Installation Instructions

nano3G AP Installation Manual Installation Overview and Requirements
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2 Installation Overview and Requirements
2.1 Installation Tasks
There are three basic tasks that must be completed to install a nano3G AP and make it
ready to provide service:
• Pre-Provisioning
• Commissioning
• Site installation
These tasks can be completed in any order. In most cases, however, the most practical
approach is to provision and commission an AP before final site installation.
2.1.1 Pre-Provisioning
Configure a nano3G AP with the information it needs to allow it to provide service, such as
a serving AC address, neighbour lists, operating frequency and network identity details. As
an AP’s configuration is stored on its serving AP Management System, an AP can be
pre-provisioned at any time. This offers maximum flexibility for pre-provisioning an AP as far
or as little ahead of site installation as is needed.
It is recommended to perform at least some pre-provisioning for an AP before on site
installation. As a minimum, use the Create Site Wizard in the OMC-R Client to create a site
and AP object on the serving AP Management System that will contain the AP’s
configuration. If an AP attempts to connect to its serving AP Management System, but the
AP Management System has not yet been provisioned with site details for the AP, the AP
Management System will raise alarms about attempts to connect by an unknown AP.
For more information about AP pre-provisioning, see 3 Pre-Provisioning a nano3G AP.
2.1.2 Commissioning
Use the nano3G AP’s built-in configuration web page to configure the AP with the settings it
needs to establish a connection with its serving AP Management System.
This is done using a commissioning terminal, either before sending the AP out for
installation or on site using a suitably prepared laptop.
The benefits of commissioning an AP before sending on site are:
• The site installation engineer does not need a commissioning laptop.
• By corollary, the site installation engineer does not need to know the user name
and password for the AP commissioning web page.
• If the AP has been properly pre-provisioned, the AP is effectively plug-and-play.
• By corollary, a nano3G S4 AP or nano3G S8 AP could be installed by an end
customer, without help from a site installation engineer. The customer simply
needs to provide suitable network and power connections.
Note: Due to the physical installation requirements of a nano3G E8 AP, which must be securely
wall mounted, it is recommended that an E8 AP is installed by a suitably qualified site
installation engineer.
The benefits of using a laptop for commissioning an AP on site are: