITY_LOST
INTRUSION

Note: The Severity and SA/NSA values shown for each alarm are default system values, these
values can be modified in the Alarm Severity Profile Settings. For more information see,
“Alarm Severity Profile Setting” on page 5-23.

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Facility Alarms
The following are the facility alarms in Infinera WPLM.

CNPUMP_LBC_MAX_TCA

Maximum Threshold Crossing Alert for the Laser Bias Current of the
Counter-Pump
 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the measured Laser Bias Current (LBC) for the amplifier is more than the
maximum LBC specified in the threshold settings, this alarm will be raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on
the Amplifier CTP object (AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
CNPUMP_LBC_MAX_TCA will remain set until LBC decrease below the set maximum threshold value of
the repeater.
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater RLL measurement(s).
Step 2 Check repeater output power level with that of reference settings.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to decrease the repeater output power.
Step 4 Poll repeater again to clear alarm.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
greater than the currently measured LBC.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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CNPUMP_LBC_MIN_TCA

Minimum Threshold Crossing Alert for Laser Bias Current of Counter-

Pump
 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the measured LBC for the amplifier is less than the minimum LBC specified in the
threshold settings, this alarm will be raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier CTP object
(AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
CNPUMP_LBC_MIN_TCA will remain set until LBC increases above the set threshold.
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater RLL measurement(s).
Step 2 Check repeater output power level with that of reference settings.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to increase the repeater output power.
Step 4 Poll repeater again to clear alarm.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
lower than currently measured LBC.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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CNPUMP_LBC_NEG_DIFF_TCA

Negative Differential Threshold Crossing Alert for Laser Bias current

of the Counter-Pump
 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the difference between the current measured LBC and previous measured LBC (if
available) for the amplifier is negative and the absolute difference is more than the negative differential
LBC settings, this alarm is raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier CTP object
(AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater LBC measurement(s).
Step 2 Check repeater output power level with that of reference settings.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to increase the repeater output power.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
lower than currently measured LBC.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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CNPUMP_LBC_POS_DIFF_TCA

Positive Differential Threshold Crossing Alert for Laser Bias Current

of the Counter-Pump
 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the difference between the current measured LBC and previous measured LBC for
the amplifier is positive and the absolute difference is more than the positive differential LBC settings, this
alarm is raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier CTP object (AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B
direction.

Clearing Procedure
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater LBC measurement(s).
Step 2 Check repeater output power level with that of reference settings.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to decrease the repeater output power.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
greater than the currently measured LBC.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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COPUMP_LBC_MAX_TCA

Maximum Threshold Crossing Alert for Laser Bias current for the Co-
Pump
 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the measured LBC for the amplifier is more than the maximum LBC specified in the
threshold settings, this alarm will be raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier CTP object
(AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
COPUMP_LBC_MAX_TCA will remain set until LBC goes below the set threshold.
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater RLL measurement(s).
Step 2 Check repeater output power level with that of reference settings.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to decrease the repeater output power.
Step 4 Poll repeater again to clear alarm.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
lower than currently measured LBC.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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COPUMP_LBC_MIN_TCA

Minimum Threshold Crossing Alert for Laser Bias Current of the Co-
Pump
 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the measured LBC for the amplifier is less than the minimum LBC specified in the
threshold settings, this alarm will be raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier CTP object
(AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
COPUMP_LBC_MIN_TCA will remain set until LBC increases above threshold set.
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater RLL measurement(s).
Step 2 Check repeater output power level with that of reference settings.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to increase the repeater output power.
Step 4 Poll repeater again to clear alarm.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
lower than currently measured LBC.
Step 1 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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COPUMP_LBC_NEG_DIFF_TCA

Negative Differential Threshold Crossing Alert for Laser Bias Current

of Co-Pump
 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the difference between the current measured LBC and previous measured LBC for
the amplifier is negative and the absolute difference is more than the negative differential LBC settings, this
alarm is raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier CTP object (AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B
direction.

