BreezeAir Configuration Manual
BreezeAir Configuration Manual
Configuration Manual
July 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 4
1.1 APPLICATIONS ...........................................................................................4
1.2 TECHNICAL OVERVIEW..................................................................................5
1.3 BREEZEAIR MANAGEMENT .......................................................................... 10
1.3.1 NMS ................................................................................................. 10
1.3.2 WEB Management .............................................................................. 11
1.3.3 BreezeManager.................................................................................. 12
1.3.4 Standard protocols ............................................................................. 12
2. INSTALLATION .................................................................................... 13
2.1 CONNECTING ALL TOGETHER ........................................................................ 13
3. POINT-TO-POINT - QUICK CONFIGURATION ....................................... 14
3.1 BREEZEAIR MU CONFIGURATION .................................................................. 14
3.2 BREEZEAIR SU CONFIGURATION ................................................................... 14
3.3 DISCOVERING UNIT'S IP ADDRESS ................................................................. 15
3.4 CHECKING THE SETUP ................................................................................ 15
4. WEB MANAGEMENT ............................................................................. 16
4.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 16
4.2 LOGIN .................................................................................................. 17
4.3 UNIT INFORMATION................................................................................... 18
4.4 MONITORING TAB ..................................................................................... 19
4.5 CONFIGURATION TAB................................................................................. 20
4.5.1 Network modes ................................................................................. 21
4.5.2 VLAN ................................................................................................ 21
4.6 RADIO TAB ............................................................................................ 22
4.7 NETWORK TAB ........................................................................................ 25
4.7.1 QinQ sub-system ............................................................................... 27
4.7.2 Layer 3 routing (SU only) ................................................................... 28
4.8 LOGGER TAB........................................................................................... 29
4.9 RF ANALYZER TAB .................................................................................... 30
4.10 PERFORMANCE TAB ................................................................................ 31
4.10.1 Performance monitoring tables .......................................................... 32
4.11 GRAPH TAB ......................................................................................... 33
4.12 ADMINISTRATION TAB ............................................................................. 34
5. BREEZEMANAGER ................................................................................ 36
5.1 GENERAL ............................................................................................... 36
5.2 ACTIVATING THE BREEZEMANAGER ................................................................ 36
5.3 BREEZEMANAGER UNIT MENU ...................................................................... 37
5.4 CHANGE IP ............................................................................................ 37
5.5 BREEZEMANAGER PINGER ........................................................................... 38
5.6 BREEZEMANAGER SETTINGS ........................................................................ 39
6. TELNET ................................................................................................ 40
6.1 TELNET FEATURES .................................................................................... 40
6.2 TELNET LOGIN ......................................................................................... 40
6.3 TELNET COMMANDS .................................................................................. 41
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TABLE OF FIGURES
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1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing BreezeAIR solution. Telrad Networks BreezeAIR series is a
carrier-grade point-to-point and Point-to-multipoint broadband wireless solution that
sets a benchmark of unrivaled performance, reliability, capacity, latency and RF
robustness, making it the ultimate choice for future-proof wireless system.
1.1 Applications
Point-to-Point (PTP):
The basic subsystem is composed of a Master Unit (MU) and a Slave Unit (SU).
Typical applications:
IP data backhaul of:
o WiMAX/LTE operators
o Metro WiFi Networks
o Cellular and 3G
Video surveillance networks
Multi-hop solutions
Point-to-Multipoint (PTMP):
The basic subsystem is composed of one Master Unit (MU) and multiple Slave Units
(SUs). Typical applications:
Multiple backhauls solutions
IP video surveillance and security networks
Business grade wireless access
Backbone for Metro WiFi Networks
High bandwidth campus solutions
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BreezeAIR models:
Advanced OFDM 2x2 MIMO - Utilizing superior Advanced OFDM 2x2 dual
polarization MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output), BreezeAIR provides cutting
edge advantages:
o Higher capacity and spectral efficiency - MIMO transmits multiple
streams that double/triple the throughput using same channel
bandwidth, providing superior spectral efficiency.
o Longer range and high reliability - by transmitting multiple lower rate
streams, MIMO achieves longer ranges and higher margins.
o Diversity increases availability and reliability - transmitting redundant
streams enables lower fade margins by choosing the highest quality
stream.
Best latency - 1msec typical (PTP). Ideal for backhaul, multi-hop backhauls
and voice, video & interactive applications.
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Without time synchronization, one MU will transmit while the other MU receives. The
transmittion of the first MU will block the reception of the second MU since they are
close to each other (can even occur when the MUs are on different channels).
