Ceragon IP10 Troubleshooting Guide
Ceragon IP10 Troubleshooting Guide
Ceragon IP10 Troubleshooting Guide
Troubleshooting
Guide
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General .......................................................................................................... 1
Visual Inspection............................................................................................... 1
This guide explains the alarm indications of the FibeAir system, and contains procedures for troubleshooting
and fault isolation.
Maintenance Policy
To ensure simple and efficient system maintenance, the on-site technician will only replace IDU, ODU, or
RFU modules, and not repair them. Under no circumstance will the technician be permitted to open the
equipment in order to repair a module or circuit board. Opening equipment will terminate the Ceragon
warranty.
Maintenance procedures the technician can perform include visual inspection, cleaning, cable/connector
repair, link alignment/adjustment, and retorquing antenna mount bolts.
Visual Inspection
The following table lists the suggested preventive maintenance procedures, which include visual inspection of
the equipment and verification of operational parameters.
Corrective maintenance consists of the steps described in the following sections. The steps provide a logical,
sequential method for diagnosing and resolving system problems.
This step is generally peformed by the customer's field technician or supervisor. Examples of symptoms
include “IDU alarm is red”, “complete loss of service”, and “excessive errors”.
Symptoms may be constant or intermittent. Constant symptoms require immediate troubleshooting attention.
Intermittent symptoms may require circuit monitoring or robust test procedures prior to troubleshooting.
After you have a clear definition of the symptom, the malfunction can be isolated using diagnostics, loopback
testing, fault isolation tables/flow charts, test equipment, and manual procedures.
This step will identify the specific piece of equipment that is failing.
Although it may be difficult at times to immediately determine which part of a radio link is causing the fault,
the initial suspicion should be focused on one of the following near-end or far-end issues:
y Power supplies
y Fading (due to heavy rain, new obstacle in path, antenna misalignment)
y External equipment (SONET/SDH, ATM, Fast Ethernet, etc.)
y Indoor Unit (IDU)
y Outdoor Unit (ODU)or Radio Frequency Unit (RFU)
y RF cable between the ODU/RFU and IDU
y Exposure of equipment to severe conditions (high temperature, etc.)
y System configuration
Once the fault has been isolated, you will need to understand why the fault occurred and what is required to
correct it. Use the tables provided in the following sections to understand the problem, and for suggestions of
possible solutions.
Use the troubleshooting information in this guide to help solve the problem.
Note: In the tables below, critical and major alarms are red, and minor and warning alarms are yellow.
LED Name Description Severity Color Info Probable Cause Corrective Action
1) Reconnect line.
1) Line is not
2) Check line
properly
Excessive cables.
excessive- E1/T1 excessive connected.
PDH Major Red BER alarm 3) Check external
ber BER on port #%1 2) External
status equipment.
equipment is
4) Power cycle the
faulty.
system.
loopback- E1/T1 loopback Loopback User configured
Cancel loopback
PDH towards- towards line on Major Red towards line system to
configuration.
line port #%1 alarm status loopback mode.
loopback- E1/T1 loopback Loopback User configured
Cancel loopback
PDH towards- towards radio on Major Red towards radio system to
configuration.
radio port #%1 alarm status loopback mode.
1) Reconnect line.
1) Line is not
2) Check line
properly
E1/T1 loss of No signal is cables.
loss-of- connected.
PDH signal on port Major Red detected on 3) Check external
signal 2) External
#%1 port equipment.
equipment is
4) Power cycle the
faulty.
system.
1) Reconnect line.
1) Line is not
2) Check line
Signal properly
E1/T1 signal cables.
signal- degrade is connected.
PDH degrade on port Minor Yellow 3) Check external
degrade detected on 2) External
#%1 equipment.
port equipment is
4) Power cycle the
faulty.
system.
E1/T1 Unexpected 1) Port is disabled. 1) Enable relevant
unexpected unexpected signal is 2) Line is port.
