Band index

Radio unit type: L(ower) or U(pper) part of the frequency band.

TX polarization

Horizontal or vertical polarization based on the physical installation. Indicates the polarization of the transmitted signal. Local and Peer are indicated separately. The proper position of the cable is sideways down.
Notice for links in 17 GHz and 24 GHz bands: One side of the link must be installed in vertical polarization and the other in horizontal polarization.

Asymmetric bandwidth

Enables asymmetric channel bandwidth (only in models/bands where Asymmetry is supported).

TX bandwidth [MHz],  RX bandwidth [MHz]

One of the standard channel widths can be selected. This parameter must be set identically in local and remote (local TX bandwidth = peer RX bandwidth and local RX bandwidth = peer TX bandwidth). When units are connected, this is ensured automatically. If asymmetry is not allowed, then TX bandwidth = RX bandwidth on both units.

Dual channel

If Dual channel operation is selected (by setting the TX bandwidth [MHz], RX bandwidth [MHz] parameter to a Dual channel value), the setting of the second channel becomes visible. The setting of the second channel is visible only for checking – the working frequency value is set automatically according to the frequency of the first channel and the selected bandwidth.

Fig. 5.10: Menu Link settings > Radio (Dual channel)

Frequency input

Allows to choose if TX and RX channel frequencies are selected from the list of predefined channels or if manual input of frequencies would be possible (if supported).

TX channel [GHz], RX channel [GHz]

TX and RX channels are selected from a list of channels. The basic configuration has the TX and RX options interconnected. In this case the basic duplex spacing between channels is preserved and by selecting one channel, the other three are defined as well. For units operating in free bands, it is possible to disconnect the TX-RX lock and select TX and RX channels individually. Corresponding channels at peer unit are set automatically (as long as the link to the other unit is established).

	Note
	Non-standard duplex setting may lead to non-effective use of the spectrum. We recommend to use non-standard duplex spacing only in the situations when standard duplex spacing does not allow to establish the link.

Duplex spacing [MHz]

Information about duplex spacing of currently selected TX and RX channel.

ACM/ACMB max TX modulation

Upper limit of the ACM (Adaptive Coding and Modulation) or ACMB (Adaptive Coding, Modulation and Bandwidth) algorithm. Select lower than highest available modulation if the link speed fluctuation needs to be prevented. Select the same value for maximal and for minimal TX modulation if the link speed needs to be constant. The high order modulations may not be available for the narrowest and for the widest channel bandwidths.

Note

The principle behind ACM and ACMB is to maintain the connection between the two units even when degraded propagation conditions are experienced which make it impossible to maintain the selected modulation level. ACM/ACMB regulates TX modulation across all ranges from ‘ACM/ACMB min TX modulation’ up to ‘ACM/ACMB max TX modulation’ (as configured by the user) according to the limits in table ‘ACM/ACMB switching according to MSE state’ (tables are specific for each frequency band – i.e. 10 GHz, 11/18 GHz, 17/24 GHz, 80 GHz). ACM/ACMB control loop is evaluated with each frame, i.e. roughly after tens of microseconds.

Max TX power [dBm]

Maximum allowed level of RF output power. The value is limited by technical parameters of the unit. The maximum selectable value differs for various HW options, various modulations and can be affected by a (non)installed SW feature key for full TX power.

	Note
	Only for 80 GHz units: When ACMB shifts the modulation down (due to the weather or other factors), the TX power limit is automatically increased up to the highest available TX power for the new modulation limited by the configured value of ‘Max TX power’ (lower value applies). ATPC operates up to this TX power limit.

TX mute

Mutes TX transmission for unlimited time (until this setting is manually de-activated). The link transmission will be interrupted by applying this setting.

	Important
	It would not be possible to de-activate ‘TX mute’ on Peer unit from the Local one, because the communication between both units will be non-operational due to TX muted on Peer unit. Thus some other network connection to the Peer unit would be required to de-activate this setting. (If such an alternative route does not exist, a site visit will be necessary).

ATPC

Enables automatic control of RF power. Once enabled, the RF Output power is regulated towards lower level while maintaining signal level high enough not to affect current degree of modulation. Its maximum is defined by parameter ‘Max TX power’ and by the technical parameters of the unit for the currently active modulation.

Note

The principle behind ATPC is to maintain the lowest transmitting power without affecting the throughput of the link. The output is primarily controlled by RSS on the opposite side. ATPC is also used to maintain MSE thus protecting the selected modulation level. The ATPC Control loop is evaluated once per second. In normal operating conditions, ATPC is applied first (even if it is the slower control loop). When deterioration in propagation conditions gradually increases the attenuation on the route, it is compensated by increasing RF power. ACM/ACMB control will only be applied in conditions when ATPC reaches its ceiling.

ATPC RSS threshold [dBm]

Comparison RSS with this threshold is used for signaling to the peer ATPC algorithm to adjust RF power. The lowest allowed RSS (the threshold) is approx. 10 dBm above declared sensitivity for BER 10^-6. If necessary, use this parameter to move the threshold slightly up or down.

Calculated RSS [dBm]

Optional parameter to store the expected value of RSS

Antenna gain [dBi]

Valid only for 17 GHz and 24 GHz links. Gain of used antenna. It is used to calculate approximate EIRP.

EIRP ?= limit [dBm]

Valid only for 17 GHz and 24 GHz links. Approximate calculation of EIRP. Number on the right shows the allowed EIRP limit (in most countries it is 20 dBm). Sign between numbers gives information on compliance / noncompliance with allowed EIRP limits.

Enable

When user data encryption is enabled, the IPsec tunnel is started.

Port

The Encryption service encrypts all the user data traffic originating from one of two Ethernet ports. Ethernet port Eth1 or Eth2 needs to be selected. It is possible to select different Ethernet ports on each side of the link (e.g. Eth1 on Local and Eth2 on Peer).

DF Ignore

If the communication over the given Ethernet port is encrypted, the longest packet passing through without fragmentation are 2048 Bytes long. The longer packets need to be fragmented:

• in the previous network device, or

• the DF (Do-Not-Fragment) bit in the incoming packets must be cleared, or

• the DF Ignore bit needs to be set

Packets longer than 9000 Bytes are discarded.

IPsec Encryption algorithm

IPsec SA encryption algorithm. The stronger the algorithm, the lower the user data throughput.

IPsec Authentication algorithm

IPsec SA integrity algorithm. The stronger the algorithm, the lower the user data throughput.

IKE Encryption algorithm

IKE SA encryption algorithm.

IKE Authentication algorithm

IKE SA integrity algorithm.

PSK Passphrase

PSK (Pre-shared key) authentication is used for IKE SA authentication. The key must be the same for both Local and Peer units.

Enable

Enables LSP on the corresponding unit.

Mode

Master: activates the LSP function depending on the link speed (radio channel throughput) of this unit. See the description of the Threshold parameter.
Slave: If the link is connected, it activates the LSP function synchronously with the activation of this function on the Peer unit.
If the link is disconnected, it activates the LSP function depending on the current link speed, i.e. the same as when selecting Master mode.

Threshold [Mbps]

User speed threshold for activating the LSP function. When the current “Net bitrate” value drops below the set threshold, LSP is activated. “0” means function is disabled.

Enable

Deactivates the connection of the ETH1 and ETH2 ports to the AIR port, which prevents the transmission of user data via the microwave link.

Enable

Deactivates the connection of the ETH1 and ETH2 ports to the AIR port and connects the ETH1 and ETH2 ports. Thus, user data will not be transmitted over the air, but sent to the second ETH port, where a backup connection is assumed.

Loop prevention

Selects a port that is not connected to the AIR port to avoid an Ethernet loop.

IPv4 address

Service IP address, by default 192.168.169.169 for L unit and 192.168.169.170 for U unit. Management address of the Peer station has to be set up as well.

Note

Unknown IP address If you forget the Service IPv4 address, it can be found by reading data broadcast through LLDP protocol. Data is transmitted every 60 seconds and contains the following information: 1. Management address: IP address 2. System Description: Serial number 3. Chassis Subtype: Unit product type 4. IEEE 802.1 – Port and Protocol VLAN ID: Port and Protocol VLAN Identifier: (e.g. 300 (0x012C)) but only if Management VLAN is enabled The message can be recorded and converted into a readable form using an LLDP client. A suitable tool for this purpose is Wireshark IP traffic analyzing tool, with free licenses available for both Windows and Linux. To locate the message easily, use the Capture filter “ether proto 0x88cc” in Wireshark.

Netmask

Mask for service access, 24 by default.

Gateway

Default gateway for service access; empty by default.

Management VLAN, 1st tag, 2nd tag

Enables management access via VLAN. Management VLAN can be single-tagged or dual-tagged. Line for 2nd tag gets active only after 1st tag is activated. Blocks access for HTTPS, ssh and telnet configuration via untagged packets (without VLAN) making only VLAN access possible. VLAN management is off by default.

	Warning
	By enabling VLAN management, ALL accesses are blocked for configuration using normal (untagged) LAN! During tests, you may enable VLAN management on one unit only. Then it is possible to access the link via LAN and VLAN either directly or via radio link.

VID

VLAN management ID, by default 1. This field must have a value entered even when VLAN management is not active.

Protocol

Protocol 802.1q or 802.1ad

Web server

Allows access via web server (for HTTP and HTTPS protocol).

	Warning
	After disabling access via web server, you will not be able to access the unit using a web browser!

CLI (telnet)

Enables access via telnet protocol. Provides access to CLI (Command Line Interface) for simple telnet clients. Disabled by default.

CLI (SSH)

Enables access via SSH protocol. Provides secure access to CLI. If preventing unauthorized access to the unit is the number one priority, leave only this server on.

SNMP

Enabling SNMP server. Off by default.

SNMP community string

SNMP community string. Can contain both lower and uppercase letters, numbers, four characters . : _ – and can be up to 256 characters long.

SNMP trap IP

Address for sending SNMP traps. It is possible to record up to 3 addresses separated by commas.

SNMP MIB

Saving a file with SNMP MIB (Management Information Base) table. The downloaded file is identical to the SNMP MIB table file downloaded from RACOM web (section Downloads) for relevant FW version.

LED indicators

Enable LED status indicators on the body of the unit. You can turn off LED indication with this option.

