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Technical White Paper for

Huawei eSight GPON Fault
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HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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Contents
1 Customer Challenges....................................................................1
2 Huawei Solution............................................................................ 3
2.1 Multi-Point Network Fault Monitoring..........................................................................................................................3
2.1.1 Monitoring Site Analysis.............................................................................................................................................3
2.1.2 Monitoring Mode Selection.........................................................................................................................................4
2.1.3 Monitoring Mode Comparison....................................................................................................................................4
2.2 Fault Information Acquisition........................................................................................................................................5
2.2.1 Alarm Information Reporting......................................................................................................................................5
2.2.2 Unified Resource Management...................................................................................................................................6
2.2.3 Health Status Assessment............................................................................................................................................6
2.2.4 Object Manager...........................................................................................................................................................7

3 Conclusion.................................................................................. 10
4 Appendix.................................................................................... 11
4.1 Applicable Device Types..............................................................................................................................................11
4.2 Acronyms and Abbreviations.......................................................................................................................................12

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Customer Challenges

As a new-generation broadband passive optical access standard, the Gigabit-capable Passive

Optical Network (GPON) uses a point-to-multipoint topology structure and provides
integrated voice, video, and data services. Thanks to its compelling features, such as large
bandwidth, high efficiency, and wide coverage, GPON has been applied in a broad assortment
of fields, including Safe City, hotel, transport, healthcare, and education.
Due to technical and device complexity, however, GPON fault monitoring is a headache to a
majority of operation and maintenance (O&M) personnel. To figure out the causes that hinder
O&M efficiency, we have surveyed the locations where faults occurred in an enterprise, as
shown in Figure 1.1.
Figure 1.1 Statistics on fault locations

Based on the statistical results, the monitor complexities include:

Diverse and geographically dispersed monitoring sites

Monitoring sites include outdoor terminals (such as cameras on streets), Optical Network
Units (ONUs), indoor Optical Line Terminals (OLTs), as well as distributed optical fibers
and network cables. It is difficult for O&M personnel to quickly locate faults when a
fault occurred.

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Based on a point-to-multipoint topology structure, GPON uses numerous outdoor

devices scattered on streets or in residential communities. In the event of a fault, O&M
personnel have to arrive at the scene and locate the fault, which dramatically
compromises fault location efficiency.

Difficult to collect information about faulty devices

It is difficult to collect information about faulty devices using the traditional approach.
For example, many ONUs under a GPON port are faulty. To locate the fault, O&M
personnel have to collect fault information by running numerous commands, and
perform data analysis. The traditional approach poses high skill requirements and
increases O&M costs.

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Huawei Solution

2.1 Multi-Point Network Fault Monitoring

2.1.1 Monitoring Site Analysis
Monitoring sites can be classified into five categories, as shown in Figure 1.1.
Figure 1.1 Monitoring site analysis

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2.1.2 Monitoring Mode Selection

Table 1.1 lists monitoring and fault location modes used by eSight.
Table 1.1 Monitoring and fault location modes
No.

Monitoring
Site

eSight
Monitoring Mode

eSight Location Mode

Terminal
communication
status
monitoring

Monitor the ONU

Ethernet port status.

If the port status is normal, the

terminal is faulty. If the port status
is abnormal, the ONU or ONU port
is faulty.

ONU monitoring
(ONU faults
primarily
include power
off and board
faults)

1. Monitor the ONU

running status.

If the ONU is offline, check the

cause. If ports under the same board
are abnormal, check whether the
board is faulty. If a port under a
board is abnormal, the port is faulty.

Line monitoring

1. Monitor the working

environment of
optical modules.

2. Monitor the port

running status
(board faults will be
reflected by ports).

2. Monitor line quality.

3. Monitor the OLT
UNI port status.

Based on collected performance

data about optical modules and
lines, determine whether an optical
module or line is faulty. Determine
whether the OLT UNI port is
normal by checking the port status.

OLT monitoring
(OLT faults
primarily
include board
faults)

Monitor the OLT port

status.

Check the status information in the

port list and locate the fault.

OLT upstream
port monitoring

Monitor traffic
information about links.

Check bandwidth usage or packet

loss.

2.1.3 Monitoring Mode Comparison

Take an ONU offline fault as an example. Figure 1.1 compares the processes of a traditional
approach and eSight-based approach.

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Figure 1.1 Fault location mode comparison

With the traditional approach, O&M personnel need to memorize massive device query
commands, which is energy-consuming and inefficient and increases training costs. However,
with eSight, O&M personnel only need to query causes in offline alarms without memorizing
numerous and complex commands, which reduces O&M costs while improving efficiency.

