Course Description:
This extensive Hands-On course provides the skills required to perform maintenance and a high-degree of troubleshooting, and will walk the student through a practical understanding of the Nortel DMS-100 switching system. It discusses the general system architecture used by all Digital Multiplex System switches, with functional block diagrams of the switch and its main modules, including the SNXA, CCS, IOD, and the various PM and LCM types, plus remotes like the RSU, RCU, and GR-303 RDT. Use and cabling of the MAP and RTIF terminals is explained, plus remote access through serial TTY. Alarm interpretation from the MAPCI is demonstrated, and how to interrogate alarms further, so the student can locate cards within the system. Log messages are used to look- up alarm descriptions, and form the basis for troubleshooting action. The Helmsman documentation viewer and NTPs are also covered in detail, with an emphasis on documents used for maintenance and troubleshooting procedures.
Previous troubles are reviewed and used as exercises, including LNS line and TRKS trunk maintenance, but also parts of the SuperNode XA-Core front-end (SN) including the Computing Module (CM), Network (NET), Message Switch (MS), and CCS modules. Peripheral Modules (PM), and modules of particular interest to the students are emphasized. IOD maintenance is also discussed, including procedures to backup Program and Data stores, and a discussion of how hard disks, tape, and BMC devices are connected to the system.
Our non-intrusive exercises equip the student to conduct day-to-day maintenance activities, perform troubleshooting procedures, including cabling and parts of the backplane, and much more. The course is flexible, allowing the most important content for a particular group of students to be emphasized and much more.
Students Will Learn:
Course Length:
5 Days
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