LLDP (Service IP info)

Data transmitted through the LLDP protocol can be accessed in two ways:

• OnTransmissions every 60 seconds

• SingleTransmitted once only when unit is rebooted

See “IPv4 address – Local … Unknown IP address” for description of the data transmitted through the LLDP protocol.

Link authorization guard

User data flow to the remote unit can be established dependent on remote station authorization. The authorization is secured by using SSH keys. For info about unit authorization see user manual, section CLI > Configuration with CLI > Remote unit authorization.

• Disabled — User data flow through the Air channel is enabled even if the remote unit is not authorized.

• Enabled — User data flow through the Air channel is enabled only if the remote unit is authorized. The “Link authorization guard” parameter value of the remote unit is ignored.

Speed guard

The speed guard controls automatically the Egress data rate shaping according to available capacity of the Air channel. The Air channel capacity check and the Egress shaping adjustment takes place approx. once per 50 ms.

SyncE source

The port that will be used as the frequency source for Synchronous Ethernet.

USB info

Status information about device connected via the USB:

• n/a – info not available (HW in USB slot not recognized by FW = probably not officially supplied accessory), or

• No device – no device plugged in the USB port, or

• List of basic USB module credentials:

• Vendor ID: Product ID

• Manufacturer

• Product

• WiFi/Eth: up/down — only for network device

• MAC — only for network device

IPv4 address

Unit service management address when connecting via USB port.

Netmask

Network mask when connecting via USB port.

DHCP start

DHCP range for dynamic address allocation of the management client connected via USB port.

DHCP end

DHCP range for dynamic address allocation of the management client connected via USB port.

Ethernet adapter Enable

Enables operation of USB/Eth adapter.

Ethernet adapter DHCP

Enables DHCP for the client(s) connected via USB Ethernet adapter.

WiFi adapter Enable on Air link loss

WiFi is activated only during Air-Link loss – means WiFi starts to work and transmit SSID. WiFi is activated 60 seconds after Air-Link loss and deactivated 600 seconds after the Air-Link is restored. The WiFi passphrase should be set by admin before using this option (if not WiFi management alarm is activated).

WiFi adapter Force enable

WiFi is forced to be permanently active (and to transmit SSID) and WiFi management alarm is activated. WiFi passphrase should be set by admin before using this option.

This parameter has a higher priority than “WiFi adapter enable on Air link loss”, so if it is set ON then WiFi activity does not depend on Air-Link status.

WiFi adapter DHCP

Enables DHCP on WiFi adapter if present (for automatic setting of client(s) IP address).

WiFi SSID

Name of service WiFi visible by clients (can be max. 32 characters long).

WiFi Encryption

Service WiFi encryption is WPA2 and cannot be changed. Factory default is “none” due to missing passphrase. WPA2 is applied automatically once any passphrase is entered.

WiFi Passphrase

Service WiFi passphrase has to be 8-64 characters long. The WiFi passphrase should be set by admin before any use of WiFi. Until passphrase is set, WiFi management alarm is activated.

WiFi Mode

Service WiFi mode can be IEEE 802.11n or IEEE 802.11g

WiFi Channel

WiFi channel can be set 1-11 depending on WiFi mode setting (see parameter above):

• IEEE 802.11n — channels 1-7

• IEEE 802.11g — channels 1-11

The WiFi adapter does not search for conflicts in the air. If problems occur, changing the channel is the easiest way to resolve the issue.

Username

This name is entered at Login to log into the link management.

Group

User group to which the user belongs.

• cli_guest – Read Only

• cli_admin – Configure and modify link settings

• cli_super – Configure and modify user accounts and link settings

Password

Information about whether user has a password

SSH key

Information about whether user has at least one ssh key defined.

Username

User name.

Group

The group to which this user will belong.

Password

Password can be set or deleted.

• Delete – User will not have a password. The user will only be able to log in with a ssh key. In order to delete the password, you must first upload the ssh key.

• Set – Password settings

New password

New password.

Confirm password

Repeat password.

SSH key

Working with ssh key.

• Delete – Clear all ssh keys from user account.

• Set/replace – Add a new key. If there already was any key(s), it will be overwritten.

• Add – Add a new key. You can enter multiple ssh keys in this way.

Key file

Insert key file.

Username

Name of new user.

Group

The group to which this user is assigned.

New password

Password for this user.

Confirm password

Repeat password.

SSH key

If you want the user to have access using ssh protocol and identity verification using ssh key, enter the ssh key here.

Name

Alarm identification – The following alarms can appear: Inside temperature, Voltage min, Voltage max, RSS, MSE, BER, Net bitrate, Air link, Eth1 link, Eth2 link, RF power, WiFi management

State

There are three possible alarm states:

• OK — No alarm (alarm is inactive) or alarm disabled.

• Ack — Alarm is active and acknowledged.

• Alarm — Alarm is active and is not acknowledged.

From

Time stamp when the alarm occurred.

To

Time stamp when the alarm expired (returned to normal conditions).

Ack

Time stamp when the alarm was acknowledged. Time stamp format: yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss

User

Name (login) of the user who acknowledged the alarm.

Comment

The comment field can be used to add user defined comments when an ‘alarm acknowledge’ is performed. Use this comment field to describe important details of the alarm status. The comment can be up to 50 characters long. Special characters are not allowed. The alarm can be acknowledged multiple times with different comments. Every acknowledgement is written to the internal memory and is visible in the alarm log.

Inside temperature [°C]

Default >80; severity: alarm

Temperature inside the unit (on the modem board). Active if temperature exceeds the threshold.

Voltage min [V]

Default <40; severity: alarm

Lower threshold of supply voltage. Active if voltage drops below min voltage threshold.

The same SNMP trap (same OID) applies for both Voltage min and max.

Voltage max [V]

Default >58; severity: alarm

Upper threshold of supply voltage. Active if voltage rises above max. voltage threshold.

The same SNMP trap (same OID) applies for both Voltage min and max.

RSS [dBm]

Default <-80; severity: alarm

Received Signal Strength. Active if RSS drops below RSS threshold.

MSE [dB]

Default >0; severity: alarm

Mean Square Error (the inverse to often used SNR – Signal to Noise Ratio). Active if MSE rises above MSE threshold.

BER [-]

Default >10e^-6; severity: alarm

Bit Error Rate is registered at the receiving end of the link – instantaneous value. Active if BER exceeds the threshold set in this parameter.

Net bitrate [Mb/s]

Default >0; severity: warning

The system warning is generated when the current transfer capacity of radio channel is lower than the threshold set in this parameter.

Air link down

Default on; severity: alarm

Interruption of radio link. Active if radio link is interrupted and units can not communicate by Air.

Eth1/Eth2 link down

Default off; severity: alarm

Corresponding user Eth link (Eth1/Eth2) on station interrupted.

	Note
	The “EthX link” system alarm can only be activated if this alarm is Enabled. When the alarm is not Enabled, the “EthX link” alarm on Status screen is always “Ok” regardless of the current status of the Ethernet link.

WiFi Management

Default on; severity: warning

Warning is generated when WiFi passphrase is not set or WiFi adapter (and Host Access Point) is permanently enabled (WiFi Force Enable is ON). Parameter can not be changed in web interface (only through CLI).

Supply voltage out of range

(RAy3-18 and RAy3-80 only)

Default on; severity: alarm

Active if voltage before boot is outside of unit voltage range (printed on the unit Product label). Indicated also by the system status LED (no color).

	Note
	The unit does not fully boot. Re-boot the unit by re-powering it with a proper power supply.

TX mute

Default on; severity: warning

Alarms when TX transmission is muted by the operator (i.e. the radio link is out of operation due to the decision of the operator).

Air capacity changed

Default off

If allowed, the Event and/or SNMP Trap is generated when Net bitrate of the air channel changes (e.g. because of ACM/ACMB operation).

LSP activated

Default off

If allowed, the Event and/or SNMP Trap is generated when LSP is activated (Link capacity drops bellow the preset threshold).

Port name

Identification of the internal switch port. The switch ports are connected to an external port or to an internal device (radio modem, management CPU).

• Eth1 (port1) — The external port (with RJ45 interface) labeled “ETH1+POE”.

• Eth2 (port10) — The external port (with SFP interface) labeled “ETH2”.

• CPU (port0) — The internal port to management CPU.

• Air (port9) — The internal port to radio modem, i.e. link to the peer unit.

Link status

Ethernet link status can be

• down — no link signal detected

• up — link signal detected

Speed / duplex

Ethernet link Speed and duplex.

• Speed: — 0/100/1000 Mb/s.

• Duplex: — full/half

SFP info

Information about the (optionally) inserted SFP module – see Section 1.3.2, “SFP/SFP+ slot (ETH2)” for info about available SFP modules. Four situations may appear:

• SFP OK — The SFP vendor string read out of SFP module. The vendor, model, connector (RJ45/LC) and wavelength values are shown. Separate window with more detailed information can be opened by clicking the “more…” link.

• No SFP module — SFP module not inserted

• read error — SFP info can not be read

• no SFP option — n/a

MDIX

Status of the internal crossover of Ethernet cables. (MDIX = internally crossed pairs, MDI = direct connection, N/A means an unknown state).

Tx state

Port transmitting status can be

• transmitting — Normal port operation.

• paused — Port transmitter is paused due to Pause frames reception.

• n/a — Info not available.

Stp state

Ethernet switch port forwarding control.

• disabled — The switch port is disabled and it will not receive or transmit any frames.

• forwarding — The switch examines all frames, learning source addresses (SA) from all good frames (except those from MGMT frames) and receives and transmits all frames as a normal switch.

• blocking — Only MGMT frames are allowed to enter (ingress) or leave (egress) a Blocked port. All other frame types are discarded. Learning is disabled on Blocked ports.

• learning — Only MGMT frames are allowed to enter (ingress) of leave (egress) a Learning port. All other frame types are discarded but learning takes place on all good non-MGMT frames that are not discarded owing to being filtered.

QoS

Quality of Service status. It will be available starting from FW version 1.1.1.0. It can present one of the following values:

• disabled — QoS functions are disabled.

• 802.1p — QoS according to 802.1p is enabled.

• DSCP — QoS according to DSCP is enabled.

• 802.1p,DSCP — QoS according to 802.1p and DSCP is enabled. The 802.1 prefer tag is selected.

• DSCP,802.1p — QoS according to 802.1p and DSCP is enabled. The DSCP prefer tag is selected.

