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CONFIGURATION

GUIDE

RADWIN

5000

Release

4.9.17

Cat.No.

DQ0193770/0.4

Summary of Contents for 5000

Page 1: ...CONFIGURATION GUIDE RADWIN 5000 Release 4 9 17 Cat No DQ0193770 0 4...

Page 2: ...on Errors and Cautions 2 6 2 5 1 Unsupported Device 2 6 2 5 2 Incorrect IP Address 2 7 2 5 3 Incorrect Password 2 7 2 5 4 Invalid Read Write Community String or SNMPv3 Passwords 2 7 2 6 Sector Display...

Page 3: ...4 2 2 System 4 2 4 2 3 Air Interface 4 3 4 2 4 Tx and Antenna 4 5 4 2 5 Hub Site Sync HSS 4 7 4 2 6 Management 4 8 4 2 7 Inventory 4 20 4 2 8 Security 4 21 4 2 9 Date and Time 4 28 4 2 10 Ethernet 4 3...

Page 4: ...Software Upgrade required 7 5 7 4 Throughput Checking 7 5 7 5 Recent Events 7 7 7 6 Performance Monitoring 7 9 7 6 1 HBS 7 9 7 6 2 HSU 7 11 7 6 3 More on the Thresholds 7 14 7 7 RADWIN Manager Traps 7...

Page 5: ...ting the Upgrade 11 2 11 6 Persistency of the Upgrade 11 3 Chapter 12 Spectrum View 12 1 Scope of This Chapter 12 1 12 2 What is Spectrum View 12 1 12 3 Who needs it 12 1 12 4 Two Ways to Run Spectrum...

Page 6: ...uide Release 4 9 17 v Appendix A Terminology Appendix B Operating Under the FCC Unrestricted Contention Based Protocol B 1 Scope of this Chapter B 1 B 2 Bringing up a Sector B 1 B 3 HSU Operation B 3...

Page 7: ...cally install RADWIN 5000 radios see the RADWIN 5000 Installation Manual 1 2 Notifications Notifications consist of Notes Cautions and Warnings Caution Risk of damage to equipment or of service degrad...

Page 8: ...Base Stations HBS 1 3 3 Subscriber Unit There are two types of RADWIN 5000 subscriber units High Capacity Subscriber Unit HSU An HSU can have one of the following resource allocations CIR Committed I...

Page 9: ...k with them RADWIN Web Interface The Web Interface enables you to carry out basic unit and or sector management functions using a Web browser It is an easy way to rapidly configure and setup a link It...

Page 10: ...station Fully integrated with RADWIN Legacy solutions Base station can coexist with RADWIN 2000 and WinLink 1000 products Common RADWIN Manager Nomadic support standard in all base station models 1 4...

Page 11: ...WIN 5000 Configuration Guide Release 4 9 17 1 5 What s New in Release 4 9 17 Introduction For complete and comprehensive characteristics of the specific model you are working with refer to its Data Sh...

Page 12: ...ADWIN Manager main window 2 2 Installing the RADWIN Manager Application 2 2 1 Minimum System Requirements Operating system specific PC resources required by the application are set out in Table 2 1 be...

Page 13: ...ial Connection and Logon 1 Check that you have connectivity to the radio You can do this by opening up a command line session Start Run and then type cmd At the command prompt type ping 10 0 0 120 You...

Page 14: ...nager Log on Concept RADWIN 5000 supports SNMPv1 and SNMPv3 either separately or together The log on procedure differs slightly between operation under SNMPv1 and SNMPv3 In what follows below we assum...

Page 15: ...field click the list button There are three user types An Observer has read only access to the sector An Observer can monitor the sector generate reports but may not change any sector parameters An Op...

Page 16: ...e 2 4 A log on extension window opens You may choose the SNMP version but this is not required SNMPv1 is the default but this can be changed see Protocol on page 4 12 If your firewall blocks SNMPv3 me...

Page 17: ...ce Attempting to connect to an unsupported device on an otherwise valid IP address for example a LAN printer will result in the following error message Figure 2 7 Unsupported device message Table 2 2...

Page 18: ...5 4 Invalid Read Write Community String or SNMPv3 Passwords This will result in the same message as shown in Figure 2 8 To deal with lost or forgotten Community Strings 1 Send an email request to RADW...

Page 19: ...ws RADWIN Manager Overview 2 6 Sector Display Views The RADWIN Manager offers three sector display views Table View default Map View List View 2 6 1 Table View The default view for a sector is Table v...

Page 20: ...et an extended RSS display showing the RSS for each antenna if rel evant See Setting RADWIN Manager Preferences Advanced below Throughput Downlink and Uplink The light blue part of each bar shows the...

Page 21: ...ion these values will appear as shown see Registering a fixed HSU for service on page 3 21 for more details Rx and Tx rates At the bottom of the card are the Ethernet receive and transmit rates for th...

Page 22: ...ure 2 12 Map view icons The green beacon light on top of the icons changes color according to the unit s status The color codes are defined in Table 2 6 below The Map view of the RADWIN Manager looks...

Page 23: ...in horizontal scroll bar Use it to see further details about the displayed HSUs The status indicator ball has the same meaning as it does for the HSU cards and map icons For details see Table 2 6 belo...

Page 24: ...t tab From left to right the tabs are Map view Table view and List view The active tab Table view in the illustration is shown enlarged 2 6 5 Display View Persistence The last display view used will b...

Page 25: ...The Azimuth and Beam Width determine the sector center line direction and angle They are only used for initial default distribution of HSUs on the map 4 Click OK The unit is moved to the new location...

Page 26: ...s surrounded by a brown box or perimeter 2 Mouse over the top edge of the box to get a context button bar as shown in Figure 2 15 Selected HBS or HSU with context button bar The functions of the butto...

Page 27: ...e its position by hand Table 2 4 HBS main button bar functions Menu Item Purpose Cross Reference Preferences Monitor File location interval and throughput units Monitor Events Color coding for events...

