User's Manual

DragonWave Inc.
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Horizon Compact Plus Release 1.0.1 Wireless Ethernet Product User Manual – Volume 2
Table of Contents
1.0 USER MANUAL STRUCTURE ....................................................................... 1
2.0 ADVANCED CONFIGURATION FEATURES ................................................. 3
2.1 ....... DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION CHANGE .................................................................................... 3
3.0 UPGRADE/DOWNGRADE LICENSED FEATURES ....................................... 5
3.1 ....... UPGRADE/DOWNGRADE FEATURE GROUP........................................................................... 5
3.2 ....... UPGRADE SYSTEM LICENSE SPEED .................................................................................... 8
3.3 ....... DOWNGRADE SYSTEM LICENSE SPEED ............................................................................. 10
4.0 CONFIGURING ETHERNET PORTS 1 AND 2 ............................................. 13
5.0 SYNCHRONOUS ETHERNET (SYNCE) ....................................................... 17
5.1 ....... MASTER/SLAVE ................................................................................................................ 17
5.2 ....... WANDER FILTERING ......................................................................................................... 17
5.3 ....... CONFIGURING SYNCE ...................................................................................................... 18
6.0 RADIUS SERVER USER AUTHENTICATION .............................................. 22
6.1 ....... CONFIGURING THE RADIUS SERVER ................................................................................ 25
7.0 MANAGEMENT VLAN TAGGING ................................................................ 26
7.1 ....... VLAN TAGGING OVERVIEW .............................................................................................. 26
7.2 ....... 802.1Q TAGGING ............................................................................................................. 26
7.3 ....... VLAN TAGGING IMPLEMENTATION IN HORIZON COMPACT PLUS ......................................... 26
7.4 ....... HORIZON COMPACT PLUS VLAN SETTINGS ...................................................................... 27
8.0 QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) ..................................................................... 30
8.1 ....... CLASS OF SERVICE TYPES................................................................................................ 30
8.2 ....... CLASS OF SERVICE BIT LEVELS ........................................................................................ 30
8.3 ....... OPERATION WITH QOS DISABLED ..................................................................................... 30
8.4 ....... OPERATION WITH QOS ENABLED ...................................................................................... 31
8.4.1 ASSIGNING USER DATA TO QOS QUEUES ...................................................................................... 31
8.4.2 SLOW BRIDGE PROTOCOL FRAMES ............................................................................................... 31
8.4.3 COMMITTED INFORMATION RATE (CIR) .......................................................................................... 32
8.4.4 COMMITTED BURST SIZE (CBS) ................................................................................................... 32
8.5 ....... QOS SCHEDULER POLICIES .............................................................................................. 32
8.5.1 CUT THROUGH ............................................................................................................................ 33
8.5.2 STRICT PRIORITY QUEUING .......................................................................................................... 33
8.5.3 WEIGHTED FAIR QUEUING (WFQ) ................................................................................................ 34
8.5.4 WEIGHTED FAIR QUEUING – EXPEDITE MODE ................................................................................ 36
8.6 ....... USER FLOW MAPPING ...................................................................................................... 44
9.0 PAUSE FRAMES .......................................................................................... 48
10.0 BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT ...................................................................... 50
10.1 ..... MAXIMUM THROUGHPUT SPEED ........................................................................................ 50