9.2.34 Version Software Release Notes Cisco WAN Switching System Software
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About the 9.2 Release
The 9.2 software release supports the Cisco WAN switching products, BPX 8600 series, and IGX 8400 series. This release does not support the IPX switch.
Phased Release Strategy
The MSSBU rollout plans for the 9.2 release is based upon a series of incremental feature releases. This phased feature release strategy is designed to allow the earliest customer availability of key new features, consistent with maintaining high product quality. For the latest status of each 9.2 feature, please see below.
The minimum release version noted in the table below represents the minimum switch software version required for each feature. As usual, it is recommended that customers use the most current maintenance releases.
Definitions
Generally Available (GA)—Feature is ready for wide deployment with no restrictions. Customers deploying GA features are supported by the Technical Assistance Center (TAC).
First Customer Ship (FCS)—Feature is available for controlled introduction by selected customers. To trial use an FCS feature, please contact your account representative.
Customers selected for controlled introduction will receive assistance with test plan review and special support from the New Product Team (NPT) in addition to the normal Technical Assistance Center (TAC) support.
Pre-First Customer Ship (Pre-FCS)—Feature is not yet available in the Switch Software baseline.
Target Date—This is the date for feature delivery that is supported by current Engineering and Marketing plans. This date is subject to change.
Product
Feature Name
FCS/GAStatus
Minimum Release
IGX
Support for UXM XLR card
GA
9.2.30
BPX
Support Multiple VSI Partitions
FCS
9.2.30
IGX
HDM/LDM Control Lead Trap
FCS
9.2.30
IGX
Support UXM Feeder
FCS
9.2.30
IGX
SES Feeder to IGX
GA
9.2.23
BPX
Include SONET line protection: APS on BXM-OC3 and BXM-OC12 (1+1)
FCS
9.2.20
BPX
Include SONET line protection: APS on BXM-OC3 and BXM-OC12 (2 card, 1:1)
FCS
9.2.20
BPX
Support for 16K connections
GA
9.2.20
BPX
Support for LMI/ILMI on BXM card
GA
9.2.20
BPX
Support for Virtual Trunking on the BXM card
GA
9.2.20
BPX
Support for Virtual Switch Interface (VSI) 2.2
GA
This interface is available in 9.2.20. Use of this interface is dependent upon other products, for example IOS.
BPX/IGX
A-bit Notification
GA
9.2.20
BPX/IGX
Alarms for all service-affecting events
GA
9.2.20
BPX/IGX
Support for feature mismatch on BXM and UXM cards
GA
9.2.20
BPX/IGX
Support for Hitless Rebuild including Disable Auto Bus Diagnostics
GA
9.2.20
BPX/IGX
Support for IGX and BPX trunk reconfiguration without outage
GA
9.2.20
BPX/IGX
Support for Revision Interoperability between 9.1 and 9.2
GA
9.2.20
BPX/IGX
Support for UXM and BXM Multilevel Channel Statistics
GA
9.2.20
BPX/IGX
Support ports and trunks on the same UXM and BXM cards
GA
9.2.20
IGX
Support for ATM Forum Standard Compliant IMA Trunking with UXM Firmware Model B
GA
9.2.20
IGX
Support for Virtual Trunking on the UXM card
GA
9.2.20
IGX
Support VC traffic shaping on UXM port
GA
9.2.20
BPX
Support for APS Annex B
FCS
9.2.20
BPX/IGX
Real-Time VBR
FCS
9.2.20
IGX
Support Enhanced UXM (GA)
GA
9.2.20
IGX
Support for Idle code suppression for video on UVM and CVM cards
GA
9.2.20
IGX
Support for UXM VP tunneling
FCS
9.2.20
Software Release 9.2.34
This is a maintenance release including all features supported up to Release 9.2.30. The following files will be extracted from a TAR file upon upgrading to Software Release 9.2.34.
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Software Release 9.2.31, 9.2.32, 9.2.33
This is a maintenance release including all features supported up to Release 9.2.30.
Software Release 9.2.30
Includes all features supported up to Release 9.2.20 and introduces the following additional features:
Support for Multiple Partitions
Support for UXM Feeder
Support for HDM/LDM Control Lead Trap
Support for UXM XLR Back Card
Software Release 9.2.23, 9.2.22, and 9.2.21
Includes all features supported up to Release 9.2.20.
Software Release 9.2.20
Includes all features supported up to Release 9.2.10 and introduces the following additional features:
Support for Real-Time VBR (rt-VBR)
Support for Early A-bit Notification (This feature is an enhancement to the Early A-Bit Notification feature in release 9.1)
Support the Service Extension Shelf (SES) Feeder to IGX
Software support for Enhanced BXM and UXM cards
Software Release 9.2.10
Includes all features supported up to Release 9.2.01 and introduces the following additional features:
Support for Virtual Switch Interface (VSI) 2.2
Support for 16K connections
Support for UXM VP tunneling
Support for APS Annex B
Support for Multiple Protocol Label Switching (MPLS); MPLS-Virtual Private Network (VPN); and MPLS Class of Service (COS). See clarifications section for more details.
Software Release 9.2.01
Includes all features supported in Release 9.2.00 and introducing the following additional features:
Support for Virtual Trunking on the BXM card
Includes SONET line protection: APS on BXM-OC3 and BXM-OC12 (1+1)
Software Release 9.2.00
Introduces the following features:
Support for Virtual Trunking on the UXM card
Support for both ports and trunks simultaneously on the same UXM and BXM cards
Support for Hitless Rebuild including Disable Auto Bus Diagnostics
Support for UXM and BXM Multilevel Channel Statistics
Alarms for all service-affecting events
Support for Revision Interoperability between 9.1 and 9.2
Support for IGX and BPX trunk reconfiguration without outage
Support for ATM Forum Standard Compliant IMA Trunking with UXM (IGX 8400) Firmware Model B
Include SONET line protection: APS on BXM-OC3 and BXM-OC12 (2 card, 1:1)
Support for LMI/ILMI on BXM card
Support for feature mismatch on BXM and UXM cards
Support for Idle code suppression for video on UVM and CVM cards
Support VC traffic shaping on UXM port
Support for UXM STM-1 Electrical back card
Clarifications
1. Release 9.2.31 introduced a new command—cnffdrlmiparms—which makes the feeder LMI timers and counters configurable. This command is currently supported on BPX only and cannot be added in the Job mode.
where slot.port specifies the feeder trunk to configure. The details of the other parameters are as follows:
Timer
Description
Range (sec.)
Default (sec.)
T396
LMI polling timer
5-30
10
T393
SPC STATUS ENQUIRY timer
5-30
10
T394
SPC UPDATE STATUS timer
5-30
10
N394
Max retry count for SPC STATUS
ENQUIRY/ REPORT procedures
1-10
5
N395
Max retry count for SPC UPDATE
STATUS / ACK procedures
1 -10
5
2. In Release 9.2.31 the system parameter 2 (cnfsysparm2) is changed from "Fail Connections On Communication Break" to "Allow CPU Starvation of Fail Handler."
The old parameter has been removed as it violated the principle of the separating control and data plane. The new parameter allows a new feature to be turned off, which gives CPU to the Fail Handler at the expense of the Transaction Handler in case the Fail Handler does not get scheduled for a long time.
3. Do not mix MEE and MEF (or higher) in Y-red pairs for BXM 2-port group enhanced cards (OC-3 or OC-12 port). Addyred will fail if both are in standby mode, or the primary card has been activated with MEF (or higher) and the secondary card has MEE.
4. For the BXM 2-port group, enhanced cards activated with MEF or higher, downrev to MEE will bring the cards into MISMATCH mode. This applies to both single cards and Y-red pairs.
5. Release 9.2.30 introduced four new commands in BPX:
addctrlr to add VSI capabilities to a trunk interface to which a Feeder of type AAL5 is attached. This command is basically run as the second step in adding a PNNI controller.
delctrlr to delete VSI capabilities from a trunk interface to which a Feeder of type AAL5 is attached. This command is basically run as the first step in deleting a PNNI controller.
cnfvsipart to configure VSI partition characteristics. Currently, we can only enable VSI ILMI functionality using this command.
dspvsipartcnf to display VSI partition characteristics. Currently, this command only displays information about VSI ILMI functionality.
6. There are changes in the following command starting from Release 9.2.30:
cnfrsrc
Allow start VPI = 0 for a VSI partition on a port interface, provided there is only one VSI partition on the port interface.
Prevent second VSI partition from being enabled on a port interface if the first VSI partition uses a start VPI = 0.
Prevent a VSI partition from being disabled on a trunk interface if a PNNI controller is attached to the trunk interface controlling partition being disabled.
cnfport
Prevent disabling ILMI protocol on a port interface, if a VSI ILMI session is active on a VSI partition on the port interface.
Prevent configuring ILMI protocol on port interfaces to run on the BCC, if a VSI ILMI session is active on a VSI partition on the port interface.
cnftrk
Prevent configuring ILMI protocol on a trunk interface to run on the BCC, if a VSI ILMI session is active on a VSI partition on the trunk interface.
addshelf
Prevent adding a feeder to a trunk, if VSI ILMI session is active on a VSI partition on the trunk interface.
7. The multiple partitions introduce two VSI partitions on trunk and port interfaces on the BXM card. One partition can be used for MPLS, and one can be used for PNNI. Virtual Trunk can have only one VSI partition or can be used for AutoRoute, but cannot be used for both VSI and AutoRoute simultaneously. This project introduces six service class templates in addition to the three existing templates.
Even though tag ABR is supported in Service Class Template (SCT), neither the MPLS controller nor the BXM firmware currently support this.
The configurable VPI/VCI introduces 2 new parameters in addctrlr and addshelf commands, through which the user can specify the VPI and VCI of the master-slave control channels.
8. There is a change in reporting of port group numbers in Release 9.2.32. Previous image (MEC) of BXM used to report a 1-port group for the 2-port group cards at the channel statistics level 2 and 3. This made the port belonging to second port group unusable.
Upgrading to 9.2.30 software first and then burning the BXM card with the MED firmware, BXM will report 2-port groups for 2-port cards all the time. The smooth transition between the earlier 1-port group and the newly reported 2-port groups also displays the message in dspcd "Inconsistency with logical PG #" (port group number). All earlier software will "mismatch" the card.
If the BXM card is programmed with MEC or earlier firmware revision, the channel statistics are level 2 or 3 will report 1-port group. Burning an MED image will result in 2-port groups, but for backward compatibility the software will not do the recomputation of LCNs based on the new port groups. In its logical database, this will not impact the AutoRoute connections.
For VSI controllers the reported value will be higher than the actual available LCNs. That means a VSI controller may not be able to add connection even though the available connections are non-zero. If the user wishes to remove the above discrepancy, the card must be brought to the standby mode.
Note that the newly configured card or the card in standby mode programmed with MED image brought to the active state will not have above discrepancy.
9. In BPX nodes that use processor cards with 32 MB of RAM, it is possible to run out of memory in the Hitless Region. This can happen if the node is too heavily configured with cards and connections. The recommendation below should prevent memory aborts.
