Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327 Release 3.3 December, 2003 Release notes address closed (maintenance) issues, caveats, and new features for the Cisco ONS 15327 SONET multiplexer. For detailed information regarding features, capabilities, hardware, and software introduced with this release, refer to Release 3.3 of the Cisco ONS 15327 Installation and Operations Guide, Cisco ONS 15327 Troubleshooting and Reference Guide, and Cisco ONS 15454 and Cisco ONS 15327 TL1 Command Guide, Release 3.3.
Changes to the Release Notes Changes to the Release Notes This section documents supplemental changes that have been added to the Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327 Release 3.3 since the production of the Cisco ONS 15327 System Software CD for Release 3.3. The following changes have been added to the release notes for Release 3.3. Changes to Caveats The following caveats have been added to the release notes.
Caveats DDTS # CSCdx78825 The ONS 15327 XTC reboots after the XTC has received 64 or more ARP requests on a subnet different from that of the XTC. This situation can occur when the network settings (IP address and netmask) are incorrect for the craft Ethernet environment. The node may respond to Ethernet ARP requests via its automatic host detection feature. If this feature is triggered more than 64 times, the node's XTC will reboot.
Caveats DDTS # CSCdt30119 VT1.5 circuits might require new VT tunnels despite sufficient bandwidth on existing VT tunnels. In complex configurations of the Cisco ONS 15327 that use both 1+1 and UPSR protection, automatic circuit routing may fail to use existing VT tunnels. When you create new VT1.5 circuits with automatic circuit routing, the ONS 15327 might prompt you to create new VT tunnels even though sufficient bandwidth is available in existing VT tunnels.
Caveats BLSR Support for Mixed Node Networks The ONS 15327 is supported for BLSR in combination with ONS 15454 nodes only if Release 3.3 is installed and running on all BLSR nodes. If you wish to provision a BLSR on a combination of ONS 15327 and ONS 15454 nodes, you should upgrade to Release 3.3 on all ONS 15454 and ONS 15327 nodes first.
Caveats "FAC-2-1:FCL,0,COMPL,NEND,15MIN,BTH,," "FAC-2-1:NPJC-PDET,0,COMPL,NEND,15MIN,RCV,," "FAC-2-1:PPJC-PDET,0,COMPL,NEND,15MIN,RCV,," "FAC-2-1:NPJC-PGEN,0,COMPL,NEND,15MIN,TRMT,," "FAC-2-1:PPJC-PGEN,0,COMPL,NEND,15MIN,TRMT,," "FAC-2-1:CVL,0,COMPL,FEND,15MIN,BTH,," "FAC-2-1:ESL,0,COMPL,FEND,15MIN,BTH,," "FAC-2-1:SESL,0,COMPL,FEND,15MIN,BTH,," "FAC-2-1:UASL,0,COMPL,FEND,15MIN,BTH,," "FAC-2-1:FCL,0,COMPL,FEND,15MIN,BTH,," ; > While the Release 3.
Resolved Software Caveats for Release 3.3 errors. The near-end STS PM counts accumulate, but the far-end STS PM counts do not accumulate. To work around this issue, Use the near-end STS PM count from the adjacent node to see the far-end STS PM count for the current node. This issue will be resolved in a future release. Resolved Software Caveats for Release 3.3 The following items are resolved in Release 3.3. Line Cards DDTS # CSCds78402 Exporting the Ethernet PM window does not save the data field.
Resolved Software Caveats for Release 3.3 Figure 1 OC-48 UPSR ONS 15454 In-line attenuator ONS 15327 ONS 15327 37511 ONS 15454 Provision a circuit over the UPSR with a DS-1 drop at each end. Clear all fifteen-minute counts on near-end and far-end bins. From the variable optical attenuator, increase the attenuation ~20 db. The OC-48 trunk card starts to see signal degrade (SD) on its line. The near-end DS-1 port on the ONS 15327 starts to accumulate CV-V and ES-V.
