User's Manual

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7signal Ltd, Panuntie 6, FI-00620 HELSINKI, FINLAND, [phone], [e-mail], www.7signal.com
7signal Sapphire Deployment Guide Release 3.1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 7signal WQA solution ........................................................................................................1
1.1 Solution Overview ........................................................................................................... 2
1.2 Hardware......................................................................................................................... 2
1.2.1 802.11a/b/g ......................................................................................................... 2
1.2.2 802.11a/b/g/n ...................................................................................................... 3
2 Requirements ...................................................................................................................4
2.1 Carat server requirements .............................................................................................. 4
2.2 Sonar server requirements ............................................................................................. 4
2.3 Firewall settings .............................................................................................................. 5
3 7signal Sapphire Connectivity ............................................................................................6
3.1 Communication security ................................................................................................. 6
3.2 Supportive connections .................................................................................................. 6
3.2.1 SSH for Eye ........................................................................................................... 6
4 Installing 7signal Sapphire .................................................................................................7
4.1 Operating System installation tips .................................................................................. 7
4.1.1 Hard disk partitioning .......................................................................................... 7
4.2 Setting up Eyes ................................................................................................................ 8
4.3 Mounting Eyes ................................................................................................................ 9
4.3.1 Roof Install ......................................................................................................... 10
4.3.2 Wall Install (optional) ......................................................................................... 10
4.3.3 Pole Install (optional) ......................................................................................... 11
4.3.4 Eye installation examples .................................................................................. 12
4.4 Installing 7signal Sapphire software ............................................................................. 13
4.4.1 Carat server install (Linux) ................................................................................. 13
4.4.2 DBMS install (Linux) ........................................................................................... 17
4.4.3 Loupe server install (Linux) ................................................................................ 20
4.4.4 Sonar install (Linux) ............................................................................................ 22
4.4.5 Sonar install (Windows) ..................................................................................... 24
4.4.6 Carat GUI install (Linux) ..................................................................................... 28
4.4.7 Carat GUI install (Windows) ............................................................................... 30
5 Upgrading Sapphire ........................................................................................................ 34
5.1 Copy the latest Sapphire release to the hard disk (Linux) ............................................ 34