Software Increment Release Notes ================================ Increment ID: I01A1905 Release: AN1905 Date created: 7-04-2002 Increment Type: OPC Title: OPC: Connection database conversion and ISD enhancements ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Following is a list of issues addressed in this Increment. See below for more details. 1. Connection database conversion procedures for Rings. 2. ISD tool will not open after AN19.05 upgrade. 3. Allow image dumps when ISD detects the need to auto rebuild. 4. Preside interaction issues with AccessNode ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Connection database conversion procedures for Rings. * Description: For our customers using OC12 rings, those containing VT1.5 connections will experience difficulties once converted to AN19.05. Systems that are newly commissioned on AN19.05 will not experience these difficulties. For customers that upgraded from 1730 or 1800 prior to the application of this increment, a mismatch would occur during the nightly connection audit for VT1.5 pipe connections on the OPC. Attempts to correct the mismatch from the OPC would fail, and the connection mismatch alarm will be raised on the OPC. * Impact: None. Although the nightly connection audit failure would raise an alarm, attempts to clear the mismatch(es) from the connection manager would fail, leaving the connection data as is. Service would not (and could not) be interrupted, but the alarm could also not be cleared. * Pre-Increment work-around: Customers experiencing this issue after an upgrade to 1905 should contact Zhone GSS (877-ZHONE-20) for assistance in clearing this condition. 2. ISD tool will not open after AN19.05 upgrade. * Description: After an upgrade to AN19.05, the ISD tool would not open when using the OPCUI interface. * Impact: The customer would need to use the command line interface in order to apply this, the first AN19.05 increment. Please see the Special Instruction field below for directions on how to apply this increment. * Pre-Increment work-around: The customer would need to use the command line interface in order to apply this, the first AN19.05 increment. Please see the Special Instruction field below for directions on how to apply this increment. 3. Allow image dumps when ISD detects the need to auto rebuild. * Description: During certain conditions, the OPC would mark the ISD database as needing an automatic rebuild of the database. Such a determination is made after the OPC is rebooted and/or shutdown. While in this state, a customer requiring an image dump from a Network Element would be denied. * Impact: Should a customer need to dump an image during an automatic rebuild of the ISD database, they could not. This could be an important ability should a node be being added to the OPC span of control, and the APU image saved on the OPC have a failure. * Pre-Increment work-around: Customers experiencing the need to dump an image during the automatic rebuild of the ISD database would need to contact Zhone GSS for further assistance. 4. Preside interaction issues with AccessNode * Description: Several issues are addressed in this increment that result in better interaction with the Preside Network Management system to the AccessNode. Included in this increment are: - Links and Icons fail to display on systems with more then 16 ANX/UER shelves commissioned. - ANX and UER with the same number (ANX 2 and UER 2) would display each other's alarms. - Alarm History tool on Preside will return no alarms after several repeated queries. - ANX in a mis-match state will return no alarms. - If DS3 equipment is added on the NE without hardware present, all remote inventory and shelf level graphics queries from Preside will fail, until the hardware is inserted. - The 4W MLC shows one of it's 2 circuits secondary states to be in Test on Preside when that is not the case. - The ADSL24 card is displayed as ADSL24+0 and should be ADSL24. - Remote inventory building block queries from Preside return a Vendor name of Nortel from AccessNode equipment. * Impact: Preside interaction deficiencies when unique configurations described above are existing on the remote system. * Pre-Increment work-around: Login to the remote system when using Preside to obtain clarification of the existing nodal states. System Configuration / Shelf Type Requirements: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This increment is applicable to all AN19.05 AccessNode configurations and shelf types. This increment affects OPC processor(s). Increments Needed: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- None, this is the first patch for AN19.05. Loads Affected: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- After successful application of this increment, the OPC load will be: ACNL19GY Special Instructions: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This increment requires the use of the command line ISD interface to deliver and apply this update. This new ability to enter the command line mode is executed by entering the following command from an OPC> interface (c-shell): opc> /iws/isd/isdproc NOTE: This command will start the ISD tool and deliver the ISD increments. The tool will prompt the user to hit any key to automatically rebuild the database, which should be done. From this point on, the tool will be menu driven. The user should chose option 2 to Apply Increments, and apply both increments available. Installation Instructions: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 home page at (http://www.zhone.com/support/patches/index.html), or you may order 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).