User Guide

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7signal Ltd, Panuntie 6, FI-00620 HELSINKI, FINLAND, [phone], [e-mail], www.7signal.com
7signal Sapphire Deployment Guide Release 3.0
1.1 Solution Overview
The 7signal Sapphire quality monitoring solution consists of a Sapphire Eye monitoring station,
a Sonar test server, the feature-rich Sapphire Carat management software, and Sapphire
Loupe for viewing and reporting on results.
1.2 Solution versions
7signal Sapphire Suite is the name given to a system that monitors the quality of a wireless
broadband network as described in the
Solution overview section, above.
7signal Sapphire contains the central components needed for a broadband network’s quality
monitoring. The tests include interactive troubleshooting tests and automatic collection of
measurements. Loupe can be used for generating case-specific reports or for sending
automatic reports to selected recipients.
7signal Sapphire Enterprise contains features needed in business and corporate networks, such
as quality monitoring for wireless VoIP calls, monitoring of the service classes of wireless
traffic, and extended monitoring features for channel behavior.
1.3 Hardware
7signal Sapphire Eye is a wireless probe or a monitoring station that is installed in a central
position within the wlan network.
Eye has the following main features (partly optional):
Mechanical parts injection moulded polycarbonate plastic;
Linux computer, 1GB Flash memory;
Wlan radio module, 802.11 a/b/g support (2.4 GHz, 4.9 GHz-5.8 GHz);
Spectrum Analyser component;