04 - VL - Management and Maintenance - V6.0 - 200110

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© Copyright Alvarion Ltd.

CASS BreezeACCESS VL® and BreezeNET B ®

ManagementandMaintenance

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Chapter Objectives

Upon completion of this module students will be able to :

• Know how to connect to the management interface

• Name the access levels and their privileges

• Know how to navigate the different management interfaces

• Configure the basic IP connectivity to the unit

• Perform password recovery

• Perform a software upgrade

• Backup and restore the different types of configuration files• Perform a reset to factory defaults



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3Management & Bridging Concepts

The VL system features twological parts:

• Management Part:

• Has MAC and IP addresses

• Destination for the management frames

• Never forwards management frames

• Bridging Part:

• Forwards/relays data packets

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Management & Bridging Concepts

When a frame arrives:

• The frame is examined based on its Destination MAC address

• Where the frame is destined to the Management Part, gets forwarded to it

• Where the frame is destined to a host in the wireless, it is bridged to thewireless link

• There is a bridge aging mechanism

Backbone

Management

Bridging

E T H

W L i n k

Management

Bridging

E T H

WL i nk

Frame #3Frame #4Frame #2Frame #1



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5Management & Bridging Concepts

The decision to forward a frame from the Ethernet port tothe wireless port and vice-versa is based purely on thedestination MAC address

The radio learns and stores the MAC address of allconnected devices (both locally on the Ethernet side andremotely on the wireless side).

In the VL system a frame can be handled by:

• Forwarding

• Relaying

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Destination MAC?


Forwarding (AU and SU)

Dest. MAC SU’s ETH SU’s Wireless

PC #2 X

PC #1 X

PC #1

PC #2



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Destination MAC?


Forwarding (AU and SU)

Dest. MAC SU’s ETH SU’s Wireless

PC #1 X

PC #2 X

PC #1

PC #2

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Destination MAC?


Relaying (AU only)

Dest. MAC AU’s ETH AU’s Wireless

PC #1 X

PC #2 X

PC #1

PC #2



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9Management Tools

The following management options are available for thedevices in the BreezeACCESS and BreezeNET families:

• All devices (except SU-L):

• The MONITOR program (CLI)accessible via TELNET

• SNMP applications (AlvariCRAFT,

AlvariSTAR)

• SU-L only:

• SNMP

•Web management via HTTP/HTTPS

• The MONITOR program via SSH and

TELNET

All devices except SU-L

Proprietary and Confidential



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11IP Settings

The default IP of the VL devices

is 10.0.0.1 The units can be assigned IP

settings:

• Statically

• Dynamically

The status of the DHCP client onthe unit (AU/SU/BU/RB) can beset to:

• Disabled

• DHCP Only

• Automatic

Access to DHCP:• From wireless only

• From Ethernet Only

• From both Ethernet andwireless

10.0.0.1

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VL Monitor Program

Configure your PC with an IP address in the same subnet aswith the managed unit

TELNET to the IP of the device

• The Select Access Level menu will be displayed

Login using one of the following levels of security:

Access Rights Default password Description Functionality

Read Only public SNMP Read

Community String

Info Screens

Installer user CLI User only Info screens, Unit

control, Basic

configuration, Site-

Survey

Administrator private SNMP Write

community string

Installer + Advanced

configuration



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15Management Traffic Filtering

ALLOWED IPs

192.168.1.1 – 192.168.1.254

192.168.2.1 / 255.255.255.0

ALL MGMT PROTOCOLS

SNMPFTP

TELNETACCESS DIRECTION

From Ethernet

From Wireless

From Both Directions

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Software Upgrade

If using the CLI, a FTP/TFTP server is required to beinstalled on the PC from which the upgrade is initiated

If using AlvariCRAFT the upgrade is done through SNMP

• Multiple devices can be upgraded simultaneously

The AU/SU holds two firmware versions:

• Main

• Shadow



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17Software Upgrade

Upgrade procedure:

1.Copy the software file to the appropriatefolder in the AlvariCRAFT / AlvariSTAR

2.Transfer the file to the unit (AU/SU/BU/RB)

3.Reboot and run from shadow version

4.Set running version (shadow) as main version.

