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ProVision

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Compatible with ProVision Software Version 6.5.4 Build 46
August 31st, 2010

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Contents
Scope and Purpose ......................................................................................................................... 4
Software Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4
Documentation ................................................................................................................................ 5
Functionality and Features .............................................................................................................. 5
Supported Functionality ............................................................................................................... 5
Licensed Features ..................................................................................................................... 10
Enhancements .............................................................................................................................. 11
Enhancements in ProVision 6.5.4 ............................................................................................. 11
Enhancements in ProVision 6.5.3 ............................................................................................. 12
Enhancements in ProVision 6.5.2 ............................................................................................. 14
Enhancements in ProVision 6.5.1 ............................................................................................. 15
Closed Significant Issues .............................................................................................................. 21
Closed Significant Issues in 6.5.4 ............................................................................................. 21
Closed Significant Issues in 6.5.3 ............................................................................................. 21
Closed Significant Issues in 6.5.2 ............................................................................................. 22
Closed Significant Issues in 6.5.1 ............................................................................................. 22
NBI Changes ................................................................................................................................. 24
Known Issues ................................................................................................................................ 26
Supported Systems ....................................................................................................................... 27
Compatibility .............................................................................................................................. 27
Devices and Firmware Versions Supported .......................................................................... 27
Craft Tools Supported ............................................................................................................... 30
Java Supported ......................................................................................................................... 30
Operating Systems Supported .................................................................................................. 31
Generic Device Packages ......................................................................................................... 32
Server Loading Values .................................................................................................................. 33
Minimum Hardware Specifications ................................................................................................ 35
Minimum Server and LAN Hardware Specifications ................................................................. 35
WAN Client Server and WAN Client Specifications .................................................................. 36
LAN Client to Server Latency Specification .................................................................................. 37

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Scope and Purpose


This document provides software release information on supported functionality, compatibility,
and known customer affecting issues, relating to the released software versions. The intended
users of this document are:
Aviat Networks Customers
Aviat Networks Value Added Resellers
Aviat Networks Value Added Service Providers
Aviat Networks Product Support staff
Aviat Networks Field Service staff

Software Introduction
As of August 31st, 2010, Aviat Networks, Inc. (Aviat) has released this version of ProVision which
includes Server and Client software for Windows, and Server software for Solaris. There are
separate installation files for each version. The StarView Migration tool is also bundled with each
release of ProVision.
Product Part Number Version Build
Number Number
ProVision 614-200005-060504 6.5.4 46
Software

To help users upgrading from 6.4.1/6.4.3, these release notes include information about versions
6.5.4, 6.5.3, 6.5.2, and 6.5.1.
This release, 6.5.4, build 46, building on 6.5.3, includes the following significant enhancements:
New Platform Capabilities:
Custom Reports
Eclipse Security Report
User accounts expanded with 6 user security profile groups
Eclipse Auto-Provisioning via MTOSI NBI
User authentication via a RADIUS server, the ProVision AAA Server, including user
single sign-on to both Portal and ProVision

New Device Support:


E-Link 1000 EXR

Enhancements to Supported Devices:


Eclipse 5.1 and 5.3 firmware supported
Ethernet circuit interface provisioning
Eclipse circuit provisioning implementation and enhancements
TRuepoint supported with configuration backup/restore, software loading, software loading
verification, software load of RFU.
ASN-C supported with: configuration backup and restore, software loading, Configuration
Manager, ASN interface performance management, software loading, Ethernet
performance management, and 5.2 and 5.3 firmware releases
WiMAX Network Health Report for ASN-C and BS devices
WSG-R Juniper supported with: configuration backup/restore, software loading, Ethernet
performance management, and 1.2 and 1.3 firmware releases

Software Tools:
ProVision 6.4 to 6.5 database migration

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Documentation
The following ProVision documentation is provided with this release of ProVision.
ProVision Windows Quick Start Guide – A short 2-page guide to installing ProVision on a Windows
server.
ProVision Solaris Quick Start Guide – A short 2-page guide to installing ProVision on a Solaris
server.
ProVision Installation and Administration Manual – The manual for installation, configuration, and
administration of ProVision.
ProVision User Manual – The manual for day-to-day operation of ProVision.
Technical Notes – Short overviews of exceptional ProVision functionality.
Online Help Set – A searchable online help set with complete ProVision documentation.

Functionality and Features


Supported Functionality
The following headings list functionality that is currently supported by the ProVision 6.5.4
software. New functionality is highlighted in bold italics.

Device Support (in alphabetical order)


ADR 155c
ADR 2500 (SAGEM) eXtra
Altium 155
Altium MX (155 and 311)
Altium MX 2+0
ASN-C (Expanded firmware support, configuration backup/restore, performance
management, software download)
Aurora
Constellation (Network auto discovery)
Constellation via FarScan Proxy (Network auto discovery)
Control Alarm Unit (CAU)
Controller ASN-C GW
DART
DVA
DVM 45 (Can create 2 RF links for DVM repeater)
DVM xT (Can create 2 RF links for DVM repeater)
DXR 100
DXR 200 / SMA
DXR 700 / SMA
E-Band E-Link 1000EXR
Eclipse 100
Eclipse 300 (IDU) (IRU600 configuration supported)
Eclipse 300 (INU) (IRU600 configuration supported)
Eclipse 300 (INUe)
Eclipse Edge IDUspe
Eclipse Optimization Gateway
EfficientSite Controller (Asentria based controller, user configurable dashboard polling rate,
updated dashboard values)
Generic Devices

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Juniper M7i/M10i WSG-R (Expanded firmware support, configuration backup/restore,


performance management, Junos and WSG-R software downloads)
LE3000
LE3200
MegaStar 1+1, M:N
Microstar Type I, II, III
RADWIN WinLink 1000
SAGEM-LINK
SPECTRUM II SNMP
StarMAX 6100 Base Station (Added 4.2.1 firmware support)
StarMAX 6400 Base Station Blade (Added 4.2.1 firmware support)
StarMAX Subscriber Station
TNet Proxy devices (inc. SPECTRUM II, Quantum, M-Series, etc.)
TRuepoint 4000 (Added software download and RFU software download
enhancement)
TRuepoint 4040 (Added software download, configuration backup and restoration,
and RFU software download enhancement)
TRuepoint 5000 (Added configuration backup and restoration, RFU software
download enhancement)
TRuepoint 6400 (Added configuration backup and restoration)
TRuepoint 6500
Velox
WiChorus SmartCore
XP4 16/E3/T3
XP4 2/4/8x

Fault Management
SNMP Trap Based Event Collection
SNMP Polling Based Event Collection
Automatic Clear Correlation of Network Events
Manual Clear of Network Events
Manual Acknowledge Network Events
Event Pre Filtering
Event Name Customization
Diagnostic Controls
Event Notifications email, SMS etc.
Event Browser
Event Scoreboards
Eclipse Helpdesk RMA Fault Reports
Sleep/Wake Radio

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Configuration Management
Automated configuration backup – Eclipse, ASN-C Juniper M7i/M10i WSG/R, TRuepoint
4040, 5000, 6400
Automatic database backup synchronization between Primary and redundant Standby
server
Bulk Configuration profiles – Constellation, DART, Eclipse, TRuepoint 400, 4040, 5000,
6400, LE3000, LE3200, RW2000, WL1000, XP4
Chassis Based Equipment Configuration Views
Configure Customer Data Fields
Configure Networking Settings – IP address, SNMP version and Community Strings
Define Network Topology
Create / Delete / Rename Network Element
Eclipse Capacity Reports
Find / Map Topology Search tools
Geographical containment Network View using customer’s chosen map image
Logical containment Network View
SNMP based Network Element Auto Discovery
Network Element Configuration Summary Screens
View/Print/Save Configuration Summary Report Software download and activation -
Eclipse, Juniper M7i/M10i WSG/R
Software download and activation (ASN-C Eclipse, Juniper, StarMAX base stations,
TRuepoint 4040, 5000)
Software download scheduled activation (Eclipse)
StarView Migration tool
System View (for EfficientSite Manager)
Topology import from XML file

