Measat VSAT Broadband Management
This a custom connector for Measat that retrieves data from an NMS and makes it available to be ingested by Measat's low-code app and dashboard. Custom parameters in the connector include the overall site count of the networks in East and West Malaysia and the congestion status of the group QOS.
At present, the following NMS is supported: iDirect.
About
Version Info
| Range | Features | Based on | System Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | Initial version | - | - |
| 1.0.1.x [SLC Main] | Backpolling implemented | - | - |
Product Info
| Range | Supported Firmware |
|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | 4.3.1.1 |
System Info
| Range | DCF Integration | Cassandra Compliant | Linked Components | Exported Components |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | No | Yes | - | - |
Configuration
Connections
MySQL Connection
This connector connects to a MySQL database and an archive database where data from the NMS is stored.
Initialization
To set up the MySQL connection to the nms server with the config data, configure the following parameters on the General page of the element:
- Database Config Server: The IP address of the MySQL server.
- Database Config User Name: The user name of the account to log in to the MySQL server.
- Database Config Password: The password of the account to log in to the MySQL server.
- Database Config Name: The name of the database being accessed on the MySQL server.
To set up the MySQL connection to the nrd_archive server with the site count data, configure the following parameters on the General page of the element:
- Database Site Count Server: The IP address of the MySQL archive server with the state_change_log database table.
- Database Congestion Server: The IP address of the MySQL archive server with the nms_group_qos_stats database table.
- Database Archive User Name: The user name of the account to log in to the MySQL archive server.
- Database Archive Password: The password of the account to log in to the MySQL archive server.
- Database Archive Name: The name of the database being accessed on the MySQL archive server.
How to use
On the General page of this connector, you can configure the connection with the config and archive databases. This page also shows when the most recent data was polled.
On the Site Counts page, you can view the networks in the West Malaysia and East Malaysia tables and the online and offline sites for each network. The overall site count is also present here for both the West Malaysia and East Malaysia gateways.
On the Site Count Configuration subpage, you can set the allowable sites for all of the networks in either West or East Malaysia at once and also set the alarm threshold for the status of the networks.
On the Network Congestion page, you can view the network congestion status and the inroute group congestion status for both West and East Malaysia. The congestion is based on the upstream inroute group current slot usage and downstream network percentage of free bandwidth remaining.
On the Traffic and Capacity page, you can view the network traffic and capacity status for both West and East Malaysia. The traffic and capacity is based on the upstream and downstream throughput and also has the average and 95th percentile of the data for the past 24 hours.
On the Monthly Calculations subpage, the Get 30 Days 95TH Percentile button will run the calculations for the previous month. A Scheduler app will run to execute this on the first day of every month to collect the data to present in the low-code app.
On the Group QOS Congestion page, you can view the Group QOS congestion status for both West and East Malaysia. The Group QOS congestion is based on the free bandwidth against the allocated bandwidth for each group QOS.
On the Congestion Configuration subpage, you can set the threshold for when a group QOS would be considered congested.
On the Resources subpage, you can view the polled Net Modem, Network, Group QOS, and Beams data.
Notes
This connector is part of the VSAT Broadband Manager package, which also comes with low-code apps, dashboards, and automation scripts.