Monitors the status of the TUP layer after the TUP configuration is downloaded to the TX board with tupcfg. The TUP manager (tupmgr) provides a command line interface that enables an application to set alarm levels, trace buffers, and view TUP statistics.
A computer with a TX board installed
Windows or UNIX
Natural Access
NMS SS7
Follow this procedure to run tupmgr:
Step |
Action |
1 |
From the command line prompt, navigate to the \nms\tx\samples\tup\tupmgr\ directory under Windows or the /usr/bin/ directory under UNIX. |
2 |
Enter the following command: tupmgr -b board where board is the TX board on which the TUP layer is loaded. |
The tupmgr program supports the following commands:
Command |
Description |
VALIDATE circuit |
Validates the specified circuit. |
BLOCK circuit |
Blocks TUP circuit. |
UNBLOCK circuit |
Unblocks TUP circuit. |
RESET entity number |
Resets the specified entity (CIRCUIT or GROUP) number. |
MBLOCK circuit |
Maintenance blocks the specified circuit group. |
HBLOCK circuit |
Hardware blocks the specified circuit group. |
SBLOCK circuit |
Software blocks the specified circuit group. |
MUNBLOCK circuit |
Maintenance unblocks the specified circuit group. |
HUNBLOCK circuit |
Hardware unblocks the specified circuit group. |
SUNBLOCK circuit |
Software unblocks the specified circuit group. |
DELETE entity number |
Deletes the specified entity (CIRCUIT or GROUP) number. If CIRCUIT is selected, the count of circuits to delete must also be specified. |
STATUS entity number |
Retrieves status of current entity (CIRCUIT or GROUP) number. |
STATS entity number |
Retrieves statistics for the specified entity (NSAP, GROUP, or CIRCUIT) number. |
GET entity number |
Retrieves configuration for the specified entity (GEN, USAP, NSAP, GROUP, CIRCUIT) number. |
TRACE entity ON | OFF |
Turns buffer tracing ON or OFF for the specified entity (EVENT, DATA, ERROR, WARNING, ELEMENT, or TIMER). |
BOARD board |
Switches to a new target board. |
Q |
Quits the application. |
The TUP manager program is available in both source code and executable formats. The source code demonstrates how to use TUP management to integrate SS7 TUP layer management into custom configuration management systems.