Inventory Management
View/Save/Print Radio Inventory Report
View/Save/Print Network Inventory Report

Performance Management
Enable and Disable Performance Data Collection
Performance Data Graphical Trend analysis
Performance Data Graphical History analysis
Performance Data Thresholds with user defined event severity and Description
Network Health Reports (new WiMAX Network Health Report)
Ethernet Bandwidth Utilization view

Security Management
Radio login authentication – XP4, DART
Create / delete / change User Details
Security Profiles (extended to support 6 user security profile groups)
Security Groups
Eclipse Portal auto login (extended for Eclipse 5.3 security)
Network-wide Eclipse Portal Locking/Unlocking
RADIUS Client user authentication via the ProVision AAA Server
SNMPv3/strong security support for TRuepoint
View Security Events (User Activity)

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Help
Help Desk Reports inc. Server-NE and Server-Client Communication Diagnostics
Complete print manual set available
Complete online help available
View Event Properties, including probable cause and proposed repair action
View Customer Support Details
View Program Details

Craft Tools and/or Diagnostic Controls


Altium / Spectrum II WMT
DXR NET
Eclipse Portal (Version 5.0 packaged with PV Server)
LE3000 Manager
Memotec CX-Tool
RADWIN Manager
StarMAX BS EMS
TNet Web
TRuepoint WebCIT
Velox NCT
XP Web
Telnet and SSH

Logical Containers
Create / Maintain Logical Containers
Delete Logical Containers
Deploy Service Link
View Logical Containers Events

Eclipse Circuits
Bulk commission/decommission
Bulk name synchronization
Circuit management (supports Adaptive Modulation, scalable for 50,000 end to end circuits)
Circuits auto discovery
Circuits view and trace
Circuit Provisioning (redeveloped on 6.5 framework, requires Eclipse 5.0 or later,
Ethernet Interface provisioning now included)
Invalid circuits treated as “reserved”
New ports identified by color

Database Management
Automatic event data purge
Automatic performance data purge
Automatic database redundancy synchronization
Help Desk Report with optional database save
Manual and scheduled backup
Restore mechanism

Licensing Management
Eclipse licensing in bulk
Evaluation and permanent license keys
Feature licensing
License key encryption
Node count licensing (6,000 Server Loading value)
End User license agreement

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Network Element External Interfaces


Fixed LAN connection
FTP and TFTP device file loading
NBI FTP port can be configured
HTTP, Telnet, SSH and Windows based craft tools
ICMP Ping based device presence polling
SNMP v1 , v2c, and v3 device management

Configuration/Inventory NBI
XML file based (Eclipse only)
Configuration/Inventory for StarMAX BS

Fault Management NBI


SNMP v1, and v2c Trap based
ASCII text file based
TCP port based
Automatic resynchronization supported
Heartbeat traps
NBI test tool

Performance Management NBI


ASCII text file based
Automated data export
Automatic purging of old NBI file data

Topology NBI
XML file based
Automatic data export

MTOSI NBI
Eclipse Auto-Provisioning (for Eclipse 5.0 or later, verified for INU, RAC 60, RAC 6X)

ProVision Server
Server performance management
Up to 20 clients supported by 1 server
Automatic database redundancy synchronization
Virtualization support (Server or Client supported on VMware, or Solaris 10 zones)

Reporting
Eclipse Capacity Report
Eclipse Fault Report
Eclipse Security Report
Help Desk Report
Network Device Configuration Report
Network Health Report
Network Inventory Report
Fuel Usage Report (for EfficientSite only)
Custom Reports (with basic parameters selection options)

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Licensed Features
The following features are licensed by individual feature licenses:

Feature License Description


Capacity Planning Ethernet Bandwidth Utilization
Capacity Reports (utilization and planning)
Eclipse Circuit Provisioning TDM and Ethernet end-to-end circuit provisioning
EfficientSite EfficientSite Hybrid Field Server (AVIAT) and
Controller (Asentria) support
Generic Device Packages Pre-configured event data for Generic Devices
(12+ Multiple device typesSNMP-based agent
interfaces for OEM equipment available, custom
development also available)
Generic Device Support (Level 2) Event collection from SNMP based devices
Launch Windows craft tools
IF-MIB band equipment view
NBI - MTOSI MTOSI TMF854 v2.0 based NBI provides Eclipse
auto-provisioning interface.
NBI - Basic Event, Performance, Topology, Configuration
Network Health Reports Presents health of:
Each RF path in the network
WiMAX ASN-C and BS network
performance
SNMPv3 Advanced Privacy TDES and AES128, AES192, AES256 SNMPv3
privacy / encryption and security
Standby Server Provides standby protection for the Primary
ProVision Server

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Enhancements
This section of the Release Notes includes enhancements for the following ProVision versions:
6.5.4
6.5.3
6.5.2
6.5.1
This is to help users updating from 6.4.1/6.4.3 to review all version changes.

Enhancements in ProVision 6.5.4


These are listed by functional area:
Backhaul Systems
Framework

BACKHAUL Enhancement Description


Circuits Deleting circuits automatically decommissions tributaries
Circuits Locks object during circuit deleting.
Custom Report Changed the Security Status report to use the new
securityMode MIB.
Circuit Provisioning Eclipse circuit auto-provisioning enhancements and fixes have
been incorporated.
MTOSI All XML examples valid.
MTOSI Added containers to createManagedElement.
MTOSI createManagedElement enables discovery of Eclipse class
MTOSI DAC-GE Link Status Propagation (LLF) is configured.
MTOSI Circuit table commit time is consistent and performs a circuit
collection.
MTOSI MTOSI NBI is now included in the installer.

FRAMEWORK Enhancement Description


Custom Report Changed the Security Status report to use the new
securityMode MIB. This allows the report to indicate whether
Eclipse Portal access control is enabled or not
Manager Added thread count to PvManager object performance
collection.
Migration Migration support for 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 6.5.3 to 6.5.4.

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Enhancements in ProVision 6.5.3


This table details all enhancements and new functionality introduced since ProVision 6.5.2.
These are listed by functional area:
Backhaul Systems
Framework
WiMAX Systems

BACKHAUL Enhancement Description


Eclipse: Circuits Support for provisioning end-to-end circuits in Eclipse networks
has been re-introduced using the new framework in PV 6.5.
Note, in PV 6.5.1 / 6.5.2, circuit visualization and diagnostics
were added. PV 6.5.3 completes the implementation of circuit
mgmt on the new PV 6.5 framework.
Eclipse: Circuits When end-to-end provisioning Eclipse Ethernet circuits over
TDM (N x E1/E3/etc backplane timeslots), PV now fully
configures the DAC GE or DAC ES interfaces. Previously the
channel size (bandwidth) between the port and the backplane
had to be independently configured via Portal.
Eclipse: Firmware ProVision now includes Eclipse support for 05.01 and 05.03
firmware releases.
E-Link Support added for E-Band E-Link 1000EXR. This includes:
1) Event collection
2) Configuration viewer
3) Craft tool launch
TRuepoint Added Configuration backup and restoration for TRuepoint
4040, 5000, 6400. Note that TRuepoint 4000 doesn’t support
this capability.
TRuepoint: RFU The user can now select to upgrade the TRuepoint 4000, 4040,
and 5000 RFU directly, avoiding the need to use WebCIT.
TRuepoint: Software Users can now verify that TRuepoint software loading has
Loading completed successfully for each card by checking the software
version.
TRuepoint: Software TRuepoint 4000 & TR4040v1 now support software loading.
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FRAMEWORK Enhancement Description


MTOSI NBI ProVision can now interface with MTOSI 2.0 TMF854 NBI with the
ability to auto-provision Eclipse devices. This is verified with INU,
RAC 60, RAC 6X only.
Reports ProVision now includes a new generic network reporting table view
called Custom Reports. Initially the user can select from a basic set
of parameters to report on. This includes Eclipse NTP configuration.
In future the parameter set will be expanded.
Reports A new Eclipse Security Report is provided via the new custom reports
framework.
Security Support for PV user authentication via a RADIUS server, through the
introduction of RADIUS client support.
Security Where strong security is enabled on Eclipse, PV automatically logs
the user into Portal and automatically authenticates with Eclipse
when backing up the Eclipse configuration.
Security The previous set of user profiles (Admin, NOC Engineer, Portal
Engineer, NOC Operator) have been replaced with a new set of 6
user profiles (ViewOnly, Maintenance, Configuration, Upgrade,
Administration, Security). During upgrade / migration from earlier
versions of PV, the old profiles are mapped to the equivalent new
profiles.
Virtualization ProVision now supports virtualization VMWare, ESX 4.0.
Virtualization ProVision now supports Solaris 10 containers and zones.