Page 28: ...not be possible Frequency Band The Frequency and Frequency Band in use in the sector Channel BW Bandwidth of the specific channel This can be configured Status Indicates whether the HBS has been acti...

Page 29: ...and 50 5 uplink The Tx Ratio is not only sector wide If you use an HSS to collocate several HBSs to cover adjacent sectors they must all use the same Tx Ratio CIR BE Ratio Shows what percentage of re...

Page 30: ...ault conditions and events Alarms traps are displayed in the Events Log The Events Log may be saved as a text file The Events Log includes the following fields Sequential number ID Date and time stamp...

Page 31: ...and informational messages from the Preferences button The Events Log is horizontally scrollable if it is too wide for your computer display Use the top left drop down list to filter the messages Figu...

Page 32: ...you mouse over the colored RSS area you will receive a tool tip telling you that RSS for Radio 1 is lower than for Radio 2 or something similar We will provide further detail about these color codes b...

Page 33: ...nd the HSU detail for example Figure 2 21 The meaning of the Status lights is as follows Table 2 6 HBS HSU Status light color codes Figure 2 24 HBS HSU Status lights Color Description HBS HSU Green Ac...

Page 34: ...example Figure 2 25 Navigation Tool bar The zoom item is a convenience function The four side buttons show the detail level associated with the zoom slider position Alternatively you may click one of...

Page 35: ...69000 The HSU Status box The following cases have colored fields indicating a problem requiring your attention Figure 2 26 HSU status cards indicating problems If you mouse over the colored RSS area y...

Page 36: ...dic HSU The arrow on the top right hand corner can be used to minimize or restore full detail Here is the HSU status box minimized This device is useful for a large sector with a small display Right c...

Page 37: ...tatus or Filter according to resource type The button bar in Figure 2 29 follows the same pattern as the context menus in Figure 2 22 Table 2 8 HBS main window context menu and button bar functions Me...

Page 38: ...ms Display Active Alarms Active Alarms Estimate Throughput Estimate throughput per HSU Throughput Checking Update Service Change resource type and or MIMO modeHSU Updating HSU Services Suspend Suspend...

Page 39: ...inue to dismiss the caution and a variation of the main window appears Figure 2 31 Opening RADWIN Manager window HSU The direct log on window differs only in the bottom status bar where the Connection...

Page 40: ...pens HSU site configuration The additional functions in the detail menu work in the same way as the corresponding functions for the HBS See Backup Restore and Upgrade for the fifth and sixth items Pre...

Page 41: ...elds as in Figure 2 27 For convenience we also display the corresponding parameters for the HBS The throughput bar graphs and labels have the same meaning as the corresponding items on the HSU cards 2...

Page 42: ...9 17 2 31 Monitor RADWIN Manager Overview 2 9 1 Monitor Figure 2 33 Monitor Preferences HBS Figure 2 34 Monitor Preferences HSU Each technician servicing a sector must set up his managing computer ty...

Page 43: ...is not in use The Show IP item is useful if you are using both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses The choice of compressed addresses will drop leading zeros and use the notation where appropriate For example th...

Page 44: ...n this case trap messages are keyed to the user name and password and not visible to anyone else The preferences entered here relate to trap messages sent to the specified user if specified or to all...

Page 45: ...r have an option of the form Do not show this message again These alert messages can be reverted to their default state shown by clicking the Restore Alerts button You will be asked to confirm Check f...

Page 46: ...Monitoring and Timeout Intervals The monitoring interval determines the lowest interval between request to the ODU for status updates The timeout default 1 sec maximum 5 sec may have to be increased i...

Page 47: ...ations Mobile HSUs are covered in Chapter 2 3 2 Concepts A HBS out of the box must be configured with Basic RF parameters such as frequency band channel bandwidths and Sector ID Networking parameters...

Page 48: ...r As soon as the HSUs are configured to your satisfaction you must register them on the HBS Registration of an HSU enables service traffic between the HSU and the HBS The HBS keeps track of registered...

Page 49: ...ger Main Window Here is the initial main display Table 3 1 Radio Unit Parameters Parameter Remark IP Address Net Mask if using IPv4 Subnet Prefix Length if using IPv6 Default Gateway Protocol Can be s...

Page 50: ...corner of the window It will change to green as soon as the HBS is configured and activated Here is the work flow 1 Activate the HBS which includes setting its IP address It will then see the deployed...

Page 51: ...vate an HBS 1 Click the Activate button The Activation Wizard opens 2 Click Next Enter the Sector ID Name and Location All fields are mandatory About the Sector ID If you are working with the JET beam...

Page 52: ...lit is immaterial If the sec tor is part of a network having non fixed HSUs then each Sector ID for each partici pating sector should have the same four character Network ID The remaining part is igno...

Page 53: ...e HBS 4 If you are using the passive antenna option set the location of the HBS in accordance with your plan If you are using the JET active beam forming antenna the location of the HBS is set by the...

Page 54: ...Wizard window click Next Here you may enter the IP details if you did not do it earlier You can choose to enable only IPv4 IPv6 or both methods Once you have entered the correct addresses click Next...

Page 55: ...here 5 730 5 845 GHz FCC IC 8 Click Other to see other available bands for this HBS 9 For our purposes we choose 5 820 GHz right hand selector wheel Observe that the right hand spin wheel is no longer...

Page 56: ...Sector 11 To use ACS check the Automatic Channel Selection box You can perform a customized channel selection or click Select All to check all the channel boxes as shown If your hardware supports 250...

Page 57: ...cted for now In practice after having fully configured the sector you would disable all but the actual operating channel 12 Click Next The Antenna type and Tx Power window is presented For operation u...

Page 58: ...the Required Tx Power Before completing antenna installation you might like to consider the background information about setting antenna parameters in Appendix C Choose your Antenna Type Required Tx...

Page 59: ...4 9 17 3 13 Activating an HBS Installing a Sector Check that all information showed is correct and click Activate After a few moments the sector HSUs will be displayed in the Manager HSU panel The fie...

Page 60: ...20 GHz The HBS tries to optimize the frequency to minimize interference effects We next configure and register the HSUs For fixed HSUs you can do this in either order For nomadic HSUs you must define...

