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FLEX4G-LITE User Interface Manual 040-57105-01...
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Diagnostics Page ..............35 Security Page ................ 36 Factory Page ................. 38 Logs Page ................39 FLEX4G-LITE – Switch Functions ............41 Switch Menu Options ..............41 UI & MODEM Update Procedures via CLI ..........76 Tools and Methods ..............76 Update Using Command Line Interface ........
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Table of Figures Figure 1: FLEX4G-LITE Point to Point System .......... 6 Figure 2: FLEX4G-LITE Power and Data Connection ........ 15 Figure 3: Main Login ................16 Figure 4: Main Window ............... 16 Figure 5: Radio Setup Page..............18 Figure 6: IP Configuration Page ............20 Figure 7: Sample Host IP Configuration ..........
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Figure 48: Static Aggregation Configuration .......... 61 Figure 49: LACP Port Configuration ............63 Figure 50: Example of LACP Configuration ..........64 Figure 51: Port State Overview ............65 Figure 53: Example of Detailed Port Statistics ........66 Figure 54: Utility Buttons ..............66 Figure 55: Example Port Statistics Overview .........
Introduction This manual provides an overview and general introduction to the user interface options of the FLEX4G-LITE millimeter wave radio. It contains the information necessary to set up, operate, and maintain a link. Bridgewave’s FLEX4G-LITE product family provides network designers with a point-to-point broadband radio that delivers broadband wireless Ethernet IP- based services.
Product Compatibility While every effort has been made to verify operation of this product with an array of different communications products and networks, BridgeWave makes no claim of compatibility between its products and other vendors’ equipment. Carefully evaluate this product’s applicability and projected performance characteristics in the communications environment in which it will be used.
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Input Power Requirements Do not turn on the power before reading BridgeWave’s product documentation. This device has a -48 VDC direct current input at less than 50VA. NOTE: The power requirement for the FLEX4G-LITE is 48VDC at 32W.
U.S.A. and most other countries. Check with your country’s wireless regulatory body for licensing in your area. Do not install the FLEX4G-LITE without an approved license. For additional information on licensing or regulatory information, please contact BridgeWave at support@BridgeWave.com .
BridgeWave’s receipt of the returned Product, repair, replace (with new or refurbished units) or modify, as BridgeWave may solely elect, the Product as necessary so that the Product complies with the applicable Warranty, or at BridgeWave’s option, refund to the Buyer the Buyer’s purchase price paid for the Product.
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Title to Software. Title to the Software, and to any source code for the Software, shall at all times remain solely and exclusively with BridgeWave. Buyer agrees not to take any action inconsistent with such title. Buyer agrees that the Software, including the design and structure of individual programs, constitutes the trade secrets or copyrighted material of BridgeWave.
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NOT LIMITED TO BREACH OF WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE EVEN IF BRIDGEWAVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY EVEN IF THE ABOVE-STATED WARRANTY FAILS OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
2 Product Description and Overview The FLEX4G-LITE product is designed to provide the network operator the flexibility of providing first mile access, as well as backhaul, for gigabit Ethernet networks. “Plug & Play” simple installation and alignment Outdoor only capability/no Indoor unit ...
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30, TX: 81-86 GHz 60, 90 cm antenna FLEX4G-LITE H RX: 71-76 GHz Table 1: FLEX4G-LITE Model Additional configuration information is available in the FLEX4G-LITE Product Description document available from BridgeWave or authorized representative. Page 14 of 84 040-57105-01...
Use an Ethernet cable, TIA 568B pin out, to connect the PC to the radio Connection to FLEX4G-LITE Connect the PC to any Ethernet port on the radio as shown in Figure 1 below Figure 2: FLEX4G-LITE Power and Data Connection Page 15 of 84 040-57105-01...
Open a browser on the PC and enter the default address of the radio in the location bar. The default address for a Low Band Radio is 10.100.7.247, and for a High Band Radio it’s 10.100.7.248. Then press “enter”, and the screen below will appear. Figure 3: Main Login Enter the username “admin”.
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Port State Overview – This item will appear when you first log into the radio, and can also be accessed at any time by clicking on Switch>Monitor>Port State. All other features in this section will appear on every page. Hover the mouse cursor over a port reveals its current state, and clicking on a port will open another screen showing detailed port statistics.
