Trango Systems TrangoLINK GigaPlus User manual

Revision 3.1
TrangoLINK®GigaPlus
6-40 GHz
Split Architecture High Capacity Point-to-Point Microwave Backhaul System
User Manual

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Contents
Tables.....................................................................................................10
Figures...................................................................................................11
Revision History ...................................................................................14
Preface...................................................................................................15
Reference conventions........................................................................16
Warranty Information...........................................................................16
Contacting Trango Technical Support...............................................16
Standards Compliance.........................................................................17
1.0 Product Description....................................................................18
Overview...........................................................................................................................................18
Ports and Indicators –Indoor Unit..........................................................................................20
Location of Serial No. and Out of Band MAC address...................................................23
Ports and Indicators –Outdoor Unit......................................................................................23
Antenna Connection....................................................................................................................25
Remote Mounting..........................................................................................................................25
Combiners for Antenna Sharing..............................................................................................25
Power Supply..................................................................................................................................26
Key Features...................................................................................................................................27
Flexible Interfaces and Form Factor......................................................................................27
Traffic Capacity..............................................................................................................................27
Industry Leading System Gain.................................................................................................28
Full Licensed band frequency and T/R spacing support...............................................29
Channel Sizes from 3.5 MHz to 80 MHz..............................................................................30
Adaptive Coding and Modulation............................................................................................30
Link Protection through 1+1 Hot Standby............................................................................31
2.0 Wireless Operation Detail...........................................................32
Channel Bandwidth......................................................................................................................32
Modulation.......................................................................................................................................32
Mean Squared Error (MSE)......................................................................................................32
Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM)..............................................................................34

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Wireless Link Capacity................................................................................................................37
Automatic Transmit Power Control (ATPC)........................................................................38
ATPC Max Power & Step Size ................................................................................................38
Transmitter Maximum Power Output.....................................................................................38
Transmitter Minimum Power output.......................................................................................39
Receiver Maximum Input...........................................................................................................40
3.0 Network Operation Detail...........................................................41
1+0 Non-Protected Link Configuration.................................................................................41
1+1 Hot Standby Protected Link Configuration.................................................................42
Hardware triggered failover................................................................................................43
Software triggered failover..................................................................................................44
User triggered (manual) failover.......................................................................................44
Rapid Port Shutdown (RPS).....................................................................................................45
VLAN Tagging................................................................................................................................45
Port Mapping (802.1q)................................................................................................................46
Q in Q/Double Tagging and smart_mode............................................................................46
Quality of Service (QoS) (802.1p and Diffserv).................................................................47
Port Priority......................................................................................................................................48
Port Rate Limiting (Ingress)......................................................................................................48
Egress Margin................................................................................................................................48
4.0 Link Management........................................................................50
Overview...........................................................................................................................................50
Graphical User Interface (Web Browser).............................................................................51
Command Line Interface (CLI) using SSH, Telnet or Console...................................54
Changing Password..............................................................................................................56
Console Port.............................................................................................................................57
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)...............................................................57
Common Objects for Monitoring and Control..............................................................58
Firmware Upgrade........................................................................................................................59
Upgrade Procedure -TFTP.................................................................................................60
Upgrade Procedure -FTP....................................................................................................62
Capacity Upgrades.......................................................................................................................64
5.0 Link Planning...............................................................................65
Frequency/Path Planning...........................................................................................................65
Site Selection..................................................................................................................................65
Licensing..........................................................................................................................................65

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6.0 Installation ...................................................................................66
Safety.................................................................................................................................................66
Installation Process......................................................................................................................69
Preparing for Installation............................................................................................................69
Tools ..................................................................................................................................................69
Grounding Overview....................................................................................................................70
Power Supply Installation...........................................................................................................71
Antenna Installation......................................................................................................................72
Install the IDU.................................................................................................................................72
Connecting power.........................................................................................................................73
Ferrite Installation...................................................................................................................74
1+1 Hot Standby IDU Installation............................................................................................75
HP ODU Installation on Antenna............................................................................................76
IF Cable Installation.....................................................................................................................78
Weather Proofing Cabling..........................................................................................................80
1+1 Hot Standby ODU Installation.........................................................................................81
7.0 Link Configuration ......................................................................82
Web Based Configuration..........................................................................................................83
Web Based 1+0 Setup.........................................................................................................83
Web Based 1+1 Setup.........................................................................................................88
Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) (Optional)..................................................90
Automatic Transmit Power Control (ATPC) (Optional)............................................91
Alarms, RPS and Telnet/TFTP Daemons.....................................................................91
Ethernet Configuration.........................................................................................................94
Status Monitoring Overview...............................................................................................99
Link Status..............................................................................................................................100
Ethernet Statistics................................................................................................................103
T1/E1 Statistics.....................................................................................................................104
RF Statistics...........................................................................................................................105
Diagnostic Options...............................................................................................................107
...........................................................................................................................................................108
System Log.............................................................................................................................111
Config View.............................................................................................................................112
Password Settings...............................................................................................................114
Other Settings........................................................................................................................114
Command Line Interface (CLI) Based Configuration....................................................116
CLI Based 1+0 Configuration..........................................................................................116
CLI Based 1+1 Hot Standby Configuration................................................................122
Antenna Alignment.....................................................................................................................123