MU 1
MU 2
T (msec)
Collisions
Time synchronization synchronizes the transmission and reception of all MUs, thus
eliminating self interference between them and allowing better frequency reuse.
MU 1
MU 2
T (msec)
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Built in redundancy -
o Power & data redundancy via 2xRJ-45 in each radio.
o 1+1 hot standby capability.
o Consecutive MU - concatenation capability with power redundancy, as
shown in figure 6.
BreezeAIR MU
BreezeAIR SU
BreezeAIR MU
BreezeAIR SU
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1.3.1 NMS
ViewAir NMS, BreezeAIR Network Management system provides one point of
management for the entire deployment allowing the operator to monitor and control
the units:
ViewAir features:
Manages entire deployment composed of BreezeAIR PTP and PTMP radios.
Integrated with Google maps.
Built-in path profile analysis tool.
Support for smartphones and tablets NMS clients.
Automatic network discovery.
Radio link monitoring and configuration.
Alarm reporting and notification (via email/twitter).
System health in a glance.
Server based or cloud-based NMS, according to operator's requirement.
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1.3.3 BreezeManager
In a technician level, The BreezeManager provides a complete GUI system to monitor
radios that are directly connected to the PC.
The BreezeManager automatically discovers BreezeAIR units and allows the technician
to monitor them in a fast and effective way.
Figure 9: BreezeManager
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2. Installation
IMPORTANT! On lab/office tests of links with external antennas, connection
should be done via the antennas. In case direct connection is
required (with RF cables), make sure to have a minimum of 50dB
attenuation on the RF cables to avoid any damage to the radios.
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BreezeAIR link is pre-configured. Once the units are powered, there will be connectivity
between the 2 PCs.
The following section details the basic step-by-step configuration of the Point-to-Point
link.
* In case the unit's IP is unknown, use the BreezeManager tool to discover the IP address of the unit. See
more details in section 3.3.
* In case the unit's IP is unknown, use the BreezeManager tool to discover the IP address of the unit. See
more details in section 3.3.
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From the MU PC issue the command ping x.x.x.x –t, where x.x.x.x is the IP of the PC
behind the SU. Make sure both PCs are on the same subnet, for example: 10.1.1.10/24
and 10.1.1.20/24.
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4. WEB Management
4.1 Introduction
Telrad Networks secured WEB provides advanced capabilities and powerful analytics
for configuration and monitoring of BreezeAIR units.
BreezeAIR WEB interface is managed from any computer, operating system and even
Smartphones.
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4.2 Login
Activate your browser – The WEB interface is based on HTML5 and support the
following browsers:
Firefox version 7 and above.
Chrome version 12 and above.
IE version 8 (requires chrome frame plug-in that is downloaded automatically).
Any other browser that implement HTML5 and web sockets version 13 and
above.
Browse for the unit’s IP – the WEB login screen will appear.
Parameter Description
Name Display unit’s name.
IP Display unit’s IP address.
MAC Display unit’s MAC address.
Login Mode Select Login mode:
Normal – login with password (as configured in the radio's
administration tab).
Radius – login with Radius authentication (radius server details
should be configured in the administration tab).
TACACS – login with TACACS authentication (server details should
be configured in the administration tab).
User Select operator privilege:
Admin – allows unit’s monitoring and configuration.
User – allows monitoring only.
Password Enter password. Default password = blank (no password).
Login Press to login to the unit’s WEB.
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Parameter Description
Title The title displays unit’s information including:
Model and frequency.
IP address.
MAC address.
Name Display/configure unit’s name.
Name is limited to 30 chars and may not include ‘,’ or ‘*’.
MU ID A string of hexadecimal digits, which identifies the MU to its SUs.
The MU ID configuration must be identical for both SU and MU.
Firmware Display unit’s active firmware.
License Display unit’s license. License information:
o X Mbps – displays the max net capacity licensed to the unit.
o MU/SU – display unit type – Master Unit or Slave Unit.
o MU licenses:
1. PTP – supports 1 SU.
2. PTMP – supports multiple SUs.
Refresh Refresh unit’s parameters.
Submit Submit the configuration to the unit.
Log out Log out from the WEB interface.
Reset unit Send reset command to the unit.
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Parameter Description
Name Display SU name.
MAC Display SU MAC address.
IP Display SU IP address (relevant only if the SU is online).
Rate [DL-UL] The rate is color coded, indicating SU status:
Green – SU online, current DL and UL modulations are displayed.
Red – SU offline.
RSSI DL The received signal strength (RSSI) measured in dBm by the SU
(Downlink direction). MIMO radios display reading for each MIMO
port.