Radio Setup Click on Radio Functions>Setup in the Navigation Panel. The following screen appears. Figure 5: Radio Setup Page This page contains the panel where radio configuration changes can be made; it also displays the current status of the modem and the link. Please be aware that any changes that are entered are only made to the radio, to which you are currently connected, and any changes made to Frequency, Bandwidth, Mute, CW, or Data Rate will take down an operating...
Channel Bandwidth: Pull down menu allows the user to select the operating channel bandwidth, if licensed, from the pull down menu. Channel Frequency: Input the Transmit Frequency in MHz for which this radio is assigned. Valid frequencies must be divisible by 62.5MHz. ODU Polarity: This field not configurable.
Figure 6: IP Configuration Page Note: The unit is preconfigured with a default IP address from the factory depending on the unit type (Low Band or High Band). This address is associated with VLAN 1 which is also created at the factory during initial configuration. Using the “Factory Defaults”...
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Configured: Explicitly provide the IP address of the DNS Server in dotted decimal notation From this DHCP interface: Specify from which DHCP-enabled interface a provided DNS server should be preferred DNS Proxy: When DNS proxy is enabled, system will relay DNS Request to the currently configured DNS server, and reply as a DNS resolver ...
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only once. It can also represent a legally valid IPv4 address. For example, ::192.1.2.34. The field may be left blank if IPv6 operation on the interface is not desired. IPv6 Mask: The IPv6 network mask, in number of bits (prefix length). ...
Mask Length: 24 IP Route: None NOTE: In order for the configuration interface (host) to be reach from outside the subnet, a default gateway needs to be configured. The following example illustrates a unit configured to the 192.168.223.XXX subnet with outside subnet communication: Figure 7: Sample Host IP Configuration Detailed Status Page...
Figure 8: Detailed Status Page The Detailed Status page is an information page only. The page contains a “Refresh” button to update the page and it also has an “Auto-refresh” select box to refresh the page at one second intervals. The page is divided into seven sections: System Quality, Temperature, IF Modem Status, RF Transceiver Status, DC Input Voltage, Internal Power Supply Voltages, &...
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DC Input Voltage and Internal Power Supply Voltages: These panels display the various specified internal operating voltages in bold print and the actual voltage in normal print. Under the DC Input Voltage panel, only the port or ports with actual power input will display true values. Any of the ports with no input will display non-real values.
Link Statistics Page Selecting from the navigation pane Radio Functions>Link Statistics opens the following screen. Figure 9: Link Statistics Page This page will display different type of errors. It also contains two buttons: Refresh and Reset Statistics as well as an “Auto-refresh” select box. When this box is selected, the statistics will update in one second intervals.
Last Update: Time and Date of the last update. Configuration Page Selecting from the navigation pane Radio Functions>Configuration opens the following screen. Figure 10: Configuration Page This page allows the configuration of Alarm Thresholds, Tx Mute options as well as access to other relevant pages. These parameters are described with more detail in the following section.
BERM Alarm Thresholds: This is the Bit Error Rate value at which the radio BERM alarm is set. The alarm will report to the system log and if the SNMP Trap function is enabled, it will send the BERM trap. This value is set using a pull down menu.
Note: the System Name field does not allow spaces or special characters, only alphanumeric characters. SNMP: This hyperlink provides quick access to the SNMP configuration page. Figure 12: SNMP System Configuration This page allows the configuration of SNMP. Mode: Enable/Disable ...
Engine ID: Indicates the SNMPv3 engine ID. The string must contain an even number (in hexadecimal format) with number of digits between 10 and 64, but all-zeros and all-F’s are not allowed. Change of the Engine ID will clear all original local users. Traps: This hyperlink provides quick access to the SNMP Trap ...
Destination Port: Indicates the SNMP trap destination port. The SNMP agent will send SNMP messages via this port. The valid port range is 1 – 65535. Figure 14: Trap Configuration Example Modem Firmware Version: This table displays the Modem/FPGA ...
Figure 15: Modem Firmware Upload Example Note: In the above example, field App 2 was selected, once the “Save” button is click, the unit will switch from the version residing in field App 1 to the version residing in field App 2. Modem Firmware Upload section is explained in detail in section ...
NOTE: This page can also be used to ping any other IP address. TFTP Server IP: This field sets and displays the current TFTP server address for TFTP transfers. TFTP Timeout: This field sets the time interval for the TFTP timeout in ...
