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3600 and 3600+ MainStreet
Release Notice
Release 9.0
Load x119-H0-30
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Table of contents
1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................4
2 Feature summary ............................................................................................................................4
2.1 Release 9.0 features.............................................................................................................4
2.2 Feature changes...................................................................................................................5
3 Fixed problems ...............................................................................................................................5
3.1 Fixed problems for 3600 and 3600+ MainStreet systems...................................................5
Critical problems........................................................................................................5
Major problems..........................................................................................................5
Minor problems..........................................................................................................5
3.2 Fixed problems for 3600 MainStreet multishelf systems....................................................6
3.3 Fixed problems for 3600+ MainStreet systems...................................................................6
4 Notes and restrictions .....................................................................................................................6
4.1 Installation notes .................................................................................................................6
4.1.1 Splitting N1 files...............................................................................................7
4.2 Restrictions..........................................................................................................................7
5 Release load history......................................................................................................................12
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1 Introduction
This document provides general information on Release 9.0 of the 3600 and 3600+ MainStreet
Multiservice Bandwidth Managers, Generic x119, load H0-30. This document does not
describe the features supported by Generic x119; these can be found in Release Description
01RD0023.
2 Feature summary
2.1 Release 9.0 features
Release 9.0 of the 3600 and 3600+ MainStreet Multiservice Bandwidth Managers supports
all the functionality supported in Release 8.0. Load x119-H0-00 introduced the additional
functionality listed below and specified in 01RD0023:
• GSLC-12 and GSLC-16 line cards: these cards provide the same functionality as the
28LC line card but use G.SHDSL technology instead of HDSL, offering high-speed,
symmetrical data access (up to 2 Mb/s) over a single unconditioned copper pair
• GSLC-12 line card is supported on the 3600 MainStreet and 3600+ MainStreet
platforms
• GSLC-16 line card is supported on the 3600+ MainStreet platform
• support for 3
rd
party NTUs: any G.SHDSL-compliant NTU may be connected to the
GSLC-12 and GSLC-16 line cards
• full 5620 NM manageability of the Symmetricom GoWide NTU
• PRI RJ45 distribution panel variant 90-9634-01: supports 27LC2, 27LC3, 28LC,
GSLC-12 and GSLC-16 line cards
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2.2 Feature changes
Load Feature
H0-00 First hardened product load of the 3600/3600+ MainStreet Release 9.0 software
DCR 422188: added new alarm when T1 slips occur
H0-10 DCR 9A1319: added support for new Dual E3-2 card (part number 90-9751-03)
for the 3600 MainStreet multishelf system
PTS fixes
H0-15 DCR 490229: display bank checksum on MAINT – ON_SLOT – CTRL –
SW_GEN screen
DCR 490232: replace Alcatel with Datatel on login screen
H0-21 PTS fixes
H0–25 PTS fixes
H0–26 PTS fixes
H0–30 PTS fixes
3 Fixed problems
These problems are fixed in load H0-30 and are organized by priority and PTS number.
3.1 Fixed problems for 3600 and 3600+ MainStreet systems
Critical problems
None
Major problems
PTS number Title Description
541080
SNMP trap message errors Because of the length of the NMTI identifier for the DE3
card, the port ID is truncated in the 5620 Network
Manager alarm queue.
Minor problems
PTS number Title Description
563400 Reboot after an unknown
power failure
The 3600+ MainStreet node reboots after experiencing a
bus error due to an invalid statistics request for the 5620
Statistics Collector.
The problem can also affect a 3600 MainStreet multishelf
node.
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3.2 Fixed problems for 3600 MainStreet multishelf systems
None
3.3 Fixed problems for 3600+ MainStreet systems
None
4 Notes and restrictions
The following installation notes and restrictions apply to the 3600 and 3600+ MainStreet
systems. Note that some of these notes and restrictions are not specific to this Release 9.0 load
but also apply to previous releases of the 3600 and 3600+ MainStreet software.
4.1 Installation notes
The 3600+ MainStreet Timing card must always be installed before the 3600+ MainStreet
Control card; otherwise, the Control card will not operate properly.
When using Octal E1 or Octal T1 card redundancy on the 3600+ MainStreet node, ensure
that the paired slots are adjacent to each other with the first card in the lower-numbered
slot (for example, slots 1 and 2 are paired, not 2 and 3).
Upgrading the 3600+ MainStreet node from Release 7.1 and earlier releases requires
installation of the MEM2 module, as this module is needed for Release 9.0 operation. This
is not an issue when upgrading from Release 8.0, as Release 8.0 also requires the
3600+ MainStreet to have an MEM2 module installed.
Upgrades from previous releases running on the DMM2 (3600 MainStreet and 3600
MainStreet multishelf systems) are supported.
Refer to the following documents:
01NUP0005 3600 MainStreet Installation and Upgrade Procedure
39NUP0003 3600+ MainStreet Installation and Upgrade Procedure
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4.1.1 Splitting N1 files
Some of the Release 9.0 N1 files are too large to fit onto a single floppy disk. However, a
floppy disk may be the preferred way to transfer an N1 file onto a PC running the Craft
Interface Node Manager for software downloads to a node.
