Cisco ONS 15327 Manual

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Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327

Release 3.3

December, 2003

Release notes address closed (maintenance) issues, caveats, and new features for the Cisco ONS 15327

SONET multiplexer. For detailed information regarding features, capabilities, hardware, and software

introduced with this release, refer to Release 3.3 of the Cisco ONS 15327 Installation and Operations Guide,

Cisco ONS 15327 Troubleshooting and Reference Guide, and Cisco ONS 15454 and Cisco ONS 15327 TL1

Command Guide, Release 3.3. For the most current version of the Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327

Release 3.3, visit the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/ong/15327/rnotes/index.htm

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Contents

Changes to the Release Notes, page 2

Caveats, page 2

Resolved Software Caveats for Release 3.3, page 7

New Features and Functionality, page 10

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Page 1: Table Of Contents
SONET multiplexer. For detailed information regarding features, capabilities, hardware, and software introduced with this release, refer to Release 3.3 of the Cisco ONS 15327 Installation and Operations Guide, Cisco ONS 15327 Troubleshooting and Reference Guide, and Cisco ONS 15454 and Cisco ONS 15327 TL1 Command Guide, Release 3.3.
Page 2: Release Notes For Cisco Ons 15327 Release
Cisco tests only with the specific JRE actually shipped with the ONS software CD. DDTS # CSCeb05404 PWR-A/B alarms can become stuck for an ONS 15327 node in the event of a transient power failure. The alarms will clear after resetting both XTCs. This issue is resolved in Release 4.6.
Page 3 DDTS # CSCdx78825 The ONS 15327 XTC reboots after the XTC has received 64 or more ARP requests on a subnet different from that of the XTC. This situation can occur when the network settings (IP address and netmask) are incorrect for the craft Ethernet environment.
Page 4: Line Cards
B3 errors might appear on an OC-12 span after an XTC side switch. A one-time burst of B3 errors might occur after an XTC side switch when the ONS 15327 is configured with an OC-12 line card. This is a rare condition which has been seen in approximately 1% of such XTC side switches.
Page 5 BLSR Support for Mixed Node Networks The ONS 15327 is supported for BLSR in combination with ONS 15454 nodes only if Release 3.3 is installed and running on all BLSR nodes. If you wish to provision a BLSR on a combination of ONS 15327 and ONS 15454 nodes, you should upgrade to Release 3.3 on all ONS 15454 and ONS 15327...
Page 6: Performance Monitoring
STS PM counts on the other end are increasing. To see this issue, connect two nodes with an OC-12 or OC-48 linear 1+1 protected span. Place a piece of test equipment in the middle of the span and inject B3 Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327 Release 3.3 OL-2671-01...
Page 7: Resolved Software Caveats For Release 3.3
Section 6.2.2; specifically, an interpretation of the block diagrams in fig. 6.19 of the specification (which see). Provision a circuit on an ONS 15327 and inject a high rate of bit errors. Go to the performance monitoring screen and look at the ES, SES, and UAS counters. According to the Telcordia GR-253 block diagrams, when 10 consecutive SES are declared, UAS should be declared and should start counting from 10.
Page 8 From the variable optical attenuator, increase the attenuation ~20 db. The OC-48 trunk card starts to see signal degrade (SD) on its line. The near-end DS-1 port on the ONS 15327 starts to accumulate CV-V and ES-V. The far-end DS-1 should also show PM counts (i.e. CV-V, ES-V, SES-V, UAS-V), but does not.
Page 9 60 ms. In a node with only one XTC, the traffic disruption will be longer and may be unacceptable. Determine which XTC is active by Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327 Release 3.3 OL-2671-01...
Page 10: New Features And Functionality
Hardware Industrial Temperature With Release 3.3., the ONS 15327 and its line cards are certified for Industrial Temperature (I-temp) operation. I-temp certification specifies that equipment operate in temperatures between -40 to +65 degrees C. The ONS 15327 Ethernet (E100-4) and OC48-1-IR 1310nm cards are not certified for I-temp.