Port name

Identification of the internal switch port. The switch ports are connected to an external port or to an internal device (radio modem, management CPU).

• Eth1 (port1) — The external port (with RJ45 interface) labeled “ETH1+POE”.

• Eth2 (port10) — The external port (with SFP interface) labeled “ETH2”.

• CPU (port0) — The internal port to management CPU.

• Air (port9) — The internal port to radio modem, i.e. link to the peer unit.

In good octets

The sum of lengths of all good Ethernet frames received, that is frames that are not bad frames.

In bad octets

The sum of lengths of all bad Ethernet frames received. Fragments are included.

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In unicasts

The number of good frames received that have a Unicast destination MAC address.

In multicasts

The number of good frames received that have a Multicast destination MAC address.

	Note
	This does not include frames counted in “In broadcasts” nor does it include frames counted in “In pause”.

In broadcasts

The number of good frames received that have a Broadcast destination MAC address.

In pause

The number of good frames received that have a Pause destination MAC address (Flow Control frames). This includes Priority Flow Control Pause frames too.

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In undersize

Total frames received with a length of less than 64 octets but with a valid FCS.

In oversize

Total frames received with a length of more than MaxSize octets but with a valid FCS.

In FCS errors

Total frames received with a CRC error not counted in “In fragments”, “In jabber” or “In RX” errors.

In fragments

Total frames received with a length of less than 64 octets and an invalid FCS.

In jabber

Total frames received with a length of more than MaxSize octets but with an invalid FCS.

In RX errors

Total frames received with an RxErr signal from the PHY.

In discards

The number of good, non-filtered frames that are received but cannot be forwarded due to a lack of buffer memory.

In filtered

The number of good frames that were not forwarded due to ingress policy filtering rules.

In accepted

The number of good frames that are not policy filtered nor discarded due to an error and made it through the Ingress process and is presented to the Queue Controller.

In bad accepted

The number of good frames that were not forwarded due to ingress policy filtering rules.

In good AVB A, B

The number of good AVB frames received that have a Priority Code Point for Class A (or B) that are not Undersize nor Oversize and are not discarded or filtered.

In bad AVB A, B

The number of bad AVB frames received that have a Priority Code Point for Class A (or B) that are not Undersize nor Oversize.

In TCAM 0 … 3

The number of good frames received that have a TCAM Hit on a TCAM Entry that has its IncTcamCtr bit set to a one and its FlowID[7:6] = 0 … 3 and are not discarded or filtered. This allows this counter to be used for any purpose as programmed in the TCAM.

In dropped AVB A, B

The number of good AVB frames received that have a Priority Code Point for Class A (or B) that are not Undersize nor Oversize and are not discarded or filtered but were not kept by the switch due to a lack of AVB buffer.

In DA unknown

The number of good frames received that did not have a Destination Address ‘hit’ from the ATU (i.e., the frame’s DA was not in the address database) and are not discarded or filtered.

In management

The number of good frames received that are considered to be Management frames and are not discarded (i.e., the frame’s size is legal and its CRC is good or it was forced good by register. Remote Management frames are counted regardless if the RMU accepted them or not.

Out octets

The sum of lengths of all Ethernet frames sent from this MAC.

Out FCS errors

The number of frames transmitted with an invalid FCS. Whenever a frame is modified during transmission (e.g., to add Out FCS errors or remove a tag) the frame’s original FCS is inspected before a new FCS is added to a modified frame. If the original FCS is invalid, the new FCS is made invalid too and this counter is incremented.

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Out unicasts

The number of frames sent that have a Unicast destination MAC address.

Out multicasts

The number of good frames sent that have a Multicast destination MAC address.

	Note
	This does not include frames counted in “Out broadcasts” nor does it include frames counted in “Out pause”.

Out broadcasts

The number of good frames sent that have a Broadcast destination MAC address.

Out pause

The number of Flow Control frames sent. This includes Pause and Priority Flow Control frames.

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Out collisions

The number of collision events seen by the MAC not including those counted in “Out Single”, Multiple, Excessive, or Late. This counter is applicable in half-duplex only. See Auto negotiation.

Out deferred

The total number of successfully transmitted frames that experienced no collisions but are delayed because the medium was Out deferred busy during the first attempt. This counter is applicable in halfduplex only.

Out single

The total number of successfully transmitted frames that experienced exactly one collision. This counter is applicable in halfduplex only.

Out multiple

The total number of successfully transmitted frames that experienced more than one collision. This counter is applicable in halfduplex only.

Out late

The number of times a collision is detected later than 512 bitstimes into the transmission of a frame. This counter is applicable in half-duplex only.

Out excessive

The number frames dropped in the transmit MAC because the frame experienced 16 consecutive collisions. This counter is applicable in half-duplex only.

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Out queue 0 … 7

The number of frames that egress this port from Queue 0 … 7. It does not matter if these frames had a good CRC or not.

Out cut through

The number of frames that egress this port from the Cut Through path. It does not matter if these frames had a good CRC or not nor what the frame’s size was.

Out octets A, B

The sum of lengths of all Ethernet frames sent from the AVB Class A (or B) Queue not including frames that are considered Out octets A, B Management by Ingress. The purpose of this counter is to measure the actual used rate of the shaper for stream data. The actual data rate from any queue, AVB or not, can be measured with this counter, however.

Out yellow

The number of Yellow frames that egressed this port (i.e., the number of Yellow frames that successfully made it through the queue controller).

Out dropped yellow

The number of Yellow frames not counted in “In discards” that are ‘head dropped’ from an egress port’s queues and the number Out dropped yellow of Yellow frame’s ‘tail dropped’ from an egress port’s queues due to Queue Controller’s queue limits.

Size 64 octets

Total frames received (and/or transmitted) with a length of exactly 64 octets, including those with errors.

Size 65-127 octets

Total frames received (and/or transmitted) with a length of between 65 and 127 octets inclusive, including those with errors.

Size 128-255 octets

Total frames received (and/or transmitted) with a length of between 128 and 255 octets inclusive, including those with errors.

Size 256-511 octets

Total frames received (and/or transmitted) with a length of between 256 and 511 octets inclusive, including those with errors.

Size 512-1023 octets

Total frames received (and/or transmitted) with a length of between 512 and 1023 octets inclusive, including those with errors.

Size 1024-max octets

Total frames received (and/or transmitted) with a length of between 1024 and MaxSize (see MTU parameter) octets inclusive, including those with errors.

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Histogram counters mode

Frame size histogram counters can count received and/or transmitted octets. The mode of histogram counters is indicated here.

Measure time

This is the time interval, the diff column is valid for. The “diff” column shows the difference of the actual value of the counters at the moment of pressing the Difference button and the value of the counters at the moment of pressing the Refresh button.

Refresh, Difference

In another way: The Difference counter reference value can be reset by pressing the Refresh button. The time point at which the Difference counter sample is triggered and the “diff” value is calculated is defined by pressing the Difference button. The “total” column always shows the actual values. It is refreshed either by pressing the Refresh and also the Difference button.

Port name

Identification of the internal switch port. The switch ports are connected to an external port or to an internal device (radio modem, management CPU).

• Eth1 (port1) — The external port (with RJ45 interface) labeled “ETH1+POE”.

• Eth2 (port10) — The external port (with SFP interface) labeled “ETH2”.

• CPU (port0) — The internal port to management CPU.

• Air (port9) — The internal port to radio modem, i.e. link to the peer unit.

Label

Name of each port on the switch (up to 15 characters).

Port enable

Enables functionality of individual port on the switch. Each port can be enabled or disabled.

	Warning
	When the port is disabled, no communication is possible through this port.

Auto negotiation

Enables Auto-Negotiation functionality of individual port. Negotiation is an Ethernet procedure by which two connected devices choose common transmission parameters, such as speed, duplex mode and flow control. In this process, the connected devices first share their capabilities regarding these parameters and then choose the highest performance transmission mode they both support.

The device supports three types of Auto-Negotiation:

• 10/100/1000BASE-T Copper Auto-Negotiation. (IEEE 802.3 Clauses 28 and 40)

• 1000BASE-X Fibre Auto-Negotiation (IEEE 802.3 Clause 37)

• SGMII Auto-Negotiation (Cisco specification)

Auto-Negotiation provides a mechanism for transferring information from the local unit to the link partner to establish speed, duplex and Master/Slave preference during a link session.
Auto-Negotiation is initiated upon any of the following conditions:

• Power up reset

• Hardware reset

• Software reset

• Restart Auto-Negotiation

• Transition from power down to power up

• The link goes down

The 10/100/1000BASE-T Auto-Negotiation is based on Clause 28 and 40 of the IEEE 802.3 specification. It is used to negotiate speed, duplex and flow control over CAT5 (or higher) UTP cable. Once Auto-Negotiation is initiated, the device determines whether or not the remote device has Auto-Negotiation capability. If so, the device and the remote device negotiate the speed and duplex with which to operate.
If the remote device does not have Auto-Negotiation capability, the device uses parallel detect function to determine the speed of the remote device for 100BASE-TX and 10BASE-T modes. If a link is established based on the parallel detect function, it is then required to establish the link at half-duplex mode only. Refer to IEEE 802.3 clauses 28 and 40 for a full description of Auto-Negotiation.
1000BASE-X Auto-Negotiation is defined in Clause 37 of the IEEE 802.3 specification. It is used to auto-negotiate duplex and flow control over fibre cable.
If one side of the link enables 1000BASE-X Auto-Negotiation and the link partner does not, the link cannot linkup. The device implements an Auto-Negotiation bypass mode.
SGMII Auto-Negotiation. SGMII is a de-facto standard designed by Cisco. SGMII uses 1000BASE-X coding to send data as well as Auto-Negotiation information. However, the contents of the SGMII Auto-Negotiation are different than the 1000BASE-X Auto-Negotiation.

	Warning
	If one device provides Auto-negotiation and the other works with a manual link parameters setting (i.e. without Auto-negotiation) the link operates in half-duplex mode. If the manual setting is set to full-duplex, the “Out collisions” may occur.

Speed / duplex

Ethernet link speed and duplex mode can be selected. Both parameters can be either auto negotiated or set manually. When the Auto negotiation parameter is disabled, only manual setting of the speed and duplex is possible. In most cases it is better to enable the auto negotiation and use “auto / auto” speed and duplex settings.

