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Customer Support Information SW Release5

Evolution Series SW

CUSTOMER SUPPORT INFORMATION

CSI-SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE5-0001

Software Package
Evolution

Subject:
1. SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE5A version R5A00

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Table of Contents
1.
1.1

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 3
Purpose and scope............................................................................................................ 3

2.
2.1

CURRENT SOFTWARE VERSIONS ................................................................................ 3

SW components ................................................................................................................ 3

3.
3.1

COMPATIBILITY ............................................................................................................... 4
HW version vs. SW version compatibility .......................................................................... 4

4.
4.1
4.1.1
4.1.2

FUNCTIONALITY .............................................................................................................. 6
SW Packages .................................................................................................................... 6
SW Package Release5...................................................................................................... 6
New functionality in R5A00:............................................................................................. 11

5.
5.1
5.2
5.3

BUGFIXES IN R5A00...................................................................................................... 12
HBER, LBER, EW detection ............................................................................................ 12
G.826 Performance Calculations..................................................................................... 12
Management IP Routing Subnet Mask............................................................................ 12

6.
6.1

INSTALLATION OF R5A00 PACKAGE........................................................................... 13

Procedure ........................................................................................................................ 13

7.
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
7.6

KNOWN PROBLEMS...................................................................................................... 16
OSPF Router ................................................................................................................... 16
T1/E1 Wayside can only be inserted in one channel Pr. IFU BASIC FRAME ................. 16
XPAND Upgrade ............................................................................................................. 16
DCC on LIU STM-4/OC-12.............................................................................................. 16
Gigabit Unit and near-end loop on RIU 311 .................................................................... 16
Gigabit Interface Unit (GIU) and 2+0 311Mb/s in One IFU Basic Frame......................... 16

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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
This document describes functionality in Release 5 of the Evolution family of radio relay systems.

2. CURRENT SOFTWARE VERSIONS

2.1 SW COMPONENTS
The table below lists all the existing software versions for each software component in the Evolution Series
family of radio relay systems. The SW components that are released together with this CSI are marked with
X.
Table 2.1: Current software versions

Component

Unit

Version

Release date

SW-FUNF5560A-BOOT

RADIO

R1A00

2006-January

SW-FKCN5551A-BOOT

SU BOARD

SW-SBC-APP

IFU Basic Frame

All Plug-in Units

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE1

SU BOARD

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE2

SU BOARD

R1A00
R2A00
R3A00
R1A00
R1B00
R1B01
R2A00
R2A01
R1A00
R1A01
R1B00
R2A00
R2B00
R2B01
R3A00
R3B00
R4A00
R4A01
R4A02

2006-February
2006-February
2006-September
2005-November
2005-December
2006- February
2006-April
2006-June
2006 February
2006 March
2006 May
2006 June
2006-September
2006-October
2006 October
2006 December
2007- March
2007- March
2007-May

R4B00
R4B01
R4B02
R5A00

2007-June
2007-June
2007 - June
2007-July

SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE3 SU BOARD
SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE3B SU BOARD
SW-EVOLUTIONSU BOARD
RELEASE4A
SW-EVOLUTION-RELEASE4B SU BOARD
SW-EVOLUTIONRELEASE5A

SU BOARD

Changed
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3. COMPATIBILITY
3.1 HW VERSION VS. SW VERSION COMPATIBILITY
The Evolution Series SW consists of a SW package containing all field downloadable SW components. The components in a package are compatible. BOOT SW can not
be downloaded in field.
Table 3.2: SU HW unit/board revision and the first SW to support it.
HW unit

SU BOARD

HW code

HW revision

FKCN5551A

R1A or higher

SWEVOLUTION_
RELEASE1
revision
R1A00 or later

SWEVOLUTION
_RELEASE2
revision
R2A00 or later

SWEVOLUTION_RELEASE3
revision

SWEVOLUTION_RELEASE4
revision

R3A00 or later

R3A00 or later

SW-FKCN5556ABOOT revision
R1A00 or later

Table 3.3: SU HW unit/board revision and the first SW to support it.