In nodes that have processor cards with 64 MB of RAM, there should be no Hitless Region memory problem. This is because 64 MB processors contain a second Hitless Region, which is larger than the first.
The following calculation will help prevent memory aborts on BPX processors with 32 MB. For simplicity, the numbers are approximate. It is necessary to add up the number of cards in the node, as well as the number of connections, and make sure that the total does not exceed the recommendation.
During system initialization, roughly 17,100 blocks of the available 40,000 are used for the card database.
In addition, assume that 1500 blocks will be needed for each BXM card that can support 16K connections, which is the more common configuration. Some BXM cards can support 32K connections, and these will need 3000 blocks of the Hitless Region. This chunk of memory is allocated at the insertion of the BXM card and will not be released until a card of different card type is inserted.
Also, 300 blocks will be needed for each 1000 via connections on the node. This can be viewed with the user command dspload.
40000 blocks maximum total (34000 blocks for 9.2 releases up to 9.2.23)
10. The minimum software required to run MPLS are:
BPX Switch Software Release 9.2.10 or later
BXM firmware must be MEA or later
IOS Software Release 12.0(5)T (refer to IOS Release Note)
Virtual Switch Interface (VSI) 2.2
The BPX with an external 7x00 label switch controller (router) with Switch Software Release 9.2.10 and IOS Release 12.0(5)T can function as an ATM-LSR. The enhancements to dynamic label switching that was supported in Release 9.1 include support for MPLS Class of Service. The BPX as an ATM-LSR supports the "Multi-Label VC" model to support MPLS Class of Service. Five Qbins (Qbin 10-14) are reserved for MPLS Class of Service. Class-based WFQ is supported on these IP queues.
The BPX can also function as a "P" ATM-LSR in the MPLS-VPN architecture.
Hot redundancy of MPLS connections on the BPX is supported by BXM hot card redundancy. Continuous message forwarding, and keep-alive between the BXM redundant pair ensures the connection continuity on BXM switchover. On failure of a BXM card, the standby card becomes active with the label VCs. Resynchronization between the MPLS label switch controller and the BPX ensures that their databases are in sync.
11. The 16K connections feature increases the number of connections terminating on the BPX switch to 16,000. The count includes connections terminating on BXM or ASI endpoints on cards within the node as well as connections terminating on service modules in the feeder shelves connected to the BPX switch. For example, a Frame Relay connection that originates on an FRSM in an MGX 8220 connected to a BPX counts as one of the 16,000 terminated connections on that BPX.
This feature requires a BCC-3-64 or BCC-4 controller in the BPX as well as Switch Software 9.2.10 or higher.
12. Version 2.2 of the Virtual Switch Interface (VSI) provides the BPX switch with the ability to support multiple network protocols and multiple controllers per switch (for example, MPLS, PNNI, and so on). Switch resources can be dedicated to a specific controller or shared by multiple controllers.
This feature is supported on BXM ports, trunks, and virtual trunks and requires a BCC-3-64 or BCC-4 controller in the BPX as well as Switch Software 9.2.10 or higher and firmware MEA or higher.
Following are the VSI features:
Support for only one partition, that is, a port or a trunk can be partitioned into one VSI partition along with AutoRoute.
A Virtual Trunk interface cannot have both VSI and AutoRoute simultaneously. It has to be either VSI or AutoRoute only.
There are nine Service Class Templates (SCTs) defined. SCT 1 is used for interfaces exclusively for MPLS. SCT 2 and 3 are respectively used for ports and trunk interfaces, which are exclusively used for PNNI. SCT 4 onwards are used for interfaces that are used for both MPLS and PNNI.
Master Redundancy is supported, that is, multiple controllers can control the same partition.
Only one controller can be added per trunk interface.
13. The combinations of system limits such as the number of trunks, lines, ports, and connections as well as enabled TFTP interval statistics should be provisioned so that the node has at least 50 percent idle time usage. Use the command dspprfhist to verify.
14. When cost-based routing is used, increasing the cost of a trunk will result in deleting the preferred path on connections in the database if the sum of the preferred path cost exceeds the connection of configured cost. The connections will remain routed on its current path.
15. On the BXM and UXM, for the OC-3 MultiMode Fiber back cards, Y-Redundancy/hot standby is not supported due to hardware restrictions.
16. The trunk reconfiguration feature does not support IMA trunks.
17. HDM to UVM interworking for Nx64K connections is not supported in this release.
Special Installation/Upgrade Requirements
General/Upgrade Procedure
Please consult your Support Representative before performing any software upgrade.
1. The earliest release supported for graceful upgrade is 9.1.03.
2. The 9.2 switch software requires MEH or MFD BXM firmware.
3. Before upgrading to this release when UXM cards are to be used, certain legacy card firmware must be upgraded. See the compatibility matrix for cards affected and the exact versions to be used.
Note Standards-compliant IMA is not compatible with the proprietary IMA protocol used in
revision A firmware. Both ends of an IMA trunk must have the same protocol.
Caution Failure to follow this procedure may result in the card not operating. The card should be returned to Cisco if this occurs:
Step 1 Verify current boot code version
In order to run Model B firmware on UXM, the card needs to be running boot code revision 6 or greater. To determine the boot code running on the card, issue the following command from CLI (user must be logged in as Service level or greater to use this command):
rsh <slot #> sys version
Step 2 Upgrade UXM's boot code if necessary
The process for loading boot code is identical to the process you would use to load firmware. The only part that changes is the name of the file.
Note Burning the boot code will cause the card to reset.
Step 3 Upgrade UXM's firmware
Step 4 When Y-redundant trunks are used, the red alarm in/out values must be configured to 1.25/1.5 seconds or greater, or else INVMUX failures will occur and trunk failures will be observed during a Y-redundancy switchover. Use the following command:
cnftrkparm
This is due to the IMA protocol and may cause reroute of connections.
Step 5 Upgrade NPM software to 9.2
4. Procedure for upgrading UXM-to-IMATM trunks from proprietary IMA protocol to ATM forum-compliant IMA protocol.
Step 1 Download and burn UXM bootcode version 6 or later to all UXMs in the network. This will cause the card to reset and reroute traffic to other trunks.
Step 2 On IGX, to have firmware upgrade, issue command cnffunc 15 d to disable the UXM from resetting automatically after the firmware is burned in.
Step 3 On each MGX 8220 equipped with IMATM-B, upgrade the ASC to 5.0.10.
Step 4 Download the Forum Compliant Firmware Version IMATM5.0.10.fw but do NOT reset the IMATM-B card.
Step 5 On each IGX-UXM with IMA to be upgraded, burn firmware ABE or later to each UXM with IMA trunks.
Step 6 Simultaneously reset the card at each end of each IMA trunk to minimize trunk outage.
Step 7 Upgrade 9.1 nodes to 9.2 via loadrev and runrev.
Step 8 Issue the command cnffunc 15 e after each IGX is upgraded to 9.2.20 or later.
Note The above procedure also applies to the UXME.
5. Procedure for upgrading UXM-to-UXM trunks from proprietary IMA protocol to ATM forum-compliant IMA protocol.
Note For Y-redundant UXMs, issue the command cnftrkparm 18 100000 100000 prior to this
procedure and return to default values after this procedure.
Step 1 Download and burn UXM bootcode version 6 or later to all UXMs in the network. This will cause the card to reset and reroute traffic to other trunks.
Step 2 On IGX to have firmware upgraded, issue command cnffunc 15 d to disable the UXM from resetting automatically after the firmware is burned in.
Step 3 On each IGX-UXM with IMA to be upgraded, burn firmware ABE or later to each UXM with IMA trunks.
Step 4 Simultaneously reset the card at each end of each IMA trunk to minimize trunk outage.
Step 5 Upgrade 9.1 nodes to 9.2 via loadrev and runrev.
Step 6 Issue the command cnffunc 15 e after each IGX is upgraded to 9.2.20 or later.
Note The above procedure also applies to the UXME.
6. Procedure for upgrading BXM cards to the 9.2 firmware release.
To enable BXM cards to utilize 9.2 features, all BXM cards must be upgraded to the 9.2 firmware release. The following steps should be taken to avoid card mismatch:
For the switch running
9.1 or 9.2 or earlier than 9.2.30 switch software
BXM firmware earlier than MEB
BXM OC3/OC12 interface and the BXM is configured to channel statistic level 2 or higher.
Perform the following steps to avoid card mismatch:
Step 1 Upgrade BXM firmware to MEB.
Step 2 Upgrade BCC software to 9.2.30 or higher.
Step 3 Upgrade BXM firmware to MEH.
For all other cases, do the following steps:
Step 1 Upgrade BXM firmware to MEH.
Step 2 Upgrade BCC software to 9.2.30 or higher.
Note See the Compatibility Matrix for the exact versions to be used.
7. Procedure for adding new BCC cards as a part of upgrading to the 9.2 release.
If new BCC cards are to be installed as part of the upgrade to Release 9.2, then the physical card upgrade procedure described below must be completed as a separate activity from the Switch software upgrade.
If upgrading to BCC-4 cards on BPX 8600 nodes, complete the software upgrade first, followed by the BCC-4 physical card upgrade. If BCC-4 is already installed then upgrade as normal.
If any other type of BCC cards are being physically upgraded, complete the physical upgrade of the cards first, followed by the software upgrade.
Statistics collection must be disabled prior to and during the software upgrade process. The disabling must be done prior to the issuing of the first loadrev command.
Statistics sampling must be disabled prior to the issuing of the first loadrev command at the start of an upgrade. (Use the service level command off1/off2, turn off line statistic sampling, port statistic sampling, trunk statistic sampling, and connection statistic sampling.)
Note See the Compatibility Matrix for the tested/supported versions of other firmware and
software that work with this release.
8. Upgrading VSI 1.1 in Release 9.1 to VSI 2.2 in Release 9.2.
Step 1 Upgrade the Tag Switch Controller (TSC)
The TSC is upgraded to the CoS VSI Version Capable Release (IOS 12.XX). This image is VSI bilingual, meaning it understands both VSI Version 1 and Version 2.
Step 2 Upgrade the BXMs
All the BXM cards in the node are upgraded to Revision E, which is VSI Version 2 and CoS capable. After each BXM card is downloaded with the Revision E image, it temporarily experiences VSI outage until the BCC software is upgraded to the 9.2.34 image. The VSI outage during the upgrade is caused by the Revision E firmware not being backward compatible with VSI Version 1 features.
Note that from the TSC perspective, after a BXM is upgraded to the Revision E image, the interfaces that used to be on the card will "disappear." The TDP sessions that were on the interfaces will be lost. When all the BXMs are upgraded to the Revision E while still running Release 9.1 software on the BCC, the node will experience a complete outage of MPLS traffic. AutoRoute will have a hitless upgrade.
Step 3 Upgrade the BCC.