Clearing Procedure
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater LBC measurement(s).
Step 2 Check repeater output power level with that of reference settings.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to increase the repeater output power.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
lower than currently measured LBC.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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COPUMP_LBC_POS_DIFF_TCA

Positive Differential Threshold Crossing Alert for Laser Bias current of

the Co-Pump
 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the difference between the current measured LBC and previous measured LBC (if
available) for the amplifier is positive and the absolute difference is more than the positive differential LBC
settings, this alarm is raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier CTP object (AMPLIFIERCTP) in
the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater LBC measurement(s).
Step 2 Check repeater output power level with that of reference settings.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to decrease the repeater output power.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
greater than the currently measured LBC.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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RLL_MAX_TCA

Maximum Threshold Crossing Alert for Receive Light Level

 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the measured RLL (in dBm) for the amplifier is more than the maximum RLL
specified in the threshold settings, this alarm will be raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier
CTP object (AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
RLL_MAX_TCA will remain set until RLL decreases below the set threshold.
Check for the following causes:
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater RLL measurement(s).
Step 2 Identify source of high repeater RLL.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to decrease the repeater RLL.
Step 4 Poll repeater again to clear alarm.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
greater than currently measured RLL.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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RLL_MIN_TCA

Minimum Threshold Crossing Alert for Receive Light Level

 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the measured RLL (in dBm) for the amplifier is less than the minimum RLL
specified in the threshold settings, this alarm will be raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier
CTP object (AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
RLL_MIN_TCA will remain set until RLL increases above threshold set.
Check for the following causes:
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater RLL measurement(s).
Step 2 Identify source of low repeater RLL.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to increase the repeater RLL.
Step 4 Poll repeater again to clear alarm.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
lower than currently measured RLL.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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RLL_NEG_DIFF_TCA

Negative Differential Threshold Crossing Alert for Receive Light Level

 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the difference between the current measured RLL (in dBm) and previous
measured RLL (if available) for the amplifier is negative and the absolute difference is less than the
negative differential RLL settings, this alarm is raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier CTP
object (AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater RLL measurement(s).
Step 2 Identify source of high repeater RLL.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to increase the repeater RLL.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
lower than currently measured LBC.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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RLL_POS_DIFF_TCA

Positive Differential Threshold Crossing Alert for Receive Light Level

 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the difference between the current measured RLL (in dBm) and previous
measured RLL (if available) for the amplifier is positive and the absolute difference is more than the
positive differential RLL settings, this alarm is raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier CTP
object (AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater RLL measurement(s).
Step 2 Identify source of high repeater RLL.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to decrease the repeater RLL.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
greater than the currently measured LBC.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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SLL_MAX_TCA

Maximum Threshold Crossing Alert for Send Light Level

 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the measured SLL (in dBm) for the amplifier is more than the maximum SLL
specified in the threshold settings, this alarm will be raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier
CTP object (AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
SLL_MAX_TCA will remain set until SLL decreases below the set threshold.
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater RLL measurement(s).
Step 2 Check repeater output power level with that of reference settings.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to decrease the repeater output power.
Step 4 Poll repeater again to clear alarm.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
higher than currently measured SLL.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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SLL_MIN_TCA

Minimum Threshold Crossing Alert for Send Light Level

 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the measured SLL (in dBm) for the amplifier is less than the minimum SLL
specified in the threshold settings, this alarm will be raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier
CTP object (AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
SLL_MIN_TCA will remain set until SLL increases above the set threshold.
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater RLL measurement(s).
Step 2 Check repeater output power level with that of reference settings.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to increase the repeater output power.
Step 4 Poll repeater again to clear alarm

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
lower than currently measured SLL.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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SLL_NEG_DIFF_TCA

Negative Differential Threshold Crossing Alert for Send Light Level

 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the difference between the current measured SLL (in dBm) and previous measured
SLL (if available) for the amplifier is negative and the absolute difference is less than the negative
differential SLL settings, this alarm is raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier CTP object
(AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater SLL measurement(s).
Step 2 Check repeater output power level with that of reference settings.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to increase the repeater output power.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
lower than currently measured LBC.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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SLL_POS_DIFF_TCA

Positive Differential Threshold Crossing Alert for Send Light Level

 Alarm Type - Facility

 Severity - Minor

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

On polling a repeater, if the difference between the current measured SLL (in dBm) and previous
measured SLL (if available) for the amplifier is positive and the absolute difference is more than the
positive differential SLL settings, this alarm is raised. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier CTP
object (AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and B direction.

Clearing Procedure
Step 1 Using historical repeater measurement data, make comparison between historical and current
repeater SLL measurement(s).
Step 2 Check repeater output power level with that of reference settings.
Step 3 Make the appropriate corrections to decrease the repeater output power.

Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

If identified fault is deemed of low-priority, follow these steps to temporarily clear the alarm if required:
Step 1 Update the Absolute Thresholds parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog to a value
greater than the currently measured LBC.
Step 2 Poll repeater again to clear the alarm.

