Nera Evolution Series METRO

Evolution METRO Release Notes Release R10C00

NG-SW\00341 Rev.A

Evolution Metro Release Notes Release R10C00

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Revision History

Rev Date Author Description Approved by Date

A 12.12.2012 Mikal Lund Initial version Espen Børresen 14.12.2012


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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ...................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Purpose and scope ........................................................................................................ 5

2. Current Software versions ............................................................................... 5

2.1 SW components ............................................................................................................. 5

3. Compatibility ..................................................................................................... 8

3.1 HW version vs. SW version compatibility....................................................................... 8

3.2 HW version vs. SW features ........................................................................................ 10

3.3 XCVR HW and SW support ......................................................................................... 12

3.4 SW Package Releases ................................................................................................ 13

3.5 New Functionality in R10C00 ....................................................................................... 33

4. Bugfixes IN R10C00 ........................................................................................ 34

4.1 XPIC Polarization tooltip is configurable ...................................................................... 34

4.2 Routing of STM-4 and DXC ......................................................................................... 34

4.3 Pattern Loss and errors on STM-4 board .................................................................... 34

5. INSTALLATION OF R10C00 PACKAGE ......................................................... 35

5.1 Procedure ..................................................................................................................... 35

6. KNOWN PROBLEMS ...................................................................................... 39

6.1 OSPF Router ................................................................................................................ 39

6.2 XPAND Upgrade from R4A00 ...................................................................................... 39

6.3 Memory Limitations Supervisory Unit FKCN5551A-T and FKCN5551B-T .................. 39

6.4 Ethernet Configuration Mismatch Gigabit Interface Unit FNZ5695A-T ........................ 39

6.5 Software downgrade to R6B02 or earlier revisions – Gigabit Interface Unit ............... 40

6.6 Software downgrade to revisions earlier than R7A00 .................................................. 40

6.7 Access rights on DXC unit and DXC Frame ................................................................ 40

6.8 Upgrading to N+1 systems from earlier releases than R8A00 .................................... 40

6.9 Memory Limitations DXC Frame .................................................................................. 40

6.10 DXC Frame SETS status and alarm reporting. ............................................................ 40

6.11 Upgrade of Supervisory Unit from FKCN5551A/B/C-T to FKCN5551D-T. .................. 41

6.12 Housekeeping wizard – Indoor Radio Placement page ............................................... 41


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Figure 1: Downloading tar file ............................................................................... 36

Figure 2: Activating the SU after SW switch ........................................................ 37

Figure 3: Status after software switch .................................................................. 38


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1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose and scope

This document describes functionality and updates in Release R10B00 of the

Universal IFU system for Evolution Series family of radio relay systems.

2. Current Software versions

2.1 SW components

The table below lists all the existing software versions for each software

component in the Universal IFU system, Evolution Series family of radio relay

systems. The SW components that are released together with this CSI are marked

with X.

Table 2.1-1: Current boot software versions

Component Unit Version Release date Changed now

SW-FUNF5560A-BOOT

RADIO R1A00

2006-January

SW-FKCN5551A-BOOT

SU BOARD

R1A00

R2A00

R3A00

R4A00

R5A00

2006-February

2006-February

2006-September

2007-November

2009-May

SW-SBC-BOOT IFU Basic Frame

All Plug-in Units

R2A02

R2A03

2007-November

2008 – October

SW-SBCII-BOOT IFU Basic Frame

DXC Frame

R1A00

R1B00

2008- July

2010-March


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Table 2.1-2: Current application software versions


SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE1 SU BOARD R1A00

R1A01

R1B00

2006 – February

2006 – March

2006 – May

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE2 SU BOARD R2A00

R2B00

R2B01

2006 – June

2006-September

2006-October

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE3 SU BOARD R3A00 2006 – October

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE3B SU BOARD R3B00 2006 – December

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE4A SU BOARD R4A00

R4A01

R4A02

2007- March

2007- March

2007-May

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE4B SU BOARD R4B00

R4B01

R4B02

2007-June

2007-June

2007 - June

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE5A

SU BOARD R5A00

R5A01

2007-July

2007-September


R5B01

2007-September

2007-November


R6A01

2007-November

2007- December


R6B01

R6B02

2008-January

2008-February

2008-April

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE6C SU BOARD R6C00

R6C01

2008-May

2008-October


R7A01

R7A02

R7A03

R7A04

2008-July

2008-August

2008-October

2008-December

2009 - March


R8A01

R8A02

R8A03

2009 – January

2009 – March

2009 – April

2009 - August


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R9A01

R9A02

R9A03

2009 – May

2009 – July

2009 – October

2009-November


R9B01

R9B02

R9B03

2009 – Sept

2009 – November

2010 - January

2010 – March

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE10A

SU BOARD R10A00

R10A01

R10A02

R10A03

2010 – April

2010 – October

2011 – May

2011 – Nov

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE10B

SU BOARD R10B00 2012 – February

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE10C

SU BOARD R10C00 2012 – December X


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3. Compatibility

3.1 HW version vs. SW version compatibility

The Evolution Series SW consists of a SW package containing all field downloadable SW components. The components in a package are compatible. BOOT SW can not be downloaded in field.