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Latitude: of site where radio is located. Longitude: of site where radio is located. Asset Tag: of radio if one is assigned Customer Serial Number: This field is used by the FLEX4G-LITE. Page 34 of 84 040-57105-01...
Diagnostics Page Selecting from the navigation pane Radio Functions>Diagnostics opens the following screen Figure 178: Diagnostic Page / Fault Recovery The purpose of this page is to restart the radio as may be required for fault recovery. Fault Recovery, Select Module: ...
Security Page Selection from the navigation pane Radio Functions>Security>Licensing will open the following screen. Figure 189: Security Licensing Page Page 36 of 84 040-57105-01...
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This page is where Rate, Ports 2-6, SyncE and CPRI Licensing codes are entered. If the link is purchased with less than the maximum capacity, a license for additional capacity can be purchased from your BridgeWave Sales representative. Licenses are available for the following throughputs:...
Factory Page Selecting from the navigation pane Radio Functions>Factory will open the following screen. Figure 20: Factory Page This page is for factory use only. Technical Bulletins will be issued with specific instructions for applicable features on this page. It is recommended not to change any values listed on this page.
Table with details on the Part Number, Serial Number, Revision and Firmware for Baseband/Power Supply/Transceiver. Logs Page Selecting from the navigation pane Radio Functions>Logs will open the following screen. Figure 191: Log Hyperlink Page The only option on this page is to select System Log Information hyperlink. Once clicked, the System Log Information page will display Figure 20: Log Page This page displays the event and performance history log.
Level: This field is used to filter the display system log entries. The following options are allowed: Info Warning Error All (Default) Clear Level: This field is used to specify which system long entries will be ...
>>: Updates the table entries, starting from the last entry currently displayed. >>|: Updates the table entries, ending at the last available entry. 4 FLEX4G-LITE – Switch Functions Switch Menu Options Selecting from the navigation pane Switch> Figure 235: Switch Submenu Options The Switch menu options include: Configuration: The configuration of the radio’s switch is implemented...
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Configuration The configuration submenu has all the pages required to adjust the radio’s switch to meet most applications required by today’s network standards. The many different menu options will not be covered by the manual. However, the required parameters and functions that will allow the radio’s switch to be integrated into most basic networks will be cover by this manual.
Figure 246: IP, Multiple Management Interfaces In following example VLAN 10, 110 & 120 were added with their unique IP addresses. Save New configurat Figure 257: Save IP Configuration 2. Configured the port for VLAN access and allow the access to each VLAN.
Figure 279: VLAN Port Access This configuration example demonstrate the configuration of Port 4 as access only to VLAN 10, Port 5 is configured ad Hybrid allowing only C tag frames (x8100) with VLAN 1 and 110, Port 6 is configured as Trunk to allowed a range from 1 –...
NTP: Network Time Protocol, use for synchronizing the system clock with an NTP Server. Mode: Enable/Disable (Default: Disable) Server 1 – 5: Each one of these 5 fields permits the entry of either and IPv4 address or an IPv6 address of the NTP server. ...
Save Button: Save setting before moving to another page. If the save button is not apply, the new configuration on this page will be lost. Reset Button: If configuration has been applied but has not been saved, clicking this button will revert the page back to previous settings.
Syslog Level: Indicates that type of message level that will be sent to the syslog server. Options are: Info, Warning, & Error. Save Button: This buttons must be click to save the new settings before moving to another page. ...
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Ports Selecting from the navigation pane Switch>Configuration>Ports will open the following screen: Figure 33: Port Configuration Page This page allow port configuration as well as it displays current port settings. Port: This is the logical port number for this row. ...
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o 1Gbps FDX – Forces the port to 1000Mbps full duplex o SFP_Auto_AMS - Automatically determines the speed of the SFP. NOTE: There is no standardized way to do SFP auto detect, therefore, the SFP rom read to determine the speed. The port is set in AMS mode.
Reset Button: If configuration has been applied but has not been saved, clicking this button will reset the page back to previous settings. Refresh Button: This button refreshes the page. Any changes not save will be undone and if the partner port has changed its state, the refreshed page will reflect it.
Figure 32: Add User/Password Setting User Name: A string identifying the new user name. The allowed string length is 1 to 31. The valid user name allows letters, numbers and underscores. Password: The password of the user. The allowed string length is 0 to 31.
