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Magellan Vector 2.0 Maintenance Release

Release Notes

Software Release Date: June 15 1998
Issue: 1.9.1
© 1998 Northern Telecom
All rights reserved
*Magellan is a trademark of Northern Telecom
Printed in Canada
Magellan Vector 2.0 Release Notes, Issue 1.9.1

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  • Page 1: Release Notes

    Magellan Vector 2.0 Maintenance Release Release Notes Software Release Date: June 15 1998 Issue: 1.9.1 © 1998 Northern Telecom All rights reserved *Magellan is a trademark of Northern Telecom Printed in Canada Magellan Vector 2.0 Release Notes, Issue 1.9.1...

  • Page 2: Revision Record

    Revision Record Issue Date 97-04-21 97-05-28 97-07-15 97-09-30 97-11-10 97-12-04 98-02-16 98-04-17 1.9.1 98-06-15 Magellan Vector 2.0 Release Note, Issue 1.9.1 Purpose Summarize the Vector 2.0.3 Release Summarize the Vector 2.0.4 Release Summarize the Maintenance Release for VSS2.0.5 Summarize the Maintenance Release for VSS2.0.6 Summarize the Maintenance Release for VSS2.0.7 Summarize the Maintenance Release for VSM 2.0.5 Summarize the Maintenance Release for VSM 2.0.6...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Revision Record Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Configuration Supported 5 Functionality Supported 5 New Hardware 5 VSS 6 VSM 6 MDP 7 Documentation 7 New contents in this release 7 Exclusions 7 Chapter 2 Release Considerations Chapter 3 Service Requests11 Unresolved Service Requests 11...
  • Page 4 Appendix A Upgrade Procedure A.1 In Service Upgrade Procedure 31 A.2 Out of Service Upgrade Procedure 31 A.3 Out of Service Downgrade Procedure 35 Appendix B Hardware Summary Hardware Vintages 40 Magellan Vector 2.0 Release Note, Issue 1.9.1...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Introduction These release notes highlight the functionality new to this Vector Maintenance Release in the areas of Hardware, Vector Switching System (VSS) software, Vector System Manager (VSM) software, and Magellan Data Provider (MDP) software.This Maintenance Release provides bug fixes for the Vector Switch Software (VSS) and the Vector System Manager (VSM) software.

  • Page 6: Vss

    • Power Module • Fan Unit • ASX-1000 air filter • BIP II • Duplex operation (manual, fault-driven and forced SWACT) • Vector 1.1 ER6 and Vector 2.0.4 functionality • Hardware inventory • ESI DS1 BITS • ESI Line Timing for OC-3/STM-1, J2, DS3, E3, and OC-12/STM-4 Netmods •...

  • Page 7: Mdp

    • Enhanced CAC • SVC Failure Cause Counters and Traps • Billing support for fabric redundancy • Updated BDF formats Documentation • Release Notes • NTPs New contents in this release • VSM and VSS bug fixes, see chapter 3. Exclusions Excluded from this release: •...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2 Release Considerations

    Chapter 2 Release Considerations The following table lists the latest compatible releases for the products shown: Product Release Table Product VSS (on-switch) VSM (off-switch) MDP (off-switch) Use the following instructions to load the MDP patch: 1) Log on to the MDP server. 2) Download (copy or ftp) the MDP patch file (P096_01.tar) to the MDP server.
  • Page 9 Feature requires the revision J fabric (PEC NTET51AD). To support a mixed i960CF/HA SCP configuration, you must upgrade the Vector Switching System (VSS) Software to at least Vector Release 2.0.2. In the mixed i960CF/HA SCP configuration, each fabric pair must be configured either with two i960CF SCPs or two i960HA SCPs.
  • Page 10 Customers who are running 2.0.3, 2.0.4 or 2.0.7 and before with pmp or backplane throughpaths configured must use the upgrade and installation procedure described in Appendix A. New firmware for the External Synchronization Card has been introduced which improves the locking characteristics to the BITS timing source. A version 9 listed under configuration esi show will be displayed for ESI cards containing the new updated firmware.

  • Page 11: Chapter 3 Service Requests

    Chapter 3 Service Requests Unresolved Service Requests The table below lists all unresolved high priority Service Requests (SRs) found in Vector Release VSS2.0.8 and VSM2.0.6. Unresolved Service Requests SR Number 10126103 10127209 10133471 10137752 10139547 10132316 Descriptions of Unresolved Service Requests 10126103: pt to mpt connections spanning two or more ports with contract violated.
  • Page 12 10133471: Unable to modify port bandwidth consistently. This problem is actively being investigated. We believe it is related to Flash memory fragmentation. Suggested avoidance procedure is to perform an operation flash free command on flash memory every 4 to 6 weeks. This ensures large blocks of contiguous memory are available for write operations into flash.

