User's Manual

nanoLTE AP Pre-Provisioning and Configuration Pre-Provisioning Overview
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2 Pre-Provisioning Overview
The objective of the procedures in this manual is to provide a nanoLTE AP with a working
configuration, stored in the NOS. That is, to pre-provision the AP in the NOS so that the AP
can download the configuration from the NOS and successfully start to provide service.
The topics in this section are:
• 2.1 End-to-End Provisioning Summary
• 2.2 Planning - Determine and Plan Network Policies and AP Parameters
• 2.3 Preparation - General System Preparation and Templates
• 2.4 Pre-Provisioning nanoLTE APs in the NOS
• 2.5 Post-Installation Checks
2.1 End-to-End Provisioning Summary
Pre-provisioning the nanoLTE APs in the NOS requires the following activity phases:
• Planning:
• Determine and plan network policies
• Plan for the parameter settings that are unique for each AP
• System preparation:
• General system preparation
• Create nanoLTE AP templates based on policies and system preparation
• Pre-provisioning nanoLTE APs in the NOS
• Post-installation checks
The tasks leading up to nanoLTE AP pre-provisioning ensure that all network-wide choices
and policy decisions have been made and all system preparation is complete prior to
pre-provisioning any APs. Hence the pre-provisioning procedure itself, which is required per
AP, should be straightforward.
2.2 Planning - Determine and Plan Network Policies and AP
Parameters
In this phase, determine and plan network policies that affect shared parameter settings
and AP management settings in the NOS. This may also affect core network configuration
but core network configuration aspects are outside the scope of this manual.
This should be a one-off activity for new deployments only. However, it may be useful to
revisit the policies from time to time.
The relevant sections of this manual are:
• 3 Capturing Network Policies and AP Modes
See this section for general network policies, including AP naming policies in the
NOS and different levels of planning for AP parameter scope (network wide,
groups of APs by use case, etc.).