1. Foreword .…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3
2. Service Provides use of the ITF ………………………………………………………………………………………….… 3
3. ITF Prerequisites ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… 3
4. Fibre Optic Safety ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4
4.1 Personal Safety When Handling Optical Fibre …………………………………………………………………… 4
5. Precautions …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
5.1. Following All Safety Precautions ………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
5.2. Complying with the Local Safety Regulations …………………………………………………………………… 4
5.3. Symbols …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 4
6. Occupational Health and Safety ………………………………………………………………………………………..… 5
7. ITF Location ……………………………………………………….……………………………………………………………… 10
8. Services and Facilities ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10
9. ITF Availability and Contact Details …………………………………………………………………………………… 10
10. ITF Site Booking Process …………………………………………………………………..……………………………… 10
10.1. Booking ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11
10.2. Price …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11
11. ITF Architecture …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….… 13
11.1. Network Structure ……………………………………………………………………………………………………..… 13
11.2. Floor Plan …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..… 14
11.3. Cabinet Layout ………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………… 15
11.4. Services Layout ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 16
11.5. IP Network Connectivity ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 17
11.6. Test Evaluation …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..… 17
11.7. Test Lines ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 18
11.8. Interface Bandwidth …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 18
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The document is a living document issued by Ultrafast Fibre (UFF) for RSP reference.
It will be updated and periodically re-issued to RSPs. It is the responsibility of the UFF
Service Delivery Specialist to ensure that the document is adhered to and any errors/omissions or adjustments is to be communicated to the UFF, RSP Relationship manager.
The objective of this document is to describe the access to and requirements for the use of the ITF. It also provides an overview of the ITF architecture and setup. This facility is owned by UFF and managed on their behalf by Huawei Technologies.
This document is to be used as a guide for RSPs to facilitate testing of capability, services and products for use in the UFF network.
This document is to be read in association with the RSP Operational Readiness
Programme Documentation that specifies the technical requirements associated with inter-operability testing.
It is anticipated that the RSP will use the ITF facility for the following purposes:
RSPs wishing to connect to UFF’s fibre network will be expected to successfully complete technical interoperability testing in the ITF prior to connecting to UFF’s live network
Prior to introduction of new services, the RSP may be required to undertake functional testing of the new service in the ITF
RSPs to assure themselves that their services operate
RSPs to work with UFF to develop new UFF and RSP services
An RSP must satisfy the following criteria prior to using the ITF facility:
A Wholesale Services Agreement has been executed between the Service
Provider and UFF
The Service Provider has provided UFF with its solution design
Once the above criterion has been met, the RSP will be able to book time in the ITF to complete the required technical validation and interoperability testing.
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The following personal safety aspects are to be followed when handling fibre optic components.
It is not permitted to directly inspect or look directly into the end of fibre connectors. The laser is infrared based and does not cause the natural blinking reaction and can damage eyesight.
Microscope inspection of fibre optic connectors with a direct lens inspection scope is not permitted on the UFF network.
It is required that standard safety precautions and processes specific to the related operation are applied. Huawei is not liable for any consequence that results from the violation of accepted best practice by RSP employees, for safety operations and safety codes on design, production, and equipment use.
When operating tools and devices, the operator must comply with local safety regulations as well as the related safety guidelines provided by the supplier and manufacturer.
Equipment may have symbols affixed, signifying risk in the use of that equipment if safety standards are not adhered to.
An example of a caution symbol and associated safety description is below.
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Occupational Health and Safety requirements of the ITF site will be explained to RSP personnel on their first day at the ITF site. This briefing will include fire egress plans, connecting to the ITF network in a safe manner, interconnection of network elements,
DC and AC power supplies associated with network elements, geographical relationship of the ITF to other functional areas within the Huawei site, safe handling of fibre cables as described in paragraphs 6 and 7.
