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Revision1.3

TrangoLINK GigaPlus 6-40 GHz Split Architecture High Capacity Point to Point Microwave Backhaul System

User Manual

TrangoSystems,Inc. GigaPlusUserManualRev1.3 2

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ContentsTables ..................................................................................................... 9

Figures ................................................................................................. 10

Revision History .................................................................................. 13

Preface ................................................................................................. 14

Reference conventions ....................................................................... 15

Warranty Information .......................................................................... 15

Contacting Trango Technical Support .............................................. 15

Standards Compliance ........................................................................ 16

1.0 Product Description ................................................................... 17Overview ............................................................................................................ 17Ports and Indicators Indoor Unit ...................................................................... 19Location of Serial No. and Out of Band MAC address ........................................ 22Ports and Indicators Outdoor Unit ................................................................... 22Antenna Connection ........................................................................................... 24Remote Mounting ............................................................................................... 24Combiners for Antenna Sharing ......................................................................... 24Power Supply ..................................................................................................... 25Key Features ...................................................................................................... 26Flexible Interfaces and Form Factor ................................................................... 26Traffic Capacity ................................................................................................... 26Industry Leading System Gain ............................................................................ 27Full Licensed band frequency and T/R spacing support ..................................... 28Channel Sizes from 3.5 MHz to 80 MHz ............................................................. 29Adaptive Coding and Modulation ........................................................................ 29Link Protection through 1+1 Hot Standby ........................................................... 30

2.0 Wireless Operation Detail .......................................................... 31Channel Bandwidth ............................................................................................ 31Modulation .......................................................................................................... 31Mean Squared Error (MSE) ................................................................................ 31Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) ............................................................ 33Wireless Link Capacity ....................................................................................... 36Automatic Transmit Power Control (ATPC) ........................................................ 37ATPC Max Power & Step Size ........................................................................... 37Transmitter Maximum Power Output .................................................................. 37Transmitter Minimum Power output .................................................................... 38


Receiver Maximum Input .................................................................................... 39

3.0 Network Operation Detail .......................................................... 401+0 Non-Protected Link Configuration ............................................................... 401+1 Hot Standby Protected Link Configuration ................................................... 41

Hardware triggered failover ........................................................................... 42Software triggered failover ............................................................................ 43User triggered (manual) failover .................................................................... 43

Rapid Port Shutdown (RPS) ............................................................................... 44VLAN Tagging .................................................................................................... 44Port Mapping (802.1q) ........................................................................................ 45Q in Q/Double Tagging and smart_mode ........................................................... 45Class of Service (802.1p) ................................................................................... 46Port Priority ......................................................................................................... 46Port Rate Limiting (Ingress) ................................................................................ 47

4.0 Link Management ....................................................................... 48Overview ............................................................................................................ 48Graphical User Interface (Web Browser) ............................................................ 49Command Line Interface (CLI) using SSH, Telnet or Console ........................... 52

Changing Password ...................................................................................... 54Console Port ................................................................................................. 54

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) ................................................. 55Common Objects for Monitoring and Control ................................................ 56

Firmware Upgrade .............................................................................................. 57Upgrade Procedure -TFTP ............................................................................ 58Upgrade Procedure -FTP .............................................................................. 60

Capacity Upgrades ............................................................................................. 62

5.0 Link Planning .............................................................................. 63Frequency/Path Planning ................................................................................... 63Site Selection ...................................................................................................... 63Licensing ............................................................................................................ 63

6.0 Installation .................................................................................. 64Safety ................................................................................................................. 64Installation Process ............................................................................................ 67Preparing for Installation ..................................................................................... 67Tools ................................................................................................................... 67Grounding Overview ........................................................................................... 68Power Supply Installation ................................................................................... 69Antenna Installation ............................................................................................ 70Install the IDU ..................................................................................................... 70Connecting power ............................................................................................... 71

Ferrite Installation .......................................................................................... 721+1 Hot Standby IDU Installation ....................................................................... 73HP ODU Installation on Antenna ........................................................................ 74


IF Cable Installation ............................................................................................ 76Weather Proofing Cabling .................................................................................. 781+1 Hot Standby ODU Installation ...................................................................... 79

7.0 Link Configuration ..................................................................... 80Web Based Configuration ................................................................................... 81

Web Based 1+0 Setup .................................................................................. 81Web Based 1+1 Setup .................................................................................. 85Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) (Optional) ...................................... 86Automatic Transmit Power Control (ATPC) (Optional) .................................. 87Alarms, RPS and Telnet/TFTP Daemons ...................................................... 87Ethernet Configuration .................................................................................. 88Status Monitoring Overview .......................................................................... 89System Status ............................................................................................... 89Link Status .................................................................................................... 90Ethernet Statistics ......................................................................................... 91RF Statistics .................................................................................................. 92T1/E1 Statistics ............................................................................................. 93

Contains industry standard statistical information on each T1/E1 interface, updated every 20 seconds. ................................................................................ 93

Diagnostic Options ........................................................................................ 94Reset Config will restore all the setting on the IDU to factory except the IP stack and the license keys. ................................................................................. 94

System Log ................................................................................................... 95Config View ................................................................................................... 96

Config View allows complete display of the system configuration and also exporting the configuration file as a record of the system setup. By clicking on the Config Export button, the system will generate a config.txt file. Follow the same procedures mentioned under the Diagnostic Export section above to download the config.txt file. .................................................................. 96

User Settings ................................................................................................. 97Allows setting the system remark for the IDU which is displayed at the top of every web page, as well as changing the Login Password for the web (HTTP) interface. ............................................................................................................. 97Command Line Interface (CLI) Based Configuration .......................................... 98

CLI Based 1+0 Configuration ........................................................................ 98CLI Based 1+1 Hot Standby Configuration ................................................. 104

Antenna Alignment ........................................................................................... 105CLI Common Task Reference .......................................................................... 107

Setting up the In-Band-Management (IBM) ................................................. 107Capacity License Activation ........................................................................ 109Automatic Transmit Power Control (ATPC) Configuration (optional) ........... 109Check Ethernet and RF port Statistics ........................................................ 110Enable Traps (Optional) .............................................................................. 113

8.0 Troubleshooting ....................................................................... 114Symptom: No Link (Lock = 0 during linktest) .................................................... 114


MSE is too high and/or bit errors are showing when running linktest ............... 114Receive Signal Level is too low ........................................................................ 115RF Link is good but packet loss is occurring: ................................................... 116No direct management using Out of band port ................................................. 116No Radio Management connection over the link .............................................. 117T1/E1 Ports not passing traffic .......................................................................... 117

Appendix A Command Line Interface Reference ........................ 118Command Keying Overview ............................................................................. 118

Key Functions ............................................................................................. 118Different Node Levels ....................................................................................... 119

View Node ................................................................................................... 119Config Node ................................................................................................ 121Debug Node ................................................................................................ 126

Individual Command Details ............................................................................. 127acm ............................................................................................................. 127alarm ........................................................................................................... 128atpc ............................................................................................................. 129ber ............................................................................................................... 130bootimage ................................................................................................... 130cableloss ..................................................................................................... 131config .......................................................................................................... 132cos .............................................................................................................. 133datapath ...................................................................................................... 135datapattern .................................................................................................. 136date ............................................................................................................. 136debug .......................................................................................................... 137defaultopmode ............................................................................................ 138diagnostics .................................................................................................. 138eth_info ....................................................................................................... 139exit .............................................................................................................. 140failover ........................................................................................................ 140fanctrl .......................................................................................................... 142freq .............................................................................................................. 142freq_duplex ................................................................................................. 143ftp ................................................................................................................ 144help / ? ........................................................................................................ 145guard_time .................................................................................................. 146httpd ............................................................................................................ 146ibm .............................................................................................................. 147ipconfig ........................................................................................................ 148license ......................................................................................................... 149link_history .................................................................................................. 150linktest ......................................................................................................... 150loglevel ........................................................................................................ 151loopback ...................................................................................................... 152model .......................................................................................................... 152


mse ............................................................................................................. 153oduled ......................................................................................................... 153odupower .................................................................................................... 154odurxagc ..................................................................................................... 155opmode ....................................................................................................... 156passwd ........................................................................................................ 156port .............................................................................................................. 157power .......................................................................................................... 158prompt ......................................................................................................... 159reboot .......................................................................................................... 160remark ......................................................................................................... 160reset ............................................................................................................ 161rps ............................................................................................................... 162rssi .............................................................................................................. 162siglevel ........................................................................................................ 163snmpd ......................................................................................................... 164speed .......................................................................................................... 165status .......................................................................................................... 169sync ............................................................................................................. 170sync_state ................................................................................................... 170sysinfo ......................................................................................................... 171syslog .......................................................................................................... 172targetrssi ..................................................................................................... 173tdm .............................................................................................................. 173telnetd ......................................................................................................... 174temp ............................................................................................................ 174tftpd ............................................................................................................. 175threshold ..................................................................................................... 176trap .............................................................................................................. 177uptime ......................................................................................................... 178utype ........................................................................................................... 178utype_switch ............................................................................................... 179version ........................................................................................................ 180voltage ........................................................................................................ 181

Appendix B Product Specifications .............................................. 182Dimensions and Weight .............................................................................. 182Environmental ............................................................................................. 182Emissions .................................................................................................... 182Reliability ..................................................................................................... 183Electromagnetic Compliance ....................................................................... 183Wireless Compliance .................................................................................. 183Wireless Parameters ................................................................................... 184Transmitter Power ....................................................................................... 184Radio Sensitivity 6 to 26 GHz ...................................................................... 185Radio Sensitivity 28 to 38 GHz .................................................................... 1851+1 Hot Standby Link Protection ................................................................. 186


Specification ................................................................................................ 186Power .......................................................................................................... 186User Interfaces ............................................................................................ 186Ethernet Parameters ................................................................................... 187T1/E1 Parameters ....................................................................................... 187