WIMAX SYSTEMS Enhancement Description

ASN-C Now includes performance management for ASN-C data, available


through:
1) Performance Trends
2) Performance Thresholds
ASN-C Now includes:
1) Configuration backup and restore for the ASN-C configuration file.
2) Software loading for upgrading the ASN-C firmware.
3) Support for 5.2 and 5.3 firmware releases.
ASN-C The ASN-C now has Configuration Management available. This
feature synchronizes the ASN-C and BS configurations, avoiding the
use of the ASN-C command line and BS craft tool.
ASN-C For the ASN-C, Ethernet Performance management with collected
data, available through:
1) Ethernet Performance
3) Performance Thresholds
2) Ethernet Bandwidth Utilization
ASN-C New WiMAX Network Health Report summarizes the performance of
the ASN-C and BS devices in the network. The data is collected from
the ASN-C.
Juniper WSG-R Now includes:
1) Configuration backup and restore for Juniper configuration file
2) Support for upgrading WSG-R firmware and the JunOS firmware.
3) Support for 1.2 and 1.3 firmware releases.
WSG-R 1.1 requires JunOS 9.5.
WSG-R 1.2 - 1.3 requires JunOS 10.0.
Juniper WSG-R Now includes performance management for the Juniper WSG-R
Ethernet ports. This includes collection of IF-TABLE performance
parameters, available through:
1) Ethernet Performance

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WIMAX SYSTEMS Enhancement Description

2) Performance Thresholds
3) Ethernet Bandwidth Utilization
StarMAX BS Now includes support for 4.2 firmware release.

Enhancements in ProVision 6.5.2


This table details all enhancements and new functionality introduced since ProVision 6.5.1.

FUNCTIONAL Enhancement Description


AREA
Eclipse Administrator level users can now enable or disable a new Portal Locking
Security feature, to lock/unlock Eclipse device editing via Portal.
This feature provides the following capability:
1) NOC Engineer can enable TIMED Portal write access to Eclipse devices.
This blocks Provision configuration changes & allows Portal write access.
2) Admin can enable or disable this feature entirely.
3) Admin can set the reboot lockout time for a device.
4) A platform event is raised when locking enabled / disabled.
EfficientSite Previously, the EfficientSite dashboard read values displayed by default.
Dashboard Now the dashboard feature has been enhanced to retain the last reading for
each sensor in the database. These readings are used in place of the
default nil value when first displaying the dashboard.
To ensure that old retained readings are not confused for recent readings,
readings older than 1 hour are shown grayed out on the dashboard.
Event Added the ability to pass the following parameters to scripts in the Event
Notification Notification script function:
%date - formatted YYYY/MM/DD
%time - formatted HH:MM:SS
%nodeName - short name of device
%eventDescription - event description
%eventState - event status (Active or Cleared)
%eventSeverity - Warning, Critical, etc.
%ipAddress - IP Address of device
%notificationName - Name of notification rule
%reminder - will add the string Reminder if this is a reminder
for a notification, otherwise will substitute an empty string.
%nodePath - full path of device including name
%eventUser - user name associated with event
Rebranding All instances of Harris Stratex Networks are now replaced with Aviat
Networks. This also applies to logos, artwork, and contact details.
Upgrade The upgrade migration importer for 6.5.2 has been changed to specify
Migration versions that can be imported. This means that the old migration.jar can be
used to migrate 6.4.1 and 6.4.3 systems into 6.5.1 and 6.5.2. Database
backup / restore can be used to migrate from 6.5.1 to 6.5.2 systems.
Map Viewer The Map Viewer has been improved:
1) On any map the user can select between the full-size and small icons,
independent of the zoom feature.
2) This user selection is saved for each map view independently, allowing a
mix of full-size or small icons based on user selection.
3) The zoom-to-fit button has been changed into a toggle option, enabling
the user to zoom-to-fit by default on every map.
Fuel Usage Users can now use EfficientSite data to generate a Fuel Usage report.
Report

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Enhancements in ProVision 6.5.1


This table details all enhancements and new functionality introduced since ProVision 6.5.2.
These are listed by functional area:
Backhaul Systems
Framework
WiMAX Systems
Energy & Security

BACKHAUL Enhancement Description


Configuration Viewer The following values are now in the configuration viewer for all
TRuepoint variants:
1) Netcom & Ethernet IP addresses.
2) Routing Table.
Configuration Viewer Changed the behavior of the configuration viewer for all
TRuepoint variants, to be similar to that of Eclipse. It now saves
to database, reads from database, and refreshes from the radio.
Configuration Viewer Changed the behavior of the configuration viewer for all
Constellation variants, to be similar to that of Eclipse. It now
saves to database, reads from database, and refreshes from the
radio.
Configuration Viewer Constellation changes in the Configuration Viewer:
(1) In the Information tab, changed FarScan Address to
FarScan NE Address.
(2) In the Link tabs, add A or B prefix to the modem.
(3) Presenting the Modem A1 / A2 settings notation more
clearly.
Constellation Added Network Auto Discovery for Constellation devices.
Craft Tools: Portal Eclipse Portal 5.0 is included in ProVision 6.5.1. Note that the
new version now uses Java 1.6 and requires us to run the
Portal.exe file rather than invoking the JAR file due to JVM
configuration that is done in the exe file.
Craft Tools: WebCIT Users can now to open multiple CIT craft tool sessions from
TRuepoint devices.
Craft Tools: XPWeb Users can now open multiple XPWeb sessions on different XP4
radios.
DVM Users can now create 2 RF links for DVM repeater
configuration.
Eclipse Added support for Eclipse 5.0 firmware. This includes the
following:
1) Support for new alarms.
2) Support of latest capacity definitions.
3) Add latest capacity license file definitions.
Eclipse Circuits Improved visualization and identification of rings and invalid
rings. In particular:
(1) Type column indicates circuit is part of a ring.
(2) Status indicating whether configured correctly.
(3) Circuit map presents "a point to point" for invalid rings.

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BACKHAUL Enhancement Description


Eclipse Circuits Eclipse circuit management has received feature usability &
performance improvements.
This resulted in complete redevelopment of the existing feature
and addition of Adaptive Modulation support. Note that in 6.5.1
support for circuit provisioning (writing) has been dropped, and
the new circuit provisioning capability added in next 6.5.x
release. The scope includes the following:
1) Circuit visualization redevelopment.
2) Circuit diagnostics redevelopment.
3) Support for Adaptive Modulation added.
4) Scalability for support of up to 50K circuits.
Eclipse License Added a button to Eclipse License screen to export table data to
a CSV file.
Eclipse License The following enhancements have been made to the Eclipse
license loading feature:
(1) Allows single file selection when browsing for license files.
(2) Allows multiple file selection when browsing for license files.
(3) Allows folder selection when browsing for license files.
(4) Transfers all licenses in single zip file between client and
server, to speed up the transfer process.
(5) Added serial number of current active license to the License
table.
(6) Allows maximizing and minimizing of the window.
(7) Added license loading task to the Task Manager.
(8) Loads licenses into radios asynchronously, to speed up
loading.
Eclipse Licensing Eclipse NODE-based licensing is available in Eclipse 5.0
firmware and now supported (also retaining support for the
original RAC based scheme) by the following ProVision
features:
1) Inventory reports.
2) Capacity reports.
3) Eclipse license loading.
Eclipse Licensing Also implemented several customer requested improvements to
Eclipse license loading.
1) Provide table sort.
2) Add Path to the table.
3) Provide save / copy ability.
Eclipse Optimization Memotec CX-U is now the Eclipse Optimization Gateway, now
Gateway deployed from the Eclipse family.
Eclipse Support Added support for Eclipse RAC 60/6X. Inventory reports now
indicate the type of RAC, e.g. indicating whether RAC 60 or
RAC 6X
Eclipse Support Added support for Eclipse INU or INUe based IRU600
configurations. The changes include the following:
1) Present RFU objects instead of ODU objects in the
configuration and inventory features.
2) Added support for new alarms.
Megastar Added MegaStar performance data collection of AGC receive
level values.
PCR Integration Added integration of PCR and MSUU applications. This includes
the ability to launch PCR collector, PCR viewer and MSUU
applications used with former-MCD devices.
Performance Data Added collection of Eclipse XPIC XPD parameters covered by
performance management, including
1) Data collection
2) History