There are two possibilities to force the link to operate in specific speed and duplex:

• Auto negotiation enabled. Select the desired Speed / duplex. The auto negotiation process advertises only this specified link mode. The link partner is asked to use it.

• Auto negotiation disabled. Select the desired Speed / duplex. The link is set to this specified link mode. The link partner has to be set manually to the same mode.

Frame mode

Ethernet Frame mode control defines the expected Ingress and the generated Egress tagging frame format for this port as follows:

• normal
  Normal Network mode uses industry standard IEEE 802.ac Tagged or Untagged frames. Tagged frames use an Ether Type of 0x8100. Ports that are expected to be connected to standard Ethernet devices should use this mode

• DSA
  Inactive options are not required.

• provider
  Provider mode uses user definable Ether Types per port (see Ether type parameter) to define that a frame is Provider Tagged. Ports that are connected to standard Provider network devices, or devices that use Tagged frames with an Ether Type other than 0x8100 should use this mode.

  Frames, that ingress this port with an Ether Type that matches the port’s “Ether Type” parameter will be considered tagged, will have the tag’s VID and PRI bits assigned to the frame (i.e. they will be used for switching and mapping), and will have the Provider Tag removed from the frame. If subsequent Provider Tags are found following the 1st Provider Tag, they too will be removed from the frame with their VID and PRI bits being ignored. Modified frames will be padded if required.

  Frames, that ingress this port with an Ether Type that does not match the “Ether Type” parameter will be considered untagged. The ingressing frames are modified so they are ready to egress out Customer ports (Normal Network Frame Mode ports) unmodified.

  Frames that egress this port will always have a tag added (even if they were already tagged). The added tag will contain this port’s “Ether Type” as its Ether Type. The PRI bits will be the Frame Priority assigned to the frame during ingress. The VID bits will be the source port’s Default VID bits (if the source port was in Normal Network mode), or the VID assigned to the frame during ingress (if the source port was in Provider mode).

• ether type DSA
  Valid only for the “p5 CPU” port.
  Ether Type DSA mode uses standard Marvell DSA Tagged frame information following a user definable Ether Type (see Ether type parameter). This mode allows the mixture of Normal Network frames with DSA Tagged frames and is useful on ports that connect to a CPU.
  Frames that ingress this port with an Ether Type that matches the port’s “Ether Type” will be considered DSA Tagged and processed accordingly. The frame’s Ether Type and DSA pad bytes will be removed so the resulting frame will be ready to egress out Marvell DSA Tag Mode ports unmodified. Frames that ingress this port with a different Ether Type will be considered Normal Network Frames and processed accordingly.
  Marvell DSA Tag control frames that egress this port will always get the port’s “Ether Type” inserted followed by two pad bytes of 0x00 before the DSA Tag. Marvell DSA Tag Forward frames that egress this port can egress just like the control frames (with the added Ether Type and pad) or they can egress as if the port was configured in Normal Network mode. This selection is controlled by the port’s Egress Mode bits above.

Ether type

Ethernet frame type (often called EtherType) is used to indicate which protocol is encapsulated in the payload of an Ethernet Frame. This parameter is important when one protocol is encapsulated to another protocol.

Examples:

Ether type	Standard	Comment
0x8100	IEEE 802.1q	Double-tagged, Q-in-Q or C-tag stacking on C-tag. C-tag in IEEE 802.1ad frames.
0x88a8	IEEE 802.1ad	S-Tag
0x88e7	IEEE 802.1ah	S-Tag (backbone S-Tag)
0x9100	—	It is used very often. For example an old non-standard 802.1QinQ protocol uses this value.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EtherType for further details.

MTU [B]

Defines maximum transmission unit (MTU) frame size allowed to be received or transmitted from or to a given physical port. This implies that a Jumbo frame may be allowed to be received from a given input port but may or may not be allowed to be transmitted out of a port or ports.

The possible values are 1522, 2048 and 10240 Bytes.

	Note
	The definition of frame size is counting the frame bytes from MAC_DA through Layer2 CRC of the frame.

Flow control send/receive (previously TX/RX)

It is the mechanism for temporarily stopping the transmission of data on an Ethernet network, so that the receiving node is not overwhelmed with data from transmitting node. It works according IEEE 802.3x standard. If allowed, speed of data receive in to the switch (from the connected device) is regulated by the switch sending out flow control pause frames (according parameter ‘Pause limit out’) to the connected device. If allowed, speed of data transmission out from the switch (to the connected device) is regulated by processing received in flow control pause frames (according parameter ‘Pause limit in’) sent by the connected device.

Enabling flow control allows use of buffers of connected active network elements for leveling uneven flow of user data. For correct operation it is necessary to also enable Flow control on the connected device. Flow control is handled by sending Pause frames to the connected device. Possible values:

• off — Flow control is disabled.

• on — Flow control is enabled (forced to be active).

• auto — Sending pause packets is advertised and depends on result on the auto-negotiation process. Auto-Negotiation has to be supported and enabled on the port to take effect.

	Important
	For optimal utilization of Ethernet switch buffers and maximal operational speed of the link it is recommended to upgrade unit to the latest FW version and apply its defaults to ensure optimal buffers cooperation. Optimal performance may require playing a bit with Pause limit parameters to optimize the communication with the switch or router connected to the MW unit.

Note

Additional link performance and better utilization of all available buffers in transmitting network could be typically achieved by configuring Flow Control between the MW unit and the nearest switches feeding the link by data. Important for incoming data are parameters ‘Flow Control send’ on ports ‘Eth1(p1)’ and/or ‘Eth2(p10)’, which needs to be set to values ‘auto’ or ‘on’ (the value to use depends on the switch). FW versions 1.0.16.0 and earlier require RX Flow Control for port ‘Air (p9)’ on both units to be set to ‘on’. The only exception is FW version 1.0.14.0 with activated ‘Unit 24S compatibility’ (for more info see ‘Setting up a link between RAy3-24S and other hardware variant of RAy3-24’ in Chapter 8, Troubleshooting).

Pause limit in [frame]

Value limits the number of continuous Pause refresh frames that can be received on this port (if full-duplex) or the number of 16 consecutive collisions (if half-duplex). Pause limit in [frame] When a port has flow control enabled, this parameter can be used to limit how long this port can be Paused or Back Pressured off to prevent a port stall through jamming.

The Flow Control on the port is (temporarily) disabled when the Pause refresh frames count exceeds the value of this parameter.

Setting this parameter to 0 will allow continuous jamming to be received on this port.

Pause limit out [frame]

Value limits the number of continuous Pause refresh frames that can be transmitted from this port – assuming each Pause refresh is for the maximum pause time of 65536 slot times. When full-duplex Flow Control is enabled on this port, this parameter is used to limit the number of Pause refresh frames that can be generated from this port to keep this port’s link partner from sending any data.

Clearing this parameter to 0 will allow continuous Pause frame refreshes to egress this port as long as this port remains congested.

Setting this parameter to 1 will allow 1 Pause frame to egress from this port for each congestion situation.

Setting this parameter to 2 will allow up to 2 Pause frames to egress from this port for each congestion situation, etc.

Ignore checksum

Enables ignoring Frame checksum (FCS) – or in other words – Force good FCS in the frame. When this parameter is not set (default behavior), frames entering this port must have a good CRC or else they are discarded. When this parameter is set, the last four bytes of frames received on this port are overwritten with a good CRC and the frames are accepted by the switch (assuming that the frame’s length is good and it has a destination).

Port name

Identification of the internal switch port. The switch ports are connected to an external port or to an internal device (radio modem, management CPU).

• Eth1 (port1) — The external port (with RJ45 interface) labeled “ETH1+POE”.

• Eth2 (port10) — The external port (with SFP interface) labeled “ETH2”.

• CPU (port0) — The internal port to management CPU.

• Air (port9) — The internal port to radio modem, i.e. link to the peer unit.

ID

Unique ID of ingress rate resource. Each port can be assigned up to five different ingress rate resources.

Each resource defines a rule (filter) for the incoming frame. If the rule is met, the frame is affected (as set by the EBS limit action parameter). If the incoming frame doesn’t meet any rule, it is not affected by PIRL. The frame is accepted and forwarded further to the switch engine.

Rate [Mb/s or fps]

The Bucket Rate. It is dependent on the Bucket Rate factor and the Bucket increment.

The calculation is estimated as the real data throughput depends on frame size. The Accounted bytes parameter affects this as well.

The formula for the rate (in bits or frames per second) is as follows:

rate = α * BRF / BI.

Where α is constant, which is 62 500 000 for Accounted bytes=”frame”, and is 500 000 000 for Accounted bytes=”layer1″. BRF is Bucket Rate factor and BI is Bucket increment.

Size [kB]

The Burst allocation buffer size depends on the Bucket increment, the Committed Burst Size limit or the Excess Burst Size limit.

The formula for the BA is as follows:

BA = xBS / BI.

Where xBS can be either the Committed Burst Size limit CBS for the green bucket size or the Excess Burst Size limit EBS for the yellow bucket size and BI is the Bucket increment.

In order for the rate limiting to be accurate, it is required that bucket size is larger than max. frame size (MTU).

The Burst allocation size should be less than switch internal memory which is 250 kB.

Mode

Rate type or Traffic type of rate limiting. See Bucket type parameter.

Edit

The button opens for selected PIRL resource a new window, where all its parameters can be edited (for details see ‘PIRL resource configuration’).

Delete

The button deletes selected PIRL resource.

Add resource

The button creates a new PIRL resource and opens a new window, where all its parameters can be configured (for details see ‘PIRL resource configuration’).

Port name, ID

Both parameters are described above (in section ‘PIRL Setup’).

Rate, Size [Mb/s or fps]

Both parameters are described above (in section ‘PIRL Setup’).

Advanced

(small active text on the right, just below line ‘Size’)Allows ‘Advanced configuration’ – more parameters appear.

Accounted bytes

(appears only if ‘Advanced configuration’ is activated)This parameter determines which frame bytes are to be accounted for in the rate resource’s rate limiting calculations. There are four different supported configurations:

• Frame — Frame based configures the rate limiting resource to account for the number of frames from a given port mapped to this rate resource.

• layer 1 — Preamble (8bytes) + Frame’s DA to CRC + IFG (inter frame gap, 12 bytes)

• layer 2 — Frame’s DA to CRC

• layer 3 — Frame’s DA to CRC – 18 – 4 (if the frame is tagged)

A frame is considered tagged if it is either Customer of Provider tagged during ingress.

