User's Manual

nanoLTE AP Pre-Provisioning and Configuration
NANO_INST_43370 v101_0.4 for N4G_1.1 © ip.access Limited 2016 Page i
Table of Contents
1 Introduction............................................................................................1
1.1 Installation Tasks ............................................................................................... 1
1.1.1 First AP Startup .................................................................................................... 1
1.1.2 Assumptions About the nanoLTE AP ................................................................... 2
1.2 User Requirements ............................................................................................ 2
1.3 Hardware Equivalence for 248 and 278 Product Variants ................................. 2
1.4 Related Information............................................................................................ 3
1.5 Licenses and Copyright Notices ........................................................................ 3
1.6 Terminology ....................................................................................................... 3
2 Pre-Provisioning Overview ...................................................................4
2.1 End-to-End Provisioning Summary.................................................................... 4
2.2 Planning - Determine and Plan Network Policies and AP Parameters .............. 4
2.3 Preparation - General System Preparation and Templates ............................... 5
2.4 Pre-Provisioning nanoLTE APs in the NOS....................................................... 6
2.4.1 Create Site Wizard ............................................................................................... 6
2.4.2 SOAP/XML Interface ............................................................................................ 6
2.4.3 Bulk Provisioning Interface................................................................................... 6
2.5 Post-Installation Checks .................................................................................... 6
3 Capturing Network Policies and AP Modes ........................................7
3.1 Parameter Categories........................................................................................ 7
3.1.1 Mandatory Network-Wide Parameters ................................................................. 7
3.1.2 Network-Wide Policy Parameters......................................................................... 7
3.1.3 Shared Parameters .............................................................................................. 7
3.1.4 Deployment Mode Parameters............................................................................. 8
3.1.5 Mandatory AP Unique Parameters....................................................................... 8
3.2 Customer Policies .............................................................................................. 8
3.3 AP Naming Policies and Management Identities ............................................. 10
3.3.1 Site ID and Site Name Display in the NOS Client .............................................. 10
3.3.2 PM Filenames and Identities in PM Files ........................................................... 11
3.3.3 FM Northbound - AP Information in SNMP Traps .............................................. 13
3.3.4 Parameters for AP Naming ................................................................................ 13
3.4 Network-Wide AP Commissioning Parameters ............................................... 14
3.5 Network-Wide AP Provisioning Parameters .................................................... 15
3.5.1 PLMNId and Timezone....................................................................................... 15
3.5.2 Security Resources ............................................................................................ 16
3.5.3 NTP Servers....................................................................................................... 16
3.5.4 Management Servers ......................................................................................... 17
3.5.5 Network Wide Policies........................................................................................ 18
3.5.6 MME ................................................................................................................... 18
3.5.7 Miscellaneous Parameters ................................................................................. 18
3.6 Parameters Shared by a Group of APs ........................................................... 19