Appendix C Cable Wiring ............................................................... 188Ethernet Cabling ............................................................................................... 188T1/E1 Cabling ................................................................................................... 189DB9 Port Interfaces .......................................................................................... 190DB9 Console cable Pin-outs ............................................................................. 190DB9 Alarm Port Pin-outs .................................................................................. 191

Appendix D MIB OID Listing .......................................................... 192

Appendix E Part Numbers ............................................................. 203GigaPlus HP ODU Sub-bands/Tuning Ranges................................................. 203Accessories ...................................................................................................... 215

Appendix F Link Install and Commissioning Logs ..................... 216

Appendix G Declaration of Conformity ........................................ 227

Glossary ............................................................................................. 228


TablesTable 1: TrangoLINK GigaPlus part numbers ........................................................ 14

Table 2 Combiner Cross Reference ......................................................................... 25

Table 3 GigaPlus Band and T/R Spacing Options .................................................. 28

Table 4 MSE Expected and Maximum Values ......................................................... 32

Table 5 ACM Threshold Table ................................................................................. 34

Table 6 Max Link Capacity (Mbps) for non-ACM Speed Settings ............................ 36

Table 7 Maximum Set Power Levels by Band and Modulation ................................ 38

Table 8 Minimum TX set power by band .................................................................. 38

Table 9 Max Receive Level Input ............................................................................. 39

Table 10 Failover Events ......................................................................................... 42

Table 11 Default Login Passwords .......................................................................... 49

Table 12 Recommended Torque ............................................................................. 70

Table 13 RSSI to Voltage Conversion ................................................................... 106

Table 14 T1/E1 Cable Wiring ................................................................................. 189

Table 15 Console Cable Pin-outs .......................................................................... 190

Table 16 Alarm Port Pin Functions ........................................................................ 191


FiguresFigure 1 IDU Functional Block Diagram ................................................................... 17

Figure 2 ODU Functional Block Diagram ................................................................. 18

Figure 3 Front Panel of GigaPLUS IDU ................................................................... 19

Figure 4 Side of IDU (Shows where MAC address can be found) ........................... 22

Figure 5 Outdoor Unit Connectors/Indicators (HP Model) ........................................ 22

Figure 6 Polarization Indicator ................................................................................. 23

Figure 7 ODU Label ................................................................................................. 24

Figure 8 LDPC vs. Reed-Solomon ........................................................................... 27

Figure 9 Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) .................................................... 29

Figure 10 1+0 Setup ................................................................................................ 40

Figure 11 1+1 Setup ................................................................................................ 41

Figure 12 Web Browser Login ................................................................................. 49

Figure 13 System Info Page .................................................................................... 50

Figure 14 Console Port Setting ................................................................................ 55

Figure 15 Windows Start & Telnet ........................................................................... 58

Figure 16 Capacity Upgrade in Link Setup Page ..................................................... 62

Figure 17 Site Based Grounding Diagram ............................................................... 68

Figure 18 IDU with Rack Ears installed .................................................................... 70

Figure 19 Power Connection on Front Panel ........................................................... 71

Figure 20 -48 VDC Power Connector Wiring ........................................................... 71

Figure 21 Ferrite ...................................................................................................... 72

Figure 22 Ferrite Installed ........................................................................................ 72

Figure 23 1+1 Hot Standby (IDUs) with CBLDAT-RIU3 ........................................... 73

Figure 24 Antenna to HP ODU Slip Fit Waveguide connection ............................... 74

Figure 25 Polarization Indication .............................................................................. 75


Figure 26 Latch ........................................................................................................ 75

Figure 27 Right Angle N-Connector Mount .............................................................. 77

Figure 28 Weather Proofing of cable ....................................................................... 78

Figure 29 Complete weather proofing of cable ........................................................ 78

Figure 30 ODUs on SMC combiner (1+1) ................................................................ 79

Figure 31 Web Interface Login ................................................................................. 81

Figure 32 Web Login with Password ........................................................................ 81

Figure 33 System Information Page ......................................................................... 82

Figure 34 IP Configuration Page .............................................................................. 83

Figure 35 Link Setup Page ...................................................................................... 84

Figure 36 Failover Mode Set .................................................................................... 85

Figure 37 ACM Setup .............................................................................................. 86

Figure 38 ATPC Setup/ RPS /Telnetd/ tftpd/alarms ................................................. 87

Figure 39 Ethernet Setup Page ............................................................................... 88

Figure 40 System Status Page ................................................................................ 89

Figure 41 Link Status Page ...................................................................................... 90

Figure 42 Ethernet Statistics Page ........................................................................... 91

Figure 43 RF Statistics Page ................................................................................... 92

Figure 44 T1/E1 Statistics Page .............................................................................. 93

Figure 45 Diagnostic Options ................................................................................... 94

Figure 46 System Log .............................................................................................. 95

Figure 47 Config View .............................................................................................. 96

Figure 48 User Settings & Password ....................................................................... 97

Figure 49 BNC Connector for RSSI Voltage .......................................................... 105

Figure 50 EIA/TIA 568A Straight through ............................................................... 188

Figure 51 EIA/TIA 568B Cross-Over ...................................................................... 188

Figure 52 Console Cable Connector ...................................................................... 190


Figure 53 Alarm Port Pin Identification ................................................................... 191


RevisionHistory

Revision Revision Date Description 1.0 22 Apr 2010 Initial Release 1.3 6 June 2011 Update to new format and add detail on new features in SW V 1.3


PrefaceThismanualcoversthebasicconfigurationandinstallationoftheTrangoLINKGigaPluslicensedmicrowavebackhaulsystem, Thisdocumentisintendedtoinstructandassistpersonnelintheoperation,installationandmaintenanceoftheTrangolinkGigaPlusmicrowavebackhaulsystemandrelatedaccessoriesshowninTable1.Itisrecommendedthatallpersonnelengagedinsuchactivitiesbeproperlytrained.TrangoSystemsdisclaimsallliabilitywhatsoever,impliedorexpress,foranyriskofdamage,lossorreductioninsystemperformancearisingdirectlyorindirectlyoutofthefailureofthecustomer,oranyoneactingonthecustomer'sbehalf,toabidebytheinstructions,systemparameters,orrecommendationsmadeinthisdocument.

Part Number DescriptionGigaPLUSIDU1 TrangoLINKGigaPLUSIndoorUnit,100MbpsFullDuplex,rack

mount(AllFrequencyVersions)ANSI/ETSI

HPXXYYYYZZ TrangoLINKHighPower(HP)OutdoorUnit,640GHz

HP2XXYYYYZZ TrangoLINKHighPower(HP2)OutdoorUnit,640GHzPSUPPLYDT48 48VoltUniversalDesktopPowerSupplyCBLDAT3 SerialConsoleCableforGigPlusCBLDATRIU3 1+1HotStandbyCableforGigaPlusCBLDATRSSI BNCMtoBananaplugcableforRSSIvoltagemeasurementGigaPlusKEY1 SoftwareKeytoAllowThroughputsupto200MbpsGigaPlusKEY2 SoftwareKeytoAllowThroughputsupto375MbpsSFPGigEC SFP1000BaseTCopperRJ45SFPGigES SFPFiberSingleModeModuleSFPGigEM SFPFiberMultiMode

Table1:TrangoLINKGigaPluspartnumbers

Specificpartnumbersforradiounitsubbandsandbandspecificaccessoriessuchasantennas,combinersandremotemountscanbefoundinAppendixE.


ReferenceconventionsThisdocumentutilizesseveralconventions.Allsystemcommandreferencesareshowninbolditalics.Allreferencestoexternalpublicationsareshowninbold.

WarrantyInformationTrangoLINKGigaPlusunitspurchasedfromTrangoSystems,Inc.arewarrantedfortwoyearsfromdateofpurchase.Pleaseseewww.trangosys.comforacompletedescriptionofwarrantycoverageandlimitations.

ExtendedwarrantyprotectioncanbepurchasedthroughTrangoSalesorCustomerService(+18583910010).

ContactingTrangoTechnicalSupportShouldassistanceberequiredoranRMAberequired,youmaycontactthetechnicalsupportdepartmentusingthefollowingmethods:

Address:TrangoSystems,Inc.14118StoweDrSuiteBPoway,CA,92064USA

Phone:(858)3910010from8amto5pmPacificStandardTime.

Email:[email protected]

Web:www.trangosys.com


StandardsComplianceFederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)

ANSImodelsoftheTrangoLINKGigaPlusproductlinehavebeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththefollowingFCCstandards:

CFR47Part15

CFR47Part101

AppendixEshowsthespecificpartnumbersthathavebeentested.

FederalCommunicationsCommission(FCC)EmissionDesignators 10M0D7Wfor10MHzBWratesandallmodulations 20M0D7Wfor20MHzBWratesandallmodulations 30M0D7Wfor27.5/28/30MHzBWratesandallmodulations 40M0D7Wfor40MHzBWratesandallmodulations 50M0D7Wfor50MHzBWratesandallmodulations 56M0D7Wfor55/56/80MHzBWratesandallmodulations

EuropeanTelecommunicationsStandardsInstitute(ETSI)

ETSImodelsoftheTrangoLINKGigaPlusproductlinehavebeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththeEuropeanTelecommunicationsStandards:

EN30221721V1.2.1(200702) EN30221722V1.2.2(200704) EN3014891V1.8.1(200804) EN3014894V1.4.1(200809) EN609501,EN6095022

ThesestandardscoveralltheessentialrequirementsofDirective1999/5/EC.AppendixEshowsthespecificpartnumbersthathavebeentested.

RoHSCompliance

TheTrangoLINKGigaPlusproductlinecomplieswiththeEuropeanUnion(EU)Directive2002/95/EContheRestrictionofHazardousSubstances(RoHS).