As the BCC is upgraded from software Release 9.1 to Release 9.2.34, the BCC recognizes the Revision E BXMs and downloads the VSI partition configuration. This causes the BXMs to issue ifc cfg traps to the TSC, allowing the TSC to rediscover all the MPLS interfaces on the BPX. The TDP sessions are reestablished and MPLS traffic starts flowing again through the BPX.
Note The VSI 1.1 and VSI 2.2 are not interoperable.
Revision Interoperability Supported
Revision interoperating upgrades are supported, from the 9.1 to 9.2 releases of Switch software, with secondary revision incorporation for network lowest revision. This will lessen the risk of new features being enabled in a mixed network after the downgrade.
A "Secondary Revision" field in the node is used for the determination of the network lowest revision. Previous to this change, software used only the nodes primary revision.
The interoperability functionality uses network lowest revision for:
Blocking the new feature unless network lowest revision is greater than or equal to the minimum supported revision for the feature
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Version Compatibility Notes
For a complete list of firmware revisions supported, see the Compatibility Matrix document, which is included in this release package.
This release will run with:
Any MGX 8220 Release 4.0, 4.1, and 5.0
Cisco WAN Manager (Cisco StrataView Plus) version 9.2
CiscoView version 2.00
UXM model ABB or later
BXM model MEB or later
Switch Software Release 9.2 is not compatible with UXM Firmware Model A.
Switch Software Release 9.2 is not compatible with BXM Firmware Model C or earlier.
Switch Software Release 9.2 is interworking with VNS 3.1.
DAS interworking with Release 9.2 is not supported.
Control Card Requirements
All processor cards must be configured with a minimum of 32MB of RAM. This includes BCCs and NPMs. NPMs require at least 1MB of BRAM. To verify the BRAM size on IGX 8400 nodes, use the dspcd command.
Note If any control cards contain less than 32MB of DRAM (these would be NPMs) then they
must be replaced with cards containing at least 32MB of DRAM prior to upgrading to
Release 9.2. The physical upgrade of the nodes with these control cards must be done
according to the upgrade procedure defined as follows.
Control Card Boot Firmware Requirements
As specified next, the correct version of control card (CC) boot firmware must be installed on the cards prior to a software upgrade to Release 9.2.
BCC Type
Firmware
BCC-32
H.B.J
BCC-3-32
H.C.M
BCC-3-64
H.D.M
BCC-4V
H.H.M
NPM Type
Firmware
NPM-32
R.B.S
NPM-64
R.C.S
NPM-32B
R.E.S
NPM-64B
R.F.S
With the new version of NPM boot code (RXS), the boot code upgrading does not require physical card resetting with the following steps:
Step 1 Burn the boot code on the active NPM (1).
Step 2 Execute the switchcc command and wait until the NPM(1) becomes standby. NPM(2) is now active.
Step 3 Execute the resetcd command to reset the standby (resetcd 1 h). Wait until the reset card NPM(1) becomes standby.
Step 4 Burn the boot code on the active NPM(2).
Step 5 Execute the switchcc command and wait until the NPM(2) becomes standby. NPM(1) is now active.
Step 6 Execute the resetcd command to reset the standby (resetcd 2 h). Wait until the reset card NPM(2) become standby.
Control Card Compatibility Requirements
Each redundant pair of BCC cards in a given BPX 8600 node must be of the identical type and memory configuration. That is, for example, if the active card is a BCC-3-32, then so must be the standby. BCC-3 cards with 32MB of RAM cannot be mixed with BCC-3 cards with 64MB of RAM.
Each redundant pair of NPM cards in a given IGX 8400 node must be of the identical type and memory configuration. That is, for example, if the active card is an NPM-32, then so must be the standby. NPM cards with 32MB of RAM cannot be mixed with NPM cards with 64MB of RAM. Also, NPM-64 cards cannot be mixed with NPM-64B cards.
This is a requirement for all software upgrade and downgrade procedures. It does not apply to the physical card upgrade procedure, described in the following section.
Control Card Physical Card Upgrade Procedure
When performing a control card (CC) upgrade, the following procedure must be used. This applies to all processors: BCCs, and/or NPMs.
Step 1 Remove the current standby CC front and back card. (Remove back card only applies to BCC.)
Step 2 Replace with new CC front and back cards. (Replace back card only apply to BCC.)
Step 3 Wait for the standby updates on the newly installed standby CC to complete.
Step 4 Issue a switchcc command to utilize the newly installed CC.
Step 5 Verify that the network is stable.
Step 6 Remove the current standby CC front and back card. (Remove back card only applies to BCC.)
Step 7 Replace with new CC front and back cards that are identical to the current active CC. (Replace back card only apply to BCC)
Step 8 Wait for the standby updates on the newly installed standby CC to complete.
Step 9 The CC physical upgrade is now complete.
Step 10 With the secondary card in the standby state, cause a switchover using the switchcc command. This will test that the hardware is working correctly.
Note After Step 2, the node will contain a mix of an old type CCs and the new type CCs. This
condition is permitted only while the standby updates to the new CC are in progress, which
will take less than one hour. The time during which this mixture of CC types exists must
be kept to a minimum by immediately replacing the second old type CC with the matching
one of the new type.
Obsoleted
Starting from Release 9.2.00, the IPX is no longer supported.
VSI 1.0 is no longer supported.
FastPAD is no longer supported.
The noncompliant IMA trunking (Cisco proprietary) supported in Model A of UXM firmware is not supported in Release 9.2.
Notes and Cautions
Additional Notes:
1. Switch Software Release 9.2 is not compatible with UXM firmware Model A.
2. If attempting to burn UXM firmware Model B into UXM firmware Model A with 9.2 software, the firmware Model B will not be burned into the UXM card due to the incompatibility of software 9.2 and UXM firmware Model A. The UXM has to be returned to Cisco for service.
3. If using MEA/MEB/MEC BXM firmware and upgrading to MED or later, the 9.2.30 or later software has to be upgraded first so that the BXM will report 2-port groups for 2-port cards all the time. The smooth transition between the earlier 1 port group and the newly reported 2-port groups also displays message in dspcd "Inconsistency with logical PG #" (port group number). All earlier software will mismatch the card. This applied to BXM-OC3 or BXM-OC12 and configured to channel statistic level 2 or higher.
4. Firmware MED and earlier supports APS Redundancy on Legacy BXM only.
5. Because of hardware limitations, BXM hardware is not able to recognize all user-programmed cell transmission rates. Rather only discrete transmission rates can be used instead.
The equation below shows what the BXM hardware actually transmits given a user configured cell rate. The transmitted cell rate is always less than or equal to the configured cell rate. To prevent any cell loss, the transmitted cell rate must be equal to the configured rate. To do so, a cell rate must be chosen from the table below.
The rate table below lists the highest 200 cell rates supported be BXM such that if used, will result in no cell loss (given cell traffic is less than configured cell rate). Additional rates can be calculated using 1470588/[n + (1/256)], where n is an integer.
The logic to calculate the actual cell transmission rate in a BXM card is as follows:
if (configured cell rate == full line cell rate) then
transmitted cell rate = full line cell rate
else
transmitted cell rate = from equation below or from table below
Example:
If a trunk is configured at 100,000 cells per second (cps), the actual transmitted cell rate is then 98,013 cps, any traffic sent over 98,013 cps would be discarded.
If a trunk is configured at 98,013 cps, then the actual transmitted cell rate is 98,013 cps with no cell loss.
Therefore, only rates in the table should be used. Otherwise, cell loss may be experienced. The table will not be exhausted at the end but still go on with the computing from the above equation.
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27744
18852
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8261
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6. On the BPX with MGX 8220 feeder(s), regardless of the setting of the Node Parameter "42 Enable Feeder Alert," a feeder alert message will be sent to all MGX 8220 feeders immediately before a hitless rebuild takes place. The feeder alert message will temporarily disable the LMI polling from the MGX 8220 feeders. The MGX 8220 polling will resume as soon as the BPX is ready to exchange LMI messages.
7. The amount of traffic allowed on a VP tunneling connection is two-thirds bandwidth of that connection. The minimum bandwidth must be 100 cells per second. For example, a CBR connection with a peak cell rate 1500 cps then can pass traffic up to 1000 cps.
8. For IMA trunks, the configuration is blocked if the converted cps of the number of links to be decremented is MORE than the transmit rate (CSCdm71616).
Limitations
1. For Switch Software 9.2, MPLS and PNNI controllers cannot coexist.
2. In Release 9.2.30 and later, nodes might declare a communication break when using the BXM virtual trunking feature. The problem has been observed under the following conditions:
At least two virtual trunks share a common port at one node, but their remote end points terminate on different nodes.
The virtual trunks are used to carry networking (rt_op) traffic.
On the above diagram, node_B is a virtual trunk share a common port
With this topology, "node_A" sees "node_C" as unreachable and vice-versa; however, "node_A" communicates to "node_B," and "node_B" communicates to "node_C."
The problem is caused by a misprogrammed trunk networking channel. In the above example, the misprogramming occurs at "node_B." A channel that should be programmed for ingress and egress operation is programmed as egress only.
Workarounds:
Customers who are already using VT wraparound should continue to do so under 9.2.3x until the fix is available in MFD firmware.
BXM virtual trunking (no VT wraparound) can still be implemented using Software Release 9.2.20 and higher.
If virtual trunks are not yet in use, the VT wraparound solution can be implemented in release 9.2.30 and higher (CSCdr51875)
3. When the cnfrsrc command is used to delete VSI partitions on an interface, software does not check if any Soft Permanent Virtual Circuit (SPVC) connections exists on that partition. Even if there are SPVC connections on a partition, the partition can be deleted using the cnfrsrc command. The only protection is that users are provided with a warning when they try to delete the partition.
If there are SPVC connections on a partition and if the partition is deleted, the SPVC connections will be left in a undefined and unrecoverable state. Hence, before deleting a VSI partition, ensure that all the SPVC connections are deleted on that partition.
4. Switch Software 9.2.30 or later and BXM firmware MFC and later support the attachment of multiple MPLS controllers.
Switch Software 9.2.30 or later and BXM firmware MFB and later support the attachment of a PNNI controller.
5. For UVM cards, there will be no new revisions of Model A firmware. When attempting to download Model A firmware to a UVM, software will give the user an error message indicating that the firmware does not match the card type. Note that there is no problem with continuing to use existing UVM cards running the old firmware(CSCdp08741).
6. For a virtual trunk on a BXM/UXM, the Transmit Trunk Rate (the transmit rate of the virtual trunk) is configurable to match the PCR value of the subscribed public VPC service. In this release, the actual shaping rate for a virtual trunk is higher than the configured Transmit Trunk Rate (CSCdm80482). The actual virtual trunk shaping rates are 1/(n x 680 x 10-9) cells per second, where n is an integer from 1 to 29,411. In this release, the user-configured Transmit Trunk Rate is rounded to the next higher (as opposed to lower) actual shaping rate for shaping.
To configure a virtual trunk so that the actual shaping rate is not greater than the PCR value of the subscribed public VPC service, the following steps can be taken:
Step 1 Determine the n such that 1/(n x 680 x 10-9) cps (the actual shaping rate) is no greater than the PCR value of the subscribed public PVC service. For example, if the PCR value of the subscribed public PVC service is 10 Mbps or 23,585 cps, the n will be 63 and the actual shaping rate is 23,342.67 cps.
