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Cambium Networks PMP 450 Series Release Notes

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    Point to point wireless solutions group cambium pmp / ptp 450 pmp 430 / ptp 230 pmp / ptp 100 series release notes system release 13.4.

  • Page 2: 1 Introduction

    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 2 of 50 1 introduction this document provides information for the cambium networks pmp/ptp 450, pmp 430, ptp 230 and pmp/ptp 100 series system release 13.4. Software updates for pmp products are available from: https://support.Cambiumnetwor...

  • Page 3: 2.3 System Documentation

    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 3 of 50 2.2 canopy network updater (cnut) software the latest version of cnut should be used with 13.4. It can be found here: http://www.Cambiumnetworks.Com/support/management-tools/cnut/ 2.3 system documentation provided with system releas...

  • Page 4: 3 New Features

    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 4 of 50 3 new features the system release 13.4 introduces the following new features: table 1 system release 13.4 new features frequency products affected feature description 5.4 ghz ptp 450 listen-before-talk (lbt) 5.4 ghz for ptp 450 allo...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 5 of 50 frequency products affected feature description all pmp 450 ap interop sm registration allows the user to control whether pmp 430 sms are allowed to register to pmp 450 ap’s. All all update the snmpv2c community string without reboo...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 6 of 50 table 2 features released previously but now are new to pmp/ptp 100 frequency products affected feature description all all sector spectrum analyzer allows the user to perform a sector wide sa scan. The ap and the registered sms wil...

  • Page 7: 3.2 Security Banner

    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 7 of 50 3.1 listen-before-talk (lbt) 5.4 ghz for ptp 450 in system release 13.4, the lbt 5.4 ghz is implemented for ptp series. This feature was previously implemented on pmp in release 13.3 and is now implemented on ptp. Bhm listens during...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 8 of 50 web management interface the security banner is disabled by default. The user can view general status configuration and login to radio. The user can enable security banner configuration > security > security banner tab. Table 3 secu...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 9 of 50 figure 3 login page - security banner note: the user must accept “i have read, understood and accept the above notice(s)” to proceed with login. The login button will not be enabled until user accepts notice message. Note: the user ...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 10 of 50 3.3 radius change of authorization prior to 13.4 release, sm will get configuration parameters from a radius server during authentication process. This feature allows an administrator to control configuration parameters in the sm w...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 11 of 50 table 5 radius coa configuration for ap attribute meaning authentication mode to enable coa feature, the authentication mode should be set to radius aaa. Radius change of authorization enable radius coa: allows to control configura...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 12 of 50 3.4 radius vsa for zero touch the radius vsa (vendor specific attributes) is updated for zero touch feature in system release 13.4. This feature enables the ability for a sm to get its configuration via radius vsa. The radius vsa i...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 13 of 50 sm authentication configuration web management interface there are no new configuration on ap. However sm has to be configured for peap authentication protocol. 1. Go to configuration > security page 2. Select “eappeap” for phase 1...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 14 of 50 note: if ap is running with 13.4 and transmitting at 1 khz precision frequency, the downgrade will be aborted. If sm has only 1 khz precision frequencies selected in custom radio frequency scan selection list, the downgrade will be...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 15 of 50 table 9 extrapolated link test attribute meaning link test mode select “extrapolated link test” to run extrapolated link test. Current subscriber module select the sm or bhs from dropdown list on which the “extrapolated link test” ...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 16 of 50 figure 5 extrapolated link test results.