1.0 ProductDescriptionOverview

TheTrangoLINKGigaPlusisahighperformancesplitarchitecturepointtopointwirelessmicrowavesystemdesignedforCarrier,Enterprise,andServiceProvidernetworksusingthe640GHzlicensedspectrum.ThesystemprovidesafullduplexwirelessLayer2Ethernetconnectionwithultralowpacketlatencyandjitter,andsupportsuptofour10/100/1000BaseT,twoEthernetFiberinterfaces,andeightT1/E1interfacesfortimingorlegacyTDMsupport.

GigaPluswascreatedtoallowthehighestperformancepossibleacrossallstandardfrequencybandsandTRspacings.Eachendofthelinkconsistsofonecompactrackwidth,1RUhighIndoorUnit(IDU)andoneOutdoorRFunit(ODU),connectedviaasinglecoaxialcableupto1000feetlong.Figures1and2showthefunctionalblockdiagramofthesystemastheyaredividedbetweentheIDUandODU.

Figure1IDUFunctionalBlockDiagram


Figure2ODUFunctionalBlockDiagram

TheTrangoLINKGigaPlusisaFrequencyDivisionDuplex(FDD)radiowhichprovideslowlatencyoflessthan150microseconds(s),over1millionpacketspersecond,andupto375Mbpsoffullduplexcapacity.StandardfeaturesincludeQualityofService(QoS)trafficprioritizationtoensurethatcriticaltrafficgetsthrough,aswellasAdaptiveCodingandModulation(ACM)toimproveperformanceduringweatherrelatedsignaldegradation.

GigaPlussupportsdirect48VoltDCdualpowertoallowforredundantpowersupplies.TheIDUpowerinputhasreversevoltageprotectiontopreventdamageandsurgesuppressioncircuitrytoreducesusceptibilitytonoise.


PortsandIndicatorsIndoorUnit

TheFigurebelowshowsthevariousportsontheGigaPlusIDU.

Figure3FrontPanelofGigaPLUSIDU

TheTrangoLINKGigaPLUSfrontpanelinterfaceisdescribedbelow:

NTypeConnector(ODU):TheNTypeConnectorconnectstheIDUtotheODUthroughcoaxialcable.ThisportcarriesthetransmitandreceiveIFfrequencies,theODUcontrolsignal,andthe48VDCpowertotheODUonthecenterconductor.NMaletoNMalecableterminationsarerequiredandLMR400isrecommendedformostinstallations.

GroundLug:Allowsforpropergroundingofthechassistotherack,whichisearthgrounded.

ODUStatusLEDs(2):TopLEDprovidesODUpower/PLLlockstatuswhilethebottomLEDprovidesRFlinkstatus.IfthetopLEDisamber,theODUisnotpoweredon,notconnected,oroneofthePhaseLockedLoops(PLLs)intheODUisfaulty.IfthebottomLEDisamber,RFlinkisnotestablished.IfthelinkisestablishedbothLEDswillbegreen.

DualPowerConnector:Thisisathreepinpluggableterminalblock.TheIDUispoweredbya48Vpowersupply(notincluded).TheGigaPLUSIDUdoessupporttheuseoftwopowersuppliesforpowerredundancy.


!

USINGTWOPOWERSUPPLIESFORREDUNDANCY

Thepositive(+)groundwireonbothpowersuppliesshouldbeconnectedtothecenterpinofthethreepinpluggableterminalblock.Onenegativewirefromthefirstpowersupplyshouldbeconnectedtotheleftpinwhiletheothernegativewireofthesecondpowersupplyshouldbeconnectedtotherightpin.

!

FUSING

TheIDUcontainstworesettablefusesthatwillautomaticallyopentheifthecurrentdrawbecomestoohigh,asinashortcircuitcondition.OnefuseisfortheODUNConnector,andtheotherisfortheIDUmainchassiscircuitry.Circuitheatingtriggerstheopening,sothefusewillresetitselfafteritcoolsdown.Ifthereisarealfaultthefusewillopenagainandtheproblemmustbediagnosed.Thefuseisratedfor1.1ampsmaximumandwillopenwith1.6orgreaterampscurrentflowing.

T1/E1ports(18):StandardRJ45connectorsbreakoutalltheT1/E1portsinto8RJ45120Ohmconnectors.

RSSI/PDHLEDs:

RSSIOperation:Bydefault,theIDUdisplaystheactualODUReceiveSignalStrengthbyilluminatingtheLEDsthat,whenaddedtogether,giveathenegativedBmindicationoftheReceivedSignalStrength.

Example:LEDs4010and1onlyilluminatedindicatesanRSSIof51dBmsincethesumoftheLEDvaluesis51.

PDHOperation:Viasoftwarecommand,theLEDscanbemultiplexedtodisplaytheconnectionstatusoftheT1/E1circuit.Thearrowsindicatetheupper(Arrowpointingup)orlower(arrowpointingdown)portabovetheindicator.

ManagementPorts(RJ4510/100BaseTAutosensing/Autonegotiating):ForoutofbandWeb,SNMP,Telnet,andSSHmanagement.

RedundancyPort:ConnectthisporttothehotstandbyIDUusingtheredundancycable.Note:ThisportisnotastandardEthernetPortandwillnotfunctionusingastandardEthernetcable.CBLDATRIU3isrequired(optional)

SerialConsolePort(DB9male):1serialRS232portusedtomanageunit.

Alarms(DB9female):Thereare2alarminputswhichareCMOSlevelandareuserconfigurable.Thereare2outputswhicharedrycontactratedfor50Volt1Ampseach.


ModeSwitch:TheModeswitchoperatesasfollows:

1) Holdformorethan2seconds,butlessthan6seconds,theunitwill:

a. TheIPaddresswillberesettodefaulttoallowaccessintheeventofaforgottenpasswordorIPaddress.

b. TheCLImanagementpasswordswillberesettodefault

c. TheWebinterfacepasswordswillberesettodefault.

d. TheSNMPread/write/trapcommunitystringswillbesettodefaults.

e. TheCLIpromptwillbereset.

2) Holdformorethan6seconds:Theunitwillresetthesystemconfigurationtothefactorydefault,butNOTresettheitemsit(1)above.TheunitWILLREBOOTautomatically.

RESET:RebootsIDUwithoutdisconnectingthepowersupply.

2xGigEports:ETH1andETH2portsarebothRJ4510/100/1000BaseTautosensingGigEports.

2xSFPPort:ETH3andETH4SFPPortssupporttwoadditionalnative1000BaseTorLCfiberEthernetconnectionfortraffic.SFPmodulesareavailabletosupporteachasfollows:

a. SFPGigECCopperRJ45moduletosupport1000BaseT

b. SFPGigESSingleModeFiberforlonghaul

c. SFPGigEMMultimodeFiberforshorthaul


LocationofSerialNo.andOutofBandMACaddress

Figure4SideofIDU(ShowswhereMACaddresscanbefound)

PortsandIndicatorsOutdoorUnit

TheFigurebelowshowsthevariousportsontheGigaPlusHPODU.TheHP2ODUhasthesameports.

Figure5OutdoorUnitConnectors/Indicators(HPModel)

RSSIVoltageBNCF

NFemaleIFConnector

GroundLug

AirPressureVent


GoreTMAirVentTheairventispresenttoprovidepressureequalizationathighaltitudeswhilepreventingmoisturefromenteringtheunit.Nooperatorinteractionisnecessary.

! DONOTTAMPERwiththeAirVent.Itshouldnotbetwistedorremoved.TamperingwithordamagingtheProtectiveVentwillvoidthefactorywarranty.

RSSIVoltageBNCFConnectorThisconnectorisprovidedtoalloweasyantennaalignmentwhenusedwithamultimeterandtheCBLDATRSSIcable.TheVoltagepresentontheconnectorisdirectlyproportionaltotheReceivedSignalStrengthinthereceiversectionoftheGigaPlus.

MountingLatchesFourlatchesareprovidedtoalloweasyattachmentoftheGigaPlustothestandardantennas,combinersandremotemounts.Twoofthelatcheshavekeyholestoallowlockingtheunittodetertheftand/orsecuretheunit.

PolarizationIndicatorsTheletterVandanarrowarediecastontheODUhousingperimetertoassistinmountingtheODUtotheantennainthecorrectpolarization.Ifthearrowispointedupanddown(asshown)theODUisalignedforverticalpolarization.Ifthearrowispointedleftorrightthenhorizontalpolarizationisbeingused.

Figure6PolarizationIndicator

GroundingLugODUThegroundlugprovidedontheODUshouldbeconnectedtothetower/structurelegperthegroundingsectionrecommendations.

Polarizationindicator


LabelsTheSerialnumbers,model,andregulatorycomplianceinformationareshownontheODUlabelsattachedtotheODUexterior.

Figure7ODULabel

AntennaConnection

TheODUportionoftheGigaPlusutilizesaslipfitconnectionthatmakesinstallationsimple.TheODUsarealldesignedtomounttoacircularwaveguideantennaorcombinerwiththeexceptionofthe6GHzmodels,whichrequirearectangularwaveguideantenna.For7to40GHzmodels,simplyrotatingtheODUwillchangetheantennapolarizationbeingused.AcompatibilitylistofantennasisprovidedinAppendixE.

RemoteMounting

WhenusingtheGigaPlusHPODUswithantennasthatusearectangularwaveguideinterfaceinsteadoftheslipfitcircularwaveguide,aRemoteMountplusflexwaveguidewillberequired.ThecompatibleremotemountsareshowninAppendixE.Thewaveguideflangesareavailableformountingallstandardwaveguidesizes.