Step 2 Configure the Transmit Trunk Rate for the virtual trunk to be less than 1/(n x 680 x 10-9) cps but greater than 1/((n+1) x 680 x 10-9) cps. For example, if the PCR value of the subscribed public VPC service is 10 Mbps or 23,585 cps, configure the Transmit Trunk Rate for the virtual trunk to be less than 1/(63 x 680 x 10-9) = 23,342.67 cps but greater than 1/(64 x 680 x 10-9) = 22,977.94 cps.
7. There is a new traffic class added in Release 9.2.20 that causes a trunk parameter conflict with pre-9.2.20 node. The conflict fails adding trunk between 9.2.20 BTM/ATM and pre- 9.2.20 BTM/ATM.
All ATM traffic classes are set for BTM/ALM trunks and is hidden to the user. The introduction of rt-VBR traffic class in 9.2.20 makes it different from pre-9.2.20 BTM/ALM trunk traffic class. The user can not change the ATM traffic class for BTM/ALM trunk.
This problem exists with a new BTM/ALM trunk on an upgraded 9.2.20 node but does not exist with an upgraded BTM/ALM trunk since the rt-VBR traffic class is not set while upgrading (CSCdm64345).
8. The cloud port to which a virtual trunk is connected should have ILMI polling disabled. Otherwise, it could lead to a virtual trunk being clear on one end and declaring Virtual Trunk Path Failure at the other end (CSCdm52909).
9. In a BPX that contains BCC cards with 64MB, there is no limitation. All 12 available slots can contain BXM or Enhanced-BXM cards.
In a BPX that contains BCC cards with 32MB, a maximum of 10 legacy BXM cards are allowed. If some Enhanced-BXM cards are used in place of BXM, then each Enhanced-BXM will count as two BXM cards.
10. For performance reasons, AIS status of connections is not sent to the standby BCC. After switchcc, it may take a few minutes to update the AIS status of connections. If dspcon does not show the proper status of AIS or the dspalms screen shows an incorrect number of AIS, (after switchcc) wait for few minutes so that the status gets updated. (The dspalms and dspcon commands show the status of AIS.)
11. Hitless rebuild has similar limitations to that of a switchcc and full rebuild:
On IGX nodes, there is a four second continuity break. (Same as in a switchcc.)
There might be brief communication breaks with other nodes in the network. This will be logged in the event log of the node. There is no traffic loss or trunk failures. (This is similar to a switchcc and depends highly on the network and number of connections.)
Some line/trunk cards that are in the standby state may reset during a hitless rebuild.
The statistics that are collected by the Cisco Wan Manager will not be maintained across a rebuild.
Some will be re-enabled automatically. These include:
Auto statistics
Summary statistics
Real-Time statistics
All other statistics have to be re-enabled for collection after a hitless rebuild takes place. These mainly include the user statistics.
12. UVM cards in Y-redundancy will mismatch if one is burned with Idle Code Suppression Firmware and the other is not.
When installing/burning Idle Code Suppression Firmware on UVM pairs, the Y-redundancy must be removed, firmware in both UVM cards burned, and then the Y-redundancy can be restored.
13. Mismatch is reported when replacing a BXM card with another BXM card that has a different port group, even though both BXM cards have the identical channel number.
14. When upgrading from Release 9.1 to 9.2, the 9.1 statistics on BXM/UXM cards are supported to maintain compatibility. However, once a user configures a statistics level in 9.2, the statistics cannot be configured back to 9.1 statistics.
There is no 9.1 statistics support for BXM/UXM cards that were shipped with 9.2 firmware since the BXM/UXM card has the default level 1 statistics.
Therefore, when using a UXM with 9.2, a user must either:
Leave the statistics level untouched (this will work for UXM cards upgraded from 9.1)
OR
Set level 2 on the card
15. The BXM and UXM channel statistics level feature gives these cards the capability of collecting more than four statistics per connection. However, it is the controller card's limitations, available memory, and performance, that indicates how many statistics can actually be collected from the cards and then reported to the Cisco Wan Manager (CWM).
The BCC-3-64 can collect at most three interval statistics per connection when there are 16,000 AutoRoute (AR) connections configured on the node. (Interval statistics are those statistics that are reported to the CWM. They are often referred to as TFTP statistics.)
You can collect approximately 48,000 statistics (3 x 16,000) on the BCC-3-64. This is approximate because there are many variables that will affect this value, such as are peaks enabled, how many buckets are collected, are all connection of the same type, are trunk, line or port statistics enabled, and so on.
With this approximation of 48,000 statistics on the BCC-3-64, this then means that as a rough estimate you could enable 32 statistics on 1,500 connections, 48 statistics on 1,000 connections or nine statistics on 5,000 connections, and so on. The approximation formula being:
16. In Release 9.1, the UXM card ran a proprietary IMA communication protocol. This protocol matched that used on the MGX 8220 4 IMATM-B cards and hence could be connected together to form a trunk. In Release 9.2, we now support standards-compliant IMA on the UXM card. The standards-compliant IMATM-B on MGX 8220 5.0 is not yet released. Hence, when the network is upgraded to 9.2., the UXM will be running compliant IMA protocol and the IMATM-B will still be running the proprietary IMA communication protocol. They will no longer communicate and the trunk will fail. This will be fixed in the MGX 8220 5.0 release containing IMATM-B. However, it should be noted that an upgrade at that time will also incur some amount of downtime as there will be a difference in timing between the MGX 8220 upgrade and the switch software upgrade. There should be no effect to UXM-IMA trunks connected to other UXM-IMA trunks in 9.1 to 9.2 interoperability mode.
17. The transmit rate on an IGX IMA trunk can be altered at the local node with any trunk outage. It is possible that the transmit rates are different at the two ends of an IMA trunk. After this trunk is deleted, it cannot be added back unless the transmit rates are the same.
18. When doing a grouped upgrade from Release 9.1 to 9.2, the software error 1427 may be logged on the BPX/IGX node during a non-graceful upgrade. This error can be ignored since it is harmless to the network (CSCdm14613).
19. Reconfiguring trunk parameters might cause connections to be rerouted if the changed bandwidth load is smaller than what was used by the connections that use the trunk.
20. If LMI/ILMI is provided by the BCC:
The maximum possible number of ports on the BPX 8600 that can be configured with LMI/ILMI enabled is 52. However, each BPX will support up to a total of 16 feeder trunks and each feeder trunk will have LMI enabled. That is, if a BPX 8600 is configured with only two feeder trunks, then only (52 - 2) = 50 ports can have LMI/ILMI enabled.
If LMI/ILMI is provided by the BXM firmware:
There is no limitation on the number of ports that can have LMI/ILMI enabled.
When running ILMI on the BXM, ILMI version 3.1 WITHOUT address registration is supported.
21. Virtual Path Connections with cells whose VCI values are above 4095 will be transmitted correctly only if the path is exclusively through BXM trunks and terminate at BXM ports.
22. The feature of CIR=0 for Frame Relay connections is not supported for connections terminating between FRM cards in IGX nodes and FRSM cards in an MGX 8220 shelf.
23. SVC connections are derouted after decreasing the allocated bandwidth (increasing Statistic Reserve). It is the design intent that increasing the statistical reserve will cause SVC conns to derouted and not be rerouted (CSCst92308).
24. For the loadrev operation, it is important that the Cisco Wan Manager/TFTP buffers are maintained at their default size.
25. Due to a hardware limitation, the BNI trunk will send 13-15 percent more traffic than what it is configured for when the trunk is configured for less speed (cps) than the maximum port speed. This is especially important when the BNI trunk is connected to IMATM pairs, which carry less than T3 bandwidth.
26. When using the shift/no-shift feature on a BPX 8600 node's port card, controlled via the cnfport command, the other end of the connection must have the same setting. Otherwise, there will be a loss of continuity.
27. When deleting trunks, there is a known limitation with the switch software. The deltrk command should always be executed on the node that remains as part of the network, rather than from the node that ends up being removed from the network. This is to ensure that all the necessary updates are sent to the rest of the network (CSCdi85134). Also if the command is not used as recommended here, a software error 419 could occur (CSCdi91285).
28. Due to trunk-based loading, any commands having to do with trunk loading and the load model (dspload chklm dsplm, and so on.) need to be done only after waiting a certain period of time. This time is a direct function of the trunk load update interval time (as configurable) plus the conditional update latency time.
29. The external ABR segment control loop on ForeSight (ABRFST) is an option at the user interface. It is supported by UXM-E/BXM-E but is not supported by UXM/BXM hardware. The user should not enable this option on ForeSight connections (CSCdi92451). In any case, there is no coupling between the loops.
30. On a heavily loaded BPX 8600 node, during connection rerouting, the status of a particular connection is indicated as OK even though the line status of the other end of the connection is listed as failed. The connection is in fact OK, because the conditioning of the connection (to update the status for both ends) is done by a low-priority process so that the rerouting of the connections can be given high priority. The status will be eventually updated. (CSCdj10762)
31. A node whose number is greater than 63 cannot have a clrcnf operation performed on it. This is as designed. A clrallcnf can be done, or the node must be renumbered to less than 63 before running clrcnf (CSCdj14920).
32. The interface between a BXM feeder trunk and an MGX 8220 feeder is always considered to be an NNI interface. (CSCdj16808)
33. When adding more than 4000 connections on a BPX node, the VC polling rate must be changed to a higher interval, to accommodate the additional time needed to poll for the statistics for each VC. The cnfsysparm command, parameter 24, must be changed according to the following:
0-3999 connections
Polling Rate: 5 Minutes (or higher)
4000-7999 connections
Polling Rate: 10 Minutes (or higher)
> 8000 connections
Polling Rate: 15 Minutes
34. Given a connection that terminates on an IGX 8400 FRM at one end and an ASI on the other end, tstdelay initiated at the FRM end may not work if the ASI firmware is below the appropriate revision and does not support OAM cells as opposed to supervisory cells. This is because the updated BTM on the IGX will always generate OAM cells. Please check the Compatibility Matrix.
35. Because the detailed card error event log is not retained within BRAM, this information will be lost should a processor rebuild occur. Therefore, when issuing a dspcderrscommandon a particular slot, the display will not show the detailed card error information should a rebuild event occur. This functionality has not been modified from previous releases.
36. When a physical-layer failure (for example, LOS) is detected on the BXM, a Major Alarm is generated, and any connection routed over that port is downed (fail state). The software sends a command to the remote end of the connection to generate AIS in the egress direction (CSCdj30543).
Impact:
Since the connection is in a failed state, AIS is generated in the upstream direction (in addition to the downstream direction). Although this does conform to the letter of the I.610 standard, this is not necessarily what a user would expect to see, because it interferes with the RDI response from the end-to-end connection termination point. (A fault in the downstream direction causes a fault in the upstream direction.)
