Installation Overview. Cisco Universal Small Cell RAN Management System, Universal Small Cell RAN Management System

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Installation Overview

This chapter provides a brief overview of the Cisco RAN Management System (RMS) and explains how to install, configure, upgrade, and troubleshoot RMS installation.

The following sections provide an overview of the Cisco RAN Management System installation process:

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Cisco RAN Management System Overview, page 1

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Installation Flow, page 6

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Installation Image, page 8

Cisco RAN Management System Overview

The Cisco RAN Management System (RMS) is a standards-based provisioning and management system for

HNB (3G femtocell access point [FAP]) . It is designed to provide and support all the operations required to transmit high quality voice and data from Service Provider (SP) mobility users through the SP mobility core.

The RMS solution can be implemented through SP-friendly deployment modes that can lower operational costs of femtocell deployments by automating all key activation and management tasks.

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Cisco RMS Deployment Modes

The following RMS solution architecture figure illustrates the various servers and their internal and external interfaces for Cisco RMS.

Figure 1: RMS Solution Architecture


The Cisco RMS solution can be deployed in one of the two RMS deployment modes:

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All-in-One RMS

In the All-in-One RMS deployment mode, the Cisco RMS solution is provided on a single host. It supports up to 50,000 FAPs.

Figure 2: All-in-One RMS Node

In an All-In-One RMS node, the Serving Node comprises of the VM combining the BAC DPE, PNR, and

PAR components; the Central Node comprises of the VM combining the DCC UI, PMG, and BAC RDU VM components, and the Upload VM comprises of the Upload Server component.

To deploy the All-in-One node, it is mandatory to procure and install VMware with one VMware vCenter per deployment. For more information, see

Installing VMware ESXi and vCenter for Cisco RMS, on page

27 .

Distributed RMS

In a Distributed RMS deployment mode, the following nodes are deployed:

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Central RMS Node, on page 4

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Serving RMS Node, on page 5

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Upload RMS Node, on page 5

In a Distributed deployment mode, up to 2,50,000 APs are supported.

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Central RMS Node

On a Central RMS node, the Cisco RMS solution is provided on a separate node. It provides the active-active geographical redundancy option. The Central node can be paired with any number of Serving nodes.

Figure 3: Central RMS Node

In any of the Cisco RMS deployments, it is mandatory to have at least one Central node.

To deploy the Central node, it is mandatory to procure and install VMware with one VMware vCenter per deployment. For more information, see

Installing VMware ESXi and vCenter for Cisco RMS, on page 27

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Serving RMS Node

On a Serving RMS node, the Cisco RMS solution is provided on a separate node or host. It supports up to

125,000 FAPs and provides the geographical redundancy with the active-active pair option. The Serving node must be combined with the Central node.

Figure 4: Serving RMS Node

To deploy the Serving node, it is mandatory to procure and install VMware.

In case of serving node deployment failover, the additional Serving nodes can be configured with the same

Central Node. To know more about the redundancy deployment option, see

RMS Redundant Deployment,

on page 64 .

Note The RMS node deployments are supported on UCS hardware and use virtual machines (VMs) for performance and security isolation.

To know how to procure and install VMware on the UCS hardware node, see

Installing VMware ESXi and vCenter for Cisco RMS, on page 27

Upload RMS Node

In the Upload RMS node, the Upload Sever is provided on a separate node.

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Installation Flow

The Upload RMS node must be combined with the Serving node.

Figure 5: Upload RMS Node



The following table provides the general flow in which to complete the Cisco RAN Management System installation. The table is only a general guideline. Your installation sequence might vary, depending on your specific network requirements.

Before you install Cisco RAN Management System, you need to determine and plan the following:

Step No.

Task Action

1 Install Cisco RAN Management

System for the first time.

Go to Step 3.

Task Completion:

Mandatory or Optional

Mandatory

2

3

Upgrade Cisco RAN Management

System from an earlier to the latest release.

Go to Step 11.

Optional

Do the following:

• Plan on how Cisco RAN

Management System installation will fit in your existing network.

Ensure that you follow the prerequisites listed in

Installation Prerequisites .

Then proceed to Step 4.

Mandatory

• Determine the number of femtocell access points (FAPs) that your network should support.

• Finalize the RMS deployment based on the network size and

APs needed

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Step No.

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5

6

7

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10

Task Action Task Completion:


Procure and install the recommended hardware and software that is required for the RMS deployment mode.

Ensure that all the hardware and software listed in

Cisco RMS

Hardware and Software

Requirements, on page

10 are procured and connected. Then proceed to Step 5.

Mandatory

Ensure all virtualization requirements for your installation are met.

Follow the recommended virtualization requirements listed in the

Virtualization

Requirements, on page

12 . Then proceed to Step

6.

Mandatory

Complete all device configurations.

Complete the device configurations recommended in

Device

Configurations, on page

17 and proceed to Step 7.

Mandatory

Create the configuration file

(deployment descriptor).

Install Cisco RAN Management

System.

Prepare and create the

Open Virtualization

Format (OVF) file as described in

Preparing the

OVA Descriptor Files,

on page 56 .

Mandatory

Complete the appropriate procedures in

RMS

Installation Tasks, on

page 55 and proceed to

Step 9.

Mandatory

Complete the post-installation activities.

Complete the appropriate procedures in cross-reference in

Installation Tasks

Post-OVA Deployment,

on page 95 and proceed to Step 10.

Mandatory

— Start using Cisco RAN Management

System.

See the Cisco RAN

Management System

Administration Guide .

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Step No.

11

12

Task

Upgrade to the latest Cisco RAN

Management System release.

Action Task Completion:


Complete the appropriate procedures in RMS

Upgrade Procedure .

Mandatory

Access troubleshooting information for Cisco RAN Management System installation.

Go to

Troubleshooting,

on page 163 to troubleshoot RMS installation issues.

Optional

Installation Image

The Cisco RAN Management System is packaged in Virtual Machine (VM) images ( tar.gz format) that are deployed on the hardware nodes. The deployments supported are.

• Small Scale: Single AP per site

• Large Scale: Distributed with multiple APs per site

For more information about the deployment modes, see

Cisco RMS Deployment Modes, on page 2

.

To access the image files (OVA), log in to https://software.cisco.com and navigate to Support > Downloads to open the Download Software page. Then, navigate to Products/Wireless/Mobile Internet/Universal

Small Cells/Universal Small Cell RAN Management System to open the page where you can download the required image files.

The available OVA files are listed in the Release Notes for Cisco RAN Management System for your specific release.

The RMS image contains the following major components:

• Provisioning and Management Gateway (PMG) database (DB)

• PMG

• Operational Tools

• Log Upload

• Device Command and Control (DCC) UI

• Broadband Access Center (BAC) Configuration

• BAC

• Prime Network Registrar (PNR)

• Prime Access Registrar (PAR)

For information about the checksum value of the OVA files and the version of major components, see the

Release Notes for Cisco RAN Management System for your specific release.

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Installation Overview. Cisco Universal Small Cell RAN Management System, Universal Small Cell RAN Management System

Installation Overview

Cisco RAN Management System Overview

Cisco RMS Deployment Modes

All-in-One RMS

Distributed RMS

Installation Flow

Installation Image

Key Features

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