Netspan Element Manager for WiMAX

Airspans WiMAX products incorporate

all the features that are required for the
initial installation and commissioning of
the products as well as their day-to-day
efficient running. To this end, all
products include comprehensive
management capabilities in terms of
features designed into the products as
well as the centralised Operations &
Management (O&M) system, Netspan.
Netspan provides the following
functions:
Fault management
Configuration management
Alarm handling
Performance management
Security management
Netspan is designed around a
client/server architecture. The Netspan
server runs on a PC platform, making
use of an SQL database to store the
configuration, statistics and alarm
history from the radio network. Access
to the Netspan server is from Microsoft
Internet Explorer, using the web service
of the Netspan server.
The mimimum Netspan platform
requirements are:
The Netspan O&M has terminal mobility
service support from day 1, enabling
roaming and self-installation by
customers using EasyST and ProSTs.
Auto-CPE provisioning and Auto-
Service Flow and Service Product
allocation ensures that the network
operator can take advantage of any
compatible WiMAX Certified CPE that
connects to his network. Network
Authentication is managed separately
from service provisioning and activation,
which is a fundamental part of any
mobile system design.
Each Netspan operator is given
configurable access rights, allowing each
operator to be granted the rights
appropriate to their function.
Netspan provides configuration and
diagnostic access to every WiMAX
network element, right down to each
individual Subscriber Terminal.
Operations &
Management Platform
Management Options
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AS.MAX family of products support
three management options:
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Local web based client management
of individual system components
Used to configure small systems
and networks
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North-bound intreface to third party
Network Management
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Management via third party SNMP
management tool
Uses standard WiMAX MIB
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Airspans Netspan network
management server
Already running numerous WLL
networks worldwide
Based on Microsoft .Net
platform
Distributed server architecture
support
Full system configuration,
operation and maintenance via
standard web client
SNMP API support
Uses standard WiMAX MIB for
all configuration and O&M
activities
Main Operations;
Airspan Communications Limited
Cambridge House, Oxford Road,
Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 1UN, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1895 467 100
Fax: +44 (0) 1895 467 101
Worldwide Headquarters;
Airspan Networks Inc.
777 Yamato Road, Suite 105,
Boca Raton, FL 33431-4408, USA
Tel: +1 561 893 8670
Fax: +1 561 893 8671
www.airspan.com
Hardware Platform Requirements
Host Requirements
Physical Connectivity
Communication Method
Server Software Requirements
In normal operation, a separate server and client PC is required, although both can run on the same PC if necessary.
The server and client may be located remotely from the equipment being managed.
For general use the following host machine is recommended for the server application.
CPU: Dual Processor (Pentium 4, Xeon or better with 1Mb L2 cache)
Memory: 2GB RAM
Drive Controller: Dual Channel Ultra 320 SCSI
RAID Controller: support RAID 01 or stripped mirror, eg PERC
Hard Drive: 2 x Hot Plugable, 73GB, SCSI drives (15K RPM)
CD ROM Drive
Tape Back-up
Network Interface Card
For small network trials, where backup and redundancy capability within the host machine is not required, the following specification Netspan Server can be used.
CPU: Pentium 4, 2.8Ghz
Memory: 1GB RAM
Hard Drive: 80GB
CD ROM Drive
Network Interface Card
Note: These are recommended minimum specifications
Connection: Ethernet
Client-server: HTML over HTTP
AS.MAX: SNMP over TCP/IP
SQL database: ADO.NET
Inter component communications: .Net Remoting
The Netspan server is based around Internet Information services (IIS) (See http://www.microsoft.com/iis).
This is a web hosting application, and allows the clients to connect up via HTTP using a standard web browser.
The web application is developed using Microsoft ASP.NET.
Depending on the type of Netspan installation to be run, a subset of the following prerequisites is required:
Server Operating System:
Windows 2003 server with the latest service packs. The installation pack comes with the set of service packs installers as per availability
at the date when the project was built. The user is responsible for checking the Microsoft website for later service packs and hot fixes.
IIS:
Internet Information Services: 5.0 IIS version 6.0
SQL Server:
SQL Server 2000: SP4 or later: 8.00.2039 SQL 2000 version < 9.0
SQL Server 2005: SP1 or later: 9.00.2047 SQL 2005 version < 10.0
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition: 9.00.2047 SQL 2005 Express version < 10.0
.Net Framework 2.0:
2.0.50727 .Net Framework version < 2.1
Note: Netspan Requires an English version of OS, keyboard, SQL
Server.
Note: Netspan must not be installed on a machine configured as a
Domain Controller. Installation of Netspan on a domain
controller is not supported. Please install Netspan on a non-
domain controller installation of Windows Server.