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Customer Support Information SW Release5
Evolution Series SW

CUSTOMER SUPPORT INFORMATION

CSI-SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE5-0001  

Software Package
Evolution

Subject:

1. SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE5A version R5A00

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Table of Contents
1.  INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 3 

1.1  Purpose and scope............................................................................................................ 3 

2.  CURRENT SOFTWARE VERSIONS ................................................................................ 3 
2.1  SW components ................................................................................................................ 3 
3.  COMPATIBILITY ............................................................................................................... 4 
3.1  HW version vs. SW version compatibility .......................................................................... 4 
4.  FUNCTIONALITY .............................................................................................................. 6 
4.1  SW Packages .................................................................................................................... 6 
4.1.1  SW Package Release5...................................................................................................... 6 
4.1.2  New functionality in R5A00:............................................................................................. 11 
5.  BUGFIXES IN R5A00...................................................................................................... 12 
5.1  HBER, LBER, EW detection............................................................................................ 12 
5.2  G.826 Performance Calculations..................................................................................... 12 
5.3  Management IP Routing Subnet Mask............................................................................ 12 
6.  INSTALLATION OF R5A00 PACKAGE........................................................................... 13 
6.1  Procedure........................................................................................................................ 13 
7.  KNOWN PROBLEMS...................................................................................................... 16 
7.1  OSPF Router ................................................................................................................... 16 
7.2  T1/E1 Wayside can only be inserted in one channel Pr. IFU BASIC FRAME................. 16 
7.3  XPAND Upgrade ............................................................................................................. 16 
7.4  DCC on LIU STM-4/OC-12.............................................................................................. 16 
7.5  Gigabit Unit and near-end loop on RIU 311 .................................................................... 16 
7.6  Gigabit Interface Unit (GIU) and 2+0 311Mb/s in One IFU Basic Frame......................... 16 

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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE

This document describes functionality in Release 5 of the Evolution family of radio relay systems.

2. CURRENT SOFTWARE VERSIONS

2.1 SW COMPONENTS
The table below lists all the existing software versions for each software component in the Evolution Series
family of radio relay systems. The SW components that are released together with this CSI are marked with
X.

Table 2.1: Current software versions

Component Unit Version Release date Changed
now
SW-FUNF5560A-BOOT   RADIO R1A00 2006-January

SW-FKCN5551A-BOOT   SU BOARD R1A00 2006-February

R2A00 2006-February
R3A00 2006-September
SW-SBC-APP IFU Basic Frame R1A00 2005-November
All Plug-in Units R1B00 2005-December
R1B01 2006- February
R2A00 2006-April
R2A01 2006-June

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE1 SU BOARD R1A00

R1A01 2006
2006––February
March
R1B00 2006 – May
SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE2 SU BOARD R2A00 2006 – June
R2B00 2006-September
R2B01 2006-October
SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE3 SU BOARD R3A00 2006 – October
SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE3B SU BOARD R3B00 2006 – December
SW-EVOLUTION- SU BOARD R4A00 2007- March
RELEASE4A R4A01 2007- March
R4A02 2007-May

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE4B SU BOARD R4B00 2007-June

R4B01 2007-June
R4B02 2007 - June
SW-EVOLUTION- SU BOARD R5A00 2007-July X
RELEASE5A

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SW_EVOLUTION_RELEASE4 R5A00 contains SW support for the following HW:

Table 3.5: SW Evolution Package board support

HW unit HW code HW revision

SU BOARD FKCN5551A-T R1A00 or higher
FKCN5551B-T

XVCR MAIN BOARD FUNF5560A R1A00 or higher

RIU 155 BOARD FDM5559A-T R1A00 or higher
RIU 311 BOARD FDM5559B-T R1A00 or higher
LIU STM-1/STS-3 FLDM5554A-T R1A00 or higher
LIU S-1.1/OC-3 IR-1 FLDY5623A-T
LIU L-1.1/OC-3 LR-1 FLDY5689A-T
LIU L-1.2/OC-3 LR-2 FLDY5690A-T
LIU OC-3 SR-0  FLDY5691A-T
IFU FRAME FUBU6325A-T R1A00 or higher
FUBU6325B-T R1A00 or higher

