Before You Start
Before starting maintenance of AC and Fit AP products, you are advised to:
1
Collect the network plan and data of the entire network, make a
topology diagram and a data table
(including ports, IP addresses, service and management VLANs, and SSIDs), and attach them in a
position easy for you to check the topology and data.
3
Obtain the following
contact information
and attach it near your workstation:
Huawei global technical service hotline (visit
http://e.huawei.com/en/service-hotline
and query the
telephone number of the Huawei local office in your region).
Telephone number of the agent that provides network construction and maintenance service for you
4
Prepare
tools and cables
that you may use during maintenance.
5
Visit Huawei enterprise technical support website (
http://support.huawei.com/enterprise
and register a
user account
. A registered account allows you to browse or download more product documents,
cases, and announcements, as well as subscribe to information updates.
No.
Item
Description
1
Cables
Operation terminal
Instruments and
meters
One standard RS232 serial cable: Connect the RJ45 connector to the console
port of the device you need to maintain and the DB9 connector to the USB
port of the operation terminal, so that you can log in to the device.
Network cables, optical fibers and SFP/eSFP/SFP+/XSFP/QSFP+ transceiver
modules: used to locate failure points or replace faulty cables or modules.
One operation terminal, which is generally a portable computer with serial
communication software installed for device login.
Optical power meter: used to test optical parameters of optical ports (such as
optical power and receiver sensitivity).
WLAN tester: used to measure wireless signal strength. You can use a
software tool, such as Huawei WLAN Tester, or a handheld tester, such as
Fluke Wi-Fi Tester.
2
3
1
This document is applicable to V200R006 and later versions. The screenshots and commands in this
document may differ slightly from actual ones, and the actual ones shall prevail. Version differences
that affect comprehension are explained in the document.
6
2
Collect names and passwords of users such as STelnet and Web login users, so that you can quickly
obtain them as required when troubleshooting. Save the user names and passwords properly. To view
default account information, visit
http://support.huawei.com/onlinetoolsweb/einfoplus/Portal
, log in to the
Online Tools Platform, click
Default Account Query
, and select a product model and version.