CombinersforAntennaSharing

TheGigaPlusODUisdesignedwithaneasyslipfitinterfacetotheantenna.Ifdesired,twounitsmaybeconnectedtothesameantennafor1+1hotstandbyapplicationortoaggregatetwochannelstogetherformorecapacity.Trangocanprovidemultiplecombineroptionsbasedonthecustomerapplicationsasthetableshowsbelow:


Table2CombinerCrossReference

AppendixEgivesdetailedinformationonwhichspecificfrequencybandsaresupportedforeachtypeofcombiner.

PowerSupply

Trangocanprovidepowersuppliesforrackmountapplications.ThePSUPPLY1U48isarackmountpowersupplywith6.5AmperecapacitythatcansupportmultiplecolocatedGigaPlusunits.Thepowersupplymustbekeptinatemperaturecontrolledenvironmentwithintheoperatingtempof0to40degC.


KeyFeatures

FlexibleInterfacesandFormFactor

TheGigaPlusisanativeEthernetANDnativeT1/E1radio.CapacitycanbesplittosupporttheEthernetandT1/E1circuits,ordedicatedtoonlytheEthernet.Thereare2trafficportsonthefrontpanelthatsupport10/100/1000BaseT,and2thatcansupport1000BaseTor1000BaseLXSingleorMultimodefiber.

Theformfactorissmallenoughtosupporttwounitsina1Urackspace,andwithsupportforupto1000feetofcabletotheODU,allowsmoreoptionsfortowercablelocation.

TrafficCapacity

WithQAM256modulationina56MHzchannel,thelinkcansupportcapacitiesupto375Mbpsfullduplexor750Mbpsaggregate,with8T1/E1circuitsprovidedforTDMapplications.

Thebasemodelcomeswith100MbpsEthernetfullduplexcapacityandtherearetwoupgradekeysavailablethatcanopentheentire375Mbpscapacity:

GigaPlusKey1

Description:Unlocksthroughputcapacityfrom100upto200MbpsFullDuplexpayload(200Mbpseachdirection)Coversonelink(2licensekeysprovided)

GigaPlusKey2:

Description:Unlocksthroughputcapacityfrom100MbpsuptoMaximumcapacityFullDuplexpayload(375Mbpseachdirection)Coversonelink(2licensekeysprovided)

GigaPlusKeyPDH:

Description:Unlocksthe8T1/E1circuitsonthefrontpanel.100MbpsuptoMaximumcapacityFullDuplexpayload(375Mbpseachdirection)Coversonelink(2licensekeysprovided)


IndustryLeadingSystemGain

ThecombinationoftheHighTransmitpowerandsuperbreceivesensitivityoftheODUprovideforoneofthehighestsystemgainsavailableonthemarkettoday.

ThetechnologybehindthehighsystemgainrelatestotheLowDensityParityCheck(LDPC)forwarderrorcorrection(FEC)codingthatwasimplementedintheGigaPlusdesign.

TheFigurebelowshowshowtheLowDensityParityCheck(LDPC)coding,whichreplacestheolderReedSolomonlockcoding,reducesthesignaltonoiseratiorequiredtoachievea1E6BitErrorRate(BER).Asaresult,thereceivesensitivityisloweredbythesameamount,typically3to4dB.

Figure8LDPCvs.ReedSolomon

Systemgainisoneofthemostimportantmetricsforamicrowavesystembecauseithasadirectrelationshiptothelinkreliability,antennasize,andtransmissiondistanceasshowninthefigurebelow.


FullLicensedbandfrequencyandT/Rspacingsupport

AllstandardfrequencybandsandT/Rspacingsareavailableforthisproductwithnoproductrolloutdelays.TheFigurebelowshowsthecurrentlysupportedbandandT/RspacingsforHPandHP2ODUswhichareusedwiththeGigaPlus.Thenumbersrepresentthenumberofsubbandsforeachfrequencyband.

Table3GigaPlusBandandT/RSpacingOptions

SpecificinformationonthesubbandsisshowninAppendixE.


ForHPODUmodelstheTRspacingcanbecustomizedviaasoftwarecommandaslongasthenewTRspacingandchannelbandwidthsarewithinthediplexerrange.

SeeAppendixAformoreinformation

ChannelSizesfrom3.5MHzto80MHz

Acrossallthefrequencybands,thesystemcansupportchannelsizesaslowas3.5MHz.ThetablebelowshowsthevariouschannelssupportedandtheEthernetcapacitiesforeachinnonACMmode.ACMcapacitieswillbeslightlylessduetotheACMoverhead.

AdaptiveCodingandModulation

Adaptivecodingandmodulationprovideserrorfreehitlesschangingofthemodulationlevelforafixedchannelwidthtoallowthelinktobemaintainedduringheavyweatherrelatedfadingconditions.Insteadofthelinkdroppingandnotrafficpassing,thelinkwillbemaintainedwithalowercapacityuntilthefadingconditionisremoved,atwhichtimethelinkwillreturntothenormalmodulationlevel.

Thetransitionsbetweenmodulationlevelsarecontrolledbythresholdswhichareusermodifiableandeachtransitionismadewithoutdroppingpacketssincebothendsofthelinkcoordinatethetransitionautomatically.

TheFigurebelowshowstheAdaptiveCodingandmodulationinaction.

Figure9AdaptiveCodingandModulation(ACM)


LinkProtectionthrough1+1HotStandby

TwoGigaPlusODUscanbemountedusingacombinerdirectlyonasingleantenna,andwithanoptionalshortjumpercablebetweenthetwoIDUs,provide1+1hotstandbyfunctionalitytoprotectagainstahardwarefailureofoneGigaPlusIDU,ODUorIFcable.

Thehotstandbyfeatureisavailableonallfrequenciesandcansupportlayer2andlayer3routednetworkstoallowimmediateroutingofthesignaltothestandbylink.Thefailovertimeistypicallylessthan200milliseconds.

1+1isavailableusingequalandunequalpowerdivisioncombinerswiththesamepolarizationforbothODUs.


2.0 WirelessOperationDetailChannelBandwidth

Thesystemsupportsthefollowingchannelbandwidths:3.5MHz7MHz10MHz13.75/14MHz20MHz27.5/28MHz30MHz40MHz50MHz55/56MHz80MHzThespeedischangedviathemanagementinterfaceusingthespeedcommandoradropdownboxinthewebinterface.BothsidesofthelinkmustbechangedindependentlytoensuretheRFlinkisestablished.

Modulation

Thefollowingmodulationlevelsaresupportedwithineachofthechannelbandwidthsshownabove:QAM256QAM128QAM64QAM32QAM16QPSKThemodulationischangedviathemanagementinterfaceusingthespeedcommandoradropdownboxinthewebinterface.BothsidesofthelinkmustbechangedindependentlytoensuretheRFlinkisestablished.

MeanSquaredError(MSE)

MeanSquareError(MSE)issimilartoSignaltoNoiseRatio(SNR)exceptthatitaccountsfordistortionandinterferenceinadditiontonoisepower.


DistortionmaycomefromseveralsourcessuchasbadEthernetcables(poorshield,damaged,orlowquality),pathdegradationssuchasmultipath,orFresnelzoneencroachment.

Interferencecancomefromothertransmittersonthetower,aswellasfromsourcesinsideanindoorshelter.HighpowertransmittersinsideasheltercancauseinterferencewhennearthePoEdeviceorwhenlocatedveryclosetothecabling.

TherearemaximumacceptableMSEvaluesforeachmodulationwhichareusefulindeterminingthequalityofthelink.TheMSEvaluereportedisonlyrelevanttoonetxrxpath,sotheMSEofeachtxrxpathmustbeevaluatedtoverifythelinkisoperatingasexpected.Thelowerthenumberthebetter,soa35dBisbetterthana30dB.ThetablebelowshowsthemaximumMSEvaluetoexpectinIFLoopback,NormalOperation,andAbsoluteMaximum.

MSEExpectedandMaximumValues(dB) QAM256 QAM128 QAM64 QAM32 QAM16 QPSK

MaximumExpectedvalueIFloopback 36 36 36 36 36 36

MaximumExpectedvalueNormaloperationatmaxpower

34 33 32 30 30 29

AbsoluteMaximumfor1E6BERSensitivityThreshold 28 25 22 19 16 9

Table4MSEExpectedandMaximumValues


AdaptiveCodingandModulation(ACM)

TheACMfeatureworksinconjunctionwiththeMeanSquareError(MSE)values.Usingtheacmcommand,theoperatorenablestheACMfunctionandthensetsthespeedusingthespeedcommand.WhenACMisenabled(on)andthelinkMSEbecomesdegraded,theradiowillautomaticallyshiftdowninmodulationandspeedbasedontheMSEdegradethresholdsettingshowninTable5.SincetheoriginalsetmodulationmaybeQAM256,QAM128,QAM64,QAM32,orQAM16,thetableshowseachsettingandtotalrangeofmodulationlevelsthatwillbeusedforthatsetting.Thethresholdvaluescanbechangedbytheoperatorifdesired,howeverthedefaultvaluesshownaretherecommendedsettings.


SpeedSettingQAM256Modulation Improve DegradeQAM256 NA 27.2QAM64 29.2 24.3QAM16 25.3 18.5QPSK 20.3 NA

SpeedSettingusingQAM128Modulation Improve Degrade

QAM128 NA 27.2QAM64 29.2 24.3QAM32 26.3 21.3QAM16 25.3 18.5QPSK 20.3 NA

SpeedSettingusingQAM64Modulation Improve Degrade

QAM64 NA 24.3QAM32 26.3 21.3QAM16 25.3 18.5QPSK 20.3 NA

SpeedSettingusingQAM32

Modulation Improve Degrade

QAM32 NA 21.3QAM16 25.3 18.5QPSK 20.3 NA

SpeedSettingusingQAM16

Modulation Improve DegradeQAM16 NA 18.5QPSK 20.3 NA

Table5ACMThresholdTable

! TheACMfeaturewillautomaticallyshiftthemodulationlevelupordownbasedontheMSEvalueandtheabovespecifiedthresholds.IfyoudonotwanttheradiotoautomaticallychangespeedsettingsthendisableACM.