RSSI UL The received signal strength (RSSI) measured in dBm by the MU
(Uplink direction). MIMO radios display reading for each MIMO port.
PER DL The packet error rate (PER) of the downlink direction.
PER UL The packet error rate (PER) of the uplink direction
Firmware Displays the active firmware version of the SU.
Available Displays the available net aggregate throughput, taking into account
throughput all current link parameters.
Radio status Displays current radio parameters (band, channel, channel
bandwidth, MIMO, diversity and Tx power).
Ethernet ports Displays Ethernet status - active port, speed, duplex, flow control and
status Rx CRC.
Counters Displays Tx/Rx traffic counters, CRC errors, ARQ counters and frame
loss (drop) counter.
Monitoring Rate Define the web interface monitoring refresh rate in seconds (1-10
sec).
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4.5.2 VLAN
VLAN mode
VLAN mode includes a single data tag that will be tagged/untagged by the SU. Packets
with different tag will be discarded.
SU #3 (Figure 16) will tag/untag packets with data tag 200 and will pass data tags 300
& 400 (without tagging untagging).
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Disable Disable 1000M on Auto-negotiation mode. The radio with perform the
1000Base-T negotiation only with 10/100M values.
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The QinQ sub-system injects two tags for outgoing packets (from the radios into the
ISP WAN), or strips two tags from incoming packets (coming from the WAN into the
radio and forwarded to the users).
The inner tag (the closest to the payload) is the customer tag (ctag - 802.1q tag).
The outer tag, which is the ISP service tag (stag - QinQ tag).
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Parameter Description
Routing Enable layer 2 routing mode.
WAN IP Configure the data IP address that the SU will use when forwarding data
packets to the gateway
DHCP server Configure the SU IP towards the devices connected behind the SU. The
address SU acts as DHCP server towards those devices.
DHCP pool size Configure the number of IP addresses that the SU allocates to the
devices behind it.
Default gateway Configure the network gateway. The SU will send its traffic to the default
gateway (using its WAN IP).
Primary DNS / Configure the network primary and secondary DNS.
Secondary DNS
DHCP relay Enable DHCP relay. In DHCP relay mode, the SU will forward the DHCP
requests to an external DHCP server.
Relay CircuitID Configure according to the required DHCP relay parameters (DHCP
and RemoteID option 82).
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Parameter Description
Log window The log window displays automatically:
Unit’s last reset reason.
Unit’s logs.
Save log To save the log, double-click the text (it will be selected
automatically) and copy it to text editor.
Syslog
Enable syslog Enable/disable syslog logs.
Server IP Configure syslog server IP.
Port Configure syslog port.
Event Log
Get Log Retrieve unit internal event log into the logger window.
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Parameter Description
Start Start the RF Analyzer*.
Stop Stop RF analyzer mode and perform reset.
Clear Clear the display and RSSI readings.
Save Save the RF analyzer results to a file.
Scan all channels Enabled this option to automatically scan all the channels.
Results
Max [dBm] Display the maximum RF analyzer reading for each channel.
RSSI graph Display the last reading (blue) and max reading (red) for each
channel.
Band scan
Band scan (MU Start an online band scan procedure in the MU and all its SUs.
only) All radios in the system will still be active, with no interruption to
traffic.
The MU will collect the data of all SUs and present it according to the
selected unit.
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Parameter Description
Name Display SU name.
Press the SU name to view its real time traffic.
MAC Display SU MAC address.
IP Display SU IP address (relevant only if the SU is online).
Downlink [Mbps] Current downlink traffic (SU to MU) for each SU.
Uplink [Mbps] Current uplink traffic (MU to SU) for each SU.
Total [Mbps] Total traffic (downlink and uplink).
* During the test period, all traffic will be disabled, including management connection to remote units. As
such, please make sure to perform the test while connected directly to the MU LAN.
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Parameter Description
Index Record index. Index number 1 indicates the last sample (most recent
sample).
Timestamp Estimated record time.
RSSI Display min, mean and max RSSI values for each direction (DL/UL).
PER Display min, mean and max PER values for each direction (DL/UL).
Modulation Display min, mean and max modulation for each direction (DL/UL).
SN0 Display min, mean and max SN0 value for each direction (DL/UL).
SN0 indicates the normalized RSSI at RF port 0. This value is
significant only when compared to SN1 value (the difference between
SN0 and SN1 on MIMO unit should be minimal)
SN1 Display min, mean and max SN1 value for each direction (DL/UL).
SN0 indicates the normalized RSSI at RF port 1. This value is
significant only when compared to SN1 value (the difference between
SN0 and SN1 on MIMO unit should be minimal)
CRCs Display CRC counter for each direction (DL/UL).
