ABSTRACT: This document proposes generic requirements to help improve the design of the Maintenance User Interface (MUI) of network equipment. The generic requirements pertain to both hardware and software interfaces between network equipment and the technicians who perform maintenance activity on the equipment. These generic requirements bear on remote network Operations, Administration, and Maintenance systems as well as local system consoles.

This document facilitates the accessibility of all human factors proposed generic requirements related to network equipment and network reliability. The generic requirements contained in this document supersede all existing human factors generic requirements, as of the publication date.

The proposed generic requirements in this document apply to new equipment as of December 1998. These generic requirements may also be applied to new subcomponents or additions to existing equipment where the hardware and software interfaces are evolving.

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