Privilege Levels Selecting from the navigation pane Switch>Configuration> Security>Switch>Privilege Levels will open the following screen: Figure 33: Privilege Level Configuration Page This page provides an overview of the privilege levels configured by default. In most cases, a privilege level group consists of a single module (e.g. LACP, RSTP or QoS), however a few of them have access to more than one.
Management, Port(Dot1x port, MAC based and MAC Address Limit), ACL, HTTPS, SSH, ARP, IP source guard. IP: Everything except ’ping’. Port: Everything except ‘VeriPHY’ Diagnostics: ‘ping’ and ‘VeriPHY’ Maintenance: CLI- System Reboot, System Restore Default, System Password, Configuration Save, Configuration Load and Firmware Load.
The table has one row for each client type and a number of columns describe as follows: Client: There are four management client access options: Console Telnet HTTP Methods: The management clients are given access via the following ...
Secure Shell allows the data to be exchanged using a secure channel between the radio and the accessing device. The encryption used by SSH provides confidentiality and integrity of data over an insecure network. The Configuration page allows for the following settings: ...
Selecting from the navigation pane Switch>Configuration> Security>Switch>Access Management will open the following screen: Figure 37: Access Management Configuration Page The configuration management table has a maximum of 16 entries. If the application’s type matches any one of the access management entries, it will allow access to the radio.
Figure 38: Add New Entry to Access Management Configuration Save Button: This button must be click to save the new settings before moving to another page. Reset Button: If configuration has been applied but has not been saved, clicking this button will reset the page back to previous settings. SNMP Selecting from...
addition to community string, a particular range of source addresses can be used to restrict source subnet. Wire Community: Indicates write string to permit access to SNMP agent. The allowed string length is 0 to 255 characters, and the allowed content is the ASCII characters from 33 to 126.
This page allows for the configuration of SNMP traps. Mode: Enable/Disabled Delete: Selecting this checkbox will delete the Trap Destination entry once the “Save” button is click Name: Indicates the trap Destination Configuration’s name Enable: Indicates if that specific entry is either on or off Destination Address: Indicates the SNMP trap destination address.
This page allows for the configuration of the SNMP v3 Community IP source address for added security. Delete: check to delete the entry. It will be deleted during the next save. Community: Indicates the community access string to permit access to SNMPv3 agent.
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Figure 44: Static Aggregation Configuration Aggregation groups use multiple ports in parallel to increase the link speed beyond the limits of a port and to increase the redundancy for higher availability. The radio uses aggregation group number 5 to provide more than 1Gbps over the air speed.
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Port Members: Each switch port is listed for each group ID. Select a radio button to include a port in an aggregation, or clear the radio button to remove the port from the aggregation. By default, no ports belong to any aggregation group. Only full duplex ports can join an aggregation and ports must be in the same speed in each group.
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LACP Selecting from the navigation pane Switch>Configuration>Aggregation>LACP will open the following screen: Figure 45: LACP Port Configuration Link Aggregation Control Protocol, LACP, is an IEEE 802.3ad standard protocol that allows bundling several physical ports together to form a single logical port.
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Timeout: The Timeout controls the period between BPDU transmissions. o Fast: The Fast will transmit LACP packets each second. o Slow: The Slow will wait for 30 seconds before sending a LACP packet. Prio: The Prio(ity) controls the priority of the port. If the LACP partner to form a larger group than is supported by this device then this parameter will control which ports will be active and which ports will be in a backup role.
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Monitor This section will review the most important pages of the Monitor tool use to troubleshooting problems with the radio. Ports Selecting from the navigation pane Switch>Monitor>Ports will open the following screen: Figure 47: Port State Overview The Port State Overview identifies which ports are active, down, or not connected.
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Refresh Button: Click to manually refresh the page. NOTE: Hover the mouse cursor over the top of each port and the current state will display. Click on a port: Clicking on a port will open the Detailed Port Statistics page for that port.
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Port Selection: This pull down menu allows the selection of any of the other 10 ports. Auto-refresh check box: Selecting this box, will refresh the page every 3 seconds. Refresh button: Refresh the page manually/immediately Clear button: Clears all counters for the selected port. Traffic Overview ...
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NOTE: Hover on top of each port and clicking on it, will display the Detailed Port Statistics Port page. Most of the counters are self-explanatory, however the Error Counters section are as follow: Rx Drops: The number of frames dropped due to lack of receive butters or egress congestion ...
