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Verizon VSat Database Platform

The Verizon Vsat Database Platform is used to monitor proprietary information about various circuits deployed through the Verizon Satellite Network.

About

The Verizon Vsat Database Platform has an associated API that will be queried via HTTPS. The protocol retrieves information on circuits from configuration files, processes them and proceeds to send the queries to the API.

All the received information will be stored in the provisioning file and duly organized in the tables of the element.

Version Info

Range Description DCF Integration Cassandra Compliant
1.0.0.x [SLC Main] Initial version No Yes

Product Info

Range Supported Firmware Version
1.0.0.x Unknown

Installation and configuration

Creation

HTTPS Main Connection

This connector uses an HTTPS connection and requires the following input during element creation:

HTTPS CONNECTION TO HTTP:

  • IP address/host: https://ipaddress.
  • IP port: The IP port of the device, by default 443.
  • Device address: The device address, by default ByPassProxy.

Usage

General

This page displays an overview of how many requested circuits are Active or Unavailable. With the Update Circuits Data button, you can start the process and request all the information from the database.

Circuits

This page displays the Circuits Overview table, which contains the main information on each Active circuit.

  • Circuit Name: Circuit name or circuit alias.
  • Circuit ID: Circuit ID.
  • DNS Entity: Verizon-assigned identifier for the circuit modem.
  • NMS: The name of the iDirect in charge of hosting a given circuit.
  • Status: Active/Inactive status of the circuit.
  • NOC Status: Managed/Unmanaged.
  • Service Tier: The service tier: 0, 1, 2 or 3. Only 2 and 3 are monitored for trouble ticketing.
  • Maintenance Option: The maintenance option for a given customer (e.g. Next Business Day).
  • Service Type: The service type Primary/Secondary for a given customer.

It also displays information about customers and contact information:

  • Country Code: The customer's country code.
  • Customer Name: (VRF) customer name.
  • Location Name: The ESP location name.
  • ESP Customer Name: The ESP customer name.
  • Customer Short Name: Short for the customer name.
  • Customer Number: The customer number within Verizon's system.
  • Contact Name: Customer outage contact name used in trouble ticket.
  • Contact Telephone: Customer outage contact phone number to set in trouble ticket.
  • Contact Email: Customer outage contact email used in trouble ticket.
  • DNS Entity Name: Verizon-assigned identifier for the circuit modem.
  • NMS: The name of the iDirect NMS in charge of hosting a given circuit.
  • Custom Description: Custom column. Makes it possible to write and save relevant information about each circuit.

Devices

This page contains information about each device available per circuit and its own description parameters. The page also contains circuit information on whether devices have deice facilities or interfaces.

  • Circuit ID: The circuit ID.
  • Circuit Name: The circuit alias.
  • Type: The device type (e.g. Antenna, BUC, Modem).
  • Description: The device description (e.g. 1.2 Meter Tier-3, Ku-Band with De-Ice).
  • Model: The device model (e.g. 1134-992).
  • Serial Number: The device serial number.
  • DNS Entity Name: Verizon-assigned identifier for the circuit modem.
  • Has Deice: True/False.
  • Has Interface: True/False.

Interfaces

This page contains information on all interfaces available per device, as well as the Circuits ID and some parameters to contextualize each element.

  • Type: The interface type (e.g. eth0).
  • Circuit Path: The circuit path (e.g. Primary).
  • VLAN: The interface VLAN (e.g. 275).
  • IP Address: The interface IP.
  • Subnet: The interface subnet.
  • PIP Circuits: True or False depending on whether PIP circuits are available.

PIP Circuits

This page contains information on all PIP circuits available per device, as well as the Circuits ID, information on interfaces, and some parameters to contextualize each element.

  • PIP Circuit ID: Private IP circuit ID.
  • VRF: Verizon reference to PIP circuit.
  • Teleport: Descriptive reference.

Unavailable Circuits Overview

The Unavailable Circuit Table contains the circuit names of all the circuits that have been requested but are no longer available.

Polling Status

This page contains information on the HTTP configuration.

  • Status Code: The last requested status code.
  • Last Request Datetime: Date and time of the last received response.

Configuration

This page contains different options to set up the Vsat Database Platform.

  • File Handling: Master control. Enables/disables the processing of files and polling information from the database. This feature can also be stopped via the buttons in the import and export sections.
  • Circuit Request Size: Number of circuits to be requested at a time. Contains the logic to divide the stack in the necessary requests.
  • Auto Processing Time: Allows you to set the polling time, as well as to import, process and export files.

The Authentication section of the page contains the following parameters:

  • Username: User name to be used in the HTTP session, to establish communication with the API.
  • Password: Password of the HTTP session.

The Import Configuration section contains the following parameters:

  • File Import Button: Allows the configuration files to be imported and processed, in order to create HTTP requests.
  • File Import Path: Directory where the configuration files are stored.
  • Process Configuration File Button: Allows you to manually activate the import/processing logic.

The Export Configuration section contains the following parameters:

  • File Export Button: Allows the configuration files to be imported and processed, in order to create HTTP requests.

  • File Export Path: Directory where the provisioning file will be stored.

  • Process Export File Button: Allows you to manually activate the export/processing logic.

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