PDH Warning Yellow
-signal signal on port detected on connected to a 2) Disconnect cable
#%1 port disabled port. from relevant port.
ext-in-
IDU %1 Warning Yellow External Alarm Input ---
alarm
1) FE cable 1) Check connection
Ethernet loss of
eth-loc- Ethernet Loss of disconnected of FE cable.
IDU carrier on port Major Red
alarm Carrier on Port #n 2) Defected 2) Replace FE
#%1
FE cable. cable.
Radio
LOF/EXBER/
Ethernet Tx mute Link ID on
eth-tx- Ethernet TX Mute
IDU override on port Major Red local or Check link
mute-alarm Override
#%1 remote side
(in pipe
application)
LED Alarm Name Description Severity Color Alarm Info Probable Cause Corrective Action
1) Cable is not
Gigabit ethernet connected to the 1) Connect cable to
Gigabit loss
IDU gbe-loc-alarm loss of carrier on Major Red port. the port.
of carrier
port #%1 2) Cable is 2) Replace cable.
defected.
Gigabit 1) Check SFP
Gigabit ethernet SFP is not
IDU gbe-sfp-alarm Major Red Ethernet SFP connector.
SFP not inserted inserted
not intact 2) Replace fiber.
Gigabit
Gigabit ethernet
IDU gbe-sfp-tx-alarm Major Red Ethernet SFP SFP malfunction Replace SFP
SFP Tx fault
TX Fault
Radio
GBE Tx mute GBE TX
gbe-tx-mute- LOF/EXBER/Link
IDU override on port Warning Yellow Mute Check link
alarm ID on local or
#%1 Override
remote side
1) Move
Firmware file 1) Firmware file is Management to
file-load-error- Firmware file was not missing. port 2.
IDU Critical Red
alarm load error (%1) successfully 2) System error 2) Download
loaded in power up. firmware file.
3) Reset system.
Firmware file 1) Download
file-not-found- Firmware file not 1) Firmware file is
IDU Critical Red was not firmware file.
alarm found (%1) missing.
found 2) Reset system.
The system's
The alarm file
Alarm file not alarm file
IDU alarms-file Major Red was deleted or is Download alarm file
found was not
corrupted
found
SW error: entity SW failed to SW error during
entity-init-fail-
IDU initialization Major Red properly system Reset system
alarm
failure initialize intialization
IDU is in The external
IDU extreme Turn on external
extreme- extreme cooling/heating
IDU temperature Warning Yellow cooling/heating
temperature temperature system is not
conditions systems.
condition operating.
IDU fan-failure Fan failure Minor Yellow Fan failure Defective fan unit Replace fan unit
general- General HW 1) Reset system.
IDU Major Red HW failure Defected HW
hardware-failure failure %1 2) Replace IDU.
1) The kernel
Backup
Backup kernel is (/boot/uImage) is 1) Re-install the
IDU kernel-backup Minor Yellow kernel is
running corrupted or SW.
running
missing
LED Alarm Name Description Severity Color Alarm Info Probable Cause Corrective Action
Low input
Low input Low input to the 1) Check power
IDU low-input-voltage Warning Yellow voltage
voltage system supply voltage.
detected
SW error:
param-set-fail- Parameter
IDU parameter set Warning Yellow SW error Reset system
alarm set failure
failed
1) Inventory
file is
missing.
Inventory file The inventory 2) Inventory 1) Reset system.
corrupted-file-
IDU (%1) is Critical Red file is file was 2) Download
alarm
corrupted corrupted found to be inventory file
corrupt upon
system
power up.
Inventory file Inventory file 1) Download
file-not-found- 1) Inventory file is
IDU (%1) was not Critical Red was not inventory file.
alarm missing.
found found 2) Reset system.
1) Terminate demo
Demo license
demo-license- 1) Demo license license.
IDU Demo license Warning Yellow is used by
alarm activated by user. 2) Activate
customer
operational license.
1) Check that the
code was entered
1) Unit does not
license-violation- License violation License correctly.
IDU Warning Yellow match license
alarm %1 violation 2) Call tech support
features set.
for new license
generation.