Page 11 I-temp certified. The new fan tray is backward compatible will any existing ONS 15327 chassis. The fan tray assembly consists of six fans, a status LED on the faceplate, and a fan control PCB.
Page 12 XTC Ethernet port for Release 3.3. Automatic host detection allows a CTC workstation on a different subnet from the ONS 15327 node to directly connect to the node and launch CTC. Once automatic host detection is enabled it remains active at all times.
Page 13 DCC peer. Craft Access Only In previous releases, when an ONS 15327 XTC card detected an active link on its LAN port it would advertise a route to other DCC connected ONS 15327s indicating that all packets with a destination matching its own subnet should be routed to its LAN port.
Page 14 AIS Off Mode for J1 Path Trace In previous releases, when a J1 trace mismatch is detected the ONS 15327 inserts AIS path in the timeslot. The AIS off mode feature will allow customers to choose between sending or not sending AIS-P downstream from the TIM-P defect.
Page 15 New Features and Functionality A span is the optical fiber connection between two ONS 15327 nodes. In a span upgrade, the transmission rate of a span is upgraded from a lower to a higher OC-N signal but all other span configuration attributes remain unchanged.
Page 16 Alarm Profiles The ONS 15327 includes an alarm profile feature. This allows you to change the default alarm severities (for example, change an alarm severity from minor to major) and apply the new severities at the card, port, node, or network level.
Page 17 ONS 15327 OC-N card. Far-end PM monitoring is not presently supported. An ONS 15327 performing IPPM examines the overhead in the monitored path and derives all of the near-end PM parameters in the incoming transmission direction while allowing the path signal to pass bidirectionally through the NE completely unaltered.
Page 18 Release 3.3, two fiber BLSR protection is fully supported and fully interoperable with ONS 15454 two fiber BLSR. The ONS 15327 node can support up to two 2 fiber BLSR configurations on any of the 4 high speed slots (Slots 1-4). The following guidelines should be used when implementing two fiber BLSR: You can have one BLSR operating at OC-12 and the other BLSR operating at OC-48.
Page 19 4.x. CTC can manage 25 nodes concurrently. The 25 nodes can be on a single DCC or split across multiple DCCs. Four concurrent CTC sessions can interact with the same ONS 15327 node at the same time. CTC Installation First-time use of the Cisco Transport Controller requires a computer loaded with a CTC-compatible Internet browser, a CTC-compatible version of the Java Runtime Environment, a target ONS 15327, and TCP/IP DCN connectivity.
Page 20 ONS 15327 can support a maximum of 32 DCC tunnel connections. For details on DCC tunnels you can create on the ONS 15327 and instructions on how to create them, consult the Cisco ONS 15327 User Documentation, Release 3.3.
Page 21 24-hour near-end and far-end counts are cleared from the card and the screen. When you clear all interfaces on the card, PM counts for all data and ports on all interfaces are erased from the card and the screen. Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327 Release 3.3 OL-2671-01...
Page 22 Span colors can be selected from color swatches on the Circuit pane of the Preferences dialog box. Firewall Access In Release 3.3, workstations can access the ONS 15327 using a firewall-compliant connection. Specify the port to connect through in the Firewall pane of the Preferences dialog box. Loopback Indication CTC provides a visual indication for ports, circuits, and circuit records that are involved in a loopback.
Page 23 ONS 15327 Release 3.3 documentation can be viewed in an online help window accessed through the CTC Help menu. The help is installed from the ONS 15327 Release 3.3 software CD or the documentation CD, using the new CTC Setup Wizard. The help window includes a table of contents and an index in frames adjacent to the body text.
Page 24 PC configuration in most subnetting environments. In combination with static route support, the craft PC can work with an ONS 15327 even when multiple nodes on the same DCC share a subnet and other crafts are connected. DHCP relay support includes support for User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and listening on Port 67 (the standard BOOTP/DHCP port).
