Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15540 ESP for Cisco IOS Release 12.2(29)SV

This document describes caveats for Cisco IOS Release 12.2(29)SV for the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP (Extended Services Platform).

Introduction

The Cisco ONS 15540 ESP is an optical transport platform that employs DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) technology. With the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP, users can take advantage of the availability of dark fiber to build a common infrastructure that supports data, SAN (storage area networking), and TDM (time-division multiplexing) traffic. For more information about DWDM technology and applications, refer to the Introduction to DWDM Technology publication and the
Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Planning Guide.

System Requirements

This section describes the system requirements for the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP and includes the following sections:

Memory Requirements

The DRAM memory configuration is 128 MB, which is the default for the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP.

Hardware Supported

Table 1 Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Supported Hardware Modules and Minimum Software Requirements
Component	Part Number	Description	Minimum Software Version Required
Chassis	15540-CHSA		12.1(7a)EY2
Power supplies	15540-PWR-AC	120 to 240 VAC power supply	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-CAB-AC	Custom AC-input power entry cable	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-CAB-AC	North America	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-CAB-ACA	Australia	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-CAB-ACE	Europe	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-CAB-CU	UK	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-CAB-ACI	Italy	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-CAB-ACR	Argentina	12.1(7a)EY2
Filler motherboards and filler modules	15540-COV-01	Mux/demux motherboard blank panel	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-COV-02	Mux/demux module	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-COV-03	Line card motherboard blank panel	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-COV-04	Transponder module blank panel	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-COV-06	Processor card cover panel	12.1(7a)EY2
Fans	15540-FTMP	Fan tray module populated with eight fans	12.1(7a)EY2
Processor cards	15540-CPU	Processor card without switch fabric	12.1(7a)EY2
Mux/demux motherboards	15540-MMMB-0100	Supports mux/demux modules with OSC	12.1(7a)EY2
Mux/demux motherboards	15540-MMMB-0200	Supports mux/demux modules without OSC	12.1(7a)EY2
Mux/demux modules without OSC	15540-MDXA-04A0	4-channel Band A	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXA-04B0	4-channel Band B	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXA-04C0	4-channel Band C	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXA-04D0	4-channel Band D	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXA-04E0	4-channel Band E	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXA-04F0	4-channel Band F	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXA-04G0	4-channel Band G	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXA-04H0	4-channel Band H	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXA-08A0	8-channel Band AB	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXA-08B0	8-channel Band CD	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXA-08C0	8-channel Band EF	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXA-08D0	8-channel Band GH	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXA-16EH	16-channel Band EH	12.1(7a)EY2
Mux/demux modules with OSC	15540-MDXA-04A0	4-channel Band A	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXB-04B0	4-channel Band B	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXB-04C0	4-channel Band C	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXB-04D0	4-channel Band D	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXB-04E0	4-channel Band E	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXB-04F0	4-channel Band F	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXB-04G0	4-channel Band G	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXB-04H0	4-channel Band H	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXB-08A0	8-channel Band AB	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXB-08B0	8-channel Band CD	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXB-08C0	8-channel Band EF	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXB-08D0	8-channel Band GH	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-MDXB-16AD	16-channel Band AD	12.1(7a)EY2
Line card motherboards	15540-LCMB-0100	Supports four transponders with protection	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-LCMB-0200	Supports four transponders -East	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-LCMB-0201	Supports four transponders -West	12.1(7a)EY2