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BACKHAUL Enhancement Description


3) Thresholds
4) NBI
Radwin Added trap destination profile for Radwin devices: LE3000,
WinLink 1000, LE3200.
Radwin LE3200 Added support for the LE3200.
1) Event collection with resynchronization.
2) Configuration Viewer.
3) Interface view (IF-MIB based).
4) Windows based craft tool integration.
5) RF performance data collection.
6) Event customization.
7) Network Health Reports.
8) Network Inventory Reports.
Reports: Inventory Eclipse feature licensing is available in Eclipse 5.0 firmware.
Report Added each licensed feature into PV inventory collection and
reporting, providing the ability to identify licensed features in an
Eclipse network.
Reports: Network Added Eclipse XPIC XPD parameters to the Network Health
Health Report.
Reports: Network Added the ability to generate NHR on logical container circuits.
Health In PV 6.5.1, circuit management has been redeveloped to
provide a circuits table view. With this change you are no longer
able to add circuits into a logical container. You are however
able to generate a Network Health Report from a circuit selected
in the new circuit table view.
Software Download Added software download support for TRuepoint 5000 &
4040v2. Support added for bulk software download with strong
security disabled.
Software Downloads Added software download support for TRuepoint 4000 & 6400.
TRuepoint Added Netcom IP address to IP address table for TRuepoint.
TRuepoint Added Network Auto Discovery support for TRuepoint devices.
This includes 4000, 4040, 5000, 6400 and 6500 variants.
TRuepoint 6400 Event customization: added support for TRuepoint 6400 alarm
inputs.
TRuepoint 6500 For TRuepoint 6500, added support for new v6.9 firmware
This includes adding support for new RF Type and Description
objects presented in the ProVision configuration viewer.
TRuepoint 6500 Added TX power collection for TRuepoint 6500 performance
data.
TRuepoint 6500: TRuepoint 6500 data now includes SD and Unprotected Failure
Alarms alarm distinctions: reporting of the Unprotected Failure alarm is
now based on the state of the RX Level Down alarms and the
radio provides SD (space diversity).

FRAMEWORK Enhancement Description


Backups ProVision is now excluding performance NBI from backup.
Backups ProVision is now including collected device config files in
backup.
Backups NBI files can now be included the backup as an option.
Configuration Viewer Config viewer: Save to DB, read from DB, refresh from radio
Change the behavior of the config viewer for all devices, to be
the same as the Eclipse config viewer
Data Migration Now provides database migration from 6.4.1 or 6.4.3 to 6.5.1.
Data Migration Now prevents users from restoring incompatible databases.
Blocks and warns the user from attempting to restore an
incompatible database version.

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FRAMEWORK Enhancement Description


Events Improved containment filter selection in the Events Filter.
Events Event Notifications now has a test email button on the actions
tab to test for missing email server configuration.
Events Event Notifications: users can now deactivate notifications.
Events Event Notifications: Add sorting ability to Edit Notifications tab
Events Event Customization: now has an independent window to
improve usability.
Events Event Notifications: different notification rules and different
users can now have different audio alerts.
Events The event notifications feature has been redeveloped in order to
address issues with usability and performance. By simplifying,
the configuration the scalability has also been improved. The
following capability is now provided with notifications:
(1) Email, pop-up, audio and script execution notifications.
(2) Test integration with email server.
(3) Unlimited number of notification rules can be created.
(4) Rule includes event filter, event duration and guard period
trigger conditions.
(5) Duration indicates how long event condition must be active
before notification triggered.
(6) Guard period prevents the notification being repeated for a
specified period.
(7) Option to send reminder notification after specified period.
(8) Option to notify once event condition has cleared.
(9) SMS actions supported via email – SMS gateway.
The known issues with the previous version of this feature are
also addressed.
Events In Event Prefiltering, all event types now in alphabetic order by
family.
GUI Added an Edit Application menu option to all supported device
types.
GUI Improved the device object menu to correctly support multiple
object selection.
GUI The Map viewer now supports different map images in physical
and flat views.
GUI Enhanced the Search feature to provide for searching for (and
highlighting) objects on the Map.
Java Version Updated the Java version in server and client to 1.6.0_16.
Latest version includes updated time-zone information as well
as other bug fixes.
Licensing Added support for the following devices in the evaluation
license:
1) Sagem-Link
2) EfficientSite Controller
3) EfficientSite Field Server
Licensing Added support for new 6.5.1 devices in the license:
1) Juniper M7i/M10i WSG-R
2) EfficientSite Controller & EfficientSite Field Server
3) Radwin 2000
4) LE3200
NBI Now providing NBI acknowledgement for SNMP southbound
Inform trap.
Network Auto Network Auto Discovery now provides support for CSV file
Discovery definition of the discovery IP address ranges.
Reports The Reports repository has been moved to the pv root directory.
Reports: Capacity The Capacity Report feature now purely reports from the
database. This ensures that a report can be generated where a

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FRAMEWORK Enhancement Description


radio is offline (and reporting information previously captured).
Reports: Inventory The Inventory Report now has an improved user interface
Security NOC Engineers can now access the Security Log.
Server ProVision now controls the ports allocated for RMI services on
the ProVision server, such that port 5558 onwards are used.
Port 5888 is assigned to the redundant server feature.
Server Updated MySQL from 4.0.20a to version 5.0.83. MySQL 5
supports new features such as compressed tables, transactions
and other advanced features.
Sleep/Wake The user is now able to schedule the sleep period. This can be
done through setting date & time or setting number of hours.
Software Download Radio status is now refreshed every minute in the software
download window.
Software Download Extended the software download feature to support other
devices types. This includes refactoring work for Eclipse.
User Account Added user account sorting / filtering to improve usability.

ENERGY & Enhancement Description


SECURITY
EfficientSite: Data Users can now configure the dashboard polling / update rate.
Collection Asentria The selections are 15sec, 1min, 3mins (default for IHS), 15mins,
and Manual (with Refresh button).
EfficientSite: Support added for the Asentria 550 based EfficientSite. This
Expanded device includes the following capabilities:
support 1) Deployment including discovery of installed configured
sensors and grouping. Rediscovery occurs every 24 hrs.
2) Event collection including auto resync every 6 hrs.
3) Dashboard / system view (Open Device menu selection).
4) This device has licensed node count of 1.
EfficientSite: GUI Changed the Dashboard alarm normal/off icon to green color.
EfficientSite: GUI To reduce bandwidth consumption (because EfficientSite will
likely be used over a GPRS modem connection) the dashboard
now requires a user refresh rather than auto-polling every 10
seconds. This change applies to both the Field Server and
Controller devices.
EfficientSite: GUI The EfficientSite Dashboard interface has been improved with:
1) Summary data presenting a 24-hour summary from the
previous daily performance bin (rather than the summary from
boot).
2) Added Generator Savings %, calculated as the amount of
time the hybrid system was on when compared to total time for
hybrid and generator time.
3) Added HVAC Savings %, calculated as the amount of time
the AC is off compared to total time.
4) Added Fuel Savings %, calculated as the difference between
a user configured baseline value and the instantaneous average
usage.
EfficientSite: Added an application menu and also showing the configured
Navigation applications on the dashboard / system view (Open Device).

