SIU

Site Integration Unit

What is the SIU

• The Site Integration Unit is a 1U-high, 19-inch mobile site router and
aggregation unit

• The SIU aggregates the traffic from an RBS site (GSM, WCDMA, LTE,
CDMA) for a shared connection across the transport network

• Supports Packet Abis traffic to GSM RBSs

• Supports up to 16 E1 interfaces

• Implements VLANs
 SIU Components
-Power

• The SIU can be supplied with power from an RBS or another

external power supply delivering -48 or +24 V DC.

• It is possible to connect the SIU with DC power on.

• Built in over protection but if a fuse is used, the recommended

fuse size is 6A.
 SIU Components
-Console Port

• The CONSOLE (IP/Ethernet) interface is used for connection of a

local maintenance terminal.

• Accessed locally via telnet, remotely via SSH

• Local SIU IP address: 192.168.0.1

• Login:
 User : admin
 Password: hidden
 SIU Components
-Clock Port

• The CLOCK interface includes both the clock input and the clock
output interfaces.

• Both interfaces use 1PPS signals with RS-422 electrical levels.

 SIU Components
-E1/T1 Ports

• Sixteen E1/T1 transmission connections can be used as:

 ML-PPP interfaces
 Abis lower connections to GSM RBSs
 General-purpose E1/T1 interfaces in Circuit Emulation Service over Packet
Switched Networks
 E1/T1 interfaces in High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC) over IP

• Connections are configured in software

• The E1/T1 connectors have two built-in LED indicators, one for each interface.
(The indicator is lit when the transmission path is functioning)
 SIU Components
-Ethernet Ports

• Eight triple-speed Ethernet GE connectors (numbered 0 through 7)

• The connectors marked 0a, 1a, 2a, and 3a are shared with the corresponding
SFP connectors (marked 0b, 1b, 2b, and 3b).

• The combo-interfaces allow for either Ethernet or SFP to be used at a time

and which one used is determined by its configuration.

• The Ethernet connectors have built-in LED indicators. The indicator to the left
is
lit when a link is established and flashes during activity.
 SIU Components
-SFP Ports

• Four SFP (Small Form-Factor Pluggable)

connectors (numbered 0 through 3)

• The markings 0b, 1b, 2b, and 3b indicates

which Ethernet connector (0a, 1a, 2a, and
3a) it is shared to.
 SIU Indicators

Indicator Colour Status Explanation

Fault Red On One or more major alarms are detected; the SIU must be
replaced.
Power Green On The SIU has power.

Oper Green Flashing at 10Hz An active SFTP(1) or SSH(2)

session
On The SIU is operational
Flashing at 0.5Hz The SIU has power but is not
operational
 SIU Indicators

Indicator Colour Status Explanation

Sync Green On The SIU provides sufficient timing to RBSs
Off Timing provided by the SIU cannot be used by RBSs
Info Yellow On One or more minor alarms are detected; the SIU must be
replaced.
Off No faults were detected
SIU Commands
-Generic

• simplePing (Three echo requests)

• resetToFactorySetting (Persistent data including security and synchronization data is cleared)

• Restart (Command line returns after restart is completed, up to 1 minute)

• getAlarmList

• getTime

• setTime

• Syslog
SIU Commands
-Transactions

StartTransaction:
This command starts a basic CM transaction. Only one basic CM transaction can be active at the
time. (E.g. startTransaction trans1)

GetTransactionStatus:
Idle, CommitFailed, CommitCompleted
(E.g. getTransactionStatus trans1)

Commit:
Commits all configuration requests in the transaction

EndTransaction:
If performed before commit, all changes in the transaction are lost.
(E.g. endTransaction trans1)
SIU Commands
-Configuring for Remote Operation

• Start a basic CM transaction

Example: startTransaction trans1

• Set the unique network name (maximum 18 characters) for the SIU
Example: setMOAttribute trans1 STN=0 STN_Name KISTA_39

• Set the IP address to which the SIU must send a wake-up registration (the IP
address of the OSS master host)
Example: setMOAttribute trans1 STN=0 wakeUpRegistration 10.10.42.254

• Create an instance of MO IPInterface

Example: createMO trans1 STN=0,IPInterface=0
SIU Commands
-Configuring for Remote Operation

• Set the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway for the primary IP
interface

Example:
setMOAttribute trans1 STN=0,IPInterface=0 primaryIP_Address 10.10.10.254
setMOAttribute trans1 STN=0,IPInterface=0 primarySubNetMask 255.255.255.0
setMOAttribute trans1 STN=0,IPInterface=0 defaultGateway 10.10.10.1

• Set the references to the IP interface assigned for O&M traffic towards OSS,
in this example the primary IP interface
Example: setMOAttribute trans1 STN=0 depIP_Interface STN=0,IPInterfac e=0
SIU Commands
-Configuring for Remote Operation

• Configure the desired type of WAN interface to be used

Example: createMO trans1 STN=0,EthernetInterface=WAN

• Set the value of the physical port to either "Gigabit" for ports 0-7 (electrical
interface) or "SFP" for ports 0-3 (optical interface)

Example: setMOAttribute trans1 STN=0,EternetInterface=WAN port Gigabit

SIU Commands
-Configuring for Remote Operation

• Set the physical port number (0-7) to be used

Example: setMOAttribute trans1 STN=0,EthernetInterface=WAN portNumber 3

• If needed, set the attribute mode to be used. The value "AUTO" means that the
mode will be negotiated and the interface speed agreed will be utilized

Example: setMOAttribute trans1 STN=0,EthernetInterface=WAN mode AUTO

• Set the dependency link layer between the IP interface and the Ethernet
interface

Example A: setMOAttribute trans1 STN=0,IPInterface=0 depLinkLayer

STN=0,EthernetInterface=WAN
SIU Commands
-Configuring for Remote Operation

• Commit command required to activate the configuration

Example: commit trans1

• If attributes that require a restart are changed, the commit command is

rejected and has to be reissued with the forcedCommit parameter

Example: commit trans1 forcedCommit

• End the transaction

Example: endTransaction trans1

SIU Commands
-Backup

• Backs up the SIU configuration file.

Example:
backup bcm1sftp://smith:123abc@192.168.69.152/STNCFG/stn82_CM.xml admin

• SessionId: bcm

• FileRef: sftp://username:password@host/filepath

• Passwd: admin
The password to be used for encryption of the configuration file and is used when
performing a restore.
SIU Commands
-Restore

• A restore is executed in two steps; using the commands download and restore

• During restore:

 The backed up configuration is downloaded from the provided SFTP path

 Decrypted (using the restore command) with the same password as entered when the file was backed up, finally an attempt to
activate it is done

Example:
-download bcm1 sftp://smith:123abc@192.168.69.152/STNCFG/stn82_synch.xml
-restore bcm1 admin