Nortel V2 Instruction Manual

Magellan Vector 2.0 Release Notes, Issue 1.9.1
Magellan Vector 2.0 Maintenance Release
Release Notes
Software Release Date: June 15 1998
Issue: 1.9.1
© 1998 Northern Telecom
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*Magellan is a trademark of Northern Telecom
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Revision Record
Issue Date Purpose
1.2 97-04-21 Summarize the Vector 2.0.3 Release
1.3 97-05-28 Summarize the Vector 2.0.4 Release
1.4 97-07-15 Summarize the Maintenance Release for VSS2.0.5
1.5 97-09-30 Summarize the Maintenance Release for VSS2.0.6
1.6 97-11-10 Summarize the Maintenance Release for VSS2.0.7
1.7 97-12-04 Summarize the Maintenance Release for VSM 2.0.5
1.8 98-02-16 Summarize the Maintenance Release for VSM 2.0.6
and VSS 2.0.8
1.9 98-04-17 Summarize the Maintenance Release for VSM 2.0.7
and VSS 2.0.9
1.9.1 98-06-15 Change the upgrade and downgrade procedures for
VSS 2.0.9. Correct the Hardware Summary table.

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Table of Contents
5 Revision Record 2
6 Table of Contents 3
7 Chapter 1 Introduction 5
Configuration Supported 5
Functionality Supported 5
New Hardware 5
VSS 6
VSM 6
MDP 7
Documentation 7
New contents in this release 7
Exclusions 7
8 Chapter 2
Release Considerations 8
9 Chapter 3
Service Requests11
Unresolved Service Requests 11
Descriptions of Unresolved Service Requests 11
Solved Service Requests 13
Descriptions of Solved Service Requests 13
10 Chapter 4
Vector documentation 15
NTPs available with this release 15
Installing NTPs online 16
Viewing NTPs 17
Addendum to NTP 241-9501-301 Vector Management Interface User Guide 17
Changes to NTP 241-9501-301 Vector Management Interface User Guide 19
Addendum to NTP 241-9501-301 Vector Management Interface
User Guide 20
Resetting the Network Module 20
Changes to NTP 241-9501- 501 Vector Switch Hardware Maintenance Guide 20
Selecting a MAC address 21
Removing and installing high-speed interconnect (HSI) cables 21
Addendum to NTP 241-9501-301 Vector Management Interface User Guide 24
Addendum to NTP 241-9501-501 Vector Switch Hardware Maintenance Guide 25
Replacing link modules 25
Replacing link select cards 27

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Appendix A
Upgrade Procedure 30
A.1 In Service Upgrade Procedure 31
A.2 Out of Service Upgrade Procedure 31
A.3 Out of Service Downgrade Procedure 35
Appendix B
Hardware Summary 40
Hardware Vintages 40

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Chapter 1
Introduction
These release notes highlight the functionality new to this Vector Maintenance
Release in the areas of Hardware, Vector Switching System (VSS) software,
Vector System Manager (VSM) software, and Magellan Data Provider (MDP)
software.This Maintenance Release provides bug fixes for the Vector Switch
Software (VSS) and the Vector System Manager (VSM) software. See chapter
3 for the list of resolved bug fixes.
Included in these release notes:
• Chapter 1 provides an overview of this document and the product
functionality included or excluded for this release.
• Chapter 2 contains general release considerations.
• Chapter 3 lists all the Service Requests that are resolved and high priority
unresolved Service Requests in this release
• Chapter 4 provides a list of the Vector Release 2.0.X Northern Telecom
Publications (NTPs), the procedure for accessing the Vector installation
document (NTP 241-9501-103), and last minute changes and additions to
the NTPs.
• Appendix A contains Vector Switching System software upgrade and
installation procedure for Release VSS2.0.8 Vector product.
• Appendix B is a summary of the available hardware.
Configuration Supported
• 2.5 or 5.0 Gbit/s Vector switches with the Vector Switching System (VSS)
software
• The Vector System Manager (VSM)
• The Magellan Data Provider (MDP)
Functionality Supported
New Hardware
• Link Module
• Link Selector
• Netmod Extender
• External Synchronization Interface (ESI)
• Back Plane

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• Power Module
• Fan Unit
• ASX-1000 air filter
• BIP II
VSS • Duplex operation (manual, fault-driven and forced SWACT)
• Vector 1.1 ER6 and Vector 2.0.4 functionality
• Hardware inventory
• ESI DS1 BITS
• ESI Line Timing for OC-3/STM-1, J2, DS3, E3, and OC-12/STM-4
Netmods
• Traps (new hardware and SWACT)
• VMI
• OAM cells for OC12, OC3, DS1, DS3, E1, E3, J2 interfaces
• Mixed i960HA SCP pair and i960CF SCP pair configuration support
• Called Address Screening
• Enhanced Traffic Management
• Enhanced Connection Admission Control (ECAC)
• SVC Failure Cause Counters and Traps
VSM • Vector 1.1 ER6 and Vector 2.0.4 functionality
• Discovery (new hardware)
• Equipment management (new hardware)
• Fault management (new hardware and SWACT)
• Manual and Forced SWACT
• ESI DS1 BITS
• ESI Line Timing for OC-3/STM-1, J2, DS3, E3, and OC-12/STM-4
Netmods
• OAM cells for OC12, OC3, DS1, DS3, E1, E3, J2 interfaces
• VSM-ForeView co-existence
• Called Address Screening
• Enhanced Traffic Management

