ALFOplus80 + AGS-H

Access Link Full Outdoor 80 GHz (E-Band) &

Access Gateway System - Hybrid
Fixed Modulation 4QAM
Native IP Radio and TDM - Point to Point Radio Link

Copyright Siae Microelettronica S.p.a.

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 Training items
1. General overview ALFOplus80 + AGS-H
2. Installation ODU
3. Software connection
4. Line up
5. Tributary and Ethernet switch
6. Maintenance
7. Alarm & Troubleshooting

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 AGS-H Connectors
Traffic
STM1 Software LAN 3, 4
Serial management
(1+0/2+0) restart LAN 2, 4 (optical)
Console -48Vdc

Slot SDHC LAN 1, 3

16 E1 75/120Ω Gigabit ODU
(up to 4GByte) User in/out (optical &electric)
USB/LCT Power supply Fuse
Available only :
AGS-H 1GO 2xSTM1 16xE1 (GAI0191) LEDs and Group Alarm:
IDU Power Supply On Critical (red) Hw Fail
URGent
affect traffic Link Down Major (Orange) Los
Web LCT Ready to Minor (yellow) Radio changing
Not URGent
Bootstrap loading connect Don’t affect traffic Link OK Warning (light blue) Alarm indication Signal
LED
time SoftWare mismatch = only during the bootstrap and when software fail
ON ON ON ON
SW ON OFF OFF TEST = Active Manual Operation (Loop, Radio Switch, FM test, Radio Ber test, etc)
TEST OFF ON OFF ON = Power Supply on
URG OFF OFF OFF/ON
NURG OFF OFF OFF/ON 3
 Block Diagram Radio System
Max lenght :
• 100m for 1000BaseT
• Depending of SFP for 1000BaseX

Payload IDU
Traffic : Hybrid connection
IDU-ODU 80GHz
E1 Hybrid L1
Cable PortA Tx
STM1 Frame FPGA
ETH L2 Rx
Management CPU
Traffic :
Mngt, LCT µ
ALARM ODU
Led status ALFOPLUS80
Main Controller Unit Power
Supply
48Vdc

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 Composite Structure Diagram
TDM traffic

TDM IDU AGS-H RFCOH STM1 frame E1 frame Ip Ethernet

Traffic :
ODU port (1000BaseT or 1000BaseX)
Local ODU
1+0/2+0 STM1
(63/126 E1) SFP RFCOH( Radio Frame
16 E1 SCSI
Complementary Over
Head) transport
Hybrid information of :
IP Ethernet -Alingment (new frame)
Traffic : Frame -LLI (Local Link ID) 8bit
1Gbps
LAN1
LAN2
1Gbps Switch -Radio management
1Gbps
1Gbps
LAN3
Ethernet
Internal channel (Out of Band)
1Gbps L2 or PortA
LAN4 -Synchronisation
Management -etc.
In Band
Traffic : Radio EoC
128Kps

10Mbps Router
Mngt1/2 RJ45 IP Agent
230.4Kbps L3
LCT/USB type B CPU
Led Alarm &
User In/Out RJ45
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 ALFOPlus80 Connectors
LAN 2 LAN 1 Auxiliary
cable for
(Supervision port) Status LED (Traffic port) pointing cable
it will provide additional
power supply source
beside the PoE (1+1 of
48Vdc )

Auxiliary port F03608

Versions available :
PRx (dBm) VAGC /Prx
(Each RJ45 designed with PoE)

VRssi (Volt)

Serial Console 115200 8-N-1-N and

Auxiliary Power INPUT 48Volt
 ODU characteristics
ALFOplus80 (Part number Siae from GB9901 to GB9905)

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 ODU polarisation
Use lubricant grease Dow Corning 4 around O-Ring in order to avoid that the rubber is dried and water, sand, dust
could enter into the waveguide.

reference reference 8
 ODU mounting
3

2
1

Tighten the 4 screws in order crossed, first on one 4

diagonal and after on the other. Use oil ant-seizing
MOLIKOTE P-40 between the threads of nuts and bolts
because often lack of lubrication could cause metal parts 5
seized together.

1- In the top of Antenna, remove the

tape and plug the cap. Leave 25 cm straight Lan cable
between Amphenol connector
2- In the bottom of Antenna, remove the and first bending to 9 secure
cap to drain out the water or Humidity. waterproof IPX5.
 Outdoor RJ45 Amphenol Kit
1 – Use the crimper
recommended
Be careful do not use standard
RJ45 connettor for Outdoor
RJ45 standard connector
RJ45 Short connector
2 - It’is mandatory to verify with ethernet
test (not supplies) the proper connectivity
of both ends in order to avoid
autonegotiation problems (as for example
1Gbps full duplex not reached).
3 - Tighten strongly
LAN connectors with
wrench J23599 to ensure
the complete isolation
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 Connection to equipment
Alfoplus80 (Stand Alone FW version)
• Using LAN2 port (!!Need to know the ip address of radio!!)
• Using auxiliary port (115200bps 8-N-1-N) with HyperTerminal (!!Doesn’t need to know the ip address of radio!!)
• Using Rescue login (!!when you have forgot the ip address!!)
AGS-H with ALFOPLUS80 (Split Mount FW version)
• MNGT1 or MNGT2 port (!!Need to know the ip address of radio!!)
• Using serial connection USB/LCT port (230400bps) or Console port (115200bps) (!!Receive automatically the ip
address of radio!!)

Software N.E. ( Network Backup/Restore Protocol

Element )
Internet Browser (I.E. 8) you cannot load WEBLCT NO HTTP
firmware and backup/restore Loc&Rem
Web Lct Console (WinXp, Win7) WEBLCT YES HTTP , FTP
Free software downlodable Loc&Rem (File.Bak)
www.siaemic.com after registration

SCT Subnetwork Craft Terminal (WinXp, 100 YES HTTP , FTP , SNMP
Win7) (File.bku)

NMS5-LX (Linux) 1000 YES HTTP , FTP , SNMP

NMS5-UX (Unix) 10000 YES HTTP , FTP , SNMP 11

User: SYSTEM
Pass: SIAEMICR
SCT distr. ≥ 4.7.4
SCT distrib. ≥ 5.x.x
support SNMPv3, but it’s
not fully compatible with
the old products SIAE

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 1 - Connecting Via Lan

connection via USB

emergency connection for
radio Full Outdoor ALFO+80

3 – press double click

2 – Enter the IP address of equipment

WEBLCT Console can only be used with the

following devices SIAE: ALCPLUS, ALS-C,
ALPLUS2, ALCPLUS2, ALCPLUS2-E, AGS10, 13
ALFOPlus, ALFOPlus80, ALFOPlus80HD, AGS-H
 HyperTerminal Connection