Reason for the current implementation:
The BNI can not generate AIS. If there is a fault at a BNI trunk, the current mechanism is to cause AIS to be generated by the BXM port by downing the connection. Since the BXM can generate only OAM cells from the RCMP, and the RCMP is in the ingress path, the cells must be backward routed to the egress (egress QE). Also, since end-to-end OAM cells are required, the ingress QE must be configured to drop ALL cells in the ingress path. This creates a break in continuity in the opposite direction, and AIS cells must also be generated at the other end of the same connection, in the upstream direction of the original fault.
37. There are problems in the downgrade mechanism that can cause database corruption. If a downgrade is performed immediately after upgrading, the Stby_Info revision fields are not yet filled in on the new active CC. They don't get filled in until there is an upcard response from the new locked CC. This causes a restart instead of a switchcc. If the locked CC is reset, then downgrade immediately, a restart will occur instead of a switchcc. (CSCdj30811).
38. In order to test/simulate the Y-redundant switchover of ASI T3 or E3 pairs the resetcdcommand must be used, or by pulling out the active card. It will not be correctly simulated by doing a dncd (down card) on the active card. Using dncd will cause cell discards (CSCdj08923).
39. UBR traffic gains an advantage over ABR traffic when UBR and ABR PVCs are combined on the same network. This is because UBR and ABR PVCs share the same Qbin (Class of Service Queue) on the BXM card. ABR PVCs use a flow control mechanism, VSVD, which ensures that traffic sources slow down when the Qbin usage exceeds the EFCI threshold. However, UBR PVCs do not have this throttling mechanism. Therefore, ABR will throttle back whereas UBR will not. This unfair advantage is not considered a problem, since the decision to share a Qbin for ABR and UBR traffic was intentional. Any best-effort service that one would route over UBR can be routed over ABR(VSVD), with the additional benefit of protecting resources in the network. If UBR and ABR PVCs are required then:
Option 1: Consider adding all best-effort PVCs as UBR
Option 2: Isolate the ABR and UBR paths by using cnfpref command to ensure that ABR and UBR PVCs do not share the same queues.
Option 3: To provide UBR service on a connection, rather than setting up a UBR connection, do the following:
Step 1 Set up an ABRSTD connection.
Step 2 Enable VSVD.
Step 3 Disable FCES (Flow Control External Segment).
Step 4 Disable DEFAULT EXTENDED PARAMETERS.
Step 5 Choose policing option "4" to allow access as UBR.1 (PCR policing only). This connection has ABR VSVD in the network and allows UBR.1 access. The MCR for such ABRSTD connection may be set at the minimum acceptable value of 6 cells per second (explained later to do so).
To provide ABR service on a connection, set up an ABRSTD connection, enable VSVD and enable FCES to allow RM cells to be passed to and from customer equipment. The MCR for such ABRSTD connections can be set at any user-desired value.
When the network is experiencing congestion, all the affected ABRSTD connections, regardless of the services (ABR or UBR) they are carrying, will all be throttled back at the VSVD points at the network edge. During network congestion, connections carrying UBR services are virtually stopped (to a throughput of a mere 6 cps) while connections carrying ABR services can send at a much higher, user-desired MCR. This option would avoid that UBR service gains an unfair advantage over ABR service while sharing the same CoS queue.
40. Combining Frame Based Traffic Control (FBTC) and non-FBTC connections within a Class of Service can cause FBTC connections to not receive a fair share of bandwidth. For example, if VBR connections are added at a terminating port, and some of these VBR connections have FBTC enabled while other VBR connections have FBTC disabled, the VBR connections with FBTC disabled may obtain all of the excess bandwidth before the connections with FBTC enabled receive any of the excess bandwidth. The same holds true for ABR or UBR connections. This is relevant only where FBTC and non-FBTC connections share a Qbin, either at a port or at a trunk.
41. The maximum number of VC PARMs supported: 749 for BCC-32 MB, 2,999 for BCC-64 MB. (CSCdj48589).
VC PARMs are Virtual Circuit Parameters combinations/sets. One set of VC Parameter is used for each unique Virtual Circuit that has been provisioned. Identically provisioned VCs (exclusive of end points) use the same set of parameters. Thus, on a 32MB BCC, a total of 749 uniquely configured Virtual Circuits can be provisioned.
42. Care must be taken when changing the Deroute Delay parameter, which is controlled by the cnftrkcommand. This defaults to zero, but if set to anything but zero, connection rerouting, due to a trunk failure, will be delayed as provided by the parameter.
Required Workarounds
1. When adding a node into an existing network, ensure that its node number is unique prior to a actually adding it into the network. Use the rnmnd command, and renumber the individual node while it is still stand-alone. This will make the joining of this node much simpler, and will avoid the problem of a node renumbering an active network, as described below.
2. There is a problem with node renumbering. Node renumbering (the rnmnd command) should be executed only during a stable network environment and only if absolutely necessary. A stable network environment would be, for example, one in which no connection was added for the past 30 minutes and no topology change was made in the last hour and there are no alarms or node unreachabilities. Node renumbering must be done only when the network is stable to reduce the possibility of certain temporarily blocked messages during the node renumbering process from being delivered to the wrong nodes. This would occur after the completion of the node renumbering process. It is recommended that a node be renumbered prior to being added to the network.
3. The settling time for network-wide updates can take a long time in certain situations. Specifically, the settling time for updates due to network-wide topology changes and connections in a large network when a processor switchover occurs can take a long time. The time is proportional to the number of nodes as well as the number of connections. A general estimate would be 30 seconds per node. During the period of transitions (when the updates are occurring) some network operations such as adding connections might in some cases take somewhat longer to complete.
4. When using Cisco Wan Manager, there could be a problem with communicating with a node that just had a processor switchover. The problem is within the SPARCstation itself and its caching of EtherNet addresses. It can be solved by execution the following command on the workstation as the superuser: # arp -d <node_name>
5. Users may not use the command addcon slot.1-24 v to add 24 voice connections to a CVM/UVM at once. Instead, they must separate this activity into two or more commands, so that no more than 16 connections are added at once. This is an issue only for voice connections. Data connections can be added using the "1-24" syntax. This also applies when the CVM/UVM circuit line is an E1, in which case "1-32" would apply (CSCdj14319).
6. Statistics must be disabled prior to the start of an upgrade, prior to the issuing of the first loadrev command. Statistics should be disabled from the Cisco Wan Manager, which is the Statistics collection manager.
7. Statistics sampling must be disabled prior to the start of an upgrade (usingoff1/off2), prior to the issuing of the first loadrev command. Statistics sampling state machines should be disabled from the Command Line Interface.
8. When a switchcc is executed on a BPX 8600 configured with two BCC-4 cards and contains a BXM-622 trunk card, there may be a bad clock path problem reported. It is indicated as a Minor Alarm - bad clock path. This is a transitory problem, although the alarm indication persists. To clear this, execute the clrclkalm command.
9. Currently, T3-3 and T3-2 back cards are not interchangeable between ASI and BNI front cards, as this has been the case since the introduction of these cards. The back cards must be configured using cnfbkcd (with setnovram) so as to avoid back card mismatch (CSCdj41999).
Additional Documentation
In order to take advantage of the dual SIU when upgrading to the BCC-4, the BPX 8600 node must have a new backplane which has dual traces incorporating with the BCC-4.
The command dspbpnv can be issued to verify if the node has the new backplane or the old backplane. The following chart details the bit fields for the BCC Backplane NOVRAM format, the values in bytes numbered 4 and 5 describe the back plane type.
The command cnfbpnv can be used to configure the backplane, if backplane is so enabled.
16-Bit Word
Byte # (hex)
Contents
0
0,1
Hardware revision
1
2,3
Backplane Type (usually 0x65=101 decimal)
2
4,5
Backplane version (0x0000:old 0x0001:new)
3
6,7
Backplane serial number in ASCII - MSB
4
8,9
"
5
A,B
" LSB
6
C,D
Board FAB number, in ASCII - MSB
7
E,F
"
8
10,11
"
9
12,13
"
A
14,15
"
B
16,17
" LSB
C
18,19
Unused
D
1A,1B
Unused
E
1C,1D
Unused
F
1E,1F
Checksum bytes - CURRENTLY NOT SUPPORTED
The peak intervals are controlled to be only those values for which peaks can be accurately collected. The rules for peak intervals are as follows:
It cannot be 0.
It must be a multiple of the polling interval.
It must be a factor of the bucket interval.
It can be the same as the bucket interval.
There are additional commands to control trunk and line loopbacks in this release:
addlnlocrmtlp <trunk> | <line>
On the node on which it is executed, it creates a loopback within the port such that the cells do not leave the card.
addlnloclp <trunk> | <line>
On the node on which it is executed, it creates a loop such that incoming cells are looped back to the other end.
dellnlp <trunk> | <line>
Removes the loopback added by either of the above two commands.
The card synchronization (Hitless-Switchcc) feature can be turned on/off using on3/off3 command. For example, enter at the command line:
on3 4
This will enable the card-synchronization feature.
off3 4
This will disable the card-synchronization feature.
In order for the feature to work, the line statistics sampling should always be enabled (via on2 1 command) and the front card installed must support the card-synchronization feature. The dspcd command provides an easy way to determine whether the front card supports this new feature. If the front card supports the feature, the following message is shown on the dspcd screen:
Front card supports card synchronization
Additional debug commands are added to allow synchronization between the interface card and the CC database:
synccd <slot_number>|*
The <slot_number> is for a particular slot that supports the card synchronization feature; * For all cards that support the card-synchronization feature.
dspsyncstats <slot_number>|*
This command displays the number of connections reconciled during the synchronization process after a switchcc for different slots.
* For all slots supporting this feature.
Compatibility Notes
For a complete list of firmware revisions supported, see the Compatibility Matrix document, which is included in this release package.
This release will run with Release 4.0.0x, 4.1.0x, or 5.0.0x of the MGX 8220.