Modem file 1) Download
firmware-file- Modem firmware 1) Modem file is
IDU Critical Red was not Modem file.
missing-alarm file not found missing.
found 2) Reset system.
Modem was not Modem was
firmware-load- 1) File is corrupt. 1) Download file.
IDU loaded Critical Red not loaded
error-alarm 2) System failure. 2) Reset system.
successfully successfully
Radio script
fpga-file-currupt- Radio script 1) Download radio
IDU Critical Red LUT is not 1) Faulty file.
alarm (LUT) is corrupt script LUT.
valid
Radio script 1) File was not
fpga-file-not- Radio script 1) Download radio
IDU Critical Red LUT not downloaded to
found-alarm (LUT) not found script.
found system.
LED Alarm Name Description Severity Color Alarm Info Probable Cause Corrective Action
Incompatibilit
1) Incompatibility
y between 1) Change RFU.
incompatible- Incompatible between RFU
IDU Critical Red RFU and 2) Change Raido
script-alarm script: %1 %2 and loaded radio
loaded radio script.
script.
script
modem-script- Radio script is Radio script
IDU Critical Red File is corrupt Download file
file-corrupt-alarm corrupt is not valid
modem-script-
Radio script not Radio script
IDU file-not-found- Critical Red File not found Download file
found not found
alarm
mrmc-file-corrupt- MRMC file is MRMC file
IDU Critical Red File is corrupt Download file
alarm corrupt not valid
mrmc-file-not- MRMC file not MRMC file
IDU Critical Red File not found Download file
found-alarm found not found
rfu-file-corrupt- RFU file is RFU file not
IDU Critical Red File is corrupt Download file
alarm corrupt valid
rfu-file-not-found- RFU file not RFU file not
IDU Critical Red File not found Download file
alarm found found
IF loopback 1) User enabled 1) Disable IF
IDU if-loopback-alarm IF loopback Warning Yellow
initiated IF loopback. loopback.
1) Extreme
IF 1) Check
temperature
IDU lock-detect-alarm IF lock detection Critical Red synthesizer installation.
condition.
unlock 2) Reset IDU.
2) HW failure.
1) Check IF cable
and connectors.
Cable
2) Verify that N-
between IDU 1) Cable is not
Type connector
IDU cable-open Cable open Major Red and RFU is connected to IDU
inner pin is not
not properly or RFU.
spliced.
connected
3) Replace IDU.
4) Replace RFU.
1) Check IF cable
and connectors.
2) Verify that N-
There is a
1) Physical short Type connector
IDU cable-short Cable short Major Red short in the IF
at the IF cable. inner pin is not
cable
spliced.
3) Replace IDU.
4) Replace RFU.
Alarm
LED Description Severity Color Alarm Info Probable Cause Corrective Action
Name
1) Check MAID
definitions.
2) Check remote
MEP definitions.
1) Local MEP 3) Check local MEP
error indication. definitions.
Ethenet 2) Remote MEP 4) Run "CFM
Ethenet services
IDU cfm-failure Warning Yellow services error indication. traceroute" to the
failure
failure 3) Remote MEP remote MEP then
loss of perform "CFM ping"
connectivity. to each MP
(Maintenance
Point) in order to
find the broken
point.
1) Cable is not
connected
between 1) Connect
Protection
cable- protection ports. Ethernet cable to
Mate IDU cable cable is not
Protection disconnecte Major Red 2) Cable is protection port of
is not connected properly
d-alarm connected to both IDUs.
connected
wrong port. 2) Replace cable.
3) Cable is
damaged.
1) RFU
Mismatch 1) Change RFU.
configuratio Mate IDU properties are not
between IDU 2) Download
Protection n-mismatch- configuration Major Red identical.
in Protection required radio
alarm mismatch 2) Radio scripts
mode script.
are not identical.
