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1. e After initial power up the CE may report a Minor AAL Fault alarm This can be cleared by warmstarting the CE controller 10 7 3 CHFRC e When AMI is selected use inverted data to avoid errored frames because of the number of Os in the data e Inthe channel config display Overbooking none means 100 utilization Overbooking enables over utilization of the channel Installation amp Release Notes Page 25 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 10 7 4 10 7 5 10 7 6 Link status does not indicate the actual status of the physical link The front panel LED display and Slot0 root menu link status indicate only that a given link is enabled i e active and does not reflect the state of the physical link Only the last cell of a sequence supports CLP 1 to DE 1 mapping This mapping occurs only if the last cell belonging to a frame has the CLP bit set FRC Error messages and random characters appear in MIB 24 and 25 fields ACP ACS Given the ACP when a single header error is injected in two consecutive cell headers the ACP properly corrects the first single bit error and discards the second errored cell However the HCS Error count under the PLCP Config Stats does not increment its count by 1 when the 2nd errored cell is discarded When one or more cells containing multiple header bit errors are detected the ACP properly discards all cells and the HCS Error count is
2. VJLIM YES YES YES YES Video SPVC Multicast VJLIM YES YES YES YES Video PVC Multicast MPG2V YES YES YES YES YES YES Video SPVC Multicast MPG2V YES YES YES YES YES YES Logical Multicast YES YES YES YES YES YES Note In the table above CR designates a controlled release Page 32 Installation amp Release Notes General DataComm
3. YES YES YES YES YES YES YES HPG HS YES 3s 7 ECC2 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES FRC YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES MS QED YES YES YES YES ETH YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES SCE YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES VE YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES VSM YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES STM YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES LINE INTERFACE MODULES DSX1 E1 IMA LIMs 4 ATM ports e YES YES DSX1 E1 IMA LIMs 16 ATM ports YES YES LCE 16 YES YES YES YES YES YES DS1 DS3 LIM Timing YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES E1 E3 LIMs YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES HSSI LIM DTE YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES HSSI LIM DCE YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES OC 3c STM 1 LIM Timing YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES OC 3c STM 1 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES STM 1 Electrical YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Serial I O LIM YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Page 30 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 Table 6 Feature Comparison Continued Feature 4 4 1 5 0 0 5 1 1 5 1 2 5
4. at a link for MOLN e SPVC VCI starts are fixed at 0 The VCI start of 32 that is displayed on the screen is intended as a reminder that VCIs below 32 are reserved and should be used with caution e Anew option has been added to the SVC Resource Table Auto SAP OFF with the default set to No If set to Yes the software automatically turns off this SAP when there is a signaling failure between the end to end signaling entities If you enable the Auto SAP Off option i e by selecting Yes you will need to manually turn on the SAP after a failed trunk is restored e When configuring the FRC adaptation controller always use Link 0 in the PVC Configuration Status table e When configuring VSM timeslots for transporting Nx64k data AAL1 is mandatory When transporting 64k data AAL1 is recommended AAL2 can be used for 64k data however bit errors may occur if more than 90 64 K channels are configured with CAS and CAS bits are changing at a high frequency e Regarding VSM echo cancellation putting in tandem the echo cancellers can cause degradation of voice quality A voice circuit that traverses more than one echo canceller inside or outside the VSM adaptation controller can experience degraded signal quality The limitation is avoided by enabling the echo canceller only at the final end points of the connection Refer to ITU T Specification G 168 regarding Digital Network Cancellers e When configuring ATM multicast on the VSM a ti
5. cod 032M021 001 frdoc bin Channelized Frame Controller CHFRC slave cod 032M022 001 cfdoc bin Circuit Emulation Controller CE slave cod 032M016 003 ce_lca bin Structured Circuit Emulation Controller SCE mprol cod 032M032 001 scelca bin Voice Service Module VSM mprol cod 032M033 001 48 60 96 and 120 Channels vsm bin 032M034 001 032M035 001 032M036 001 Enhanced Cell Controller with 155 Series LIM ECC mpro2 cod 032P025 001 with APS support eccpga cod Enhanced Cell Controller with 155 Series LIM ECC2 mpro2 cod 032P026 001 with APS support ecc cod OC 3 LIM oc3 cod Legacy Circuit Emulation 16 Link LIM LCE 16 lce cod 032P187 001 DX 1 16 link Inverse Multiplexing for ATM LIM DSX1 IMA elds1 cod 032P153 003 E1 16 link Inverse Multiplexing for ATM LIM E1 IMA elds1 cod 032P153 013 T1 BITS Node Timing Module NTM DS1 ntm_t1 bin 032P062 001 E1 BITS Node Timing Module NTM E1 ntm_el bin 032P089 001 Page 8 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 6 0 Xedge Switch Version 6 1 0 Software Files The table below lists the Xedge6000 Switch Version 6 1 0 software files provided on the Xedge Switch Software CD ROM Table 3 Xedge Version 6 1 0 Software Files Directory File Name File Name Description Version File Size README dir1 c
6. load the correct bin file as described in Section 7 0 Page 16 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 8 2 ACP ACS SCE and VSM Adaptation Controllers Wait until after upgrading to Version 6 1 before installing ACP ACS SCE and VSM adaptation controllers Install the slot controller into the desired slot in the switch node Use the Software Installation section of the Xedge6000 Software Configuration Guide 032R400 V610 to load the mprol cod compressed file to Slot0 Once the slot controller boots it will automatically download the mprol cod file from Slot0 For the SCE and the VSM adaptation controllers once the slot controller is reporting Active load the scelca bin SCE and or vsm bin VSM file s as specified in the Software Installation section of the Xedge6000 Software Configuration Guide 032R400 V610 ACP ACS OAM Hardware Software Requirements e The Version 6 1 0 software release and the new ACx hardware DOC HW Version 6J or greater provides the full OAM upgrade e The older ACS and ACP modules version 001 require the ac_lca bin file to be loaded The newer ACS and ACP modules 002 do not require the ac_lcea bin file if loaded this file will be erased when the slot is warm started Note To distinguish a 001 from a 002 look at the upper right hand corner of the root menu A 001 displays the current software level while a 002 displays