Page 61: ...ixed HSU From the HBS Installing a Sector To configure a fixed HSU from the HBS 1 Right click an HSU to get its context menu Figure 3 3 HSU Context menu 2 Click Configure The Configuration dialog is d...

Page 62: ...ing or tower name Contact is the contact person at that Location and Name is the Contact location It might be just a tele phone number Here are our entries 3 Set the Coordinates latitude and longitude...

Page 63: ...nnection Type Antenna Type Required Tx Power Antenna Gain and Cable Loss as required For our example we use external antennas we set Tx Power to 5 dBm and the Antenna Gain to 15 dBi If you click apply...

Page 64: ...the HBS Installing a Sector 5 In any event clicking Yes results in a further message appearing 6 Click OK The HSU display area refreshes with the newly configured HSU in its new location in the secto...

Page 65: ...iguring a fixed HSU From the HBS Installing a Sector Change the default HSU IP Address Subnet mask and Default Gateway as shown 8 For now we will leave the remaining fields Click OK to exit the Config...

Page 66: ...U will be displayed following the next sync loss restore to the HSU You can achieve the same thing by issuing a reset to the HSU from its context menu 9 Repeat steps 1 to 8 for each HSU 3 8 Configurin...

Page 67: ...roups with for example different QoS parameters Choose level A and then OK The percentage of resources allocated to the HSU will be updated during the registration process You are offered the followin...

Page 68: ...gistering a fixed HSU for service Installing a Sector 2 Click Register If you are using an external antenna and did not configure the antenna type for the HSU you are asked to do so now Choose the req...

Page 69: ...of resources of those already allocated to CIR traffic in the sector see Air Interface on page 4 3 You set this percentage in the MIR window 6 Check a MIMO Mode1 for this HSU Spatial Multiplexing defa...

Page 70: ...Best Effort basis This completes the reg istration process for a BE unit 8 If you chose the CIR resource type in Step 5 above click the Evaluate button Service evaluation takes a few seconds during wh...

Page 71: ...Open the Maximum Information Rate window Use the sliders to set here the maximum throughput rate you want for the specific HSU in each direction down link and up link from 0 5 Mbps to a maximum of 100...

Page 72: ...of the HSU card indicating that the resource type for the HSU is Committed Information Rate c The ATPC Status triangle shows green indicating that the dynamic range and rate have been achieved see Ca...

Page 73: ...as they would not affect anything g The resource allocation chosen in Step 9 is shown here both graphically and as a number value What appears on the HSU card is relevant for the selected HSU only but...

Page 74: ...egister button to register the HSUs One HSU can only have one level Shown above is configuration information for 4 HSUs A Nomadic HSU can only have the CIR resource type it cannot have the BE type 4 Y...

Page 75: ...eactivating the HBS Installing a Sector You are offered a cautionary message If you proceed the HBS display will change to reflect the deactivated state Notice that the HSUs remain registered and will...

Page 76: ...Saving the HBS Settings for Reuse as a Template Refer to Figure 3 6 of which the following is an excerpt Following any further fine tuning open up the HBS Nomadic tab and click Save You are offered th...

Page 77: ...vating an HBS on page 3 5 3 Open the Nomadic tab in the Configuration window In the Save Upload Settings window click Upload Figure 3 7 Preparing to upload the Nomadic file 4 In our case we have one H...

Page 78: ...a HBS list file The format of the file is lines of IP address Read Write community For example 10 104 50 200 netman All of the HBSs need to activated and accessible via a switch to the managing com pu...

Page 79: ...an HBS 4 2 1 Configuration Menu Buttons Open the Configuration window The Backup and Restore buttons provide for backup and restore of the HBS software and sector configuration For details on working...

Page 80: ...naging the Sector 4 2 2 System These items are convenience fields Name and Location are typically entered during HBS activation You may like to change Contact here not set during activation The Coordi...

Page 81: ...is not enabled In order for the new channel to take effect you much deactivate then reactivate the HBS Channel Bandwidth You can choose the channel bandwidth even if Automatic Channel Selection is ena...

Page 82: ...andwidth The ATPC triangle in the HSU card will turn green red or yellow see Table View on page 2 8 in accordance with the status of this mode ATPC Status can be added to the List View in the Main Win...

Page 83: ...throughput Backwards Compatibility Discovery This allows HSUs with firmware older than Release 4 6 those without the percentage based DBA mechanism to discover HBSs with Release 4 6 or above To work p...

Page 84: ...ease 4 9 17 4 6 Tx and Antenna Managing the Sector For the HBS changes made here may affect link quality and in the case of antenna type cause a sector re sync Changing the antenna type for an HSU wil...

Page 85: ...ration Guide Release 4 9 17 4 7 Hub Site Sync HSS Managing the Sector 4 2 5 Hub Site Sync HSS To enable HSS check the Enabled check box Click Apply or OK to enable HSS HSS support for RADWIN 5000 HBSs...

Page 86: ...or Hub Site Synchronization See the Hub Site Synchronization application note for more details 4 2 6 Management If you set the IP and related addresses correctly there should be little to change here...

Page 87: ...ion with applications that do not fully support IPv6 Here are the results of setting IPv6 addresses for both sites and enabling Show IP to IPv6 in Preferences Monitor The three sub windows Trap Destin...

Page 88: ...is displayed 2 Enter the Trap Destination IP Address and Port It could be the IP address of the managing computer The events log will be stored at the addresses chosen 3 You may choose between SNMPv1...

Page 89: ...sector To enable VLAN for management Figure 4 1 VLAN for Management 1 In the window of Figure 4 1 check the Enabled box 2 Enter a VLAN ID Its value should be between 2 and 4094 After entering the VLA...

Page 90: ...shown in Figure 4 2 Figure 4 2 Supported protocols SNMP support is permanently enabled You may choose between SNMPv1 SNMPv3 or both If you choose SNMPv3 you will be offered the following cautionary m...