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 17 of 50 snmp table 10 extrapolated link test snmp object name oid mib access syntax / description linktestmod ebox whisp-box- mibv2-mib read-write integer 3.8 frame utilization statistics the frame utilization statistics is a feature intro...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 18 of 50 table 11 frame utilization statistics attribute meaning frame utilization interval statistics display interval selects how often the frame utilization statistics are refreshed and displayed. The user can select display interval as ...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 19 of 50 uplink this indicates the percentage of uplink data slots used against the maximum number of uplink slots possible in configured interval. Downlink counts total this indicates the sum of all downlink data slots used in the configur...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 20 of 50 ethernet indiscards this indicates the number of ethernet packets discarded in the in queue. Ethernet outdiscards this indicates the number of ethernet packets discarded in the out queue. Radio indiscards this indicates the number ...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 21 of 50 name oid syntax / description low interval medium interval high interval frutllowdownlinkh iprioslots .1.3.6.1.4.1.161.19. 3.1.12.1.5 .1.3.6.1.4.1.161.19. 3.1.12.2.5 .1.3.6.1.4.1.161.19. 3.1.12.3.5 number of data slots used for dow...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 22 of 50 name oid syntax / description low interval medium interval high interval frutllowrfindiscar ds .1.3.6.1.4.1.161.19. 3.1.12.1.17 .1.3.6.1.4.1.161.19. 3.1.12.2.17 .1.3.6.1.4.1.161.19. 3.1.12.3.17 number of incoming radio packets disc...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 23 of 50 3.10 disable sm authentication this feature allows the user to disable authentication for sm connected via icc. This option is useful to achieve zero touch configuration if authentication is enabled on ap. Note: if a sm is connecte...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 24 of 50 web management interface the pmp 430 sm registration can be configured in gui menu configuration > radio > advance tab. Figure 7 pmp 430 sm registration figure 8 pmp 430 sm registration failures note: this option is not displayed i...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 25 of 50 this enhancement, the system log will indicate “user initiated reset” for user initiated reboots and “watchdog reset” for system forced reboots. Figure 9 user initiated reboot system log 3.14 snmp support to do an ap evaluation fro...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 26 of 50 3.16 snmpv3 auth and privacy password length check this is an enhancement which ensures that snmpv3 auth and privacy password length is not less than 8 digits. Snmp the following snmp objects are modified: table 19 pmp 430 sm regis...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 27 of 50 table 20 spectrum analyzer options configuration attribute meaning sm/bhs scanning bandwidth selecting channel bandwidth for scanning. It is only applicable for sm or bhs to scan spectrum for selected channel bandwidth, whereas bhm...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 28 of 50 note: ap scans purposely go longer than the configured duration. This is to ensure the sm will not receive rf energy from ap and the same would be reported in spectrum analysis reports. Start timed sector spectrum analysis press th...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 29 of 50 view of general status tab. The guest level is the gui screen you see when you first access the radio url before login. New password this field allows to set the password for new user account. Confirm password reconfirm the entered...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 30 of 50 table 26 read-only web user snmp objects name oid mib access syntax / description username .1.3.6.1.4.1.16 1.19.3.3.2.45.0 whisp-box- mibv2-mib read-write displaystring usermode .1.3.6.1.4.1.16 1.19.3.3.2.171. 0 whisp-box- mibv2-mi...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 31 of 50 3.17.3 sm to support 20 color codes this is an enhancement to increase the number of supported color codes from 10 to 20. This will allow user to configure upto 20 sm color codes for all platforms. Web management interface 1) go to...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 32 of 50 name oid mib access syntax / description additionalcolo rcodepriority .1.3.6.1.4.1.16 1.19.3.2.1.153 .0 whisp-sm- mib read-write integer {primary(1), secondary(2), tertiary(3)} deleteadditio nalcolorcod .1.3.6.1.4.1.16 1.19.3.2.1.1...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 33 of 50 3.17.5 icc indication and cc priority field in session status the device tab of session status page will indicate if a sm is connected via installation color code (icc) method. The state field will display “in session ( icc )” for ...