  • Page 13: Solved Service Requests

    If this problem occurs, please contact GTS for the appropriate recovery procedure. Solved Service Requests The tables below lists solved Customer and Internal Service Requests (SRs) for the Vector Switch Software (VSS) and the Vector System Manager (VSM). Solved Service Requests - VSS SR Number 10067327...
  • Page 14 10136334: When UNI 3.0 signaling is down, it will not autonomously restore (VSS) This fix resolves the problem where a 3.0 UNI can be brought into the down state by changing the mode on a DS3 netmod (i.e. hcs or plcp). When the mode of the netmod was restored to its original state, the UNI did not restore itself to the up state.

  • Page 15: Chapter 4 Vector Documentation

    Chapter 4 Vector documentation This chapter contains information about the Northern Telecom Publications (NTP) available with this Vector Release. The information in this chapter is organized as follows: • NTPs available with this release • installing NTPs online • addendums to NTP 241-9501-301, Vector Management Interface User Guide •...

  • Page 16: Installing Ntps Online

    -p /usr/nortel/magellan/vector 6 Select a temporary directory for extracting the UniHelp (NTP software) cd /usr/tmp 7 From the VSM or VSS CD or tape supplied by Nortel, put the VSM or VSS tar file into /usr/tmp tar -xvf <device name>...

  • Page 17: Viewing Ntps

    1 Change directory to the NTP directory cd /usr/nortel/magellan/vector/instldoc 2 Run the viewer software by entering instldoc.run* The viewer software starts, with the NTP ready to view. Addendum to NTP 241-9501-301 Vector Management Interface User Guide This section provides an addendum to NTP 241-9501-301, Vector Management Interface User Guide, chapter 6, “VMI Configuration...
  • Page 18 4CTL originate originate originate originate originate Notice the two through paths (last two row entries in the example), which report having VBR bandwidth overbooking (VBROB) values of 200 and 400 respectively and VBR output buffer overbooking (BuffOB) values of 100 and 100.

  • Page 19: Changes To Ntp 241-9501-301 Vector Management Interface User Guide

    Changes to NTP 241-9501-301 Vector Management Interface User Guide This section provides changes to the NTP 241-9501-301, Vector Management Interface User Guide, chapter 4, “Connection admission control for SVCs”, section, “Aggregate maximum bandwidth for all switched virtual circuits”, page 82, must be read as follows: For each Quality of Service (QoS) setting, bandwidth added to the aggregate SVC maximum bandwidth is as follows: •...

  • Page 20: Addendum To Ntp 241-9501-301 Vector Management Interface

    Addendum to NTP 241-9501-301 Vector Management Interface User Guide This section provides information for a new feature that is not documented in NTP 241-9501-301, Vector Management Interface User Guide, Chapter 11, “VMI operation commands,” page 293. Resetting the Network Module Vector 2.0.8 and higher supports the ability to reset a network module.

  • Page 21: Selecting A Mac Address

    Selecting a MAC address The MAC address is displayed by a menu selection accessible when the SCP board is reset or on a power-up. The following procedure provides changes to NTP 241-9501-501, Vector Switch Hardware Maintenance Guide, chapter 4, “Fabric Shelf”. Selecting a MAC address As the diagnostics run, depress the next switch When “FLASH?”...
  • Page 22 At the back of the switch frame, carefully pull the cable out from the extension shelf over the top of the cooling unit. Installing an HSI cable Tools and equipment required: • tie wraps • replacement HSI cable For information about the HSI cable connections between the fabric and extension shelf, see Table 3 at the end of this procedure.
  • Page 23 The following table provides connection information for the proper HSI cable connections between the fabric shelf and extension shelf: Table 1 Linkmods on fabric shelf Fabric# Slot# Link select card on upper extension shelf Position Slot# Magellan Vector 2.0 Release Notes, Issue 1.9.1...

  • Page 24: Addendum To Ntp 241-9501-301 Vector Management Interface User Guide

    Addendum to NTP 241-9501-301 Vector Management Interface User Guide To prepare a switch using VMI commands prior to the replacement of a link select card, perform the following procedure. Preparing the switch for replacement of a link select card Switch traffic away from the fabric with the link select cards needing replacement, if it is not already on the inactive side of the subswitch, by entering the command: localhost::>...

  • Page 25: Addendum To Ntp 241-9501-501 Vector Switch Hardware Maintenance Guide

    Answer Y to the following message: Are you sure you want to manually switch activity [n]? Synchronize the switch to the newly active fabric by entering the command: localhost::> operation sync Answer Y to the following message: Are you sure you want to sync the switch [n]? Answer Y to the following message: Do you wish to wait till your action is complete [y]? Addendum to NTP 241-9501-501 Vector Switch Hardware...
  • Page 26 Perform a SWACT to switch traffic away from the fabric with the link modules needing replacement, if it is not already on the inactive side of the subswitch, by performing step 1 from “Preparing the switch for replacement of a link select card” on page 24.