Table 3.2: SU HW unit/board revision and the first SW to support it.

HW unit HW code HW revision SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE

revision

SW-FKCN5551A-BOOT revision

SU BOARD

FKCN5551A-T R1A or higher R1A, R1B, R2A and R2B R2A00

R3A00 or any SW packages released after

R3A00 or later


HW unit HW code HW revision SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE3 revision


SU BOARD

FKCN5551B-T R1A or higher


R3A00 or later




SU BOARD

FKCN5551C-T R1A or higher


R4A00 or later




SU BOARD

FKCN5551D-T R1A or higher


R5A00 or later


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SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE10A R10B00 contains SW support for the following HW:

Table 3.6: SW Evolution Series Package board support

HW unit HW code HW revision

SU BOARD FKCN5551A-T

FKCN5551B-T

FKCN5551C-T

FKCN5551D-T

R1A00 or higher

XVCR MAIN BOARD FUNF5560A-T

FUNF5560B-T

R1A00 or higher

XVCR MAIN BOARD ACM

FUNF5898A-T

FUNF5898B-T

R1A00 or higher

XVCR BIAS BOARDs FERU5173B

FERU5185B

R1A00 or higher

RIU 155 BOARD FDM5559A-T R1A00 or higher

RIU 311 BOARD FDM5559B-T R1A00 or higher

RIU BOARD FDM5559C-T R1A00 or higher

RIU BOARD FDM5559D-T R1A00 or higher

RIU BOARD FDM5559E-T R1A00 or higher

RIU BOARD FDM5559F-T R1A00 or higher

LIU STM-1/STS-3

LIU S-1.1/OC-3 IR-1

LIU L-1.1/OC-3 LR-1

LIU L-1.2/OC-3 LR-2

LIU OC-3 SR-0

FLDM5554A-T

FLDY5623A-T

FLDY5689A-T

FLDY5690A-T

FLDY5691A-T

R1A00 or higher

IFU FRAME FUBU6325A-T

FUBU6325B-T

FUBU6325C-T

R1A00 or higher

R1A00 or higher

R1A00 or higher

AUXILIARY BOARDS (EOW)

FNF5660A-T

R1A00 or higher

AUXILIARY BOARDS

(64kb/s)

FKN5661A-T

R1A00 or higher

AUXILIARY BOARDS

(Alm&Ctrl)

FKN5674A-T

R1A00 or higher

AUXILIARY BOARDS

(E1/T1 Wayside)

FN5688A-T

R1A00 or higher


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HW unit HW code HW revision

LIU 25*E1 BOARDS FNCS5684A-T

R1A00 or higher

LIU 12*E1 BOARDS FNCS5685A-T

R1A00 or higher

DXC FNCS5670A-T

R1A00 or higher

LIU 16*T1 BOARDS FNCS5686A-T

R1A00 or higher

LIU 8*T1 BOARDS FNCS5687A-T

R1A00 or higher

GIGABIT

FNZ5695A-T

FNZ5695B-T

R1A00 or higher

R1A00 or higher

LIU 3xDS3/E3

FNCS5669A-T R1A00 or higher

LIU STM-4/OC-12 FLDY5692A-T R1A00 or higher

2 SHELF ASSEMBLY

4 SHELF ASSEMBLY

SHELF ASSY 4 IFU DXC

UBM6407/UBM6407B

UBM6408/UBM6408B

UBM6409

R1A00 or higher

R1A00 or higher

R1A00 or higher

IFU DXC FRAME FUBU6663A-T R1A00 or higher

POWER AND SYNC FWPN5735A-T R1A00 or higher

3.2 HW version vs. SW features

Please note the following details regarding HW unit version and functionality:

SU BOARD FKCN5551A-T

Does not support frequency diversity systems with more than 1 regular channel

Does not support systems with more than 2 IFUs

Does not support more than 2 Gigabit units in the system

Does not support SU Ethernet in XPAND

Does not support SU Ethernet in Wayside channel (METRO)

Does not support configurations with DXC Frame (METRO)