Compatibility Matrix
BPX 8600 Firmware Compatibility
PCB Description
dspcds Name
Card Name in FW Image
Model
Latest F/W
Min F/W
BCC boot
BCC
BCC
B
HBJ
HBJ
BCC3-32 boot
BCC-3
BCC
C
HCM
HCM
BCC3-64 boot
BCC-3
BCC
D
HDM
HDM
BCC4 boot
BCC-4
BCC
E
HEM
HEM
BCC4-128 boot
BCC-4
BCC
H
HHM
HHM
ASI 2T3/2E3
ASI-T3
ASI
C
UCF
UCF
ASI 2T3/2E3
ASI-E3
ASI
C
UCF
UCF
ASI-155-E
ASI155E
ASI-155
E
WEC
WEC
ASI-155
ASI-155
ASI-155
H
WHC
WHC
ASM
ASM
A
GAC
GAC
BNI-3T3/3E3
BNI-T3
BNI
C
TCM
TCM
BNI-3T3/3E3
BNI-E3
BNI
C
TCM
TCM
BNI-155
BNI-155
BNI-155
B
VBR
VBR
BNI-155-E
BNI155E
BNI-155
D
VDR
VDR
BXM-BME
BME
BME
K
MKA
MKA
BXM-T3-8/12
BXM-T3
BXM
E
MEJ
MEB
BXM-T3-8/12
BXM-T3
BXM
F
MFD
MFA
BXM-E3-8/12
BXM-E3
BXM
E
MEJ
MEB
BXM-E3-8/12
BXM-E3
BXM
F
MFD
MFA
BXM-155-4/8
BXM-155
BXM
E
MEJ
MEB
BXM-155-4/8
BXM-155
BXM
F
MFD
MFA
BXM-622/622-2
BXM-622
BXM
E
MEJ
MEB
BXM-622/622-2
BXM-622
BXM
F
MFD
MFA
BXM-T3-8E/12E/12EX
BXM-T3
BXM
E
MEJ
MED
BXM-T3-8E/12E/12EX
BXM-T3
BXM
F
MFD
MFA
BXM-E3-8E/12E/12EX
BXM-E3
BXM
E
MEJ
MED
BXM-E3-8E/12E/12EX
BXM-E3
BXM
F
MFC
MFA
BXM-155-4D/8D/4DX/8DX
BXM-155
BXM
E
MEJ
MED
BXM-155-4D/8D/4DX/8DX
BXM-155
BXM
F
MFD
MFA
BXM-622-2D/DX/2DX
BXM-622
BXM
E
MEJ
MED
BXM-622-2D/DX/2DX
BXM-622
BXM
F
MFD
MFA
IGX 8400 Firmware Compatibility
PCB Description
dspcds Name
Card Name in Firmware Image
Model
Latest F/W
Min F/W
NPM boot
NPM
NPM
A
RAS
RAR
NPM 32 boot
NPM
NPM
B
RBS
RBR
NPM 64 boot
NPM
NPM|NPM-64
C
RCS
RCR
NPM-B 32 boot
NPM
NPM|NPM-32B
E
RES
RER
NPM-B 64 boot
NPM
NPM|NPM-64B
F
RFS
RFR
IGX-ALM/A
ALM
ALM-A
A
CAE
CAE
IGX-ALM/B
ALM
ALM-B
B
CBK
CBH
IGX-BTM/B
BTM
BTM
A
IAF
IAF
IGX-BTM/B
BTM
BTM
B
IBL
IBL
IGX-BTM/B
BTM
BTM
D
IDC
IDC
IGX-CVM-DS0A
CVM
CVM
A
DAF
DAF
IGX-CVM
CVM
CVM
B
DBF
DBF
IGX-CVM-TT
CVM
CVM
C
DCA
DCA
IGX-FRM
FRM
FRM
D
FDZ
FDZ
IGX-FRM-31
FRM
FRM-31
E
FEZ
FEZ
IGX-FRM-2
FRM
FRM-2
F
FFD
FFD
FRM (B)
FRM
FRM
H
FHB
FHB
IGX-FRM
FRM
FRM
J
FJB
FJA
IGX-FRM-31
FRM
FRM-31
K
FKB
FKA
IGX-FTM
FTM
FTM
B
JBJ
JBJ
IGX-FTM
FTM
FTM
C
JCB
JCB
IGX-HDM
HDM
HDM
C
SCF
SCF
IGX-LDM
LDM
LDM
C
LCC
LCB
IGX-NTM
NTM
NTM
E
NEK
NEK
IGX-NTM (B)
NTM
NTM
F
NFK
NFH
IGX-UFM-4C/8C
UFM
UFM-C
A
ZAS
ZAN
IGX-UFM-4C/8C
UFM
UFM-C
B
ZBC
ZBA
IGX-UFM-8C
UFM
UFM-C
C
ZCA
ZCA
IGX-UFM-U
UFMU
UFM-U
A
YAK
YAH
IGX-UFM-U
UFMU
UFM-U
B
YBB
YBA
IGX-UFM-U
UFMU
UFM-U
C
YCA
YCA
IGX-UVM
UVM
UVM
B
DBD
DBD
IGX-UVM
UVM
UVM
C
DCA
DCA
IGX-UVM
UVM
UVM
D
DDF
DDF
IGX-UVM
UVM
UVM
E
DEF
DEA
IGX-UXM
UXM
UXM
B
ABJ
ABB
IGX-UXME
UXM
UXM
B
ABJ
ABB
Note IGX-UVM model E is a superset of models A, B, and C firmware. A, B, and C are
obsoleted and should not be used.
MGX 8220 5.0 Firmware Compatibility
PCB Description
CW2000 Name
Latest F/W
Min F/W
ASC F/W
ASC
5.0.14
5.0.10
ASC Boot
ASC
1.0.03
1.0.01
ASC/2 FW
ASC
5.0.14
5.0.10
ASC/2 Boot
ASC
1.0.03
1.0.01
BNM-T3
BNM-T3
n/a
n/a
BNM-E3
BNM-E3
n/a
n/a
BNM-155
BNM-155
n/a
n/a
FRSM-4T1
FRSM-4T1
4.0.20
4.0.19
FRSM-4E1
FRSM-4E1
4.0.20
4.0.19
FRSM-4T1-C
FRSM-4T1-C
4.0.20
4.0.19
FRSM-4E1-C
FRSM-4E1-C
4.0.20
4.0.19
FRSM Boot
FRSM-4T1
4.0.00
4.0.00
FRSM Boot
FRSM-4E1
4.0.00
4.0.00
FRSM Boot
FRSM-4T1-C
4.0.00
4.0.00
FRSM Boot
FRSM-4E1-C
4.0.00
4.0.00
SRM T1E1 (B)
SRM-T1E1
n/a
n/a
SRM 3T3
SRM-3T3
n/a
n/a
CESM-4T1
CESM-4T1
4.0.16
4.0.15
CESM-4E1
CESM-4E1
4.0.16
4.0.15
CESM Boot
CESM-4T1
4.0.01
4.0.01
CESM Boot
CESM-4E1
4.0.01
4.0.01
CESM-8T1
CESM-8T1
5.0.14
4.1.05
CESM-8E1
CESM-8E1
5.0.14
4.1.05
CESM-8 Boot
CESM-8T1
1.0.01
1.0.01
CESM-8 Boot
CESM-8E1
1.0.01
1.0.01
AUSM-4T1
AUSM-4T1
4.0.20
4.0.19
AUSM-4E1
AUSM-4E1
4.0.20
4.0.19
AUSM Boot
AUSM-4T1
4.0.00
4.0.00
AUSM Boot
AUSM-4E1
4.0.00
4.0.00
FRSM-8T1
FRSM-8T1
5.0.14
5.0.10
FRSM-8E1
FRSM-8E1
5.0.14
5.0.10
FRSM-8T1 Boot
FRSM-8T1
1.0.02
1.0.01
FRSM-8E1 Boot
FRSM-8E1
1.0.02
1.0.01
AUSM-8T1
AUSM-8T1
5.0.14
5.0.10
AUSM-8E1
AUSM-8E1
5.0.14
5.0.10
AUSMB-8T1
AUSMB-8T1
5.0.14
5.0.10
AUSMB-8E1
AUSMB-8E1
5.0.14
5.0.10
AUSM-8T1E1 Boot
AUSM-8T1
1.0.02
1.0.01
AUSM-8T1E1 Boot
AUSM-8E1
1.0.02
1.0.01
AUSM-8T1E1 Boot
AUSMB-8T1
1.0.02
1.0.01
AUSM-8T1E1 Boot
AUSMB-8E1
1.0.02
1.0.01
FRSM-HS1
FRSM-HS1
5.0.14
4.0.16
FRSM-HS1/B
FRSM-HS1/B
5.0.14
4.0.16
FRSM-HS1 Boot
FRSM-HS1
1.0.01
1.0.01
FRSM-HS1 Boot
FRSM-HS1/B
1.0.01
1.0.01
FRSM-HS2
FRSM-HS2
5.0.14
5.0.10
FRSM-HS2 Boot
FRSM-HS2
1.0.01
1.0.01
IMATM
IMATM-T3T1
n/s
n/s
IMATM
IMATM-E3E1
n/s
n/s
IMATM
IMATMB-T1
5.0.14
5.0.10
IMATM
IMATMB-E1
5.0.14
5.0.10
IMATM Boot
IMATM-T3T1
n/s
n/s
IMATM Boot
IMATM-E3E1
n/s
n/s
IMATM Boot
IMATMB-T1
1.0.02
1.0.01
IMATM Boot
IMATMB-E1
1.0.02
1.0.01
MGX 8850 1.1 Firmware Compatibility
PCB Description
CW2000 Name
Latest F/W
Min F/W
PXM1
PXM-1
1.1.24
1.1.24
PXM1-2-T3E3
PXM1-2T3E3
1.1.24
1.1.24
PXM1-4-155
PXM1-4OC3
1.1.24
1.1.24
PXM1-1-622
PXM1-OC12
1.1.24
1.1.24
MGX-SRM-3T3/B
SRM-3T3
n/a
n/a
AX-CESM-8E1
CESM-8E1
10.0.12
10.0.10
AX-CESM-8T1
CESM-8T1
10.0.12
10.0.10
MGX-AUSM-8E1/B
AUSMB-8E1
10.0.12
10.0.10
MGX-AUSM-8T1/B
AUSMB-8T1
10.0.12
10.0.10
MGX-CESM-T3
CESM-T3
10.0.12
10.0.10
MGX-CESM-E3
CESM-E3
10.0.12
10.0.10
AX-FRSM-8E1/E1-C
FRSM-8E1
10.0.12
10.0.10
AX-FRSM-8T1/T1-C
FRSM-8T1
10.0.12
10.0.10
MGX-FRSM-HS2
FRSM-HS2
10.0.12
10.0.10
MGX-FRSM-2CT3
FRSM-2CT3
10.0.12
10.0.10
MGX-FRSM-2T3E3
FRSM-2T3
10.0.12
10.0.10
MGX-FRSM-2T3E3
FRSM-2E3
10.0.12
10.0.10
MGX-FRSM-HS1/B
FRSM-HS1/B
10.0.12
10.0.10
MGX-VISM-8T1
VISM-8T1
1.5.04
1.5.01
MGX-VISM-8E1
VISM-8E1
1.5.04
1.5.01
MGX-RPM-128M/B
RPM
12.1(1)T
12.0(7)T
CWM
9.2.09
9.2.08
BPX 8600 Hardware Compatibility
Card Type
Part Numbers
Latest H/W
Min. H/W
Controller Cards
BPX-BCC-32M (Non-Orderable)
73-213840-00
P
A
BPX-BCC-64M (Non-Orderable)
800-04008-04
A
A
BPX-BCC-BC (Non-Orderable)
73-211380-00
D
A
BPX-BCC-3-32M (Non-Orderable)
800-04004-04
R
J
BPX-BCC-3-64M
73-3720-02
R
J
BCC-3BC
800-02916-01
E
A
BPX-BCC4V
800-03580-06
E
C
BPX-BCC4V/B
800-06483-02
C
A
Alarm Group
BPX-ASM
800-04009-01
C
A
BPX-ASM-BC
73-211910-00
C
A
ASM-LM
800-211910-10
B
A
BroadBand Switch Group
BPX-BXM-T3-8
800-02777-07
H
A
BPX-BXM-E3-8
800-02779-07
H
A
BPX-BXM-T3-12
800-02776-07
H
A
BPX-BXM-E3-12
800-02778-07
H
A
BPX-T3/E3-BC
73-2759-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-155-8
800-02664-07
H
B (C for APS)
BPX-MMF-155-8-BC
800-03255-01
B
A
BPX-SMF-155-8-BC
800-03257-01
B
A
BPX-SMFLR-155-8-BC
800-02593-02
B
A
BPX-BXM-155-4
800-02666-07
H
B (C for APS)
BPX-MMF-155-4-BC
800-03256-01
B
A
BPX-SMF-155-4-BC
800-03258-01
B
A
BPX-SMFLR-155-4-BC
800-02594-02
B
A
BPX-BXM-622
800-02646-10
L
D (E for APS)
BPX-BXM-622-2
800-02638-10
L
D (E for APS)
BPX-622-2-BC
73-2884-01
D
A
BPX-SMF-622-BC
800-03249-01
C
A
BPX-SMF-622-2-BC
800-03251-01
C
A
BPX-SMFLR-622-BC
800-03250-01
C
A
BPX-SMFLR-622-2-BC
800-03252-01
D
A
BPX-XLR-622
800-02738-01
C
A
BPX-XLR-622-2
800-02739-01
C
A
BPX-BME
800-02855-04
B
A
BPX-BME-OC12
73-2469-07
F
A
BPX-BXM-E-T3-8E
800-03933-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-E-E3-8E
800-03928-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-E-T3-12E
800-03931-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-E-E3-12E