AUXILIARY BOARDS FNF5660A-T R1A00 or higher

(EOW)
AUXILIARY BOARDS FKN5661A-T R1A00 or higher
(64kb/s)
AUXILIARY BOARDS FKN5674A-T R1A00 or higher
(Alm&Ctrl)
AUXILIARY BOARDS FN5688A-T R1A00 or higher
(E1/T1 Wayside)
LIU 25*E1 BOARDS FNCS5684A-T R1A00 or higher

LIU 12*E1 BOARDS FNCS5685A-T R1A00 or higher

DXC FNCS5670A-T R1A00 or higher

LIU 16*T1 BOARDS FNCS5686A-T R1A00 or higher

LIU 8*T1 BOARDS FNCS5687A-T R1A00 or higher

GIGABIT FNZ5695A-T R1A00 or higher

LIU 3xDS3/E3 FNCS5669A-T R1A00 or higher

LIU STM-4/OC-12 FLDY5692A-T R1A00 or higher

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Main Functionality Includes Description

Configuration
Upload/Download/Restore
Inventory Production Data per board
SW version per board
Software Download Download of the following SW •   System Application SW
components to the different boards •   Transceiver Application SW
via SU. •   FPGA codes 
SW Versions
Fault Alarms
Alarm Event Notification Internal and for SNMP
Configuration of Alarm Event
 Notification
Alarm Severity Configuration
Alarm Blocking Configuration
 Network Element Fault Log
Analogue Analogue Measurements RF Input Level (dBm)
Tx Ouput Level (dBm)
Temperature Measurements For FAN control
Performance G.826 calculations on B1, B2 and All applicable units
MS REI
- Cumulative, 15min, Day and
Month
Cumulative error pulses and block
 pulses
- B1, B2 and MS REI
OOF Pulses
G.826 performance alarm
thresholds
Security Access Control via username and
 password
Security Log
Test Looping and PRBS All applicable units

RPS Configuration of 1+1 and HSB Switch/Restore Limits

Bidirectional/ Unidirectional
Manual Control
Reverting/Non-reverting
Alarms

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In addition the following Release 2 functionality of the Evolution SW is supported:

Main Functionality Includes Description
System Line Terminal SU Ethernet to Line/Optical
Modulation 64 TCM
32 TCM
SBC Field downloadable
Frequencies U6 GHz
7 GHz
18 GHz
8 GHz
Frame/Plug-In Units  EOW Auxiliary Unit Configure service channel and station phone
number

Configuration and control of 64kb/s channels

Line Interface Optical Unit
Opt SM OC-3 LR-1/STM-1 L-1.1
Line Interface Optical Unit
Opt SM OC-3 LR-1/STM-1 L-1.2
for interconnection to other terminals
Configuration of analogue interface for
connecting other service channel equipment
Alarms
Inventory: Production data and SW version
Test: Looping and PRBS
Same functionality as for Opt SM OC-3 LR-
1/STM-1 S-1.1 in R1A00 with modifications
for this board
( < 40km)
Same functionality as for Opt SM OC-3 LR-
1/STM-1 S-1.1 in R1A00 with modifications
for this board

( < 80km)
SW Download Patch support
Frequencies 23 GHz
11 GHz
Frame/Plug-In Units  4*64kb/s Auxiliary Unit Configuration of each individual 64kb/s
channel
Setup of channel and direction for each 64kb/s
channel
Insertion/extraction of the 64k/s traffic into the
right timeslots on the OHC-bus
PRBS and Looping
Alarms
Inventory: Production data and SW version
RSSI Time series On Web
Cumulative On Web

