Keycodes - Nortel BCM50 3.0 Overview

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• Log management for off-box transfer of logs, including component logs and administrator
logs such as alarm log, security log, configuration change log, and system log.
• Software management tools for software updates (for example, for corrective software)
and software upgrades.
• Backup and restore. You can schedule full back ups with the option of excluding certain
components which are presented in the user interface. A scheduled backup provides the
ability to routinely perform a backup, which you can save on the BCM50 hard drive or
transfer to an off-box destination such as network folder, FTP server, or locally attached
USB storage device.
For backup and restore, software management, and log management, a flexible set of source and
destinations is supported along with protocols to access them. For example, you can save backups
from the BCM50 to either the USB port, the Element Manager client PC (on-demand only), a
shared drive available on the network, or a remote FTP server.
Software updates
To ensure that BCM50 maintenance costs are low, even in an environment of security and
corrective content updates, the BCM50 handles software updates as follows:
• You can download software updates to the BCM50, either on-demand or according to a
schedule, from a USB port, a shared network drive, a remote FTP server, or a client PC.
• Update software is automatically checked against the BCM50 software history and
validated before you transfer it
• You can schedule the software update separately. For example, you can schedule a
download for Tuesday night, but you can schedule the application for Friday at 2:00.
• You can program multiple software-update packages to be applied at the same time.
• One software-update package can include updates for multiple software components.
While many software updates do not require a system restart, some software components
require a restart for the update to take effect. No more than one system restart is required if
one or more of the software components being updated by the software-update package
requires a reboot.
• Software upgrades are handled in the same way and use the same tool as software updates.
• You can set up the entire software-update process for hands-off operation if the software
content can either be downloaded remotely or sent and installed from the USB port.

Keycodes

The BCM keycode structure now includes the following capabilities:
• One keycode validates all feature entitlements, which simplifies installation.
• You can apply keycodes in a number of ways:
— through Element Manager
— through set-based administration
— through NCM
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