7. not the Root Menu screen Slot controllers can be installed using hot swap methods 1 At the Boot Menu select Warm start Note that the Slot Controller front panel LEDs will sequence from top to bottom Existing system software automatically downloads slave cod mprol cod and mpro2 cod files to the new controller Other required cod and bin files must be manually loaded as described in Section 7 0 2 After a few minutes the new Slot 0 Controller will boot its full feature code When finished the screen will prompt for a Username Type lowercase root and then press Enter 4 Type uppercase MANAGER and then press Enter Note Slot controllers are configured by the factory for nonSlot 0 operation For nonSlot 0 operation no hardware switch jumpers changes are required For Slot 0 switch settings check all jumper and switch settings as described in the Hardware Installation Guide 032R440 V610 before installing the controller 8 1 CHFRC FRC CE Slot Controllers 1 Install the slot controller into the desired slot in the switch node Diagnostics are per formed upon power up and software is automatically downloaded The front panel LEDs indicate the status of the controller 2 After the software transfer is complete the module will boot full feature on its own The Root Menu of Slot0O shows the controllers status A successful boot shows the controller as Active on the screen 3 Once the module is reporting Active
8. sectors of the flash EPROM To improve TFTP reliability with a SUN workstation type atthe TFTP prompt then set the SUN workstation retransmit timer to 1 second re 1 lt cr gt and maximum time out to 120 seconds ti 120 lt cr gt The DLIM Type options are in upper and lower case alpha characters in the software configuration Physical Layout screen The character entered for the DLIM type is case sensitive When upgrading the redundant Slot0 controller the slot controller should be prepared by removing the old files and performing a Garbage collect To prevent the in service controller from attempting to replace these files before this preparation is complete the AUTO TRANSFER feature should be disabled first Once the old files are removed and the Garbage collect is complete enabling AUTO TRANSFER allows the new code to be automatically transferred to the out of service controller Intermittently files may get corrupted during broadcast If after a broadcast the slot does not come out of boot compare the original file size to the file size on the affected slot controller Installation amp Release Notes Page 21 Publication No 032R901 V610 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Issue 4 February 2008 9 5 Redundancy Guidelines e Inserting any slot controller other than an ETH SMC into the Redundant Slot0 shelf position can result in damage to the ETH SMC adaptation controller in Slot0 e When configuring Slot0 redundancy i
9. user manuals and guides If you require detailed operating instructions please refer to those documents listed in the front inside cover of this document For information on new features and improvements for Xedge Version 6 1 X switch software consult the Patch Notes that accompany your product or contact your your authorized field service representative For the latest updates to all Xedge user manuals and release notes go to http www gdc com 2 0 Changes and Improvements Since Last Release The following hardware software functionality is supported by release Version 610 e Select Route Preemptive Routing for SPVCs e ISG IP Services Gateway Support for RIP2 Proxy ARP Next Tunnel Direct Flows to Tunnels using TOS field 2 1 Select Route This new feature gives SPVCs another level of prioritization for routing purposes The additional level of prioritization independent of Service Category provides SPVCs the ability to perform preemptive routing When there is not enough bandwidth to route all SPVCs over a physical link SPVCs of higher priority can bump SPVCs of lower priority 2 2 ISG IP Services Gateway Version 6 1 is the full release of ISG where 6 0 ISG was a Controlled Release ISG is an IP router with a 10 100 Ethernet port and connects up 256 IP tunnels The router will route between Ethernet and or Tunnels Tunnel encapsulation is RFC 1483 VC Based Multiplexing New features to ISG above version 6 0 0 inc
10. warm start is invoked Non A Series slot controllers warm start when a warm start is invoked During normal operation of the Switch a minimum of one slot controller must be installed for each power supply unit operating 1 e a Xedge6000 shelf with four power supplies operating must have at least four slot controllers Having too many power supply units installed for the number of slot controllers may cause invalid power supply events and TRAPS After changing the link type in the PVC Resources from NNI to UNI the target slot controller must be warm started Changing the link type from UNI to NNI does not require a warm start The ETH adaptation controller traffic shaping is for the Peak Cell Rate only Traffic shaping on the Sustained Cell Rate has not been implemented When using the ETH adaptation controller full line rate performance on all frame sizes may not be consistent with multiple ports and Tunnels As multiple Tunnels are utilized the overall performance is degraded When using multiple shaping rates or Spanning Tree similar conditions may exist Do not perform nested Telnet sessions as they will result in degraded Telnet performance When the screen menu prompts you to type esc to abort you may have to press Escape two or more times The auxiliary port on the Xedge6160 MAC1 chassis is not supported The filtering database on a bridge does not consistently report the source mac address from the sending device
11. 2 1 5 2 2 6 0 0 6 1 0 DELIM STM 1 LIM YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES VJLIM LIM NTSC PAL YES YES YES YES gt ES VH320 LIM NTSC PAL YES YES YES YES gt MPG2V MPEG 2 YES YES YES YES YES YES 7 NODE TIMING MODULES Node Timing Module DS1 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Node Timing Module E1 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES SWITCH FABRIC MODULES XH Switch Fabric YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES XS Switch Fabric YES YES YES YES YES YES YES XM Switch Fabric YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES CM Multiplexer YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES FEATURE SUPPORT PNNI Routing 7 5 7 ISG1 Next Tunnel YES ns 7 YES ISG1 RIP2 a a a ES gt 7 YES ISG1 Proxy ARP YES IMA MIN MAX gt Select Route 3 YES PVC Table Entries 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 6000 6000 ECC Differentiated UBR for MTS 5 7 a YES YES IP Routing YES YES Q SIG YES YES YES YES VP Queues with the ECC E s YES YES YES YES Billing YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES VSM Logical Multicast e YES YES YES YES YES YES VSM2 with FAX Relay e a YES YES YES YES MTS 1 0 YES YES YES YES YES YES CE PVC Multicast YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES DTL YES