Press Enter
In capital letter type
login: SYSTEM
Password: SIAEMICR

type config if you want modify or

change the BOOT parameters...
With auxiliary cable
F03594 or Serial Console
115200bps 8-N-1-N
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Only ALFOPLUS80
 Rescue Connection with SCT
1 Assign a static IP address to PC (172.20.253.14/16)
ALFOPLUS RESCUE IP ADDRESS:
172.20.253.13/16
2 Connect your PC directly to ALFO80 (only Lan2)
3 With SCT, connect using Local Area Network,
press connect button, type in equipment IP address
172.20.253.13, user: SYSTEM, Password:
SIAEMICR and press Rescue button

4 Follow the instruction of rescue login

5 In “Rescue Connection” mode it is
possible to set or to recover the values
for management normal access.
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Only ALFOPLUS80
 Default Admin Username: SYSTEM
Default Password: SIAEMICR
Max 2 User connected
in the same time. WEBLCT
Default Read Only Username:RLOM (Monitor)
Default Password: SIAEMICR

“WEB Local Craft

Terminal” is Open WEB LCT of
similar at SCT - Remote Link Radio
Equipment Menu
Radio
Radio
Status
Setting

hide / show menu

This Web Browser manages a single terminal.
manual refresh

Alarms
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 Line up
1. Radio Configuration : Bandwidth & Modulation/Link ID;
Frequency Tx/Rx, Duplex Spacing; Ptx.
2. Port configuration
3. Agent IP
4. Store Routing Table
5. Remote element List or Subnetwork configuration wizard
6. Restart equipment

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Configurator
STM-1 Line up

Radio capacity:
Global Capacity (1Gbit/s) –
TDM traffic (STM1 & E1) =
---------------------------------
Ethernet Capacity

E1 Line up

Synchronisation Line up 18
AGS-H + ALFOPLUS80
 Bandwidth & Modulation / Link ID
Theoretical Capacity = Bandwidth x Log2(Modulation)

Example (2 Radio Link different traffic in the same direction and close to each other)
Radio A1 Radio A2 PRX A2
LLI=10
A1
If LLI.B2≠LLI.A1,
D no traffic in output
PRX B2
LLI=20
In case of
Radio B1 Radio B2 A1 19
Failure
 Radio Branch: Frequencies
First fix the Tx Frequency channel in
4 Remote ODU and after in Local ODU
1

2
Traffic ok (normal setting) no modulator (no traffic)
Temporary Tx off with Timeout traffic ok
Permanent Tx off without Timeout

Value of Timeout
Local Remote 71500 MHz 75000 MHz 78500 MHz 82000 MHz 85500 MHz

High Low ODU 1L ODU 1H 1 SubBand

FTx1A=83500.0MHz FTx1A=73500.0MHz
FRx1A=73500.0MHz FRx1A=83500.0MHz
Manual: TX Power Fixed;
Radio Branch: Powers
Automatic: ATPC enabled
ATPC allows Ptx<PtxMAX for most of
the time; when fading occurs, Ptx is
increased as needed until the
maximum is reached.
ATPC vs constant Ptx:
- Less power consumption,
- higher MTBF,
- reduced interference on other links

ODU port RJ45 enable POE

Laser OFF
Electrical interface of Hybrid Port
available only with system version
FW:
Laser always On ALFOPLUS80 N21052 v01.03.00
AGS-H N20030 v01.02.00

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Laser Off, when fiber optic is unplugged
Alfoplus80 Stand-Alone Port Configuration
2 Alfoplus80 need a dedicated
3 system version (stand alone)
to work alone.
1
OH IP Ethernet

ALFO80 ALFO80

Possible Configuration of Supervisioning Traffic

LAN1 LAN2 Description
Disable LAO LAN1 only payload and LAN2 only local management
Disable OoB LAN1 only payload and LAN2 only management
In-Band LAO LAN1 Vlan mngt+payload and LAN2 only local management
In-Band Drop/node LAN1 Vlan mngt+payload and LAN2 only management
In-Band In-Band LAN1 Vlan mngt+payload and LAN2 Vlan mngt+payload
In-Band Disable LAN1 Vlan mngt+payload and LAN2 only payload 22
ALFOPLUS80 (Stand Alone) N20052 v01.02.01
 SCENARIO 1 LAO Local Access Only
Site A Site B
ALFO80 GE ALFO80 GE
L1 PortA PortA L1 Data untag/tag
Data+PoE
OUT L2 L2 OUT
Radio
PoE
PoE
IN CPU CPU
Data IN
Mngt untag Mngt untag
untag/tag
Router Router
Local radio cannot see
remote management
Lan1 : Disabled (Data Only - Untag/Tag)
DCN Lan2 : Local Access only (Mngt Only - Untag)

Default Vlan ID
Lan 1 = 101 Lan2 = 102 PortA=111
VLAN ID Lan 1 Lan 2 Port A
101 Unmodif. Disable Unmodif.

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 SCENARIO 2 OoB Out of Band
Site A Site B ALFO80 GE
ALFO80 GE ALFO80 GE
L1 PortA PortA L1 Data untag/tag L1 PortA
Data+PoE
OUT L2 L2 OUT L2
Radio Radio
PoE
Vid:1 Vid:1 PoE PoE Vid:1
IN CPU CPU CPU
Data IN
Mngt untag Mngt untag Mngt untag
untag/tag
Router Traffic Mngt internal Router
tag VlanID: 1

DCN Lan1 : Disabled (Data Only - Untag/Tag)

Lan2 : Out of Band (Mngt Only - Untag)

Default Vlan ID
Lan 1 = 101 Lan2 = 1 PortA=111
VLAN ID Lan 1 Lan 2 Port A
1 Disable Unmodif. Unmodif.
101 Unmodif. Disable Unmodif.

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 SCENARIO 3 Drop/Node
Site A Site B ALFO80 GE
ALFO80 GE ALFO80 GE Data untag/tag
L1
Data+PoE Vid:101 PortA PortA Vid:101L1+ Mngt vlan 10 L1Vid:101 PortA

OUT L2 L2 OUT L2
Radio Radio
PoE Vid:10 Vid:10 Vid:10
PoE PoE
IN CPU CPU CPU
Data IN
untag/tag Mngt vlan 10 Mngt vlan 10 Mngt untag
Router Router

DCN
Lan1 : In Band (Data - Untag/Tag; Mngt – Tag VLAN 10)
Lan2 : Drop Node (Mngt Only - Untag)
In Band Vlan Id : 10

Default Vlan ID
Lan 1 = 101 Lan2 = 10 PortA=111
VLAN ID Lan 1 Lan 2 Port A
10 Tagged Untag. Tagged
101 Unmodif. Disable Unmodif. 25
AGS-H+ALFOPLUS80 Port Configuration
2 You need at least 2 ip Alfoplus80 need a dedicated system
MNGT1/2 port
addresses for each IDU
version (split mount), in order to
communicate with AGS-H.
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1
ALFO80 ALFO80
16 E1 +
OH Ip Ethernet
Lan1 2+0 STM1 Lan1
Traffic ethernet ports can
be used for management ODU ODU
(in a separated VLAN) AGS-H
AGS-H
Radio
EOC
USB port Press IP Unnumbered every time when
we don’t know what address to assign