Resolved Software Caveats for Release 3.3 Maintenance and Administration DDTS # CSCdv62990 Telcordia GR-815 requires that a new password must have at least 1 numeric character (0 to 9) and at least one special character from the character set {plus-sign (+), pound-sign (#), percent-sign (%)}. CTC normally issues a warning if the password is non-compliant, but allows you to create the password.
New Features and Functionality selecting the XTC Protection Group (XTCPROTGRP) in the Maintenance > Protection tabs at the node view. Right-click the active XTC in the shelf graphic, and select “Reset” to reset the XTC. The standby XTC will come on line and its ACT/STBY LED will turn green. This issue is resolved in Release 3.3. DDTS # CSCdt22538 Nodes that are connected to the LAN only by the DCC do not have their time set by an SNTP server on the LAN.
New Features and Functionality Fan Tray Assembly Releases 1.0.x of the ONS 15327 included a fan tray with two fans. Release 3.3 introduces a fan tray unit that uses six fans, and is I-temp certified. The new fan tray is backward compatible will any existing ONS 15327 chassis. The fan tray assembly consists of six fans, a status LED on the faceplate, and a fan control PCB. Wall Mounted Enclosure The Release 3.3 ONS 15327 hardware can be mounted in a wall mount enclosure.
New Features and Functionality OC48/STM-16-LR-1 (1550) The OC48/STM16-LR-1550 Long Reach optical transceiver module provides one Telcordia GR-253/G.957 SONET/SDH OC48/STM-16 compliant interface per card. Each interface provides 2488.32 Mbps over a single mode fiber span and may be provisioned for both concatenated and non-concatenated services on an STS-1 basis. The OC48/STM16-LR-1550 card may be installed in any of the high-speed slots in the Cisco ONS 15327 shelf assembly.
New Features and Functionality Proxy Server is a set of three options (checkboxes) in the Provisioning > Network tabs listed under Gateway Settings: Craft Access Only, Enable Proxy and Enable Firewall. These new features can be used individually or in combination. Each is described briefly in the following sections.
New Features and Functionality Network Time Protocol The Network Time Protocol (NTP) feature enhances the SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) functionality of the ONS 15327 for Release 3.3. Now NTP servers are supported. Previously, the ONS 15327 supported only an SNTP server. Routing Improvements Release 3.3 supports the ability to add a default route for connection to external systems.
New Features and Functionality A span is the optical fiber connection between two ONS 15327 nodes. In a span upgrade, the transmission rate of a span is upgraded from a lower to a higher OC-N signal but all other span configuration attributes remain unchanged. With multiple nodes, a span upgrade is a coordinated series of upgrades on all nodes in the ring or protection group in which traffic carried at a lower OC-N rate is transferred to a higher OC-N.
New Features and Functionality If alarms are suppressed, they do not appear on the CTC Alarm screen. On the History and Conditions screens a message states that the alarm or alarms are suppressed. The node sends out autonomous messages to clear any raised alarms. When alarm suppression is turned off, the node sends out autonomous messages to raise any suppressed alarms. Alarm Profiles The ONS 15327 includes an alarm profile feature.
New Features and Functionality Intermediate-Path Performance Monitoring Release 3.3 supports Intermediate-Path Performance Monitoring (IPPM), which is the transparent monitoring of a constituent channel of an incoming transmission signal by a node that does not terminate that channel. IPPM allows you to monitor near-end PM data on individual STS payloads and report the associated threshold crossing alerts (TCAs) for user-selected STS payloads passing through a Cisco ONS 15327 OC-N card.
New Features and Functionality Auto-refresh PM Data You can auto-refresh PM data using a check box and pull-down menu providing valid options on the Performance Monitoring screen in the card view. When selected, the information auto refreshes the screen every x seconds (where x is selected from the valid options or manually configured). The auto-refresh only works while the selected card is in card view. When you are not viewing this card in card view, PM data is not auto-refreshed.
New Features and Functionality • A force ring is executed from the protect side of the BLSR • A manual ring executed from the protect side of the BLSR • A facility failure occurs on the protect channels To provision a BLSR to be non-revertive, from the node view, click Provisioning > Ring. In the Ring Reversion pull-down menu, select “never,” then click Apply. Perform this step for each node in the BLSR.