Force switch 1) User
force- Protection force 1) Clear Force
Protection Warning Yellow command command - Force
switch-alarm switch Switch Command.
was issued Protection Switch
SW fault in 1) SW fault in
ipi-xml-file- Protection SW 1) Reset Standby
Protection Warning Yellow Protection synchronization
alarm activity fault unit.
mechanism of databases
Protection
User issued
lockout- Protection Lockout Clear Lockout
Protection Major Red Protection
alarm lockout command command
Lockout
was isused
Alarm
LED Description Severity Color Alarm Info Probable Cause Corrective Action
Name
1) IDU IP
addresses are
identical.
2) IDUs IP subnet
IDU cannot is not identical. 1) Check Protection
Mate IDU
mate-comm- communicate 3) Protection cable connectivity.
Protection communication Major Red
failure-alarm with its mate Cable is not 2) Replace
error
IDU properly Protection cable.
connected.
4) Protection
Cable is
damaged.
1) Check link
1) Fade in the
performance.
link.
radio- 2) Check IF cable,
Radio excessive Excessive 2) Defected IF
Radio excessive- Major Red and replace if
BER BER on radio cable.
ber required.
3) Fault in RFU.
3) Replace RFU.
4) Fault in IDU.
4) Replace IDU.
Link ID Link ID is not the Configure same
radio-link-id- Link ID
Radio Critical Red Mismatch same at both Link ID for both
mismatch mismatch
Alarm sides of link sides of link.
1) Check link
1) Fade in the
performance.
link.
Loss Of 2) Check IF cable,
Radio loss of 2) Defected IF
Radio radio-lof Critical Red Frame on and replace if
frame cable.
radio required.
3) Fault in RFU.
3) Replace RFU.
4) Fault in IDU.
4) Replace IDU.
1) Check link
1) Fade in the
performance.
link.
Signal 2) Check IF cable,
radio-signal- Radio signal 2) Defected IF
Radio Minor Yellow Degrade on and replace if
degrade degrade cable.
radio required.
3) Fault in RFU.
3) Replace RFU.
4) Fault in IDU.
4) Replace IDU.
LED Alarm Name Description Severity Color Alarm Info Probable Cause Corrective Action
Remote
remote- Remote
Communicati 1) Fade in the 1) Check link
Remote communicatio communication Major Red
on Failure link. performance.
n-failure failure
Alarm
RFU
incompatible- Incompatible calibration RFU calibration
RFU rfu-tx- RFU TX Major Red tables require tables require Upgrade IDU's SW.
calibration calibration IDC SW IDC SW upgrade.
upgrade
1) Check IF cable
and connectors.
2) Verify that N-
Type connector
1) Defected IF
inner pin is not
cable.
Failure in spliced.
RFU 2) IF cable not
communicatio communicati 3) Replace IDU.
RFU communication Warning Yellow connected
n-failure on between 4) Replace RFU.
failure properly.
IDU and RFU For High Power RF
3) Defected IDU.
Unit:
4) Defected RFU.
1) Check BMA
connector on OCB
2) Check BMA
connector on RFU
delay- RFU delay 1) Reset the IDU /
RX AGC is
RFU calibration- calibration Warning Yellow Defective RFU RFU.
not locked
failure-1 failure 1 2) Replace RFU.
Calibration
Calibration
delay- RFU delay cannot be Enter delay
cannot be
RFU calibration- calibration Warning Yellow completed calibration value
completed due to
failure-2 failure 2 due to notch manually
notch detection
detection
1) Check
installation
RFU 1) Installation
conditions.
extreme-temp- RFU extreme temperature conditions.
RFU Warning Yellow 2) Verify operation
cond temperature is too high or 2) Defective
as per product's
low RFU.
specs.
3) Replace RFU.
LED Alarm Name Description Severity Color Alarm Info Probable Cause Corrective Action
1) Defective / 1) Check RFU
non-existent fan connection to BP 2)
drawer. Check that fans are
2) Defective connected to PS
RFU Fan
RFU fan-failure RFU fan failure Warning Yellow RFU-to-fan 3) Replace RFU BP
Failure Alarm
drawer cable
connection. 4) Replace specific
3) Defective fan or fan drawer
RFU. 5)Replace RFU
RFU
hardware-failure- RFU hardware Hardware 1) Defective
RFU Critical Red 1) Replace RFU.