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WIMAX SYSTEMS Enhancement Description


Juniper WSG-R Added support for Juniper M10i & M7i Junos (Juniper OS)
based routers by integrating with the Junos MIBs. This
includes:
1) Manual deployment.
2) Event collection.
3) Config viewer.
4) Craft tool integration / launch - CLI and J-Web.
StarMAX BS: Backup Added ability to restore backed up configurations for StarMAX
base stations. Note that the ability to automatically backup
configurations was added to 6.4.1.
StarMAX BS: Extended the configuration viewer for StarMAX base stations.
Configuration View
StarMAX BS: The following inventory management capability has been added
Inventory for StarMAX base stations:
(1) Automatic collection of inventory data (based on entity-MIB)
for all managed base stations.
(2) Ability to generate device and network inventory reports for
base stations (as provided for Eclipse).
StarMAX BS: Changed the StarMAX base station node licensing to a per BS
Licensing sector (PMP) model, where each base station PMT (or sector)
has a Node License Value of 1.
StarMAX BS: NBI Added inventory / configuration NBI for StarMAX base stations
with:
(1) Inventory / configuration NBI forwarding support.
(2) Also refactored existing Eclipse support.
StarMAX BS: Added Ethernet Bandwith Utilization feature support for the
Performance StarMAX base station. This applies to both 16d and 16e (3.x
and 4.x firmware) variants.
StarMAX BS: The following performance management capability has been
Performance added for StarMAX base stations:
(1) 15-minute and Daily performance data collection.
(2) Collect IF-MIB packet counters.
(3) Collect sector performance (uplink and downlink data rates).
(4) Render collected data in Ethernet Performance History.
(5) Support Performance Thresholds for collected data.
StarMAX BS: Added StarMAX base station chassis information to the
Reporting Inventory report.
StarMAX BS: Activate button added to SW download for StarMAX enabling
Software Download user to reboot the base station. This is necessary to execute
the new firmware.
StarMAX BS: Added the ability to bulk software upgrade the StarMAX base
Software Download stations in the network. Note that the base station device is
hard coded to use only FTP port 21, whereas the PV Server
uses 5555 by default. The FTP port therefore needs to be
reconfigured on the PV server.

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Closed Significant Issues


This section of the Release Notes includes closed significant issues for the following ProVision
versions:
6.5.4
6.5.3
6.5.2
6.5.1
This is to help users updating from 6.4.1/6.4.3 review all version changes.

Closed Significant Issues in 6.5.4


GCAS # Defect or Issue Description
/Trouble Enhance
Ticket
GCAS Defect Performance data collection was failing for Eclipse
43399 protected links; fixed.
GCAS Defect For TRuepoint 6500, no GP2 information displayed in the
30014 configuration viewer or the Inventory Report. This has been
fixed by reconfiguring GP2 configuration collection.
GCAS Defect TRuepoint configuration autodiscovery did not discover the
40604 software version, preventing the Software Table from
presenting the version.
GCAS Defect Users were unable to login to the Provision server; if login
43397 succeeded, icons were missing in the ProVision client GUI.
Tomcat web server was shutting down on receiving
command from Windows when last user logged out.
GCAS Defect Could not save Bandwidth Utilization report to file when
43542 threshold events were configured for a device.
GCAS Defect Server sometimes didn’t start on some machines. Caused
43543 by the Provision service starting up before a network
connection had been established.

Closed Significant Issues in 6.5.3


The following table lists significant software field issues that are fixed by the 6.5.3 release.
GCAS # Defect or Issue Description
/Trouble Enhance
Ticket
GCAS 27637 Enhance A network security report for Eclipse is provided via the new
custom reports framework.
GCAS 34593 Defect Generic event details were not being migrated. This has been
fixed.
GCAS 34777 Defect The TRuepoint 6400 radio log was getting filled with login
messages. This has been fixed.
GCAS Defect For Eclipse., Ethernet Bandwidth Utilization was not correctly
36127, 36283 calculating throughput. This resulted in the throughput in Mbps
being incorrect. This has been fixed with correct calculation
values of 15 minutes between collection polls.
GCAS 36776 Defect In the Network Health Report, XPD values were being displayed
incorrectly. This has been fixed.
GCAS 37731 Enhance The Custom Reporting framework is now available. Users can

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select from a basic set of parameters to report on. This includes


Eclipse NTP configuration. In future the parameter set for the
custom reports will be expanded.

Closed Significant Issues in 6.5.2


The following table lists significant software field issues that are fixed by the 6.5.2 release.
GCAS # Defect or Issue Description
/Trouble Enhance
Ticket
GCAS 32072 Enhance Administrator level users can now enable or disable a new
Portal Locking feature, to lock/unlock Eclipse device editing
via Portal.
This feature provides the following capability:
1) NOC Engineer can enable TIMED Portal write access to an
Eclipse device. This blocks Provision configuration changes
and allows Portal write access.
2) Admin can enable or disable this feature entirely.
3) Admin can set the reboot lockout time for a device.
4) A platform event is raised when locking enabled / disabled.
GCAS 34526 Enhance Added the ability to pass the following parameters to scripts in
the Event Notification script function:
%date - formatted YYYY/MM/DD
%time - formatted HH:MM:SS
%nodeName - short name of device
%eventDescription - event description
%eventState - event status (Active or Cleared)
%eventSeverity - Warning, Critical, etc.
%ipAddress - IP Address of device
%notificationName - Name of notification rule
%reminder - will add the string Reminder if this
is a reminder for a notification, otherwise will substitute an
empty string.
%nodePath - full path of device including name
%eventUser - user name associated with event
GCAS 34840 Defect Resolved problems launching remote Portal sessions and
static routing.
GCAS 35081 Defect Invalid Eclipse events were occasionally being raised during a
resynchronization.

Closed Significant Issues in 6.5.1


The following table lists significant software field issues that are fixed by the 6.5.1 release.
GCAS # Defect or Issue Description
/Trouble Enhance
Ticket
GCAS 18085 Defect Performance NBI discrepancies for Altium MX 2+0: fixed
template so that B side RSSI now appears in the trends and
NBI.
GCAS 18610 Enhance Added ability to open multiple XPWeb sessions on different XP4
radios.
GCAS Defect License expiry events were occurring after switching to a
20379, 21118 permanent license. Fixed.

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GCAS # Defect or Issue Description


/Trouble Enhance
Ticket
GCAS 22882 Enhance Eclipse circuit management feature usability & performance
improvements. This required complete redevelopment of the
existing feature and addition of Adaptive Modulation support.
Note that in 6.5.1 support for circuit provisioning (writing) will be
dropped, and the new circuit provisioning capability added in
next 6.5.x release. The scope includes the following:
1) Circuit visualization redevelopment
2) Circuit diagnostics redevelopment
3) Support for Adaptive Modulation added
4) Scalability for support of up to 50K circuits
GCAS 26040 Enhance Added ability to create 2 RF links for DVM repeater configuration
GCAS 27216 Defect The event queue was processing events slowly, related to event
queue thread processing of custom alarms details from Eclipse.
At least once such AUX plug-ins was raising as many as 60,000
events per day; has been fixed.
GCAS 28296 Defect TRuepoint 6400 was experiencing event resync problems when
event list empty. Active events were not clear correlated when
an empty events list was read from the radio by the event resync
mechanism.
GCAS 28296 Defect Generic Device resync was not working properly; has been
fixed.
GCAS Defect Links were not always displayed correctly.
28558, The following problems were observed and have been fixed:
29132, 31704 1) Often when trying to discover new link, the link is indicated as
already existing.
2) Sometimes unable to delete object as link property points to a
non-existent link.
3) Sometimes link object is deleted but both ends of link are
point to deleted link.
4) Sometimes duplicate links created during server startup.
GCAS 29409 Enhance TRuepoint 6500 SD and Unprotected Failure alarms now
identified.
GCAS 30019 Defect Changes to the active event panel filter were not being saved.
GCAS 30456 Enhance Added performance data collection of Eclipse XPIC XPD.
Including data collection, history, thresholds, and NBI.