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Communication Alarms
Communication alarms are associated with faults which impact the communication between WPLM and
Infinera SLTE nodes. 
For example: Cannot update the Submarine network elements (Repeaters or Equalizers).

GET_FAILED

Unable to query the Submarine network elements (Repeaters or

Equalizers)
 Alarm Type - Communication

 Severity - Major

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

This alarm is generated by WPLM when a poll or a query request for Submarine network element fails. This
alarm is raised on the Submarine network element object (SUBMARINENE).

Clearing Procedure
Check for the following causes:
Step 1 Modulation Depth of the Submarine Link is sufficient enough.
Step 2 Response Tone of the Submarine network element is correct.
Step 3 If any of the above parameters are incorrect then:
Step 3a Update the parameters in Submarine Link Configuration dialog.
Step 3b Poll the Submarine network element again.
Step 4 If alarm still persist then check for SLTE connectivity issues to/from line.

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SET_FAILED

Cannot update the Submarine network elements (Repeaters or

Equalizers)
 Alarm Type - Communication

 Severity - Major

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

This alarm is generated by WPLM when update request for Submarine network element fails. This alarm is
raised on the Submarine NE object (SUBMARINENE).

Clearing Procedure
Check for the following causes:
Step 1 Modulation Depth of the Submarine Link is sufficient enough.
Step 2 If the above parameter is incorrect then.
Step 2a Update the parameter in Submarine Link Configuration dialog.
Step 2b Retry the Update action on the Submarine network element again.
Step 3 If alarm still persist then check for SLTE connectivity issues to/from line

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SLTE_CONNECTIVITY_LOST

Loss of Communication/Connectivity to SLTE node

 Alarm Type - Communication

 Severity - Critical

 SA/NSA - NSA

Description and Causes

This alarm is generated by WPLM when the connectivity to SCM card present on the SLTE Node fails. This
alarm is raised on the SLTE node object (SLTENODE).

Clearing Procedure
Check for the following causes:
Step 1 SLTE IP address is reachable.
Step 2 Telnet connection to network element for the given port is successful.
Step 3 Verify the Username and Password provided in the Submarine Link Configuration dialog is valid.
Step 4 Verify that SCM and Chassis number is correct in Submarine Link Configuration dialog.
Step 5 If any of the above parameters are incorrect then.
Step 5a Un-manage the submarine link.
Step 5b Update the correct parameters in the Submarine Configuration Dialog.
Step 6 Manage the link.

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Equipment Alarms
The following are the Equipment Alarms that are raised in Infinera WPLM.

IFF_SET

Intermittent Fault Flag Set

 Alarm Type - Equipment

 Severity - Critical

 SA/NSA - SA

Description and Causes

On polling a Repeater, the IFF flag for the particular direction is set by the repeater due to below
mentioned reasons. WPLM will raise this alarm on the Amplifier CTP object (AMPLIFIERCTP) in the A and
B direction.
IFF flag is set by the repeater in this scenario:
If the output from the PIN diode monitoring the Received Light Level falls to a level corresponding to about
9.5dB below nominal Received Light Level, for 500 microseconds or longer, the Intermittent Fault Flag is
latched On.

Clearing Procedure
IFF Flag will remain set till user manually resets it.
Step to reset the IFF:
Step 1 Launch Link Manager for the link.
Step 2 Navigate and select the respective repeater in Link View.
Step 3 In the actions panel select the Reset Direction A/B Fault option.
Step 4 Poll the repeater.
Step 5 If IFF register remains set, check repeater RLL.
Step 6 Determine source of very low repeater RLL.
Step 7 Make corrective actions to restore repeater RLL to nominal value.
Step 8 In the actions panel select the Reset Direction A/B Fault option.
Step 9 Poll the repeater.

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Note: The above activity of making corrections may be traffic affecting and as such should be per-
formed during the maintenance window with utmost diligence and care.

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WPLM Alarm
WPLM alarms are security alarms, and are raised when there seems to be a breach of security.

INTRUSION

Maximum Allowed Invalid Login Attempt is Reached

 Alarm Type - WPLM

 Severity - Warning

 SA/NSA - Not Applicable

Description and Causes

When there are attempts to login to the Infinera WPLM client, and the login attempts reach the maximum
allowed attempts that is set in the Security Settings, this alarm is raised.

Clearing Procedure
This alarm is automatically cleared once the account lockout period is over.

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