SU BOARD FKCN5551B-T

Does not support systems with more than 2 IFUs (max 4 ODUs/XCVRs)


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Does not support more than 2 Gigabit units in the system

Does not support configurations with DXC Frame (METRO)

Supports SU Ethernet mapping in XPAND

Supports SU Ethernet in Wayside channel (METRO)

Supports Ethernet packet size up to 1536 byte (SU Ethernet)

SU BOARD FKCN5551C-T

Supports up to 8 ODUs /XCVRs

Supports more than 2 Gigabit units in the system




SU BOARD FKCN5551D-T

Supports up to 8 ODUs /XCVRs

Supports more than 2 Gigabit units in the system




Supports QoS and VLAN switching

IFU BASIC FRAME (UNIVERSAL IFU) FUBU6325A-T

Supports up to 3 +1 frequency diversity systems in shelf assembly 2IFU.

Does not support frequency diversity systems with more than 3 regular channels

IFU BASIC FRAME (UNIVERSAL IFU) FUBU6325B-T

Supports up to 7 +1 frequency diversity systems

IFU BASIC FRAME (UNIVERSAL IFU) FUBU6325C-T

Supported in SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE10A and later revisions for all configurations.

GIGABIT INTERFACE UNIT FNZ5695A-T

Capacity limitation of 250 Mb/s on QoS setting for link capacity above 155 Mb/s


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GIGABIT INTERFACE UNIT FNZ5695B-T

Supports QoS for link capacity above 155 Mb/s

3.3 XCVR HW and SW support

The XCVR HW has been modified and requires updated SW.

The table below details which SW version is the first to support these specific HW variants.

XCVR Type XCVR code XCVR Rev SW

Type B XCVR

HP XCVR FL**AAB0B R2*

R3*

R10A03

R10B00

HP SD XCVR FL**ABB0B R2*

R3*

R10A03

R10B00

SP XCVR FL**AAA0B R2* R10B00

Type C XCVR

HP XCVR FL**AAB0C R2* R10B00

HP SD XCVR FL**ABB0C R2* R10B00

HP XCVR FL05AAB0C R2* R10C00

HP SD XCVR FL05ABB0C R2* R10C00

HP XCVR FL11AAB0C R2* R10C00

HP SD XCVR FL11ABB0C R2* R10C00

R10B00 supports Type C XCVRs for frequencies: Lower 6, Upper 6, 7 & 8 GHz


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3.4 SW Package Releases

This release includes the following Release 1 functionality:

Main Functionality Includes Description

System Terminal

1+0

2+0

HSB

HSB Dual Baseband

1+1 (no LPT)

1+0 in 2 Ant. directions

STM-1/OC-3[155Mb/s]

Access solution

Split mount (outdoor)

Hybrid Space Diversity

Modulation 128 TCM

XPIC

Frequencies L6 GHz

ACAP, CCDP

7 GHz

ACAP, CCDP

13 GHz

ACAP, CCDP

15 GHz

ACAP, CCDP

Frame/Plug-In Units

Line Interface Electrical STM-1/STS-3 Unit

Configuration, Test and alarms

Line Interface Optical Unit

Opt SM OC-3 IR-1/STM-1 S-1.1

Radio Interface Unit

IFU Basic Frame

Transceiver Unit

Fan Unit

Ethernet Interface on SU

Ethernet 1x10/100Mbit/s Base-T

Management Web Server

Command Line Interface

Internet Protocol (Ipv4)

SNMP Alarm and performance surveillance

Communication Ports

LAN (TP)

2 Radio DCC

Line DCC

1 USB ports for serial communication

IP Router OSPF and RIP routing possibilities. Configuration of parameters


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Configuration System Housekeeping

SNTP

SW Licensing

Real Time Clock

Configuration Upload/Download/Restore

Inventory Production Data per board

SW version per board

Software Download

Download of the following SW components to the different boards via SU.

System Application SW

Transceiver Application SW

FPGA codes

SW Versions

Fault Alarms

Alarm Event Notification Internal and for SNMP

Configuration of Alarm Event Notification

Alarm Severity Configuration

Alarm Blocking Configuration

Network Element Fault Log

Analogue Analogue Measurements RF Input Level (dBm)

Tx Output Level (dBm)

Temperature Measurements For FAN control

Performance G.826 calculations on B1, B2 and MS REI

- Cumulative, 15min, Day and Month

All applicable units

Cumulative error pulses and block pulses

- B1, B2 and MS REI

OOF Pulses

G.826 performance alarm thresholds


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Security Access Control via username and password