1 failure 1 Failure 1 RFU.
Alarm
RFU
hardware-failure- RFU hardware Hardware 1) Defective
RFU Critical Red 1) Replace RFU.
2 failure 2 Failure 2 RFU.
Alarm
1) Check IF cable
connectors.
1) IF cable
RFU is 2) Verify that N-
connection.
low-if-signal-to- Low IF signal to detecting low Type connector
RFU Major Red 2) Defective
rfu RFU signal from inner pin is not
RFU.
IDU spliced.
3) Defective IDU.
3) Replace IDU.
4) Replace RFU.
1) Check IF cable
and connectors.
2) Verify that N-
Type connector
inner pin is not
spliced.
IDU is not
3) Replace IDU.
No signal from detecting a No RX (140 MHz)
RFU no-signal-from-rfu Major Red 4) Replace RFU.
RFU signal from signal from RFU.
For High Power RF
the RFU
Unit:
Check BMA
connector center
pin is not spliced
both on RFU and
on OCB.
LED Alarm Name Description Severity Color Alarm Info Probable Cause Corrective Action
1) Installation 1) Check
RFU PA RFU PA
pa-extreme-temp- conditions. installation
RFU extreme Warning Yellow Extreme
cond 2) Defective conditions.
temperature Temperature
RFU. 2) Replace RFU
1) Defective IF
1) Replace IF
RFU Power cable/connector.
RFU power cable/connector.
RFU power-failure-12v Major Red Failure (12v) 2) Defective
failure (12v) 2) Replace RFU.
Alarm RFU.
3) Replace IDU.
3) Defective IDU.
1) Defective IF
1) Replace IF
RFU Power cable/connector.
power-failure- RFU power cable/connector.
RFU Major Red Failure (1.5v) 2) Defective
1point5 failure (1.5v) 2) Replace RFU.
Alarm RFU.
3) Replace IDU.
3) Defective IDU.
1) Defective IF
1) Replace IF
RFU Power cable/connector.
RFU power cable/connector.
RFU power-failure-24v Major Red Failure (24v) 2) Defective
failure (24v) 2) Replace RFU.
Alarm RFU.
3) Replace IDU.
3) Defective IDU.
1) Defective IF
1) Replace IF
RFU Power cable/connector.
RFU power cable/connector.
RFU power-failure-6v Critical Red Failure (6v 2) Defective
failure (6v pro) 2) Replace RFU.
pro) Alarm RFU.
3) Replace IDU.
3) Defective IDU.
1) Defective IF
1) Replace IF
RFU Power cable/connector.
power-failure-6v- RFU power cable/connector.
RFU Major Red Failure (6v 2) Defective
sw failure (6v SW) 2) Replace RFU.
SW) Alarm RFU.
3) Replace IDU.
3) Defective IDU.
1) Defective IF
1) Replace IF
RFU Power cable/connector.
power-failure- RFU power cable/connector.
RFU Major Red Failure (6v 2) Defective
minus-5v failure (-5v) 2) Replace RFU.
pro) Alarm RFU.
3) Replace IDU.
3) Defective IDU.
1) Defective IF
1) Replace IF
RFU Power cable/connector.
RFU power cable/connector.
RFU power-failure-vd Critical Red Failure (Vd) 2) Defective
failure (Vd) 2) Replace RFU.
Alarm RFU.
3) Replace IDU.
3) Defective IDU.
RFU
rfu-loopback- 1) Disable RFU
RFU RFU loopback Major Red loopback 1) User action.
active loopback.
Alarm
LED Alarm Name Description Severity Color Alarm Info Probable Cause Corrective Action
At least one of
rfu-power-supply- RFU power RFU power
RFU Major Red the PSU voltages 1) Replace RFU.
failure supply failure supply failure
is too low.
RSL is very low
1) Check antenna
(typically below -
alignment & link
80 dBm), link is
planning.
down.