Bucket increment

(appears only if ‘Advanced configuration’ is activated)Bucket increment (BI) indicates the amount of tokens that need to be added for each byte of the incoming frame.

Rate factor

(appears only if ‘Advanced configuration’ is activated)This is a bucket factor (green or yellow) which determines the amount of tokens that need to be decremented for each rate resource decrement (which is done periodically based on the Committed Information Rate).

Limit CBS/EBS

(appears only if ‘Advanced configuration’ is activated)Excess Burst Size limit – used for the yellow bucket. Committed Burst Size limit – used for the green bucket.

Color mode

(appears only if ‘Advanced configuration’ is activated)Indication of the current color mode. Possible values: Single rate two color, Single rate three color, Dual rate three color.

Account green overflow

false = Green and Yellow buckets are isolated when in Color Aware modetrue = Green and Yellow buckets are connected when in Color Aware mode

Account discarded frames

This parameter decides whether the ingress rate limiting logic accounts for frames that have been discarded by the queue controller due to output port queue congestion reasons. To account for all frames coming into a given port associated with this rate resource, this parameter needs to be set.

Account filtered frames

This parameter decides whether the ingress rate limiting logic accounts for frames that have been discarded because of ingress policy violations. To account for all frames coming into a given port associated with this rate resource, this parameter needs to be set.

Color aware

false = color blind mode

true = color aware mode

EBS limit action

This parameter controls what kind of action is performed when the EBS limit has been exceeded. Two types of action can be selected:

• drop — The frame that was received on the port will get discarded.

• flow control — The frame that was received on the port will get discarded.
  In this mode an Ethernet flow control frame gets generated (if the flow control is enabled for that port) and sent to the source port but the incoming frame gets passed through the rate resource. If the port is operating in half-duplex mode then the port gets jammed.

Flow control mode is expected to be programmed on ports that have a trusted flow control mechanism available. The EBS limit action is a per-port characteristic. If a port has multiple rate resource buckets then all buckets enabled are expected to be programmed with the same EBS limit action.

Flow control de-assertion

This parameter controls the flow control de-assertion when EBS limit action is set to generate a flow control message. There are two modes available:

• empty — Flow control gets de-asserted only when the ingress rate resource has become empty.

• CBS limit — Flow control gets de-asserted when the ingress rate resource has enough room to accept at least one frame of size specified by the CBS limit.

  For example, if the CBS limit is programmed to be 2k Bytes, then the flow control will get de-asserted if there is at least 2k Bytes worth of tokens available in the ingress rate resource.

Mask operation

This parameter controls whether an ingress frame must meet both Priority and Frame type requirements to be counted for ingress rate calculations or if meeting only one requirement is sufficient to be counted for ingress rate calculations for this rate resource.

Priority type

frame – use FPri assigned to the frame

queue – use QPri assigned to the frame

Priority

Any combinations of the eight queue priorities can be selected. Frames with marked priority are accounted for in this ingress rate resource.

If there is no priority selected, priority of the frame does not have any affect on the ingress rate limiting calculations done for this ingress rate resource.

Frame type

Any of the following frame types can be selected to be tracked as part of the rate resource calculations:

Unknown unicasts, Unknown multicasts, Unknown broadcast, Multicasts/Broadcasts, Unicasts, Network management, ARP (Address Resolution Protocol), TCP data, TCP control, UDP, group IGMP, ICMP, GRE, IGRP and L2TP covers Non-TCPUDP, Ingress monitor source, Policy mirror, Policy trap.

More than one frame type can be selected for a given rate resource.

Port name

Identification of the internal switch port. The switch ports are connected to an external port or to an internal device (radio modem, management CPU).

• Eth1 (port1) — The external port (with RJ45 interface) labeled “ETH1+POE”.

• Eth2 (port10) — The external port (with SFP interface) labeled “ETH2”.

• CPU (port0) — The internal port to management CPU.

• Air (port9) — The internal port to radio modem, i.e. link to the peer unit.

Scheduling mode

The device supports strict priority, weighted round robin, or a mixture on a per egress port selection basis.

In the strict priority scheme all top priority frames egress for a port until that priority’s queue is empty, then the next lower priority queue’s frames egress, etc. This approach can cause the lower priorities to be starved out preventing them from transmitting any frames but also ensures that all high priority frames egress the switch as soon as possible.

In the weighted scheme an 33, 25, 17, 12, 6, 3, 2, 1 weighting is applied to the eight priorities unless an alternate weighting is programmed into the QoS Weights Table. This approach prevents the lower priority frames from being starved out with only a slight delay to the higher priority frames.

Some applications may require the top priority queue, or the top ‘n’ priority queues to be in a fixed priority mode while the lower queues work in the weighted approach. All scheduling modes are selectable on a per port basis.

The port scheduling mode can be one of the following values:

weighted

Use weighted round robin for all queues.

weighted 0 – 6

Use strict priority for queue 7 and weighted round robin for queues 6 to 0

weighted 0 – 5

Use strict priority for queues 7 and 6, and weighted round robin for queues 5 to 0

weighted 0 – 4

Use strict priority for queues 7 to 5, and weighted round robin for queues 4 to 0

weighted 0 – 3

Use strict priority for queues 7 to 4, and weighted round robin for queues 3 to 0

weighted 0 – 2

Use strict priority for queues 7 to 3, and weighted round robin for queues 2 to 0

weighted 0 – 1

Use strict priority for queues 7 to 2, and weighted round robin for queues 1 to 0

strict

Use strict priority for all queues.

Count mode

Egress rate limiting count mode. This parameter is used to control which bytes in the transmitted frames are counted for egress rate limiting as follows:

• frame — The egress rate limiting is done based on frame count [fps] as opposed to the byte count [kb/s] of the packet.

• layer 1 — Preamble (8bytes) + Frame’s DA to CRC + IFG (inter frame gap, 12 bytes)

• layer 2 — Frame’s DA to CRC

• layer 3 — Frame’s DA to CRC – 18 – 4 (if the frame is tagged)

Only one tag is counted even if the frame contains more than one tag. A frame is considered tagged if the egress frame going out onto the wire is tagged.

Rate limit

Egress data rate shaping. When Rate = 0 egress rate limiting is disabled.

	Note
	The Count mode parameter is used to control which bytes in the transmitted frames are counted for egress rate limiting.

If the egress shaping is controlled by frame rate, the desired frame rate can vary from 7.6k to 1.488M frames per second. Valid values are between 7632 and 1488000.

If the egress shaping is controlled by bit rate, the desired rate can vary from 64 kb/s to 1 Gb/s in the following increments:

• Desired rate between 64 kb/s and 1 Mb/s in increments of 64 kb/s

• Desired rate between 1 Mb/s to 100 Mb/s in increments of 1 Mb/s

• Desired rate between 100 Mb/s to 1 Gb/s in increments of 10 Mb/s

• Desired rate between 1 Gb/s to 10 Gb/s in increments of 100 Mb/s

Therefore, the valid values are:

• 64, 128, 192, 256, 320, 384,…, 960,

• 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, …, 100000,

• 110000, 120000, 130000, …, 1000000,

• 1100000, 1200000, 1300000, …, 10000000.

	Note
	The activated “Speed guard” function overwrites the current Rate limit setting.

Frame overhead [B]

This parameter is used to adjust the number of bytes that need to be added to a frame’s IFG (inter frame gap) on a per frame basis. This is to compensate for a protocol mismatch between the sending and the receiving stations. For example, if the receiving station were to add more encapsulations to the frame for the nodes further downstream, this per frame adjustment would help reduce the congestion in the receiving station.

This adjustment, if enabled, is added to the Egress Rate Control’s calculated transmitted byte count meaning Egress Rate Control must be enabled for this Frame Overhead adjustment to work.

Weight table

The weighted round robin alternate weighting can be defined here. The sequence of the output queue numbers (0,1,2 to 7) defines the sequence of the output queue frame egressing. This sequence can be up to 128 items long.

Update DSCP

If the parameter is enabled, the DSCP field in frames that egress this port is updated.

Default frame priority

All ingressing frames are assigned a default FPri (frame priority) and QPri (queue priority). The default value for Yellow is zero (i.e. the frame is not discarded eligible).

Default queue priority

All ingressing frames are assigned a default FPri (frame priority) and QPri (queue priority).

Priority code point (PCP)

Priority Code Point (PCP) value to which the following parameters (Yellow, Frame Enable, Frame Priority, Queue Enable and Queue Priority) belong to.

802.1p yellow

When this parameter is enabled any IEEE tagged frame (having given PCP priority) that accesses this port will be given an initial IEEE color of Yellow. This color will be assigned to the frame using the same rules used to select the frame’s initial FPri and QPri values.

Enable 802.1p frame priority

When the Frame Enable parameter is checked, the Frame Priority (FPri) mapping is enabled.

802.1p frame priority

The Frame Priority value is taken as the frame’s initial IEEE FPri in case the Frame Enable is checked.

Enable 802.1p queue priority

When the Queue Enable parameter is checked, the Queue Priority (QPri) mapping is enabled.

802.1p queue priority

The Queue Priority value is taken as the frame’s initial IEEE QPri in case the Queue Enable is checked.

Frame priority for 802.1p mapping

Frame priority value to which the following Green and Yellow parameters (VID marking, PCP marking and PCP) belong to.

VID marking

Enable/disable VID marking for the given Frame priority. When the parameter is disabled frames assigned with this FPri in ingress will not get their VID field updated even if the frame egresses Tagged (normally all egressing Tagged frames get their VID updated to the value assigned in ingress).

PCP marking

Enable/disable PCP marking for the given Frame priority. When the parameter is disabled frames assigned with this FPri in ingress will not get their PCP & CFI fields updated even if the frame egresses Tagged (normally all egressing Tagged frames get their FPri & CFI bits updated to the value assigned in ingress).

802.1p frame PCP

Frame Priority Code Point. This parameter contains the new PCP or FPri value that is assigned to frames that egress this port. The FPri assigned to the frame in ingress is used to access this table.

DSCP

DSCP value to which the following parameters (Yellow, Frame Enable, Frame Priority, Queue Enable and Queue Priority) belong to.

DSCP Yellow

When this parameter is enabled any IP frame that accesses this entry will be given an initial IP color of Yellow. This color will be assigned to the frame using the same rules to select the frame’s initial FPri and QPri values.

