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About Configuration Jobs
As part of its commissioning functionality, Skylight orchestrator allows you to configure Skylight devices that are in its inventory. You can configure devices by means of two entities that can be set up and executed in the Commission tabs: ...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Performing a Configuration Job
Here is an overview of how to set up and execute a configuration job: If you want to set up the job in dataset mode, import the datasets in Skylight orchestrator. For detailed procedures, see "Importing and Editing Datasets". If you want to u...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 27 Apr 2023
Creating Configuration Jobs in GUI Mode
This procedure explains how to create a configuration job in GUI mode. It is also possible to do the following: Create a configuration template. See "Creating a Configuration Flow Template". Create a configuration job from dataset files...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Creating Configuration Jobs Using Data Sets
You have a choice when it comes to selecting devices and setting the parameters for a configuration job: you can do it interactively or you can use data sets. The procedure in this section explains how to create a configuration job that will be ap...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Executing Configuration Jobs
To apply configuration jobs to devices, you must create a job executor. Then you run the executor and view the results of the execution. For the procedures, see: "Viewing List of Job Executors" "Starting a Job Executor" "Viewing the Status ...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Scheduling Configuration Jobs and Flows
Optionally, you can define schedulers that will run an executor once at a specific time or multiple times, instead of running it manually. Executor schedulers can be defined for job executors and for flow executors. When scheduling an executor, y...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Deleting a Configuration Job
This article explains the procedure necessary to delete a configuration job. To delete a configuration job from Skylight orchestrator Access the Commission ▶ Jobs page. The list of existing of jobs is displayed. Select a job in t...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 30 Mar 2022
Setting Up a Backup Configuration Job
You can back up the configuration of a managed element from Skylight orchestrator. If necessary, this backup can be restored on the managed element. For more information about configuration backups and how to restore them, see "Managing Backups of...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Bandwidth Regulator Set Configuration Job
A bandwidth regulator set is used to regulate traffic bandwidth based on the value of the following information for the incoming frames: PCP : p-bits in 802.1Q / 802.1Q-in-Q tags. IP Precedence : IP precedence bits in the IPv4 ToS byte or in...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Bandwidth Regulator Configuration Job
You can set up a bandwidth regulator to regulate traffic. After a bandwidth regulator has been created, it can be applied to traffic policies. To set up a Bandwidth regulators configuration job Access the page Commission ▶ Jobs . S...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a CFM IEEE 802.3ag Configuration Job
You can use a configuration job to configure various CFM IEEE 802.3ag settings. This job can be executed on: Skylight elements Second generation Skylight sensor: modules The configuration job page includes four tabs: Use the MD ...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a CFM ITU-T Y.1731 Configuration Job
You can use a job to configure various CFM ITU-T Y.1731 settings. Configuring a device with a CFM ITU-T Y.1731 job is very similar to configuring a device with a CFM IEEE 802.3ag job. The only difference when configuring for CFM ITU-T Y.1731...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a CFM Interface, Default & VSP Configuration Job
This job is intended for Skylight elements (GT, GX, LX, LT and so on). This job can be used to set a variety of CFM (Connectivity Fault Management) settings: Use the CFM General tab to set the DMM Test ID TLV State parameter. Use the Inte...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a CLI Configuration Job
You can execute CLI commands on a managed element using a configuration job. This is useful for executing commands that are not supported in other configuration job steps. A CLI configuration job simply includes the name of a CLI script. A CLI sc...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Clocks Configuration Job
A clocks configuration job allows you to set up a Time of Day (ToD) clock on a Skylight sensor: control. The job sets up a distributed clock that does not use PTP as its reference source. To set up a Clocks configuration job Access the p...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a CoS Profile Configuration Job
A CoS profile is used to map an input frame to a Layer 2 class of service based on the conformance level (Green/Yellow) of the incoming traffic and on the value of the following information for the incoming frames: PCP : p-bits in 802.1Q / 802....
