V1.1.

Software Release Notes

Version 4.0

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 Table of Contents

Scope and Purpose .......................................................................................................................................................1

Software Introduction .....................................................................................................................................................1

Supported Functionality .................................................................................................................................................3

Compatibility ..................................................................................................................................................................6
9500 MXC Hardware Supported.........................................................................................................................6

Operating Systems Supported ..........................................................................................................................12

Computer Hardware Supported ........................................................................................................................13

Regional Settings Supported ............................................................................................................................13

Network Time Protocol (NTP) Servers Supported ............................................................................................14

Closed Field Issues......................................................................................................................................................14

Closed Significant Issues .............................................................................................................................................15

CT And Embedded Compatibility .................................................................................................................................16

Important Notes ...........................................................................................................................................................16

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Scope and Purpose

This document provides software release information on supported functionality, compatibility, and
known customer affecting issues, relating to the released software versions.

The intended users of this document are:

• Alcatel Customers
• Alcatel Value Added Resellers
• Alcatel Value Added Service Providers
• Alcatel Product Support staff
• Alcatel Field Service staff

Software Introduction
This software has been made available for customer release. In addition to previously supported
hardware and functionality it now provides additional support for:

The main features included in this release are:

• New IDU 300 ES capacities:

o 27E1 32QAM
o 32E1 64QAM
o 5E1, 10E1 QPSK
o 16E1 64QAM
o 93E1 256QAM
o 61DS1 64QAM

• New IDU 300 20x v2 capacities:

o 32E1 64QAM
o 40E1 16QAM
o 28DS1 QPSK and 64QAM
o 32DS1 16QAM

• Additional RAC 3X capacities

o 106E1 64QAM
o 93E1 256QAM

• Additional RAC 30v3 capacities

o 16E1 64QAM
o 4DS3 256QAM
o 1STM1 128QAM (improved coding gain)

• IDU 300 20x v2 Hot Standby Non-Protected Tributary.

• RAC 40 backwards compatibility.
• Display G.826 statistics for the combined performance of a 1+1 link.

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• DAC GE - Generic L2 Link Aggregation and Enhanced VLAN usability.

• E1 performance monitoring.
• Restore ANSI power settings.
• New Craft terminal Istaller with Vista Support
• Alcatel Lucent rebranding
• DAC GE status forwarding
• Increased maximum power limits for the ODU 300 HP ANSI rates
• SNMP trap message processing improvements

The following table lists the software details for this release.

Product ANV code Version Build Internal Reference

Number
9500 MXC Embedded 3DB23101AEAA 4.0 57 1341-092
Software

9500 MXC CT Software 3DB23103ADAA 4.0 259 0184-093

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Supported Functionality
The following headings list functionality that is currently supported by version 4.0 embedded and CT
software. New functionality is highlighted in bold italics.

Configuration
Populate information fields such as terminal name, site name, etc
View expected plug-in layout
Configure frequency, power, modulation and capacity
Configure tributary interface parameters
Configure DAC ES ports
Configure circuits
Configure IP routing
Set radio date and time
Manage software versions and download
View active license and download license
Configure ring protection
Configure dynamic routing
View equipment part numbers and serial numbers
Configure custom T/R splits
Configure trap destinations
Configure XP4 compatibility mode
Configure ring wrap and unwrap criteria
Configure system function names
Configure ring unwrap time
Configuration backup & restore
Link aggregation for DAC GE
RWPR for DAC GE
• Layer 1 link aggregation with redundancy
E1/DS1 backplane for DAC GE
Status forwarding for DAC GE
DAC GE - Generic L2 Link Aggregation and Enhanced VLAN usability
E1 performance monitor

Performance and Monitoring

View RSL
View G.826 15-minute and daily registers
View history graphs and reports
View real time G.826
View event log and view event history
View temperature values
View forward power data
View available supply voltages
View Ethernet performance statistics
View Ethernet performance history
Estimated BER (G.821) performance monitor for link history reports
Save performance data to file
View combined performance data for 1+1 protected links
G.826 Performance statistics are available for the offline receiver in a 1+1 link

Diagnostics
Activate tributary/AUX line facing loop back
Activate tributary/AUX radio facing loop back
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Activate digital loop back

Activate IF loop back
Activate circuit loopbacks
Transmit AIS on individual tributaries
Enable TX PA mute
View system summary
View problem and severity indicators
Disable ATPC
Enable DAC PRBS
Configure safety timers
View and control ring status
PRBS tester reset control
Perform software rollback and reset
Clear event log
Troubleshoot Ethernet circuits

Protection Support
Equipment protection supported
Hitless path protection supported
Unidirectional ring protection supported
Optical tributary protection supported
IDU 300 20x v2 Hot Standby Non-Protected Tributary