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Selecting from the navigation pane Switch>Maintenance>Restart Device open the following screen: Figure 51: Restart Device (ODU) Restart the device. The system will take about 90 seconds be completely operational. However, access to the unit can be performed after 30 seconds. Two Buttons on to control this page: ...
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Software This subsection has two pages, Upload and Image Select. These two options allow the manipulation of the unit’s running code, either reverting back to a different code that resides within the memory location cations, or loading new code. ...
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Selecting from the navigation pane Switch>Maintenance>Software>Image Select opens the following screen: Figure 54: GUI Software Images This page provides information about the active and alternate (backup) firmware images in the device, and allows you to revert to the alternate image. Two tables are display within this pane.
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This subsection control system configuration by either: Saving the configuration, Download the configuration, Upload a different configuration, Activate an existing configuration and Delete an existing configuration. Save Startup- Selecting from the navigation pane Switch>Maintenance>Software>Image Select opens the following screen: Figure 55: Save Running Configuration After configuring the unit to meet the network requirements, all configuration changes will need to be store in nonvolatile memory location.
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NOTE: The running-config may take a little longer to complete, as the file must be prepared for download. Upload Configuration Selecting from the navigation pane Switch>Maintenance>Software>Upload opens the following screen: Figure 57: Upload Configuration This page is use to upload a file from the web browser to all the files on the switch, except default-config, which is read-only.
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Selecting from the navigation pane Switch>Maintenance>Software>Activate opens the following screen: Figure 58: Activate Configuration(s) This page allows switching between three configuration files. The active configuration will not be saved to startup-config automatically. The three file options are: Default-config Startup-config ...
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Select the file to delete and click the “Delete Configuration File”. Page 75 of 84 040-57105-01...
TFTP server is required to host the new UI package. Follow this step to perform the update: 1. Copy the FLEX4G-LITE UI upgrade file to a known location on the host PC. The upgrade file extension ends with “.gz”...
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Message Figure 60: CLI Periodic Status Message In addition, the FLEX4G-LITE sends a periodic status message when connected. This message is sent every minute. A sample message is shown above. This message display can be disabled using the following CLI commands.
TFTP server on a PC that the FLEX4G-LITE radio has access FPGA/CPU modem firmware package 1. Start the TFTP server on a PC that the FLEX4G-LITE radio has access. 2. Copy new FPGA/CPU modem code to the TFTP server directory.
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load app from DDR to flash reconfigure FPGA status = startup reason load app from flash to DDR status = 1 if running app, 0 if factory status = app start page calculate CRCs of flash apps last entry, number of commands Table 3: CMD Parameters 6.
>radio modem status The radio will return a modem status listing. At the end of the listing look for the following string. SELECTED FPGA REV: [xx] Where value [xx] is the operating FPGA code revision. Refer to Release Notes accompanying the release for this value. * If necessary the radio can be rebooted using the following CLI command.
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Figure 67: Controller Version Or accessing the “Image Select” page, after the upload the new image will be display under the “Active Image” section Click on Switch>Maintenance>Software>Image Select to access the Software Image Selection: Figure 68: Software Image Selection Note: The previous “Active” image will become the “Alternate Image” Page 81 of 84 040-57105-01...
Updating FPGA/Modem Firmware using the GUI interface Updating the FPGA/Modem Firmware, click on Radio Functions>Modem Firmware Upload to access the Modem Firmware Upload page: Figure 69: Modem Firmware Upload 1. Enter the File Name; Example: qam.bin 2. Enter “File Size” and “File Checksum”. These values are found in the “qam-checksum.txt”...
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Figure 71: TFTP Server IP Address 5. Click on “Start Upgrade” to begin the process NOTE: The link will go down during the upgrade process. It is recommended that this upgrade is performed on site (No remote upgrade). 6. Once the process completes, select the location of the new modem firmware revision.
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If you need any further assistance, contact BridgeWave Support via e-mail at support@bridgewave.com ---End of Manual--- Page 84 of 84 040-57105-01 Digitally signed by K. Spitz DN: cn=K. Spitz, o, ou=REMEC Broadband Wireless, email=karla.spitz@remecbroadband.com, c=US Date: 2016.11.11 10:38:09 -08'00'...
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