800-03929-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-E-T3-12EX
800-03934-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-E-E3-12EX
800-03930-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-E-155-4D
800-03094-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-E-155-4DX
800-03093-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-E-155-8D
800-03092-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-E-155-8DX
800-03091-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-E-622-DX
800-03151-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-E-622-2D
800-03150-02
A
A
BPX-BXM-E-622-2DX
800-03149-02
A
A
RDNT-SMF-155-4R
800-03677-01
J
A
RDNT-SMF-155-8R
800-03679-01
K
A
RDNT-LR-155-8R
800-03678-01
J
A
RDNT-LR-622-2R
800-03676-01
F
A
RDNT-SMF-622R
800-03675-01
F
A
RDNT-SMF-622-2R
800-03674-01
J
A
BPX-T3/E3
800-03058-02
E
A
BPX-E3-BC
73-213070-01
E
A
BPX-MMF-2-BC
73-214290-00
D
A
BPX-SMF-2-BC
73-216270-00
D
A
BPX-SMFLR-2-BC
73-216270-01
D
A
BPX-STM1-EL-4
800-03716-02
A
A
BNI-3-T3/C
800-02858-02
A
A
BNI-3-E3/C
800-02859-02
A
A
SMF-LM-OC3
800-216270-10
C
A
SMF-LM-OC3-LR
800-216270-11
C
A
MMF-LM-OC3
800-214290-10
B
A
LM-3T3
800-213070-10
D
A
LM-3E3
800-213070-11
D
A
IGX 8400 Hardware Compatibility
Card Type
Part Numbers
Latest H/W
Min. H/W
* Note Below
Controller Cards
IGX-NPM-32
73-2894-01
W
A
IGX-NPM-64
73-2895-01
W
A
IGX-NPM-32B
73-2554-04
L
A
IGX-NPM-64B
73-2363-02
C
A
IGX-SCM
73-3341-01
Y
A
Revision X or later for nodes with UXM IMA trunks
Alarm Group
IGX-ARM
73-218230-00
B
A
BC-512011
73-212360-00
D
A
Trunk Group
IGX-NTM
73-2296-04
E
A
BC-6271A-TI
73-207380-00
M
A
BC-6171A-E1
73-207370-01
P
A
BC-6083A-SR
73-208540-00
J
A
BC-550150-Y1
73-210820-01
D
A
IGX-BTM/B
73-3005-02
B
A*
"*Show AIT H/W Rev, BTM(B)=AIT+ACM1"
ACM1
73-2921-03
W
A
BC-571110A-T3
73-2879-01
L
A
BC-571210A-E3
73-2679-01
K
A
BC-571310A-E2
73-215940-00
D
A
AIT BC HSSI/E2
BC-571410A-HSSI
73-216370-00
A
A
AIT GIM HSSI
IGX-ALM/A
73-2558-03
J
A
IGX-ALM/B
73-2558-03
J
A
BC-UAI-1T3
73-217040-00
C
A
BC-UAI-1E3
73-2986-01
E
A
IGX-UXM
73-2511-03
D
A
BC-UAI-4-155-SMF
73-2703-03
D
A
BC-UAI-4-155-MMF
73-2705-03
D
A
BC-UAI-2-155-SMF
73-2699-03
C
A
BC-UAI-6-T3
73-2952-02
A
A
BC-UAI-3-T3
73-2954-02
A
A
BC-UAI-6-E3
73-2953-02
A
A
BC-UAI-3-E3
73-2955-02
A
A
BC-UAI-8-E1-BNC
73-2932-02
C
A
BC-UAI-4-E1-BNC
73-3061-01
C
A
BC-UAI-8-T1-DB15
73-2941-02
C
A
BC-UAI-8-E1-DB15
73-2942-02
C
A
BC-UAI-4-T1-DB15
73-3059-01
C
A
BC-UAI-4-E1-DB15
73-3060-01
C
A
BC-UAI-4-STM1E
73-3364-02
A
A
Port Group
IGX-FTM
73-2519-01
M*
A*
"*Show FTC H/W Rev, FTM=FTC+ACM1A"
ACM1A
73-2930-03
W
A
BC-6351A-V35
73-213240-00
E
A
FPC-V.35
BC-6352A-T1
73-213420-00
C
A
FPC-T1
BC-6353A-E1
73-213410-00
B
A
FPC-E1
BC-6354A-X21
73-214120-00
C
A
FPC-X21
IGX-HDM
73-2853-02
H
F
"*Show SDP H/W Rev, HDM=SDP+ACM2"
ACM2
73-2922-03
T
A
BC-5082A-V35
73-2450-01
K
A
BC-5083A-RS449
73-204850-00
V
A
BC-5084B-RS232
73-2723-01
W
A
IGX-LDM
73-207250-00
K
A
"*Show LDP H/W Rev, LDM=LDP+ACM1A"
BC-5286A-RS232
73-207180-01
L
A
LDI-4RS232
BC-5287A-RS232
73-207180-00
L
A
LDI-8RS232
IGX-CVM-DSOA
73-3002-02
D
A*
"*Show CDP H/W Rev, CVM=CDP+ACM1A"
IGX-CVM-T1EC
73-3003-03
E
A*
"*Show CDP H/W Rev, CVM=CDP+ACM1A"
IGX-CVM-E1EC
73-209660-00
H*
A*
"*Show CDP H/W Rev, CVM=CDP+ACM1A"
BC-6271A-TI
73-207380-00
M
A
BC-6171A-E1
73-207370-01
P
A
BC-550100-J1
73-210820-00
C
A
IGX-FRM
73-2517-03
N
A
IGX-FRM-31
73-2517-03
N
A
IGX-FRM-2
73-2519-01
M*
A*
"*Show FRP H/W Rev, FRM-2=FRP+ACM1A"
BC-6251B-V35
73-3253-01
M
A
FRI-4V.35-2
BC-6254A-X21
73-211440-00
H
A
FRI-X.21
BC-6355A-X21
73-214120-01
C
A
FRI-2X21
IGX-UFM-4C
73-2531-05
N
A
IGX-UFM-8C
73-2531-05
N
A
BC-UFI-8T1-DB15
73-2444-02
D
A
BC-UFI-8E1-DB15
73-2445-02
D
A
BC-UFI-8E1-BNC
73-2449-02
D
A
IGX-UFM-U
73-2349-04
D
A
BC-UFI-12V35
73-2711-01
D
A
BC-UFI-12X21
73-2712-01
D
A
BC-UFI-4HSSI
73-2693-01
C
A
IGX-UVM
73-2361-04
K
A
BC-UVI-2E1EC
73-2420-01
B
A
BC-UVI-2T1EC
73-2373-01
C
A
BC-UVI-2J1EC
73-2374-01
A
A
Known Anomalies
The following is the list of known anomalies in this Switch Software delivery. Included with each is a brief discussion of the problem. A more in-depth discussion is available in the release note enclosure of the problem record in Bug Navigator.
Bug ID
Description
CSCdm60702
Symptom:
When a bus error occurs on a node, and a rebuild results, other nodes in the network will see the rebuilding node in the degraded state. This shows up as "UNDeg" in the dspnds screen. A log message will also appear on these other nodes indicating that the rebuilding node went unreachable due to degradation. The unreachability will recover automatically.
Conditions:
Occurs only if a node rebuilds due to a bus error, and the degraded mode is enabled in cnfnodeparm. Will not occur if a node switches processors due to a bus error.
Workaround:
No workaround needed. No adverse effects.
CSCdm60707
Symptom:
Can take longer than expected to clear unreachability with a node that has rebuilt due to a bus error. Other nodes in the network will declare the node unreachable due to degradation ("UNDeg"). The unreachability will eventually clear automatically.
Conditions:
Occurs only if a node rebuilds due to a bus error, and if degraded mode is enabled in cnfnodeparm on that node.
Workaround:
None needed. Problem clears automatically.
CSCdm78849
Symptom:
Message stating "CMI message drop" would be seen occasionally on the UXM debug console. If this occurred 10 consecutive times on the same message, SWSW would declare a swerr 103 and subsequently reset the card. Though this happens frequently, the chances of it happening 10 consecutive times on the same message are extremely low.
Workaround:
None (not required).
CSCdp51531
Symptom:
Software error code 21 is logged when a UBR connection is added on an ASI-155 card.
Conditions:
Prior to Release 9.1.17, the error is logged when the UBR connection has CLP disabled, and the PCR is less than 10 cps.
In Release 9.1.17 and later, the error is logged under two conditions; when the UBR connection has CLP enabled, OR when CLP is disabled on a connection with PCR less than 10 cps.
Workaround:
When adding the connection, do not enable the "CLP Setting." This will avoid the software error and ensure the connection is programmed correctly.
CSCdp57264
On c7500, if multiple subinterfaces are configured on an ATM interface connected to BPX, each of subinterfaces with one PVC and BPX is configured to send ILMI traps, when the PVCs' state is changed on BPX, BPX will send out trap for all the PVCs but c7500 only brings down one subinterface (one pvc).
CSCdp98648
Symptom:
Equipment MGR cannot tell the difference between BXM legacy or enhanced.
Workaround:
Log into the BPX node, execute dspcd XX to determine the number of channel supports. The enhanced version of the BXM card has 61K channels, and the BXM card has less than 61K channels.