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CLI Common Task Reference ...............................................................................................125
Setting up the In-Band-Management (IBM)...............................................................125
Capacity License Activation.............................................................................................128
Automatic Transmit Power Control (ATPC) Configuration (optional)...............128
Check Ethernet and RF port Statistics.........................................................................129
Enable Traps (Optional).....................................................................................................131
8.0 Troubleshooting........................................................................133
Symptom: No Link (Lock = 0 during linktest)....................................................................133
MSE is too high and/or bit errors are showing when running linktest.....................133
Receive Signal Level is too low.............................................................................................134
RF Link is good but packet loss is occurring:...................................................................135
No direct management using Out of band port...............................................................135
No Radio Management connection over the link............................................................136
T1/E1 Ports not passing traffic...............................................................................................136
Appendix A –Command Line Interface Reference.........................137
Command Keying Overview...................................................................................................137
Key Functions........................................................................................................................137
Different Node Levels................................................................................................................138
View Node...............................................................................................................................138
Config Node............................................................................................................................140
Debug Node...........................................................................................................................145
Individual Command Details...................................................................................................146
acm............................................................................................................................................146
alarm.........................................................................................................................................147
atpc............................................................................................................................................148
ber..............................................................................................................................................149
bootimage................................................................................................................................149
cableloss..................................................................................................................................150
config.........................................................................................................................................151
custom_profile.......................................................................................................................153
datapath...................................................................................................................................153
datapattern..............................................................................................................................154
date............................................................................................................................................155
debug........................................................................................................................................155
default_opmode....................................................................................................................156
diagnostics..............................................................................................................................157
egress_margin.......................................................................................................................157
eth_info.....................................................................................................................................158
failover......................................................................................................................................159

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fanctrl........................................................................................................................................160
freq.............................................................................................................................................161
freq_duplex.............................................................................................................................161
ftp................................................................................................................................................162
help / ?......................................................................................................................................163
guard_time..............................................................................................................................164
httpd...........................................................................................................................................165
ibm.............................................................................................................................................165
ipconfig.....................................................................................................................................166
license.......................................................................................................................................167
link_history..............................................................................................................................168
linktest.......................................................................................................................................168
loglevel.....................................................................................................................................169
loopback...................................................................................................................................170
model........................................................................................................................................171
mse............................................................................................................................................171
oduled.......................................................................................................................................172
odupower.................................................................................................................................172
odurxagc..................................................................................................................................173
opmode....................................................................................................................................174
passwd.....................................................................................................................................175
port.............................................................................................................................................175
power........................................................................................................................................177
prompt.......................................................................................................................................178
qos.............................................................................................................................................178
reboot........................................................................................................................................180
reload........................................................................................................................................181
remark.......................................................................................................................................181
reset...........................................................................................................................................182
rps..............................................................................................................................................183
rssi..............................................................................................................................................184
siglevel......................................................................................................................................184
snmpd.......................................................................................................................................186
speed........................................................................................................................................187
status.........................................................................................................................................191
sync...........................................................................................................................................192
sync_state...............................................................................................................................192
sysinfo.......................................................................................................................................193
syslog........................................................................................................................................194
targetrssi..................................................................................................................................195

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tdm.............................................................................................................................................195
telnetd.......................................................................................................................................196
temp...........................................................................................................................................196
tftpd............................................................................................................................................197
threshold..................................................................................................................................198
trap.............................................................................................................................................199
uptime.......................................................................................................................................200
utype..........................................................................................................................................201
utype_switch...........................................................................................................................202
version......................................................................................................................................203
voltage......................................................................................................................................203
Appendix B –Product Specifications ..............................................205
Dimensions and Weight.....................................................................................................205
Environmental........................................................................................................................205
Emissions................................................................................................................................205
Reliability.................................................................................................................................206
Electromagnetic Compliance...........................................................................................206
Wireless Compliance..........................................................................................................206
Wireless Parameters...........................................................................................................207
Transmitter Power................................................................................................................207
1+1 Hot Standby Link Protection...................................................................................209
Specification...........................................................................................................................209
Power........................................................................................................................................209
User Interfaces......................................................................................................................209
Ethernet Parameters...........................................................................................................210
T1/E1 Parameters................................................................................................................210
Appendix C –Cable Wiring ...............................................................211
Ethernet Cabling..........................................................................................................................211
T1/E1 Cabling...............................................................................................................................212
DB9 Port Interfaces....................................................................................................................213
DB9 Console cable Pin-outs...................................................................................................213
DB9 Alarm Port Pin-outs..........................................................................................................214
Appendix D –MIB OID Listing...........................................................215
Appendix E –Part Numbers..............................................................229
GigaPlus HP ODU Sub-bands/Tuning Ranges...............................................................229
Accessories...................................................................................................................................241

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Appendix F –Link Install and Commissioning Logs......................242
Appendix G –Declaration of Conformity.........................................253
Glossary ..............................................................................................254

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Tables
Table 1: TrangoLINK®GigaPlus part numbers........................................................................15
Table 2 Combiner Cross Reference.............................................................................................26
Table 3 GigaPlus Band and T/R Spacing Options................................................................29
Table 4 MSE Expected and Maximum Values.........................................................................33
Table 5 ACM Threshold Table........................................................................................................35
Table 6 Max Link Capacity (Mbps) for non-ACM Speed Settings....................................37
Table 7 Maximum Set Power Levels by Band and Modulation .........................................39
Table 8 Minimum TX set power by band....................................................................................39
Table 9 Max Receive Level Input..................................................................................................40
Table 10 Failover Events..................................................................................................................43
Table 11 Default Login Passwords...............................................................................................51
Table 12 Recommended Torque...................................................................................................72
Table 13 RSSI to Voltage Conversion.......................................................................................124
Table 14 T1/E1 Cable Wiring........................................................................................................212
Table 15 Console Cable Pin-outs................................................................................................213
Table 16 Alarm Port Pin Functions.............................................................................................214