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Huawei OLT initial setup

If you have a new Huawei OLT and you want to set it up for use with Xelynx, follow these steps.

Step 1 — Access the Huawei OLT default IP address

In this step, we will connect a computer to the Huawei OLT via telnet. By default, the Huawei OLT has the IP address 10.11.104.2. To reach it, connect an ethernet cable from the computer to the OLT's dedicated (out-of-band) ETH port. At the command line interface, this port is named meth0.

The Mgmt ETH port is an isolated port, designed for management purposes only — it is isolated from the other ports and cannot be used to transport the normal traffic of the customers.

Note: if you want to use a serial cable to connect to the serial console port instead of telnet, the settings are 9600-8N1.

Configure the IP address 10.11.104.1/255.255.255.0 on your PC, or on the ethernet port of the Mikrotik where the OLT's management port is connected. Verify connectivity by pinging 10.11.104.2 — you should receive replies. Then open a telnet connection to the OLT.

The default username is root and the password is admin. For R017 and newer firmware the root password is admin123.

telnet 10.11.104.2 Trying 10.11.104.2... Connected to 10.11.104.2. >>User name:root >>User password: MA5608T> MA5608T> enable MA5608T#

Step 2 — Service board confirmation

In this step, we will check how many service boards are attached to the OLT. The service boards available are normally EPON and GPON. By default the Huawei MA5608T has the option to add 2 service boards, the MA5800-X7 model supports 7 service boards and the MA5800-X17 supports 17 service boards.

First, we will check how many service boards are detected by the OLT and confirm those boards so they become operational.

MA5608T> MA5608T> enable MA5608T# config MA5608T(config)# display board 0

Using this command, a list of the attached boards will be displayed with Auto_find status. Now we will confirm those boards:

MA5608T(config)# board confirm 0/0 MA5608T(config)# board confirm 0/1 MA5608T(config)# board confirm 0/2 MA5608T(config)# save

Now your OLT boards should be in Normal or Active_normal status.

Step 3 — Assign a management IP address to the Huawei OLT

Configure your allocated management IP address for this OLT — in this example it's 172.16.0.2, with default gateway 172.16.0.1 — on the out-of-band meth0 ETH interface:

MA5608T> enable MA5608T# config MA5608T(config)# interface meth0 MA5608T(config)# ip address 172.16.0.2 255.255.255.0

Reconnect to the OLT on the new IP address 172.16.0.2. Then add the default gateway and save the configuration.

Note: make sure the default gateway IP address 172.16.0.1 is already configured on your router.

MA5608T> enable MA5608T# config MA5608T(config)# undo ip route-static 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 MA5608T(config)# ip route-static 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.0.1 MA5608T(config)# save

Press Enter again to confirm the save action of both data and configuration.

Step 4 — Create a user for Xelynx NMS

Create a dedicated username and password. This user/pass will be used by XelynxOLT to connect to your OLT.

MA5608T> enable MA5608T# config MA5608T(config)# terminal user name User Name(length<6,15>): xelynxoltuser User Password(length<6,15>): (insert a strong password here) Confirm Password(length<6,15>): (confirm the password) User profile name(<=15 chars)[root]: (press ENTER) User's Level: 1. Common User 2. Operator 3. Administrator: 3 Permitted Reenter Number(0--4): 4 User's Appended Info(<=30 chars): (press ENTER or a comment like XelynxUser) Adding user successfully Repeat this operation? (y/n)[n]: n

For safety, change the root password:

MA5608T(config)# terminal user password User Name(<=15 chars): root New Password(length<6,15>): (insert a strong password here) Confirm Password(length<6,15>): (confirm the password) Information takes effect Repeat this operation? (y/n)[n]: n

Step 5 — Some extra steps

In some cases, depending on the OLT firmware version, these extra commands will enable telnet and SNMP:

MA5608T# config MA5608T(config)# sysman service telnet enable MA5608T(config)# sysman service snmp enable

Then bind telnet/SNMP to all the interfaces:

MA5608T(config)# sysman server source telnet any-interface MA5608T(config)# sysman server source snmp any-interface

Finally, make sure no firewall is enabled for the services:

MA5608T(config)# sysman firewall telnet disable MA5608T(config)# sysman firewall snmp disable

It's almost done!

At this stage, your OLT is ready to be interconnected with the XelynxOLT system.

Open your xelynx.com site and go to Settings — OLTs — Add OLT. Fill in the fields displayed and click the Save button.

Other general settings

Note: if you use XelynxOLT, these are configured automatically — there is no need to configure them manually.

MA5608T> MA5608T> enable MA5608T# config MA5608T(config)# autosave interval 1442 MA5608T(config)# autosave type all MA5608T(config)# autosave interval configuration 480 MA5608T(config)# autosave interval on MA5608T(config)# ntp-service unicast-server 91.189.89.199 MA5608T(config)# ntp-service unicast-server 80.96.196.58

Optional in-band management IP

Optionally, you can configure an "in-band" IP address on a VLAN interface. This is useful when you want to manage the OLT using the same physical interface that is used for the normal traffic of the customers.

Warning: we do not recommend this scenario, because if a loop happens in the ONT — undetected by the ONT/OLT — and the uplink port is shut down by the uplink device as a reaction to the loop, you will lose IP connectivity with the OLT as well.

MA5608T> enable MA5608T# config MA5608T(config)# interface vlanif 100 MA5608T(config)# ip address [IP] [MASK]

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