Ceragon Advanced Training Agenda

Dear Customer,
Please find below a detailed course agenda and setup requirements. We would appreciate your
efforts in reviewing and confirming the enclosed information prior to conducting the course.
Should you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at
training@ceragon.com.
I thank you in advance for your kind cooperation,
Oren Gerstner
Training Director
General
Product

IP-10E/G

Course Name

IP-10E/G Advanced Operations and Maintenance

Duration

4 Days

Scope

Product-oriented Theory + Hands-on

Max Number of
trainees

Minimum required setup (to be provided by customer):

Item

Quantity

IP-10G IDU - XPIC enabled

ODU

-48 VDC power supply (capable of feeding at least 2 IDUs)

Test Kit (RF to WG adapters, attenuators, SMA cable)

2 (1 per link)

ETH Cross-Cable (CAT.5)

ETH standard cable (CAT.5)

ETH Y-Cable (1+1 Protection kit)

PC with FTP Server (optional)

1
1 per 2
trainees

PC / laptop
Craft (Serial) cable (USB to DB-9)

Variable attenuator + 2 SMA cables (optional)

L2 ETH Traffic Generator supporting 802.1p/q, multi streams & header analysis

TDM / SDH / SONET Traffic Generator

Main Shelf

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Introduction to IP-10G / E

Product Overview of IP10E

Product Overview of IP10G

Introduction to Radio

RF Principals
Parameters Affecting Propagation
o Atmospheric Refraction
o Multipath
o Duct
o Rain Fading
o Fresnel
RF Link Basic Components
Link Calculation
Modulation

IP-10G/E Front Panel Description

Indoor Installation

Site Requirements
Packing & Transportation
Unpacking
Required Tools
IDU Dimensions
Installing standalone IDU in a 19 Rack
Installing Nodal Enclosures in a 19 Rack
Preparing the IDU for a Shelf installation
Installing the IDU in a Shelf
Installing a Blank Panel IDU in a Shelf
Installing a T-Card into an IDU
Grounding the IDU
Lightning Protection
Power General Requirements
Installing the IDU-ODU IF cable

RFU and Antenna Installation

IDU RFU Compatibility

IDU IDU Compatibility
RFU-C Installation
o 1+0 - Direct / Remote Mount
o 1+1 Coupler Direct / Remote Mount
o 2+0 OMT
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o RFU P Adapter Plate
RFU-HP
o HP-RFU Preliminary Assembly
o 1+0 / 1+0 SD
o 1+1 / 1+1 SD
o 2+0 XPIC / 2+0 SD XPIC
o N+0
Antenna Alignment
o AGC Voltages
IF Cable Grounding

Green Mode - RFU-HP Only

CeraBuild Tools
Management Settings

Basic CLI Commands

EMS General

System name & Contact Details (Unit Info)

External Alarms
Setting IP Address and Management (In Band / OOB)
Waydide channel (WSC) Management
Trap Destination
License
o Demo ON/OFF
o Applying a new license
o License Upgrade
Network Timing Protocol NTP
IP Table
SNMP Settings
All ODU
Reading Versions IDU and ODU

GUI Licensing

Model
Applications

EMS Switch Configuration

Switch mode review

Guidelines
Single Pipe Configuration

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Commissioning the Radio Link

Radio Link Parameters

Link ID
ATPC
MRMC Multi Rate Multi Coding
MRMC - Adaptive Power
MAC Header Compression
EMS Configuration
o Local Radio Mute
o Disabling IF
o IF Combining
o Remote Radio Settings
o MRMC configuration

Interface Configuration

Ethernet Ports
E1 Ports
Wayside Channel
User Channel
EOW
AIS
Synchronization

Multi Layer Header Compression

About Compression
Supported Headers
Compression Compatibility Table
Compression Exercise

XC / SNCP / Nodal Solution

Introduction
Trail Configuration Guidelines
Standalone non-protected Trail Configuration
SNCP Trail Configuration in a Node
Radio Capacity Calculation

Pseudo Wire Emulation

How Does It Work?

Configuration
Pseudo Wire Emulation Exercise

MSE and ACM

Mean Square Error

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o Introduction
o Using MSE
Triggering ACM with MSE

ACM Adaptive Code & Modulation

Introduction
Traffic Prioritization
Radio Capacity Calculation

HSB / 1+1 Protection

General Guidelines
External Protection
Shelf Protection
Floating IP
Configuring external 1+1 from scratch
EMS GUI
Upgrading 1+0 to 1+1
o 1+1 With Diversity
o Frequency Diversity
Line Protection
IP-10G/E Multi-Unit LAG
Trouble Shooting Protection
Cross Polarization Interference Cancellation (XPIC)

Introduction
Multi-Radio Configuration
EMS Configuration for XPIC
Trouble Shooting

2+2 HSB Protection

Topology scheme
Setup scheme
Configuration
Operation
Maintenance
XPIC & 2+2

Loopback Maintenance

RFU RF Loopback
IF Loopback
Line Loopbacks
IDU RFU Interface Monitor

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IP-10G EMS Backup

Configuration File
Unit Information File
Setting FTP Properties
Upload/Download in a Standalone IDU
Upload/Download in a Node

IP-10G Software Upgrade

FTP Properties
Standalone SW Download
Standalone SW Upgrade
Nodal IDU SW Download
Nodal IDU SW Upgrade
Rollback VS. Downgrade

Introduction to IEEE 802.1 P/Q

What is VLAN?
Advantages for using VLAN
Regular Ethernet frame
Tagged frame structure
Types of VLAN
Types of connections
802.1P implementations

Trunk Vs. Access Vs. Hybrid

VLAN TAG Attributes

Access Port
Trunk Port
Extracting frames out of a trunk
General Guidelines
EMS Trunk Configuration

EMS Switch Configuration

Switch mode review

Guidelines
Single Pipe Configuration
Managed Mode Configuration
Managed Mode Common Applications

QoS Concept and Configuration

Introduction
Why do we need QoS?
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Not all Traffic are the same

Traffic Engineering as a solution
QoS in IP-10

EMS Basic QoS Configuration

Introduction
IP-10 L2 Switch ports
Step #1: Configure the switch
Step #2: Configure the switch ports
Step #3: Configure QoS per port
Process Review
Basic Configurations

Automatic State Propagation

Introduction
Interfacing IP-10 with external devices
Configuration VS. Functionality
Dead Lock Example
ASP in Managed / Metro Mode

Asymmetrical links

Introduction
Spectrum Utilization
Examples
Asymmetrical link exercises

EMS xSTP Configuration

Student Perquisites
General Overview
Limitations
Site / Node Types
Switchover Criteria
In Band Management
Out of band Management
Configuration Example

Link Aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad)

Definition
Advantages
Feature Review
Applications
Load Balance Example
LAG Configuration

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EMS Security Configuration

SSH
HTTPS
SFTP
Users & Groups
Password

RADIUS Exercise

Exam
Evaluation Form
Course Summary

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