HW unit HW code
SU BOARD FKCN5551B

HW revision
R1A or higher

SW-EVOLUTION_RELEASE3 revision
R3A00 or later

SW-EVOLUTION_RELEASE4 revision
R4A00 or later

SW-FKCN5556A-BOOT revision
R3A00 or later

Table 3.4: Radio HW unit/board revision and the first SW to support it.
HW unit
RADIO

HW code
FUNF5560A

HW revision
R1A or higher

SW-EVOLUTION_RELEASEx
R1A00 or later

SW-FUNF5560A-BOOT revision
R1A00 or later

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SW_EVOLUTION_RELEASE4 R5A00 contains SW support for the following HW:

Table 3.5: SW Evolution Package board support
HW unit
SU BOARD

HW code
FKCN5551A-T
FKCN5551B-T

HW revision
R1A00 or higher

XVCR MAIN BOARD

RIU 155 BOARD
RIU 311 BOARD
LIU STM-1/STS-3
LIU S-1.1/OC-3 IR-1
LIU L-1.1/OC-3 LR-1
LIU L-1.2/OC-3 LR-2
LIU OC-3 SR-0
IFU FRAME

FUNF5560A
FDM5559A-T
FDM5559B-T
FLDM5554A-T
FLDY5623A-T
FLDY5689A-T
FLDY5690A-T
FLDY5691A-T
FUBU6325A-T
FUBU6325B-T

R1A00 or higher
R1A00 or higher
R1A00 or higher
R1A00 or higher

AUXILIARY BOARDS
(EOW)
AUXILIARY BOARDS
(64kb/s)
AUXILIARY BOARDS
(Alm&Ctrl)
AUXILIARY BOARDS
(E1/T1 Wayside)
LIU 25*E1 BOARDS

FNF5660A-T

R1A00 or higher

FKN5661A-T

R1A00 or higher

FKN5674A-T

R1A00 or higher

FN5688A-T

R1A00 or higher

FNCS5684A-T

R1A00 or higher

LIU 12*E1 BOARDS

FNCS5685A-T

R1A00 or higher

DXC

FNCS5670A-T

R1A00 or higher

LIU 16*T1 BOARDS

FNCS5686A-T

R1A00 or higher

LIU 8*T1 BOARDS

FNCS5687A-T

R1A00 or higher

FNZ5695A-T

R1A00 or higher

LIU 3xDS3/E3

FNCS5669A-T

R1A00 or higher

LIU STM-4/OC-12

FLDY5692A-T

R1A00 or higher

GIGABIT

R1A00 or higher
R1A00 or higher

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4. FUNCTIONALITY
4.1 SW PACKAGES
4.1.1 SW PACKAGE RELEASE5
This release includes the following Release 1 functionality:
Main Functionality
Includes
Terminal
System
1+0
2+0
HSB
HSB Dual Baseband
1+1 (no LPT)
1+0 in 2 Ant. directions
Hybrid Space Diversity
Modulation
XPIC
L6 GHz
Frequencies
7 GHz
13 GHz
15 GHz
Frame/Plug-In Units Line Interface Electrical STM1/STS-3 Unit
Line Interface Optical Unit
Opt SM OC-3 IR-1/STM-1 S-1.1
Radio Interface Unit
IFU Basic Frame
Transceiver Unit
Fan Unit
Ethernet 1x10/100Mbit/s Base-T
Ethernet
Interface on SU
Web Server
Management
Command Line Interface
Internet Protocol (Ipv4)
SNMP
Communication Ports

IP Router
Configuration

Description
STM-1/OC-3[155Mb/s]
Access solution
Split mount (outdoor)

128 TCM
ACAP, CCDP
ACAP, CCDP
ACAP, CCDP
ACAP, CCDP
Configuration, Test and alarms

Alarm and performance surveillance

LAN (TP)
2 Radio DCC
Line DCC
1 USB ports for serial communication
OSPF and RIP routing possibilities.
Configuration of parameters