ACMDetailedDescription

Ifthechannelconditionsdegradeduetomultipathorfading,theMSEmaybeaffected.Thistypicallyoccursduringheavyrainandismorepronouncedwithhigherfrequenciesandlongertransmissionpaths.

Ifthedegradethresholdshowninthetableisexceeded,theACMenginewillcoordinateashiftofthemodulationleveldowntothenextlevelshown.Nopacketswillbedroppedduringthistransitionsincethetwoendsofthelinkarecoordinatingwitheachothertoensurethattheswitchoccursatthesametime.Sincelowermodulationlevelsaremorerobustagainstchannelfadingandmultipath,theycantolerateahigherMSEasisevidentfromthetable.

Ifthelinkconditionscontinuetodegrade,theshiftsdownwardwillcontinueuntilthelowestmodulationlevel,QPSK,hasbeenreached.IffurtherdegradationoccursabovethemaximumMSE(shownpreviouslyinTable5)forQPSK,thelinkwillbedroppedandpacketlosswilloccur.IfthelinkMSEstartstoimprove,however,theACMenginewillgraduallyshiftthemodulationlevelupastheimprovethresholdsarepassed.

WhenACMisactivethemodulationlevelmaybeasymmetrical,meaningthatonedirectionmayberunningatQPSKandtheothermayberunningattheoriginallysethighermodulationsuchas256QAM.ThisisbecausetheACMengineactsindependentlyateachendpointofthelink.AlowlevelBinaryPhaseShiftKeying(BPSK)channelismaintainedoutofthedatapathbetweenthetwoendsofthelinktoallowverytightcoordinationoftheswitchesinmodulation.Onlydatatrafficcapacityinthedirectiontowardstheaffectedreceiverwillbereduced,maintainingperformanceontheunaffecteddirection.

DuringallACMoperationthetransmitterpowerremainsatthesetlevelifATPCisoff.Ifenabled,ATPCactsnormallywhenACMisactiveandmayincreaseordecreasethetransmitpowerbasedonRSSIlevels.

TheacmcommandprovidesconfigurationoftheACMandmustbedoneonbothsidesofthelink.ThelinktestcommandfromtheCLIcanbeusedtoviewthecurrentTXandRXmodulationlevels.


WirelessLinkCapacity

ThetablebelowshowsthecapacityofthesystemforeachnonACMspeedsetting.ThecapacitiesfortheACMsettingswillbeapproximately12%lowerduetotheadditionaloverheadoftheACM.

AllcapacitiesshownareinMbpsfullduplex,meaningthattheaggregatebidirectionalcapacityistwicethenumbershown.

Thecapacitiesshownarealsolayer2using1518bytepacketsforIPV4.Layer1numberswillbehigher,especiallyforsmallpackets:

BW(Mhz)

SymbolRate(Msps)

QPSK

QAM16

QAM32

QAM64

QAM128

QAM256

4 3 4 9 12 15 18 207 5.6 9 19 24 30 35 3910 8.32 14 29 36 45 52 5914 12.2 21 44 54 66 78 8820 17.42 31 63 78 96 111 126

28/30 26 47 95 118 142 166 19040 34.83 63 128 158 192 225 25650 43 78 157 195 238 277 318

55/56/80 49.5 90 181 225 275 320 365*

*375Mbpswhensettospeed80qam256

Table6MaxLinkCapacity(Mbps)fornonACMSpeedSettings


AutomaticTransmitPowerControl(ATPC)

ATPCandtargetRSSIworktogethertocontroltheremotesidepoweroutputinordertoachieveoptimalsignalstrength.ATPCcanbeenabledordisabled.Whenenabled,ATPCwilladjustthepoweroftheremotesidebasedonthelocaltargetRSSIsetting.

IfthecurrentRSSIvalueislowerthanthetargetRSSIsettingofthelocalradio,thelocalradiowillsendcommandsovertheairinstructingtheremoteradiounittoincreaseitsoutputpowertoachievethetargetRSSIsettingwithin+/2dB.

IftheRSSIvalueishigherthatthetargetRSSIsetting,theremoteradiowillbecommandedtoreducethepoweruntileitherthetargetlevelisreachedwithin+/2dBortheTXpowerhashittheminimumlevel(SeeTable8).

ATPChasStepSizeandMaxPowersettingstolimittheoutputpoweroftheunitandpreventaviolationofthelicense.

! ThepowersettingcannotbechangedonceATPCisenabled.Tomanuallychangethepowersetting,ATPCneedstobedisabled.

ATPCMaxPower&StepSize

SettingsforATPCMaxPowerandtheATPCStepSizecontrolhowtheATPCfunctionwillbehavewhenattemptingtoachievetheTargetRSSI.ATPCMaxPoweristhemaximumpowersettingATPCcansetthepoweroutputtowhentryingtoreachtheTargetRSSI.ATPCStepSizeistheamountofdBperattemptthatATPCcanchangepoweroutput.

TransmitterMaximumPowerOutput

MaximumTransmitterpoweroutputisdependentonthebandofoperationandthemodulationlevel.BoththeHP1andHP2ODUmodelshavethesamemaximumpowerlevelsforeachbandandmodulation.

Thereisnodependencyonthechannelbandwidthusedwithinaparticularband.Asanexample,thepowerlevelforQAM256withinthe6GHzbandisthesamefor3.5MHzchannelsasitisfor56MHzchannels.Thetableillustratesthisandshowsthemaximumsetpowerlevelsforeachmodelfamily,band,andmodulationlevel.


ModulationLevel

TransmitterMaximum PowerOutputLevel (dBm)

6GHz

7GHz

8GHz

10GHz

11GHz

13GHz

15GHz

18GHz

23GHz

26GHz

28GHz

32GHz

38GHz

256QAM +24 +24 +24 +21 +21 +20 +20 +19 +19 +19 +16 +16 +16

128QAM +25 +25 +25 +22 +22 +21 +21 +20 +20 +20 +17 +17 +17

64QAM +25 +25 +25 +22 +22 +21 +21 +20 +20 +20 +17 +17 +17

32QAM +28 +28 +28 +26 +26 +23 +23 +22 +22 +22 +21 +21 +21

16QAM +28 +28 +28 +26 +26 +23 +23 +22 +22 +22 +21 +21 +21

QPSK +30 +30 +30 +28 +28 +26 +26 +25 +25 +25 +23 +23 +23

Table7MaximumSetPowerLevelsbyBandandModulation

WhenATPCisactive,theatpc_maxpowermustbesettothemaximumpowerforthehighestmodulationused.

TransmitterMinimumPoweroutput

TheminimumtransmitpowerthatcansetislimitedbytheODUmodelandisnotdependentonthemodulationlevellikethemaximumlevelsare.Thetablebelowshowstheminimumpowerlevelsforeachbandandmodelfamily.ThelevelsarealsotheminimumlevelsthatATPCcansettheoutputtowhenenabled.

HPODUModel

TransmitterMinimumPowerOutputLevel(dBm)

6GHz

7GHz

8GHz

10GHz

11GHz

13GHz

15GHz

18GHz

23GHz

26GHz

28GHz

32GHz

38GHz

HPXXYYYYZZ +9 +9 +9 NA +6 +3 +3 +2 +2 +2 +2 +1 +1

HP2XXYYYYZZ +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0 +0

Table8MinimumTXsetpowerbyband


ReceiverMaximumInput

ThemaximumreceiverRFlevel,measuredbyRSSI,isdepictedinTable9below.IftheRSSIvalueishigherthanlistedforthemodulationbeingused,packetlossmayresult.Whenoperatingshortrangelinkswithahighreceiverinputlevel,alwaysmakesurethatthetransmitterpowerisadjusteddownfromthemaximumtoensurethelevelsshownbelowarenotexceeded,oractiveATPCwithatargetrssithatisatleastseveraldBbelowthelevelsshowntoprovideasafetymargin.

ModulationLevel MaxRSSI

256QAM 24dBm

128QAM 22dBm

64QAM 20dBm

32QAM 18dBm

16QAM 16dBm

QPSK 14dBm

Table9MaxReceiveLevelInput


3.0 NetworkOperationDetailThissectiondescribeskeynetworkrelatedelementsofthesystemindetail.

1+0NonProtectedLinkConfiguration

ThediagrambelowshowsthetypicalsetupoftheGigaPlusinanetworkenvironment.Althoughthisconfigurationiscallnonprotected,itiscommonlyusedinringarchitectureswhichuselayer2or3routingtoreroutethetraffictheotherdirectionifthelinkfails.

TheFigurebelowshowsthenonprotected1+0linksetupwithswitchesorrouters.

Figure101+0Setup


1+1HotStandbyProtectedLinkConfiguration

Figure11showstheprotected1+1hotstandbyconfiguration.

ThisconfigurationconsistsoftwoGigaPlusunitsateachendofthelink.Theeasiestwaytothinkofa1+1setupisasingle1+0linkoperatingnormallywithanotherstandbylinkreadytotakeoverintheeventofafailurecondition.

Thestandbyunitsmonitortheactivelink,includingreceivingthesamesignalfromthefarend,butthestandbydoesnottransmitasignalunlessitbecomestheactiveunitastheresultofafailuredetectionandsubsequentfailoverevent.ThestandbyunitsmonitorthehealthoftheactiveunitbypollingitthroughtheredundancycablepartnumberCBLDATRIU3.

Ifthereisaneventthattriggersafailoverfromactivetostandby,bothendsofthelinkwillswitchtothestandbylink.ThismeansthatanetworkswitchorroutercapableofRapidSpanningTreeProtocol(RSTP),BGPorOSPFroutingmustmovethetraffictothestandbylinkonbothends.Toassistinthisprocess,RapidPortShutdown(RPS)canbeenabledonthefailedunitasanactionafterafailoveroccurs.