New Features and Functionality DCC Tunnels SONET provides four data communications channels (DCCs) for network element operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning: one on the SONET Section layer and three on the SONET Line layer. With Release 3.3 the ONS 15327 uses the Section DCC (SDCC) for ONS 15327 management and provisioning.
New Features and Functionality Limit DCC Autodiscovery at Login A check box on the CTC Login dialog box allows you to limit DCC autodiscovery so you can open a single or selected group of ONS 15327s residing in a network. Figure 3 Login Dialog Box Login node 55020 Login node group Multi-Circuit Operations CTC allows you to modify selector settings on a set of circuits. If you select a set of circuits and make changes to selectors, the changes are applied end-to-end along each of the selected circuits.
New Features and Functionality Caution Note The Clear button can mask problems if used incorrectly. This button is commonly used for testing purposes. The Ethernet cards are the only cards without the Clear button option. Filtering of Circuit View Window In the CTC circuit window, you can filter circuits to the current network/node/card level.
New Features and Functionality Column Sizes If you change the column width of table data in a CTC window, CTC will retain that width for the rest of the CTC session (unless you change it again). CTC Release 3.3 allows the operator to save individual column widths for each type of table. OSPF Support Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) support allows OSPF hello notifications to be exposed through the LAN interface to external routers which automatically update their static route tables.
New Features and Functionality • CTC supports the ability to cross connect an STM circuit to an appropriate size STS circuit (for example, STM1 to STS-3C). • CTC circuit management functionality provides for SDH circuits. • To provision an SDH circuit, an appropriate STS-N circuit is defined. The section and line information on the inbound signal will be terminated. The STS-N carries the SDH path information and SDH payload.
New Features and Functionality Improved GUI on Circuit Creation Wizard A panel was added to the Circuit Creation Wizard to record entries from previous pages. This panel is visible during the selection process and displays user selections. Network Topology Map In Release 3.3, you can use a Zoom command to change the network topology map display: • You can store a preferred zoom configuration as the default map view. • When you zoom in or out, nodes are repositioned so that DCC spans do not overlap.
New Features and Functionality CTC Node View With Release 3.3 the node view has been enhanced to match the physical appearance of the MIC and XTC cards. An LED has been added to the view for each line card showing the current state of that card.
New Features and Functionality • (GMT-00:00) Casablanca, Reykjavik • (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time • (GMT+00:00) Dublin, London, Lisbon • (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Paris • (GMT+01:00) Algiers, Lagos, Luanda • (GMT+01:00) Windhoek (Namibia) • (GMT+02:00) Al Jizah, Alexandria, Cairo • (GMT+02:00) Amman • (GMT+02:00) Athens, Bucharest, Helsinki, Istanbul • (GMT+02:00) Beirut • (GMT+02:00) Cape Town, Harare, Johannesburg, Tallinn • (GMT+02:00) Jerusalem • (GMT+02:00) Kaliningrad
New Features and Functionality • (GMT+09:30) Adelaide, Broken Hill • (GMT+09:30) Darwin • (GMT+10:00) Brisbane, Port Moresby • (GMT+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney • (GMT+10:00) Hobart • (GMT+10:00) Khabarovsk, Vladivostok • (GMT+10:30) Lord Howe Island • (GMT+11:00) Honiara, Magadan, Noumea • (GMT+11:30) Kingston - Norfolk Island • (GMT+08:00) Perth • (GMT+08:00) Singapore, Manila, Taipei, Kuala Lumpur • (GMT+09:00) Chita, Yakutsk • (GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo • (GMT+09
New Features and Functionality Default Usernames With Release 3.3, the default username, CERENT454, has been removed. The username, CISCO15, is the supported default username. This username has no password. The CISCO15 username can be renamed and assigned a password at your discretion. If a password is assigned to the CISCO15 username, you cannot change the password back to no password without deleting the database. Once a password is assigned to CISCO15 it must always have a password.