MM transponder modules	15540-TSP1-01A3	Ch 1-2 —1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-03A3	Ch 3-4 — 1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-05A3	Ch 5-6 —1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-07A3	Ch 7-8 — 1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-09A3	Ch 9-10 — 1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-11A3	Ch 11-12 — 1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-13A3	Ch 13-14 — 1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-15A3	Ch 15-16 — 1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-17A3	Ch 17-18 — 1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-19A3	Ch 19-20 — 1310nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-21A3	Ch 21-22 — 1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-23A3	Ch 23- 24—1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-25A3	Ch 25-26—1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-27A3	Ch 27-28—1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-29A3	Ch 29-30—1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-31A3	Ch 31-32—1310-nm MM 16 to 622 Mbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
SM transponder modules	15540-TSP1-01B3	Ch 1-2—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-03B3	Ch 3-4—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-05B3	Ch 5-6—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-07B3	Ch 7-8—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-09B3	Ch 9-10—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-11B3	Ch 11-12—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-13B3	Ch 13-14— 1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-15B3	Ch 15-16—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-17B3	Ch 17-18—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-19B3	Ch 19-20—1310nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-21B3	Ch 21-22—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-23B3	Ch 23- 24—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-23B3	Ch 23- 24—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-25B3	Ch 25-26—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-27B3	Ch 27-28—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-29B3	Ch 29-30 —1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
	15540-TSP1-31B3	Ch 31-32—1310-nm SM 16 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps with SC	12.1(7a)EY2
Type 2 extended range transponder modules	15540-TSP2-0100	Ch 1-2	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-0300	Ch 3-4	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-0500	Ch 5-6	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-0700	Ch 7-8	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-0900	Ch 9-10	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-1100	Ch 11-12	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-1300	Ch 13-14	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-1500	Ch 15-16	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-1700	Ch 17-18	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-1900	Ch 19-20	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-2100	Ch 21-22	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-2300	Ch 23-24	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-2500	Ch 25-26	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-2700	Ch 27-28	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-2900	Ch 29-30	12.1(11b)E
	15540-TSP2-3100	Ch 31-32	12.1(11b)E
Fixed rate SFP optics for Type 2 extended range transponder modules	15500-XVRA-01A2	ESCON and OC-3 1310-nm MM MT-RJ	12.1(11b)E
	15500-XVRA-03B1	Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel (1 Gbps) 1310-nm SM MTLC	12.1(11b)E
	15500-XVRA-03B2	1-Gbps Fibre Channel and 2 Gbps Fibre Channel 1310-nm SM MTLC	12.1(11b)E
	15500-XVRA-02C1	Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel (1 Gbps) 850-nm MM MTLC	12.1(11b)E
	15500-XVRA-02C2	Fibre Channel (1 Gbps and 2 Gbps) 850-nm SM MTLC	12.1(11b)E
	15500-XVRA-06B1	SONET OC-12 1310-nm SM MTLC	12.1(11b)E
	15500-XVRA-07B1	SONET OC-48 1310-nm SM MTLC	12.1(11b)E
Variable rate SFP optics	15500-XVRA-10A1	Low band (16 to 200 Mbps) variable rate, MM (1310 nm) with LC	12.1(12c)EV3
	15500-XVRA-10B1	Low band (16 to 200 Mbps) variable rate, SM (1310 nm) with LC	12.1(12c)EV3
	15500-XVRA-11A1	Mid band (200 to 622 Mbps) variable rate, MM (1310 nm) with LC	12.1(12c)EV3
	15500-XVRA-11B1	Mid band (200 to 1250 Mbps) variable rate, SM (1310 nm) with LC	12.1(12c)EV3
	15500-XVRA-12B1	High band (1.062 Gbps to 2.5 Gbps) variable rate, SM (1310 nm) with LC	12.1(12c)EV3

Determining the Software Version

Note We strongly recommend that you use the latest available software release for all Cisco ONS 15540 ESP hardware.

To determine the version of Cisco IOS software currently running on a Cisco ONS 15540 ESP system, log in to the system and enter the show version EXEC command. The following sample output is from the show version command. The software version number is shown on the second line of the sample output.

Upgrading the System Image

To ensure proper system functioning, follow the system image upgrading procedure described in the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP Software Upgrade Guide.

Note Always set the configuration register to 0x2102 when upgrading the system image using the config-reg 0x2102 command in configuration mode.

