User Manual

BSS C ONFIGURATION AND U SER G UIDE

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After you check the node type for which software is

offered, follow the below steps to download the software

on the ME:

1. Click Software Download/Activation tab.

2. In the SW Action column, select SW_DOWNLOAD for the

node type for which software is offered.

3. The software release version appears automatically in the

New SW Version column.

LNote: For a single MLPPP time slot, the TU image

upgrade should be sequential as it takes around 35 min for

download of a TU image. In case of a parallel upgrade, it

may take several hours.

9.3 Activating Software

After the software offer process and download, you need to

activate the software. This is mandatory in case of TRX,

BIC, and R2 BTS. For EIC, DSP, and BSC you can directly

activate after the software offer process.

The column New SwVersion in the Software

Download/Activation tab shows the new software version

that you can activate for BSC, BTS, EIC, and DSP.

LNote: BSS lock is required for software activation of BSC,

EIC, DSP, and BTS.

For the node type BTS, if sw_action is SW_DOWLOAD then

new_sw_version have a drop-down list that contains the

downloaded software version on BSC card for BTS node

type. Also, for the BTS release, LAPD link should be up.

Follow the below steps to activate the software:

1. Open the BSS node in the modify mode.