When remote Radio is in a different subnetwork

Radio EOC (mngt via Radio) disabled
When Loc & Rem Radio belong in the same subnetwork PC address assigned by IDU
If Remote Radio works in a different
subnetwork then you must set "Client“
and insert the routing command.
If they are in the same subnet select
"Bridge" and press IP Unnumbered.
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 SCENARIO Split Mount ALFO80 GO
Site A Site B
Data ALFO80 GO ALFO80 GO
Mngt L1Vid:101 PortA PortA Vid:101L1

L2 L2
Radio
Vid:10 Vid:10
CPU CPU
Optical Aux Aux
ODU port :
Data+ Mngt
AGS-H AGS-H
ODU Optic
port (SFP)
DCN PSU 48Vdc
PSU 48Vdc

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 SCENARIO Split Mount ALFO80 GE
Site A Site B
Data ALFO80 GE ALFO80 GE
Mngt L1Vid:101 PortA PortA Vid:101L1

L2 L2
Radio
Vid:10 Vid:10
CPU CPU
Optical
ODU port :
Data+ Mngt
AGS-H AGS-H
Elect. ODU
port : PoE
DCN

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 Web LCT: Main Menu – Equipment Properties Agent IP

Restart without cut the traffic

Equipment ID: name view of radio

Agent IP = Ip Ethernet (MNGT port)

Network Element Agent IP is used to identify

the Network Element and
(IP ETH) Set/Get SNMP commands
SNMP Agent (Radio A)
USB(LCT PPP) or Traps alarms.
IP Routing
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 Store Routing Table
The ALFOPLUS80 and AGS-H uses a Routing Table to
send/receive management traffic through its ports (RADIO, LCT
and LAN). - Destination: is the Network
address to send /receive
Management interface management traffic.
- Net Mask: Network Mask
of the destination network.
Store routing table is - Hop: is the next IP address
used for create new one interface that connect the
Destination's net.
“Routing table” is
- Interface: defines the local
used for view the mngt interface that allows to
actual routing reach the next hop
mapped - Protocol: specifies how the
routing row has been
inserted.

Local: command inserted automatically by controller. (Cannot be delete)

NetMgmt: command inserted manually by the user (Can be delete)
OSPF: command inserted automatically by OSPF feature

The interfaces are configurable in port configuration (Lan = 30

Ethernet, Lct = LCT ppp, Radio 1A = Radio)
 Remote element List
In order to know and manager the remote Network Element, local
equipment is declared “managed by SCT”, remote one is declared
“remote link”. Opposite configuration on remote side.

8 1 4
Create Station and Insert the Network
Element using the IP AGENT

Local Remote
Managed by SCT Remote Link
172.18.71.43 172.18.71.46
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ALFOPLUS80 ALFOPLUS80 3

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6
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 General Preset
Rx Power Low: pre-alarm threshold configurable
by operator (independence of errors)

This label will be

shown in the Event list

Received Signal Strength Indicator : enable the Voltage

AGC on Auxiliary port, during alignment of antenna.
It is recommended to let RSSI = Disable, not overload
CPU. After Enable/Disable perform a Sw restart

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 Synchronisation Priority or Quality
Web LCT: Main Menu – Synchronisation SETS is a hardware circuit that select the source
interface of synch in base at priority or it can
switch the source according with quality.

Manual
Operation

After this period the alarm apears

1
Wait time to restore After this period the alarm disapears

Enable SSM G.8264 (Quality of Synch)

There are 3 status of the Main Clock T0 (PLL):

Free Running = missing synchronism, an Internal Clock provides the synch by itself (PLL).
Holdover = low quality of Synch, trying to recover by a clock stored in a buffer. 33
Locked = normal situation of synchronisation.
 Synchronisation Source
1 Manual reset
4 Wait to Restore

2
3
Disable
High
Status Alarms is generated by:
- LTI (Loss of timing input)
- Drift (Bad quality)
Manual Operation
Forced by Operator

Low

UNKN: Quality Unknow

Use only when switching per Priority
Use only when switching per Quality
PRC: Primary reference Clock
SSUT: Synchronization Supply Unit Transit
SSUL: Synchronization Supply Unit Local
SEC: SDH Equipment Clock
DNU: Do not Use 34
 E1 Tributaries Interface
2

1
Double click to toggle

Enable/Disable

RIGHT: E1 internal Loop

side (From Radio to Radio)
E1 label
Alarms (white = no Alarm)
LEFT: E1 line Loop side 35
(From Cable to Cable) AGS-H + ALFOPLUS80
 STM-1 Tributaries
STM-1 Loops Enable/Disable
(disable)
(enable)

Laser OFF

Laser always On

Laser Off, when fiber optic is unplugged

SFP module

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 Ethernet Switch Functionalities
• L2 switching: based on MAC Address and/or VLAN
• Flow Control / Back Pressure (IEEE 802.3x)
• Autonegotiation (IEEE 802.3ab)
• Jumbo Frames
• VLAN/VLAN STACKING (IEEE 802.1q with QinQ)
• Ethernet QoS (IEEE 802.1p)
• IP-V4 TOS/ IP-V6 TC
• LLF (Link Loss Forwarding)
• MSTP, RSTP (IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1d)
• Link Aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad)
• ETH OAM (IEEE 802.1ag/ITU-T Y 1731)
• ELP (Ethernet Line Protection)
• RMON Statistic 37
802.11ad as 802.1Q adds 4 bytes in the header of
each packet, the first 2 bytes concern of Tag
Ethernet switch
Protocol IDentifier. This EtherType is fixed
0x9100 defines the new format "Vlan Stacking".
Forwarding based on
MAC &VLAN ID

MTU in Byte
(default)
Time to refresh the
MAC address table for
each Lan interface

Take account the value of Max Packet Size [byte] when "802.1Q setting" is set as
DISABLE or FALLBACK the switch adds 4 Bytes for internal S_Tag.
With 802.1Q in SECURE (that means that packet VID must be contained in Virtual
LAN table list, otherwise the packet is discarded), no internal TAGs are added.
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AGS-H + ALFOPLUS80
 TAG composition
Untagged packet [Ethernet Frame]

Tagged packet (C-Tag) [802.1Q Tagged Frame]

Tagged packet (S-Tag) [802.1ad Double Tagged Frame]

VLAN Paths used to create: The value of S_Tag TPID can be changed in
“Ethernet Switch (Enh.) - Common Parameters”
• E-Line (point to point services)
UNI UNI
• E-LAN ​(multipoint services) Vlan 10,11 Vlan 11, 12

Vlan 11, 12, 13

Vlan 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
LAN A LAN B
NNI
NNI

Vlan 11,14
UNI = User - Network Interface Vlan 11, 13

NNI = Network to Network Interface UNI UNI 39

Disabled 802.1q or Fallback Traffic Treatment
E-Line

Frame X Lan1 S_Vid=101 Frame X S_Vid=101 Frame X Lan1

Vid=101 Frame X
Vid=101
Port A S_Vid=101 Frame X Port A
Vid=111 Vid=111
Provider S_Vid=102 Frame Y Provider
Lan2 Lan2
Frame Y Frame Y
Vid=102 S_Vid=102 Frame Y S_Vid=102 Frame Y Vid=102