12. 256 000 cells per controller e The ACS supports the current OC 3c STM 1 LIMs but not the new OC 3c STM 1 LIMs available with Xedge System Release Version 6 1 0 Installation amp Release Notes Page 27 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Channelized Frame Controller 032M022 001 e Provides four channelized frame to ATM interface ports for structured DS1 and El services e Supports four simultaneous DS1 or El ports at full bandwidth with optional DS1 2C 2CS DS1 4C 4CS E1 2C 2CS and E1 4C 4CS interfaces e For Frame Relay operation the maximum throughput for the slot controller per port is as follows Frame Size Circuit Rate Frames Sec Actual Rate 39 byte 1 536 Mbps 3596 1 122 Mbps 64 byte 1 536 Mbps 2834 1 451 Mbps 512 byte 1 536 Mbps 372 1 524 Mbps 4096 byte 1 536 Mbps 47 1 535 Mbps 39 byte 1 984 Mbps 4519 1 410 Mbps 64 byte 1 984 Mbps 3611 1 849 Mbps 512 byte 1 984 Mbps 479 1 964 Mbps 4096 byte 1 984 Mbps 60 1 535 Mbps Frame to ATM Controller 032M021 001 e Provides two frame relay HDLC frame transport or FUNI with DS1 2C E1 2C DS1 2CS E1 2CS SI 2C and HSSI DCE port interfaces e Supports an aggregate throughput above 75 Mbps e For Frame Relay operation the maximum throughput for the slot controller for both ports is as follows Frame Size Circuit Rate Frames Sec Actual Rate 39 byte 10 Mbps 17700 64 byte 18 Mbps 17700 512
13. An invalid entry is reported This occurs when sending 64 and 128 byte frames across 4 bridges at the same time The operation of the ECC cell controller does not allow a network address to be used as the address of the node For example a node address of 192 1 1 0 is no longer valid as in previous releases Page 18 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 9 1 al E Series OAM Performance Monitoring PM For proper operation of PM functionality you must set the connection type Manage configuration OAM Configuration Status OAM VC Port Config Status Table connection type and the Performance Mon Manage configuration OAM Configuration Status OAM VC Port Config Status Table Performance Mon so that the flow type and connection type are the same For example If the connection type is set to segment endpoint the PM source must be set to act_source_seg_manual and the PM sink must be set to act_sink_seg_manual If the connection type is set to end to end endpoint the PM source must be set to act_source ee manual and the PM sink must be set to act_sink_ee manual Note Cell based Continuity check and Performance Monitoring are currently not operational Only the manual selections are operational 9 2 Audio Video Delays The following end to end worst case delays are found when operating two codecs in a single AT
14. M node Table 5 Intra Node End to End Worst Case Delay Mode NTSC Delay PAL Delay Notes 90 ms 100 ms Use of Layer 2 audio is not recommended as lip synch cannot be attained IP 170 ms 180 ms Add one frame of delay when using SIF or Half CCIR601 33 ms NTSC 40 ms PAL IBP 200 ms 210 ms Add one frame of delay when using SIF or Half CCIR601 33 ms NTSC 40 ms PAL IBBP 230 ms 240 ms Add one frame of delay when using SIF or Half CCIR601 33 ms NTSC 40 ms PAL 9 3 Configuration Guidelines The slot controller names have been changed in the MIB in Version 6 1 0 This affects how they are displayed via telnet Ensure resources are available when configuring PVCs Services which require more resources than are available will not activate No error messages are generated in this case Do not enable statistics collection if 1000 or more connections are established modules will reboot Do not configure a PVC or SPVC with all the following parameters set to 0 SSlot Slink SVPI SVCI DSlot DLink DVPI and DVCI The system uses this setting internally Installation amp Release Notes Page 19 Publication No 032R901 V610 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Issue 4 February 2008 Note Note Note e For A series slot controllers approximately 480 cps of bandwidth must be reserved for switch management on NNI links where the Management Overlay Network MOLN is to operate E series slot controllers automatically reserves 3 567 cps
15. P mprol cod 032M024 001 ATM Controller PDH 16K 16K 901 only ac_lea bin 93541925 001 ATM Controller PDH 16K 64K 032M026 001 ATM Controller PDH 64K 64K 032M027 001 ATM Controller PDH 4K 4K w logical multicast ACP mprol cod 032M024 002 ATM Controller PDH 16K 16K w logical multicast enon 032M025 002 ATM Controller PDH 16K 64K w logical multicast 032M026 002 ATM Controller PDH 64K 64K w logical multicast 032M027 002 ATM Controller SDH SONET 4K 4K ACS mprol cod 032M028 001 001 only ac_1ca bin ATM Controller SDH SONET 16K 16K ATM Controller SDH SONET 16K 64K ATM Controller SDH SONET 64K 64K 032M029 001 032M030 001 032M031 001 Installation amp Release Notes Page 7 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Table 2 Xedge Version 6 1 0 Supported Hardware Continued Product Description Label Required Files Part Number ATM Controller SDH SONET 4K 4K w logical multicast ACS mprol cod 032M028 002 002 onl ATM Controller SDH SONET 16K 16K w logical multicast y 032M029 002 ATM Controller SDH SONET 16K 64K w logical multicast 032M030 002 ATM Controller SDH SONET 64K 64K w logical multicast 032M031 002 MS QED Adaptation Controller MS QED slave cod 032M009 003 Ethernet to ATM Adaptation Controller ETH slave cod 032M020 001 eth bin Frame Relay Adaptation Controller FRC slave
16. Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Software Installation amp Release Notes 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 g General DataComm Copyright 02008 General DataComm Inc ALL RIGHTS RESERVED This publication and the software it describes contain proprietary and confidential information No part of this document may be copied photocopied reproduced translated or reduced to any electronic or machine readable format without prior written permission of General DataComm Inc The information in this document is subject to change without notice General DataComm assumes no responsibility for any damages arising from the use of this document including but not limited to lost revenue lost data claims by third parties or other damages If you have comments or suggestions concerning this manual please contact General DataComm Inc Technical Publications 6 Rubber Avenue Naugatuck Connecticut USA 06770 Telephone 1 203 729 0271 Trademarks All brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations Documentation Revision History GDC P N 032R901 V610 Issue Date Release Description 1 November 2003 Initial Release of Xedge Switch System Software Version 6 1 0 2 April 2004 Add file sizes to Table 1 Add software files and upgrade guidelines 3 May 2007 Format update with minor corrections clarifications 4 February 2008 Minor corrections and updates Relate