PacketCount Display packet counter for each direction (DL/UL).
ByteCount Display byte counter for each direction (DL/UL).
SingleARQ Display single ARQ counter for each direction (DL/UL).
DoubleARQ Display double ARQ counter for each direction (DL/UL).
Drops Display drop (frame loss) counter for each direction (DL/UL).
Note: in PTMP systems, the monitoring tables should be extracted from the SUs. The
PTMP MU table includes the data of the first SU only.
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Parameter Description
Source Select the source of records:
MU – records accumulative traffic data of all SUs
Specific SU
Type Select the desired data:
Traffic – DL & UL & Total capacity in Mbps
RSSI – DL & UL RSSI records
PER – DL & UL PER records
Rate – DL & UL modulation levels
Save Save graph as PNG file
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Passwords
Set the “Administrator” password for Admin login.
Set the “User” password for User login.
Default passwords are blank.
Remote Authentication
For networks that require RADIUS / TACACS login and authentication, set
authentication server parameters (IP, port, secret). In the radio Login page, select the
required login method (RADIUS / TACACS) and enter the password.
Firmware update
BreezeAIR unit includes 2 firmware banks - Active and Alternate.
On firmware upgrade, the new firmware file is loaded to the alternate bank. After
successful upgrade, the operator switch between the banks (the alternate bank
becomes active and the active bank is now the alternate bank).
Browse for the firmware file (*.brn). The firmware details will automatically
appear.
Press ‘Submit’ to load the firmware into the alternate bank.
After successful upgrade, the firmware details will be displayed in the alternate
bank.
Press ‘Switch banks’ to switch between the active and alternate banks. The
unit will automatically reboot.
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License upgrade
Browse for the license file (*.brn). The MAC addresses that are included in the
file will automatically appear in a list.
Press ‘Submit’. The unit will automatically reboot after.
Configuration backup
Export – save the radio's configuration into a file.
Import - browse for a saved configuration file (*.wip) to update the radio
configuration according to the saved data.
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5. BreezeManager
5.1 General
The BreezeManager is a technician tool used for monitoring BreezeAIR units (MU or
SU).
The BreezeManager discovers BreezeAIR units even when the IP address is unknown
and allows monitoring of all units that are connected locally.
Parameter Description
Refresh Issue “discover” command on selected interfaces to discover all
BreezeAIR radios connected to the PC
Pinger Open Pinger window
Settings Open Settings window
Unit list Lists all units in the network. Each unit is presented with:
Status:
o Green – units with active connection
o Red – units with no connection (usually saved units from
previous session)
Device name
IP
MAC
FW version
Password – editable by the operator.
Bottom window Logger
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Parameter Description
Open Web Opens the radio’s web interface in the default browser
Reset Unit Issue a reset command to the selected unit
Get Reset Text View unit’s last reset reason (will appear on the logger section)
Change IP Change the selected unit’s IP*
Delete Delete selected unit from the list (relevant for “Red” units since
“Green” units will automatically re-appear in the next discovery)
* Please refer to section 5.4
5.4 Change IP
BreezeManager will automatically discover units with unknown IP address (even if the
unit is not on same subnet as the PC) and allows the operator to change the IP of such
discovered unit.
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Parameter Description
Start Start ping monitoring
Stop Stop ping monitoring
Clear Selected Rows Clear counters for selected units
Ping Delay [Sec] Configure the time between pings in seconds
Unit list Lists all units in the network. Each unit is presented with:
Checkbox – select relevant units for ping command
Status:
o Green – units with active connection
o Red – units with no connection (usually saved units from
previous session)
Device name
IP
MAC
Counters:
o Sent – number of pings sent to the unit
o Received – number of responses received from the unit
o Lost – number of pings without response
o Delay – ping latency in ms
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Parameter Description
Discover Timeout Configure the time between BreezeManager automatic discoveries
Ping Timeout Configure the ping timeout for BreezeManager Pinger
Interfaces Select the Network interfaces for automatic discovery:
Scan – BreezeManager will scan the interface
Don’t Scan - BreezeManager will not scan the interface
Save on Exit Configure:
Yes - save all data (units and passwords)
No – do not save any data
Logger window Presents a description on the selected parameter
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6. Telnet
The Telnet interface allows standard configuration of BreezeAIR system from a remote
workstation (platform independent).
Example:
(1) (2) (3)
BreezeAIR 8000 MU 5GHz 04:1A:04:00:4A:AB 10.40.40.254
Example:
(1) (2) (3)
00000035 [LINKUP]->041A04004AAC >>:
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