It is possible to split an N1 file using either Unix or DOS commands and then recombine
the file on a PC.
For example, to split a file on a Unix workstation, enter:
dd if=1117H020.n1 of=1117H020.n1a ibs=1k count=1024
dd if=1117H020.n1 of=1117H020.n1b ibs=1k skip=1024
To combine the split files on a PC workstation, enter:
copy /b 1117H020.n1a + 1117H020.n1b 1117H020.n1
If splitting files on a PC, the commands used depend on the version of DOS being used.
Recent versions of DOS include an MSBACKUP command that can be used to split files.
4.2 Restrictions
Restrictions 6 to 23 are not specific to this Release 9.0 load but also apply to previous
releases of the 3600 and 3600+ MainStreet software.
1) Dual E3/Dual E3-2 pair
If a 3600 MainStreet multishelf system containing a Dual E3 and Dual E3-2 pair is
upgraded from Release 7.1 to Release 9.0 and is then downgraded back to Release 7.1,
the inactive Control card may not reset and therefore not revert to Release 7.1. If the
inactive card is reset manually, it will revert back to Release 7.1.
2) Minimum revision levels
Minimum revision levels as per 01NUP0005 and 39NUP0003 must be adhered to.
3) GSLC-12 and GSLC-16 line cards
The GSLC-12 and GSLC-16 line cards are compliant with ITU-T Recommendation
G.991.2 for G.SHDSL, with some exceptions in Annex A and B. These minor
exceptions are consistent with accepted industry limitations regarding loop
performance for a few specific test configurations and are typically not issues in actual
field implementations.
4) 5620 NM downloads
The 5620 NM cannot currently download more than approximately eight NTUs
simultaneously, depending on the speed of the path between the 5620 NM and the
3600/3600+ MainStreet node hosting the NTUs being downloaded.
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5) DS-3 I card
There are no Release 9.0 versions for DS-3 I. The cards should run the latest Release
5.2 hardened load available when upgrading the rest of the 3600 MainStreet multishelf
system to Release 9.0.
Release 9.0 supports DS-3 I cards at a Release 5.2 level of functionality. Release 9.0
feature connectivity requires a DS-3 II card. If the 3600 MainStreet multishelf system
using DS-3 I is using Release 9.0 functionality on other peripherals, there is a chance
that the 5620 NM will try to reroute a Release 9.0 connection over the DS-3 I card.
This is not supported and should be prevented.
The minimum software revision for the Release 5.2 DS-3 I card is H115-H2-50,
which has the necessary connection server included. However, it is recommended that
customers use DS-3 I cards with software revision H115-H2-74.
6) DS-3 II card
Release 9.0 requires the generic of this card to match the 3600 MainStreet generic.
7) Control card and Memory module
Release 9.0 requires a minimum of Control card 3 with Memory module DMM2.
Release 9.0 cannot be installed on any version of Control card 2 or on a Control card 3
with Memory module II.
8) 3600+ MainStreet Control card and MEM2
Release 9.0 requires that a 3600+ MainStreet Control card be equipped with a MEM2.
A 3600+ MainStreet Control card without a MEM2 is not operational.
9) 3600 MainStreet multishelf upgrade procedure
There can be a mixture of two peripheral releases during the upgrade, but during that
time new connections cannot be added to the multiplexer. Peripheral releases refer to
both PUs and DS-3 cards − DS-3 cards should not be treated any differently from PUs
during an upgrade. At the end of the upgrade procedure, new connections and
functionality can be used once all the peripherals have been upgraded. A 3600
MainStreet multishelf unit that has an upgraded SU and upgraded PUs, but an older
release of DS-3 cards, is in the mixed phase. No new connections should be added and
no new functionality should be used (with the exceptions noted in points 4 and 5).
Alcatel–Lucent 5620 network management rerouting should be disabled during the
upgrade. Following the upgrade, all components of the 3600 MainStreet multishelf
unit (SU, PU, DS-3, SE3 and DE3) should be running the same software generic.
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10) SSU FCR demerits
The "Inactive SSU Unlock" demerit value of 275 is supported on the 3600 MainStreet
and 3600+ MainStreet nodes. This demerit value is raised on the inactive shelf and
indicates that the inactive SSU (or Timing card) is not locked (aligned) with the active
SSU (or Timing card). These demerits will help to prevent an activity switch before
alignment is achieved between the shelves.
An activity switch before the inactive/active SSUs are aligned could cause the
3600 MainStreet multishelf peripheral to go out of service in the worst case.
On the 3600+ MainStreet node, an activity switch before the inactive and active
Timing cards are aligned could cause all the UCS and HSA cards to reset.
11) Alcatel–Lucent 5620 Network Manager reconcile required after node upgrade
It is assumed that all 3600 MainStreet and 3600+ MainStreet nodes will be fully
reconciled by the Alcatel–Lucent 5620 Network Manager after the node has been
upgraded to Release 9.0 from any previous node release for which conversion is
supported.