17. YES YES YES YES YES YES YES ECC Automatic Protection Switching YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Installation amp Release Notes Page 31 Publication No 032R901 V610 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Issue 4 February 2008 Table 6 Feature Comparison Continued Feature 4 4 1 5 0 0 5 1 1 5 1 2 5 2 1 5 2 2 6 0 0 6 1 0 External Alarm YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES ILMI Address Registration YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Link Alarms YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Maximum IP Routing Table 200 200 200 200 200 200 512 512 OAM F4 F5 flows YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES RFC 1483 Encapsulation YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES SCE VSM PVC SPVC Multicast YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES SlotO Redundancy YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES System Timing YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES UNI 3 1 SVC Point To Point YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES UNI 3 1 IISP YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES UNI 3 1 MSC Point To Point YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES UNI 3 1 4 0 Point to Multipoint YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES UNI 4 0 Signaling Point To Point YES YES YES YES YES YES YES VJLIM Capped Variable Bit Rate YES YES YES YES Video PVC Multicast
18. age 24 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 10 5 Traffic Management 10 5 1 MOLN e When MOLN is changed to a new VPI VCI the user must do a restart on the slot controller for the resource change e When a link type is configured as NNI MOLN is assumed to be required In certain cases the user may want to allow proprietary signalling messages between nodes but not management traffic This can be accomplished by configuring the MOLN VC to use a different VPI VCI on each end of the link 10 5 2 Policing e The Policing disable option in the SVC Resource Table should apply to all connection types PVCs SPVCs and SVCs at any NNI link Currently this only applies to signaled connections 10 6 Switch Fabric Modules 10 6 1 XH e With a full Xedge6645 NPX shelf configured and one XH installed bit errors are observed 10 7 Slot Controller Modules 10 7 1 ISG e Interoperability with Cisco s ATM interface works with AALSMUX IP option selected only 10 7 2 CE e During the narrow band and wide band phases of acquisition the cell FIFO is allowed to exceed the maximum causing a 10 second time period when bit errors may be observed e When the CE adaptation controller is the root of a multicast tree adding or restarting a PVC causes data loss on other circuits associated with the root e AIS is not generated for starvation and overflow conditions
19. age 6 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 4 0 Unsupported Hardware Software This software release does not support the following Xedge6000 Switch hardware software e MS QED Adaptation Slot Controller P N 032M009 003 The MS QED slot controller is replaced by the ETH Ethernet to ATM Adaptation slot controller P N 032M020 001 e VH320 NTSC PAL H 320 Video line interface module P N 032M078 001 e VJLIM NTSC PAL JPEG Video line interface module P N 032M015 001 and 032M019 001 e NMS 3000 Manager is not supported in software version 6 1 0 and later Note Disregard any remaining references to the MS QED slot controller the VJLIM and the VH320 LIM in the Xedge6000 Switch manual set Note Refer to Section 11 0 Technical Reference later in this document for additional information on supported features and capabilities as compared with previous releases 5 0 Supported Hardware The table below lists supported Xedge6000 Slot Controllers and LIMS supported in Xedge Switch Version 6 1 0 and their required software files Refer to this list during software installations and upgrades to ensure the correct files are downloaded from the supplied CD Table 2 Xedge Version 6 1 0 Supported Hardware Product Description Label Required Files Part Number ATM Controller PDH 4K 4K AC
20. bps up to 4 x DS1 El or 2 x T3 E3 ports e Adaptive clock recovery e Synchronous timing loop timing and Synchronous Residual Time Stamping as specified in ITU 1 363 and ANSI DS1 630 for DS1 and El e Uses DS1 2CS 4CS DS3 2C E1 2CS 4CS E3 2C and SI 2C 4C LIMs SCE Slot Controller Part No 032M032 001 e Constant Bit Rate AAL1 circuit emulation for structured DS1 or El services e Provides up to 4 x DS1 or El ports with support for Channel Associated Signaling e Uses DS1 2CS 4CS E1 2CS 4CS LIMs ECC2 Slot Controller Part No 032P025 001 032P026 001 e Supports the following physical interface types 2 x OC 3c STM 1 DSX1 IMA E1 IMA e Conforms to ITU T 1 610 OAM Principles for Broadband Networks e Conforms to ATM Forum specifications as follows User Network Interface Version 3 1 Traffic Management Specification Version 4 0 Signaling Specification UNI Version 4 0 ILMI Specification Version 4 0 ACP ACP2 Slot Controller e ATM PDH Controller available with four different ingress egress cell buffer sizes 4K 4K 16K 16K 16K 64K or 64K 64K e Provides advanced modular buffering for up to 256 000 cells per controller e The ACP supports the current DS1 2C 2CS DS3 2C E1 2C 2CS E3 2C SL 2C 4C HSSI DTE and LCE 16 LIMs ACS ACS2 Slot Controller e ATM SDH SONET Controller available with four different ingress egress cell buffer sizes 4K 4K 16K 16K 16K 64K or 64K 64K e Provides advanced modular buffering for up to
21. byte 73 Mbps 8980 4096 byte 75 2 Mbps 1150 ETH Slot Controller 032M020 001 e Provides redundant Slot0 operation e Provides four port ethernet 802 3 bridging with RFC 1483 encapsulation enabled and the following throughput 1 input port to 1 output port over 1 tunnel Circuit Rate 1518 byte frames 807 pps 1024 byte frames 1190 pps 64 byte frames 13390 pps 4 input ports to 1 output port over 4 tunnels Circuit Rate 1518 byte frames 3192 pps 1024 byte frames 4656 pps 64 byte frames 21860 pps Page 28 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 VSM Slot Controllers 032P200 001 032M033 011 032M034 011 032M035 011 and 032M036 011 e Variable Bit Rate AAL2 per ITU T 1 363 2 and Constant Bit Rate AAL1 per ITU T 1 363 1 circuit emulation for structured DS1 or El services on a per channel basis e Provides up to 4 x DS1 or El ports with support for Channel Associated Signaling e The 032P200 001 supports Nx64K data AAL1 and 64K PCM voice AAL2 with CAS and idle channel removal e The 032Mxxx 001 controllers support Nx64K data AAL1 and the following AAL2 features 64K PCM or 32K ADPCM idle channel removal silence suppression 8K CS ACELP per ITU T G 729a FAX modem detection with automatic shift to 64K PCM or 32K ADPCM FAX modem detection bypass without CAS idle code TLP attenuation CBR traffic sha
