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Configuration and Commissioning

NEC iPasolink.
TP Vega Project

Commissioning Print Screen

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LOGIN TO iPasolink Equipment.

User Name: Admin

Password: 12345678
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Main Window
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Equipment Configuration

Click on “Setup”
to start
configuration.
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NE Name

Type NE name here and use same format.

Don’t write link ID .Only mention station ID
e.g: site_id-iPaso (200/400/1000)-1 (1
represent the sequence number of IDU on
same station. If there are two IDU write “1” on
upper IDU and write “2” on second IDU and so
on.)
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Pluggable Module Detection

If new modem card or any other card used,

click on “Auto Detect” or select manually
from the drop down list. Otherwise you
cannot use new cards.
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Link Configuration

Select link configuration from the drop down

list.
Note: For 1+1 link configuration make sure
the license is available otherwise you cannot
select 1+1 configuration.
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Click “OK” button after finish.

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Radio Configuration:

In Radio configuration
Menu, Click on “Setup”
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ODU Information:

Make sure that ODU information is not “invalid” here. If it is “invalid” check ODU
power, IF cable, IF Connectors etc.

Set Channel spacing as per link budget.

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Modulation Scheme:

Select Modulation as per link budget.

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Radio Mode:

Select Radio Mode:

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Frequency:

Set frequency as per link budget:

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Press “OK” button after finish:

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Modem Port Setting

Click on Provisioning->Modem Function Setting->Modem

Port Setting.
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Link Name/ID:

Click on MODEM Slots and type LINK ID as per actual

scenario. We can identify the links with the this setting. So
this is mandatory.
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Transmit Power Setting:

Click on “Tx Power Setting” to set the radio transmit power.

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Tx Power Setting:

Click on desired link MODEM slot and set the power as per link
budget..
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Metering:

Click on Metering->
Current Metering
Click on MODEM to
check the RSL change
during Alignment.
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Comments:
 After aforementioned steps we can start the alignment.
 Keep watching RSL at Metering and lock the antennas at more than 3db of
required RSL given in link budget.
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NMS Configuration for Root NE:

Click on Network Management Configuration and

then click on General Setting.
Click on setup to set the IP.
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General Setting.

Set IP, Subnet Mask and GW as per given DCN plan and check
“connect NMS port to NMS” to yes for root NE which is
connected with NEC server through router.
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General Setting (Detailed)

Click on Setup to start

configuration.
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Inband Management & Ethernet Port Setting

Set Inband
Management to
“not used”

Set NMS port

“Used”
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NE Branch Setting

Set branch
number to “2
branches”
Default Gateway
is same as the
GW given in
General Setting.
Therefore no
need to change.
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NMS Branch IP Setting.

Click on “1” to set

branch 1 IP.
Branch 1 is NMS
and the IP given
in General Setting
will appear
automatically
there so no need
to change.
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NE Branch Setting:

Click on “2” and

set NE branch IP
and subnet mask
as per given DCN
plan.
Note: All MODEM
with this IDU will
automatically get
Branch 2 IP.

Check “yes “ for

Connect to NMS
port and check
“any” for Protect
LCT connection.
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Routing Setting.

No need to change Routing Setting. Gateway will

automatically appear here when General Setting is
finished.
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NMS Setting Service Setting

Click on User
Account/ Security
Setting->Security
Management-
>Service Status
Setting.

Service Status
Summary. Should
be same as here.
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SNMP Setting.

Click on “SNMP”
and enable SNMP
V1, SNMP V3.
Set UDP port to
161.
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SNMP Community

Click on “SNMP
Community” and set:
Community Name:
public
Access Level: Admin.
Access Control: Enable
Service IP Address:
0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask:
255.255.255.255
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SNMP Trap Entry and NTP

SNMP Trap Entry

: No change.
NTP Should be in
Running Status
and parameters
should be same
as given here.
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NTP Server Address and FTP

SNMP Service
Address : No
change.
FTP Should be in
Running Status
and parameters
should be same
as given here.
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SFTP, HTTP and HTTPS

SFTP : Stopped
HTTP: Running
and TCP port is
80.
HTTPS: Stopped
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Normal NE NMS Configuration:

For Normal NE we use

the same steps in
General Setting but set
“Connect NMS port to
NMS” to NO.
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General Setting (Detailed)

Set Inband
Management to
“not used”

Set NMS port

“Used”;;
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NE Branch Setting:

Set Branch number to

‘1’
Default GW and
branch “1” IP’s will be
same as in general
Setting. No need to
change here.

Set NMS port to “NO”

and Restrict LCT
connection to “Any”
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Equipment Cascade setting

If there are two IDU’s in station then for DCN we need to

cascade setting for the two IDU’s. Click on Equipment
Cascade Setting and then click on Setup.
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Equipment Cascade Setting:

Select Number
of NE’s in
station: 2 for
two IDU’s
Own Cascade
ID: 1 is for the
same IDU
connected with
your laptop. 2
is for other IDU
on the same
station.
Set the IP of
other IDU and
click OK.
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Comments
 Service Status setting in Normal NE is same as root NE. So do the same steps for normal NE.
 In a hub if there are two IDU’s use LAN cable between NMS port to NMS port.
 If in any case NMS port is used we can configure first Eth Port as NE management.
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Ethernet Function Setting:

Click on Bridge
Setting and then
click on Modify .
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Bridge Setting:

Set Aging “On”

FDB Aging
Time:300s
GbE Max Frame
Size: 2000 bytes
FE Max Fame
Size:1522bytes
Vlan Mode:802.1Q
(Mandatory)
Default VLAN ID1
Default VLAN TPID:
8100
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Ethernet Ports Enable/Disable

Ethernet port can be enable or disable from Eth Port

Setting. Click on desired port to enable or disable.
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Ethernet Port Speed:

If Ethernet port
enabled its speed
should be set
“auto”.
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VLAN Creation: Example: Site MMN012-MMN008-MMN751_BSC

We want to create
VLAN for ZTE
SDR. First we
enable eth port-1
for SDR. Set the
station ID in port
name.
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VLAN Setting: Example site:MMN012

Click on VLAN Setting and then click on VLAN List.