Security Log

Test Looping and PRBS

All applicable units

RPS Configuration of 1+1 and HSB

Switch/Restore Limits

Bi-directional/ Unidirectional

Manual Control

Reverting/Non-reverting

Alarms


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In addition the following Release 2 functionality of the Evolution Series SW is supported:


System Line Terminal

SU Ethernet to Line/Optical

Modulation

64 TCM

32 TCM

SBC Field downloadable

Frequencies U6 GHz

18 GHz

8 GHz

23 GHz

11 GHz

Frame/Plug-In Units

EOW Auxiliary Unit Configure service channel and station phone number

Configuration and control of 64kb/s channels for interconnection to other terminals

Configuration of analogue interface for connecting other service channel equipment

Alarms

Inventory: Production data and SW version

Test: Looping and PRBS

Line Interface Optical Unit Opt SM OC-3 LR-1/STM-1 L-1.1

Same functionality as for Opt SM OC-3 LR-1/STM-1 S-1.1 in R1A00 with modifications for this board

( < 40km)

Line Interface Optical Unit

Opt SM OC-3 LR-1/STM-1 L-1.2

Same functionality as for Opt SM OC-3 LR-1/STM-1 S-1.1 in R1A00 with modifications for this board

( < 80km)


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SW Download Patch support

Frame/Plug-In Units

4*64kb/s Auxiliary Unit Configuration of each individual 64kb/s channel

Setup of channel and direction for each 64kb/s channel

Insertion/extraction of the 64k/s traffic into the right timeslots on the OHC-bus

PRBS and Looping

Alarms


RSSI Time series On Web

Cumulative On Web


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In addition the following Release 3A functionality of the Evolution Series SW is supported:


System XPAND

75xE1 [155.520 Mb/s] 1+0, 1+1, HSB with 1 antenna direction

Frequencies 26 GHz

38 GHz

Frame/Plug-In Units 2 Frame Connection Panel Unit

Support for interconnection between plug-in units in the 2 frames

PDH Interface 25*E1 Unit Configuration of ports

Test: Looping


Alarms

GB Ethernet Interface (GIU)

QoS

1x10/100/1000BaseT + 3x10/100BaseT + 1000BaseX(SFP)

Half/full duplex configuration

Enable/disable of Ethernet ports

LLF (Link Loss Forwarding) enable

Flow control enable

SDH/SONET Mapping selectable

Far end and near end loops

Monitoring of error rates

RSSI Time series SNMP support

Cumulative SNMP support

Configuration License Manager update LM Branding support

License pr. ODU


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In addition the following Release 3B functionality of the Evolution Series SW is supported:


System

XPAND

20xE1 [41.984 Mb/s]

40xE1 [83.264 Mb/s]

50xE1 [103.936 Mb/s]

METRO

Add/Drop terminal in 2 antenna directions. E1 and DS3/E3 interfaces.

3+0/4+0

Radio New radio capacities supported SRM 5,6,7

Frame/Plug-In Units SDH/SONET Digital Cross Connect (DXC) Unit

Configuration of data in all 4 directions of DXC (in and out)

AU3 and AU4 configurations

Mapping configuration (VC4, VC3, VC12)

MSOH termination / geeration

SNCP

SETS support

Interface 12*E1 Unit Configuration of ports

Test: Looping


Alarms

Interface 3*DS3/E3 [34/45] Unit Configuration of ports

Configure the interface specific parameters such as cable length

Test: Looping


Alarms

Alarm & Control Auxiliary Unit Configuration and control of the 4 analogue inputs

Configuration and control of the 8 alarm inputs

Reporting of the 8 alarm inputs

Configuration and control of the 4 relay outputs


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In addition the following Release 4A functionality of the Evolution Series SW is supported:


System XPAND

Terminal

Mix of:

E1 and SU-FE

T1 and SU-FE

as described in Grand Plan

Frame/Plug-In Units Interface 8*T1 and 16*T1 Units Configuration of ports



Alarms

GIU

SW add-ons:

Port Mode – MAC switching

Graphical Statistics and Performance

SU (SU-FE)

E1/T1 mapping (XPAND)

Wayside mapping (METRO)

SNMP

New Configuration MIB


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In addition the following Release 4B functionality of the Evolution Series SW is supported:


System XPAND Traffic Node, 2 to 4 directions (1 or 2 IFUs)

METRO T1 in OC-3 mapping.