2) Check link
RFU RX For RFU-C:
rx-level-out-of- Rx level out of settings (TX power,
RFU Warning Yellow Level Out of RSL is too Low
range range TX freq).
Range (typically below -
3) Check antenna
83dBm) or
connections.
RSL is too High
4) Replace
(typically above -
local/remote RFU.
26dBm).
1) Check that the
fault is not due to
rain/multi-path
fading or lack of
LOS.
1) Improper
2) Check link
RFU Rx level RFU Rx installation.
rx-level-path1-out- settings (TX power,
RFU path1 out of Warning Yellow Level Path1 2) Fading event.
of-range TX freq).
range Out of Range 3) Defective
3) Check anttena
RFU.
alignment.
4) Check antenna
connections
5) Replace
local/remote RFU.
1) Check that the
fault is not due to
rain/multi path
fading or lack of
LOS.
1) Improper
2) Check link
RFU Rx level RFU Rx installation.
rx-level-path2-out- settings (TX power,
RFU path2 out of Warning Yellow Level Path2 2) Fading event.
of-range TX freq).
range Out of Range 3) Defective
3) Check anttena
RFU.
alignment.
4) Check antenna
connections
5) Replace
local/remote RFU.
LED Alarm Name Description Severity Color Alarm Info Probable Cause Corrective Action
1) Defective
RFU RFU. 1) Replace XPIC
synthesizer-1- Synthesizer 1
RFU Major Red synthesizer is 2) Defective cable.
unlocked unlocked
unlocked XPIC cable 2) Replace RFU.
connection.
1) Defective
RFU RFU. 1) Replace XPIC
synthesizer-2- Synthesizer 2
RFU Major Red synthersizer 2) Defective cable.
unlocked unlocked
is unlocked XPIC cable 2) Replace RFU.
connection.
1) Defective
RFU RFU. 1) Replace XPIC
synthesizer-3- Synthesizer 3
RFU Major Red synthesizer is 2) Defective cable.
unlocked unlocked
unlocked XPIC cable 2) Replace RFU.
connection.
One of the 1) Replace RFU.
One of the RFU
synthesizer- Synthesizer RFU 2) In XPIC mode,
RFU Major Red synthesizers is
unlocked unlocked Synthesizers replace mate RFU
unlocked.
is Unlocked as well.
1) Defective RFU
1) Replace RFU.
RFU TX (the RFU cannot
tx-level-out-of- Tx level out of 2) Intermediate
RFU Minor Yellow Level Out of transmit the
range range solution - reduce
Range requested TX
TX power.
power)
RFU Transmitter Unmute the RFU
RFU tx-mute Tx mute Warning Yellow RFU TX Mute
muted by user. transmitter.
IDC's SW
IDU SW does
doesn't IDC's SW doesn't
RFU unknown-rfu-type not support this Major Red Upgrade IDC SW.
support the support the RFU.
type of RFU
RFU
Color
LED Description
Red Yello Green
w
For Hitless systems, the following table lists the LEDs and their indications:
If, after the radio link is installed, the payload is not received, there may be a problem either with the line
interface connection to FibeAir, or with external equipment.
Before you perform line interface troubleshooting, check the following items, which are common causes of
line interface failures:
y Both external equipment and FibeAir are using the same interface (single mode, multi-mode).
y For multi-mode interfaces, check that you are using multi-mode fibers to connect the unit. For single
mode interfaces, check that you are using single mode fibers.
If no problem is detected with any of the items above, proceed with the table below.
XC <Type> FPGA File is XC firmware file is missing in 1) Download XC firmware file of the
42
Missing the 2-floor IDC. required type and reset the IDC.
Wayside Firmware File Wayside firmware file is 1) Download Wayside firmware file
42
is Missing missing in the IDC. to the IDC and reset the IDC.
Subrack Auxiliary firmware
Subrack Auxiliary FPGA 1) Download Subrack Auxiliary
42 file is missing in the 2-floor
File is Missing firmware file and reset the IDC.
IDC.