Disabled 802.1q or Fallback

E-LAN
S_Vid=111 Frame X

Lan1 S_Vid=101 Frame X Frame X

Frame X S_Vid=111 Frame Y Lan1
Vid=101 Vid=101 Frame Y
Port A S_Vid=111 Frame X Port A
Vid=111 Vid=111
Provider S_Vid=111 Frame Y Provider Frame X
Lan2 S_Vid=111 Frame X Lan2
Frame Y
Vid=102 S_Vid=102 Frame Y
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Vid=102 Frame Y
S_Vid=111 Frame Y
 Ingress Filter on LAN interface
Operation in Input on traffic LAN

Ingress Filter Packet incoming Packet incoming With Tag

Check without Tag
C_Tag S_Tag
Disable802.1Q use Port Based use Port Based VLAN use Port Based VLAN
VLAN
Fallback Use Port Based If C_Tag is present in the VLAN table use If in QinQ packet (S_tag + C_Tag)
VLAN VLAN table. there is at least a Tag with
If C_Tag isn’t present in the VLAN table TPID=0x8100 and this VLAN is
use Port Based VLAN present in the VLAN table, the packet
can pass using the VLAN table.
In all other cases are used Port Based
VLAN.
Secure delete the packets If C_Tag is present in the VLAN table use If in QinQ packet (S_tag + C_Tag)
VLAN table. the value of S_Tag TPID=0x8100 and
If C_Tag isn’t present in the VLAN table S_Tag VLAN is present in the VLAN
delete the packets table, the packet can pass using the
VLAN table.
In all other cases the packet are
deleted.
Secure delete the packets delete the packets If S_Tag is present in the VLAN
(Provider) table use VLAN table.
(work only if If S_Tag isn’t present in the VLAN
Port A is setted table delete the packets
in Fallback) 41
 Egress mode on LAN interface
Operation in Output on traffic LAN

Frame Egress Mode Packet incoming without Tag Packet incoming With Tag

Disable The packet cannot pass The VLAN packet cannot pass

Unmodified Remain untagged Keep the origin tag

Untagged Remain untagged Delete the tagging

Tagged Packet Tagged with the default VID of Keep the origin tag (unmodified)
incoming port

The LAN interfaces setted in “Disable802.1Q” or “Secure

(Provider)” cannot untagged the traffic.

Port A can be setted untagged when it’s in Secure

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 LAN settings: Port Based Vlan

Define the Vlan Static, only if Port Based

VLAN of PortA is Enabled and PortA is
setted in Fallback (Provider Enable)

AGS-H + ALFOplus80
PortA
Lan1
Radio Port
Lan2 Internal
Interface
Lan3 It’s allowed to share Ethernet
Lan4 traffic with the other interfaces.
External
Interfaces 43
 VLAN Lan Configuration
VLAN (Static) are automatically inserted by switch for S_Tag, when the PortA is setted
FALLBACK (Provider Enable). The value depends by “Default Vlan ID” present in
“802.1Q Management”.

Radio Port

VLAN doesn’t transit through Lan2 [forbidden port]

VLAN exits Lan2 with tag [member port]
VLAN exits Lan2 without tag [untagged port]
VLAN exits Lan2, with the same tag it
has at input (unmodified) [member port] 44
Input Rate
control: Full
LAN settings: Interface RJ45 Pinout MDI
1 Txp
2 Txn
RJ45 Pinout MDIX
1 Rxp
2 Rxn
Used only for Used only when 3 Rxp 3 Txp
Rate to Enable SyncEthernet: 4 4
the Lan Interface Speed/Duplex = 5 5

Master: OUTPUT Auto 6 Rxn

7
6 Txn
7
Slave: INPUT 8 8

Table of MAC
address enable

Indipendend Mac Address

Database segment indexed
by default port VLAN ID

Message to determine the

Step 10Mbps when maximum capacity that can
Speed/Duplex is set handle the Ethernet link
Full-Duplex-100M
For 1Gbps

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 Optic Lan interface
Only LAN3 and LAN4 can be, independently of each other, with an electrical or optical interface

Auto = Auto-negotiation enabled

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Selecting interface type optical is automatically disabled the electrical interface
 Input filtering Policing
EVC1
EVC1
EVC2
Bandwidth
profile
UNI EVC2

EVC3 EVC3

The parameter Mode points out the modality to use to limit the traffic in input from LAN port
and forwarded to Radio port:

• Disable. Option disabled: the traffic in input is not limited according to specific criteria.
• UNI Port based. Option enabled: all the traffic in input is limited on port basis.
• EVC C_Vid Based. Option enabled: the traffic in input is limited only for the packets with C-
VID (Customer VLAN Identifier) defined by the user and pointed out in the table below.
• COS C_Vid + Priority Based. Option enabled: the traffic in input is limited only for the
packets with C-VID values and priority defined by the user and pointed out in the table below.
• EVC S_Vid/C_Vid Based. Option enabled: the traffic in input is limited only for the packets
with S-VID (Service VLAN Identifier) and C-VID values defined by the user and pointed out in the
table below.
• COS S_Vid/C_Vid + Priority Based. Option enabled: the traffic in input is limited only for the
packets with S-VID (Service VLAN Identifier) and C-VID values and 802.1p priority defined by the
user and pointed out in the table below. EVC = Ethernet Virtual Connection
COS = Class Of Service 47
C_Vid = Customer Virtual LAN ID
S_Vid = Service Virtual LAN ID AGS-H + ALFOPLUS80
 Input filtering Policing
• CIR (Committed Information Rate). Transmission rate (expressed in
Mbit/s) ensured in
normal operating condition of the network (throughput).
• EIR (Extended Information Rate). Band exceeding that set by CIR.
• CBS. (Committed Burst Size). Traffic burst which the network ensures
to store (recommended to set 3 or 4 times the MTU).
• EBS (Excessive Burst Size). Quantity of data, besides CBS, the network
can store (recommended to set 3 or 4 times the MTU).
• CF (Coupling Flag). Modality to control the traffic declared Yellow.
• Enabled. The long term average bit rate of service frames that are declared Yellow is bounded by
CIR + EIR depending on volume of the offered Service Frames that are declared Green.

• Disabled. The long term average bit rate of service frames that are declared Yellow is bounded by
EIR.

In both cases the burst size of the service frames that are declared Yellow is bounded by EBS.