Frame/Plug-In Units GIU

VC-12/VT-1.5 SDH/SONET mapping with DXC interface

LCAS (Link Capacity Access Scheme)

up to 4xSTM-1 using one of the following mappings:

up to 4VC-4/STS-3c SPE or

up to 12 VC-3/STS-1 SPE

1xSTM-1 using one of the following mappings:

up to 63 VC-12/84 VT1.5

Not mixed mapping on GIU. Interface to DXC unit

E1/DS1 Wayside Auxiliary Unit DS1 or E1 setting

Configure the cable specific parameters such as cable length for DS1

DXC

Synchronization source using tributary port (E1/DS1)

RPS 1+1/HSB

GUI Improvements


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Functionality introduced in R5A00


Frame/Plug-In Units Line Interface Optical Opt SM OC-12 IR-1/STM-4 S-4.1

Laser On/Off control

Alarms


Pathtrace

DCC

Inventory

RIU 311MB/s

Supported in the following terminal types:

1+0

2+0

HSB

1+1

Alarms

Inventory

DS3/E3

Mix of DS3 and E3 on a plug-in board. System configured as SDH.

Management SU Ethernet

Inband Management supported on terminals (SU-NMS traffic transported with user traffic on SU Ethernet)


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Functionality introduced in R5B00:

Main Functionality

Includes Description

System 2+0 HSB DBB

2+0 HSB DBB system with XPIC support

High Power XVCR/ODUs

Support for High Power XVCR/ODUs

Frame/Plug-In Units

Line Interface Optical Opt SM OC-12 IR-1/STM-4 S-4.1

Support for several STM-4 LIU simultaneously

Support for several antenna directions


Main Functionality


System XPAND PDH circuit protection (SNCP) with LIU (E1/T1) source

Radio SRMs Transmit power level update


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Functionality introduced in R6A00:

Main Functionality


System METRO Maximum 8 unprotected channels

5+0 to 8+0

Maximum 7 protected channels

2+1 to 7+1

Low priority Traffic on n+1 systems

METRO Line Multiplexer

Multiplexer (node/line terminal without RIU/radios) using DXC unit

Frequencies 10 GHz

Radio

Branching system GUI for filter selection. Diplexer or RF channel filter

Space Diversity Combiner Space Diversity

Frame/Plug-In Units

Added GIU features LAN Ports to WAN mapping (up to 4 VC groups)

Support for changed and new Hardware

Gigabit Interface Unit / FNZ5695B-T IFU Basic Frame / FUBU6325B-T (Universal IFU)

Supervisory Unit / FKCN5551C-T

4 shelf assembly /UBM6408. Inventory support

Management SNMPv3

Security and authorization

nera-global-reg.MIB

Cold start time stamp

Support for protection channel

Web

GZIP file compression support


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Main Functionality


System METRO METRO Multi Terminal, 3 & 4 ODU directions (1+0/HSB/1+1) in 2 IFUs

METRO Multi Terminal, 3 & 4 ODU directions (1+0/HSB/1+1) with DXC unit in 2 IFUs

Frame/Plug-In Units

Added GIU features Support for VLAN routing

T1 interface

AMI support

Functionality introduced in R6C00:

Main Functionality


Frame/Plug-In Units

Added GIU features Support for simultaneous use of two Gigabit LAN Ports. (LAN Port 4 and LAN Port 5)

Note! Applies to Switch Mode only.


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Main Functionality


System METRO Larger Systems (> 2 IFUs)

Multi Terminal, 3 & 4 ODU directions (1+1/HSB/2+0)

Full scale, 4 antenna directions with DXC Frame

METRO Traffic node, 3 ODU directions with DXC unit

Node configuration with OC-12 / STM-4 interface (STM-4 /OC-12 Mux)

Line terminals with DXC Frame

DXC frame with n+0/n+1 terminals

New SRMs

SRM32: 28xE1 + SU-FE [~59 Mb/s], 64TCM - 14 MHz

SRM28: 64xT1 + SU-FE [~100 Mb/s], 16QAM - 40 MHz

SRM30: 14xT1 + SU-FE [22 Mb/s], 128TCM - 5 MHz

Radio High Power

HP ODU using lower order modulation (4 - 32 level)

ATPC

ANSI requirement: MAX Power 5 minutes alarm

311Mb/s

311 Mb/s ODU, 5-15G frequency plans

Web

Radio placement in Long Haul systems

RPS Performance

Counting of Switching events on web and SNMP

PS Request Count

PS Actual Count

PS Actual Duration

PS Request Service Affecting Duration

Switch sections

Support for 3 and 4 switch sections (1+1/HSB)


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Frame/Plug-In Units

Added GIU features Configuration with DXC frame.