Page 91: ...ultiuser Support under SNMPv3 If you chose SNMPv3 or both versions you are asked to log on again see Chapter 2 The RADWIN Manager Log on Concept For the first log on under SNMPv3 use username admin an...

Page 92: ...dmin and operator are as follows To add an SNMPv3 user 1 Click the right hand edit icon on any empty line of the list 2 An Edit window is displayed Figure 4 3 Add or Edit a user 3 Enter a user name an...

Page 93: ...er details in the data base for future use It must be changed to Read Only or Read Write to become usable 5 Click OK to accept Here is the result of adding one more Read Write user one Read Only User...

Page 94: ...RADWIN 5000 Configuration Guide Release 4 9 17 4 16 Management Managing the Sector 2 Click the edit button 3 Correct the spelling of the name 4 Enter and confirm the user s password...

Page 95: ...hange will be reflected in the display of Figure 4 4 6 Use the same method to change the user s profile Passwords are never displayed as clear text If a user looses his password the only way that the...

Page 96: ...Managing the Sector Logging on as a SNMPv3 User To log off as user admin and log on as a Read Write profile user Vivaldi 1 The default log on dialog is shown below In the right hand window enter the...

Page 97: ...e profile user you may log on as any user type Observer Operator Installer For example log on Vivaldi as Operator Since Vivaldi belongs to the Read Write profile in the left hand window use admin for...

Page 98: ...Vivaldi 2 On the left hand side set user type to Installer and password to wireless In the main window of the RADWIN Manager we see the user name in the title bar as follows The rule is that the logg...

Page 99: ...de Release 4 9 17 4 21 Security Managing the Sector The Inventory information will be required by Customer Service should you require assistance 4 2 8 Security This section applies to both the HBS and...

Page 100: ...e check box will be enabled at the HBS This item does not appear on the HSU Configuration panel For details about configuring and using AES 256 see Configuring AES 256 Encryption Support Changing the...

Page 101: ...d for a new ODU is wireless p2mp If you have forgotten the Link Password click the Forgotten Link Password button The following window is displayed Figure 4 9 Lost or forgotten Link Password recovery...

Page 102: ...r Service for the purpose of setting new Community You must also have available the serial number or the MAC address of the ODU The read write Community strings and read only Community strings have a...

Page 103: ...ngs Passwords Forgotten SNMPv1 Community String If the read write Community string is unknown an alternative Community key can be used The alternative Community key is unique per ODU and can be used o...

Page 104: ...ange the SNMP management interface to SNMPv3 Use the Management tab Protocol pull down menu see page 4 12 a Choose the SNMPv3 radio button Choose SNMPv3 only not V1 and V3 b Disable Telnet and the Web...

Page 105: ...ure 4 12 Security Mode settings 4 Enter the SNMPv3 user name and password 5 Click OK The screen will appear as follows Figure 4 13 Choosing the Security Mode 6 From the Security Mode pull down menu se...

Page 106: ...en configuring the NTP Server IP address you should also configure the offset from the Universal Coordinated Time UTC If there is no server available you can either set the date and time or you can se...

Page 107: ...uter 216 218 192 202 Figure 4 14 Date and Time Configuration 3 If entering an IP address for the NTP Server click Clear and then enter the new address 4 Set your site Offset value in minutes ahead or...

Page 108: ...RADWIN 5000 Configuration Guide Release 4 9 17 4 30 Date and Time Managing the Sector Figure 4 15 Change Date and Time 6 Click OK to return to the Configuration dialog...

Page 109: ...naging the Sector 4 2 10 Ethernet Figure 4 16 Setting Ethernet services Aging Time The HBS works in Bridge Mode In Bridge mode it performs both learning and aging forwarding only relevant packets over...

Page 110: ...may be clicked to reset the counter to zero To configure the Ethernet Mode In the Ethernet Ports Configuration pane use the drop down menu to choose the required mode Transmission Ratio The Transmiss...

Page 111: ...ter 10 includes VoIP configuration Advanced Broadcast Multicast Flooding Protection Broadcast Multicast Flooding Protection provides a measure of protection by limiting multicast and broadcast packets...

Page 112: ...residential operator can set rules regarding IP address and resource allocation For example if there are too many IP requests coming from one HSU it is possible to limit the IP addresses allocated to...

Page 113: ...fine service categories based on parameters set in the RADWIN Manager Operation This option works as follows HSU definition and assignment information is saved in the RADIUS server Service categories...

Page 114: ...e RADIUS server periodically for status updates Customer Preparations 1 You must supply a server that operates the RADIUS protocol 2 Prepare the following parameters for the RADIUS server A username a...

Page 115: ...ue if applicable For more details on these parameters see Quality of Service on page 10 1 Prepare Files for the RADIUS Server Prepare two files for the RADIUS server Data Dictionary supplement and Use...

Page 116: ...ese terms must be used precisely as shown here when you set the service categories in the RADWIN Manager The second attribute is the SerialNumber the third is the Name of the unit then Loca tion then...

Page 117: ...which translates into Residential1 according to the Data Diction ary above Its name is Name4 4 and Location is Loc4 4 and will appear as such in the RADWIN Manager see System on page 4 2 It has a VLA...

Page 118: ...o work with it Install Confirmation Required If this is enabled then when the HBS tries to register the HSUs in its sector each HSU must permit the HBS to do so If this is not enabled the HBS can regi...

Page 119: ...the HSU card select Authorize Now RADIUS Servers This shows a list of the available RADIUS servers their IP addresses their connection Ports this is usually 1812 their Statuses Not Tested Testing or C...

Page 120: ...of retries before moving on to the next available RADIUS server Timeout If there is no response from the RADIUS server after this many seconds disconnect A message will appear indicating this situatio...

Page 121: ...tegory Name The names of the categories here must be the exact same name as those in the Data Dictionary supplement see Data Dictionary supplement on page 4 37 Define the other parameters according to...

Page 122: ...here and the Service Category to which they were assigned based on the files in the RADIUS server However if you manually change any of these parameters via Update Service or Configure Ethernet from t...