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a DMM Configuration Job
Delay Measurement Messages (DMM) are used to measure network delay and network delay variation. DMM measurements are part of the Service OAM functionality supported by Skylight orchestrator. You can enable DMM delay measurements on a Skylight sens...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a DNS Configuration Job
You can use DHCP to automatically configure the IP parameters of a device. When a device uses DHCP, it can be configured to obtain its DNS settings via DHCP. If the device does not use DHCP, you can manually specify the address for each DNS ser...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Device Attributes Configuration Job
You can use a device attributes configuration job to replace the credentials or label associated with a device. To set up a Device attributes configuration job Access the page Commission ▶ Jobs . Set all common configuration job se...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Discovery Configuration Job
A Skylight sensor: control can be connected to a number of Skylight sensor: module and Skylight sensor: SFP compute modules that serve as remote ports for the sensor: control. You can use a configuration job to allow the sensor: control to di...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Firmware Upgrade Configuration Job
You can upgrade the firmware of devices from Skylight orchestrator using a configuration job. You can stage the new firmware version on the Skylight orchestrator appliance before upgrading the firmware. "Managing Performance Element Firmware" ...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Flow Configuration Job
Flowmeter is a high frequency bandwidth utilization meter that is available on the following Accedian products: Skylight element: FSX Skylight element: FS 1G Skylight element: FS 10G Skylight sensor: control The Flow configuration s...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up an IPv4 Filter Configuration Job
IPv4 filters can be used to loop back traffic or set up a traffic policy based on specific characteristics such as IPv4 Header settings, ICMP settings and VLAN settings. To set up an IPv4 filter job Access the page Commission ▶ Jobs . ...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up an IPv6 Filter Configuration Job
IPv6 filters can be used to loop back traffic or set up a traffic policy based on specific characteristics such as IPv6Header settings, ICMP settings and VLAN settings. IPv6 filters are useful for configuring jobs applied to the Skylight sensor: c...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up an Interfaces Configuration Job
In a single configuration job, you can define one or more interfaces to be configured on a managed element. An interface can be of several types: standard IPv4 and IPv6, bridge and VLAN. For each interface, you can define up to five IP addresses...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up an L2 Filter Configuration Job
Layer 2 filters can be used to loop back traffic or set up a traffic policy based on specific characteristics such as Ethernet header settings, VLAN settings and DSCP for Layer 2 filters. To set up an L2 filter Job Access the page Commiss...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Loopback Configuration Job
Layer 1 to 4 loopbacks (MAC address, IP address and port swap frame reflection) enable remote QoS testing of Ethernet, IP and triple-play services. You can set up a configuration job to set up loopbacks on Skylight modules. To configure a Loopb...
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Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Module & SFP Configuration Job
A Skylight sensor: control can be connected to a number of Skylight sensor: module and Skylight sensor: SFP compute modules that act as remote ports for the sensor: control. These Skylight sensor: module and Skylight sensor: SFP compute modules are ...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up an NTP-PTP Configuration Job
The system date and time can be set automatically using either an NTP server or a PTP server. A unit can also act as an NTP server if you select the Enable NTP server option. To set up an NTP-PTP configuration job Access the page Commis...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a PAA Configuration Job
The PAA (Protocol Analysis Application) is a hardware-assisted active-measurement function that computes Layer-2 or Layer 3 (IPv4 UDP and IPv6 UDP) network delay (latency), delay variation (jitter), packet loss and continuity checks. Two units with...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a PM Configuration Job for Metrics Collection
You can use a configuration job to set up the collection of performance metrics on managed elements. Note: You can also set up the collection of metrics data manually for individual elements in Skylight orchestrator. For more information, see...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Permission Group Configuration Job
From Skylight orchestrator, you can configure users on devices. Those users will belong to a user group that has a particular set of permissions. The Permission groups configuration job allows to define the permissions for user groups on devices. Yo...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Policies Configuration Job