12) Reset of DSP cards after upgrade
To cover the instances where DSP cards must be reset to enable new functionality, an
alarm indicating that a maintenance reset of the card must be scheduled has been
added − the text is "Maintenance Reset Req'd". The alarm is raised when Release 9.0
becomes active, and the subcode of the alarm is the slot number. As well, DNIC,
2B1Q and 27LC2 cards equipped with DPM modules must be reset after the Release
9.0 upgrade to force the download of new DSP firmware. This does not apply to the
DPM3 module (supported on the 27LC3 card).
13) GFC support in the 3600 MainStreet multishelf system
In prior releases, GFC Order Wire could not be used in 3600 MainStreet multishelf
systems because of architectural restrictions of the product. This continues to be the
case in Release 9.0. In addition, many of the new features introduced on the GFC3
cannot be used on 3600 MainStreet multishelf systems for the same architectural
reasons. A list of these features follows:
• Order Wire
• Digital Tone Test
• BERT
• DS0 Test Access
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14) ANS
ANS-2 was added in Release 5.0 of the 3600 MainStreet Multiservice Bandwidth
Managers. In Release 6.0, the creation of a new ANS-1 network was blocked. In
Releases 6.0 and 6.1, ANS-1 is fully supported (topology configuration is allowed) if
pre-6.0 nodes within an established ANS-1 network are upgraded to Release 6.0 and
higher. Upgrade to ANS-2 could then take place.
In Releases 7.x and later releases, ANS-1 is obsolete. ANS-1 topology configuration
will be lost if nodes in an established ANS-1 network are upgraded to Release 7.x or
later. ANS-1 must be upgraded to ANS-2 before the nodes are upgraded to Release
7.x or later.
15) LS-DV router compatibility
Router version 2 is also referred to as LS router. Router version 1 is referred to as DV
router.
No changes were made in Release 9.0 that affect LS-DV router compatibility that
existed in Release 5.x loads. The implementation of the DV router in CPSSv2 is
completely compatible with the previous implementation in CPSSv1.
However, the LS router is only somewhat compatible with the DV router. All DV
routing entities must be directly connected to LS routing entities. DV routing nodes
that are not directly connected to an LS routing node will not be seen by any LS
routers.
16) FRE and PE cards in 3600 MainStreet single, dual, and PU shelves
Due to the extra power requirements of FRE and PE cards, it is recommended that
double-harness (i.e., two-cable) power supply harnesses be used in 3600 MainStreet
single, dual, and PU shelves containing these cards. As well, the FRE and PE cards
should be placed in every second slot to maximize heat dissipation.
17) Limit of E3 circuits configured for OOS
Due to the large processing requirement to perform A/B switches in 3600 MainStreet
multishelf systems, the maximum number of circuits that should be configured for
OOS detection is 375 (approximately 12 E1s configured for CCS). If this limit is
exceeded, the SE3/DE3 peripheral may go out of service if all circuits detect OOS
simultaneously.
18) 1.544 Mb/s SU composite clock external synch source
Support for 3600 MainStreet multishelf SU 1.544 Mb/s composite clock external sync
source requires minimum ISSU F/W ID of $2.
19) 4WTO interface
Tx/Rx on the interfaces of the 4WTO card are as defined in Bellcore specification
TR-NWT-000057, not as they are on the 4WT0 module on the 3624 MainStreet unit.
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20) FRS/FRE cards
FRS/FRE card circuits should not be used to terminate CPSS due to performance
reasons. DCP cards should be used for this purpose.
21) Telco Alarm module
The Telco Alarm module (Alarm module 2) now supports the audible alarm indicators
for standard alarming in Release 7.x and later releases. The minimum variant ID for
the Telco Alarm module is now $5 (80-1282-01-01). With the older variant, audible
alarm indicators will not function.
22) Enhanced packet communication fault handling
A new feature was added to Release 7.x to provide enhanced communication with the
packet-based UCS cards. New releases of the packet-based card firmware are required
to obtain this new functionality. Older releases of the card firmware will still work in
Release 7.x and later releases, but only with the same functionality that they had in the
older releases.
The minimum firmware required for the enhanced packet communication fault
handling is:
• FRE card: P413-F0-00, PA12-F0-00
• X.25 FRE card: P612-F0-00
• PE card: P611-F0-00
23) Number of CPCs in a 3600 MainStreet single, dual, or PU shelf
It is recommended that no more than one CPC be installed in a 3600 MainStreet
single, dual, or PU shelf. An acceptable alternative is two CPCs with at least half the
total circuits set to Interface Type = NONE.
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5 Release load history
Load Date created
H0-00 9 June 2004
H0-10 23 August 2005
H0-10 (S1119) 18 May 2006
H0-15 30 June 2006
H0-21 7 December 2007
H0–25 17 June 2008
H0–26 22 April 2009
H0–30 1 December 2009
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