You must have undergone the appropriate training for the tasks you will perform
You must have the appropriate personel protective equipment (PPE) for the task/s
You must check all tools and PPE before use
You must undertake hazard assessment before you start your job.
You must have your company ID Card with you and keep this on your person or close to you at all times
You understand and adhere to the safety signs displayed on site
You understand what to do in the case of an emergency
Follow the procedure as per section 8.0 below.
Contact your Site Supervisor/Huawei PIC immediately.
Only qualified, designated First Aiders are allowed to render first aid to casualties. This is to prevent further complication to the injured.
First Aiders are Huawei Staff members that have been externally trained in First Aid and is the first person you should see if you have an incident that requires medical treatment, i.e. o Any Minor Injuries o Serious injury/harm! – inform EHS + Supervisor Immediately!
You will be able to identify them by their profile card located at the entrance to your respective offices/ work area.
DO NOT move an accident victim unless they are in danger of further injury.
NB! If you need a profesional help or an ambulance call 111 immediately.
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Inform your Site Supervisor/Huawei PIC immediately
Emergency response and incident investigation will be undertaken o Any Major Injuries o Any Near Misses o Any Property Damage – of Plant & Equipment
NB! Reporting is important to evaluate the root causes of the incident/accident and taking corrective/ preventive actions in order to prevent the occurrence of the same or similar incidents/accidents again.
General emergency information:
There may be a need to evacuate the building in the event of an emergency
Do Follow the designated emergency exits
DO NOT use the lifts in the event of an emergency
Follow the directions of your Fire Warden who are Trained by Building
Management in how to conduct an evacuation – You will be able to identify them by their profile card located at the entrance to your respective offices/ work area.
Additional instructions can be found on the Emergency Card
Proceed to the Nominated Assembly area (Victoria Street West or
Wellesley Street) as per the emergency card below.
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Assembly areas indicated by RED ARROWS
Building emergency procedures are available and can be viewed anytime
IMMEDIATELY if you discover a fire follow the emergency card, RAISE the alarm, evacuate and call for the Fire Service.
In situations where a fire has only just begun on your floor you may use an extinguisher to fight the fire ONLY IF SAFE TO DO SO!
HOWEVER, Never fight a fire if; o If your instincts tell you not to o If you do not know what is burning o If the fire is spreading rapidly o If there is a large amount of smoke being produced o You don’t have adequate or appropriate equipment
Make sure you have the right type of Fire extinguishers!
If you have the slightest doubt about your ability to fight a fire
....EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY!
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Employees who use hand and power tools and who are exposed to the hazards of falling, flying, abrasive and splashing objects, or exposed to harmful dusts, fumes, mists, vapours, or gases must be provided with the particular personal protection equipment necessary to protect them from the hazard.
Hazards involved in the use of tools can be minimised by following five basic safety rules;
Keep all tools in good condition with regular maintenance.
Use the right tool for the job.
Examine each tool for damage before use.
Operate according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Provide and use the proper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Ensure the following before any electrical items are used:
Inspect all electrical equipment and wires before use.
Ensure electrical equipment and cords are tagged.
Use protective equipment such as rubber gloves or boots as appropriate.
Inspect portable equipment, including extension cords, before each use and replace anything that's defective or damaged.
Be sure electric plugs match their receptacles; never alter a plug.
Never use a metal ladder around live electricity or in the equipment room.
Only qualified electrical workers shall install & test telecommunications electrical utilities and equipment.
When you use equipment all persons are responsible for the equipment that has been provided and is their responsibility is to ensure All equipment is safe and maintained to legislative standards
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Safety starts with good housekeeping and poor housekeeping produces hazards. Ensure that all waste, tools, equipment and any other unused or extra items are removed from the work area. The equipment room is to be clear, clean and tidy at all times.
Manual Handling” means any activity requiring the use of force exerted by a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry or otherwise move, hold or restrain a person or thing.
Examples of manual handling activities:
Some Key Questions to ask your-self before undertaking any Manual Handling
Activities
How big is it?