Feature Set Table

The Cisco IOS Release software is packaged in feature sets (also called software images) depending on the platform. Each feature set contains a specific set of Cisco IOS features. Table 2 lists the Cisco IOS software feature sets available for the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP.

Table 2 Feature Sets Supported by the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP
Feature Set	Introduced in This Release
Gigabit Ethernet	12.1(7a)EY2
Fast Ethernet	12.1(7a)EY2
Ethernet	12.1(7a)EY2
ATM OC-3/STM-1, OC-12/STM-4, and OC-48/STM-16	12.1(7a)EY2
SONET¹/SDH²	12.1(7a)EY2
POS³	12.1(7a)EY2
Coupling link	12.1(7a)EY2
Fibre Channel (1 Gbps)	12.1(7a)EY2
Fibre Channel (2 Gbps)	12.1(7a)EY2
FDDI⁴	12.1(7a)EY2
ESCON⁵ SM (200 Mbps)	12.1(7a)EY2
FICON⁶ (800 Mbps)	12.1(7a)EY2
FICON (1 Gbps)	12.1(12c)EV3
Token Ring	12.1(7a)EY2
SNMP	12.1(7a)EY2
CiscoView	12.1(7a)EY2
Cisco Transport Manager	12.1(7a)EY2
IP packets	12.1(7a)EY2
OSCP⁷	12.1(7a)EY2
APS⁸ protocol packets	12.1(7a)EY2
Point-to-point	12.1(7a)EY2
Hubbed ring	12.1(7a)EY2
Meshed ring	12.1(7a)EY2
IBM GDPS⁹ ETR/CLO¹⁰	12.1(7a)EY2
IBM GDPS 9 coupling link	12.1(7a)EY2
2-Gbps Fibre Channel protocol monitoring on transponder modules	12.2(18)SV
2-Gbps FICON protocol monitoring on transponder modules	12.2(18)SV
Functional image version diagnostics	12.2(18)SV
2-Gbps ISC links peer mode protocol monitoring on 2.5-Gbps transponder modules	12.2(22)SV
1-Gbps ISC links peer mode protocol monitoring on transponder modules	12.2(23)SV
SSHv1 client and server support	12.2(24)SV
SNMPv3 support	12.2(24)SV
Counter preservation on processor card switchovers	12.2(24)SV
Performance history counter support on Cisco ONS 15540 line cards	12.2(29)SV
SSHv2 support on Cisco ONS 15540	12.2(29)SV
Critical temperature shutdown support on Cisco ONS 15540. Temperature alarm thresholds can be configured.	12.2(29)SV

¹SONET = Synchronous Optical Networking

²SDH = Synchronous Digital Hierarchy

³POS = Packet over SONET

⁴FDDI = Fiber Distributed Data Interface

⁵ESCON = Enterprise Systems Connection

⁶FICON = Fiber Connection

⁷OSCP = Optical Supervisory Channel Protocol

⁸APS = Automatic Protection Switching

⁹GDPS = Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex

¹⁰ETR/CLO = external timer reference/control link oscillator

New and Changed Information

This section lists new features that appear in this and previous releases of Cisco IOS Release 12.2. The new features are sorted by release number.

New Features in Release 12.2(29)SV

The following new software features are available for the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(29)SV:

•

Critical temperature shutdown and configurable temperature alarm thresholds are supported.

New Features in Release 12.2(26)SV1

New Features in Release 12.2(26)SV

New Features in Release 12.2(25)SV

New Features in Release 12.2(24)SV

The following new software features are available for the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(24)SV:

New Features in Release 12.2(23)SV

The following new software feature is available for the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(23)SV:

New Features in Release 12.2(22)SV

The following new software feature is available for the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(22)SV:

•

2-Gbps ISC links peer mode protocol monitoring on 2.5-Gbps transponder modules.