Figure111+1Setup


TheTablebelowshowstheeventswillcauseafailoverfromactivetostandby:

Table10FailoverEvents

HardwaretriggeredfailoverIntheeventthatthemodemRXlinkislost(statuschangesfrom1to0),ahardwaretriggeredfailoverwilloccurandthefollowingsequenceofactionswilloccur:Actions:

1) TheIFtransmitsignalwillbeshutoffontheactiveunitandenabledonthebackupunit

2) ThestandbyGigaPlusutypewillchangefromstandbytoactiveandthepreviouslyactiveunitutypewillchangetostandby.

3) TheEthernetportwillbeshutdownonthenewstandbyunitifRPSwasenabled.

Event FailoverType(localSite)

FailoverType(remotepair)

ModemlinklostonActive Hardware Hardware

CLIutype_switch Software Hardware

PowersupplyfailureonActive Software Hardware

RebootonActive Software Hardware

ODUPLLfailureonActive Software Hardware

Violationofthresholdsetting Software Hardware

Linkrelatedcommand(seelist) Nofailover Hardware

PowersupplyfailureonStandby Nofailover Nofailover

RebootonStandby Nofailover Nofailover

Odupoweron/offonStandby Nofailover Nofailover

ODUPLLfailureonStandby Nofailover Nofailover

ModemlinklostonStandby Nofailover Nofailover

1+1cableremoval/failure Nofailover Nofailover

ACMTx/Rxprofilechanges Nofailover Nofailover


4) Thefarendofthelinkwillalsofailoversincethetransmitterswitchwillcausethefarendtoloselockaswell.Steps13abovewillrepeatforthefarend.

Hardwareinitiatedfailovertothebackuppairwilloccuronthefarendunitduetothesmallgapinthetransmitterbeingswitchedfromactivetostandbyonthelocalside.Thetotaltimeforthefailovertooccuristypically150200milliseconds.

Ahardwarefailoverwillonlyoccurthefollowinginitialconditionsaremet,otherwisenoneoftheeventsintheTablewillcauseafailover.

1) AStandbyunitisdetected2) TheactiveRadiohasitsRXlocked.3) Theelectiontimeperiodisover.4) Theguardtimehaselapsed

Softwaretriggeredfailover

SoftwaretriggeredfailoverisInitiatedbythesoftwarebasedonthefollowingconditions.Softwarefailoverswilltake35secondsduetothefactthattheeventsarepolledbytheoperatingsoftwareinsidetheunit.

1) ODUPLLunlocked2) Violationofathresholdsettingwhenfailoverisconfiguredasoneofthe

thresholdactions.3) PowerSupplyfailure

Usertriggered(manual)failover

InitiatedbyuserissueCLI/SNMP/webcommandsasshownbelow.Typicallytheonlyusertriggeredcommandthatshouldbeexecutedistheutype_switchcommand,whichisusedwhentheoriginalactiveunitisrestoredorreplacedandtheoperatorwantstoreturnittoactivestatus.Theothercommandsarelistedtomaketheoperatorawarethattheywillcauseanunintentional(andusuallyundesired)failover.

Commandsthatwillforceafailover

1. Usingtheutype_switchcommandtorestoretheactiveafterafailover

a. ThiscommandcanonlybeinitiatedontheActiveunit.b. AlowlevelcommandissentfromActivetoStandbyunittoturn

ontransmitter.


2. Usercommands:Whentheoperatorchangesthefollowingsettingsontheactiveunit,anunintentionalfailovermayoccur.Itisnotrecommendedtorunanyofthesecommandswhileanactive1+1linkisrunning:

a. acmenableb. bootimageupgradeoduc. datapathd. datapatterne. loopbackf. opmodeg. odupowerh. poweri. rebootj. speed

RapidPortShutdown(RPS)GigaPlussupportstheshutdownoftheEthernetportstoassistinreroutingtrafficintheeventofalinkfailure.Whenenabledatbothendsofthelink,AllEthernetportsatbothendsoftheactivelinkwillbeshutdownwithin50mSofthemodemlockstatuschangingfrom1to0ateitherendofthelink.RPSemulatesacablefailureiftheentirelinkisthoughtofasacable,andwilltriggeraroutingchangewhenusedwithaswitchorroutersetupforRapidSpanningTreeProtocol(RSTP)oranotherlayer2routingprotocolatbothends,asisnormalinaringarchitecture.Forhigherlayerroutingprotocolstheportsarenormallyleftactiveintheeventofalinkloss.ItishighlyrecommendedthattheoperatorenableACMwhenusingRPSsincethefademarginwillbemuchhigherthananonACMspeedsetting,preventinglinklossandsubsequentreroutingduringweatherrelatedevents.

VLANTagging

GigaPlussupportstaggedpacketswithVLANIDsrangingfrom04089.ThelastsevenVLANIDsareusedinternallyasdescribedinthePortMappingSectionbelow.IfInBandManagement(IBM)isused,themanagementtrafficcanbeconfiguredtohaveaVLANtagtoallowtheswitchinternaltothesystemtoidentifypacketsinthedatastreamanddirectthemtotheCPUforprocessing.TheVLANIDformanagementisuserspecifiedusingtheibmcommand,withafactorydefaultVLANIDof4085.Itisrecommendedthatthemanagementtrafficbetaggedwiththehighestprioritysettingtoensurethatintheeventofnetworktrafficsaturation,themanagementtrafficwillhaveprecedence(SeeClassofServiceSection).UntaggedIBMisalsosupportedinFirmwarerelease2.0and


higher,butthereisnoguaranteeofprioritizationwhenthetrafficisonthesameportandtheusertraffic.

QinQSupport:GigaPlussupportsQinQ,however,duetotheportmappingfeaturebeingenabledbydefault,theoperatormustdisabletheportmapping.SeethePortMappinganddiscussiononsmart_modebelowformoreinformation

PortMapping(802.1q)

TheportmappingfeatureisafixedsettingandprovidesanadditionalamountofdatasecuritysincetrafficontheindividualEthernetportsissegmentedandisolatedfromtrafficonotherEthernetports.PortmappingisimplementedbyusingfixedVLANtagsinternaltotheGigaPluslink.WhenEthernettrafficarrivesinaport,itmaybetaggedoruntagged.BothtaggedanduntaggedpacketsaretaggedwithanadditionalVLANTagdependingonwhichporttheyarrivedatasfollows:

GE1:GigE10/100/1000BaseTport:VLANID4091

GE2:GigE10/100/1000BaseTport:VLANID4092

GE3:GigESFPport:VLANID4093

GE4:GigESFPport:VLANID4094

Attheotherendofthelink,theinternaltagsareremovedandtheoriginalpacketsaresentoutunaltered.EssentiallytheGigaPlusisperformingdoubletaggingonpacketsthathavealreadybeentagged.

Portmappingisactivewhensmart_modeison.

QinQ/DoubleTaggingandsmart_mode

Iftheoperatorwishestosendpacketsthatarealreadydoubletaggedthroughthelink,thensmartmodemustbedisabled.Withsmart_modeoff,alltrafficcominginonGE1willappearatBOTHGE1andGE2portsonthefarend.Smart_modemustbeenabledonbothendsofthelinkanditisrecommendedthatonlyoneofthetrafficportsGE1orGE2beutilizedateachend.Oneaddedbenefitofsmart_modebeingoffisthatthelinkcanactasamediaconverter.SideAofthelinkcanbecopperRJ45andsideBcanbeGigEfibersingleormultimode.Themediaconversionwillonlyworkfor1000BaseT,asthefiberinterfacedoesnotsupport10/100BaseTmodes.Itisrecommendedthatbothportsbesettothesamespeedandduplexatbothendsofthelink.

InBandManagement(IBM)withVLANtaggingwillnotoperatewiththesmartmodeturnedoff.OutofbandmanagementandIBMwithVLANtaggingoff(SWV2.0)willstillbeavailableaswhenSmartModeisoff.


ClassofService(802.1p)

GigaPlushasClassofServicecapabilitiesthatprovidepriorityfordifferenttypesoftrafficacrossthelink,whentheCOSbitsintheVLANtagonincomingEthernettrafficareset.

Thetrafficcanbeclassifiedinto8priorities(07basedontheVLANtagCOSbits).ThisisdoneexternaltotheGigaPlusunitusingaswitchorapplicationtosettheprioritytagfield.OncethetaggedtrafficwithCOSprioritybitssetarrivesintheGigaPlusEthernetport,theinternalswitchwillperformprioritizationonthetrafficbymappingittooneof8queues.

The8queuesareFIFOsthatareemptiedintoasingledatapipegoingintothemodemandsubsequentlyovertheair.Theschedulingofthequeuetrafficintothemodemdatapipeisstrictpriorityfollowingthefollowingrule:

COSQ7>COSQ6>COSQ5>COSQ4>COSQ3>COSQ2>COSQ1>COSQ0

ThisruleessentiallymeansthatthesystemwillemptyCOSQ7beforesendinganyCOSQ6packetsacrossthelink,andifbothCOSQ7andCOSQ6areemptythenCOSQ5packetswillbesent,etc.

Thedefaultprioritymappingofthepacketwillbesetasfollows:COSpriority0COSQ0,LowestPriorityQueueCOSpriority1COSQ1COSpriority2COSQ2COSpriority3COSQ3COSpriority4COSQ4COSpriority5COSQ5COSpriority6COSQ6COSpriority7COSQ7,HighestPriorityQueueThesedefaultmappingscanbechangedwiththecoscommand,allowingthepacketstobemappedintoanyoneofthe8queuesbasedontheCOSbitintheVLANtag.

PortPriority

TheportpriorityfeatureallowsforuntaggedtrafficarrivingintoeachEthernetporttohaveprioritylevelassignedtoit.Ifthearrivingtrafficisalreadytaggedthenthattagprioritylevelwillbehonoredovertheportpriority.Theportprioritysettingwilldeterminewhichporttrafficisforwardedintheeventofmoretrafficcomingintoalltheportsthanthecapacityofthesystemcanhandle.