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Main Functionality Includes Description

Interface 3*DS3/E3 [34/45] Unit
Alarm & Control Auxiliary Unit
Configuration of ports
Configure the interface specific parameters
such as cable length
Test: Looping
Inventory: Production data and SW version
Alarms
Configuration and control of the 4
analogue inputs
Configuration and control of the 8 alarm
inputs
Reporting of the 8 alarm inputs
Configuration and control of the 4 relay
outputs

In addition the following Release 4A functionality of the Evolution SW is supported:

Main Functionality Includes Description
System XPAND Terminal
Mix of:
E1 and SU-FE
T1 and SU-FE
as described in Grand Plan
Frame/Plug-In Units  Interface 8*T1 and 16*T1 Units Configuration of ports
Test: Looping and PRBS
Inventory: Production data and SW version
Alarms
GIU SW add-ons:
Port Mode – MAC switching
Graphical Statistics and Performance
SU (SU-FE) E1/T1 mapping
Wayside mapping
SNMP
 New Config MIB

In addition the following Release 4B functionality of the Evolution SW is supported:

Main Functionality Includes Description
System XPAND Traffic Node, 2 to 4 directions (1 or 2
IFUs) 

Frame/Plug-In Units METRO

GIU T1 in OC-3 mapping.
VC-12/VT-1.5 SDH/Sonet mapping with
DXC interface

LCAS (Link Capacity Access Scheme) 

up to 4xSTM-1 using one of the following
mappings:
up to 4VC-4/STS-3c SPE or
up to 12 VC-3/STS-1 SPE

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Main Functionality Includes Description

1xSTM-1 using one of the following
mappings:
up to 63 VC-12/84 VT1.5

 Not mixed mapping on GIU. Interface to

DXC unit
E1/DS1 Wayside Auxiliary Unit DS1 or E1 coding
Configure the cable specific parameters
such as cable length for DS1
DXC Synchronization using tributaries (E1/DS1)
RPS 1+1/HSB GUI Improvements

4.1.2 NEW FUNCTIONALITY IN R5A00:

Main Includes Description
Functionality
Frame/Plug-In Line Interface Optical Laser On/Off control
Units Opt SM OC-12 IR-
1/STM-4 S-4.1
Alarms
Test: Looping and PRBS
Pathtrace
DCC
Inventory
RIU 311MB/s Supported in the following terminal types:
1+0
2+0
HSB
1+1
Alarms
Inventory
DS3/E3 Mix of DS3 and E3 on a plug-in board. System
configured as SDH.
Management SU Ethernet Inband Management supported on terminals

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5. BUGFIXES IN R5A00
These defects present in previous revisions have been corrected in R5A00.

5.1 HBER, LBER, EW DETECTION

The HBER, LBER and EW alarms are not detected in METRO 155Mb/s systems and XPAND 75xE1/96xT1
systems with 28MHz (ACAP) channel bandwidth configuration. Other bandwidth configurations for these
systems, 28MHz, 40MHz and 50/55MHz are not affected. Other capacities are not affected.

The defect was introduced in SW-EVOLUTION-R4B and is present in R4B00, R4B01 and R4B02 revisions.
The defect has been corrected in SW-EVOLUTION-R5A.

5.2 G.826 PERFORMANCE CALCULATIONS

G.826 performance calculations for the STM-1 Line Interface Unit may not be correct for SES/UAS. The
calculation of SES/UAS on the Line input has included alarms from the output direction on the unit. Thus
fading below radio threshold over the radio hop may introduce erroneous SES/UAS values on the Line Input
Side.

Cumulative Error pulses on the Line input are not affected by this defect.

The defect was introduced in SW-EVOLUTION-R3B and is present in R3B, R4A, R4B00, R4B01 and
R4B02 revisions. The defect has been corrected in SW-EVOLUTION-R5A.