Page 25 With zooming, it is possible to see and select one of up to ten DCC spans. • The size of the ONS 15327 icon has been reduced to allow for more nodes in a view. • Common Security Profiles...
Page 26 (GMT-03:00) Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo • (GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown • (GMT-03:00) Godthab (Nuuk) • (GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic • • (GMT-01:00) Azores, Scoresbysund (Ittoqqortoormiit) • (GMT-01:00) Praia - Cape Verde Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327 Release 3.3 OL-2671-01...
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Page 28 • Software Download Collision Avoidance Release 3.3 allows multiple users connected to an ONS 15327 ring to download software simultaneously. This functionality avoids collisions by prohibiting multiple software downloads from occurring on any single node. No special configurations are needed to use this feature.
Page 29 For example, if the existing password is “*@nite”, the new password cannot also be “*@nite”. TL1 Enhancements Note TL1 for the ONS 15327 has been made completely compatible with TL1 for the ONS 15454 in Release 3.3. Note See also...
Page 30 TL1 Test Access enables you to monitor and test circuits. Commands to connect, disconnect and change the test access (TACC) and test access connections have been added to TL1 for ONS 15327 Release 3.3. Refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 and Cisco ONS 15327 TL1 Command Guide, Release 3.3 for more information.
Page 31 The following condition is changed as of ONS 15327 Release 3.3. The FAIL_DS3_NE_FRM_MISMATCH condition is renamed to DS3-MISM. New Parameters as of ONS 15327 Release 3.3 The following TL1 parameters are new in the Condition table (new conditions) as of ONS 15327 Release 3.3: EQPT-MISS — Replaceable equipment/unit is missing EXERCISE-RING-FAIL —...
Page 32 New Features and Functionality The following TL1 parameters are new in the EQPT_TYPE table as of ONS 15327 Release 3.3: • • DS3E-12 • DS3NE-12 • • Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327 Release 3.3 OL-2671-01...
Page 33 RMV-<MOD2> RMV-<MOD_PORT> // Setting attributes of port/facilities // including disable facility ED-<OCN_TYPE> ED-EC1 ED-T1 ED-T3 OPR-PROTNSW-EQPT SW-TOPROTN-EQPT SW-TOWKG-EQPT System ED-NE ED-NE-GEN RTRV-NE RTRV-NE-GEN Testing OPR-LPBK-<OCN_TYPE> OPR-LPBK-<MOD2_IO> RLS-LPBK-<OCN_TYPE> RLS-LPBK-<MOD2_IO> Fault RTRV-ALM-LOG RTRV-LOG Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327 Release 3.3 OL-2671-01...
Page 34 Trace, Path Trace Message, and Path Trace Mode. Added support for Test Access. INIT-SYS Phase Field (Level of Initialization) is not supported anymore. OPR-LPBK-<MOD2_IO> The Loopback Type field is now optional. RLS-LPBK-<MOD2_IO> Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327 Release 3.3 OL-2671-01...
Page 35 The four colons after the CTAG field are now optional. Output – Added support for the following fields: Sync Status Messaging, Send DUS, Ring ID, and BLSR Type. Dropped support for Revertive Time. Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327 Release 3.3 OL-2671-01...
Page 36 The Name string in the Name/Value parameter has been changed from USEDST to SW-DX-EQPT The comma after the optional Mode field is no longer necessary. TL1 Commands New for ONS 15327 Release 3.3 Refer to the TL1 Command Guide for new command descriptions. Note...
Page 37 REPT EVT SECU // Autonomous message CANC // Autonomous message SYNCHRONIZATION OPR-SYNCSW RLS-SYNCSW REPT EVT BITS SYSTEM ED-NE-GEN CHG-ACCMD-<MOD_TACC> CONN-TACC-<MOD_TACC> DISC-TACC RTRV-NE-GEN RTRV-NE-IPMAP PORTS RMV-<MOD_PORT> RST-<MOD_PORT> STS & VT PATHS RTRV-PHTRC-<STS_PATH> ED-VT1 RTRV-VT1 SYNCHRONIZATION ED-NE-SYNCN RTRV-NE-SYNCN Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15327 Release 3.3 OL-2671-01...
Page 38: Related Documentation
Cisco ONS 15327 Product Overview, Release 3.3 • Obtaining Documentation The following sections provide sources for obtaining documentation from Cisco Systems. World Wide Web You can access the most current Cisco documentation on the World Wide Web at the following sites: http://www.cisco.com • http://www-china.cisco.com •...
Page 39: Obtaining Technical Assistance
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