22. commodate the new software files 9 If connected to the redundant Slot0 clear the telnet connection with Ctr1 T 10 For each non Slot0 controller Telnet to that particular slot and repeat Step 1 through Step As necessary refer to Table 2 and Table 3 in these release notes for which software files you must load and the file sizes 11 You can now transfer the software files to SlotO using a workstation via Ethernet LAN as described in the procedure below Transferring Files to Slot0 Via Workstation on Ethernet LAN 1 Configure the Xedge6000 Node for Ethernet 2 Set the Xedge6000 Node Authentication Table to allow SNMP access from the workstation 3 Bring up a second xterm window by left clicking on the background field of the display 4 Atthe prompt type usr openwin bin filemgrs Enter The File Manager window is displayed Insert the Xedge6000 software CD ROM into the CD ROM drive The CD ROM directories will be displayed for example dirl dir2 dir3 docs etc As necessary refer to Table 2 and Table 3 in these release notes for which software files you must load and the file sizes 6 Change the working directory to the directory containing the file to be downloaded cd cdrom cdrom0 dirl Installation amp Release Notes Page 13 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 7 4 Note Note 7 8 9 At the prompt type tftp t
23. d Publications Description Part Number Xedge 6000 Switch Application Guide 032R300 V610 Xedge 6000 Switch Technical Reference Guide 032R310 V610 Xedge 6000 Switch Software Ver 6 1 0 Configuration Guide Xedge 6000 Switch Software Ver 6 1 0 Release Notes 032R400 V610 032R901 V610 Xedge 6000 Switch Chassis Installation Guide all models 032R410 000 Xedge 6000 Switch Hardware Installation Manual 032R440 V610 Xedge 6000 Switch Diagnostics Guide 032R500 V610 ProSphere NMS User Manual AEM GFM SPM MV S ProSphere Routing Manager Installation and Operation Manual RTM INM ADM 032R610 VREV 032R600 VREV 032R605 VREV 032R606 VREV REV is the hardware revision 000 001 etc VREV is the software version V510 V610 v620 V710 etc In addition to the publications listed above always read Release Notes supplied with your products Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1 Xedge Switch System Software Version 6 1 0 0 5 1 0 OVEIVIEW O O 5 2 0 Changes and Improvements Since Last Release ooonnocccnnncccnoncccnonccononcnonancnonnncnnancconnnos 5 2 1 Select ROUTE A E E E A 5 22 ISG SAMA ande a ita 5 3 0 Slot Controller Firmware Requirements da 6 4 0 Unsupported Hardware Software vesical bes 7 5 0 Supported A A a a e a a e 7 6 0 Xedge Switch Version 6 1 0 Software Files cioociocinnici nonionicni
24. d on slot N link 0 the user cells coming into slot N Link 1 are counted as they enter the ingress connection of the switch 2 For every b user cells where b is the number of cells in the specified block size a PM Forward monitoring FM cell is generated The user cells and FM cells are sent out through the egress connection on slot N link 0 downstream to a remote PM sink connection 3 The remote PM sink calculates PM statistics and returns the results in Backward Reporting br cells upstream towards the PM source 4 These br cells are collected by the PM source slot N link 0 ingress connection and are routed up to the slot N management processor Therefore when a single slot controller is used on both sides of the switch fabric joining connections each PM source established uses both connections In this case a limit of 32 PM sources is reached involving 64 connections 10 4 Network Timing 10 4 1 NTM Software e With a two line reference OC 3 a primary line fault causes a major alarm which should be only a minor alarm 10 4 2 SNMP e The LIM fault trap is displayed in the events table but is not transmitted from the switch 10 4 3 Tunnels e Whena config cfg update is processed from the NMS SPM the ethernet tunnel table mapping table logical table physical table and stat table mibs are all corrupted Therefore calls can be generated from the SPM and the same results follow after the updated config cfg file P
25. d with IMA LIMS to Version 6 x software requires SMC or ECC in Slot 0 To maintain Slot 0 redundancy ETHs must be replaced by SMCs Upgrading Version 5 2 2 switches to Version 6 x software requires ECC IMAs to be manually reconfigured All other configuration files from all other Slot Controllers carry forward Upgrading any switch running software prior to Version 5 2 2 release requires all configuration files on all slot controllers to be manually reconfigured Old config cfg files do not carry forward to Version 6 x Page 12 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 7 2 Note 7 3 Note Optimize Flash Space This procedure optimizes flash file space for each slot controller Before performing a software upgrade you must backup all hosts config cfg def rtb dtl bin alr_cls txt users cfg and any customized files 1 From the Root Menu select Events Clear event table Yes and eXit From the Root Menu select File system Select Erase files gt a o Erase all the bin binary and cod compressed files In this case you are in Slot0 Later in this procedure you repeat this step for all other slot controllers Select checK media Type Y Select Garbage collect and wait for the Select option prompt Oi O SN Select media Info and then verify the following e Dirty files datais0 e Media free data is large enough to ac
26. e Version 6 1 0 Software Files Continued Directory File Name File Name Description Version File Size dir2 mib cac mib 522 dir2 mib diag asn 522 dir2 mib displim mib 522 dir2 mib elim mib 522 dir2 mib elimds1 mib 610 dir2 mib elime1 mib 522 dir2 mib elimaps mib 522 dir2 mib elimcommon mib 610 dir2 mib elimsonet mib 522 dir2 mib entity asn 610 dir2 mib ether asn 522 dir2 mib frac asn 610 dir2 mib frame mib 522 dir2 mib hdls mib 522 dir2 mib ima mib 610 dir2 mib lim_mpg asn 522 dir2 mib oam mib 522 dir2 mib pdh mib 522 dir2 mib plpp mib 522 dir2 mib qaal2 mib 522 dir2 mib qedoc mib 522 dir2 mib sce mib 522 dir2 mib slotstats mib 522 dir2 mib sonet mib 522 dir2 mib vpcTermination mib 610 dir2 mib vsm mib 522 Note Xedge Version 6 1 0 software and hardware manuals in Acrobat Reader PDF format are located on the V610 software CD under the following directory docs Xedge_docs Page 10 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 7 0 Software Upgrade Procedure The software installation upgrade is intended for a workstation using an Ethernet LAN The preferred method for transferring files onto slot 0 controllers is TFTP via LAN and then slot O to the other slot controllers as described in this section The blank Slot Control
27. g file will update the redundant Slot 0 Controller automatically As the file transfers the Root Menu will show File transfer Active and the redundant controller LEDs will show a TFTP in progress All module front panel LEDs will illuminate and then illuminate one at a time from top to bottom This sequence repeats until the TFTP transfer is complete Page 22 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 10 0 Known Limitations 10 1 Configuration When rumning full feature system software do not use the Load option in the Manage configuration menu to manually load configuration files as this is an unsupported function and may cause the slot controller to reboot When setting the time and date always supply the leading zero for the hour setting Otherwise the tens digit of the minutes setting is cleared The Broadcast of the Authentication Table is not consistent Verify that the table is properly sent to a target slot controller by viewing its Authentication Table Security Issue No more than 6 entries with traps enabled should be entered in the authentication table Exceeding this limit may seriously impact the user s ability to access the Slot0 mib 10 2 Signaling 10 2 1 10 2 2 10 2 3 10 2 4 Q SIG Optional Feature With an ACP or ACS slot controller in Slot0 there is a limit of 300 possible connections maximum When Max Pt Mpt Trees is