Secondary Clock Source Secondary Clock Source
42
Failure Failure
1) Check if Radio module is
Radio module pertained to
Radio Card #n Powered inserted properly in the subrack and
42 Link Protection group is
Down is powered on. Replace module if
powered down or extracted.
faulty.
Primary Clock Source
42 Primary Clock Source Failure
Failure
MUX Firmware File is A Mux FW file is missing from Load the required FW file, and reset
42
Missing the system. system.
Modem Firmware File is A Modem FW file is missing Load the required FW file, and reset
42
Missing from the system. system.
1) Verify Protection Radio link is up
and, no errors over the link.
2) Check that remote IDU is
Link Group #1 N+1
N+1 Link Group protection properly configured for N+1 Link
Protection Fault: XC
42 degraded due to peer XC Group protection.
Peer Communication
communication fault. 3) Check that remote IDU has
Failure
properly operational XC board.
4) Check that Protection Radio link
terminates
Link Group #1 N+1 1) Check if XC module is powered
N+1 Link Group protection
Protection Fault: on and no other alarm related to XC
42 degraded due to XC card
Protecting Radio Failure is active.
fault.
XC Card Fault 2) Replace XC module.
1) Check that remote IDU is
Link Group #1 N+1 properly configured with N+1 Link
N+1 Link Group protection
Protection Fault: Local- Group topology.
42 degraded due to Local-
Remote Protection 2) Check that remote IDU has all
Remote Protection Mismatch.
Mismatch N+1 Link Group protection related
line modules operational.
Protection Cable
Problem with protection cable
Disconnect/Error/Power 1) Replace cable.
48 or the connection between
Error/Problem?10;Maste 2) Replace IDUs
the Master/Slave IDUs
r-Slave Disconnect
49 Heart Beat (Trap Only) Heart Beat (Trap Only)
50 Trib HP: LOM Trib HP: LOM
Radio HP: Loss of Multi-
50 Radio HP: LOM
frame (LOM) alarm occurs.
Fiber HP: Loss of Multi-frame
50 Fiber HP: LOM
(LOM) alarm occurs.
Hitless Switch Locked to Hitless Switch Locked to Self
51
Self Radio By User Radio by User
Hitless switching disabled by
Hitless Switch Locked to
51 user and locked for one of the 1) Disable Hitless Lockout
Right Radio By User
drawers.
101101110
Loopback
FibeAir is capable of performing loopback testing at several points in the link. The test is run from the
CeraView management software, or via the SNMP protocol.
During the loopback test, an alarm indication will appear to remind you to cancel the test when you are done.
Local:
y Wayside Channel
Local IDU
101101110...
Local IDU Modem & to ODU
Equipment IF
Interfaces
101101110...
Local Loop
y Full IDU (all three inputs through the IDU, modulator, and looped in the IF).
y Wayside Channel
Local IDU
101101110...
Local IDU Modem &
Equipment IF
Interfaces
101101110...
Remote Loop
Full Radio Link Loopback (local external equipment through the radio link, to the remote line interface
module, back through the radio link, to the local external equipment).
155 MB/s
Line Interface
Loopback
Loop
The following steps will help you identify and correct such problems.
1. For Ethernet connection between FibeAir and a PC network card, use a cross cable.
For Ethernet connection between FibeAir and an Ethernet hub (for example, connecting to a LAN jack in
a wall) use a straight cable.
2. For serial connection between FibeAir and a PC serial port, use a straight cable.
Cable Connections
Ping FibeAir. If ping succeeds, the problem may be with the CeraView software installation, or the computer
TCP\IP stack. Check the read and write communities in FibeAir and in the management station configuration.
If ping fails, there may be a network connectivity problem.
A typical conflict may occur between the IDU configuration and the related CeraView parameter.
In addition, the Agent Address must be identical to the IDU IP address, and the source address must be
identical to the computer’s address.
The following figure shows a typical example of IP addresses and network configuration.
Remote
Terminal
3xRS-232
192.168.1.1
192.168.1.17
192.168.1.2 192.168.1.18
192.168.1.3 192.168.1.19
CeraView 192.168.1.34
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