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NBI Changes
This section records the history of NBI changes made since ProVision 6.1.1.
NBI Function Defect / Change Description
Enhance
Changes in 6.1.1:
Performance Defect New 5-min and 15-min performance NBI files were
sometimes generated more frequently than expected.
Performance Defect MegaStar performance data was not written to the
performance NBI.
Performance Defect Eclipse IDU performance data was not saved correctly.
Performance Defect For the performance NBI Single File option, sometimes only
one entry would be generated for Eclipse, XP4 and Altium
devices.
Changes in 6.2.1:
Configuration Issue The far end radio IP address was not always populated in
the cross-connect section.
Changes in 6.2.2:
Events Enhance Added the option to send the probable cause description in
the event NBI SNMP trap based interface.
Configuration Defect Fixed minor errors that occurred with comments fields when
parsing the NBI trap forwarding MIB.
Changes in 6.3.1:
Performance Enhance Improved performance NBI output file heading for remote
managed XP4s.
Performance Defect Too many files for “per device type”; performance data
problem occurred with Constellation, Velox, Altium and TNet.
Events Enhance Added new option to provide simple SNMPv1 format traps to simplify
rd
integration with 3 party SNMP Manager (e.g. SNMPc).
Changes in 6.4.1:
Event Enhance Resynchronization destination improvement:
When processing a resync request, ProVision uses the
pvSBSourceIPAddress object to determine the destination
for the event traps. This provides the ability for Northbound
Manager A to send a resync request on behalf of Northbound
Manager B.
SNMP Defect NBI Traps and Configuration Profiles date/time/time zone
value had become corrupt: this is fixed.
Changes in 6.4.3:
SNMP Defect Enabling SNMP Event NBI traps disabled SNMP managed
devices.
Topology Defect Control characters in topology names caused topology
exports to fail: this is fixed.
Changes in 6.5.1:
Event Enhance SNMP southbound inform traps now provide
acknowledgement.
Changes in 6.5.2:
Event Defect Altium daily NBI RSSIa had been missing; this is fixed.
Changes in 6.5.3
MTOSI Enhancement Added Eclipse auto-provisioning via the MTOSI NBI. This has
been verified with the INU, RAC 50, and RAC 6X Eclipse
devices.
Changes in 6.5.4

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MTOSI Defect API documentation link was missing from main pvweb page;
this is fixed.
MTOSI Enhance All XML examples are valid.
MTOSI Defect Documentation now describes which resources are valid for
CommonResourceProvisioning.
MTOSI Defect Null pointer exception while writing NBI performance fixed.
MTOSI Defect Exceptions for circuits have been expanded.
MTOSI Defect Caching connectable table issue fixed.
MTOSI Defect Issue fixed with allowing IP_Address or IP Address to be
passed to create ME.
MTOSI Defect Issue fixed with NullPointer when running 250 threads on
createME.
MTOSI Enhance Added containers to createManagedElement.
MTOSI Enhance createManagedElement now allows discovery of Eclipse
class.
MTOSI Enhance Now has configured DAC-GE Link Status Propagation (LLF)
MTOSI Enhance Circuit table commit time is now consistent and does a circuit
collection.
MTOSI Enhance MTOSI NBI has been added to the installer.
MTOSI Defect MTOSI installer wasn’t installing in correct directory on 64-bit
machine

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Known Issues
The following table lists known issues in this release. All issues have a severity level of Medium
or less. Workarounds and GCAS numbers are noted if available.

Embedded Software Issues


Area Issue
TRuepoint 6500 On refreshing the TRuepoint 6500 equipment view MSTUs then
appeared in P, W1 and W7 slots. This was diagnosed as a problem
with the 6500 device MIB interface. The WebLT correctly presented
only P and W1, however using a MIB Browser it could be seen that the
P1 module inventory details were repeated in W7. Workaround:
reset the SV module.
DVM SNMP communications with DVM devices are sometimes unreliable.
In particular, when accessing performance data the device sometimes
returns a Null response.
Security A problem with Eclipse 5.3 firmware prevents the Security Status
Report from indicating whether Portal security has been enabled. The
provided MIB object always reports False. The fix is planned for
Eclipse 5.4 firmware.

ProVision Issues
Area Issue
Capacity Reports The Capacity Report doesn't show OC3 data-rate. The data rate is
presented as STM-1 instead of OC3.
Circuits Circuit Provisioning is slow for long circuits. The plan is to investigate
speeding up the write process by writing to multiple nodes in parallel.
Data Collection Daily performance collection timestamp is GMT midnight not local
midnight resulting in timestamp inaccuracy.
NBI GCAS 36529: For the NBI Config file, an update event is generated
daily. This informational event should only be generated when a change
is detected since last reading the configuration file.
Workaround: Create a text filter to filter out these events.
Performance Data ProVision and Portal performance data time stamps can differ by up to 1
day due to the way ProVision calculates performance sample
timestamps. ProVision is not correctly taking account of the time zone
when calculating the timestamp for the performance sample.
ProVision Client If network communications is lost between Server and Client, the Client
shuts down. This problem also occurs where a Client session is running
on the Server and the Ethernet cable is unplugged from the Server.
Workaround: Keeping the Server plugged into an Ethernet switch
prevents a Client session on the Server from shutting down. There is no
ability to run the Client on a separate machine without a connection to
the Server.
ProVision Server The Clients must be connected to the Solaris Server HME0 Ethernet
(Solaris) adaptor, or else the Clients will be unable to connect to the Server.
Reports When generating Custom Reports on a large network containing
thousands of devices, the report takes a long time to render and during
this time the Client is unresponsive.
Workaround: Run the report on smaller numbers of devices.
Reports Network Health Report timestamps are not aligned on midnight
boundaries, resulting in date/time confusion.

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Supported Systems
Compatibility

Devices and Firmware Versions Supported


The following table details the devices and the associated firmware versions supported.

Device Version Notes


ASN-C 5.0 – 5.3
Altium 1 2.2 Build 3
2.3 Build 1
Altium MX 3.1 Build 9 Includes MX 155, 311, 2+0 variants.
Aurora See below
CAU See below
Constellation 5.3
Constellation via See below
Farscan Proxy
DART See below
DVA See below
DVM See below
DXR SMA / 700 2.1h / 3.0d Earlier versions also likely to be supported.
DXR SMA / 200 2.1h / 5.6d Earlier versions also likely to be supported.
DXR 100 NP / NMI 2.2g / 2.6c Earlier versions also likely to be supported. NMI
required.
DXR 100 P / NMI 2.4a / 2.6c Earlier versions also likely to be supported. NMI
required.
E-Band E-Link 2.0.7 Not compatible with earlier versions.
1000EXR
Eclipse 300 INU 2.1.18 – 5.3 Not compatible with earlier versions.
Eclipse 300 INUe 2.1.18 – 5.3 Not compatible with earlier versions.
Eclipse 100 2.1.18 – 5.3 Not compatible with earlier versions.
Eclipse OG 2.1 Rebadged Memotec CX-U
EfficientSite Hybrid 0.1 Based on AVIAT controller
EfficientSite Controller 2.05.520 Based on Asentria 550 controller
AVIAT01
Juniper WSG-R JunOS 9.5 M7i & M10i series
WSG-R 1.1 and
JunOS WSG-R
1.2 – 1.3
Megastar See below
Microstar See below
LE3000 1.770
LE3200 1.9
Radwin WinLink 1000 1.800
Radwin 2000 2.3
Sagem ADR155C See below
Sagem ADR2500 See below
SAGEM-LINK See below
SPECTRUM II SNMP 2.06 build 2 This build applies to SII radio and NMCC.
StarMAX BS 16d 3.0 6100 and 6400 Base Stations. Note that launching
BS EMS/craft tool is only supported on 3.1.1.3 and
later firmware.
StarMAX BS 16e 4.0 – 4.2.1 6100 and 6400 Base Stations. Note that launching
BS EMS/craft tool is only supported on 3.1.1.3 and