28. he Xedge6280 IMX chassis still generates alarms correctly the Xedge6645Slot0 DV2 chassis now ignores the input status If configured to active open or active closed a contact closure has no effect 9 4 File System Guidelines During a TFTP a copy of the original file being overwritten is maintained in flash while the new file is being transferred The new file has the gt characters preceding the file name e g gt Lave cod When the file transfer is successful the original files are marked dirty and the new file is renamed to exclude the gt characters If the file transfer is unsuccessful the old file is maintained and the new file is marked dirty In the case of an aborted TFTP run check Media followed by Garbage collect to release orphan sectors caused by the abort After a broadcast of code from Slot0 some slot controllers may still have the original slave cod and also have a file called gt lave cod Delete the gt lave cod file and perform a TFTP of the new slave cod to the slot controller Managing the file system is essential for ensuring sufficient room for loading new files i e for slave cod Because the transfer process maintains the old file until the new one is completely received you must maintain enough room in flash to accommodate the new file Remove all unnecessary files from flash If the system reports insufficient file space perform check Media followed by Garbage collect to recover any orphaned
29. hen press the Enter key At the tftp prompt enter the following commands connect IP_ADDRESS Enter mode binary Enter rexmt 1 Enter timeout 120 Enter trace on Enter optional for when user wants to see progress put filename Enter Repeat the tftp put for each of the files to be downloaded 10 You can now transfer the software files from Slot0 to other controllers as described in the procedure below Transferring Files From Slot0 to Other Slot Controllers 1 2 If necessary eXit to the Root Menu Verify all the required cod and bin files have been transferred to Slot0 as described in the previous procedure Select File system Type Directory Verify that the required files have been transferred to Slot0 As necessary refer to Table 2 and Table 3 in these release notes for which software files you must load and the file sizes 6 7 8 9 Type eXit until the File Operations screen is displayed Select TFTP Select Broadcast file Type slave cod Ifall 15 TFTP process slots 0 14 are used wait until the transfer is complete Otherwise continue to the next step 10 11 12 For each slot controller send the associated bin files to the associated slot In the following steps substitute the actual file name for filename and the actual slot number without spaces for slotnumber If you have Slot0 Standby instead of typing slotnumber you must type redund to TFTP the files to SlotO S
30. increased to 15 with 10 leaves per tree the Max Pt Pt Connections drops to 150 With an ACP or ACS slot controller in non Slot0 there is a limit of 500 possible connections maximum When Max Pt Mpt Trees is increased to 25 with 8leaves per tree the Max Pt Pt Connections drops to 300 ILMI If using SNMP authentication set the IP Address to 0 0 0 0 and the community string to ILMI for the ILMI entry this is not necessary if ILMI support is turned off Beginning with Xedge6000 Switch Version 4 1 1 you can turn ILMI support on or off SVC Calls with a valid status U3 are released inappropriately AAL 1E test cases fail because the outgoing setup adds an additional byte to the incoming setup SVC SPVC SVCs do not reroute in Xedge6000 if Explicit DTLs are used The Display Route feature displays only information for SVCs SPVCs that use DTL style routing Installation amp Release Notes Page 23 Publication No 032R901 V610 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Issue 4 February 2008 10 3 Switch Operations 10 3 1 System e Unexpected traffic on the management VC 0 5 causes the ECC to lockup in Fault 10 3 2 OAM Performance Monitoring Connection Count vs PM Source Count If different slot controllers are used across the switch fabric then the limit of 64 PM sources is reached If slot N link 0 is used on the egress and slot N link 1 is used on the ingress the following takes place 1 When a PM source is establishe
31. incremented accurately VSM R2 signaling is not supported when Compression Type is set to CS ACELP G729A 8K It is important to apply the Admin Status Reconfigure for configuration changes to take effect reliably Unless the reconfigure update is applied results of the configuration and the validation performed on the configuration are unpredictable The FAX detection feature of FAX bypass does not comply with the ITU G165 168 standard for disabling the echo canceller 10 8 Line Interface Modules 10 8 1 10 8 2 10 8 3 10 8 4 General Terminate all configured LIM ports with the appropriate impedance when a link cable is disconnected to prevent the generation of link up and link down alarms E3 2C LIM When an AIS condition exists on the link a loss of frame is displayed in the Alarm Handler HSSI LIM The HSSI DCE LIM does not respond to remote LB diagnostics OC 3c STM 1 Series Secondary Line fault causes Primary ref status to change when using a STM1 Dual Page 26 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 11 0 Technical Reference This section provides brief technical specifications capabilities and supported features for this release of the Xedge Switch modules 11 1 Xedge Modules Capabilities and Characteristics CE Slot Controller Part No 032M016 003 e Constant Bit Rate AAL1 circuit emulation e Supports from 2 4 K
32. ler LIM Log sheet below should be copied for use during software updates Installing Xedge software involves four processes performed in order e Optimize space on the target devices e Transferring Files to SlotO Using a Workstation Via Ethernet LAN e Transferring Files From Slot0 to Other Slot Controllers e Optional Special Software Files Table 4 Slot Controller LIM Log Sheet Slot Number Slot Controller LIM Installed Software Files Required sent Slot 0 Main Slot o Standby Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6 Slot 7 Slot 8 Slot 9 Slot 10 Slot 11 Slot 12 Slot 13 Slot 14 Slot 15 NTM Primary NTM Secondary Note Depending on your configuration and switch type some slot positions may be unused You do not have to log information for the Switch Fabric modules Installation amp Release Notes Page 11 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 7 1 Preparing to Install Software Before you begin you will need an accurate list of the types of slot controllers NTMs and LIMs in your node their slot locations and the software files required for each To simplify this process you will use the following tables in this section Table 2 Xedge Version 6 1 0 Supported Hardware Table 3 Xedge Version 6 1 0 Software Files Table 4 Slot Controller LIM Log Shee
