HUAWEI MSAN TRAINING

By Tabor Birru and Tesfamariam Nigussie

FEB 2016
 Access Network overview

Access Network
Is that part of a telecommunications network connects subscribers to their immediate
service provider.
Based on transmission media used it can be classified as:

Wireless: Wi-Fi
Wired : Copper and Fiber
Copper line can be ADSL, VDSL
Fiber can be GPON/EPON

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Access Network overview
Architecture for Wired Access Network

Architecture for the optical section of a local access network system can be either P2P and P2MP

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 1. MSAN Device(Specific Product MA5600T) Overview
MSAN(Multi-service Access Node) is a platform capable of supporting all the widely
deployed access technologies and services.
MA5600T/MA5603T/MA5608T:
o Is a multi-service access product of Huawei functioning as an integrated optical-
copper access device.
o Provides the integrated broadband and narrowband access and FTTx optical access
services that feature high rate, high bandwidth, and high quality.
o The MA5600T is a large-capacity device, the MA5603T is a medium-capacity device
and the MA5608T is a small-capacity device.
o MA5600T supports the following functionalities:
 Broadband Access services
Asymmetric digital subscriber line 2 plus (ADSL2+)
Single-pair high-speed digital subscriber line (SHDSL)
Very High speed digital subscriber line 2(VDSL2)

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MSAN devices…

 Point-to-point (P2P) optical access service.

 Session initiation protocol(SIP) and H.248-based voice service.
 Provides POTS ports to support the voice service, fax service, narrowband
services.
 Gigabit-capable passive optical network (GPON) and 10G GPON access service.
 Function as an optical line terminal (OLT) in a GPON network, working with the
optical network terminal (ONT) or the optical network unit (ONU).
 It can also function as an IP DSLAM.
 Supports a triple play service(HSI, VoIP and IPTV).

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 MSAN Device…
Typical Network of the MA560xT

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MA5600T Hardware Architecture
MA5600T ETSI Service Subrack

MA5600T support two types of service subrack, ETSI and IEC.

 ETSI (European Telecom. Standard Institute) service subrack is a 21 inch subrack
 ETSI service subrack provides the optical-copper access platform and the access of
PON, MSAN and DSLAM services.
The ETSI service subrack supports
 23 slots in total:
16 slots for service boards
2 slots for control boards
2 slots for power boards
1 slot for universal interface board (slot 0)
2 slots for upstream interface board

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MA5600T ETSI Service Subrack

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MA5600T ETSI service subrack

Different functions and service when configured with various boards

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MA5600T IEC service subrack

The IEC(International Electrotechinical Commission) service subrack is a 19 inch subrack.

It has 2 less service slots than ETSI subrack
IEC subrack Provides 21 slots
14 Slots for service boards
2 slots for control boards
2 slots for uplink boards,
2 for power
1 for GPIO

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MA5600T boards
NB: In this document MA5600T refers the ETSI subrack, unless specified.

Board type Slot No. Remark

Universal Interface 0
Board(CKMC)
Service Board 1-8,11-18 Mixed configuration of boards is supported
Control board(SCUN) 9,10 Two slots must be configured with the same
control board
Uplink interface board 19,20 Mixed Configuration uplink interface board is
supported but the same uplink interface board
configuration is recommended
Power board(PRTE) 21,22 It is recommended to configure the same power
board in the two slots

Table showing MA5600T Board summary

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 MA5600T boards
 Service Boards
The main services given by MSAN are narrowband(VOIP) and broadband(DATA).
To give this services MSAN need to be installed with different boards

Service Board Type Total port Supported Services

No.
POTS service ASP,ASR 64,32 VOIP POTS

ADSL2+ service ADPE,ADPD,ADKM 64 HSI(DATA)

Combo Board CAME 48 DATA and Voice
GPON Board GPBC,GPBD,GPFD 4,8,16 GPON access service

POTS service Boards

POTS service boards ASRB and ASPE are used to provide VoIP POTS Access service
ASRB supports 32 subscribers and ASPE supports 64 subscribers

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ADSL service Boards
ADPE, ADPD,ADKM are all 64-channel ADSL service boards providing ADSL access service
using their broadband ports.

ADPE Supports :
64 port ADSL service
Built in 64 channel splitter with the port impedance of 600ohms
SELT and DELT test
Automatic power shutdown in case of a high temperature

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 GPON Service Board

GPON service Boards work together with ONTs to Provide GPON access services.