Mapping GIU or STM-4/OC-12 ”buses” towards line and/or radio

SDH/SONET Digital Cross Connect (DXC) Frame

Configuration of 8 ports of the DXC Frame. X-connects of VC-4/VC-3/VC-12 (VT-1.5/STS-1/STS-3c)

Electrical and Optical STM-1 interface boards

OHC bus (64kb/s and WS) support towards line (STM-1/ OC-3)

Motherboard (IFU)

SOH bypass (64kb/s between radio/line directions)

Support for changed and new Hardware

DXC Frame SDH/SONET support - (FUBU6663A-T)

New 5 shelf assembly (UBM6409). Inventory support

(required for DXC Frame unit)

Power and Synch Board (for power feed to DXC Frame unit)

Management Web

Local time support (only on web, alarms/performance timestamps presented on SNMP interface will still be GMT)

Housekeeping New advanced METRO configuration system, for flexible interface configuration (MDS configuration)


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Main Functionality


System Frequency Remote Frequency Setting

XPAND

STM-1/OC-3 interface on XPAND

METRO

311 Mb/s Support in 1-4 Antenna directions (1+0,1+1,HSB,2+0)

N+0 in 1 antenna direction

DXC unit and DXC Frame support for all configurations with 311Mb/s ODU

Mix of antenna directions with 155Mb/s and 311 Mb/s ODU

Management OSPF/Stack Updated router and IP stack SW

SNMP Table with remote/neighbour terminals,

RSSI for Space Diversity

Https SSL (Secure Socket Layer)

Web Separate WEB page for configuration of station name, terminal name and antenna direction names.

Web generated status report/file for e.g. Customer Service feedback

RSSI for Space Diversity


Main Functionality


Frame/Plug-In Units

Radio Radio Reset Button

Management Configuration Added option for clearing all configuration including passwords, IP and Network settings.

Internet Explorer 6 Internet Explorer 6.0 is not supported warning


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Main Functionality


Frame/Plug-In Units

FKCN5551D-T (SU)

Support for 4 FE ports on SU

VLAN

QoS

GIU Support for individual MAC learning per VLAN

XPAND Support for new enhanced Direct Ethernet

Mapping for FKCN5551B-T and FKCN5551C-T

DXC Frame and Unit

J1 (Pathtrace)

B3 and G1 support

Received Signal Label Status

DXC Frame and Unit

SNCP Manual Locked Switching

PWIU

Support for adding extra Power Interface Unit

(-48V)

Radio

Support for ACM Ready Radios

Radio

Manual Power On/Off

System METRO

Repeater Configuration (RIUs back to back)

Management Log

Element History Log

Licenses

Support for Licenses file

Configuration

Added option for backup restore with cold start

Fault

Added alarm for WEB logon for reporting on Netmaster

WEB

RMON counters statistics on WEB

SNMP

Added support for analogue measurement for Alarm and Control Unit (FKN5674A-T)

SNMP

Changed format on reported SW revision


Main Functionality


Frame/Plug-In Units

XPAND Support for new enhanced Direct Ethernet Mapping for FKCN5551D-T. (Support for new enhanced Direct Ethernet Mapping on FKCN5551B-T and FKCN5551C-T was introduced in R9A00)

Radio Support for 4GHz channel plans


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Main Functionality


Frame/Plug-In Units

SU Ethernet Support for 150Mb/s on FKCN5551D-T in XPAND systems with Direct Mapping

Faster Link Loss Forwarding (LLF) signalling in XPAND systems with Direct Mapping

GIU and SU-D Name / information field for Ethernet ports.

Radio IFU-ODU cable monitoring with alarm and error pulse reporting

RIU Changed RIU ADC overrange alarm to a more informative name: IF CABLE INPUT LEVEL HIGH

System XPAND SRM30: 14xT1 + SU-FE [~20-25 Mb/s], 128TCM - 5 MHz not supported

RADIO Support for different bandwidth on different radio channels

METRO System configurations: 3+0/4+0 Double Terminal incl. mode with 2 antenna directions in same IFU

Space Diversity Updated layout on WEB

RPS Option for standalone RIU for ch P in IFU 1 in n+1

Management WEB Support for Internet Explorer 8

WEB Temperature reading for IFU Basic Frame

WEB SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) monitoring for radio hop

Link Error monitoring with cumulative counter for radio hop

SNMP Default enabling of SNMPv2

SNR (Signal to Noise Ratio) for radio hop

Temperature reading for IFU Basic Frame

Fault trap throttling

Direction and event type for alarms

Updated config MIB

Link Errors with cumulative counter for radio hop in performance MIB

OSPF/RIP Unnumbered interfaces

Alarms Direction and eventType for alarms


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Updated All alarm WEB page

Updated Blocked alarm WEB page

License License Request File option to get permanent licenses when replacement licenses are used

Admin user can now delete licenses

Updated Licenses WEB page showing all licenses

Configuration Backup Updated Configuration Backup WEB pages

Removed Configuration Backup and Restore using Flash on SU

Security Configurable logout timer to user settings

Updated automatic log out functionality to also log out when automatic polling is activated

Functionality changed in R9B03:

Main Functionality


Management WEB SNR monitoring for radio link removed.