5.3 MANAGEMENT IP ROUTING SUBNET MASK

When adding Static Route the subnet mask can not be set 0.0.0.0.

The defect was introduced in SW-EVOLUTION-R3B and is present in R3B, R4A, R4B00, R4B01 and
R4B02 revisions. The defect has been corrected in SW-EVOLUTION-R5A.

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6. INSTALLATION OF R5A00 PACKAGE

6.1 PROCEDURE
Note:
Do not upgrade from Release1 or Release2 on a running system. Upgrade from Release3 and Release4
is OK.
This SW package contains a whole new licensing scheme. Upgrading from Release1 or Release2 package to
Release5 will cause traffic down. New licenses have to be installed in order for the system to come up and
operate normally again. In order to install the licenses when traffic is down, one has to be at the site.

Note1:

This SW package contains new versions of FPGA codes compared to R3 and R4. Updating will therefore

cause a traffic
that the link maybreak.
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comemay be out
up and runfor
forup to 3 -4
a short minutes,
period depending
(minute) on configuration.
and then be out again forPlease also
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while,
 before running normal again.

Download Procedure:

Use Web GUI to download to element. You need admin privileges to be able to download the new package.

Select Configuration  Software and the SW Download tab. Select the first tar file for the R5A00 package.
The package contains four tars.

Figure 1: Downloading tar file 

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Depending on what versions is on the active and inactive, the software installer will minimize the need for
transfer between web client and element. If the software is not complete after first tar, you have to choose the
second tar file. If the package becomes complete on the element, you are allowed to switch the software.

Use the SU SW Versions tab and click on Switch Software tab. The SU will restart, so the connection to the
WEB server is lost. You should be able to log in again after a short while.

Please note that with SW version R4Bxx information about the current SU is stored in the IFU Basic Frame.
As a result the SU has to be activated after the first restart running R4Bxx. Press the Set Current SU active
 button displayed in figure 2.

Figure 2: Activating the SU after SW switch 

The new package contains new revisions of XCVR Appl. SW as well as XCVR FPGA code. Both files will
 be downloaded to the XCVR unit automatically. Please note that this may take several minutes to complete.

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Figure 3: Status after software switch 

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7. KNOWN PROBLEMS

7.1 OSPF ROUTER

There is a known intermittent problem with the resolution of inter area routes
if an area connects to the backbone through more than one Area Border Router(ABR).
In this case routing may fail if multiple ABR's announce the same inter area destinations at different costs.

Workaround:
Use one ABR until a new SW version that fixes this problem is released.

7.2 T1/E1 WAYSIDE CAN ONLY BE INSERTED IN ONE CHANNEL PR. IFU BASIC
FRAME
Support for 2 channels will be available later.

7.3 XPAND UPGRADE

Unused XPAND PDH channels in R4A (or earlier revisions) results in enabling of unused ports and thus AIS
and LOS alarms after upgrade.

7.4 DCC ON LIU STM-4/OC-12

On the STM-4/OC-12 Line Interface Unit only D1-D3 can be configured for DCC management interface.
D4-D12 and single 64kb/s channel is not operational.

7.5 GIGABIT UNIT AND NEAR-END LOOP ON RIU 311

 Near-end loop on the RIU in 311Mb/s systems for the Gigabit Unit (GIU) does not work properly. This
defect is only for the GIU in system with 311Mb/s channels.

7.6 GIGABIT INTERFACE UNIT (GIU) AND 2+0 311MB/S IN ONE IFU BASIC FRAME
2+0 configuration with Gigabit Interface Unit using one single IFU Basic Frame is not supported in R5A00.

The following systems are valid for the Gigabit Interface Unit when running 311Mb/s channels:
•  1+0, 1+1, HSB using one single IFU Basic Frame. Total capacity 311Mb/s over the radio hop.
•  2+0 using two IFU Basic Frames. Total capacity 622Mb/s over the radio hop.

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