System Housekeeping
SNTP
SW Licensing
Real Time Clock

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Software Download

Fault

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Configuration
Upload/Download/Restore
Production Data per board
SW version per board
Download of the following SW
components to the different boards
via SU.
SW Versions
Alarms
Alarm Event Notification
Configuration of Alarm Event
Notification
Alarm Severity Configuration
Alarm Blocking Configuration
Network Element Fault Log
Analogue Measurements

Test

Temperature Measurements
G.826 calculations on B1, B2 and
MS REI
- Cumulative, 15min, Day and
Month
Cumulative error pulses and block
pulses
- B1, B2 and MS REI
OOF Pulses
G.826 performance alarm
thresholds
Access Control via username and
password
Security Log
Looping and PRBS

RPS

Configuration of 1+1 and HSB

Performance

Security

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System Application SW
Transceiver Application SW
FPGA codes

Internal and for SNMP

RF Input Level (dBm)

Tx Ouput Level (dBm)
For FAN control
All applicable units

All applicable units

Switch/Restore Limits
Bidirectional/ Unidirectional
Manual Control
Reverting/Non-reverting

Alarms

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In addition the following Release 2 functionality of the Evolution SW is supported:

Main Functionality
Includes
Description
Line Terminal
SU Ethernet to Line/Optical
System
Modulation
64 TCM
32 TCM
Field downloadable
SBC
U6 GHz
Frequencies
7 GHz
18 GHz
8 GHz
Configure service channel and station phone
Frame/Plug-In Units EOW Auxiliary Unit
number

Line Interface Optical Unit

Opt SM OC-3 LR-1/STM-1 L-1.1
Line Interface Optical Unit
Opt SM OC-3 LR-1/STM-1 L-1.2
SW Download
Frequencies
Frame/Plug-In Units

RSSI

Patch support
23 GHz
11 GHz
4*64kb/s Auxiliary Unit

Time series
Cumulative

Configuration and control of 64kb/s channels

for interconnection to other terminals
Configuration of analogue interface for
connecting other service channel equipment
Alarms
Inventory: Production data and SW version
Test: Looping and PRBS
Same functionality as for Opt SM OC-3 LR1/STM-1 S-1.1 in R1A00 with modifications
for this board
( < 40km)
Same functionality as for Opt SM OC-3 LR1/STM-1 S-1.1 in R1A00 with modifications
for this board
( < 80km)

Configuration of each individual 64kb/s

channel
Setup of channel and direction for each 64kb/s
channel
Insertion/extraction of the 64k/s traffic into the
right timeslots on the OHC-bus
PRBS and Looping
Alarms
Inventory: Production data and SW version
On Web
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In addition the following Release 3A functionality of the Evolution SW is supported:

Main Functionality
Includes
Description
XPAND
75xE1 [155.520 Mb/s] 1+0,1+1,HSB 1
System
antenna direction
26 GHz
Frequencies
38 GHz
2 Frame Connection Panel Unit
Support for interconnection between plugFrame/Plug-In Units
in units in the 2 frames
PDH Interface 25*E1 Unit
Configuration of ports
Test: Looping
Inventory: Production data and SW version
Alarms
GB Ethernet Interface (GIU)
QOS
1x10/100/1000BaseT +
Half/full duplex configuration
3x10/100BaseT +
1000BaseX(SFP)
Enable/disable of Ethernet ports
LLF (Link Loss Forwarding) enable
Flow control enable
SDH/Sonet Mapping
Far end and near end loops
Monitoring of error rates
Time series
SNMP
RSSI
Cumulative
SNMP
LM update
LM Branding support
Configuration
License pr. ODU
In addition the following Release 3B functionality of the Evolution SW is supported:
Main Functionality
Includes
Description
3+0/4+0
XPAND
20xE1 [41.984 Mb/s]
System
40xE1 [83.264 Mb/s]
50xE1 [103.936 Mb/s]
METRO
Add/Drop terminal in 2 antenna directions.
E1 and DS3/E3 interfaces.
New symbol rates supported
SRM 5,6,7
SRM
SDH/SONET Digital Cross Connect Configuration of data in all 4 directions of
Frame/Plug-In Units
(DXC) Unit
DXC (in and out)
AU3 and AU4 configurations
Mapping configuration (VC4, VC3, VC12)
MSOH termination / generation
SNCP
SETS support
Interface 12*E1 Unit
Configuration of ports
Test: Looping
Inventory: Production data and SW version
Alarms

