User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- About this document
- ipBTS system overview
- Planning
- ipBTS C30 installation
- RN commissioning
- Requirements
- CLI connection
- Establishing a console connection
- Connecting the laptop to the ipBTS C30
- Downloading and activating new software
- Verifying SNTP time
- Commissioning the ipBTS C30
- Performing Loopback tests
- The loopback test process
- Backhaul loopback testing
- Ethernet loopbacks
- Looping back Ethernet backhaul links
- Looping back at the Ethernet port
- Entering diagnostic mode and configuring test parameters
- Performing external loopback tests on backhaul links
- Troubleshooting failed backhaul links
- Removing physical loopbacks
- Configuring IP on the Ethernet port and laptop
- Establishing the CLI/SSH/Ethernet connection
- Updating node software
- RN hardware components
- RN Specifications
- Hot-swapping ipBTS hardware
- Index
Airvana ipBTS C30 Installation and Commissioning, Release 4.0 4-1
Chapter 4
RN commissioning
This chapter explains the steps required to commission the ipBTS C30. Specifically, it contains
the following sections:
• Requirements on page 4-1
• CLI connection on page 4-3
• Establishing a console connection on page 4-4
• Connecting the laptop to the ipBTS C30 on page 4-7
• Downloading and activating new software on page 4-8
• Downloading and activating new software on page 4-8
• Verifying SNTP time on page 4-11
• Commissioning the ipBTS C30 on page 4-11
• Performing Loopback tests on page 4-12
• Configuring IP on the Ethernet port and laptop on page 4-20
• Establishing the CLI/SSH/Ethernet connection on page 4-21
• Updating node software on page 4-23
Requirements
The ipBTS C30 must be completely installed and powered up. Follow the procedures in
Chapter 3, ipBTS C30 installation before proceeding with the steps in this chapter.
Hardware requirements
Commissioning requires the following hardware:
• Laptop running Microsoft Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
• An Ethernet network interface card (NIC) on the laptop.
The software is transferred to the ipBTS C30 over the Ethernet.
• A cross-over ethernet cable with standard RJ-45 connectors.