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VLAN List

Click on “Add VLAN. Type VLAN id and VLAN

Service Name. Type site id in VLAN service Name.
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VLAN Assignment to Eth Port:

Click on Main Board Port01 to assign a VLAN

from VLAN list:
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VLAN Assignment:

Set port mode “trunk” and check the planned

VLAN ID from list.
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VLAN assignment to MODEM (radio link) Port:

Click on Main Board Port01 to assign a VLAN

from VLAN list:
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VLAN Assignment:

Set port mode “trunk” and check the planned

VLAN ID from list.
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VLAN Main Page after Creation:

After VLAN creation the VLAN ID’s will appear

against each port like here:
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Far End MMN008 VLAN Creation:

First of all VLAN id of Site MMN012 should be

added in VLAN list of MMN008.:
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VLAN Assignment of Modem (Radio Link) Port

Assign the VLAN of Site MMN012 to the link MMN012-

MMN008 Modem. Use the same procedure as described in
previous slides:
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VLAN Assignment to other port facing MMN751-BSC

As there are two IDU on MMN008 station and our example link is in
second IDU but the link with BSC is in first IDU. Therefore we use
Ethernet Ports and a physical LAN cable between two IDU’s. So we
assign VLAN to eth port02 which is connected with first IDU.
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MMN008 facing MMN751 IDU.

Assignment of
VLAN of
MMN012
coming from
other IDU via
eth port.

Assignment of
VLAN of
MMN012 to
the link facing
BSC_MMN75
1.
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BSC Site MMN751

At MMN751 VLAN for

MMN012 should be added in
VLAN list.
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VLAN assignment to Link facing MMN008

Assign the
VLAN of
MMN012 to
Modem Port
MMN008--
MMN751.
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VLAN Assignment to LAG Ethernet Group:

At BSC site VLANs of all

cluster Sites are assigned to
two GbE Optical Ports.
Normally 3rd &4th port is used
in iPaso. We set LAG function
over these ports. These ports
are physically connected with
PTN via fiber cables and then
PTN is connected with BSC. So
we assign VLAN of our example
site MMN012.
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Tips for VLAN Configuration:

 VLAN is used for ZTE SDR in Telenor Vega Project.
 We assign VLAN to ZTE SDR and same VLAN is assigned to NEC iPasolink’s ethernet and modem
ports from terminal site to up till BSC site.
 In a hub site we simply assign the VLAN to MODEM facing terminal site and to MODEM facing BSC
site. Same rule of thumb is used for all the hub in the path.
 If there are two IDU’s in a hub we use physical LAN cable between two IDU and assign all the VLAN
coming from sites to both end IDU’s eth ports.
 VLAN mode is always “trunk”
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Equipment Clock Setting:

Use this setting for Root NE. Root NE is always master and
all other NE’s are salve in iPaso Network.
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Equipment Clock Setting: Slave

For normal NE use this Clock Setting. Normal NE is always

Slave.
Note: In a hub if there are two IDU’s then the first IDU will be
slave and second IDU will be master. All other IDU connected
with second IDU will be slave.
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Ethernet QoS Setting:

Click on QoS/
Classification
Setting.
Click on
classification
mode.
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Equipment Based QoS Mode:

Set Equipment
Based QoS
mode.
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Select Profile No.

Click on
“Select Profile
No”.
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Profile 0.

Select the
profile no “0”
to set planned
QoS
parameters.
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Profile “0” configuration:

Select the
profile no “0”
to set planned
QoS
parameters.

Click on entry
“1” to set the
Priority.

Note: By default
required setting
for Profile “0” is
available in
iPasolink. No
need to change
profile “0”
setting.
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Profile 1 Configuration.

Select the
profile no “1”
to set planned
QoS
parameters.

Click on entry
“1” to set the
Priority.
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Profile 1 Setting:

Set the classify

field, classify
Priority and
Classify internal
Priority as per
given Plan.

Click on entry
no one by one
as per
required
entries and set
classify
priorities.
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Ingress Setting:

No need to set Ingress

Setting.
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Port Setting:

No need to change Port

Setting.
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Link Aggregation.

Click on Eth Port and Enable Port

3 and port 4 optical ports. Set the
name of ports as the given ports
in PTN.
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Link Aggregation

Click Link aggregation

Setting and click on
“Add Lag”
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LAG configuration.

Select ETH GRP1, Set

the Name, Set LAG on Port
Mode: Static 3 and Port 4 as
Interval: Short given here.
Distribution Rule: L2
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Link Aggregation Status:

After LAG creation if the fiber cables connected with PTN

then the status should be up. Example is here.
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VLAN assignment to LAG

Assign All VLAN

from VLAN list to
LAG .
Example is given
here.
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VLAN assignment to LAG.

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Thank you.

Yasir Masood
Microwave Expert
ZTE (Pvt) Ltd Pakistan