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Configuration of ports
Configure the interface specific parameters
such as cable length
Test: Looping
Inventory: Production data and SW version
Alarms
Configuration and control of the 4
analogue inputs
Configuration and control of the 8 alarm
inputs
Reporting of the 8 alarm inputs
Configuration and control of the 4 relay
outputs

In addition the following Release 4A functionality of the Evolution SW is supported:

Main Functionality
Includes
Description
XPAND
Terminal
System
Mix of:
E1 and SU-FE
T1 and SU-FE
as described in Grand Plan
Interface 8*T1 and 16*T1 Units
Configuration of ports
Frame/Plug-In Units
Test: Looping and PRBS
Inventory: Production data and SW version
Alarms
GIU
SW add-ons:
Port Mode MAC switching
Graphical Statistics and Performance
SU (SU-FE)
E1/T1 mapping
Wayside mapping
SNMP
New Config MIB
In addition the following Release 4B functionality of the Evolution SW is supported:
Main Functionality
Includes
Description
Traffic Node, 2 to 4 directions (1 or 2
XPAND
System
IFUs)

Frame/Plug-In Units

METRO
GIU

T1 in OC-3 mapping.
VC-12/VT-1.5 SDH/Sonet mapping with
DXC interface
LCAS (Link Capacity Access Scheme)

up to 4xSTM-1 using one of the following

mappings:
up to 4VC-4/STS-3c SPE or
up to 12 VC-3/STS-1 SPE

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Description
1xSTM-1 using one of the following
mappings:
up to 63 VC-12/84 VT1.5

E1/DS1 Wayside Auxiliary Unit

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DXC
1+1/HSB

Not mixed mapping on GIU. Interface to

DXC unit
DS1 or E1 coding
Configure the cable specific parameters
such as cable length for DS1
Synchronization using tributaries (E1/DS1)
GUI Improvements

4.1.2 NEW FUNCTIONALITY IN R5A00:

Main
Functionality
Frame/Plug-In
Units

Includes

Description

Line Interface Optical

Opt SM OC-12 IR1/STM-4 S-4.1

Laser On/Off control

RIU 311MB/s

DS3/E3
Management

SU Ethernet

Alarms
Test: Looping and PRBS
Pathtrace
DCC
Inventory
Supported in the following terminal types:
1+0
2+0
HSB
1+1
Alarms
Inventory
Mix of DS3 and E3 on a plug-in board. System
configured as SDH.
Inband Management supported on terminals

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5. BUGFIXES IN R5A00
These defects present in previous revisions have been corrected in R5A00.

5.1 HBER, LBER, EW DETECTION

The HBER, LBER and EW alarms are not detected in METRO 155Mb/s systems and XPAND 75xE1/96xT1
systems with 28MHz (ACAP) channel bandwidth configuration. Other bandwidth configurations for these
systems, 28MHz, 40MHz and 50/55MHz are not affected. Other capacities are not affected.
The defect was introduced in SW-EVOLUTION-R4B and is present in R4B00, R4B01 and R4B02 revisions.
The defect has been corrected in SW-EVOLUTION-R5A.

5.2 G.826 PERFORMANCE CALCULATIONS

G.826 performance calculations for the STM-1 Line Interface Unit may not be correct for SES/UAS. The
calculation of SES/UAS on the Line input has included alarms from the output direction on the unit. Thus
fading below radio threshold over the radio hop may introduce erroneous SES/UAS values on the Line Input
Side.
Cumulative Error pulses on the Line input are not affected by this defect.
The defect was introduced in SW-EVOLUTION-R3B and is present in R3B, R4A, R4B00, R4B01 and
R4B02 revisions. The defect has been corrected in SW-EVOLUTION-R5A.