Page 123: ...uide Release 4 9 17 4 45 Operations Managing the Sector Reverting to Factory Settings Figure 4 22 Restore Factory Settings and License Activation Clicking the Restore Defaults button opens the followi...

Page 124: ...r 11 For a single band just enter the supplied license Key and click Activate If you have a list of them a text file you will need to use the License File option In some instances it may involve purch...

Page 125: ...the HBS and the HSUs As shown the two HSUs may not communicate between themselves Clicking the top white square would enable communication via the HBS between them You may in fact disable all traffic...

Page 126: ...ntenna mis alignment and other events for up to two minutes following restoration of sync Figure 4 24 Antenna beep sequence The Refresh button restores the current window to its previous state abandon...

Page 127: ...5000 Configuration Guide Release 4 9 17 4 49 System Managing the Sector 4 4 2 System Figure 4 25 HSU Configuration window HBS These items are convenience fields They are typically entered during regis...

Page 128: ...Tx Antenna Managing the Sector 4 4 3 Tx Antenna Figure 4 26 HSU Configuration Setting antenna type and parameters The remarks about changing the HBS parameters also apply here Changing the antenna ty...

Page 129: ...RADWIN 5000 Configuration Guide Release 4 9 17 4 51 Management Managing the Sector 4 4 4 Management Figure 4 27 HSU Configuration IP addresses The functionality is identical as that for the HBS...

Page 130: ...52 Inventory Managing the Sector 4 4 5 Inventory You should note the details for each HSU The Serial Number is used in the RADIUS feature see RADIUS on page 4 35 The value can be placed in the clipbo...

Page 131: ...17 4 53 Security Managing the Sector 4 4 6 Security The functionality is the same as that shown in Security on page 4 21 except You may change the SNMP community strings only for the HSU from here You...

Page 132: ...54 Date Time Managing the Sector 4 4 7 Date Time The functionality is identical as that for the HBS 4 4 8 Ethernet Ethernet configuration for a HSU follows the same general pattern as the correspondin...

Page 133: ...This item is same for all PoE powered HSUs and the HBS See page 4 32 For the SU2 ACs AC powered HSUs Ethernet Ports Configuration panel is different The ODU entry is disabled only the LAN and PoE out...

Page 134: ...amera management functions The button next to the POE label offers basic PoE performance information Maximum Information Rate The Maximum Information Rate MIR was initially set during HSU Registration...

Page 135: ...nes in the after figure indicate the upper limit on the blue throughput bars Had you set the MIR to be more than the maximum in this case 24 1 and 24 5 or unlimited the red bars and red vertical lines...

Page 136: ...58 Nomadic Managing the Sector 4 4 9 Nomadic To change a fixed HSU to a nomadic HSU the HSU must be deregistred right click on the HSU card and choose Deregister For a nomadic HSU you may change its...

Page 137: ...RADWIN 5000 Configuration Guide Release 4 9 17 4 59 Nomadic Managing the Sector...

Page 138: ...ns This functionality is identical to that for the HBS 4 5 Replacing an HSU A defective HSU may be replaced by another HSU belonging to the sector provided that the replacement is not registered Here...

Page 139: ...re is a rather delicate process we will step through it with a detailed example To replace a defective HSU 1 Right click the defective unit for its context menu 2 Click Replace You are offered a list...

Page 140: ...2 Replacing an HSU Managing the Sector 4 Click OK You are asked to confirm before proceeding 5 Click OK again You receive further confirmation Here is the final outcome Notice that 10 104 50 3 has rep...

Page 141: ...You may break the link cause a sync loss to an un registered HSU for a fixed amount of time Here is the scenario HSU 10 104 50 1 is not registered To suspend an un registered HSU 1 Click Suspend in i...

Page 142: ...HSU returns to the main display with resumption of sync 4 8 Changing the Sector Band Changing the Band in use is always carried out at the sector level not per installed ODU To the Sector Band you mu...

Page 143: ...se 4 9 17 4 65 Changing the Sector Band Managing the Sector Figure 4 30 Change or Add Bands 2 Select the required Band and click OK For our purposes we choose 5 720 5 960 GHz Universal The band is hig...

Page 144: ...RADWIN 5000 Configuration Guide Release 4 9 17 4 66 Changing the Sector Band Managing the Sector Figure 4 31 Add Change Band dialog 3 Click the right button The following window opens...

Page 145: ...y chose the working channel bandwidth and channel selection as in the activation process Click OK to accept your choice You are returned to the display in Figure 4 31 5 Click OK again The following ca...

Page 146: ...ds must be available for your hardware Such additional Bands must be available within the framework of your local regulations The foregoing applies to both regulated and unregulated Bands To obtain an...

Page 147: ...only if you have additional un installed units Before proceeding to step 2 in Figure 4 32 open your own list in a plain text editor If the displayed serial numbers are in the list select your list and...

Page 148: ...d Managing the Sector 5 Fill out the requested details Remember to terminate the dialog by clicking the Get Key button 6 The results of your request will be displayed with further instructions U S A b...

Page 149: ...ew bands will be available 4 9 Configuring AES 256 Encryption Support AES 256 support is per HSU but enabled from a passive antenna HBS To enable AES 256 Encryption support for a sector 1 Ensure that...

Page 150: ...ing serial number and license key Save the file to a known safe location 5 At the HBS open the Configuration Operations tab Figure 4 22 Check the License Activation page then the License File button a...

Page 151: ...ration with Telnet A Telnet terminal can be used to configure and monitor the RADWIN 5000 HPMP To start a Telnet session on the ODU use telnet ODU_IP For example telnet 10 104 50 200 You will be asked...

Page 152: ...Supported Telnet commands are shown in Table 4 4 to Table 4 6 Table 4 4 Telnet Display Commands Command Explanation display inventory Displays ODU product name Name Location hardware and software revi...

Page 153: ...y string set tpc power Value between minimal Tx power and maximal Tx power Set the ODU Tx Power If a wrong value is entered both min and max values shall be displayed in the error reply set name new n...

Page 154: ...f this Chapter This chapter describes how to configure an SU PRO AIR unit Configure an SU PRO AIR unit by one of two methods With the WINTouch smartphone application or Using the SU PRO AIR Web Interf...