Enable DSCP frame priority

When this parameter is enabled, the Frame Priority Mapping will be used.

DSCP frame priority

The value set in this parameter is used as the frame’s initial IP Frame priority as long as Enable is checked.

Enable DSCP queue priority

When this parameter is enabled, the queue Priority mapping will be used.

DSCP queue priority

The value set in this parameter is used as the frame’s initial IP Queue priority as long as Enable is checked.

Port name

Selects the port on Eth switch for which settings below are shown/updated.

Frame priority

Frame priority value for DSCP mapping to which the following Green and Yellow parameters (DSCP marking and DSCP) belong to.

DSCP marking

When this parameter is enabled for some Frame priority, the Frame Priority Mapping will be used, i.e. IP frames assigned with this FPRi in ingress will get their DSCP fields updated.

DSCP

This parameter defines the new DSCP value that is assigned to frames that egress this port. The FPri assigned to the frame in ingress is used to access this table.

Remove one provider tag

When this parameter is enabled and a port is configured as a Provider Port, recursive Provider Tag stripping will NOT be performed. Only the first Provider Tag found on the frame will be extracted and removed. Its extracted data will be used for switching.

When this parameter is disabled and a port is configured as a Provider Port, recursive Provider Tag stripping will be performed. The first Provider Tag’s data will be extracted and used for switching, and then all subsequent Provider Tags found in the frame will also be removed. This will only occur if the port’s “Ether type” is not 0x8100 (recursive Provider Tag removal cannot be performed when the Provider’s Ether Type is equal to 0x8100).

VTU page mode

The VTU page mode supports alternate VID look up results based on if a frame is a Multicast (including Broadcasts) or not, or based on what source port the frame came in on, or if the frame was properly Provider tagged or not.

Port name

Identification of the internal switch port. The switch ports are connected to an external port or to an internal device (radio modem, management CPU).

• Eth1 (port1) — The external port (with RJ45 interface) labeled “ETH1+POE”.

• Eth2 (port10) — The external port (with SFP interface) labeled “ETH2”.

• CPU (port0) — The internal port to management CPU.

• Air (port9) — The internal port to radio modem, i.e. link to the peer unit.

Egress mode

This parameter determines the makeup of frames when they egress this port. The Egress mode behavior is affected by the Frame mode (menu Interface/Port advanced/Frame mode) parameter.

Frame mode … normal:

• unmodify — Frames are transmitted unmodified.

• untag — Remove the tag from any tagged frame.

• tag — Add a tag (e.g. according to “Default VID”) to any untagged frame. Ethernet frame type is set to 0x8100.

Frame mode … provider:

• unmodify — Use this mode when “Frame mode” is set to “provider”.

• untag — not used

• tag — not used

Frame mode … ether type DSA:

• unmodify — not used

• untag — not used

• tag — not used

• ether type tag — Add a tag (e.g. according to “Default VID”) to any untagged frame. Ethernet frame type is set according to “Ether type” parameter (menu Switch settings/Interface/Port advanced).

802.1q mode

This parameter determines if 802.1q base VLANs are used along with port based VLANs for this Ingress port. It also determines the action to be taken if an 802.1q VLAN Violation is detected. VLAN barriers (both port based and 802.1q based) can be bypassed by VLAN Tunnel.

• disabled — Use Port Based VLANs only. The VID assigned to the frame is the port’s Default VID which is used as the VID in the Provider Tag if the frame egresses a Provider port.

• fallback — Enable 802.1q for this Ingress port. Do not discard Ingress Membership violations and use the VLAN Table bits if the frames’ VID is not contained in the VTU.

  The ingressing frames are not discarded and it doesn’t matter if the frames’ VID is a member of the VTU.

• check — Enable 802.1q for this Ingress port. Do not discard Ingress Membership violation but discard the frame if its VID is not contained in the VTU.

  The ingressing frames’ VID must be configured in the VTU to enable it to ingress. The VTU “Member tag” parameter doesn’t have any effect.

• secure — Enable 802.1q for this Ingress port. Discard Ingress Membership violations and discard frames whose VID is not contained in the VTU.

  The ingressing frame is checked fully against the record in the VTU table. The “VID” and the “Member tag” parameters are validated to allow the frame to ingress.

Discard tagged

When this parameter is enabled all non-MGMT frames that are processed as tagged are discarded as they enter this switch port. Priority only tagged frames (with a VID of 0x000) are considered untagged. This feature works whether 802.1q is enabled on the port or not.

If the port is configured in Provide Mode and this parameter is enabled, frames that contain an Ether Type that matches the port’s PortEType (“Ether type” parameter) that have a non-zero VID will be discarded.

Discard untagged

When this parameter is enabled all non-MGMT frames that are processed as untagged are discarded as they enter this switch port. Priority only tagged frames (with a VID of 0x000) are considered untagged. This feature works if 802.1q is enabled on the port or not.

If the port is configured in Provide Mode and this parameter is enabled, frames that don’t contain an Ether Type that matches the port’s PortEType (“Ether type” parameter) that have a non-zero VID will be discarded.

VTU priority override

When this parameter is set to anything other than “none”, VTU priority overrides can occur on this port. A VTU priority override occurs when the determined VID of a frame results in a VID whose “Use VID priority” parameter is enabled. When this occurs three (other than “none”) forms of priority overrides are possible:

• none — Normal frame priority processing occurs.

• frame — The “VID priority” value assigned to the frame’s VID (in the VLAN database) is used to overwrite the frame’s previously determined FPri (frame priority). If the frame egresses tagged the priority in the frame will be this new “VID priority” value – the frame is permanently modified.

• queue — The “VID priority” value assigned to the frame’s VID (in the VLAN database) is used to overwrite the frame’s previously determined QPri (queue priority). The QPri is used internally to map the frame to one of the egress queues inside the switch. QPri override will not affect the contents of the frame in any way.

• frame + queue — Both the above overrides take place on the frame.

The VTU Priority override has higher priority than the port’s Default Priority and the frame’s IEEE and/or IP priorities. The priority determined by the frames’ VID can however be overridden by the frames’ SA and/or DA Priority Overrides.

VTU page

When “VTU page mode” is set to value “port” this setting is used to determine which VTU page is used for frames ingressing this port. This supports different VTU lookup results for the same VID based on the value of this bit and allows Core ports to use one set of VTU values while Edge ports use a different set.

Force default VID

Force to use Default VID. When 802.1q is enabled on this port and this parameter is enabled, all Ingress frame’s VID are ignored and the “Default VID” is assigned and replaced into the frame (if the frame egresses tagged). When this parameter is disabled all IEEE802.3ac Tagged frames with a non-zero VID use the frame’s VID unmodified. When 802.1q is disabled on this port, this bit has no effect.

VID 0 enable

When this bit is cleared to a zero normal network switching occurs (i.e., a frame received with a VID of 0x000 will get an initial VID assignment from the Port’s Default VID from Port offset 0x07). When this bit is set to a one frames received with a VID of 0x000 will NOT get an initial VID assignment from the port’s Default VID – it will get an initial VID assignment value of 0x000 instead.

Default VID

Default VLAN Identifier. When 802.1q is enabled on this port the Default VID parameter is used as the IEEE Tagged VID added to untagged or priority tagged frames during egress that ingressed from this port. It is also used as a tagged frame’s VID if the frame’s VID was 0x000 (i.e., it is a priority tagged frame) or if the port’s “Force Default VID” is enabled.

When 802.1q is disabled on this port, the Default VID field is assigned to all frames entering the port (whether tagged or untagged). This assignment is used internal to the switch.

FID

Port’s Default Filtering Information Database (FID). This parameter can be used with non-overlapping VLANs to keep each VLAN’s MAC address mapping database separate from the other VLANs. This allows the same MAC address to appear multiple times in the address database (at most one-time per VLAN) with a different port mapping per entry. This field is overridden by the FID returned from a VTU hit and it should be zero if not used. It must be a unique number for each independent, non-overlapping, address database if used.

VLAN tunnel

When this parameter is disabled, the port based VLANs defined in the VLAN Table, 802.1q VLANs defined in the VTU and Trunk Masking are enforced for ALL frames.

When this parameter is enabled, the port based VLAN Table masking, 802.1q VLAN membership masking and the Trunk Masking are bypassed for any frame entering this port with a DA that is currently ‘static’ in the ATU. This applies to unicast as well as multicast frames.

While enabled, the Unicast frames with the management CPU DA can go from the Eth1 and Eth2 ports in to the CPU port. The static record with the CPU DA in the ATU table has to be configured (it is pre-configured by default).

Member (VLAN Table)

The In Chip Port based VLAN Table contains parameters used to restrict the output ports to which an input port can send frames. These parameters (VLAN Table bits) are used for all frames, except for MGMT frames, even if 802.1q is enabled on this port. These parameters restrict where a port can send frames to (unless a VLANTunnel frame is being received). If ForceMap (Learning) is enabled, these parameters indicate which port or ports all frames that ingress this port are sent to overriding the mapping from the address database. The default setting prevents sending frames from Eth1 to Eth2 and vice versa. This is very important for separating different networks (e.g. different customers) connected to separate user ports.

SID

VTU 802.1s (MSTP) Port State Information Database number. This parameter indicates the SID number that is associated with the 802.1s “Port state” parameter. It is essential to define the SID to be able to create records in the VTU (VLAN Table).

Label

A custom string label for a STU entry.

Port state (for ports Eth1, Eth2, CPU and Air)

This parameter is used to support 802.1s per VLAN spanning tree. Port states are valid for frames with a VID that is associated to this SID:

• disabled — Use non-VLAN Port States (i.e., the port’s default Port State) for this port.

• blocking/listening

• learning

• forwarding

This “Eth port state” takes precedence over the port’s Port State bits unless the port’s Port State (driven by STP) is Disabled (which prevents all frames from flowing).

Add entry

Creates a new STU database entry. New window is opened to allow to enter values to each field (see their meanings above). The ‘Primary key icon’ indicates which parameter field is taken as the unique identifier in the database. This field entry ensures each record is unique and must not be duplicated.

Edit/Copy

Opens the configuration dialog for the selected STU database record. New window is opened to allow to modify values of each field (for layout and values see the explanation for ‘Add entry’ button).

	Note
	Should the Primary key value be modified, the “other” record – identified by the entered Primary key – is added (if it does not exist yet) or modified (if it exists already).