Differences between GPON service boards:

Board Number of ports Max Split Ratio

GPBC 4 1:64
GPBD 8 1:128

GPFD 16 1:128

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 Control Board

 Control Board(SCU)-Supper control unit of the system

Types SCUB, SCUL, SCUN
Control board performs the following functions
 Configures, manages and controls the device.
 It is the core of the system control and service switching.

 It functions as the management and control core of the integrated NMS.

 It also controls, aggregates and process the broadband and other services.

 It support the Active/standby switchover mode and load sharing mode.

 Local maintenance through maintenance serial port CON or maintenance Ethernet port
ETH.

 Environmental monitoring through environment monitoring serial port ESC.

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 Control Board

 Ports on MA5600T control Board

Port function
Supports Local and remote Maintenance
allows you to configure the system through the CLI by using
CON (RS-232 serial port)
software's such as HyperTerminal with default baud rate
9600bps
Support local and remote maintenance
ETH Allows user to configure the system through the network port.

ESC Provide environment monitoring channel

4GE optical port work as uplink ports.

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Control Board
External connection to control board

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 Upstream Interface board (GIU)
- GIUs provide upstream or cascading ports for the system.

- It can be GICF, GICG, GICE, and GICD

 Power Board-PRTE
Power board support the functionalities
- Filtering and current limiting for the power input port
-Under voltage detection, detection of whether the input power exists, and fault detection
-Alarm indicator
-48V power supply

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 MSAN system connection to customer end

MSAN uplink interface can be taken from either the control board or GIU board

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MSAN system connection to customer end

 The MSAN rings are connected to the IP RAN

 The IP RAN in turn with the IP core network and then to the MGC,
BRAS (Broadband Remote Access Server), and NMS through the IP core network.
 In the IP network route configuration will be done to MGC, BRAS and NMS for VoIP,
HSI (High Speed Internet) an management services respectively

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 MA5616
The features of the MA5616 are as follows:
 Supports CCUB, CCUC and CCUE(V800R311C01) control boards.
 CCUB /CCUE control board supports xDSL, ISDN, POTS, and ADSL2+ and POTS combo service
boards.
 CCUC control board supports xDSL, ISDN, POTS, ADSL2+ and POTS combo, FE and GE service
boards.
 CCUB/CCUC can provide GPON and GE optical port, to meet the requirements of different
modes and bandwidth.
 CCUE can provides 10G GPON port.
 The MA5616 supports AC and DC power supply, and supports battery backup solution for AC
power supply.

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MA5616

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MA5616

Slot 0 control board. It also used as an uplink.

Slot 1 vacant
Slot 2 Voice service board
Slot 3 VDSL2 and POTS combo boards
Slot 4 ADSL2+ service boards
Slot 5 Power Board

With CCUE control board, MA5616 supports GPON service

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 The MA5616 supports the unique combo board design
 A CALE board integrates 32-port ADSL2+ service access, 32-port POTS access, and
built-in 32-channel splitter
 CVLE board integrates 32-port VDSL2 service access, 32-port POTS access, and built-
in 32-channel splitter, providing high-density user access
 The ADLE is an ADSL2+ service board that provides 32 channels of ADSL2+ services

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MSAN Operation

User Account Management

Only one supper user exists…root

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User Manage…
 Add a new user-profile
MA5600T(config) # terminal use-profile add huawei 30 30 9:00 17:00

Add a new user Huawei..user profile name

30,30…Validity period of username , validity period of the password
9:00…permitted start time of logon by the user
17:00.permitted end time of logon

MA5600T(config)# terminal user name

User Name(length<6,15>):huawei
User Password(length<6,15>):
Confirm Password(length<6,15>):
User profile name(<=15 chars)[root]:
User's Level: 1. Common User 2. Operator 3. Administrator:3
Permitted Reenter Number(0--4):2

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 User Manage…

Query all the terminal users

MA5600T(config) # display terminal user all

By running this command, you can view the information about only the login users whose levels
are equal to or lower than your level. Thus
 Super users can view the information about all login users
 Administrator users can view the information about the administrator users, operator users,
and common users
 Operator users can view the information about the operator users and common users
 Common users can view the information about common users only

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 Board Management
To add board to slot offline
Command: board add
board add frameid/slotid board-type
MSAN-848(config)#board add 0/1 H801ASRB

To confirm an auto-found board or boards of a shelf run

board confirm
To confirm the board on slot 0/1, do as follows:
MSAN-848(config)#board confirm 0/1
To delete a board from the slot run
Command : board delete
MSAN-848(config)#board delete 0/1