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Software Upgrade

Step 1 : The firmware is transferred to the PC.



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19Software Upgrade

AU/SU/BU/RB

Flash

Memory

(TFTP)

Main

Shadow

Step 2 : The file is transferred to the shadow of the unit

TFTP Server /

AlvariCRAFT

New SW

version

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Software Upgrade

Step 3 : Reboot and run from shadow.

AU/SU/BU/RB

Flash

Memory

(TFTP)

Main

Shadow



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21Software Upgrade

Step 4 : Set Running version as Main

AU/SU/BU/RB

Flash

Memory

(TFTP)

Main

Shadow

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Managing the Configuration File

The configuration of the VL unit is stored in the FLASH

The file is clear text (it can be edited offline using a regulartext editor)

Two types of operation:

• Backup

• Restore

Two types of configurations:

• Full configuration

• Built in real-time

• File extension: *.cfg

• Operator defaults

• “Save” operation done by the operator

• File extension: *.cm r

The configuration files can be loadedto/from the unit using CLI or SNMP



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23Restoring Defaults via CLI

The unit can be reverted to an initial stage of

configuration by performing restore of:• Complete Defaults

• Partial Defaults

The following parameters DO NOT change afterapplying the “Complete/Partial Defaults” resetprocedure:

• Passwords

• Selected Country Code

• Air interface parameters (AU)

• Selected sub-band

• Frequency• DFS required by regulations

• Frequency subset

• Antenna gain

Complete Defaults Reset

Partial DefaultsReset

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Factory Defaults Reset Application

A special application can beused for the purpose of factorydefaults reset

The utility accesses the unit bysending a special packet

Access to the unit is based onits MAC address, which must be

entered in the “Unit MACaddress” field

Doesn’t reset the SNMPcommunity strings (passwordsfor TELNET)

Direct

connection



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SU-L

Proprietary and Confidential

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SU-L Monitor Program

Configure your PC with an IP address in the same subnet aswith the SU-L unit

• The default IP address of the SU-L is 10.0.0.1

TELNET or SSH to the IP of the device

• Up to four CLI sessions can be opened simultaneously

Login using one of the following levels of security:

Username Default password Functionality

Admin privateAll configuration settings except the

regulatory domain (Country Code)

Installer installer Full configuration rights



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27SU-L Monitor Program

OVERVIEW OF THE SU-L CLI

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SU-L Web Management

The SU-L unit can also be accessed using HTTP/HTTPS

Only the ADMIN username can be used to login to the webinterface

http://localhost/var/www/apps/conversion/tmp/scratch_5/Movies/SU-L%20CLI%20Overview.wmv



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29Factory Defaults Reset Application

A special application can beused for the purpose of factorydefaults reset

The utility accesses the unit bysending a special packet

Access to the unit is based onits MAC address, which must beentered in the “Unit MACaddress” field

Doesn’t reset the SNMPcommunity strings (passwords

for TELNET)

Direct

connection

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Password Recovery for SU-L Units

The CMD send applicationfound on the product CD orWeb must be installed on theoperator’s PC

A service call must be openedon the Alvarion web site

• The MAC address of the devicemust be provided

A file and a challenge stringwill be created by Alvarion

Input the file, challenge anddevice MAC address in theCMD send

The device will reset and thepassword for the Adminaccount will set to default



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31SU-L Management

IP addressing of SU-L:• Static IP

• DHCP client

Configuration file management:

• Backup and restore operations available

• Clear text configuration file

• Encryption option available

• The file stores the full configuration of theunit

• No “Operator Defaults” available

Software upgrade can be done using:

• FTP/TFTP

• HTTP

© Copyright Alvarion Ltd.

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