Portprioritycanaugmentportratelimiting,especiallyinwhenACMisactiveandthelinkhasdownshiftedtoalowermodulation.Theportcommandisusedtosettheportpriorityforeachport.

PortRateLimiting(Ingress)

TheportratelimitingfeatureisusedtorestricttheingresstrafficrateonaspecificEthernetport.ThisisusefulforServiceLevelAgreements(SLAs)whenbothportsoftheGigaPlusarebeingusedtosupplytwocustomersandthechannelcapacityislimitedtolessthanthesumofthecapacityofthetwoEthernetports.

Forexample,ifbothportsaresetto1000BaseT,andtheRFchannelcapacityis375Mbps,settingGE1toratelimitof125MbpsandGE2toaratelimitof250Mbpswillalwaysguaranteethatbothusershavethebandwidthofthechannelreservedforthem.


4.0 LinkManagementThissectiondescribesthevariouswaystomanageandmonitorthehealthandperformanceoftheGigaPlusmicrowavebackhaullink.

Overview

TheGigaPluscanbemanagedthroughthefollowingmethods:GraphicalUserInterface(GUI):

WebBrowser:Remoteaccessviainbandandoutofbandmethodswithview/configurationlevelaccess(singleuser+password)usinganystandardwebbrowsersuchasInternetExplorer,Chrome,Firefox,andSafari.

CommandLineInterfaces

SSHEncryptedremoteaccessviainbandandoutofbandmethodswithseparateviewandconfigurationlevelaccess(passwordprotected)TelnetRemoteaccessviainbandandoutofbandmethodswithseparateviewandconfigurationlevelaccess(passwordprotected)ConsoleLocalAccessusingaserialcableforbenchconfigurationwithseparateviewandconfigurationlevelaccess(passwordprotected).SNMPRemotecontrolandmonitoringviainbandandoutofbandmethodsusinganythirdpartyNetworkManagementSoftware(NMS).SeeAppendixDfordetailsontheMIBandSNMPobjects.StandardMIBIISystemLevelandEnterpriseMIBBlocksaresupportedwithmonitoringforallmajorlinkhealthandtrafficrelatedmetrics.

DefaultIPAddressThefactoryconfigurationforIPaddressis192.168.100.100forallunits,andtheIBMdefaultaddressis172.16.1.1fortheAsideunitand172.16.1.2fortheBsideunit.DefaultPasswordsThedefaultpasswordsareshowninthetablebelow:


Accessmode Username PasswordCLIViewMode admin trangoCLIConfigMode N/A trangoCLIDebugMode N/A N/AWebInterface admin trangoSNMPReadCommunity N/A publicSNMPWriteCommunity N/A privateSNMPTrap N/A trapstr

Table11DefaultLoginPasswords

GraphicalUserInterface(WebBrowser)

ToaccessthebrowserinterfacesimplyopenyourWebbrowserandentertheIPaddressoftheradio.Aloginwindowwillpopup,requiringausernameandpassword(Figure10).EnterthedefaultormodifiedusernameandpasswordthenpressOK.EitherHTTPorHTTPSmaybeused.

Figure12WebBrowserLogin

ThefirstpagetodisplaywillbetheSystemInfoPageasshownintheImagebelow:


Figure13SystemInfoPage

ThemainformatoftheGigaPlusWebInterfaceisshowninFigure11above.Thelayoutisdesignedtoallowtheoperatortoviewthecurrentlinkstatusonallpages.Theleftsideofthedisplayshowsvariousfoldersorganizedbyfunction.Eachfoldercanbeopenedandexploredforthevarioussubpagesbysimplyclickingonthefoldersthemselves:

NavigationBar:Thenavigationbartheleftshadedareacontainingthefunctionalfolders.Thenavigationbarcontainslinktothefollowingfolders:


RadioSettings:TheessentialRadioLinksetupparameters,TX/RXfrequency,transmitterpower,speedandmodulation,aswellasthecapacitylicensearefoundhere.Settingsfor1+1failoverarefoundhere.

NetworkSettings:TheessentialNetworksetupparameters,suchasIPaddress,IBMsetup,andSNMPsetuparelocatedhere.

SystemStatus:Showsmostofthebasicconfigurationparametersoftheradio,includingmodelsandserialnumbers,alongwiththecurrentlinkstatusincludingPLLlocks.

SystemStatistics:CounterinformationonallinterfacesRF,Fiber,andGigEisdisplayed.Thesestatisticsarerefreshedautomatically.

Diagnostics:Thisfoldercontainspagesthatshowcurrentsystemsettings,thesystemlogwhichrecordsalltheeventsandusersettings,andaspecialdiagnosticexportfunctionthatproducesatextfileforTrangoTechSupporttousewhentroubleshootingisrequired.ThisfolderalsohasapagetocontroltheloopbackfunctionandantennaalignmentmodewhichincreasestheupdateratefortheantennaRSSIvalues

UserSetting:Usercanchangetheconfigpasswordandenterthelicenseupgradekeyforhighercapacity.


CommandLineInterface(CLI)usingSSH,TelnetorConsole

Alltypicalradiofunctionscanbemanagedviathebrowserinterface,buttheCommandLineInterface(CLI)hasadditionalfunctionalitythatfacilitatesinstallationandtroubleshooting.

TheCommandLineInterfacehas3nodes:View,Config,andDebug.LoggingintotheradioviaCommandLineInterfaceiscoveredherebriefly,andacompletelistingofallCLIcommandsisprovidedinAppendixA

LoggingintotheradioviaCommandLineInterfaceiscoveredherebriefly.AcompletelistingofallCLIcommandsisprovidedinAppendixACommandLineInterface.

LaunchTelnet

Openacommandprompt(DOS)sessiononyourPC(WindowsStarticonandselectRun).OpenaTelnetsessionbytyping:

telnet [ip address of radio]

Example:

C:>telnet 192.168.100.100

OnceattheCLIloginprompt,typeintheloginandpressenter,thenthepasswordandpressenter.

CLI login: admin Password: (No characters will be display during input) Trango System: TrangoLINK GigaPlus Command Line Interface v1.0.0 (CLI-view)#

Iftheincorrectpasswordisenteredduringlogin,thesystemwillallowtwomoretriesbeforeterminatingatelnetsession.Anewsessionwillneedtobeopentotryagain.

ToterminateaCLIsession(TelnetorConsole)simplyclosetheconsolewindow.ACLISESSIONCANALSOBETERMINATEDFROMTHEDEBUGNODEWITHEXITCOMMAND.

ViewNode: (CLI-view)# promptallowsviewlevelonly,andnoparametersoftheradiolinkcanbechanged.


ConfigNode: (CLI-config)#, Thisnodeisaccessedbytypinginthecommand config fromtheviewnode.Thesystemwillpromptforapasswordandaftersuccessful authentication,theconfignodeisenabled.Allconfigurationsettingsarechangedwithintheconfignode.

Anycommandenteredwithoutanyparametersreturnsthecurrentconfiguredvaluessimilartoviewnode.

Mostconfigurationchangesareappliedimmediatelyanddonotrequireareboot.AllconfigchangesmustbesavedtoFLASHmemorybyissuingthe config save command.Thiscanbedoneafterallthechangesdesiredaremadewithinasinglesession

Iftheconfigurationisnot saved,thesystemwillrestorethelastsavedsettingsafterreboot.

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ALLCONFIGURATIONCHANGESHAVETOBESAVEDTOFLASHINORDERTOBEPERSISTENTACROSSAREBOOT.ASINGLECONFIGSAVECOMMANDWILLSAVEALLCONFIGURATIONCHANGES

Theoperatorcangobacktotheviewnodebyusing the exit commandfromtheconfignode.

Example:CLI login: admin Password: Trango System: TrangoLINK GigaPLUS Command Line Interface v1.3.0 (CLI-view)# config Password: (CLI-config)# (CLI-config)#exit SUCCESS (CLI-view)#


TheCommandLineInterfaceskeepsahistoryofcommandsused,pressingtheuparrowwilldisplaypreviouscommandsused.TheCLIcansupportsautocompleteofacommandbeingtypedbypressingkey.Ifacommandispartiallytypedfollowedimmediatelybya?itwilldisplayallrelatedcommands.

Example:

(CLI-config)# ? (The ? will not be display) targetrssi Set target RSSI level for ATPC tdm Display TDM configuration telnetd Enable/Disable telnetd temp Display IDU and ODU temperature tftpd Enable/Disable tftpd threshold Set the threshold for the radio parameters trap Display snmp trap management information (CLI-config)#

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TYPE?FORALISTINGOFALLCLICOMMANDS.

ChangingPassword

Thedebugandviewnodesharethesamepassword.Theconfignodehasaseparatepassword.Theviewanddebugmodepasswordischangedinthedebugmode.Theconfignodepasswordischangedintheconfignode.UsetheCLIcommandpasswrdtochangethepassword.Theexamplebelowdemonstrateschangingthepasswordfortheconfignodetocontrol

Syntax: passwrd

Example:

(CLI-config)# passwrd control control (The password must be entered twice) Ifthecommandisproperlyexecuted,thesystemwillreturnaSUCCESSandreturntotheCLIconfigprompt.

Ifthepasswordislostandtheunitislocked,thepushbuttonontheaccesspanelcanbeusedtoresetthepasswordanddefaultIPbacktothefactorysettings

ConsolePort

GigaPlusfeaturesaconsoleportwhichismultiplexedwiththeportforthe1+1hotstandbyoperation.If1+1hotstandbyisactivetheconsolecablecannotbeused.TheconsoleportisusefulintheeventthattheunitcannotbeaccessedviaTCP/IP(HTTPorTelnet).ATerminalEmulationprogramsuchasHyperTerminalorPuttycanbeusedtoaccesstheradiosCLIviatheconsoleportasshowninFigure12.