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 34 of 50 table 32 https – web access security mode attribute meaning web access http only: this allows to access web interface over http only. Https only: this allows to configure web interface access over https only. Http and https: it all...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 35 of 50 name oid mib access syntax / description webaccess .1.3.6.1.4.1.16 1.19.3.3.2.155 .0 whisp-box- mibv2-mib read-write integer { httponly(0), httpsonly(1), httpandhttps(2)} this variable determines if only http or https connection ar...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 36 of 50 note - with ‘snmpv3 only’ enabled, all snmpv2c requests will be ignored. - any user with the correct snmpv2c community string can set these parameters. It is recommended that snmpv3 needs to be used for added security. 2) enable sn...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 37 of 50 privacy password = privacycanopyro snmpv3 read/write user read-write user by default is disabled. The default values for the read/write users is : username = canopy authentication password = authcanopy privacy password = privacycan...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 38 of 50 name oid mib access syntax / description snmpv3privprot .1.3.6.1.4.1. 161.19.3.3.1 4.5 whisp-box- mibv2-mib read-write integer {cbc-des(0)} the snmpv3 message privacy/encryption protocol to use. Currently only cbc-des(0) is support...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 39 of 50 name oid mib access syntax / description snmpv3trapenabl e .1.3.6.1.4.1. 161.19.3.3.1 4.13 whisp-box- mibv2-mib read-write integer {disabled(0), rousertrapenable(1), rwusertrapenable(2)} snmpv3 trap enable option. Disable(0), read-...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 40 of 50 name oid mib access syntax / description tftpstatus .1.3.6.1.4.1.16 1.19.3.3.2.170 .0 whisp-box- mibv2-mib read-write integer {disabletftp(0), enabletftp(1)} this variable determines if tftp is enabled or not. 0: disable tftp 1: en...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 41 of 50 attribute meaning configuration file this allows to download configuration file of the radio (ap/sm). The configuration file is hyperlink which has name as .Cfg choose file this allows to select .Cfg file for upload or export of th...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 42 of 50 3.17.10 dhcp option 66 the dhcp option 66 enables radio to auto-configure connected equipment’s via a server. The below link has more detail on how to configure and use this feature. Http://community.Cambiumnetworks.Com/t5/pmp-beta...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 43 of 50 4 problems and limitations corrected table 39 system release 13.4 problems and limitations corrected products affected tracking description resolution cnut cpy-257 pmp430 sm is updated with pmp 450 package only if this is the first...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 44 of 50 products affected tracking description resolution pmp 450 cpy-10418 when the static ip configured sm registers to ap with icc, the dhcp gets enabled in sm and ip address changes public ip. The problem has been resolved in system re...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 45 of 50 products affected tracking description resolution ptp 230 cpy-10730 bhs restarts due to error “featurekeydecrypt() error crc mismatch”. The problem has been resolved in system release 13.4. Pmp 100 cpy-10759 on occasion with a 900 ...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 46 of 50 products affected tracking description resolution 5.X mhz etsi pmp 450 cpy- 11036 for etsi 5.4/5.7 bands in 10 mhz channels, if the sm receive target level (rtl) on the ap is set to -61 or higher, the ap detects false radar causing...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 47 of 50 5 known problems or limitations table 40 system release 13.4 known problems and limitations products affected tracking description pmp 450 ap 3.65 ghz fcc cpy-344 when 3.65ghz aps are deployed in an abab configuration, then if an a...

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    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 48 of 50 products affected tracking description all cpy-10687 false radar detection on 5.X ghz etsi & fcc ap for 10, 7 and 5 mhz channel band width. If false radar detections occur, set the sm receive target level to a lower value to reduce...

  • Page 49: 6 Technical Support

    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 49 of 50 6 technical support for technical support, see: http://www.Cambiumnetworks.Com/support for pmp technical support helpdesk phone numbers, see: http://www.Cambiumnetworks.Com/support/contact-support.

  • Page 50: Cambium Networks

    Release notes system release 13.4 pmp-0979 - july 2015 page 50 of 50 cambium networks cambium networks provides professional grade fixed wireless broadband and microwave solutions for customers around the world. Our solutions are deployed in thousands of networks in over 153 countries, with our inno...