Page 155: ...o a minimum Install WINTouch on your smartphone connect to the unit via WiFi and follow WIN Touch s instructions 5 3 SU PRO AIRWeb Interface via PC or laptop Access the web interface by connecting to...

Page 156: ...n Up Time Total amount of time since last reset of unit Sector ID The identification number as set in the HBS Serial Number The number for the unit to which you are connected SW Version Software versi...

Page 157: ...f location as defined by the user IP address of the unit Subnet mask Displayed for the SU PRO AIR only Default gateway MAC address Radio The following parameters are displayed The location of the unit...

Page 158: ...integrated antenna if you are using the Turbo Gain antenna this option is greyed out Antenna Gain if using an external non integrated antenna Enter the value in dBi Cable Loss if using an external no...

Page 159: ...rors Cyclic Redundancy Errors since the last reset are shown here Trap Destinations For each trap destination enter its IP address and port All traps are sent to each trap destination which helps in d...

Page 160: ...g out a backup before carrying out a software upgrade 1 Click Download file 2 The system will commence the backup procedure 3 The backup file will be located in the downloads location of the managing...

Page 161: ...will be shown 5 Upon completion of the restore procedure the unit will reset and then will operate according to the restored version 5 6 2 Network Speed Test This graphically shows the throughput in t...

Page 162: ...to a file Click Save to File For each frequency results will show the real time current signal strength the aver age strength for the test and the maximum value for the test Diagnostics File Click Dow...

Page 163: ...ntegrated antenna in the general direction of its HBS Make sure both the SU PRO AIR and the HBS units are activated If the SU PRO AIR is new out of the box it will not be activated and you will see an...

Page 164: ...ure 5 1 System Shows IP address and gateway information for the subscriber unit HSU Radio Shows location of the radio frequency and bandwidth in use Device Monitor Shows RSS of both the subscriber uni...

Page 165: ...e or over the air from the HBS site When using the RADWIN Manager there are several differences in the configuration functionality for a directly managed HSU1 compared to the method of Chapter 4 Man a...

Page 166: ...gistered HSU If you enabled RSS Extended View see Enable RSS Extended View the center part of the display looks like this Figure 6 2 Registered HSU extended view For an unregistered HSU the throughput...

Page 167: ...ns The Backup and Restore buttons have the same functionality as the corresponding buttons for the HBS They provide for backup and restore of the HSU software The Buzzer button may set or mute the buz...

Page 168: ...an Air Interface tab which varies in functionality depending on whether the HSU is registered or not 6 2 2 Air Interface Figure 6 4 HSU Config Air Interface for Registered fixed HSU You can see here...

Page 169: ...Config Air Interface registered nomadic HSU For an unregistered or unsynchronized HSU you may edit both of these fields Figure 6 7 HSU Config Air Interface stand alone nomadic HSU or HMU Use this feat...

Page 170: ...HSU to another HBS make sure that it is unregistered You will need to log on to it directly and get to the Air Interface window Figure 6 8 HSU Config Air Interface Unregistered HSU Enter the Sector ID...

Page 171: ...17 6 7 Security Direct HSU Configuration You may only change the SNMP community strings over a direct or over the air connection You can change the Link Password for an un synchronized HSU Otherwise t...

Page 172: ...nformation Throughput checking Recent events Performance monitoring Active Alarms Link Budget Calculator Online Help Obtaining support 7 2 Retrieving Link Information Get Diagnostics The Get Diagnosti...

Page 173: ...ts Log List of system events including those from other sites if this site is defined as the trap destination Last 256 events from all sites Sector Information Information about the HBS and HSU settin...

Page 174: ...g Box HSU 2 Select or deselect the data options If the file is to be sent to RADWIN Customer Service leave all options checked 3 HBS only Choose HSUs to be included 4 Click File Path to specify the fi...

Page 175: ...window these messages can only be seen in HSU list mode and in the HBS Active Alarms log The Spectrum Analysis output is available directly from the Spectrum View utility as a CSV file see Chapter 12...

Page 176: ...o an advisory message It typically occurs with a new HBS or new HSUs added to a sector If the upgrade is not carried out then the HBS or HSU s will ope rate with limited or degraded functionality This...

Page 177: ...ht click on the HSU for which you want to check throughput and choose Esti mate Throughput 2 The throughput dial window appears When you are ready to commence the throughput check click Start The thro...

Page 178: ...failures loss of synchronization loss of signal compatibility problems and other fault conditions and events Alarms traps are displayed in the Events Log in the lower panel of the main window The Eve...

Page 179: ...nostics You may filter the events shown by choosing All or Internal A full report may be seem by clicking Recent Events Figure 7 5 Recent Events Left to right HBS HSU from HBS HSU direct In each case...

Page 180: ...ects statistics data for the air interface and Ethernet ports It does so continuously even when the RADWIN Manager is not connected Figure 7 6 Performance Monitoring L to R HBS HSU from HBS HSU The on...

Page 181: ...ance Monitoring report based on 15 minutes recording Figure 7 8 HBS Performance Monitoring report Valid data The meaning of the column headings is shown in the following table Table 7 2 HBS Performanc...

Page 182: ...e HBS or directly ES Errored seconds The number of seconds in which there was at least one error block SES Severe Errored Seconds The number of seconds in which the service quality was low as determin...

Page 183: ...the HBS There is no significance in monitoring period button label Daily The options are as for the HBS Direct or Over the Air Here only a downlink report is available Otherwise the buttons have the...

Page 184: ...nitoring Fields Column Heading Abbreviation Meaning Description Integrity Valid data flag Green tick for current and valid Red cross for invalidated data See example below Note that the Performance Mo...

Page 185: ...measured in dBm RSL Thresh 1 88dBm The number of seconds in which the Receive Signal Level RSL was below the specified threshold RSL Thresh 2 88dBm The number of seconds in which the RSL was below th...