New Features and Functionality CTAGs In accordance with Telcordia GR-831, all TL1 commands must include a CTAG. Commands without CTAGs will be rejected by TL1 with the error Invalid Correlation Tag (IICT). Test Access TL1 Test Access enables you to monitor and test circuits. Commands to connect, disconnect and change the test access (TACC) and test access connections have been added to TL1 for ONS 15327 Release 3.3. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 and Cisco ONS 15327 TL1 Command Guide, Release 3.
New Features and Functionality • NHSWPR - Inhibit switch to protect request on equipment • NHSWWKG - Inhibit switch to working request on equipment The following new BER alarm conditions have been added: Condition Alarm Description Type SD-L BER Threshold exceeded for Signal Degrade Line SD-P BER Threshold exceeded for Signal Degrade Path SF-L BER Threshold exceeded for Signal Failure Line SF-P BER Threshold exceeded for Signal Failure Path Conditions Replaced as of ONS 15327 Release 3.
New Features and Functionality The following TL1 parameters are new in the EQPT_TYPE table as of ONS 15327 Release 3.3: • AIP • BP • DS3E-12 • DS3NE-12 • FTA Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327 Release 3.
New Features and Functionality Release 1.0.X TL1 Commands Replaced as of CTC Release 3.
New Features and Functionality Release 1.0.X TL1 Commands Changed as of Release 3.3 TL1 COMMAND DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES ALW-MSG-ALL The two commas at the end of the command are not needed anymore. INH-MSG-ALL ALW-SWDX-EQPT Semi-colons after the CTAG field are not required anymore. DLT-CRS- Trailing semi-colons after the CTAG are optional. DLT-CRS-VT1 ED-BITS Added support for the Sync Message field. An extra colon is needed after CTAG field. The colon after the PST field is not necessary.
New Features and Functionality OPR-PROTNSW- Added support for the SWITCH command field. INIT-REG- RTRV-PM- Added support for an optional Location field. Now only one comma is needed (instead of two) after the Time Period field. REPT ALM BITS Output – The Condition description field is now optional. REPT ALM SYNCN REPT ALM The Description and Equipment Type fields are now optional.
New Features and Functionality RTRV- Output – Added support for the following fields: Revertive Mode, Revertive Time, Expected Path Trace, Path Trace Message, Incoming Path Trace, Path Trace Mode and Test Access. RTRV-SYNCN Output – Replaced the Primary, Secondary, and Third fields with Rank of Synchronization Reference, Value of a Sync Ref, Quality of Sync Source, and Status of Signal Source. RTRV-TOD Output – Requires one comma (instead of two) after the Seconds field.
New Features and Functionality EQUIPMENT ALW-SWTOPROTN-EQPT ALW-SWTOWKG-EQPT INH-SWTOPROTN-EQPT INH-SWTOWKG-EQPT SW-SWTOPROTN-EQPT SW-SWTOWKG-EQPT ED-EQPT INH-SWDX-EQPT EX-SW FAULT REPT ALM COM // Autonomous message PERFORMANCE RTRV-PMMODE- SET-PMMODE- SECURITY REPT EVT SECU // Autonomous message CANC // Autonomous message SYNCHRONIZATION OPR-SYNCSW RLS-SYNCSW REPT EVT BITS SYSTEM ED-NE-GEN CHG-ACCMD- CONN-TACC- DISC-TACC RTRV-NE-GEN RTRV-NE-IPMAP PORTS
Related Documentation UPSR SWITCHING OPR-PROTNSW- OPR-PROTNSW-VT1 RLS-PROTNSW- RLS-PROTNSW-VT1 REPT SW // Autonomous message DATABASE ALW-MSG-DBCHG INH-MSG-DBCHG REPT DBCHG Related Documentation Release-Specific Documents • Release Notes for the Cisco ONS 15327, Release 1.0.2 • Release Notes for the Cisco ONS 15454 SDH, Release 3.3 • Release Notes for the Cisco ONS 15454, Release 3.3 • Cisco ONS 15327 Software Upgrade Guide, Release 3.
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