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Device Version Notes


later firmware.
StarMAX SS - WiMAX Subscriber Stations
TNet Proxy 6.0.6
TRuepoint See below
Velox IDU / ODU TBD Earlier versions don’t support Event collection.
WiChorus SmartCore 1.3 SmartCore ASN-GW / HA SC20, SC100, SC600
XP4 2/4/8x See below
XP4 16/E3/T3 See below

XP4 2/4/8x Version Notes


NMI (2MB RAM 3.4a
variant)
2/4X IDU 4.7c
4/8X IDU 2.4b

2/4X Plus ODU 1.4a


2/4X Classic ODU 4.8c
4/8X Plus ODU 2.2a
4/8X Classic ODU 2.2a
2/4/8X Plus + ODU 3.0a

8X Switch 2.0

XP4 16/E3/T3 Version Notes


NMI (2MB RAM 3.4a
variant)
16X/DS3/E3 IDU 1.4c
DS3/E3 IDU 1.5

DS3/E3 Plus ODU 1.4a


DS3/E3 Classic ODU 1.4a
DS3/E3 Plus + ODU 1.4b

E3 NERA-MSU Switch 2.1a


DS3 SU Switch 1.2b
E3 SU Switch 1.2b
E3 ES-MSU Switch 1.2b
E3 NE-MSU Switch 1.2b
DS3/E3 SU Switch 1.3
Notes: Note – The XP4 2MB NMI required. The 1MB NMI card is not supported.

DART Version Notes


NMI 1.0a
ODU 1.3

Notes: Note – These are the SW versions


SAGEM-LINK Version developed and tested with.
Space Diversity (1+1 16xE1)

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Notes: Note – These are the SW versions


SAGEM-LINK Version developed and tested with.
NMI AL13411A12AE
IDU AL14341A07
ODU AL13594A08A

Hot Standby (1+1 16xE1)


NMI AL13412A08AE
IDU AL14341A02
ODU AL13594A08A
Non Protected (1+0 8xE1)
NMI AL13411A12AE
IDU AL14331A06
ODU AL13594A08A

TRuepoint Version Notes


4000 3.0.8
4040 1.0.5 – 1.0.6
5000 v1 4.0.4 – 4.16.1 With v1 Controller card
5000 v2 6.0.8 – 7.9.2 With v2 Controller card
6400 1.0.9 – 1.2.5
6500 V06L03R01 Tested with v6.3 and v6.9 firmware. All variants,
onwards including Double Terminal configuration.

Microstar Version Notes


Microstar Type I TBD Support all released MIB variants
Microstar Type II TBD Support all released MIB variants
Microstar Type III TBD Support all released MIB variants

FarScan Proxy Device FarScan Proxy Notes


Version
Aurora 6.3 / 3.0.4
CAU 6.3 / 3.0.4 Control Alarm Unit
Constellation 6.3 / 3.0.4 Software Version 6 and later
DVA 6.3 / 3.0.4
DVM 45 6.3 / 3.0.4
DVM xT 6.3 / 3.0.4
Megastar M:N 6.3 / 3.0.4
Megastar 1+1 6.3 / 3.0.4

Sagem Version Notes


ADR155C P2.5 – P5.4
ADR2500 eXtra P2.4.10 Tested with P2.4. In theory all versions supported.

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Craft Tools Supported


The in-built craft tools support the following software versions.
Craft Tool Version Notes
Altium and Spectrum II WMT N/A Version determined by radio.
DXR NET 3.0B
Eclipse Portal N/A Version determined by radio.
LE3000 Manager 1.770
TNet Web 1.0.2 Internet Explorer must have Java 1.6 installed
TRuepoint WebCIT N/A Version determined by radio.
TRuepoint 6500 WebLT N/A Version determined by radio.
RADWIN Manager 8.2.01
StarMAX BS EMS N/A Version determined by device.
Velox NCT 3.0.3
XP Web 1.3.1 Internet Explorer must have Java 1.6 installed

Note: The RSL graph, 15-min statistics, and daily statistics will not be shown correctly in XPWeb
and TNet Web if Java 1.6 plug-ins not installed. Java 1.6 for Windows can be downloaded and
installed from http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

Java Supported
ProVision incorporates Java 2, Standard Edition (J2SE), version 1.6.0, update 16. This is for
Windows and Solaris 9 and 10 installations. It is also referred to as “6.0” by Sun Mircosystems.
Note that, if you are running this on a Solaris server, you need to ensure that you are upgraded
to Java version 1.6.0.16, provided on the ProVision DVD.

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Operating Systems Supported

Operating System PV Server PV Client Notes

Windows 2000 Pro Yes Yes

Windows 2000 Server Yes Yes Requires Service Pack 2 or later.

Windows XP Pro Yes Yes

Windows 2003 Server Yes Yes Standard and Enterprise Editions


supported.
SP1, SP2, and R2 versions supported.
32 and 64 bit and versions supported by
Server and Client, however craft tools
not yet verified on 64 bit.
64 bit version needed for >4GB RAM.

Windows 2008 Server Yes Yes Standard and Enterprise Editions


supported.
32 and 64 bit and versions supported by
Server and Client, however craft tools
not yet verified on 64 bit.
64 bit version needed for >4GB RAM.

Windows Vista Not Yes


supported

Windows 7 Not Not Planned for future release


supported supported

Solaris 9 (SPARC), 64 Yes Not 8/03, 4/04 SPARC Platform Edition. No


bit version 8/03 and supported additional patches required. Also
4/04 requires 64 bit support (default install
setting).

Solaris 10, 64 bit Yes Not Also requires 64 bit support (default
version supported install setting).

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Generic Device Packages


The following table lists the devices for which ProVision Generic Device Support (GDS) packages
currently available for order. The list is constantly being updated, so for the latest information
please contact Aviat Networks.
Each GDS package has been created and tested by Aviat Networks engineers and allows
customers to perform fault management and cut through to local craft tools.
Manufacturer Model Name
4RF Aprisa XE 4RF Aprisa XE
Adtran MX2800 Adtran MX2800 Mux
Adtran OPTI-6100 Adtran OPTI-6100 Mux
Adtran Tracer 6000 series Adtran Tracer 6000 series Microwave
Radios
Alcatel MDR-8000 Alcatel MDR-8000
Argus Cordex CXC Argus Codex CXC
Asentria SiteBoss S500 series Asentria SiteBoss S500 Series
Remote Alarm Unit
Asentria SL81 Asentria SL81 Remote Alarm Unit
Bayly OMNI Flex Bayly OMNI Flex DACS
Bayly OMNI Optix Bayly OMNI Optix Mux (Resync only)
Bayly OMNI Optix Bayly OMNI Optix Mux
Benning MCU Benning MCU Power Supply
Controller
C&D Sageon Sagenet Interface C&D Sageon Power Supply
Technologies Controller
CAC Wide Bank 28 CAC Wide Bank 28 Mux
Cisco ASA 5500 Cisco ASA 5500
Eltek Smartpack Eltek Smartpack Power Supply
Controller
ETI ADH NETCOM ETI ADH NETCOM Dehydrator
Exalt EXi series Exalt EXi series Microwave Radios
Fujitsu Flashwave 4100 Fujitsu Flashwave 4100 Mux
Harris Intraplex Harris Intraplex
Loop Telecom O9100 Loop Telecom O9100 Mux
MultiTel iS3, Fusion, Mirador, MultiTel iS3, Fusion, Mirador,
Remote Site Management Remote Site Remote Alarm Units
Tejas TJ100 Tejas TJ100 Mux
Tejas TJ1600 Tejas TJ1600 Mux
Telco Systems OTM1000 Telco Systems OTM1000 Mux
Tellabs 8600 Tellabs 8600 Managed Edge System

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Server Loading Values


Node License Count (NLC) indicates the license points required to manage a device type. Server
Loading Value (SLV) indicates the relative loading on the ProVision Server through managing a
device type. Max indicates the maximum number of each device type that can be supported by a
single ProVision Server.
Total Server Loading Value (MAX) must be < = 6,000.