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 8 Queues Management

The Priority Lan To Radio contextual area opens with the Native 802.1p/MPLS tab active.
Table 802.1p Priority points out the correspondence between native 802.1p priority, possible present in packets
in input from LAN ports, and the output queues of Radio ports.
The rows of the table correspond to the output queue of the Radio ports:
• Queue 7. Output queue with 7 priority (high priority).
• Queue 6. Output queue with 6 priority.
• …….
• Queue 1. Output queue with 1 priority.
• Queue 0. Output queue with 0 priority (low priority).
The columns of the table (0 ÷ 7) correspond to the Tag 802.1p value.
The active option indicates which output queue (Queue…) the packet in input is associated to, whose value of
priority Tag (802.1p) corresponds to the value 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7.

The MPLS to 802.1p Rewrite table, points out the correspondence between MPLS priority and 802.1p priority
of packets in input from LAN ports and in output from Radio ports.
The active option points out which 802.1p priority every single native MPLS priority is re-mapped to.
Correspondence can be 1 to 1, that is same priority in two fields, or arbitrary according to the function chosen
by the user. For instance, the priority MPLS 7 can be re-mapped as priority 0 in field 802.1p. 49
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LAN settings: Egress Priority Management

Priority management can be defined port

by port:
Without Priority
Uses 802.1p
Uses TOS/DSCP
Uses MPLS 50
Used 802.1p and rewrite with MPLS AGS-H + ALFOPLUS80
TOS/DSCP is for IP packets only (level 3!)
bits

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 LAN settings: Egress Priority Policy

Queue emptying policy

- 8421 WRR: 8 packets with queue 3, then 4 with queue 2, then 2 with queue 1 and then 1
with queue 0.
- Strict priority: a packet can go out only if the upper priority queue is empty
- Strict 3: all queue 3 packets can go out, after them all the other using 8421WRR policy
- Strict 3 and 2: all queue 3 and 2 packets can go out strictly, after them all the other using
8421WRR policy

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 WFQ – Strict Priority
Lan to Radio queue configuration (WFQ – Strict Priority)

Actual WFQ is the value

calculated by the
theoretical WFQ weight
value set by the user.

Strict Priority: the queue with highest priority is completely emptied (sending of all
the packets) before sending a frame of the queue with lower priority.

WFQ (Weighted Fair Queue): starting from the queues with highest priority up to
the queues with lowest priority, they are empties with a criteria that is based on
the weight defined by the user (minimum 1, maximum 100). This criteria is based on
byte, not frames as WRR.
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 Queue Drop Type
Lan to Radio Queue drop type (Tail, RED, Queue, WRED)

Drop Type: criterion by which packets are discarded within a queue that is filled:
• Tail. When the queue is full is only deleted the last packet.
• Queue. When the queue is full all of its contents will be deleted.
• Red. Random Early Detection (Random dropping following RED Curve).
• WRed. Weighted Random Early Detection.

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 Queue Drop Type

The concept of a packet of color (as shown in the technical

specification MEF Bandwidth Profiles for Ethernet Services) is
used to identify the level of conformity of a packet as regards
as the bandwidth profile associated to the service. Colors:
• Green. The frame is subject to both CIR and CBS
parameters of the profile associated to the service bandwidth
(CIR Frame-conformant).
• Yellow. The frame does not conform to the parameters CIR
and CBS, but complies with the EIR and EIS parameters of the
band associated to the service profile (Frame EIR-
conformant).
The combination of green and yellow applied to incoming
traffic from the LAN ports with "Policing Input Filter" on, is
made as follows:
• All traffic marked CIR / CBS is considered green.
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 Selective QinQ

If the Selective Provider Tag is set Disable, in the table Lan to Radio
C_Vid Rewrite is possible to overwrite the C- VID. In particular:
• Input C Vid. C-VID (Customer VLAN Identifier) of the packets in input
from the external port you wish to overwrite.
• Output C Vid. New value of C-VID you wish to forward to Radio port.

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 Selective QinQ

If the Selective Provider Tag is set Enable C_Vid Based, in the table Lan to Radio C_Vid Rewrite & Selective
QinQ is possible to overwrite the C- VID and add a selective S- VID based on the C- VID.
• Input C Vid : Input packets with old C-Vid to overwrite.
• Output C Vid : Output packet with new C-VID
• Output S Vid : Output packet with added the new S-VID.

If the Selective Provider Tag is set Enable C_Vid + Priority, in the table Lan to Radio C_Vid Rewrite & Selective
QinQ is possible to add a selective S- VID based on the C- VID and priority.
• Input C Vid : Input packets with old C-Vid to overwrite.
• Input Priority : the criteria of rewriting will be based on priority.
• Output S Vid : Output packet with added the new S-VID.

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EXAMPLE Selective QinQ (S-TAG based on 802.1Q C-TAG)
Terminal B
S-TAG 333 / C-TAG 10
LAN 1
Terminal A S-TAG 444 / C-TAG 20
C-TAG 10
C-TAG 20 LAN 1 Port A Port A
C-TAG 30 LAN 2 C-TAG 30

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EXAMPLE Selective QinQ (S-TAG based on 802.1P priority)
Terminal B S-TAG 333 p.ty 0
C-TAG 10 p.ty 0
LAN 1 S-TAG 444 p.ty 3
Terminal A
C-TAG 10 p.ty 3
C-TAG 10 p.ty 0
C-TAG 10 p.ty 3 LAN 1 Port A Port A
C-TAG 10 p.ty 7 LAN 2 C-TAG 10 p.ty 7

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 EXAMPLE VLAN rewriting

Terminal A
Terminal B
C-TAG 5 LAN 1 Port A Port A LAN 1 C-TAG 555

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LLF ( Link Loss Forwarding )

Seconds before the LLF alarm

Port by port, ports to check

Port by port, ports to check
relevant LLF can be set
relevant LLF can be set

"Link Loss Forwarding" is an alarm that

flows in Ethernet link, used in strategies of
redirection packets for alternative
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Spanning Tree Protocol / Ethernet Line Protection /
Spanning Tree
Protocol or Link AGgregations (LAG)
IEEE802.1D or
IEEE802.1W can
belong at 2 differents
group ( Bridge1,
Bridge2 )
RSTP/ELP Trunking or Link
LACP
AGgregation or
ELP IEEE 802.3ad can
Ethernet Line
belong at 4 differents
Protection can belong
group (trunk1, trunk2,
at 2 differents group Low trunk3, trunk4)
(Protection1, High

Protection2) Low
High

Used to determine priority of port

This interface displays and settings the port states on the feature
enabled. You can enable a single function at time per port
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 Spanning Tree
Resend BPDU
Change Status port
Life of BPDU

First try to use RSPT, if not

available then use standard STP

Parameters of packet BPDU

(Bridge Protocol Data Unit)
used for manage STP/RSTP

Example all Lan connected in a hub

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Parameter used to elect the root bridge
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Ethernet Link Protection configuration
The Ethernet Line Protection (ELP) is a function which allows implementing a
protection at physical level (Level 2) between two or more LAN external ports.

The switch operates in automatic mode: the equipment executes the switch when the
LOS alarm is present on the LAN port in service. When the alarm clears, the
controller does not execute the switch again. The Ethernet line protection is
implemented by means of proprietary protocol. As consequence, the ELP switch is
managed without considering alarms or settings executed on the other side of the
LAN connection.