Delete

Deletes the selected STU database record.

Page

To be implemented yet.

VID

VLAN ID. This parameter indicates the VID number that is associated with the Member tag, VTU Priority, VTU policy and the FID (Forwarding Information Database number).

Label

A custom string label for a VTU entry.

FID

Forwarding Information Database number. If separate address databases are used, this parameter indicates the address database number to use for all frames assigned with this VID. All MAC DA look-ups and SA learning will refer to the address database number defined by the FID associated with the frame’s VID. Multiple VID’s can use the same FID. If separate address databases are not used, the FID must be zero. The ATU database records are joined with the VTU database records via this number.

SID

802.1s Information Database Number. If 802.1s per VLAN spanning tree is being used, this parameter indicate the spanning tree instance number to use for all frames assigned with this VID. Multiple VID’s can use the same SID. The STU database records are joined with the VTU database records via this number.

Priority

Indicates status of parameters ‘VID Frame Priority’ and ‘VID Queue Priority’ (see their explanation below).

VID frame priority

(appears only in windows ‘Add/Edit/Copy VTU entry’)VID Frame Priority Use. This parameter is used to indicate that frames assigned with this VID can have their priority overridden with the “VID priority” value (see below) if the port’s “VTU priority override” parameters is enabled to do so. See “VTU priority override” for more details. VID Priority override value when enabled by the “Use VID priority” parameter (see above). Used for priority override on ingressing frames. Enabling a priority on a VID will override the frame’s priority only if the port’s “VTU priority override” parameter is enabled to do so.

VID queue priority

(appears only in windows ‘Add/Edit/Copy VTU entry’)VID Queue Priority Use. This parameter is used to indicate that frames assigned with this VID can have their priority overridden with the “VID priority” value (see below) if the port’s “VTU priority override” parameters is enabled to do so. See “VTU priority override” for more details. VID Priority override value when enabled by the “Use VID priority” parameter (see above). Used for priority override on ingressing frames. Enabling a priority on a VID will override the frame’s priority only if the port’s “VTU priority override” parameter is enabled to do so.

Policy or VID policy

(‘VID policy’ appears in windows ‘Add/Edit/Copy VTU entry’)This parameter is used to indicate that frames assigned with this VID can have Layer 2 Policy actions applied to it if the port’s “Policy VTU” (menu Advanced/Monitoring, Policy/Policy) is enabled to do so.

Don’t learn

(appears only in windows ‘Add/Edit/Copy VTU entry’)To be implemented yet.

Filter UC/BC/MC

(appears only in windows ‘Add/Edit/Copy VTU entry’)To be implemented yet

Member tag

(For ports Eth1, Eth2, CPU and Air). This parameter is used to indicate which ports are members of the VLAN (i.e., with the given VID) and if these VLANs frames should be tagged or untagged, or unmodified when exiting the port as follows:

• egress unmodified — Port is a member of this VLAN and frames are to egress unmodified.

• egress untagged — Port is a member of this VLAN and frames are to egress Untagged.

• egress tagged — Port is a member of this VLAN and frames are to egress Tagged.

• not member — Port is not a member of this VLAN. The result is that frames assigned with this VID cannot egress this port.

This parameter takes effect only if the “802.1q mode” parameter (see menu Advanced/VLAN) is set to “secure” mode.

Add entry

Creates a new VTU database entry. New window is opened to allow to enter values to each field (see their meanings above). The ‘Primary key icon’ indicates which parameter field is taken as the unique identifier in the database. This field entry ensures each record is unique and must not be duplicated.

Edit/Copy

Opens the configuration dialog for the selected VTU database record. New window is opened to allow to modify values of each field (for layout and values see the explanation for ‘Add entry’ button).

	Note
	Should the Primary key value be modified, the “other” record – identified by the entered Primary key – is added (if it does not exist yet) or modified (if it exists already).

Delete

Deletes the selected VTU database record.

Flush all

Deletes the whole VTU database.

FID

Forwarding Information Database number. If multiple address databases are not being used, this parameter must remain zero. If multiple address databases are being used, this parameter is used to set the desired address database number that is to be associated with this ATU Entry’s MAC Address. When frames ingress the switch, the VID assigned to the frame is used to access the VTU. The VTU returns the FID associated with that VID for MAC address lookups in to the ATU.

MAC

MAC address associated with this ATU entry in the database number defined by the FID.

Label

A custom string label for a ATU entry.

Entry state

The Entry state parameter is used to determine the entry’s age or its type as follows:

• static — Use for ordinary static entry.

• static policy — Use for “Policy DA” and/or “Policy SA” (menu Advanced/Monitoring/Policy).

• static non rate limiting — Use for “SA non rate limit” and/or “DA non rate limit” (menu Interface/PIRL).

• static management — This value is used for the mapping of the DA even if the “DA mapping” parameter is disabled (menu Advanced/ATU settings).

• dynamic — ordinary dynamic entry.

Priority

Shows the actual MAC priority settings (for explanation see items ‘Use MAC priority’, ‘MAC frame priority’ and ‘MAC queue priority’ below).

Use MAC priority

(appears only in windows ‘Add/Edit/Copy ATU entry’)Use this parameter to enable the “MAC priority” (see “MAC priority” description).

MAC frame priority

(appears only in windows ‘Add/Edit/Copy ATU entry’)The MAC’s Frame Priority override value when enabled by the “Use MAC priority” parameter. Used for priority override on ingressing frames. Enabling a priority on a MGMT MAC address will override all priorities for these MGMT frames. Enabling a priority on a static, non-MGMT MAC address, will only override the frame’s priority if the port’s “DA priority override” or “SA priority override” parameters are enabled.

MAC queue priority

(spears only in windows ‘Add/Edit/Copy ATU entry’)The MAC’s Queue Priority override value when enabled by the “Use MAC priority” parameter. Used for priority override on ingressing frames. Enabling a priority on a MGMT MAC address will override all priorities for these MGMT frames. Enabling a priority on a static, non-MGMT MAC address, will only override the frame’s priority if the port’s “DA priority override” or “SA priority override” parameters are enabled.

Destination type

Shows the actual settings of port association, trunks, etc.

Trunk member

(spears only in windows ‘Add/Edit/Copy ATU entry’)When this parameter is enabled, the MAC address is a member of a trunk – according to the “Trunk ID” parameter. When this parameter is disabled, the MAC address is associated with port(s) – according to the “Port association” parameter.

Trunk ID

The Trunk ID associated with this MAC address. The port or ports that this DA MAC address is associated with is determined by the “Port association” parameter below. Use this parameter to ensure the proper unit management CPU is accessed when two units are connected in trunk.

Port association

(For ports ETH1, ETH2, CPU and Air). Mask of ports associated with this MAC address.

Add entry

Creates a new ATU database entry. New window is opened to allow to enter values to each field (see their meanings above). The ‘Primary key icon’ indicates which parameter field is taken as the unique identifier in the database. This field entry ensures each record is unique and must not be duplicated.

Edit/Copy

Opens the configuration dialog for the selected VTU database record. New window is opened to allow to modify values of each field (for layout and values see Fig. 5.38, “Menu Switch settings > Advanced > ATU > Add Entry (or Edit Entry or Copy Entry)” above and for the description the explanation for Add entry button).

	Note
	Should the Primary key value be modified, the “other” record – identified by the entered Primary key – is added (if it does not exist yet) or modified (if it exists already).

Delete

Deletes the selected ATU database record.

Flush all and use default

Deletes the whole ATU database and create default record(s).

Flush non-static

Delete all but static ATU database records.

Scope

Backup

Configuration is saved to backup file which is downloaded to management PC. The backup file name contains the date, time and unit serial number as follows:
yyyyMMddhhmm_SN_cnf_backup.tgz.

Open file upload

Upload configuration from a backup file into buffer. The current unit configuration is not affected. The uploaded configuration can be displayed using ‘Show backup’ button on particular configuration screens. The configuration of the entire unit can be restored (from this buffer) using ‘Restore’ button below.

Restore

After the configuration backup file has been loaded into the unit buffer (using Open file upload button above), the whole unit configuration can be restored using ‘Restore’ button.

Scope

Backup

Make a temporary backup of the unit configuration locally in to the unit FLASH memory.

Restore

Restore (from the unit FLASH memory) the temporary backup of the unit configuration.

Internal restore – HW button

The local temporary backup of the unit configuration can be also restored using the hardware button. The HW button is located next to the USB connector within the slot marked “S”.Press the HW button for the required time interval of 5 seconds. The button being pressed is confirmed by the Status LED flashing green. After the 5 seconds guard time, the unit restores to the settings stored previously in to the unit FLASH memory.

Download

Backup local unit user accounts to an external file. The file is downloaded to management PC.

Open file upload

Restoring user accounts from an external backup file.

Link settings (both Local and Peer unit)

The entire set of parameters from the Link Settings menu tree is affected (except user credentials).

Local logs and history

Local logs and history (graphs) will be cleaned. Unit will reboot.

Local switch settings

The entire set of parameters from the Switch menu tree is affected (except user credentials).

Local link, switch and user accounts configuration

The entire set of parameters from the Link Settings and Switch settings menu tree is affected including user credentials. The execution of this level of Factory settings can also be invoked by pressing the HW button before turning on the unit power. For details, see the Section 1.4.5, “HW button ( S )”.

Local Total purge

Reverts the unit to its original state – as it was shipped from the factory. SW feature keys are also deleted.

	Warning
	All configuration items, user accounts, SW keys, measured values and system messages (logs) will be irreversibly deleted. This task takes a few minutes to complete. Do not interrupt the power supply during the operation.

Restore

Performs the action selected by the radio button above. The unit reboots itself after applying all changes.

Feature

The functionality controlled by the SW keys:

• Speed

• TX power

• Sync Eth

• Encryption etc.

Limit / Enable

The numeric value set by the SW feature key or the indication of key activity (value ‘1’ means the key is active).

Remove

The specific SW feature key can be deleted using the Delete button. The parameters controlled by this key are reset to their default values after the unit restart. Only local keys could be deleted.

	Note
	Before deleting the SW feature key it is recommended to configure the link such a way that it does not require this key.

Button ‘Open file upload’

Opens a dialog for the SW feature key binary file selection.

	Note
	Use the file as it is (do not unpack).

Radio SW version

Information about the Software Defined Radio (SDR) version on the Local and Peer units.