Note

2-Gbps Fibre Channel/FICON protocol monitoring requires transponder functional image
release 1.A3 or later.

New Features in Release 12.2(18)SV2

New Features in Release 12.2(18)SV1

New Features in Release 12.2(18)SV

The following new software features are available for the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(18)SV:

Note

2-Gbps Fibre Channel/FICON protocol monitoring requires transponder functional image
release 1.A3 or later.

Note

2-Gbps Fibre Channel/FICON protocol monitoring requires transponder functional image
release 1.A3 or later.

Caveats

This section describes open and resolved severity 1 and 2 caveats and certain severity 3 caveats. The "Open Caveats" section lists open caveats that apply to the current release and may apply to previous releases. The "Resolved Caveats" sections list caveats resolved in a particular release, but open in previous releases.

Open Caveats in Release 12.2(29)SV

Symptom: Though the working trunk has a failure, the protection path may not become active for a Y-cable APS link when the client device is administratively shutdown and restarted.

Conditions: The symptom may be observed on some FC devices connected to 2.5-Gbps transparent transponder cards.

Workaround: Configure a loopback interface on the client side to restore the traffic.

Symptom: The patch commands saved on the system are not compatible with CTM (Cisco Transport Manager).

Workaround: Remove the patch commands that show up out of order after the configuration is saved. Then, reset the active processor card or switch to the standby processor card and reenter the patch commands.

Symptom: During normal operation, an outage may result when trying to connect through the console port. The console port issues error messages. These can be routine messages relating to Loss of Light on wave ports that were enabled. Interface alarm flapping may cause a hardware watchdog timeout that failed to switchover to the standby processor card.

Symptom: The GE optical link fails to come up between two Catalyst 65xx 8-port GBIC modules through the Cisco ONS 15540 transparent transponders when Forward Laser Control (FLC) is enabled on the system. The link fails to come up irrespective of the type of protection scheme.

Workaround: Use a 16-port GBIC module on the Catalyst 65xx or deactivate FLC on the Cisco ONS 15540.

Symptom: The Cisco ONS15540 might not allow you to connect to the standby processor card due to an authentication failure. This occurs when AAA or a local database is used for user authentication as this information (AAA or local database) is not replicated from the active to the standby processor card.

Symptom: When there are no connections on the OSC wave interface, the state of the interface and the line protocol must be down, and signal quality must be Loss of Light. But, the show interface command incorrectly displays the wave interface state as up, and the signal quality as good.

Conditions: The symptom is observed only when the PSM is inserted in subslot 0 of the motherboard.

Symptom: A temporary traffic interruption in 2.5G transparent transponders during ONS 15540 and 15530 CPU switchover. This depends on the software versions of the Active CPU before and after the switchover. When the switchover is complete, traffic resumes. This symptom is intermittent and may not affect all transponders in a chassis.

Conditions: This can occur when switching from a CPU that is running on IOS software without the fix for CSCec64326, to a CPU running on IOS software with the fix for CSCec64326. The fix for CSCec64326 involves changes to hardware settings, causing the temporary datahit.

Workaround: None. The problem will be fixed in a future release of IOS software.

Symptom: The client Laser on the ten gig interface goes down for around 4 to 5 seconds, when the FLC is configured on the waveethernetphy interface and PSM APS switchover happens on an ONS 15540 setup with a combination of 10GE transponder and PSM APS.

Resolved Caveats in Release 12.2(29)SV

Symptom: When a client or trunk laser fails, the show facility-alarm status command displays the Line laser failure detected error message. However, this error message does not indicate which laser has failed.

Condition: This symptom is observed on Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx cards when there are transparent transponders.

Symptom: Adding a Cisco ONS 15540 in to CiscoWorks Resource Manager Essentials 4.0 fails with RICS0001 error.

Condition: This symptom is observed while adding a Cisco ONS 15540 that is running on Cisco IOS Release 12.2(18)SV2.

