Software Increment Release Notes
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Increment ID:   I39A1730
Release:        AN1730
Date created:   12-05-2002
Increment Type: OPC

Title: OPC: Association Loss Alarm Feature with fixes.
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Following is a list of issues addressed in this Increment. See below
for more details.
1. Association Loss Alarm Feature.
2. Prevention of Facility Assignment "Overlaps".
3. Correct the interpretation of parenthesis in the CONN-TACC command.
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1. Association Loss Alarm Feature.
* Description: This is new functionality in AN1730 that allows for 
Association Loss Alarms to be raised and lowered according to 
association loss/regain conditions.  These new alarms show the NEId(s) 
of the NE(s) that have lost association to the OPC.
* Impact: On an AccessNode OPC that has lost association to any NEs, no
alarm is raised on the OPC.  The impact would be that a loss of 
association may not be noticed at the time of the association loss.
* Pre-Increment work-around: opcui alarm banner shows a question
mark to indicate that association is lost to an NE.  Reboot/Load
Manager may be brought up to determine which NE has lost association.
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2. Prevention of Facility Assignment "Overlaps".
* Description: New functionality in AN1730 allowed for missing TIC 
subports to be marked as "Unavailable" by the Facility Assignment 
Manager. The algorithm used to determine if a TIC subport was 
'unavailable' however did not take into account the possibility that 
the messages retrieved from the Network Element could be out of order. 
If messages were received out of order, the system could then reject 
an attempt to assign an unassigned facility.
* Impact: On an AccessNode that returns these messages out of order,
the impact would be that new facility assignments may not be possible.
* Pre-Increment work-around: A tool exists on the OPC that will allow
the craftsperson the ability to assign an unused facility without the
use of the Facility Assignment Manager. The tool stpltxui can be used
to assign a facility, with the following as an example:
ED-VT1:98:1-CE1-S1TIC-1-1:CTAG::TYPE=GR303MVI,HOSTID=1,RDT=1;
The tool on the OPC gives more examples and offers help in using the
tool.
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3. Correct the interpretation of parenthesis in the CONN-TACC command.
* Description: This increment will correctly interpret and effect
change on the NE when using values for tlpe and tlpf values when 
used with the CONN-TACC command.
* Impact: Customers utilizing automated TL1-based test units such as
the REACT test set could not change the dB levels contained in the 
tlpe and tlpf values. Refer to document 323-3001-190 for further 
information about the CONN-TACC command.
* Pre-Increment work-around: The CHG-PRTPAR command can be used to 
change the port parameters.
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Increments Needed:
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Increments I01A1730 through I38A1730 need to be successfully applied
prior to application of this increment.

Loads Affected:
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After successful application of this increment, the OPC load will be:
ACNL17BZ

Special Instructions:
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None.

Installation Instructions:
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Please refer to the Incremental Software Delivery Users Guide for
general installation instructions. This document may be obtained from
either the AccessWeb ISD web site located on the Zhone web page at
(http://www.zhone.com/support/patches/index.html), or you may request
document 830-00374-01 from your Zhone Technologies Account Manager or
Order Manager. Issues with this increment should be directed to
Zhone Global Services and Support at 1-877-ZHONE-20 (1-877-946-6320).