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• Enhanced CAC
• SVC Failure Cause Counters and Traps
MDP • Billing support for fabric redundancy
• Updated BDF formats
Documentation
• Release Notes
• NTPs
New contents in this release
• VSM and VSS bug fixes, see chapter 3.
Exclusions Excluded from this release:
• Thermal below 5OC and above 40OC
Excluded from the product:
• Fore IP and SPANS
• ARP server on switch

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Chapter 2
Release Considerations
The following table lists the latest compatible releases for the products shown:
Product Release Table
Use the following instructions to load the MDP patch:
1) Log on to the MDP server.
2) Download (copy or ftp) the MDP patch file (P096_01.tar) to the MDP
server.
3) Stop any MDP processing by typing:
/iws/mdp/mdpadm shutdown
4) As root user, extract the fix from the tar file:
tar -xvfp P096_01.tar
The new executables will be propagated to the correct directories.
5) Restart MDP processing by typing:
/iws/mdp/mdpadm restart
The MDP BDF output formats have changed in the MDP R9.6 release. See
the Vector Data Collection System User Guide (NTP-241-9501-320) for
details.
Product Release
VSS (on-switch) VSS2.0.9_130_98.tar
VSM (off-switch) VSM2.0.7_131_HP-UX.tar
VSM2.0.7_131_SunOS.tar
MDP (off-switch) mdp096pai_sp413.tar.01
Following MDP Patch is required:
P096_01.tar

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The Vector Release 2.0.X switch does not support ARP Server functionality.
In cases where customers are running ARPSERVER on Vector Release 1.1,
they need to migrate their ARPSERVER configuration onto a host before or
during the upgrade to a Vector 2.0.X network.
Only one ESI module per switch is supported in this release.
The Partial Packet Policing function of the Enhanced Traffic Management
Feature requires the revision J fabric (PEC NTET51AD).
To support a mixed i960CF/HA SCP configuration, you must upgrade the
Vector Switching System (VSS) Software to at least Vector Release 2.0.2. In
the mixed i960CF/HA SCP configuration, each fabric pair must be
configured either with two i960CF SCPs or two i960HA SCPs. As shown in
following figure, the i960CF SCP cannot coexist on the same fabric pair as
the i960HA SCP.
Switch configuration with both i960CF and i960HA processors
The “configuration VCC modify” command is removed in Vector Release
2.0.4 and higher. In order to modify an UPC contract, you must delete the PVC
or PVP and then reprovision the PVC or the PVP with the new UPC contract.
Hot-Swapping (plugging IN and OUT on in-active fabric) the SCP CF
processor card (NTET11AA or ACCA0130-2001 SCP-ASXCF Rev. K/L/M)
can cause permanent damage to the board. The work-around is to remove the
fabric with the SCP card. This problem is resolved in the SCP HA processor
card (that is, NTET11AC).
The ESI card takes 125 seconds to sync to the source. Bellcore standards
indicate that a Stratum 3 clock must lock within 100 seconds.
OR
fabric 1
fabric 2
fabric 3
fabric 4
i960HA SCP
i960HA SCP i960CF SCP
i960CF SCP
active plane
inactive plane
fabric 1
fabric 2
fabric 3
fabric 4
i960CF SCP
i960CF SCP i960HA SCP
i960HA SCP
active plane
inactive plane

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Customers who are running 2.0.3, 2.0.4 or 2.0.7 and before with pmp or
backplane throughpaths configured must use the upgrade and installation
procedure described in Appendix A.
New firmware for the External Synchronization Card has been introduced
which improves the locking characteristics to the BITS timing source. A
version 9 listed under configuration esi show will be displayed for ESI cards
containing the new updated firmware.
Fast SPVC re-routing in the event of a cable failure has been introduced for
OC3 and J2 Netmods.
The reset command introduced in Vector Release VSS2.0.4 under operation
linkmod has been replaced in VSS2.0.8 with the command operation netmod
reset. This VMI command provides the ability re-initialize the specified
netmod. Note: Invoking this command causes service disruptions to all ports
on the affected netmod.
Users who wish to install or migrate to MDP version 10.3.1 should refer to the
Magellan Data Provider User Guide, NTP 241-6001-309 for installation and
operation instructions. MDP 10.3.1 (version MDP103Pax) requires the Solaris
operating system and application of patch 10.3-14.