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Ericsson Wi-Fi Configuration, Operation, Maintenance & Troubleshooting LNA 108 9310 R1A Description This course targets field techinicians, network operation center personnels,Deployment and design engineers. It also focuses on tasks associated with installation, adminstration, maintenance, configuration and management. The five day course will cover an overview of Ericsson Wi-FI components and applications, typical deployment, provisioning and verifications, adminstration and maintenance. Also included is the configuration and management as executed through the Wi-Fi Manager application and identifying faults and troubleshooting techniques.
Learning objectives On completion of this course the participants will be able to: 1. Explain the scope and objectives of this course. 1.1 Enumerate the contents of this course. 1.2 Identify the target audience of this course. 2. Describe the Modulation techniques used in Wi-Fi 2.1 Radio Frequency Propagation 2.2 Describe the types of Antennnas and their radiation 2.3 Explain the link budgeting process and the attenuations that need to be considered 2.4 Describe the capacity planning process 2.5 Explain the Encoding techniques used in the Wi-Fi 3. Describe the Ericsson Access Point product portfolio 3.1 Explain the Network topology used in the Ericsson Wi-Fi 3.2 Describe the Ericsson Wi-Fi Controller 3.3 .Identify the management applications used with the Ericsson Wi-Fi technology 3.4 Deployment scenarios 3.5 Describe each access point features and mounting options
3.6 List features suported by the Wi-Fi controller and network location 3.7 List element management entities and describe WM interfaces 3.8 Explain the Wi-Fi Business Anlyzer (WBA) 4. Describe what is an Access Point 4.1 Define the Ericsson Access Point family 4.2 Explain the Access method structure and features 4.3 Describe characteristics of each Access Point and configiration interfaces 4.4 Explain performance and diaginotics Features 5. Complete description of what is Wi-Fi Controller 8000 5.1 List all the features associated to Wi-Fi Controller 8000 5.2 Install and login to a Wi-Fi controller and navigate around the Wi-Fi controller interface 5.3 Know what is involved in configuring a Wi-Fi controller 5.4 Use the different monitoring functions available from a Wi-Fi controller 5.5 Describe the advanced topics related to the Wi-Fi Controller, such as NAT, PEP, and tunnels 6. Describe the uses of Wi-Fi Manager 6.1 Navigate around the Wi-Fi Manager Map 6.2 Perform basic tasks with Wi-Fi Manager Client applications 6.3 Identify the protocols used to communicate between the Wi-Fi access points and the WiFi Manager. 6.4 List specific tasks of a Network Adminstrator and those required to manage nodes 6.5 List specific tasks for monitoring a Wi-Fi network 6.6 Identify key activities with Wi-Fi Manager to maintaina healthy Network. 7
Ericsson Wi-Fi Network Configuration and Verification
7.1 Identify the general provisioning guidelines 7.2 Determine which features are provisioned on the Wi-Fi Manager, WIC and AP .. 7.3 Perform basic provisioning tasks and provision the AP for basic operation. 7.4 Provision the Controller (WIC) to be able to be discovered by APs and communicate with the WM server and Datacollector. 7.5 Provisioning a Carrier and UAM deployments. 7.6 Provisioning the WLAN profiles on the WM such that the RADIUS server can authenticate user through EAPSIM or UAM.
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7.7 Provisioning an Automatic Intelligent Mesh Network and explain how it works. 7.8 Describe how to configure an AP for AIM operation and verify that it works correctly 8
Ericsson Wi-Fi Manager Operations and Maintenance
8.1.1
Navigate through the Wi-Fi Manager platform
8.1.2
Explain the principal features and capabilities of the Wi-Fi Manager.
8.1.3
Describe the Wi-Fi Manager Client-Server architecture.
8.1.4
Install and configure the Wi-Fi Manager software.
8.1.5
Install and run the Wi-Fi Manager Application
8.1.6
Configure the Wi-Fi Manager Server, Datacollector and setup permanent license.
8.1.7
Upgrade the Wi-Fi Manager and unistall it.
8.2 Perform Administrative tasks in Wi-Fi Manager. 8.2.1
Perform basic functions and navigation on the map.