The parameters that determine the order of switching LAN ports are the same used in
the window that controls the STP (Spanning Tree protocol):
1.Cost. (Lowest cost = High priority )
2.Priority. (Lowest value = High priority )

Example. Assume that the LAN ports 1, 2 and 3 are activated with ELP and cost
equal 200000. The LAN port 1 has priority 1, the LAN port 2 has priority 2, the LAN
port 3 has priority 3. The LAN port 1 is used for transportation, LAN 2 and 3 are on
standby. 64
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 Trunking Line or LAG
"Ethernet Trunking" allows the aggregation of two or more physical ports (LAN) the
same equipment to incorporate into a single logical channel and therefore increase the
capacity to transfer ethernet.

“Trunking Line” is done by assigning the LAN interface to a group (Enable-Trunk1,

Trunk2 Enable, Enable-Trunk3, Enable Trunk4) and ensure the same configuration of
the remote LAN capability (full duplex, same speed).
Case 1 Case 2
Lan1 Lan1 Lan1 Lan1
Lan2 Lan2 Lan2 Lan2
Lan3 Lan3 Lan3 Lan3
Lan4 Lan4 Lan4 Lan4

Trunk1: 4 Gb/s Trunk1: 2 Gb/s (Lan1,Lan2)

(Lan1,Lan2,Lan3,Lan4) Trunk2: 2 Gb/s (Lan3,Lan4)

Ethernet Trunking agrees with IEEE 802.3ad LAG (Link Aggregation Group) and the
relevant protocol LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol).
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 Ethernet Frame Fragmentation

Packets size greater than

256 byte are fragmented

Latency is the time taken to process a DATA (Response time in/out)

Jitter is a statistical variation delay of packets caused by queues in
congested networks
SIAE SWITCH High pri High pri High pri Low priority High pri
High pri High pri High pri High pri High pri High pri
LAN1 Port A

Low priority Low priority LAN2

High ‘Jitter Variation’ for the
high priority packets

High pri High pri High pri High pri High pri High pri SIAE SWITCH High pri High pri High pri Low pri High pri High pri Low pri
LAN1 Port A

Low priority Low priority LAN2

Lower ‘Jitter Variation’ for
the high priority packets
fragmented
packets
The benefit of this algorithm is to minimize the Jitter variation of
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 Multi-Level Header Compression
The Compression acts on the header of the incoming packet without altering the data field and
FCS. At the remote site is rebuilt the original header, increasing thus the throughput radio.

Compression of Ethernet MAC addresses and Payload EtherType.

Compressed Byte.

Compression of field 802.1Q (priority and identifier of VLAN).

Maximum number of inserted Provider Tags which can

be compressed. The parameter can be set to values 1 or 2.
Ethernet
18 bytes Maximum number of inserted MPLS Labels which can be
(802.1Q) compressed.
1 LEVEL
4 bytes MPLS

20 bytes IPv4 Only IPv4 UDP compression inactive.

8 bytes UDP Compression of UDP and RTP

protocols (if present) active.
12 bytes GTP-U
Compression of IP tunneling (eNodeB) is possible.

40 bytes IPv6 Compression of level-3 header (if present). When compression

is active, the area below points out the format of the traffic in
8 bytes UDP input to the Switch:

12 bytes RTP

10 bytes Payload
2 LEVEL
4 bytes Ethernet FCS

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on
(122 bytes of header) Latency. Enabling first in Remote Radio and after in Local site.
Gain of Header Packet Compression

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OAM (Operations, Administration and Maintenance) Ethernet
Service that implements the functionality of “Connectivity Fault Manager” (CFM), which aims to monitor
ethernet link through VLAN ( IEEE 802.1ag and ITU-T Y.1731 ). Example of domain

Customer Eth Access Core Eth Access Customer

MEP MIP MIP MEP

MEP
Customer
MIP
OAM Level (7) MIP MEP
MIP MIP

Provider Level (3)

MEP MIP MIP MEP MEP MIP MIP MEP

Operator A Level (1) Operator B Level (1)

•Create a VLAN on which to insert this service.
•Define Maintenance Domain and the priority of the service offered by VLAN for differents operators.
•Create the MA (Maintenance Association) or the MIPs (Maintenance Intermediate Points) are Points
internal to a domain (passive entities), that can respond to messages LoopBack and LinkTrace, to verify
the exact location of the Ethernet traffic interruption.
•Create the MEP (Maintenance End Points) are Points active at the edge of the domain, identified with a
different ID, that sending CCM (Continuous Check Message) cyclic messages to check the status of the
service.
•LTM (Link Trace Messages) or Mac Trace Route are Multicast frames that a MEP transmits to track the
path (hop-by-hop) to a destination MEP. Each receiving MEP/MIP present in the domain responds with a
Reply Trace route directly to the source MEP and regenerates the route Trace Message
•LBM (LoopBack Messages) used to locate the interruption on the net. 69
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 Example of Loop-Back Test over the Ethernet patch
Radio Link
Cross-connection
802.1q in fallback

Lan1 Mep ID=1

LAN1 with PortA Lan1
Mep ID=2
Lan2 Lan2
Lan3 PortA PortA Lan3
Lan4 Lan4 1 - Create VLAN
PortA must be enabled (Do the same in the remote radio)

2
Low High

2 - Create Domain 1
(Do the same in the remote radio) 3 - Create MEP over Vlan 24
(Do the same in the remote radio)

4 - Set MEP ID & direction

(Different ID in the remote radio)
Direction
= outgoing from the switch (through
Line cable or Radio propagation)
= ingoing in to the switch
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 MEP CrossCheck and Test
5 – Start CCM 6 – MEP CrossCheck
1 6
5
5
RemoteMep 3 (Do the same in the remote radio)

LinkTraceMessage 8
LoopBackMessage 7
2

4 Missing CCM
of remote MEP 8 – LinkTraceMessage
7 – LoopBackMessage
Status MEP
= Missing CCM

MAC address not found 71

MAC address searching in progress
MAC address found AGS-H + ALFOPLUS80
 1 LOOPS
0 sec = disable
3 Manual operation
2
Timeout Press Double
click

Line Loop Lan (Tx Rx) = check Cable and SFP

The packets ethernet doesn't return back,

Loops used with Ber because are deleted into the switch.
Test measurement or
Packets ethernet return back (Very
S/N to search the dangerous for the network, because the
failure or check the Ethernet traffic should never be looped)
cable connections
AGS-H IDU BaseBand Loop Odu BaseBand Loop Odu I/Q Loop