Communications & Networking

Serial interface supported
SNMPv2 interface supported
Ethernet interface support
NMS overhead channel supported
Static routing supported
OSPF routing supported
RIP II routing supported
Configure default gateway
Discover radios on local LAN

Miscellaneous Features
Manufacturing details supported
Watch dog supported
ATPC supported
CT auto-version supported (upload CT from radio)
Soft reset without interrupting traffic
As-built report supported
Data file to send to Help Desk
Launch new CT session for remote terminal

Alarms
Alarm hierarchy supported
User configurable alarm thresholds
Alarm I/O supported

Logs
Event log operational
Informational event log entries
Event log notes

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Security
Features controlled by license key
CT user security

Software Loading
Software loading – internal users only
Software loading – customer usable

CT Help
Customer support details
About CT
CT integration with alarm troubleshooting entries

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Compatibility

9500 MXC Hardware Supported

The following table details the hardware that is supported by this software and corresponding part
numbers. In case of realization variant or change of ics here we reported the minimum one supported.

It is important to note that while the hardware is supported by the software the hardware option may
not exist at this time.

Hardware Type Part Number Description

IDC 3DB23002AAAA Indoor Chassis, 1RU

IDCe 3DB23003AAAA Indoor Chassis, 2RU Extended
3DB23003ABAA
NCC 3DB23005AAAA Node Controller Card
FAN 3DB23004AAAA Fan Card
FAN 2RU 3DB23211AAAA 2RU Fan Card - INUe
INU 3DB23006AAAA Intelligent Node Unit, 1RU
INUe 3DB23007AAAA Intelligent Node Unit, Extended
3DB23007ABAA
NPC 3DB23021AAAA Node Protection Card
IDU 300 ES 3DB23023AAAA Indoor Unit, Fast Ethernet + 8xE1/DS1
IDU 300 155o 3DB23025AAAA Indoor Unit, 1xSTM-1/OC3, Hot Standby
IDU 300 20x v2 3DB23049AAAA Indoor Unit, 20xE1/DS1, Hot Standby, version 2
AUX 3DB23022AAAA Auxiliary and alarm I/O card
DAC 4x 3DB23009AAAA Data Access Card, 4xE1/DS1
DAC 16x 3DB23016AAAA Data Access Card, 16xE1/DS1
DAC 155o 3DB23011AAAA Data Access Card, 1xSTM-1/OC3, Optical
DAC 155oM 3DB23015AAAA, Data Access Card, 1xSTM-1/OC3 Multiplexed to
3DB23015ABAA 63E1/84DS1, Optical
DAC ES 3DB23017AAAA Data Access Card, 10/100baseT Fast Ethernet
DAC GE 3DB23118AAAA Data Access Card, Gigabit Ethernet
DAC 2x155e 3DB23012AAAA Data Access Card, 2xSTM-1/OC3, Electrical
DAC 3xE3/DS3 3DB23018AAAA Data Access Card, 3xE3/DS3, tributary protection

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DAC 3xE3/DS3M 3DB23010AAAA Data Access Card, 3xE3/DS3,tributary protection,

2xE3 Mux ports for framed E3 to E1 Bus or
transparent E3 (34Mbps pipe) to 17E1
RAC 30 v3 3DB23019ABAA Radio Access Card, ODU 300 version 3
RAC 40 3DB23024AAAA Radio Access Card, ODU 300, 64xE1, 1xSTM-
1/OC3, XPIC
RAC 3X 3DB23020AAAA Radio Access Card, ODU 300, 1xSTM1/OC3 and
2xSTM1/OC3

Hardware Type Part Number Description

ODU 300 EP & Frequency bands supported are:
HP 3DB23046AAAA 5, 6, 7, 8, 10,5 , 11, 13, 15, 18, 23, 26, 28, 38 GHz
3DB23046ABAA
Note: the software supports these frequency bands/splits however the
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Operating Systems Supported

The following table details the supported Operating Systems.

Operating System Notes

HP-UX 11i v1 Refer to Readme for installation instructions

Windows XP Pro (SP1) Refer to 9500 MXC User Manual for XP support information
Windows 2000 Pro (SP3) -
Windows NT 4.0 -
Windows 98 -
Windows Vista New Craft terminal Installer with Microsoft Vista Support

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Computer Hardware Supported

The following table details the minimum hardware specifications required to operate CT.

Attributes Minimum Specifications

Processor P3, 500 MHz

RAM 256 MB
HD space (install and operate) 80 MB
Monitor adaptor SVGA
Monitor display resolution 800 x 600
Monitor colours 256
Mouse Yes

Note: ATI video cards installed with a ‘Catalyst driver’ set earlier than 4.9 will cause the CT
performance page to stop working if the screen-saver activates. The workaround is to install the
latest video drivers from the video card manufacturer.

Regional Settings Supported

CT supports the following locales and there are no known limitations:

Albanian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian,
Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian,
Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbo-
Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Ukrainian.

The following table details known regional settings limitations.

