Implementing Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul is a 4-day training covering the Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul solution. This product is an innovative wireless solution that matches fiber-like performance for your vital applications. It combines ultra-low latency for real-time operations, ultra-reliable broadband connectivity for data-intensive tasks, and easy deployment and management for cost-efficiency. Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul is the ultimate solution for your IT and OT backhaul requirements.
This course will help you:
- Understand the features and benefits of Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (CURWB) compared to traditional wired solutions.
- Identify potential application areas for CURWB in various industries, including entertainment, mining, ports, trains, smart cities, and security.
Gain basic knowledge of the CURWB product portfolio and hardware components
Prerequisites:
The knowledge and skills that the learner should have before attending this course are as follows:
- Students should understand networking protocols, routing, switching and wireless technologies
Course Objectives:
Upon completing this course, the learner will be able to meet these overall objectives:
- Configure CURWB radios using RACER (Radio Configuration Environment) for different networking scenarios (point-to-point, point-to-multipoint).
- Create and apply configuration templates for efficient management.
- Work with advanced radio settings and explore L2TP tunnel verification and troubleshooting.
- Understand features like TITAN (Transient Interruption Tolerance and Network Awareness) for fast failover.
- Configure advanced features like VLANs, QoS, STP, NTP, Multicast, SNMP, RADIUS, LLDP, TFTP, Inter-car radio, and miscellaneous RACER settings.
- Differentiate between Fluidity's roles (gateway, infrastructure, vehicle, multi-protocol label switching).
- Configure MPLS for optimized data routing in Layer 3 networks.
- Configure RACER for different Fluidity roles (Global Gateway, Mesh End, Wayside, Vehicle).
- Understand the different types of CURWB radio transceivers and antennas.
- Learn about available accessories and their functions.
- Understand the importance of Fluidcare and various support plans for CURWB deployment.
- Gain skills in navigating and utilizing the Radio Configuration environment.
Course Outline:
- Introduction to Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul (formally FluidMesh)
- Product portfolio
- Fluidity overview
- Application areas
- Entertainment
- Mining
- Ports & Terminal
- Train
- Smart Cities & Security
- Introduction to Cisco Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul Radio Transceiver Hardware
- Antennas
- Exploring on how to use Radio Configuration environment
- Configuring Radios using RACER
- Creating New Projects
- Create Configuration Templates
- Applying Configuration Templates
- Associating Configuration Templates with Projects
- Working of Point-to-Point Networking
- Point-to-Multipoint Networking
- Exploring advanced Radio settings
- Accessories
- Fluidcare
- Fluidity overview
- Fluidity for OSI Layer 2 Networks
- Unit Role
- Gateway
- Infrastructure
- Vehicle
- Multi-Protocol Label Switching
- MPLS Configuration
- Fluidity for OSI Layer 3 Networks
- RACER Configuration for Global Gateway
- RACER Configuration for Mesh End
- RACER Configuration for Wayside
- RACER Configuration for Vehicle
- L2TP Tunnel Verification & Troubleshooting
- Advanced Fluidity Configuration Settings
- Frequency-Scan Functionality
- Pole Proximity Functionality
- Pole Ban
- Multi-frequency Mono-directional
- Multi-frequency Bi-directional
- Wireless Data Rate Controller
- Overview of Fast-Failover Functionality
- TITAN
- Other Ultra-Reliable Wireless Backhaul Software Functionality
- Virtual LAN (VLAN)
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- Network Time Protocol (NTP)
- Multicast
- Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
- RADIUS
- Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
- Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
- Inter-car radio
- Miscellaneous RACER settings
- Ethernet settings
- Remote access
- View Mode Settings
- Whitelists / Blacklists
- Support Plan
Lab Outline:
Labs are designed to assure learners of a whole practical experience, through the following practical activities:
- Exploring the Radio in Offline mode
- General settings
- Configuring the Network for Radio
- Antenna Alignment and States
- Wireless Radio
- Network control options
- Management settings (Reference Only)
- General settings
- Configuring Point to Point (PtP)
- Bridged mode
- Configuring Point to Multi Point (PtMP)
- Mesh End – Mesh Point
- Onboarding the Radio to online mode
- Creating configuration Templates and assigning them to devices
- PtP and PtMP templates
- Titan Configuration and Testing
- Advanced Settings
- NTP
- Software Functionality
- Whitelisting/Blacklisting
- RADIUS
The primary audience for this course is as follows:
- Telecommunications systems engineers
- Field engineers
- Architects
- Cisco partners
- System Administrators