  • Page 27: Replacing Link Select Cards

    18 Re-connect the HSI cable to the link module. 19 Re-connect the HSI cable to the link select card. 20 Observe the color of the LED: a. If the LED is now green (solid or flashing) and stays in that state, then go to step 21.
  • Page 28 • slot head screwdriver • static wrist wrap • replacement link select card Obtain the following information from the network operator: a. link select card identification b. shelf slot number Locate the link select card to be replaced. If the LED status indicator on the link select card is NOT solid green, go to step 5. A solid green LED status indicator on the link select card indicates that the card is carrying traffic.
  • Page 29 11 Lift the top latch while pushing down on the bottom latch, and begin to slide the link select card towards you. 12 Place the link select card in an anti-static bag or box, and put aside. 13 Remove the replacement link select card from its anti-static bag or box. 14 Carefully slide the replacement link select card in the slot until the connector at the back of the card contacts the connector on the backplane of the shelf.

  • Page 30: Appendix A Upgrade Procedure

    VSS2.0.9. Use the following guidelines to determine which upgrade procedure to use. • Customers who are upgrading from VSS2.0.8 or higher (all configurations) must use the upgrade procedure provided in the Software Installation and Commissioning for Vector and AccessShelf NTP 241- 9501-200. •...

  • Page 31: A.2 Out Of Service Upgrade Procedure

    A.1 In Service Upgrade procedure Please refer to the Software Installation and Commissioning for Vector and AccessShelf NTP 241-9501-200, section entitled ‘Upgrading VSS 2.0 to later VSS 2.0 versions’. A.2 Out of Service Upgrade procedure The following Procedure 20, Procedure 21, Procedure 22 and Procedure 23 guide software installers through a 2.5G and 5.0G redundant switch software...
  • Page 32 Note: The backed-up CDB should be kept in a safe place. It would be required if the need for a downgrade arose. The downgrade procedure requires a CDB of the same version as the software release being downgraded to. For example, if the user wants to downgrade from release 2.0.9 to release 2.0.8, then a 2.0.8 version of the CDB MUST BE used.
  • Page 33 Note: The Vector 2.0 software load requires approximately 1.2 MB for the software and up to 0.5MB to store a copy of the CDB during a switch of activity. The amount of free space available after deleting the old software and defragmenting flash memory should be greater than the new software load size...
  • Page 34 4 (5.0G configuration) to reestablish a VMI session on the newly activated fabrics. You can now free-up space on the flash and load the new Vector software on the newly active side as per steps 1 through 5 of Procedure 21.

  • Page 35: A.3 Out Of Service Downgrade Procedure

    Before beginning, the installer must obtain a version of the CDB which will be compatible with the version of software being downgrade to. For example, if the user is downgrading from release 2.0.9 to release 2.0.7, the 2.0.7 CDB must be obtained.
  • Page 36 36 Appendix A upgrading the switch. Failure to use the proper CDB could result in CDB corruption and an inability to properly SYNC the fabrics once the procedure is complete. Procedure 24 Backing up the CDB Back up the CDB on Fabric pair 1-2 and Fabric pair 3-4 (for 5.0G configuration). This CDB will NOT be used for the downgrade procedure, however, it could be very useful for understanding problems which led to the necessity to perform an out of service downgrade.
  • Page 37 Note: The Vector 2.0 software load requires approximately 1.2MB for the software and up to 0.5MB to store a copy of the CDB during a switch of activity. The amount of free space available after deleting the old software and defragmenting flash memory should be greater than the new software load size...
  • Page 38 Procedure 26 Installing the new software The old version of software installed or loaded onto the flash. The user must now restore the SAME-VERSION and SAME-SWITCH FABRIC CDB. On the newly active fabric, restore the previously backed up CDB which is the same as the software version to be downgraded to localhost::>...
  • Page 39 Once the switch has stabilized, switch activity by doing: localhost::> operation swact Load the version of software to be downgraded to (same as other fabric) into the flash following the instructions detailed in Procedure 24. Do this on the newly active fabric.

  • Page 40: Appendix B Hardware Summary

    40 Appendix Appendix B Hardware Summary Hardware Vintages Listed below are the minimum and current hardware vintages required in the Vector Release 2.0.X switch. Table 2: Vector 2.0 Material Lineup Minimum Support Current Support Product Code Product Code NTET09AB NTET09AD - EMC compliant NTET13AA NTET13AC - EMC compliant NTET14AA...
  • Page 41 Table 2: Vector 2.0 Material Lineup Minimum Support Current Support Product Code Product Code NTET07BA NTET07CB - EMC Compliant NTET50AA NTET50AB - EMC Compliant NTET61AB Rel 01 NTET61AB Rel 01 - Mech fix NTET63AA Rel 07 NTET63AB Rel 02- EMC Compliant NTET64AA Rel 08 - Fan NTET64AB Rel 04...
  • Page 42 42 Appendix Magellan Vector 2.0 Release Note, Issue 1.9.1...

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