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PMP 450 Operations Guide
Redeploying Modules
pmp-0049 (September 2012)
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Chapter 1: Growing Your Network
Keys to successfully growing your network include
monitoring the RF environment.
considering software release compatibility.
redeploying modules appropriately and quickly.
Monitoring the RF environment
Regardless of whether you are maintaining or growing your network, you may encounter new RF
traffic that can interfere with your current or planned equipment. Regularly measuring over a period of
time and logging the RF environment, as you did before you installed your first equipment in an area,
enables you to recognize and react to changes. See section Using the Spectrum Analyzer Tool on page
5-1 for details.
Considering Software Release Compatibility
Within the same network, modules can operate on multiple software releases. However, the features
that can be enabled are limited to those that the earliest software supports.
MIB File Set Compatibility
Although MIB files are text files (not software), they define objects associated with configurable
parameters and indicators for the module and its links. In each release, some of these parameters and
indicators are not carried forward from the previous release, and some parameters and indicators are
introduced or changed.
For this reason, use the MIB files from your download to replace previous MIB files in conjunction
with your software upgrades, even if the file names are identical to those of your previous files. Date
stamps on the MIB files distinguish the later set.
MIB files may be downloaded from:
http://www.cambiumnetworks.com/support/pmp/software/index.php
Redeploying Modules
Successfully redeploying a module may involve
maintaining full and accurate records of modules being redeployed from warehouse stock.
exercising caution about