The loops are combined You can test TDM traffic (E1 or 72
with Radio
LoopBERE1 Test
E1 Line Internal Loop ALFOPLUS80
STM1) only with external tools
 Radio BER TEST to check Hardware Failure
Local 1) Set Local Radio Timeout=0
b 2) Enable I/Q Loop or Baseband Loop in
Local Radio
3) Enable Local Radio BER TEST(step a,b,c)
4) Check Local status: BER,Sync Loss,
Errors, Elapsed Time, events
Timeout = 0
c Ber Test on RF Loop
a
Local ALFOplus80
Or for Both radio
1) Set Timeout_Local= 580sec and This operation will result in
Timeout_Remote= 600sec the loss of remote equipment.
2) Enable Remote Radio BER TEST(step a,b,c)
3) Immediately, enable the Local Radio BER
TEST Local
4) Check Local status: BER,Sync Loss, Errors,
Elapsed Time, events
Timeout = 580 Timeout = 600
Ber Test on Ber Test on
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 Performance monitoring
2 programmed alarm relevant 15 minutes or 24 hours.
Alarm Status

Threshold

If the value = 0 sec,

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alarm is disabled
3
Report & Logger Maintenance
Details of Configuration
stored in the radio

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SNTP&Wake Up Configuration
Main Menu – SNTP & Wake Up Configuration

Align Time & Date with a SNTP

Server. (not necessary in case
management with NMS5)

Autodiscovery used by NMS5

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 SD Memory management

101095059000100

Firmware into SD memory

Optional: SD / SDHC memory (FAT32 only) (support up to Firmware into IDU
4GB) It’s can save FW and configurations of a single IDU.
Serial number of IDU

1. Create Boot SD (copy FW IDU + config. Radio, with continuous update into SD)
2. Create Sw DWL SD (copy FW IDU into SD)
3. Delete SD files (Delete all files into SD)
4. Copy Sw from SD (copy FW from SD to IDU)
5. Enable automatic restore (All) (Auto Recovery of FW + config. Radio)
6. Enable automatic restore (Data only) (Auto Recovery only config. Radio )
7. Disable automatic restore (Disability automatic recovery) 77
8. Force automatic restore (Operator force automatic recovery)
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Software info & Maintenance

1 Download “only difference” FW_Boot.dwl

2 Download “Forced” FW_appl.dwl
3 Download “Web Lct” WebLct.zip

The new firmware is downloaded in standby

bench (bench status: loaded). After a Bench
switch, don’t turn off the power supply
untill the complete restart of equipment.

IP Factory Default Alfoplus80: IP Factory Default AGS-H with ALFOPLUS80:

172.20.254.14/16 ODU L 172.20.254.14/24 ODU L
172.20.255.15/16 ODU H 172.20.255.15/24 ODU H

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!!! SCT or WLC is necessary for FTP file transfer !!!
 Factory Default

1- Open a telnet connection :

C:\telnet Equipment_IPADDRESS

2-login
Login: SYSTEM
Password: SIAEMICR

3-type command
Equipment_IPADDRESS> BACKUP_DeleteAllFiles

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 Backup/Restore Configuration
Backup with SCT – Tools - Equipment Configuration Wizard
Full Backup ( Radio Config. , Address, Remote List ) : file.bku
not editable

Partial Backup Configuration : file.cfg editable

- Config. (modulation,capacity,frequency channel, etc)
- Address (IP Eth, Radio PPP, Routing table, etc)
- Remote List file.rel

Backup file made with WLC cannot be

used to restore with SCT and viceversa

Backup with WebLCT

Full Backup : file.bak not editable
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!!! SCT or WLC is necessary for FTP file transfer !!!
 Unit List
Main Menu – Equipment Properties - Unit List

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Alarm Severity Configuration
3 double click
2

Disable or select the severity of the Alarm permanently

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 User Manager SNMP Monitor Server

Remote User manager

NMS5UX User manager

Read Only: Monitor user

Read and write: cannot
modified configurations of
Equipment menu
Admin Password
Station Op.: as System user, but
cannot create/modify user and
add new Features Management
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Features Management
Main - Equipment Properties – Equipment Feature

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Advanced Statistic Monitorin
Counter frame packet based:

a) Priority (native 802.1p)

b) Customer Vlan C_VID

2
1 c) Service Vlan S_VID
3

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 RMON Remote MONitoring
Ethernet performance monitoring
3

1 2 The Utilization is
4- Press Start based on the port speed

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Front panel LED:
• Orange = Reboot status Alarms Notification
• Red On = An Internal alarm is active
• Red Flashing = An external Alarm is active
• Green On = Radio connection with far end terminal is active
• Green Flashing = No radio connection with far-end terminal
Alarm windows
• SCT: All alarms are listed in “Event History” or the active alarms can be
monitored in a “View current alarms” windows.
• WEBLCT: all current alarms are present in “Event list” area.
Group Alarm:
URGent Critical (red) Hw Fail
affect traffic Link Down Major (Orange) Los

Not URGent Minor (yellow) Radio changing

Don’t affect traffic Link OK Warning (light blue) Alarm indication Signal

TEST = Active Manual Operation (Loop, Radio Switch, FM test, Radio BER TEST, etc)

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 Who can generate alarms in a radio link system?
1 ) Propagations of MicroWave
- Interference (in a Link radio turn off the Ptx module (local & remote) and
monitoring the Prx during the day, active Local Link ID)
- Desalign of Antenna (check positions and screws, maximize the Voltage AUX
connector present in ODU)
- Obstacles in the First Fresnel Zone (tree, tower building, etc …)
- Particular condition (heavy rain, stratification of different air temperature, flat
surface)
- Using the “Performance Monitoring” Prx, Ptx, BER measuring
2 ) Radio Hardware faulty
- Alarms due of a wrong configurations or actual status of the Radio
- Faulty (using embedded RADIO BER TEST to check a Hardware failure)
3 ) External Event
- No constant 48 Volt Power supply during the day/night
- Very High temperature, humidity inside waveguide.
- IDU survival temperature range -10°C to +55° C
- ODU survival temperature range -40°C to +60°C
- IDU operating humidity 95% at +35°C
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- ODU Waterproof according to IP65 environmental class
 Maintenance
Maintenance Consists of two stages:
1) Periodical checks = detect correct radio performance without
the presence of no alarm.
Every 3 months or 6 months or 1 year for each equipment,
perform the following operations :
- Save Backup of equipment
- Save Inventory Report (Power Tx and Power Rx)
- Save Signal to Noise value
- Evaluate site condition (dust, opened windows,
ventilation,etc.. )
2) Corrective maintenace = takes place as soon as one or more
alarms conditions are present.

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 Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting is performed with :
- Check value Power of Transmitter and Receiver.
- Reading Current Alarms and Alarm History labels and trying
to figure out which part of the equipment is affected, in the
following pages there is a description of alarms.
- Disable All Manual Operations.
- Verifying with RADIO BER TEST a Hardware failure or S/N
Measure.
- Verifying the correct initialization of the Local and Remote
Radio.
- Hot / Cold Restart (minimum 5 minutes turn off)
- Factory default
- Firmware Update
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- Replace with a spare part.
Alarms grouping : Current Alarms
Alarms are divided into groups, the group name
represents the origin of the module that has caused
him.

with SCT
SCT: Equipment – View Current
Alarms…

WEBLCT
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 Alarms groups : COMMON
Alarms related to Controller module and EOC channel.

