1 Introduction

This chapter provides a brief description of this manual. This chapter also includes the scope, audience, and organization of the manual; how to find related publications; and how to contact documentation for assistance.

Overview

This manual contains the information necessary for the maintenance of the E5-APP-B that supports the EAGLE LNP Application Processor (ELAP). Included are an overview of the E5-APP-B architecture and functions, routine operational procedures, preventative maintenance techniques, and corrective maintenance procedures.

Scope and Audience

The scope of this manual covers platform and application alarms, troubleshooting and recovery procedures, and the System Healthcheck Utility, an application that generates a log file that can be provided to unresolvable-reference.html#GUID-A2C37E16-F0BA-4FB6-9D93-1D4A95A40DC7 for alarm resolution. It is intended to aid maintenance personnel in resolution of ELAP alarms. When instructed by the application, use this manual to locate the platform alarm number and its recovery procedure.

Documentation Admonishments

Admonishments are icons and text throughout this manual that alert the reader to assure personal safety, to minimize possible service interruptions, and to warn of the potential for equipment damage.

Table 1-1 Admonishments

Icon Description

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Danger:

(This icon and text indicate the possibility of personal injury.)


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Warning: 

(This icon and text indicate the possibility of equipment damage.)


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Caution: 

(This icon and text indicate the possibility of service interruption.)


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Topple:

(This icon and text indicate the possibility of personal injury and equipment damage.)

Manual Organization

This manual is organized into the following chapters:

Introduction contains general information about manual organization, scope and audience, related documentation, how to locate customer documentation on the Customer Support site, how to get technical assistance, and RMA requirements.

Maintenance provides the preventative maintenance procedures and system health checks.

Problem Detection and Reporting provides information about problem detection and reporting.

Recovery Support describes the recommended backing up of the RTDB and presents additional recovery support procedures that may be referred to by alarms recovery actions.

Platform and Application Alarms provides recovery procedures for platform and application alarms.

Field Replaceable Units (FRUs) provides instruction on replacing E5-APP-B cards and FRUs

General Procedures contains miscellaneous general procedures that are referred to within this manual.

Related Publications

For information about additional publications related to this document, refer to the Oracle Help Center site. See Locate Product Documentation on the Oracle Help Center Site for more information on related product publications.

Locate Product Documentation on the Oracle Help Center Site

Oracle Communications customer documentation is available on the web at the Oracle Help Center (OHC) site, http://docs.oracle.com. You do not have to register to access these documents. Viewing these files requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, which can be downloaded at http://www.adobe.com.
  1. Access the Oracle Help Center site at http://docs.oracle.com.
  2. Click Industries.
  3. Under the Oracle Communications subheading, click the Oracle Communications documentation link.
    The Communications Documentation page appears. Most products covered by these documentation sets will appear under the headings "Network Session Delivery and Control Infrastructure" or "Platforms."
  4. Click on your Product and then the Release Number.
    A list of the entire documentation set for the selected product and release appears.
  5. To download a file to your location, right-click the PDF link, select Save target as (or similar command based on your browser), and save to a local folder.