Page 186: ...ved traffic exceeded this threshold It can be used to measure traffic peaks 7 7 RADWIN Manager Traps The RADWIN Manager application issues traps to indicate various events displayed in the Events Log...

Page 187: ...the remote_site_name site Warning The Product is not identified at both sites Warning Product Not Identified Warning The Manager identified a newer ODU release at the remote_site_name site Warning OD...

Page 188: ...arms may be saved to a file The list displayed will not be updated unless you click Refresh 7 8 1 Customer Service Customer support for this product can be obtained from the local VAR Integrator or di...

Page 189: ...or configuration as defined in the HBS in addition to upgrading the software 8 2 System Backup 1 In the RADWIN Manager from the HBS open the Configuration window then click the Backup button 2 A Windo...

Page 190: ...e Upgrade Utility Figure 8 1 Bulk Backup setup window The method of selection addition or removal of items follows the same pattern as in SWU selection Figure 8 2 Save configuration produces a text fi...

Page 191: ...only do a Full Restore on the unit you cannot do a Configuration Restore only 3 Make sure the HBS HSU is deactivated before starting a Configuration Restore 4 Open the RADWIN Manager and from the HBS...

Page 192: ...on 8 5 Full Restore A Full Restore includes all configuration parameters as shown in Step 6 above in addition to system software A Full Restore can be carried out on either the same HBS HSU unit from...

Page 193: ...and click Open A warning screen will appear indicating for which version the system will perform the restore Click Yes to continue The system will carry out a Full Restore In addition to the system s...

Page 194: ...y out a Configuration Restore on the JET based HBS as explained above see Configuration Restore on page 8 2 8 7 Upgrading an Installed Sector To upgrade software for a link 1 In the RADWIN Manager cli...

Page 195: ...vice about upgrading them The center button allows you to add a single site Figure 8 4 Adding a single site for upgrade Enter the IP address of the site the Read Write Community Default netman user na...

Page 196: ...5 In addition to the previous step you may opt to perform a delayed upgrade Check the Delayed Upgrade box and enter the date and time for the delayed upgrade A Calendar dialog box opens 6 The radio b...

Page 197: ...t Upgrade to commence the process For an immediate upgrade you will be able to observe the upgrade progress from the green progress bars Figure 8 5 Software upgrade in progress Note the stop button Fi...

Page 198: ...y sites fail to update a warning notice will be displayed If one or more sites of a sector update fails you should correct the problem and update the failed sites as soon as possible If you do not fol...

Page 199: ...entification number 9 2 2 VLAN Background Information on the Web The standards defining VLAN Tagging are IEEE_802 1Q and extensions For general background about VLAN see http en wikipedia org wiki Vir...

Page 200: ...d by RADWIN 5000 HBS IEEE 802 1Q is used as the encapsulation protocol to implement this mechanism over Ethernet networks 9 4 1 QinQ Double Tagging for Service Providers QinQ is useful for Service Pro...

Page 201: ...ider VLAN ID The system always adds to each frame tags with VLAN ID and EtherType 0x9100 Therefore For a frame without a tag the system will add a tag with VLAN ID and EtherType 0x9100 so the frame wi...

Page 202: ...nality VLAN Functionality To this end VLAN functionality is supported at the MNG port of the HSU The HSU MNG port can be configured to handle Ethernet frames at the ingress direction where frames ente...

Page 203: ...at ingress are not modified and pass through a Priority Code Point PCP which refers to the IEEE 802 1p priority It indicates the frame priority level from 0 lowest to 7 highest which can be used to p...

Page 204: ...affic separation by VLAN and as Provider port then the received management frames must be double tagged as follows The outer tag has to be the Provider s tag so the frame is not filtered The internal...

Page 205: ...e VLAN ID for management at the HBS 9 5 3 Configuration of VLAN Tagging for Ethernet Service VLAN configuration is carried out per HSU It is up to you to ensure consistency between the HSUs HSU VLAN t...

Page 206: ...ernet Service VLAN Functionality In Disabled mode Ethernet frames pass transparently over the radio links 2 For Provider tagging click the Provider Radio button In Provider mode Ethernet frames are ta...

Page 207: ...ault as shown 4 Click OK to accept 5 For user VLAN tagging click the Tag Radio button In Tag mode Ethernet frames are tagged or untagged to distinguish between differ ent networks 6 For completely tra...

Page 208: ...arent Frames are not modified and are forwarded transparently All frames with VLAN tag are untagged Allow VLAN IDs Allow up to 4 VIDs to be passed through Untag VLAN IDs Untag the VLAN tag of the sele...

Page 209: ...t two classification criteria VLAN based or Diffserv based You may choose which of them to use Based upon the classification criterion chosen received packets will be mapped into one of four quality g...

Page 210: ...r Real Time Controlled Load and Best Effort For each HSU set the queue weights and queue Maximum Information Rate MIR 10 4 1 Mapping QoS Priority Levels to Queues from the HBS 1 From the HBS manager c...

Page 211: ...labeled with this priority level as live it will merely ignore its priority level as if the traffic was not assigned with any priority level whatsoever Note that you cannot un check the Best Effort qu...

Page 212: ...ill not be able to configure that queue 5 Set the Weight percentage for each queue This determines what percentage of the throughput will be dedicated for the indicated queue If you exceed 100 total w...

Page 213: ...transmitted within the TTL period in a congested link is dropped 9 When you complete your entries click Downlink to configure the downlink stream 10 When you complete the Downlink entries click OK to...

Page 214: ...is treated in a similar fashion to Real Time traffic VoIP works whether you are using VLAN or DiffServ 3 You can apply VoIP to all of the HSUs in the sector by clicking on Enable for all HSUs You will...

Page 215: ...k QoS Configuration The following window is displayed 5 Click Voice Over IP un click it if you want to disable VoIP for this unit The Real Time queue will change to Voice over IP and its checkbox will...

Page 216: ...ber of the upgrade you want Purchase as many of these upgrades as you deem nec essary 2 PAKs You will receive a list of Product Activation Keys PAK for each upgrade instance A PAK number can be used o...