How much does it weigh?
Can I move this comfortably or do I need assistance?
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The ITF is located within the Huawei operations centre accessed at the reception area:
Level 19, BDO Tower
120 Albert Street,
Auckland, 1010
This is a secure facility that requires RSP personnel to be escorted into on all occasions. All users of the ITF, whether remote users or on site, must book time on the facility using the process described in paragraph 11, and must log their company name, personal name, start and stop times into the Huawei system.
The ITF offers the following services:
A stable test environment
A comprehensive test environment that closely emulates the live network
Technical support (charged on an hourly basis)
UFF understands that some of the testing undertaken in the ITF will relate to sensitive service offerings that have yet to be launched. All activities undertaken in the ITF will be completed in the strictest confidence.
The ITF is available to all UFF’s customers. Some RSPs may have to complete a qualification process. Qualification requirements will be assessed in the On-boarding process.
The operating hours for the ITF are 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.
RSPs will be allocated one full working day at a time for testing, with additional time for testing negotiated case by case.
Function Contact Details
Ultrafast Fibre Ltd Service desk ITFBooking@ultrafast.co.nz
On site escalation (ITF Manager)
ITF Manager Via the Service Desk
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UFF Service Delivery Manager
Technical Support
E-Mail: servicedesk@ultrafast.co.nz
Phone: 0800833622
To book time in the ITF, the following process must be followed:
NB: The reference to an RSP to Huawei portal is defined as an email function until advised.
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RSPs may make bookings at any time. An acknowledgement will be provided from the ITF within 4 hours between 8am and 5pm on business days. The lead-time for bookings is 7 working days.
Retail Service Providers will be advised of ITF availability in the booking response.
There will be periods of unavailability when the facility is being maintained, restored to a standard configuration or in use by the network operators.
The price will be confirmed on receipt of the booking request, and will depend on the scope and duration of the testing requested.
Some free access time may be available initially to Retail Service Providers.
This free time will be specified at the completion of the booking process.
Price for the use of the Ultrafast Fibre ITF is made up of 2 components:
1.
Use of the lab facility
2.
Technical support services
The charge out rate is the Huawei Casual Rate and will vary depending on the level of engineering skill required to assist.
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SERVICES E2E U2000 NMS
ONT
ONU
Internet/VPN
FW
OLT
MA5600T
0/1/0
1/0/0
P2P
S9306
1x OLT
1x MA5600T
2x 8-Port GPON (2x SFP)
2x SCUN
2x DC Power
1x 1:32 Optical Splitter
1x P2P SW
1x S9306
2x 48-Port 1GE
2x 2-Port 10GE (2x XFP)
2x SRUB
2x DC Power
7/0/0
0/20/0
10GE
1/0/0
0/19/0
10GE
1/0/1
8/0/1
8/0/0
10GE
6/0/0
8/0/1
1/0/0
8/0/0
7/0/0
6/0/1
10GE
1/0/1
CO EAS
CX600-X8
2x CO EAS
1x CX600-X8
1x 40-Port 1GE (4x SFP)
2x 10-Port 10GE (4x XFP)
1x SFUI, 2x SRU
4x DC Power
1 GE
MGMT
S3328
OSS
RSP
RSP
CX600
MA5600T
S9300
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The diagram below describes the floor plan of the equipment room, together with the Cabinets that the equipment will be installed in.
AC UPS
400x800x1180
10KW
Battery Rack
940x417x788
Battery Rack
940x417x788
DC Rectifiers
600x450x1600
7.5 KW
White
Board
U2000
600x800x2200
CX600-X8
600x800x2200
S9306
600x600x2200
3000
MA5600T
600x300x2200
U2000
600x1000x2200
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The figure below describes how the equipment is populated in the cabinets; the
DC powered equipment is in separate cabinets to the AC powered equipment.
There is a central distribution point where all the fibre and electrical cables are terminated and routed to appropriate cabinets.