33. lude RIP2 routing over tunnels Proxy ARP and ability to direct Flows to tunnels using the TOS field of the packet header Installation amp Release Notes Page 5 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 3 0 Slot Controller Firmware Requirements The table below lists only the assemblies where a minimum Xedge firmware boot EPROM revision level is required to support Version 6 1 0 Table 1 Firmware Requirements Part No Front Panel ID IC Minimum Boot PROM Part No Upgrade Kit 032M020 001 ETH ICU8 032Z080 612C N A 032M020 001 ETH ICU1 032Z080 609C N A 032M016 003 CE IC93 032Z044 602E 032K018 001 032M016 003 CE IC92 032Z044 601E 032K018 001 032M017 003 VE IC93 032Z044 618E 032K023 001 032M017 003 VE IC92 0327044 617E 032K023 001 032M024 025 ACP IC71 0327091 602B N A 026 027 001 U71 03221 10 602 032M024 025 026 027 002 032M028 029 ACS IC70 0327092 601B N A 030 031 001 U70 032Z111 601 032M028 029 030 031 002 032M021 001 FRC IC1 032Z080 609B N A 032M022 001 CHFRC 032M021 001 FRC IC8 032Z080 612B N A 032M022 001 CHFRC 032M021 001 FRC IC41 032Z080 615 N A 032M022 001 CHFRC 032M032 001 SCE IC89 032Z093 601A N A 032M033 034 VSM IC66 032Z200 601A N A 035 036 011 032P025 001 ECC XU1 032Z025 606A N A ECC XU2 032Z025 607A 032P026 001 ECC2 XU1 0327026 301 N A ECC3 XU2 032Z026 302 P
34. meslot on the source end of a unidirectional PVC SPVC must have the conditioning towards the ATM side set to None Otherwise the VSM interprets a lack of cells as an event requiring conditioning and conditions the ATM ingress cell stream The Conditioning status reported for the bundle associated with the timeslot will indicate Yes when the configuration is actually implemented This occurs on both the SCE and the VSM e Ensure all bundles are active before saving the config cfg file If not upon reboot the bundles do not return to the running state e The VSM adaptation controller does not support AAL2 multicast with CAS e Do not change the VP Start range for a link to O without deleting all the circuits over the link If you change the VP Start range on an NNI to 0 it changes the link type to a UNI it re initializes the VC routing RAM and then kills every circuit on the link The only work around is to change the VP range back again and warm start the slot controller Page 20 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 The Xedge6645 DV2 chassis has contacts for two external user status inputs The alarm handler allows these inputs and their SNMP Traps to be either enabled or disabled The inputs can be defined as active open or active closed and the alr_cls txt file allows them to generate Critical Major or Minor alarm types Although the SMM in t
35. nncariicc riadas datan 9 7 0 Software Upgrade Procedure unas tican iia n ieii i 11 7 1 Preparing to Install Software 1d eed ii 12 12 Optimiza Flash SPACE uns 13 7 3 Transferring Files to Slot0 Via Workstation on Ethernet LAN seeen 13 7 4 Transferring Files From Slot0 to Other Slot Controllers oooonnnccnnnncccnnncos 14 8 0 Installing New Slot Controllers iS 16 8 1 CHFRC FRC CE Slot Controllers occccccccnnnccncncnonononononononononinononinininininininnns 16 8 2 ACP ACS SCE and VSM Adaptation Controllers ooonnnoccnnnnccnnoncccnnnccinnnccnnns 17 9 0 Operational Guidelines A eae ee oie A 18 9 1 System G de LINES aus toa 18 9 1 1 E Series OAM Performance Monitoring PM c occcnoccccnncccnoncninnncninnnnnos 19 OD Audio Video Delays rna aus tise E tien E E AAE 19 9 3 Confisuration Guide Mes a demestanelesaneiaes 19 OA Bile System Guidelines 21 9 5 Redundancy Guidelines eiii dia rsdin datado i solas 22 10 0 Known LIA Ons Li AAA AAA E ees aaa ED 23 E Er A eect acess Goo gus nate say S ea ae Hans ease eee 23 10 2 Signaling ii Aid 23 10 2 1 OSIG Optional Feat re lid ER RTRS 23 A OS 23 102 SiS iS es dead aaa ae ccadd gaceetoadecacyecaam a a a a 23 10 2 4 SVC SPVC innsrcincnnic dire 23 10 3 Switch Operadoras 24 TTM OS Sted e ias 24 10 3 2 OAM Performance Monitoring coooccccooccnoncncnoncnonnnnnnnnnanonnncnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnno 24 104 NetWork TA a lr las de 24 Installation amp Release Note
36. nstall the slot controller with its thumbwheel switch set to O main in the main Slot0 slot Gust left of the switch fabric Install the slot controller with its thumbwheel switch set to 4 standby in the standby Slot0 slot After installation the main Slot0 controller loads its MAC address on the standby Slot0 controller so that communications with the NMS is maintained after a redundancy switchover e If using an ETH in slot0 when exiting the OOS redundant Slot0 controller the prompt will appear to save changed configuration y n Reply NO If a save is done to the config cfg file while the slot controller is out of service the config cfg file may be corrupted Only make changes to the config cfg file of the inservice slot controller and allow the auto update feature to update the config cfg file on the out of service slot controller The SMC will not allow a config change in OOS controller e Transfer of the switch fabric between Main and Standby is accomplished by the management processor via use of health check cells If the processor fails to get a health check response for 6 seconds it assumes that the switch fabric has failed or has been removed It takes another 1 second for the processor to initiate the switchover including 250ms for the transfer to take place for a total of approximately 7 seconds a health check period e When redundancy is available any configuration changes made and saved to the config cf
37. od smc cod System Software for SMC ISG1 610 966918 dir1 cod eccpga cod System Software for ECC PLD 522 80402 dir1 cod Ice cod System Software for LCE 16 512 224274 dir1 cod mpro1 cod System Software for ACP ACS SCE VSM 610 849659 dir1 cod mpro2 cod System Software for ECC 610 1139232 dir1 cod mprolisdn cod Q SIG System Software for ACP ACS VSM 610i 1028420 dir1 cod mpro2isdn cod Q SIG System Software for ECC 610i 1139280 dir1 cod 0c3 cod System Software for E Series LIMs 0c3_ 522 96837 dir1 cod slave cod System Software 610 631828 dir1 cod elds1 cod System Software for IMA LIMs 610 83643 dir2 bin ac_lIca bin Software for ACP ACS 001 controllers only 522 185982 dir2 bin ce_lca bin Software for CE 522 124000 dir2 bin cfdoc bin Frame Relay Module for CHFRC 610 305378 dir2 bin eth bin Software for ETH 522P2 381002 dir2 bin frdoc bin Frame Relay Module for FRC 610 334486 dir2 bin ntm_e1 bin Software for NTM E1 500 35732 dir2 bin ntm_t1 bin Software for NTM DS1 500 41539 dir2 bin scelca bin Software for SCE 522 147742 dir2 bin vsm bin Software for VSM 610 238338 dir2 mib apex mib 610 dir2 mib apexCommon mib 522 dir2 mib apexSlot0 mib 610 dir2 mib apexVc mib 610 dir2 mib atm asn 522 dir2 mib atmPort mib 522 dir2 mib aal5 mib 522 dir2 mib billing mib 522 Installation amp Release Notes Page 9 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Table 3 Xedg