Page 217: ...4 You will receive a confirmatory message if the activation succeeded or an error message if not 11 4 2 Bulk Sector HSU Upgrade If you are upgrading all HSUs in a sector use the text file you saved w...

Page 218: ...7 11 3 Persistency of the Upgrade License Dependent Upgrades 11 6 Persistency of the Upgrade The upgrade is persistent across an HSU reset If however you restore an upgraded HSU to factory defaults yo...

Page 219: ...ormation and view retrieved spectral information from historic spectrum scans Separate information is generated for the HBS and HSUs all by selection A general sector level Highest Interference view i...

Page 220: ...l be quite different if the HSU is part of a sector registered or not or if it is completely stand alone 12 5 Where is the Spectrum View Data stored Spectrum View data is always stored in the ODU orig...

Page 221: ...s will be shown with a red border like this The timeout is the maximum analysis time per site Use the bottom button bar to start an analysis to stop a running analysis or run a Highest Interference pr...

Page 222: ...he HBS the following view will open in the right panel Figure 12 1 Spectrum View data panel for the HBS ready for data The standard X button closes the window completely but does not loose data The bu...

Page 223: ...n We will cover them in the next section using a live analysis 12 7 Spectrum View Display Function Buttons Spectrum View data manipulation functions are provide on the top button bar Table 12 1 Spectr...

Page 224: ...service click Yes The processing may appear to have stopped but it is not complete until all of the Show buttons for selected HSUs are enabled Here is the result for the HBS Show Hide point values Sav...

Page 225: ...is the analysis for one of the HSUs It is a bit different The light green rectangle in the background of both antenna displays reflects actual channel 20 MHz wide here being used by the HSU The title...

Page 226: ...U Spectrum View Figure 12 3 HSU spectrum analysis in complete isolation from the sector Now we return the HSU to the sector Figure 12 4 HSU spectrum analysis within the sector The hump in Figure 12 4...

Page 227: ...ght or reverse and then click The swiped range is zoomed in You may repeat this several times The zoom applies to all charts for all element in the analysis An indicator is provided at the top right o...

Page 228: ...may also be employed by a user for a quick look at current operating parameters and the Recent Events logs 13 3 How it Works On the managing computer point your browser to the IP address of the radio...

Page 229: ...al Considerations Working with the WI 13 5 1 Advanced Configurations For setup configurations using features such as HSS VLAN and QoS you will need to use the RADWIN Manager 13 5 2 Operational Effects...

Page 230: ...upgrade Be very careful Using this tool if your link is providing Customer Service which may not be interrupted with sync losses 13 6 Logging on To use the Web interface point your browser to the IP a...

Page 231: ...as the heading The HBS Info panel is self explanatory The green Active indicator will vary according to the status of the HSU shown by the RADWIN Manager Figure 13 3 Sector Status panel it will typic...

Page 232: ...nfiguration Guide Release 4 9 17 13 5 Configure Using the Web Interface Figure 13 4 HSU Haydn deregistered Now click anywhere on the HBS Info panel 13 7 2 Configure The Configure button opens the foll...

Page 233: ...them Clicking Refresh reverts the fields to their last Saved values Air Interface There is nothing that can be changed on this panel Clicking the Antenna Tx Power button opens up the following window...

Page 234: ...RADWIN 5000 Configuration Guide Release 4 9 17 13 7 Configure Using the Web Interface Management The Management fields are all fully editable...

Page 235: ...RADWIN 5000 Configuration Guide Release 4 9 17 13 8 Configure Using the Web Interface If you change any of these fields you will cause a HBS reset...

Page 236: ...iguration Guide Release 4 9 17 13 9 Configure Using the Web Interface Other You may change the HBS LAN port configuration You will receive the following notification This action of course has no beari...

Page 237: ...gement HSU management follows the same pattern as that for the HBS To avoid tedious repetition We will only point out significant differences 13 8 1 The Main Window HSU configuration is accomplished b...

Page 238: ...RADWIN 5000 Configuration Guide Release 4 9 17 13 11 The Main Window Using the Web Interface Clicking Configure opens up a new tab in you browser pointing to Mozart Here is the HSU main window...

Page 239: ...b Interface The only item here requiring comment is the Configure button Install is disabled and the remaining three buttons are the same as for the HBS Here is the Configure display The only function...

Page 240: ...RADWIN 5000 Configuration Guide Release 4 9 17 13 13 The Main Window Using the Web Interface In addition to the Antenna Tx Power button you may also change operating Band...

Page 241: ...function It is intended as a tool for the field technician replacing an HSU in the field If you change the operating Band of a registered HSU you will loose it from the sector The only remedy is to l...

Page 242: ...n a radio that can transmit and receive to more than one point See also HBS CIR Committed Information Rate A level of priority for traffic in which users receive a guaranteed percentage of resources i...

Page 243: ...hen using Hub Site Synchronization one unit is a master generates the sync pulses and the other units are clients HSU High capacity Subscriber Unit Same as an SU ISU Integrated Synchronization Unit a...

Page 244: ...a type of radar station used in the U S and other countries for weather reporting If a radio unit is installed close enough to one of these stations the FCC requires that certain actions must be take...

Page 245: ...650 3 7GHz band The detailed technical operation of the protocol is beyond the scope of this manual B 2 Bringing up a Sector The HBS for FCC UCBP is pre configured for this regulation only Activation...

Page 246: ...BS is prepared to relinquish in favour of other transmitters on this band There may be several Minimal Contention This value 5 20ms default 10ms is the amount of time the HBS is prepared to wait to ch...

Page 247: ...e HSUs take their cue from the HBS in respect of air interface parameters nothing special is required in their configuration Older model HSUs configured for the 3 650 3 7GHz band should work correctly...

Page 248: ...ration Restore on page 8 2 Antenna Alignment added to the Web Interface of the SU PRO AIR Enhanced Security feature added see Security Mode on page 4 26 A VoIP queue can be defined in QOS see Enabling...

Page 249: ...rectly develop market distribute license or sell any product that supports substantially similar functionality based or derived in any way from RADWIN products Your undertaking in this paragraph shall...

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