Copying Settings From One Idu To Another - NEC IPASOLINK 400 Installation And Provisioning

COPYING SETTINGS FROM ONE IDU TO ANOTHER

Manual setup of the IDU is quite complicated and prone to errors. It is easier to copy most of the settings
from a reference IDU to a USB-stick in the IDU port or to PC hard disk or USB or to the NMS server. The
settings can then be restored to another IDU either fully or partially. The remaining settings (element
settings, such as channel frequencies) would then be edited manually.
The restore operation is possible without a PC from a USB-memory stick locally. It can also be done using a
PC either locally or remotely.
COPYING SETTINGS TO USB WITHOUT PC
Note. The USB memory has to be clean or at least is must not contain a config-folder with the .cfg files. The
settings can be copied once, then the config-folder has to be deleted, emptied or renamed using a PC.
Insert a USB stick in to the IDU (power on). Copying starts when the front PROTECT-switch is turned UP.
Wait for about 30 seconds. Turn the switch back DOWN (normal position). Wait until MAINT led stops
flashing. The USB stick should now contain folder "config" with three CFG-files.
Figure 78. Configuration files.
 "iPasolink-equip" contains settings under the Equipment Configuration, Radio Configuration, AMR
/Radio Mapping Configuration and Provisioning tabs. Binary file.
 "iPasolink-network" contains settings under the Network Management Configuration tab. Text file
(do not edit).
 "iPasolink-user" contains settings under the User Account/Security Setting tab settings. Binary file.
RESTORING SETTINGS WITHOUT A PC
The settings can be restored from the USB stick to the same or another IDU without a PC. The limitation is
that the source and target IDU have to have the same HW configuration: same plug-in units/cards installed.
More precisely: the target IDU has to have the same units inserted in the IDU which were "Used" in the
source IDU. The restore fails if there is something more or something less inserted in the target IDU than
was in use in the source IDU.
This method makes a full restore, i.e. copies all three files. However, it is possible to delete one or two files
in the config-folder and restore the settings contained in that file only. The file name must not be modified.
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