8.2.2
Manage Wi-Fi Manager client sessions and user accounts
8.2.3
Manage the list of Organizationally Unique Identifiers (OUIs)
8.2.4
Manage Client Blacklist and Datacollectors
8.2.5
Configure Wi-Fi Manager server preferences and Northbound interface policies
8.3 Configure the Ericsson Wi-Fi Access Points from Wi-Fi Manager. 8.3.1
Create the various profiles supported in Wi-Fi Manager
8.3.2
Manage these profiles from the Node menu.
8.3.3
Assign, remove, manage node profiles and audit node profiles
8.4 Manage the Ericsson Wi-Fi nodes from Wi-Fi Manager.. 8.4.1
Create node groups, mark nodes as egress, add nodes and delete nodes
8.4.2
Set default node position in Wi-Fi Manager, lock and unlock nodes.
8.4.3
Assigning a node to a Datacollector group and create and manage sites/sub-sites.
8.4.4
Save/restore configurations and reboot nodes
8.4.5
Software and Firmware Upgrade and perform channel scans.
8.5 Perform basic network operations from Wi-Fi Manager 8.5.1
Finding nodes on the map, showing node details and viewing basic link information.
8.5.2
Explain node decoration and labels, the heat map feature and manage clients
8.5.3
Display and explain the Alarm and Event browser.
8.5.4
Use the different tools used to monitor the network and RF health.
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8.6 Perform advanced network operations from Wi-Fi Manager. 8.6.1
Describe the Advanced Operator Tasks.
8.6.2
Display the System Uptime and Reports show cable modem reports
8.6.3
Perform L2TP Tunnel Reports and generate the Backhaul Link Reports.
8.6.4
Display Channel Busyness & RF Surveys and generate the AP Usage Reports.
8.6.5
Plot the Resource Utilization and display the Honeypot Reports.
8.6.6
Perform Statistical Plots and view RF Health
8.7 Troubleshoot a Wi-Fi network using Wi-Fi Manager. 8.7.1
List regular network maintenance tasks.
8.7.2
Explain the Wi-Fi Manager alarms and network status indicators.
8.7.3
Troubleshoot client and access issues, network growth with Wi-Fi Manager.
8.7.4
Troubleshoot backhaul links with Wi-Fi Manager WM issues.
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Ericsson Wi-Fi Solution Fault Management and Troubleshooting
9.1 Identify alarms displayed by the EWM and know what actions are required to rectify the cause of the alarm. 9.2 List the possible cause(s) of each type of alarm. 9.3 Explain how to differentiate between different possible alarm causes. 9.4 Describe what action to take to rectify the cause of each type of alarm. 9.5 Monitor the network for optimum performance and resolve non alarm issues with the network. 9.6 Diagnose and resolve non-alarm network issues such as Node uptime. 9.6.1
System resources, CPU, Memory, Noise Floor, RF survey, channel Utilization, WMOS, Number of clients and Radio statisctis..
9.7 Identify and resolve Wi-Fi client issues including how to find the AP used by a specific Wi-Fi client. 9.7.1
Locate the client’s AP,Explore client history and analyse clients records
9.7.2
Dissect authentication records and explore client statistics.
9.8 Use the Ericsson Wi-Fi CLI to troubleshoot issues with Wi-Fi backhaul links. 9.8.1
Explain backhaul link parameters matching link strength
9.8.2
Analyse backhaul link strength changes and determine link capacity.
9.8.3
Describe the procedures used on-site when troubleshooting issues.
9.8.4
Perform troubleshooting on power isuess and tracing of a route
9.8.5
Troubleshoot SSID issues and execute advanced packet capture.
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9.9 Describe the procedures used to troubleshooting Controller issues. 9.10
Explain the data connections between the AP and the Controller.
9.11
Perform a check of the AP configuration.
9.12
Execute a check of the data path between the AP and the Controller.
9.13
Check the status and state of the CAPWAP tunnel between the AP and the WIC.
9.10 Perform troubleshooting activities Prerequisites Be familiar with telecommunication basics IP fundamentals Target audience The target audience for this course is: Network Design Engineer, Network Deployment Engineer, Service Deployment Engineer, System Technician, Service Technician, Field Technician Duration and class size The length of the course is 5 days and the maximum number of participants is 8. Learning situation This course is based on theoretical and practical environment delivered in classroom with access to actual Wi-Fi Access components (Ericsson APs, Wi-Fi controller and Wi-Fi Manager).
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