5.3 MANAGEMENT IP ROUTING SUBNET MASK

When adding Static Route the subnet mask can not be set 0.0.0.0.
The defect was introduced in SW-EVOLUTION-R3B and is present in R3B, R4A, R4B00, R4B01 and
R4B02 revisions. The defect has been corrected in SW-EVOLUTION-R5A.

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6. INSTALLATION OF R5A00 PACKAGE

6.1 PROCEDURE
Note:
Do not upgrade from Release1 or Release2 on a running system. Upgrade from Release3 and Release4
is OK.
This SW package contains a whole new licensing scheme. Upgrading from Release1 or Release2 package to
Release5 will cause traffic down. New licenses have to be installed in order for the system to come up and
operate normally again. In order to install the licenses when traffic is down, one has to be at the site.
Note1:
This SW package contains new versions of FPGA codes compared to R3 and R4. Updating will therefore
cause a traffic break. Link may be out for up to 3 -4 minutes, depending on configuration. Please also note
that the link may first come up and run for a short period (minute) and then be out again for a short while,
before running normal again.
Download Procedure:
Use Web GUI to download to element. You need admin privileges to be able to download the new package.
Select Configuration Software and the SW Download tab. Select the first tar file for the R5A00 package.
The package contains four tars.

Figure 1: Downloading tar file

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Depending on what versions is on the active and inactive, the software installer will minimize the need for
transfer between web client and element. If the software is not complete after first tar, you have to choose the
second tar file. If the package becomes complete on the element, you are allowed to switch the software.
Use the SU SW Versions tab and click on Switch Software tab. The SU will restart, so the connection to the
WEB server is lost. You should be able to log in again after a short while.
Please note that with SW version R4Bxx information about the current SU is stored in the IFU Basic Frame.
As a result the SU has to be activated after the first restart running R4Bxx. Press the Set Current SU active
button displayed in figure 2.

Figure 2: Activating the SU after SW switch

The new package contains new revisions of XCVR Appl. SW as well as XCVR FPGA code. Both files will
be downloaded to the XCVR unit automatically. Please note that this may take several minutes to complete.

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Figure 3: Status after software switch

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7. KNOWN PROBLEMS
7.1 OSPF ROUTER
There is a known intermittent problem with the resolution of inter area routes
if an area connects to the backbone through more than one Area Border Router(ABR).
In this case routing may fail if multiple ABR's announce the same inter area destinations at different costs.
Workaround:
Use one ABR until a new SW version that fixes this problem is released.

7.2 T1/E1 WAYSIDE CAN ONLY BE INSERTED IN ONE CHANNEL PR. IFU BASIC
FRAME
Support for 2 channels will be available later.

7.3 XPAND UPGRADE

Unused XPAND PDH channels in R4A (or earlier revisions) results in enabling of unused ports and thus AIS
and LOS alarms after upgrade.

7.4 DCC ON LIU STM-4/OC-12

On the STM-4/OC-12 Line Interface Unit only D1-D3 can be configured for DCC management interface.
D4-D12 and single 64kb/s channel is not operational.

7.5 GIGABIT UNIT AND NEAR-END LOOP ON RIU 311

Near-end loop on the RIU in 311Mb/s systems for the Gigabit Unit (GIU) does not work properly. This
defect is only for the GIU in system with 311Mb/s channels.

7.6 GIGABIT INTERFACE UNIT (GIU) AND 2+0 311MB/S IN ONE IFU BASIC FRAME
2+0 configuration with Gigabit Interface Unit using one single IFU Basic Frame is not supported in R5A00.
The following systems are valid for the Gigabit Interface Unit when running 311Mb/s channels:
1+0, 1+1, HSB using one single IFU Basic Frame. Total capacity 311Mb/s over the radio hop.
2+0 using two IFU Basic Frames. Total capacity 622Mb/s over the radio hop.

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