Software Increment Release Notes
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Increment ID:   I04A1905
Release:        AN1905
Date created:   11-31-2002
Increment Type: APU
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Title: UER DS1 assignments, SAA-12 Recovery enhancement, TBM ALMPROV
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Following is a list of issues addressed in this Increment. See below
for more details.
1. UER DS1 internal reference number change.
2. Power-down recovery enhancement for SAA-12 cards on UE shelves.
3. Alarm Provisioning for TBM shelves.
4. Autonomous reset of Omega Linecards.
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1. UER DS1 internal reference number change.
* Description: A UER issue has been discovered when adding line service 
assignments on UER shelf 5 and higher. Some line terminations conflict
with the internal numbers assigned to the UER DS1 terminations. This 
will not impact the ability of the node to process calls from the UER,
but posting the UER DS1 facilities will not be possible. After the 
successful application of this increment, all UER shelves will 
properly display their respective DS1 facilities.
* Impact: Posting UER DS1 facilities on UER shelf 5 and higher will 
not display.  In addition, the lines which conflict will not post, as
well as their repective linecards. The conflict is only with CSC POTS
(LSR) lines. The AccessNode will also generate TRAP events and alarms,
as well as exhibiting sluggish user interface behavior. Should a trap 
occur, a warm restart will be needed in order to re-enter the FWPUI.
* Pre-Increment work-around: Avoid using UER shelf 5 and above.
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2. Power-down recovery enhancement for SAA-12 cards on UE shelves.
* Description: For customers who have a large number of SAA-12 UE 
line cards (NTNP41AA), outage situations involving the loss of the 
UE shelf would take an extended time to recover. This increment 
by-passes some of the diagnostic tests involved in returning to 
service the customers on the SAA-12 card from a power recovery,
thereby returning the card to service quicker and restoring the UE
shelf faster.
* Impact: Outage time is reduced for subscribers on the UE shelf, and
recovery for the UE shelves has been optimized.
* Pre-Increment work-around: Remove the TDM cards in the UE shelves to
allow one shelf at a time to recover when multiple heavily-loaded UE 
shelves have lost power.
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3. Alarm Provisioning for TBM shelves.
* Description: For TBM shelves only, the ALMPROV function that is 
commonly found as item 17 on many FWPUI user interface windows, would 
return a blank screen. 
* Impact: The user would not be able to disable the reporting of 
alarm events on a TBM shelf.
* Pre-Increment work-around: None.
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4. Autonomous reset of Omega Linecards.
* Description: A condition exists whereby the AccessNode processor 
could convict the Omega linecard as needing a reboot. This would result
in an LC602 log with the text "Auto Recovery Initiated" and a momentary 
loss of dial tone or a call cutoff. This change will reduce the chance
of an Omega linecard (NT4K67 and NTNP41 series) resetting autonomously.
* Impact: During a linecard reset, the card is not available for call
processing.  
* Pre-Increment work-around: None.
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Increments Needed:
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Increments I01A1905 through I03A1905 need to be successfully applied
prior to application of this increment.
Loads Affected:
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After successful application of this increment, the APU load will be:
ABM - ACCL19HI
TBM - ATBL19HI
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).