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To show the status of all the board on frame 0 run
#Display board 0

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 Board status

Board Status Meaning

Active-Normal active control board is in the normal state
Main control Board Standby-Normal Standby control board is in the normal state
Standby-failed the standby control board is faulty
Config Board enters configuration state after it is confirmed
Normal board is running in the normal state
Failed board is faulty
Board is in the discovery state. After a service board is inserted, the
Auto_find system automatically discovers the board. In this case, the board is
Service board/Uplink
in the Auto_find state. Only used after running #board confirm
Board
board is in the auto_load state. After a service board is inserted to a
slot, it reports its version to the control board. If the software
Auto_load version of the board is different from that saved in the flash
memory of the control board, the system automatically loads the
software to the board.
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VLAN

 The MA5600T/MA5603T/MA5608T supports port based VLAN planning as specified

by the IEEE 802.1Q standard.

 IEEE 802.1Q is the networking standard that supports virtual LANs (VLANs) on an
Ethernet network. In an Ethernet frame, a 4byte 802.1 Q tag inserted between
source MAC address field and the protocol type field.

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 VLAN
 VLAN Types
4-VLAN Types supported by MSAN system
Standard VLAN
Smart VLAN
Mux VLAN
Supper VLAN

STANDARD VLAN

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STANDARD VLAN

When to Use
The standard VLAN is used to limit the broadcast domains of the standard ports.
On the MA5600T, the standard VLAN contains only the standard upstream ports (namely,
FE or GE), but not the service virtual ports (such as the xDSL or GPON).

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 SMART VLAN

A smart VLAN can contain multiple upstream ports and service ports.
One VLAN supports multiple users, which saves the VLAN resources.
When to Use
Used to partition user groups, and each user group is associated with one Smart VLAN.
Isolates the access users in one VLAN to ensure the privacy of the users and the security
of the network.
Provide the access service where multiple users are connected through one VLAN.
When the VLAN number on the MA5600T is limited, you can use the Smart VLAN to
access more users.
Smart VLANs can be applied in residential communities to provide xDSL or xPON service
access.

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MUX VLAN

When to Use
To isolate and identify the access users.
 One MUX VLAN corresponds to one access connection.
The equipment at the upper layer identifies different access users by VLAN ID.

SUPER VLAN
It is a layer-3-based VLAN.
Contains multiple sub VLANs. A sub VLAN can be a smart VLAN or a MUX VLAN.
Different sub VLANs can communicate with each other by ARP proxy. All sub
VLANs of a super VLAN forward the service by the layer 3 interface of the super
VLAN.

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QinQ VLAN service processing

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QinQ VLAN service processing
The access node can implement communication between the users in one private network (VLAN 1 or
VLAN 2) that is located in different regions through a QinQ VLAN. The service packets of the users are
processed as follows:
The PC user transmits untagged packets in the upstream direction.
The layer 2 LAN switch adds the private network VLAN tag (VLAN 1 or VLAN 2) to the packets of the
PC user and transmits them to the access node in the upstream direction.
The access node adds the public network VLAN tag (VLAN 3) to the packets and transmits them to
the upper-layer network.
The upper-layer network device transmits the packets according to the public network VLAN tag
(VLAN 3).
The peer access node removes the public network VLAN tag (VLAN 3) after receiving the packets,
and transmits them to the LAN switch on the same side.
The LAN switch identifies and removes the private network VLAN tag (VLAN 1 or VLAN 2), and
forwards the untagged packets to the users in the private network VLAN.
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VLAN stacking service processing

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VLAN stacking service processing
The users of enterprise A are connected to ISP 1 through the access node by using a stacking VLAN
and the users of enterprise B are connected to ISP 2 through the access node by using another
stacking VLAN. The service packets of the users are processed as follows:
The user transmits untagged packets in the upstream direction. The packets then reach the access
node through the modem.
The access node adds two VLAN tags to the untagged user packets. The users belonging to
different ISPs map different outer SP VLANs.
The outer VLAN tag that is added to the user packets of enterprise A is SP VLAN 1 and the
inner VLAN tag is the tag of the corresponding customer VLAN.
The outer VLAN tag that is added to the user packets of enterprise B is SP VLAN 2 and the
inner VLAN tag is the tag of the corresponding customer VLAN.
The exchange MAN device forwards packets to different ISPs according to the SP VLAN.
After receiving the user packets, ISP 1 and ISP 2 remove the outer SP VLAN tag, and differentiate
users according to inner customer VLAN tags.
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Thank You

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