SNMP SNR monitoring for radio link removed.


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Main Functionality


System System

Add support for filter compensation for 28MHz filter settings in ACAP mode.

Radio

SW support for 32GHz frequency band.

Radio

Support for changing SW package from Evolution Series XPAND-IP to Evolution Series XPAND/METRO.

Frame/Plug-In Units

IFU Basic Frame FUBU6325C-T

Support for Evolution Series XPAND-IP compatible IFU Basic Frame FUBU6325C-T

Management WEB

Updated WEB layout including RF levels and remote status at the homepage.

WEB

Configuration of element Information (free text fields) and coordinates (location) for element.

WEB

Performance: Link thermometer including time series (72 hours) and cumulative statistics with RF input level and error pulses for each radio channel.

WEB

Performance: Analogue time series are continuously monitored.

SNMP

Configuration of element Information (free text fields) and coordinates (location) for element.

SNMP

Performance: Link thermometer including time series (72 hours) and cumulative statistics with RF input level and error pulses for each radio channel.

SNMP

Performance: Additional Ethernet statistic parameters for NetMaster. Support for selected parameters in IF-MIB and ifXTable.

Fault

Fault Log: Present newest log entries first. Fault Tables: Updates to column presentation sequence.

Fault

XPAND: Added alarm ” NO CAPACITY CONFIGURED” (in system with Ethernet configuration) and ” PAYLOAD MISMATCH”.

Performance

G.826 calculations for link errors per radio channel.

Management

Management Traffic IP classification (DSCP Priority Tagging).

Configuration

Restore of configuration backup includes licenses.


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Main Functionality


System 13 GHz Long Haul

Support for 13GHz Long Haul branching systems.

Frame/Plug-In Units

Support for new hardware

Support for Shelf-Assy 4 IFU UBM6408B that is METRO and XPAND-IP compatible.

UBM6408B requires IFU-C: FUBU6325C-T.


Main Functionality


Frame/Plug-In Units

Radio Type C XCVR

Support for type C XCVR for Long Haul systems

Radio – XCVR Main Board FUNF5898B-T

Support for new XCVR Main Board

Radio Interface Unit FDM5559D-T FDM5559E-T

Support for new RIUs

Cabled XPIC will be supported in a later SW release.

Management GUI

Terminal ID

A field for the terminal article code is added at the Element-Terminal ID page.

WEB

Internet Explorer Version 9

Mozilla Firefox Version 4-8

License Management

Support for generation of temporary installation licenses.

3.5 New Functionality in R10C00

Main Functionality


Frame/Plug-In Units

Radio Type C XCVR

Support for type C XCVR for Long Haul systems for 5 and 11 GHz

Radio Interface Unit FDM5559F-T

Support for new RIU

RIUs

The SNR status for each channel is added to the signal monitoring page for corresponding RIU.


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4. Bugfixes IN R10C00

4.1 XPIC Polarization tooltip is configurable

Customer can set the tooltip to match actual XPIC settings..

4.2 Routing of STM-4 and DXC

The routing is now a manual operation and not automatic.

4.3 Pattern Loss and errors on STM-4 board

Fixed problem when some of the channels on the STM-4 board are used for add/drop and some are not.


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5. INSTALLATION OF R10C00 PACKAGE

5.1 Procedure

Note1: Upgrade from R1x or R2x

Do not upgrade from Release1 or Release2 on a running system. Upgrade from Release3 and later is OK.

The SW package prior to Release3 contained a different licensing scheme. Upgrading from Release1 or Release2 package to any later release versions will cause traffic down. New licenses have to be installed in order for the system to come up and operate normally again. Installing the licenses when traffic is down, must be done by local or external (not across the link) management connection.

Note2: Traffic interruptions

Updating to R10C00 from other SW revisions cause traffic interruption. The following functionality is affected: All Evolution Systems.


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Download Procedure:

Use Web GUI or Netmaster to download the software package to the element. You need Admin privileges to be able to download the new package.

For Web GUI; Select Configuration Software and the SW Download tab. Select the “SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE-APP-R10C00_1.tar” file and press Download button. The package contains five .tar files and the GUI will prompt for new files as needed.