2.2 Fault Information Acquisition

2.2.1 Alarm Information Reporting
eSight enables GPON devices to report alarms actively. eSight displays received alarms in the
alarm list in a centralized manner. Based on provided alarm names, sources, and locations,
O&M personnel can determine fault types and locations of faulty devices on the network.
O&M personnel can click an alarm source link to obtain device details through the object
manager, or obtain other location information through other buttons in the Operation column.
Figure 1.1 Alarm statistics

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2.2.2 Unified Resource Management

eSight allows O&M personnel to manage GPON devices by category, including OLTs, optical
splitters, ONUs, and terminals. O&M personnel can obtain the status of faulty devices from
resource lists.
Take the ONU resource list as an example. Based on alarm location information carried in
alarms, O&M personnel can check the ONU status In addition, O&M personnel can click a
name link to the ONU manager and check details about the ONU. O&M personnel can
analyze fault causes based on alarms, ONU status, upstream port status, and port
configuration.
Figure 1.1 ONU list

2.2.3 Health Status Assessment

eSight provides health status assessment for OLTs (such as Huawei MA5600T). eSight
analyzes availability (inaccessibility rate and port fault rate), alarms, and performance data to
calculate the health score. Health calculation involves OLT information and service
information carried by OLTs, including ONU performance and alarm data. O&M personnel
can customize the alarm and performance weight and calculation methods in health
calculation.
When detecting that the health score is low, O&M personnel can click the details link to check
items to be optimized, as shown in the following figure. O&M personnel can choose to enable
immediate optimization or not, click the link to view alarm details, and rectify the faults.

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Figure 1.1 Health details

2.2.4 Object Manager

The object manager displays the following information about devices: basic information,
performance, port, ONU, and ONU port.
eSight provides the object manager to keep O&M personnel abreast of device details. In the
Basic Information area, O&M personnel can learn about the device version, model, status,
and location.
Figure 1.1 Basic information

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In the KPI area, O&M personnel can view their most concerned KPI data, including: average
CPU usage, average memory usage, response time, daily inaccessibility rate, as well as port
and ONU status statistics. If the CPU usage is too high or port is abnormal, O&M personnel
only need to check the KPI area.
Figure 1.2 KPI

With the port and ONU lists, O&M personnel can learn about service information carried by
devices. O&M personnel can monitor the overall status of lines through the GPON UNI port
status, LOFI alarm quantity, number of blocks uncorrected by the upstream FEC, number of
BIP error frames, and upstream and downstream rates. In this case, O&M personnel can easily
determine the ONU status.
In combination with the GPON UNI port and ONU tables, O&M personnel can locate faults
in a more proper manner. For example, if all ONUs under a GPON port are offline, the port is
probably faulty. O&M personnel can check the port running status, or whether alarms are
generated on the port.
Figure 1.3 GPON port and ONU tables

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In the Neighbor area, O&M personnel can view end-to-end device and port information, and
monitor upstream OLT ports and link traffic, including high bandwidth usage or packet loss
caused by a capacity expansion.
Figure 1.4 Neighbor

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Conclusion

eSight provides unified resource management for O&M personnel to obtain associated
information among fault points. eSight monitors service information, including overview,
alarm, performance, and health, to help O&M personnel learn about the GPON running status
and layout in a comprehensive manner, facilitating fault location and rectification.
To learn more about the eSight solution:
http://enterprise.huawei.com/en/products/network-management/managementsystems/index.htm

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Appendix

4.1 Applicable Device Types

Device

Device Type

Device Version

OLT

MA5600T

V800R011, V800R013

MA5603T

V800R011, V800R013

MA5680T

V800R011

MA5683T

V800R011

MA5608T

V800R012C00, V800R013

MA5612

V800R308

MA5616

V800R311, V800R313

MA5620

V800R308, V800R312

MA5621

V800R310

MA5621A

V800R311

MA5626

V800R308, V800R312

MA5628

V800R308

MA5669

V800R310

MA5694

V800R013C00

MA5698

V800R013C00

HG8240F

V300R013, V3R012C00S006

HG8245

V1R002C04S102

HG813

V1R1C01SPC025

HG8040

V1R003C00S108

HG8010H

V300R013

MxU

ONT

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Device Type

Device Version

HG8110F

V300R013

HG8120F

V300R013

HG8245A

V300R013

HG8247

V100R006

4.2 Acronyms and Abbreviations

Acronym/Abbreviation

Full Name

GPON

Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Networks

EPON

Ethernet Passive Optical Network

OLT

Optical Line Termination

ONT

Optical Network Termination

ODN

Optical Distribution Network

ONU

Optical Network Unit

MxU

Multiple X Unit

LOFI

Loss Of Frame

UNI

User-to-network Interface

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