Device NLC SLV Max Notes


Altium 1 1 6,000
Aurora 1 1 6,000
CAU 1 1 6,000 Control Alarm Unit
Constellation 1 2 3,000
DART 1 1 6,000
DVA 1 1 6,000
DVM 1 1 6,000
DXR 100 / NMI 1 1 6,000
DXR 200 1 1 6,000 SMA Proxy to DXR 200 network.
DXR SMA / 700 1 2 3,000 Average ratio of 2 x 700 per SMA.
E-Band E-Link 1000EXR 1 1 6,000
Eclipse IDU 1 2 3,000
Eclipse INU, INUe 1 3 2,000 Average ratio of 3 x ODU per INU.
Eclipse Optimization 1 1 6,000 Rebadged Memotec CX-U
Gateway
EfficientSite Controller 1 1 6,000 Based on Asentria 550 controller
EfficientSite Hybrid 1 1 6,000 Based on AVIAT controller
Generic Device 1 1 1,000
Juniper M7i/M10i WSG-R 5 5 1,200
LE3000 1 1 6,000
LE3200 1 1 6,000
Megastar 1+1 SPU 2 2 3,000 SPU provides two STM1 radio channels
Megastar M:N SPU 2 2 3,000 SPU provides two STM1 radio channels
Microstar Type I 1 1 6,000
Microstar Type II 1 1 6,000
Microstar Type III 1 1 6,000
Radwin 2000 1 1 6,000
Radwin WinLink 1000 1 1 6,000
Sagem ADR155C 1 2 3,000
Sagem ADR2500 1 2 3,000
SAGEM-LINK 1 1 6,000
StarMAX 6100 BS 1 2 3,000 NLC is per 1 per BS sector
StarMAX 6400 BS blade 1 2 3,000 NLC is per 1 per BS sector
StarMAX ASN-C 5 5 1,200
StarMAX SS 1 1 6,000 Only VIP SS should be deployed
TNet 0 1 6,000
TR4000 1 1 6,000
TR4040 1 1 6,000
TR5000 1 1 6,000
TR6400 1 2 3,000
TR6500 MSTU 1 0.5 12,000 E.g. (3+1) = SLV 2; (7+1) = SLV 4
Velox LE 1 1 6,000
WiChorus SmartCore 2 1 3,000 NLV = 2 per MSC
XP4 1 1 6,000

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Depending on the hardware configuration, a single ProVision server can support a maximum
SLV of 6,000.
Please refer to the SUN hardware and Windows hardware tables below to see how the node
loading value relates to the hardware specifications.
The number of node licenses required to manage a network is based on the number of managed
network elements where typically 1 node license = 1 SNMP / IP address deployed into the
ProVision server database.
The exceptions to this rule are:
TRuepoint 6500 where each MSTU provides one radio channel and a fully loaded link
can support up to 8 radio channels – therefore 8 node licenses per terminal might be
required.
MegaStar where each SPU provides 3 radio channels therefore the node license per
terminal is 2 instead of 1.
XP4 remote managed links where just 1 NMI card and IP address is used to manage
both ends of an XP4 link.

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Minimum Hardware Specifications


This section describes the minimum hardware specifications for ProVision.
Specific recommended hardware to meet these requirements is described in the next section.
Minimum Server and LAN Hardware Specifications
The following table lists the Windows server and LAN hardware requirements. The hardware
specification is dependent upon the Node Loading Value, described in the previous section.

Total Minimum Windows Minimum Solaris Minimum Windows Client


Server Server specification Server specification specification
Loading (* where also running
Value Client session)
Up to 100 1 GHz (*2 GHz) processor Sun Blade 150 1 GHz processor
512 MB (*1 GB) RAM 650 MHz processor 512 MB RAM for all except
2 GB (*3 GB) HD space to 1 GB RAM Vista 1 GB RAM
install and operate 2 GB HD swap space 1 GB free HD space to install
Ethernet LAN card 4 GB HD space to and operate
install and operate (inc Ethernet LAN card
swap space) 10 Mbps LAN connection per
Ethernet LAN card Client connected to Server
17” monitor
Min. display resolution 1024 x
768
32-bit color
100 to 700 2 GHz processor Sun Blade 150 2 GHz processor
1 GB RAM 650 MHz processor 1 GB RAM
20 GB HD space to install 2 GB RAM 1 GB free HD space to install
and operate 4 GB HD swap space and operate
Ethernet LAN card 20 GB HD space to Ethernet LAN card
install and operate (inc 10 Mbps LAN connection per
swap space) Client connected to Server
Ethernet LAN card 19” monitor
Min. display resolution 1024 x
768
32-bit color
700 to 3 GHz processor Sun Fire V440R 3 GHz processor
3,000 2 GB RAM 2 x 1.5 GHz processors 1 GB RAM
40 GB HD space to install 4 GB RAM 1 GB free HD space to install
and operate 8 GB HD swap space and operate
Ethernet LAN card 40 GB HD space to Ethernet LAN card
install and operate (inc 10 Mbps LAN connection per
swap space) Client connected to Server
Ethernet LAN card 19” monitor, 32-bit color
Min. display resolution 1024 x
768
3,000 to 2 x 3 GHz processor Sun Fire V440R 3 GHz processor
6,000 4 GB RAM 2 x 1.5 GHz processors 1 GB RAM
40 GB HD space to install 4 GB RAM 1 GB free HD space to install
and operate 8 GB HD swap space and operate
Ethernet LAN card 40 GB HD space to Ethernet LAN card
install and operate (inc 10 Mbps LAN connection per
swap space) Client connected to Server
Ethernet LAN card 19” monitor, 32-bit color
Min. display resolution 1024 x
768

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Notes:
• When additional features are added to the ProVision product, the RAM requirements may
increase for the node counts specified above.
• It is recommended that client sessions are not executed on large server deployments.

WAN Client Server and WAN Client Specifications


The following minimum hardware specification is required to operate a PV WAN (or thin) Client
solution:

Total Server Minimum Windows WAN Client Minimum Windows WAN Client
Loading Value Server specification specification
Up to 6,000 1 – 3 client sessions: 1 GHz processor
3 GHz processor 512 MB RAM
Base RAM requirements for Ethernet LAN card
Windows or Citrix + 512 MB per PV 19” monitor
Client session Min. display resolution 1024 x 768
Ethernet LAN card 32-bit color

4 – 6 client sessions:
Dual 3 GHz processors
Base RAM requirements for
Windows or Citrix + 512 MB per PV
Client session
Ethernet LAN card

7 – 15 client sessions:
Quad core Intel Xeon processor
OR multiple processor equivalent
Base RAM requirements for
Windows or Citrix + 512 MB per PV
Client session
Ethernet LAN card

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LAN Client to Server Latency Specification


It is important to follow the required latency specifications for ProVision. The performance of the
ProVision system is affected by the latency between the Client and the Server. In a system with
multiple Clients, high latency between the Server and a single Client will affect the performance
of all clients, both LAN and WAN based.
Latency in msec Notes
Recommended 10 This is the recommended minimum latency for any
ProVision Client connection to the ProVision Server.
Maximum 20 This is the maximum latency for any ProVision Client
connection to the ProVision Server. Exceeding this value
will result in poor performance.

It is probable that the latency specification may be exceeded when a ProVision LAN client is
used remotely (e.g., VPN or WAN connection). When this is the case, a ProVision WAN client
solution must be used.
Symptoms of slow latency are:
Slow start-up.
Slow object deployment.
Slow object detention times.
Client intermittently closing.
Client freezing with grey screen.

If you find problems with these release notes, or if you discover a product defect, please
contact an Aviat Networks Technical Help Desk. Refer to page ii for Technical Help Desk
contact details

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