Firmware version

Information about the current firmware package version on the Local and Peer units.

Firmware upload

Open file upload – opens a dialog for uploading firmware package to the unit buffer. Only after firmware has been prepared in the buffer, can you perform the actual upgrade.

	Note
	Use the file as it is (do not unpack).

File name

Name of the uploaded firmware file.

File size [B]

Size of the uploaded firmware file (in bytes).

Version in buffer

Information about firmware version prepared in the buffer for installation into the unit (Local, Peer). This firmware must first be prepared in the Firmware upload section (see above).

Clean buffer

You can use the Clean buffer button to delete prepared firmware package in the buffer.

Force upgrade

Force mode blocks all safety and compatibility checks and may result in breaking your unit.

	Important
	You should not use force mode until instructed to do so by the technical support.

Firmware upgrade

Use the Upgrade button to perform the firmware installation.

	Warning
	Installing the firmware takes about 45 seconds (including reboot). During this time, transmission of user data is interrupted. Do not interrupt the power supply during firmware installation!

Band index

Band index displays radio channel assignment of local unit transmitter (TX) for L (Lower) or U (Upper) part of the frequency band.

Change button

Applies only for 17 GHz and 24 GHz links (where hardware of each unit is universal for the entire frequency band). Change button changes the band index (L -> U and U-> L). If units are linked together both Local and Peer units are changed in the same time.

	Note
	Changing band index is allowed only in symmetric mode (i.e. TX bandwidth is the same as RX bandwidth). After restoring factory settings Band index is set to its pre-defined state L or U as typed on Product Label.

	Warning
	When the radio band index is changed, the “Link settings” menu parameters of each unit are reset to default values except login / password details.

Active

Name of the currently used frequency table in format <name:version>.

New

Select a new frequency table. Available tables are displayed in format <name:version>. Use the Change button to change the table.

	Warning
	Using the wrong frequency table can lead to violation of the corresponding telecommunications regulations.

	Note
	Later versions of the same frequency table allow a wider functionality of the unit. Thus it is recommended to keep active the latest version of chosen frequency table.

Unit ’24S’ compatibility (formerly ‘Unit S mode’)

This parameter is available only for newly deployed 24 GHz units without the ‘S’ label in Product code (i.e. ’24S’) – as visible on Product label and in Ordering codes. When “active”, the unit behaves like the unit ’24S’ (it can establish a link only with another ’24S’ unit). For a link between the units without the ‘S’ label, this compatibility needs to be disabled (“off”). The unit reboots after changing this parameter.

	Note
	Used only if a combination of different hardware variants of units have to be used to set up the link together. Wrong setting of compatibility causes the link is not established (both units remain in status ‘Connecting’). For more info see chapter Troubleshooting in the product manual, the topic ‘Setting up a link between RAy3-24S and other hardware variant of RAy3-24’.

Create & download file

Saving a file with information about the unit (Local and Peer).

	Note
	This task takes a few minutes to complete.

Target

Chose the unit(s) to be restarted: Local or Peer or both.

Restart mode

Chose the type of the restart:

• Warm — Reboot only management system and web interface.

• Cold — Restart the whole unit as if power was removed.

System restart

Pushing the “Restart” button performs the selected restart.

Refresh

One-time update of displayed values.

Start, Stop

Start button starts automatic update of displayed values with a period of 1 second. Stop button stops refreshing of both graphs.

Antenna alignment

Link “go to antenna alignment screen” activates Antenna Alignment Tool (black page ).

Red strip

(top of the page)

• + — Increases the number of displayed parameters

• x — Decreases the number of displayed parameters

• text — Local Station name (e.g. Site-A)

Link

• 3.5 MHz Ok — Channel width
  Link connected (green icon).
  The Peer values (see below) are visible when the connection between Local and Peer unit has been established.

Local, Peer

• from QPSK_S to 4096QAM or from 2PSK_BW/4_S to 128QAM — Current modulation of the TX signal.

• ACM/ACMB, ATPC — Status of ACM/ACMB + ATPC (red color warns at least one of those is enabled).

Go to unit management

Link to the full configuration interface of the microwave unit; user authentication is required.

-46.4

Actual RSS [dBm] or MSE value. The selected value is chosen by clicking/tapping on the respective value below the main display.

Exclamation icon !

An exclamation icon is displayed when either Local or Peer unit has ACM/ACMB or ATPC enabled. Those should be both disabled; they can affect signal strength.

Icon of speaker

Acoustic indication for local RSS value ON/OFF. The TONE or BEEP signal is supplemented with voice output every 10 seconds, notifying signal strength.

TONE / BEEP

Select the sound generated. The better the signal, the higher the frequency. The acoustic indication is linked to the value on the main display. If a WiFi connection is used to access Antenna Alignment, the ‘noise’ audio signal is used to notify low quality or low stability of the WiFi signal.

COARSE / FINE

Choose the scale of acoustic indication.

• COARSE — for approximate alignment. Range of tones (or frequency of beeps) is equal to -100 to -30 dBm.

• FINE — for a more precise alignment. Range of tones (or frequency of beeps) is equal to ±10 dBm from the value sampled at the moment when the FINE button was pressed).

RSS, MSE

Values RSS and MSE for local and peer unit (4 values in total):

• First column — Best values recorded

• Second column — Current values.

The value to be displayed on the main display is selected by a tapping/clicking on the respective value.

Reset peaks

Best values history is cleared.

Enable

Opening analyzer functions.

Start

Interrupts communication on the link and starts scanning frequencies in the band.

Spectrum measure time

Selection of measurement length in range:

Mute peer TX

The deactivation of Peer station transmission during measurement. single sweep … up to 15 min

Bandwidth

Channel widths used for transmitting.

Measure frequency

By default, the Radio loopback is measured with the current frequency of the transmitter. Measurement can be performed with the frequency of the receiver. Both results may differ slightly because the antenna parameters are frequency dependent.

Mute peer TX

The deactivation of Peer station transmission during measurement (not to interfere with the measurement).

TX to RX isolation

The result of the Radio loopback measurement is given as the ratio between the levels of the transmitted and received signal. The ratio is given as a logarithmic value in [dB]. The higher the number, the better the antenna quality. Here are the thresholds for evaluating the results:

• less than 40 dB – insufficient

• from 40 dB to 45 dB – reasonable

• more than 45 dB – good

Note

Possible reasons for isolation ratio lower than 45 dB are listed below. They are ordered according the probability of occurrence. Typical methods of repair are described as well: Silicon grease in the waveguide => clean the antenna waveguide and the neck of the unit Antenna for another frequency band => check the type of antenna and replace it with a suitable one Frozen (dewy) antenna => after climatic conditions improvement everything returns to original values (antenna heating would eliminate that – quite useful in mountainous areas) Reflective (metal) surface near the antenna (even outside of the Fresnel zone) => change of antenna position Mechanically damaged antenna dish or radome => inspection of the antenna, cleaning or replacement of the radome Lost mirror at the end of a waveguide inside the antenna => inspection of the antenna interior, its repair or replacement Damaged polarization transducer inside the unit => repair of the unit at the manufacturer (this never occurred, yet)

Fig. 5.48: Menu Tools > Live data > Radio loopback result

Temperature

Instantaneous value of temperature inside the unit. Measured on the modem board.

Voltage

Instantaneous value of unit supply voltage.

RSS

Received signal strength.

Signal quality

Signal quality of the received signal. It is negative value of Mean Square Error (MSE, the inverse to often used SNR – Signal to Noise Ratio).

BER

Instantaneous bit error rate on link.

Net bitrate

Instantaneous transmission capacity.

Eth1, Eth2 in throughput

Instantaneous speed (20s average) of incoming user data on the user Ethernet port.

Eth1, Eth2 out throughput

Instantaneous speed (20s average) of outgoing user data on the user Ethernet port.

TX power

Instantaneous value of transmission RF Output power.

Dual channel

In the case of Dual channel operation, the parameters of both channels are displayed. The parameters of the second channel are marked with index 2 (TX power 2, RSS 2, Signal quality 2, BER 2).

Fig. 5.50: Menu Tools > History > Thumbnails

Interval

Selecting width of interval to be displayed. Data is displayed in a suitable grid based on the interval width (see above). More options:

• Previous — Move by one width of selected interval towards older values.

• Next — Move by one width of selected interval towards newer values.

• Last — Move to the newest values.

Primary Y axis

Selecting one of the observed values:

• Temperature, Voltage, RSS, Signal quality, BER, Net bitrate, Ethernet in throughput, Ethernet out throughput, TX power

Secondary Y axis

Selecting a second value:

• None, Temperature, Voltage, RSS, Signal quality, BER, Net bitrate, Ethernet in throughput, Ethernet out throughput, TX power

Alarm

Enables the display of alarms, if there were any.

Quantities

Detailed graphical view of values for selected interval.

• Plotted — Shows only the values that are selected for the graph.

• Local, Peer, All — Shows all logged values. Filtering of values from local, remote or both.

Interval, Previous, Next, Last

See explanation of those in Viewer section above.

Destination

Destination address in dotted decimal notation. The default address 127.0.0.1 is the localhost address – i.e. the unit itself.

Size [B]

Length of sent data 7 to 1500 bytes, 8 bytes of the header will be added.

Count

Number of sent pings.

Manage custom commands

Using “Open file upload”/”upload” the user can upload scripts to the unit. The uploaded file can be either a single shell script with extension .sh (e.g. my_script.sh) or package with multiple scripts with extension .tar.gz or .tgz created using tar.

“Delete all” removes all custom scripts from the unit.

Custom scripts are located in /home/shared/bin.

Custom commands

A custom script can be selected here and initial comments/help is shown.

CLI commands

A CLI command can be selected here. You can use cli_help for listing all CLI commands or <command> –help to obtain detailed help on a selected command.

Command

Command line for writing commands with parameters. You can use any non-interactive program/script according to your permissions. Command is executed by pushing the “Run” button.

Format of custom scripts

Custom scripts must be a shell script with preamble #!/bin/sh and extension sh.

Blocks of lines beginning with the comment sign (#) after preamble are considered to be help and are listed when the script is selected in the web interface.

Scripts should not be interactive as there is no possibility to send a response from the web interface. All script options should be implemented as parameters.

Syntax should be valid for interpret shell ash from BusyBox v1.20.1.

Example of custom script