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Alarms groups : COMMON

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 Equipment manual operation
2

To clear all Manual Operations in

3 WebLCT, press double click in Ma.
OP and set : Timeout =1 Sec
1

1- Press double click

Or SCT – Equipment – View Active
Manual Operation - set Timeout:
Timeout =1 Sec
2

3
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 Alarms groups: ETH LAN
Alarms (internal and external) regarding Ethernet traffic and
relevant ports.

Alarm Causes Solution

Link Loss Loss of ethernet signal Check cable

Auto Negotiation Auto negotiation failed Fix the correct Speed/Duplex

Link Loss forwarding Link loss in remote ports Check cable / Disable LLF

Physical Sync Loss SynchEthernet is missing Check cable connection or disable SyncE

Master Slave config. Fault Wrong configuration Master/slave set correct direction

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 Lan-1 Loss of Signal Alarm
When the cable Lan is disconnected the Lan Los generates
Unresolved Autonegotiation Alarm.

To clear the alarm, check cable

connectivity or if the interface
is not used set :
Rate control = Disable

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 Alarms groups: IDU
Alarm Causes Solution
ppi Los Pdh Physical Interface , Loss of Signal in E1 check cable
ppi Rx Ais Alarm Indication Signal received in E1
Local IDU Synthesis There are some alarms in Loc Lim analyze local alarms
Remote IDU Synthesis There are some alarms in Rem Lim analyze remote alarms
IDU Temperature Temperature ≥75°C Cool the IDU
E1 Synch No synchronisation through E1 Timing Sync Priority Disable
IDU-ODU comm. fail Signal from IDU to ODU is missing RT PSU ON or Replace IDU
Demodulator Fail Without RF signal or Low quality input Check Loc&Rem Radio
ODU-IDU comm. fail Signal from ODU to IDU is missing RT PSU ON or Replace ODU

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 Tributary - Signal loss
Loss Of Signal alarm is active when a situation opposite to that
foreseen by configuration is performed on tributary interface:

No input or Loss Of Signal

cable
disconnected No Alarm

TRIB. STATUS

Tributary LOS Inversion

connected with
No Alarm
signal

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 Branch-x ODU-IDU Communication
fail
This alarm occurs when on carrier used to receive
information from ODU, or remote commands from other side,
are detected:
CRC errors
Loss of frame
Telemetry

48Volt ODU->IDU IDU->ODU RX TX

0 5.5 17.5 140 330 f[MHz]

Signal on the Cable IF 99
 Alarms groups: P.M. (Performance Monitoring)
Alarms regarding all measurements in Performance Monitoring
section.

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 Alarms groups: Plug-in module
Alarms relevant the plug-in modules used for optical lines.

Alarm Causes Solution

Module Mismatch Inizialisation Module Fail or incompatible Module Disconnect-Reconnect Module
Module Fail Module failure or not present Replace plug in
LOS No signal in the Module Check Cable

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Alarms groups: RADIO
Specific alarms the ODU and Radio link.

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Alarms groups: RADIO

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 Link ID
Alarm is on if Link ID check is enabled (Link ID ≠ 0) and
remote Link ID is different from the local and remote.

To clear the alarm, set :

LLI = 0 (Disable)

This alarm causes:

- Traffic is cut
- Management is cut

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 Link telemetry fail
No link between Local and Remote station. Traffic & Mngt is cut.
Demodulator fail can be when:
-the remote radio is power OFF or TX power Off
-Frequency Channel Local ≠ Remote
-RF Loop on remote Radio
-IDU/ODU damaged (using P.R.B.S. to verify the faulty)
To solve problem, try :
-Disable manual operations
-Check Power Tx/Rx and Frequency chan.
-Line-up (Local&Remote)

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 BER synch Loss
BER Test is an analyzer of RADIO Hardware failures. When you start the
Measure, Sync Los Alarm appears and only after you active the RF Loop
or Baseband Loop the alarm should disappears and BER value should
decrease.

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 RT Rx Power Low
This alarm occurs when Rx power is under a defined threshold
Threshold value can be set in range:
-40dBm -99dBm in General preset
The alarm Rx Power Low is a branch alarm and it is used to drive Rx switch

Decrease this value below of actual

Prx, -70dBm is default value

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 RT Tx Power Low
This alarm occurs when Tx power is 3 dB under the Tx Power control.

ATPC or manual attenuation do not affect this alarm that is given by internal
failure of the radio.
This alarm can be activated by a manual operation also: Tx Transmitter off
in Radio Branch - Settings 108
 RT Rx Quality Warning Alarm

RX Quality Low Warning RX Quality Low Alarm

Low BER threshold
BERBER≤10E-10
≈ 10E-6
BER ≈ 10E-10

High BER threshold (Link is Down) BER≤10E-6

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 Alarms groups: SETS
Alarms (internal and external) relevant to the synchronism
sources and their setting.

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 BaseBand Sets STM1 (T0) LTI Alarm
Base Band Sets T0 Fail Alarm

Disconnect cable STM1, after the duration LTI Set Time (Loss Timing Input)
[0..60sec], there will be the alarm Major “SETS STM1-WEST (T0) LTI
Alarm”
Reconnect cable STM1, after the duration WTR (Wait To Restore), change
the status Free Running at Locked and after the duration LTI Reset Time
(Loss Timing Input) [0..60sec] the alarm Major “SETS STM1-WEST (T0)
LTI Alarm” will be clear.
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 BaseBand Sets STM1 (T0) Drift Alarm
Drift: clock frequency is out of range

BaseBand Sets T0 Fail alarm

Sync input: no synchronismous source (in input) is
available

BaseBand Sets T4 Fail alarm

Sync output: T4 synchronismous generation is not
available

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 Alarms groups: STM1
Alarms (internal and external) relevant to the synchronism
sources and their setting.

Alarm Causes Solution

Los (Loss of signal) Loss of Signal in STM1 interface check cable
Lof (Loss of frame) Channels A1 A2 missing in RSOH
B2ExcessiveBer Excessive BER ≥ 10-3 on STM1
B2SignalDegraded Signal Degraded BER ≥ 10-7 on STM1
J0TraceIdentifierMismatch (RS-TIM) trace received ≠ trace expected Disable J0 Trace Identifier
MsAis K2 AIS in Multiplexer section
MsRdi K2 RDI in Multiplexer section 113
Alarms groups: SNTP
Alarms regarding the SNTP server.

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 Alarms grouping : UNIT
This group generates alarms when one of the units,
the equipment consists of, is faulty or does not
respond to controller polling

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ACRONYMS

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More info? …consult the manual
ALFOPLUS80 - User manual (mn.00288.e).pdf
WEB LCT ALFOPLUS80 - User manual (mn.00286.e).pdf
AGS-H - User manual (mn.00298.e).pdf
WEB LCT AGS-H - User manual (mn.00292.e).pdf

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