Figure14ConsolePortSetting

SimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)

TrangoLINKGigaPlussupportsSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)fornetworkmanagement.Networkmanagementconsistsof4categories:

1. Configuration

2. Accounting

3. Alarm

4. Monitoring/Control

Thesecapabilitiesallowthenetworkoperatortoprovidesuperiorservicesthroughhighernetworkaccessibilityandintegratedaccountingsystem.UseofSNMPrequiresthecustomertohavealreadyimplementedaNMSorSNMPsoftwarepackage.

TheTrangoSNMPsolutionsupportsMIBII(systemonly)andtheTrangoproprietaryManagementInformationBase(MIB).

UsersinterestedinusingtheSNMPfunctionalityshouldreviewtheentireTrangoLINKGigaPlusMIB,foundinAppendixD,foracompleteunderstandingofitsfeatures.

ThefollowingisanoverviewofsomeofthemorecommonlyusedSNMPobjectsintheTrangoLINKGigaPlussystem.AcompletelistingcanbefoundinAppendixD.


AcopyoftheMIBfilesforthecurrentfirmwareversioncanbeobtainedbycontactingTrangoTechnicalSupport.

CommonObjectsforMonitoringandControl

GigEBandwidthMonitoring gigeEth1InOctets:NumberofoctetsofpayloadreceivedonGigEport1(copper). gigeEth2InOctets:NumberofoctetsofpayloadreceivedonGigEport2(copper). gigeEth3InOctets:NumberofoctetsofpayloadreceivedonGigEport3(SFP). gigeEth4InOctets:NumberofoctetsofpayloadreceivedonGigEport4(SFP). gigeEth1OutOctets:NumberofoctetsofpayloadtransmittedonGigEport1

(copper).

gigeEth2OutOctets:NumberofoctetsofpayloadtransmittedonGigEport2(copper).

gigeEth3OutOctets:NumberofoctetsofpayloadtransmittedonGigEport3(SFP).

gigeEth4OutOctets:NumberofoctetsofpayloadtransmittedonGigEport4(SFP).

RFMonitoring rfInOctet:NumberofoctetsofpayloadreceivedfromtheRFport. rfOutOctet:NumberofoctetsofpayloadtransmittedtotheRFport. rfEthernetInPackets:NumberofoctetsofpayloadreceivedfromtheRFport. rfEthernetOutPackets:NumberofEthernetpayloadpacketstransmittedtothe

RFport.

rfRSSI:TheReceiveSignalStrengthIndicationindBmtheunitreceivesfromtheODU.CommonlyreferredtoasReceiveSignalLevel(RSL)

LinkStatusTraps

Varioustrapsaredefinedasfollows:

trapReboot:trapistriggeredwhentheunitisrebooted. trapStartUp:trapistriggeredwhentheunitbootsup. trapBackupLink:traptriggeredwhenthebackupstatuschanges. trapBackupTakeover:ThetrapistriggeredwhentheBackupunithastakenover. trapModemLockThistrapwillinformyouwhenthereisachangetothelink

lock.


trapDownShiftThistrapwillinformyouwhenthemodulationoftheradiohasshifteddowned.

TrangorecommendsmonitoringRSSI,MSE,EthernetTraffic(gigeEthOctets),Temp,andmodemlockasaminimumforthoroughmonitoringofthelink.Additionalobjectsandtrapscanbeaddedtothemonitoringsoftwareasrequired.PleasereviewAppendixDMIBforacompletelistingofMIBObjectsandTraps.

UnderstandingandfamiliarizationofSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol(SNMP)conceptsandsoftwareplatformsarerequiredtoutilizeSNMPmanagementoftheTrangoLINKGigaPlussystem.

DuetothelargenumberofprogramsavailableforSNMP,TrangodoesnotprovidesupportofSNMPsoftwarepackagesorNMSsystems.SomecommonitemstotrywhilehavingissuesmonitoringspecificOIDsare:

ProperlyloadtheMIBsintoyoursoftware Tryaddinga.0attheendoftheOIDstring

FirmwareUpgrade

ThefirmwareontheTrangoLINKGigaPluscanbeupdatedtoanewerversionthroughIBMorOBMEthernetPorts.AfirmwarereleaseconsistsofuptotwofileswhichcontainstheappropriatesoftwarefilesthatareloadedontotheIDUandODU:

IDUOSImageFirmwareFile

ODUImageFirmwareFile

IfonlytheIDUfirmwarewaschangedthentheODUfirmwaredoesnotneedtobeupdated.

Beforebeginningtheupdateprocedure,becertainthatallrequiredfileshavebeendownloadedtoaneasilyaccessibledirectoryonyourlocalharddrive.


UpgradeProcedureTFTP

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ALWAYSCONSULTTHEUPGRADEINSTRUCTIONSTHATAREINCLUDEDWITHANEWFIRMWARERELEASEASCERTAINFILESMAYNOTBEREQUIREDFORANUPGRADE.

1) Placethefirmwarefilesinaneasilyaccessibledirectorypathonyourcomputer.

2) TelnetintotheradiobyClickingonStartmenuthenRUN.ThefiguresusethedefaultIPaddress;youmustusethecorrectIPaddressfortheTrangoLINKGigaPlus.

Figure15WindowsStart&Telnet

3) Attheloginenteryourusernameandpassword.Theusernameisadminanddefaultpasswordistrango

4) Enterconfignodebytypingconfigandenteringyouwriteaccesspassword.Thedefaultconfignodepasswordistrango

5) Enablethetftpdaemonusingthetftpdcommandasshownbelow.

Loginas:adminPassword:TrangoSystem:TrangoLinkGigaPLUSCommandLineInterfacev1.3(CLIview)#configPassword:


(CLIconfig)#(CLIconfig)#tftpdontftpd:onSUCCESS(CLIconfig)#

6) Openacommandprompt(orotherCLIinterface)windowonthePCwherethenewfirmwareisbeingstoredandaccessthedirectorythatyouextractedthefirmwarefiles.

C:\CDFirmwareC:\Firmware

7) UsingtheTFTPcommandlinetool,uploadthefirmwarefile.Thetftpsyntaxandanexamplearebelow.

TFTP[i]host[GET|PUT]source[destination]

C:\firmware>tftpi192.168.100.100putidu_gigaplus_v13.tar.gzTransfersuccessful:1951744bytesin15seconds,130116bytes/s

8) Oncethefilehasbeentransferredsuccessfully,logbackintotheunitandapplytheupdatesintotheFLASHmemoryusingthebootimageupgradecommandfromtheconfigmode.Eachfirmwareneedstobeupgradedontheunitusingthebootimageupgradecommand.

(CLIconfig)#(CLIconfig)#bootimageupgradeidu

NOTE:THEBOOTIMAGEUPGRADECOMMANDMUSTBEALLOWEDTOCOMPLETEBEFORETHESYSTEMISREBOOTED.IFTHESYSTEMISREBOOTEDDURINGTHEWRITINGOFTHEIMAGETOFLASH,THEFLASHMAYBECOMECORRUPTWAITFORTHESUCCESSINDICATIONBEFOREPROCEEDING.

IftheODUfirmwarewasalsobeingupgraded,theODUfilewouldbetransferredtotheGigaPlusODUusingthesamemethodastheIDUfile.Afterloadingthefile,thebootimageupgradeoducommandwouldbeusedtowriteittoFLASH.


(CLIconfig)#bootimageupgradeodu

9) Arebootoftheradioisrequiredtoloadthenewimageafterupgrade

(CLIconfig)#reboot

Theupgradetimevariesdependingupontheimagesandthesizeoftheimage.

ThefirmwarecanbeverifiedbyloggingintotheradioviatheCLIthroughtheversioncommandorWebbrowserversionpageundertheFirmwareVersionsection.

TheCurrentfirmwareisthecurrentlyrunningfirmware.Thefirmwarewhichwasreplacedwillbelocatedinthepreviousimages.

UpgradeProcedureFTP

ToperformthefirmwareupgradeusingFTP,usetheftpcommandtoloadtheimagesintomemory,thenthebootimageupgradecommandsjustaswiththeTFTPmethod.TheFTPmethodismuchfasterandhasbuiltinerrorchecking.

AllthatisneededistheIPaddressoftheftpserver,ausername/password,andthefilenametobeuploaded.Thenewfiletobeuploadedshouldbeplacedontheserver.Theftpserverwillpromptforthepasswordbeforeallowingaccess.

1) Putthenewsoftwarefilesontheftpserverusingtheftpputcommandfromalocalcomputer(thesecommandsarenotdonefromtheTrangoequipment).

ftp>put:

Thewillbethefilenameonly.Thewillincludebothpathandfilename.

2) Afterputtingthefileontotheserver,logintotheGigaPlusandruntheftpcommandfromthecommandlineasfollowstoopenaccesstotheserver:

ftp

password:xxxxxxx

Ifpromptedforthepasswordmultipletimes,checktheconnectivitytotheserverbypingingtheFTPserverIPaddressfromthedebugprompt.

3) Next,getthefilefromtheFTPserverbytypingthegetcommandfromtheftpprompt.

ftp>get


4) Logoutoftheftpsession

ftp>logout:logoutofftpsession.

5) Runthebootimageomuand/orbootimageoducommandasrequired.


CapacityUpgrades

TheGigaPlusspeedcapacityisstandardat100Mbps.Toupgradethecapacity,analphanumerickeywillberequired.ThiskeycanbepurchasedfromyourTrangosalesrepresentative.

ToupdatethecapacitykeyfromtheWeb,copyandpastethekeyintotheSpeedLicensefieldontheLinkSetupPage.Clickthesubmitbutton.Ifthelicenseisaccepted,thewor

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