Figure 1: Downloading tar file

Depending on what versions is on the active and inactive, the software installer will minimize the need for transfer between web client and element. If the software is not complete after first tar, you have to choose the second tar file. If the package becomes complete on the element, you are allowed to switch the software.

Use the SU SW Versions tab and click on Switch Software tab. The SU will restart, so the connection to the WEB server is lost. You should be able to log in again after a short while.


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Please note that with SW version R4Bxx or later information about the current SU is stored in the IFU Basic Frame. As a result the SU has to be activated after the first restart running R4Bxx or later. Press the Set Current SU active button displayed in figure 2. Also, the cache must be cleared after SW upgrade. If the cache is not cleared, the web pages may not show correct information. Please refer to handbook for a description of how to clear the cache in different browsers.

Figure 2: Activating the SU after SW switch


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Figure 3: Status after software switch


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6. KNOWN PROBLEMS

6.1 OSPF Router

OSPF Routing may be inconsistent when CityLink, InterLink and CompactLink equipment is used in the same OSPF system as Evolution Series terminals.

Workaround:

Do not configure the InterLink or CityLink to be a designated router. Use static routes between the Evolution Series terminal and InterLink or CityLink terminals.

6.2 XPAND Upgrade from R4A00

Unused XPAND PDH channels in R4A (or earlier revisions) results in enabling of unused ports and thus AIS and LOS alarms after SW upgrade.

6.3 Memory Limitations Supervisory Unit FKCN5551A-T and FKCN5551B-T

In FKCN5551A-T and FKCN5551B-T there is a memory limitation so that maximum system configuration is within 2 IFUs. In large configurations within 2 IFUs using 2 FNZ5695A-T/ FNZ5695B-T, the user may experience a problem when trying to configure several auxiliary boards.

Workaround:

Use Supervisory Unit FKCN5551C-T or FKCN5551D-T in systems with large configurations.

6.4 Ethernet Configuration Mismatch Gigabit Interface Unit FNZ5695A-T

This problem is related to the Gigabit Interface Unit FNZ5695A-T

Internal lock-up in the equipment may occur if equipment Ethernet Port with Auto Speed is connected to an external Ethernet port with fixed speed/duplex 100M Full or 10M Full.

Management and User Ethernet traffic will be lost.

Affected unit; Gigabit Interface Unit needs power up restart to recover.

Workaround:

Use the same setting both for the Evolution Series terminal and the equipment connected to it. Use either Auto on both sides, or the same fixed setting on both sides.


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6.5 Software downgrade to R6B02 or earlier revisions – Gigabit Interface Unit

This problem is related to the Gigabit Interface Units FNZ5695A-T and FNZ5695B-T.

Inconsistent behaviour can occur when downgrading to R6B02 or earlier revisions with

two Gigabit LAN Ports (LAN Port 4 and LAN Port 5) enabled.

Workaround:

Disable one Gigabit LAN Port (LAN Port 4 or LAN Port 5) before downgrading.

6.6 Software downgrade to revisions earlier than R7A00

Please note that if the system is configured with R7A00 or later revision, and then an earlier SW revision is installed, the system configured with R7A00 or later revision will be lost. This will happen even if the configuration is supported in this earlier SW revision. When switching back to R7A00 the configuration will be restored again.

6.7 Access rights on DXC unit and DXC Frame

Signal label information and SNCP status information is available for user with access rights MASTER and ADMIN. Not presented to users with PASSIVE or ACTIVE access rights.

6.8 Upgrading to N+1 systems from earlier releases than R8A00

The RPS-ORDERWIRE alarm may appear after an upgrade to R8A or later.

Workaround:

Run through the housekeeping wizard and the system will be reinitialised so that this alarm disappears and the orderwire channel is operational.

6.9 Memory Limitations DXC Frame

Supervisory Units FKCN5551A-T and FKCN5551B-T do not support DXC Frame due to a memory limitation on these units for SW version R8A or later.

6.10 DXC Frame SETS status and alarm reporting.

Incorrect alarm reporting from the SETS function on the DXC Frame may occur. The event log may contain an event sequence with SETS_SYNCHRONISATION_PRIORITY1 cleared /raised, typically for one


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second. The SETS functionality itself is not affected, only the alarm status reporting.

6.11 Upgrade of Supervisory Unit from FKCN5551A/B/C-T to FKCN5551D-T.

After configuration download to FKCN5551D-T with configuration uploaded from FKCN5551A/B/C-T, the user must reconfigure the Ethernet functionality on the supervisory unit.

6.12 Housekeeping wizard – Indoor Radio Placement page

A minor fault on the indoor radio placement page has been detected. Moving radios on the GUI should be avoided. A bugfix release is in process.

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