Locales Known Limitations

Arabic The calendar does not display the day of the week correctly
Chinese The date format is not consistent in event browser, the calendar does not
display the day of the week correctly, and the alarms page is larger than 800 x
600 resolution
Hindi The alarms page is larger than 800 x 600 resolution
Swedish Commas are displayed instead of decimal points when entering the TR/RX
spacing and TX/RX frequency. CT will accept commas when the user enters
TX/RX frequency, however it will not accept commas for the TX/RX spacing.
The workaround is to use decimal points.
Thai Alarms page is larger than 800 x 600 resolution
Turkish Some event log entries in the event browser and link history pages may not be
displayed

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Network Time Protocol (NTP) Servers Supported

9500 MXC software has been successfully tested with the following NTP time servers.

• NetTime

Closed Field Issues

The following table lists field issues that have been fixed by this release.

Trouble Ticket # Issue Description

722 G.826 performance statistics were previously not available for a 1+1
protected link. The statistics now record the performance of the protected
link and not the performance of the individual receivers. Further refinement
of this feature is expected in a later software release.
1829 The DAC ES experienced frame check sequence errors for large packets
when configured for 48xE1 operation.
722 G.826 performance statistics are now available for the combined link and the
off line receiver in a 1+1 protected link.
2402 In a ring, when there is a protected radio or tributary connection to the ring,
this connection would fail to carry traffic.
1738 In an IDU protected system, transmit switching on LOS is now blocked if both
IDUs simultaneously get LOS. This means that a LOS fault on the other side
of a tributary Y cable will no longer cause a transmit switch.
2140 If an IDU 300 ES is connected in a link to an INU, and the INU routes C1 and
C2 to different paths so that they have different end points, then the IDU 300
ES would receive incoming Ethernet errors.
2154 Link status propagation was not working for Layer 2 Aggregation.
1805 Using a DAC 4x it is now possible again to pass a E1 from a DAC 4x across
the backplane and then onto a DAC155oM.
1964 ODU 300 HP 28 GHz exhibited output power transients at low power and low
temperatures.
2134 The DAC E3 / DS3M card occasionally had dribbling errors due to marginal
clock timing.
2808 Unwrap time in a twice wrapped ring has been improved from 3-10 seconds
down to 50-200 ms.

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Closed Significant Issues

The following table lists significant issues that were discovered during development/testing and
have been fixed by this release.

Software Type Issue Description

Embedded The traffic outage for a 1+1 ODU 500 configuration could exceed 200ms (max
598ms) if the TX power was set to maximum.
Embedded Excessive STM-1 traffic disturbances no longer occur when the TDM clock is
switched between NCC and NPC Cards or vice versa.
Embedded In an error free link the “BER threshold exceeded” warning would occasionally
be raised for no reason. This has now been resolved.
Embedded In an IDU protected system, when the offline IDU is power cycled and the on
line IDU has LOS there was a significant traffic hit as the off line IDU powered
up. This has now been resolved.

Embedded In an IDU protected system, an alarm has been added to indicate when the
partner IDU has been powered off.

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CT And Embedded Compatibility

Embedded Software Version Matching CT Software Version

3.3.49 and later 3.3.717 and later

Important Notes
1. Traffic may be affected when upgrading software between two specific versions of software.
Contact an Alcatel Lucent Technical Help Desk for details, contact details are on page ii of
these release notes.
2. When upgrading software ensure the remote end of a link is upgraded before the local end.
This is particularly important where the RAC 40 is involved.
3. A license upgrade requires a power cycle if the backplane type changes.
4. A power cycle or a RAC reinsertion is required if a capacity change exceeds the license
capacity size.

5. Care should be taken not to run OSPF and Static routing within the same internal OSPF routing
domain.
6. If Craft terminal loses communication with an IDU 300 SP radio when changing the IP address,
restart Portal to restore communication.
7. Disable any PC firewalls before performing a software download.
8. The channel authentication feature introduced in release v4.0 may cause a possible problem
when upgrade the software. This incompatibility happens only with current DAC-GE customers
that are using:
- Transport Channel Mode sets in “Rapid Failure Detection” or “Rapid Failure Detection and
Protection”,
- Two ends of DAC-GE link have different versions (one end with v4.0 and other end with
previous version v3.7 or lower).
The following steps or procedure for upgrading software are recommended in order to minimize user
traffic impact on DAC-GE:

Step 1: Before downloading new software v4.0 to both ends, change Transport Channel
Mode in both ends to “No Failure Detection - ES Compatibility” in Portal

Step 2: Download both ends with new software v4.0. After activated both ends with new
version, change Transport Channel Mode in both ends back to the original one (“Rapid
Failure Detection” or “Rapid Failure Detection and Protection”).

ALCATEL encourages its customers to report problems so we can resolve them as quickly as possible.
If you encounter a technical issue please contact us

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