Symptom: The Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx node may reload on performing shut/no shut on the wavee or wavepatch interface.

Conditions: This symptom is observed if the optical monitoring trap is enabled on the node.

Symptom: Cisco Transport Manager (CTM) does not retrieve the software version of the standby CPU of Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx, and marks the related network element (NE) as unreachable.

Conditions: This symptom is observed with Cisco IOS Release 12.2(24)SV or later. The symptom may not occur if the NE is lightly equipped (few transponder modules).

Symptom: If a protection switch module (PSM) is placed in subslot 0 of a LCMB, the optical supervisory channel (OSC) wave interface goes into an invalid state. The OSC recovers when the PSM module is removed from subslot0. If the chassis is reloaded with the PSM in subslot 0, the OSC wave interface will not be operational.

Workaround: Do not place the PSM module in subslot0 of the LCMB if the OSC port on that LCMB is being used.

Symptom: An informational warning is issued instead of a critical alarm when the line cards are shut down in response to a multiple fan failure event after issuing the environment-monitor shutdown fan command.

Symptom: The Cisco ONS 15540 ESP system does not shutdown if the fan tray is removed or is faulty.

Resolved Caveats in Release 12.2(26)SV1

Symptom: The physical Performance Monitoring (PM) statistics may not be collected correctly.

Condition: This symptom is observed on a Cisco ONS15500 series card that is configured for SNMP when optical monitoring traps are enabled.

Resolved Caveats in Release 12.2(26)SV

Symptom: When a CPU switchover is performed on an ONS 15540 or ONS 15530 system, the memory utilization on the new primary increases by 10MB. In such a case, the memory utilization may go up to 85%. This problem is seen only with 12.2 based images.

Symptom: PSM APS switchover may rarely occur on an ONS 15540 system due to false low alarms reported for the wdmsplit interfaces.

Condition: This occurs rarely when spurious low alarms are seen for the PSM wdm split interfaces.

Symptom: Traffic is disrupted for one to two seconds on ONS 155xx transponders configured with Forward Laser Control, when a protection switchover occurs on a trunk Protection Switch Module (PSM). This exceeds the specification of 50ms maximum failover time for the optical transport layer.

Workaround: Disable FLC on trunk-to-client direction of transponder, if feasible for the service. This workaround does not apply for ISC, ETR or CLO services.

Resolution: This will be fixed in the future release of IOS software on ONS15530 and ONS15540, with a caveat that the following configuration will not be supported on the platform:

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Transponder motherboard or linecard with on-board optical splitter module (even if the optical splitter is disabled by configuration)

Symptom: On an ONS 15540/15530 system with Protection Switch Module, if a CPU switch occurs with the APS state such that protect interface is active and working interface is standby, then after the new CPU comes up there will be an extra APS switch to working. This is seen with all ONS15540 and ONS15530 software based on 12.1 and 12.2.

Resolved Caveats in Release 12.2(25)SV

Symptom: The optical link fails to come up between two 8-port GBIC modules through the ONS15540 PSM DWDMs when forward laser control (FLC) is enabled.

Symptom: If a failed subcard is replaced by a new one, the show diag online output continues to indicate that there was a 'previous failure' for this subcard. This should have been cleared when the new card was inserted. This is specific to subcards, for motherboards the older failures are cleared when a new card is inserted.

Symptom: The system crashes when the functional image reprogramming is in progress for any of the line cards and the command show upgrade-information functional-image is issued at the same time through vty lines.

Resolved Caveats in Release 12.2(24)SV

Symptom: A warning is issued if the card has an unknown functional image. Version compatibility checks need to be performed during system initialization. The hardware version compatibility should identify any mismatch between functional image versions and hardware versions. The software version compatibility should identify any mismatch between the functional image and software image.

Symptom: If the transparent interface on a multimode transponder module is configured for Sysplex ETR traffic (encap sysplex etr command), the show interfaces transparent command output shows that forward laser control is set to off. Forward laser control is automatically enabled for Sysplex ETR.