Space has been reserved in the cabinets for RSPs to locate their equipment should they need this for testing purposes.
RSP equipment that is required to be set up in the equipment room will be done so in all instances, with assistance from a Huawei engineer.
Access to the RSP’s equipment for testing, will be provided from a separate room close by the ITF equipment room.
42 U
PATCH PANEL
AR2831
TERMINAL SERVER
42 U
PDU
PATCH PANEL
S9306
P2P
CABLE MANAGEMENT
42 U
PDU
PATCH PANEL
S5328
S5328
42 U
PDU
PATCH PANEL
42 U
ODF
MGM-SWT (S3328)
MGM-SWT (S3328)
KVM SWITCH
FIREWALL
EUDEMON
1000E
MA5600T
CATV
PATCH PANEL
CX600-X8
CX600-X8
U2000 SERVER(T5220)
REPORT SERVER
RSP
INTERCONNECT SPLITTER
ONT
ONT
ONU
SPIRENT TEST CENTER
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The figure below describes the service topology of the lab network (this also replicates what is in the production environment). The service topology has been designed in a redundant manner as to minimise customer outage time.
The Service topology:
SERVICES E2E U2000 NMS RSP
OLT
MA5600T
ONT
ONT
BIDI SFP
CVID
SVID
ONU
P2P
S9306
IP Topology
QinQ Egress/Ingress RSP Services Tagged/Untagged
SVID per RSP
CVID per service
CVID
SVID
LAG
10GE
10GE
CVID
SVID
E-
TRUNK
VPLS
10GE
LAG
10GE
CO EAS
CX600-X8
IP Topology
ISIS
MPLS
QinQ Egress/Ingress RSP
SVID per RSP
SVID mapped to one VLL
CVID
SVID
1GE
1GE
RSP
CX600
MA5600T
S9300
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The S5300 series switches will be used for the management network and are terminated on the U2000 server so that the devices can be managed and provisioned by the U2000 EMS.
The Integrated Test Facility (ITF) consists of a production-like model environment which will support all levels of testing. The ITF provides the RSP with the opportunity to gain certification to connect to and provide services over the
Ultrafast Fibre Network.
The RSP may choose to work on site at the ITF. In these cases the RSP will be provided with a secured, customer test room. Facilities available in this secure test room will enable full testing to take place and will include telephones and internet connectivity for VPN access back to the RSP VPN gateways. RSPs are not required to enter the equipment room to complete their testing.
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For product and service certification testing, the RSP may be required to have an established connection from the ITF model NNI back to their network infrastructure or to co-locate network infrastructure in the ITF for the duration of the testing.
A 10Mbs internet connection will be provided to enable VPNs to be terminated.
It will be connected to the ITF via a firewall.
This connection will allow RSPs to form a tunnel to their equipment so they can connect for testing. For example an RSP’s voice soft switch could be connected in order to undertake interoperability tests with the ONT ATA ports.
Huawei Technologies engineering staff will be available to support the connectivity within the ITF environment, if assistance is requested during the booking process.
Below is the bandwidth description of the interconnected interfaces, it is envisaged that the interconnection interfaces between the core equipment will be 10G to replicate the live production environment , At the moment the assumption is that the Retail Service providers will provide a 1G or 10G connected interface.
The Interface bandwidth will be designed as follows:
1.
From AKL-LAB-OLT to AKL-LAB-EAS-1 will be 10G
2.
From AKL-LAB-OLT to AKL-LAB-EAS-2 will be 10G
3.
From AKL-LAB-P2P to AKL-LAB-EAS-1 will be 10G
4.
From AKL-LAB-P2P to AKL-LAB-EAS-2 will be 10G
5.
From AKL-LAB-EAS-2 to AKL-LAB-EAS-1 will be 10G
6.
From RSP to AKL-LAB-EAS-1 can be 1G or 10G
7.
Management Connections will all be 100MG
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