Software Increment Release Notes ================================ Increment ID: I09A1905 Release: AN1905 Date created: 07-14-2003 Increment Type: OPC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Title: OPC: Provisioning Manager and other fixes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Following is a list of issues addressed in this Increment. See below for more details. 1. Association Loss alarm is incorrectly reported at times. 2. Provisioning Manager timeout issues. 3. INM Connection Manager failure to open with large numbers of connections. 4. ISD rebuild for ANX and TDM loads. 5. Network Upgrade Manager does not show correct data upon initial entry. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Association Loss alarm is incorrectly reported at times. * Description: At certain times, the OPC will show an Association Loss alarm to an NE that has association. This increment addresses the issue. * Pre-Increment Impact and work-around: Prior to this increment, the Association Loss alarm at times is not correct and the OPC Reboot Load Manager is needed to determine the association status. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Provisioning Manager timeout issues. * Description: In AN18, the Provisioning Manager moved to a TL1 interface to query existing Network Element provisioning. In some circumstances the NE takes longer to respond to the TL1 queries. These changes allow the Prov Manager to stagger the requests to the NEs and the OPC to allow more time for the continued responses from the NE. These change will still allow the OPC Provisioning Manager to open with a non-responsive Network Element and the Update button will reissue the initialization TL1 commands to all NEs. Contact GSS for finetuning of these changes if problems are still encountered after applying this increment. * Pre-Increment Impact and work-around: Prior to this increment, the Provisioning Manager may fail to open. Direct TL1 commands can be used to provision facilities, DS0 services and manage cross-connects in AN1905. Refer to document 323-3001-190 for the TL1 users guide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. INM Connection Manager failure to open with large numbers of connections. * Description: The INM Connection Manager would fail to open once a significant number of connections were added. This change allows the INM Connection Manager to open with more connections. Contact GSS for finetuning of these changes if problems are still encountered after applying this increment. * Pre-Increment Impact and work-around: Connections would not be able to be queried, deleted, or added from the INM Connection Manager. OPC Connection Manager can be used to preform these actions on the local OPC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. ISD rebuild for ANX and TDM loads. * Description: Field operations have uncovered a situation where multiple TDM and ANX loads can be presented as needing to be applied. As load increments are load replacements for the device, the last increment includes all changes the previous increments included. This means that only the last increment need be applied. This software increment changes the way ISD determines the requirements for ANX and TDM increments, and will only show the latest increment as needed to be applied (if in fact a ANX or TDM increment needs to be applied). This increment should reduce the amount of time that a craftsperson would spend updating their network of all ANX or TDM increments. For instance, if the telco installed a new node to the span of control that contained UEs, then the ISD tool could show that several increments would need to be applied. With this change, only one will be marked as needing to be applied. * Pre-Increment Impact and work-around: The craftsperson would spend time applying increments, only to have the load entirely replaced by a later increment. Apply each increment in order. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Network Upgrade Manager does not show correct data upon initial entry. * Description: When entering the Network Upgrade Manager the first time, the message about what device the user is upgrading from is not displayed. This increment will provide for the proper display when preforming an upgrade from AN1905 to a later release. * Pre-Increment Impact and work-around: When upgrading from 1905, the NUM tool may need to be restarted for the proper display to be presented. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Increments Needed: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Increments I01A1905 through I08A1905 need to be successfully applied prior to application of this increment. Loads Affected: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- After successful application of this increment, the OPC load will be: ACNL19GY Special Instructions: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- None. 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 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).