Workaround: Add client input traffic and the trunk side laser will function.

Symptom: The Prot Switch Byte Failure - In Effect alarm message appears on the console.

Symptom: The show redundancy command is not valid on specific versions of the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP software but the choice still exists.

Symptom: Cisco IOS� devices running branches of Cisco IOS version 12.2S that have Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server or relay agent enabled, even if not configured, are vulnerable to a denial of service where the input queue becomes blocked when receiving specifically crafted DHCP packets. Cisco is providing free fixed software to address this issue. There are also workarounds to mitigate this vulnerability. This issue was introduced by the fix included in CSCdx46180 and is being tracked by Cisco Bug ID CSCee50294.

Symptom: The GE optical link fails to come up between two Catalyst 65xx 8-port GBIC modules through the Cisco ONS155xx transparent transponders when Forward Laser Control (FLC) is enabled on the system. The link fails to come up irrespective of the type of protection scheme.

Workaround: Use a 16-port GBIC module on the Catalyst 65xx or deactivate FLC on the Cisco ONS 15540.

Symptom: A receive failure might display a message that the laser is shut due to forward laser control.

Resolved Caveats in Release 12.2(23)SV

Symptom: If monitoring is disabled, Loss of Light on the local transparent interface results in Loss of Sync on the far side wave interface.

Symptom: DWDM links set at a 196.608-Mbps rate, or an uncommon rate close to this, may not work properly on the 2.5-Gbps transponder module. Link initialization failures and bit errors may occur.

Symptom: APS behavior for the aps clear command is inconsistent with the standard behavior if the following conditions occur:

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Traffic runs from the working link (link A) and you perform a manual switch to the protected link (link B), causing traffic to switch to link B.

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You enter the aps clear command for the aps-group; link A becomes active, regardless of whether the APS group is configured revertively or nonrevertively.

Symptom: The IDPROM values from the high band single-mode SFPs are not readable. The SFPs cannot be configured and cannot be used.

Resolved Caveats in Release 12.2(22)SV

Symptom: The OSC wave interface does not come back up after resolving a trunk fiber break if laser safety control was configured after the trunk fiber break occurred.

Resolution: Upgrade the Cisco ONS 15540 mux/demux motherboard functional image to release 2.67 or later.

Symptom: If a row is created in cApsChanConfigTable using createAndWait, a set operation on an instance of cApsChanConfigIfIndex might modify another instance of that object.

Symptom: If a one-way patch configuration is removed between a thru interface and a wdm interface, the system hangs for a long time and eventually crashes.

Resolved Caveats in Release 12.2(18)SV2

Symptom: In some instances the system crashes when it attempts to parse IP SNMP related commands.

Symptom: Link initialization failure due to Loss of Lock might occur for ESCON traffic on some transponder modules due to a transient failure of the clock recovery unit. Only some transponder modules are susceptible to this failure and not all. This is an initialization failure and not a run-time failure.

Resolved Caveats in Release 12.2(18)SV1

Symptom: Tracebacks related to processor hog issues are seen when reprogramming the 2.5-Gbps transponder module functional image.

Symptom: Issuing a Ctrl-U when connected to a raw TL1 port causes the system to crash.

Workaround: If a TL1 port is unused, apply an IP ACL to the management Ethernet interface that blocks the incoming TCP connections to that port.

Resolved Caveats for Release 12.2(18)SV

A Cisco device running Cisco IOS software and enabled for the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DOS) attack from a malformed BGP packet. The BGP is not enabled by default, and must be configured to accept traffic from an explicitly defined peer. Unless the malicious traffic appears to be sourced from a configured, trusted peer, it would be difficult to inject a malformed packet. BGP MD5 is a valid workaround for this problem.

Symptom: The system crashes when the user exits from the console after the active processor card has been removed and inserted online and is switched back to being the active processor card.