You can set up different elements (filters, bandwidth regulators, CoS profiles and bandwidth regulator sets) and assign them to a traffic policy, thereby defining the new service and its attributes. To set up a Policies Job Access the page...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Port CoS Mapping Configuration Job
A port CoS mapping is used to control the class of service assigned to the outer VLAN tag of input frames on which a dual VLAN tag action (e.g. push-push or push-replace) was applied in the unit. There is one configurable port CoS mapping for each p...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Port Configuration Job
You can use a Port configuration job to configure the parameters for physical ports on devices. To set up a Ports Job Access the page Commission ▶ Jobs . Set all common configuration job settings, as described in "Creating Configur...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Rehoming Configuration Job
You can use a Rehoming configuration job to move a Skylight sensor: module from one Skylight sensor: control to another. To set up a Rehoming Job Access the page Commission ▶ Jobs . Click the Add button to add a new configura...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up an SNMP Agent Configuration Job
You can use configuration jobs to set up managed element side of the SNMP connection between managed elements and Skylight orchestrator. Skylight orchestrator must also be configured to receive SNMP messages from the elements that it manages. For ...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up an SNMP Trap Configuration Job
In addition to configuring the SNMP agent on managed elements (as explained in "Setting Up an SNMP Agent Configuration Job"), managed elements must be configured to send their SNMP trap messages to another system known as the SNMP trap receiver . ...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Mar 2024
Setting Up a Session Reflector Configuration Job
A Skylight sensor: control can function as a reflector for various types of performance measurement sessions: 2xOneWay - IPv4 (encapsulation types: GRE, ICMP, RTP, SCTP, UDP, TCP) Echo - IPv4 and IPv6 (encapsulation types: ICMP, UDP) Etherne...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a SyncE Configuration Job
SyncE takes the clock signal from the selected clock reference port and transmits it to all other ports. You also have the option to define a Secondary Clock Source on another physical port. To set up a SyncE configuration job Access the p...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a System Time Configuration Job
You can set the system date and time of a managed element using a configuration job. To set up the System Time Job Access the page Commission ▶ Jobs . Set all common configuration job settings, as described in "Creating Configuratio...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a TWAMP Generator Configuration Job
You can set up a configuration job to configure Skylight elements to generate TWAMP sessions. To set up a TWAMP Generator configuration job Access the page Commission ▶ Jobs . Set all common configuration job settings, as described ...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a TWAMP Reflector Configuration Job
You can use the TWAMP Reflector configuration step to define a configuration job that does one of the following tasks: Configure a Skylight element to act as a TWAMP reflector Configure Skylight sensor: module or Skylight sensor: SFP compute m...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Traffic Configuration Job
The VLAN level for each traffic port on a device must be configured to be used with one or two VLAN tags in the VLAN filters. When the VLAN level setting is configured as Outer (default), the VLAN filter is matched against the outer VLAN of inco...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Users Configuration Job
The Users configuration job allows you to configure user accounts on devices. In order to create users, one or more user permission group must already exist on the device. You can also create permission group using a configuration job. See "Setting ...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a VID Sets Configuration Job
You can use a configuration job to define VID sets for each traffic stream on a device to classify the incoming traffic before sending it to the service creation function. A VID set consists of one or more VLANs grouped as a logical entity. To se...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Virtual Connection Endpoint (VCE) Configuration Job
A Virtual Connection Endpoint (VCE) is an NFV-based interface that can be defined on the following Accedian devices: Skylight elements (GT, GX, LX and LT models) For detailed information about VCE parameters for a particular model of Skylight...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
Setting Up a Virtual Connection Access (VCA) Configuration Job
The Virtual Connection Access ( VCA ) functionality is used to define the end-to-end connectivity between two ports of an Accedian Skylight element or Skylight sensor: module. A VCA is composed of one or more Virtual Connection Endpoints (VCE). Fo...
Written by
Jonathan Poole
Updated on : 19 Dec 2023
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