38. ping cross companding types and echo cancellation per ITU T G 156 and G 168 STM Slot Controller 032P105 001 e Used in the Standby Slot0 position in non redundant configured NPX and DV2 systems to monitor and condition the system clock signals SMC Slot Controller e Provides extended slot O oriented features e Carries ethernet user traffic over ATM tunnels via an embedded the 10 100baseT port on the controller e Provides SlotO redundancy for Xedge 6280 6640 and 6645 shelves e Can manage up to 6000 PVC PVP in a Xedge shelf and can manage more than 4 ports per controller in the shelf i e IMA Installation amp Release Notes Page 29 Publication No 032R901 V610 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Issue 4 February 2008 11 2 Feature Compatibility with Previous Versions Table 6 Feature Comparison compares module features based on the Xedge software version Dashes indicate unsupported features CR indicates a controller release Table 6 Feature Comparison Feature 4 4 1 5 0 0 5 1 1 5 1 2 5 2 1 5 2 2 6 0 0 6 1 0 SLOT CONTROLLERS SMC gt gt YES YES ISG1 CR YES ACP amp ACS YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES ACP2 amp ACS2 YES YES YES YES YES YES CE YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES CHFRC YES
39. s Page 3 Publication No 032R901 V610 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Issue 4 February 2008 10 4 L NTM Software 01000 i 24 A A atid Seat A aah a alee deed vat 24 AS Tunes asian alla lib aii 24 10 5 Traffic Manage Met seice lides oleada ici 25 10 5 MOLN ee ene eae i i a a i a ed 25 10 52 Policing o as 25 106 Switch Fabrice Modules a a a iaa 25 TOGT A ata Sati oak od Mg eas hat ait ee cad a Heed 235 10 7 Slot Controller Modules 20 i a a a 25 TOT ISG ene e TS 25 1072 CE Son nnu ti anha aan a aT a AA 25 AA A ii ae i i i E O R E 25 TORA ERG llo 26 OS ACA a o aa 26 10 7 6 A A Rate te Aa kc atest 26 103 Eine Interface Modules coires ti arava onde A codi 26 10 8 1 General asada li ol al acia 26 10 32 E3 2C LIM en a had he ot stall asek eld ad a NG thc le Fa ao 26 1083 HSSTEIM A ep OP EA NI 26 A A os Cul ad BR ok EN St es 26 11 0 Technical Referenc rca 27 11 1 Xedge Modules Capabilities and Characteristics oooonoconnnnnnoninonnnannnnnoncnananonnnnns 27 11 2 Feature Compatibility with Previous Versions oooonoccnoncconcnnncnnonncconcnanncnnanonnncnos 30 Page 4 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 Section 1 Xedge Switch System Software Version 6 1 0 1 0 Overview These release notes provide information relevant to this version of the GDC Xedge6000 Switch formerly GDC APEX updating the information in the Xedge Switch
40. t 1 Make a copy of the Slot Controller LIM Log Sheet Table 5 2 Inthe Slot Controller Installed column write the abbreviated front panel product name of each slot controller NTM or LIM i e ACS NTM LCE 16 etc 3 Use the V6 1 0 Software File List Table 3 to find the software files required for each Slot Controller NTM or LIM in your node Write the file names in the Software Files Required column of the log sheet 4 Create a new directory on your hard drive C Xedge to receive the files 5 Insert the Xedge CD in the CDROM drive and copy the files to the newly created directory After reviewing the Special Considerations and guidelines below proceed to Section 7 2 Optimize Flash Space Special Considerations IMPORTANT If prompted with the option to Boot run time code do not select that option IMPORTANT You must optimize flash file space for each slot controller before upgrading software IMPORTANT You must transfer the slave cod file for a redundant Slot 0 individually not via broadcast mode IMPORTANT The ac_lca bin file is only required on the older version of the ACP ACS Cell Controllers 001 Do not transfer that file to the newer ACP ACS Cell Controllers 002 the file will be automatically erased on warm restart The version number is displayed in the upper right corner of the Root Menu Guidelines for V5 X to V6 X Upgrade Upgrading Version 5 nodes populate
41. tandby Type filename Press Enter Example eth bin Type slotnumber or redund Press Enter Example slot10 Example redund Page 14 Installation amp Release Notes Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 When finished eXit back to the Root Menu Wait for File transfer to toggle from Active to Inactive Wait for Slot0 Redund available to toggle from No to Yes Check Event table for any TFTP failures and resend files as required Select Warmstart Select Force slave cod Select Yes Wait for the User name prompt then type lowercase root Press Enter Type uppercase MANAGER Select Manage configuration Select 9 3 Physical layout Verify that all slot controllers are Active and the software version is correct Note When downloading software to an NTM it must be configured to provision timing in the switch as described in Chapter 18 Xedge V 6 1 0 Configuration Guide 032R400 V610 Installation amp Release Notes Page 15 Publication No 032R901 V610 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 Issue 4 February 2008 8 0 Installing New Slot Controllers This section describes the required procedures when installing new slot controllers into an existing node New slot controllers are shipped from the factory without software With no software installed your system will boot to the Boot Menu screen
42. the current software level and the REV of the boot PROM e The new ACS and ACP hardware does not change OAM functionality with pre Version 6 1 0 software e The Version 6 1 0 software release with pre 6J ACx hardware results in a limited OAM upgrade This hardware software combination does not maintain the sequence integrity for performance monitoring cells which pass through the switch Installation amp Release Notes Page 17 Publication No 032R901 V610 Issue 4 February 2008 Xedge 6000 Version 6 1 0 9 0 Operational Guidelines 9 1 Follow the guidelines in this section for optimal performance of the Xedge Switch system slot controllers and LIMs Contact your authorized field representative if you have any further questions System Guidelines When using multiple signaling channels CAC for switched connections is done on logical SAPs and physical SAPs while CAC for PVCs is done on physical SAPs only This is equivalent to having a separate bandwidth table for PVCs and SPVCs Do not use the Debug option available in the Diagnostics Inject_cell OAM screen This is supplied as a SERVICE SUPPORT TOOL ONLY Should an ECC slot controller reboot full recovery of all configured connections may take an average of 5 minutes per 1 000 connections configured Do not use a VPI value over 255 with ACP or ACS cell controllers By design an A Series Slot0 controller will always perform a force warm start even when a normal

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