Symptom: Client Tx fault alarm is asserted when an SFP optics is inserted or upon a y-cable switchover.

Workaround: Upgrade to Cisco IOS Release 12.1(12c)EV3 and transponder functional image version 1.A2 or higher.

Symptom: In a point-to-point network topology setup where bidirectional PSM trunk fiber protection APS is configured, and the CDL (Converged Data Link) is configured for dcc and the controller type of the mux/demux module is 0x1104 (4-channel mux/demux module without OSC), APS cannot to track a valid ethernetdcc interface. Therefore the group cannot be associated.

Workaround: Do not configure CDL as dcc for PSM APS if the corresponding mux/demux module does not have OSC ports (controller type 0x1104).

Symptom: Continuous optical performance monitoring alarms cause memory leaks that lead to bus error exceptions and an unexpected reload.

Symptom: Unable to disable APS group through SNMP. The console or Telnet session hangs indefinitely after configuration mode is entered using the SNMP set command.

Symptom: When you enter the send break command on the active processor and keep the active processor in the ROM monitor (ROMMON) mode for a long time, the standby processor may reload because of a bus error exception.

Limitations and Restrictions

This section provides limitations and restrictions for Cisco ONS 15540 ESP hardware and software.

Transponder Modules

This section contains limitations and restrictions that apply to transponder modules.

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When you insert the standby transponder module in a y-cable protected configuration, remove the cable from the transponder module before inserting the transponder module into the shelf. Failure to remove the cable might result in errors that can affect the performance of the active signal received by the client equipment.

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CRC errors may occur with 2-Gbps Fibre Channel on single-mode transponders when high input power levels are received from the client laser sources.

Data errors or link-down conditions for 2-Gbps Fibre Channel might occur when used with certain client laser sources. Transmitters in some client GBIC and SFP transceiver units might send large overshoots in optical power with signal bit transitions, causing momentary overload conditions on the transponder client side receiver. The average transmitted power level from the GBIC does not violate the overload specification of the transponder client side receiver, so a power meter does not detect the overload.

The workaround is to attenuate the signal from the client equipment to a recommended level of -12 dBm when transmitting 2-Gbps Fibre Channel services.

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Error-free transmission of some D1 video signals (defined by the SMPTE 259M standard) and test patterns (such as Matrix SDI) cannot be guaranteed by the Cisco 15500 Series because of the pathological pattern in D1 video. This well-known limitation is usually overcome by the D1 video equipment vendor, who uses a proprietary, second level of scrambling. No standards exist at this time for the second level of scrambling.

Related Documentation

Use this release notes in conjunction with the following referenced publications:

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Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco ONS 15500 Series

Provides the regulatory compliance and safety information for the Cisco ONS 15500 Series.

Provides detailed information on the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP architecture and functionality.

Provides acceptance testing procedures for Cisco ONS 15540 ESP nodes and networks.

Provides processes and procedures for cleaning the fiber optic connectors and component interfaces of the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP.

Provides information on the network management systems that support the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP.

Provides a full TL1 command and autonomous message set including parameters, AIDs, conditions and modifiers for the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP.

Describes the Management Information Base (MIB) objects and explains how to access Cisco public MIBs for the Cisco ONS 15500 Series.

Describes how to upgrade system images and functional images on the Cisco ONS 15540 ESP.

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Warning	IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS This warning symbol means danger. You are in a situation that could cause bodily injury. Before you work on any equipment, be aware of the hazards involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar with standard practices for preventing accidents. Use the statement number provided at the end of each warning to locate its translation in the translated safety warnings that accompanied this device. Statement 1071 SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

For safety and warning information, refer to the Cisco Optical Transport Products Safety and Compliance Information document that accompanied the product. This publication describes the international agency compliance and safety information for the Cisco ONS 15xxx systems. It also includes translations of the safety warnings that appear in the ONS 15xxx system documentation.

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