CSCdr22814
Symptom:
BPX returns an error indicating there are no channels available for networking when attempting to create a trunk or line.
Condition:
A precondition is that all channels on this card are currently being used by existing trunks or lines. When a trunk or line is deleted, which then theoretically would free up channels for another trunk/line, and a user attempts to subsequently recreate this trunk or another trunk intending to use the same channels that were just freed by the removal of the previously mentioned trunk/line, the user will find that no channels are available to create this new trunk.
Workaround:
Perform a hardware reset on the involved BXM card to free the channels that are no longer in use by the deleted trunk/line.
CSCdr26043
Symptom:
BXM cards are going to Active-F state.
Condition:
Background test enabled.
Workaround:
Replace the BXM card or the BCC card.
CSCdr26161
Symptom:
During a burnfwrev on a UXM card, a message "Already burning firmware. Try again later" appears for a long period of time (more than 10 minutes) if the UXM card is reset during the burnfw process (after the download is complete, i.e., after the Burn Addresses stop updating).
Conditions:
Reset must be done after all burn addresses are updated.
Workaround:
Do not reset the card during burnfw process.
CSCdr29721
Symptom:
SW log 9000 and 103 occurs during downgrade from 9.2.31 to 9.2.3g
Conditions:
This problem occurs during a loadrev 9.2.3g is tried when the primary was running 9.2.31, then ran runrev 0.0, and did a lanbtld. After a lanbtld swlog 9000 and 103 occured.
Workaround:
None
CSCdr30543
Symptom:
Cell loss and invalid frame format for a UXM-FRM connection
Conditions:
The traffic was pumped from UXM port, using the standard frame relay parameters.
Workaround:
None
CSCdr30911
Symptom:
Software error 3041 is logged after a specific sequence of commands are executed on a BXM trunk card.
Conditions:
This occurs if there is a connection routed through a BXM trunk and the following sequence of events occurs: 1) The card is downed (dncd) 2) The trunk is deleted from the network (deltrk) 3) The trunk is downed (dntrk) 4) The card is upped (upcd)
Workaround:
None. Recommend that this sequence not be executed.
CSCdr31598
Symptom:
This problem is the same as CSCdr41370 in BPX. The average cell per second values for the dspchstat screen does not always reflect the correct transmit rate. It ramps up to the transmit rate, sometimes very slowly, some times more quickly.
Conditions:
This problem will occur whenever the dspchstats command is issued.
Workaround:
For the dspchstats screen, the only values that are incorrect are the "Collection Time", and "Rate (cps)." We can extrapolate this information from the TFTP or USER interval statistics which has a minimum granularity of 5, 10, or 15 minutes based on the number of connections they have in the network. If we divide the "Port Cells Received on Channel" statistic by the interval (5, 10, or 15 minutes) we will get the approximate average CPS.
Further Problem Description:
The root cause was that a timer's initialization was removed by a different defect fix. The result or removing this initialization is that the vcs_cur_ticks timer does not get reset so it contains the last time that the previous response was received rather than when this response was received, so the time value is too large.
Then when the average CPS is calculated, since the time value is too large, the average is way to small. It will eventually (over an extremely long period of time) approach the correct value, asymptotically.
The sequence is as follows:
t = A Normal statistics polling response is received from the card, vcs_cur_ticks is set to now (A).
t= B Command clrchstats is issued, which sets flags to drop the next sample (for summary statistics) and to re-init the vcs_cur_ticks field.
t = C Command dspchstats is issued, which will cause a statistics poll to be sent to the card and a response to be sent back nearly instantaneously.
When the response is received we see that the summary stat filter flag is set so we drop the first response (and we should set the vcs_cur_ticks field at this point but we don't).
t = D The dspchstats sends its second poll request, and we get back the response.
We update the data for cells RX/TX, etc.
We calculate the amount of time this data is for by subtracting the vcs_cur_ticks count (A) from the current time (D) so the time delta is (D - A).
Here is the problem. This time value should be (D - C) but because the initialization code was removed it is (D - A), too big.
The connection polling rate can be configured to 5, 10 or 15 minutes, therefore the amount of time that this can be off by is 4'59", 9'59" or 14'59".
It can also coincidentally be correct if t = A and t = C are very close to each other.
CSCdr33931
Symptom:
Nether dsplog (it has no record) nor CWM (it didn't receive a trap) when APS active line is in Yellow alarm.
Conditions:
When APS line is in yellow, it is expected to log an entry in dsplog as well as set a trap in CWM. This bug is introduced because of a Release 9.2.32 fix for MR 000253 (CSCdr26613) where the trunk status is set to clear if the active line is Yellow and the standby line is OK. Use the dsptrks command to show the active line status and trigger the trap, unless a clean and easy path is found to send a trap without setting the trunk to the Yellow alarm status.
Workaround:
Use the dspapsln command to monitor APS line status. But do not reroute connections.
CSCdr34820
Symptoms:
Under certain conditions more than one connection appears to on the same DSP.
addcon 9.1.2 uvm6 9.1.2 {*} /* used DSP 0 channel 1 of slot 9 */
addcon 11.1.2 uvm6 9.1.3 {*} /* This should be DSP 1 of slot 9,
/* DSP 0 ch 1 of slot 11 */
/* But dchst 9.1.3 shows as using
/* DSP 0 slot 9 */
Conditions
Since each DSP supports 2 connections. The dchst command malfunctions when (1) 2nd connection is added to itself (uses both connections on a DSP) and (2) subsequent connection is added to remote node whose first connection was made to the first connection of the originating uvm. The example above describes it best.
Workaround
None.
CSCdr41957
Symptom: swerr 506 and 589
Condition:
Follow the following procedure to produce swerr 506 & 589
If CC traffic is routed over virtual trunks, comm breaks and unreachability will occur.
Workaround:
To avoid this problem if the user is using BXM fw MFC or earlier restrict CC traffic on virtual trunks and allow only physical trunks to carry CC traffic.
CSCdr52621
Symptom:
Enabling channel statistics causes idle time on the node to drop to an unacceptable level.
Conditions:
Occurs when many channel statistics are enabled and/or many connections exist on the node.
Workaround:
None.
CSCdr53669
Symptom:
ILMI session is automatically active on any port interface.
Condition:
Enable an interface as a port. Earlier on this interface, there were Virtual Trunks active, which were downed using the dntrk command.
Workaround:
Reset the BXM card. Alternatively, enable ILMI on the port using the cnfport command and set "Protocol by card" option to "Y." Again disable the ILMI on the port using cnfport.
CSCdr55450
Symptom:
Yellow alarms triggers a flood of swlog 992, which kills ILMI tasks, causing all Axises connected to BPX to go unreachable.
Conditions:
A loose connector causes an Yellow alarm to appear and swerr 992 to appear.
Workaround:
The switchcc clears the software log of 992's is ID
CSCdr56010
Symptom:
CBR connections are missing on three BPX nodes during the upgrade from 9.1.22 to 9.2.23.
Condition:
When the nodes were upgraded from 9.1.22 to 9.2.23, this occured once and could not be recreated. The cause for the missing conns are unknown at this time.
Workaround:
None.
CSCdr56015
Symptom:
SWlog 261 found during the upgrade from 9.1.22 to 9.2.23
Conditions
SWlog 261 occured once during the upgrade on IGX, and could not be recreated.
Workaround
None
CSCdr58256
Symptom:
The BXM Y-red switchover sometimes (observed to be a 1:40 rate) results in a spurious rate matching command cell being sent to the Axis shelf, which might result in an LOS due to a dual SAR failure if the Axis shelf is not at Release 5.0.12 or greater.
Conditions:
Axis Release 4.0.19. BPX running Release 9.2.22.
Workaround:
Upgrade the Axis shelf to 5.0.12 or greater. This is actually the solution to the problem rather than a workaround. The workaround, which does not require an Axis upgrade, is currently (as of 6/12/00) being tested. The crux of the workaround is to create and send Cbus messages to manually remove from the BXM the channels that carry ILMI information to the shelf. Note that since this problem has never been reproduced in a lab, this workaround cannot guarantee that the errant ForeSight cell will be eliminated.
1. Use scp to create three Cbus messages. These messages will remove the Axis ILMI channels on ports 1, 2, and 3 from a BXM. 2. Use xcp to send the proper Cbus messages to the primary and secondary BXM slots where there are Axis shelves are configured on the ports. 3. Use switchyred on the slot of the primary BXM.
There should as little delay as possible between steps 1 and 2 as a sizeable delay could lead to an unreachability with the shelf.
The switchyred command will cause the ILMI channels to be restored on both the active and standby BXMs. The hope is that the absence if the ILMI channels will prevent the errant ForeSight cell from being sent to the Axis shelf, thereby avoiding the SAR exception, shelf rebuild and accompanying outage.
Here are the details on creating the appropriate Cbus messages:
The ILMI channel to Axis shelves is programmed on VPI 3 and VCI 31. The channel number depends on the port number.
The formula is:
ILMI channel number = <max channels> + MNCH_LMI_CHAN_OFFSET + <port #> where <max channels> is the number of channels listed on the dspcd screen (e.g. #Ch:16320), MNCH_LMI_CHAN_OFFSET = 2 and <port #> is the 0-based port number. The ILMI channel on port 1 of a BXM configured for 16320 channels is 16322. This formula appears in cnfg_trk_sar_chl.
The Monarch channel programming Cbus message, 0x52, is used to create and delete the ILMI channel. For port 1 of a BXM configured for 16320 channels, the message looks like this:
The IGX feeder shelf becomes unreachable when configuring LMI protocol to run on the BXM card.
Condition:
The IGX feeder trunk is connected to the BXM card. An LMI protocol is configured to run on BXM (using the cnftrk command).
Workaround:
Do not configure LMI protocol to run on BXM card.
CSCdr71781
Symptom:
The commands upln/uptrk cause a swerr 3000 error message.
Conditions:
When numerous connections are being rerouted and an upln or uptrk command is issued from the CLI.
Workaround:
None. To avoid the swerr, issue the commands after the rerouting is done.
CSCdr73183
Symptoms:
1. The software error log fills with 111s when there are 23 interfaces on the BXM slot. The interfaces may be trunks, port, virtual, or physical.
2. The statistics listed below are not being collected on all or some of the trunks/ports on the BXM card.
Port statistics: Number of cells received with CLP = 0. Number of cells received with CLP set. Number of cells dscd with CLP = 0 Number of cells dscd with CLP = 0 . Number of cells dscd with CLP set. Number of cells tx with CLP = 0. OAM cells received count Tx OAM cell count Rx RM cell count Tx RM cell count
Trunk statistics: Cells RX with CLP0 Cells Rx with CLP1 Cells RX Discard with CLP0 Cells RX Discard with CLP1 Cells TX with CLP0 Cells TX with CLP1 Ingress OAM Cell Count Egress OAM Cell Count Ingress RM cell count Egress RM cell count Total Cells Tx from port BXM: Total Cells RX
Conditions:
This will only occur on a BXM card.
When there are exactly 23 interfaces configured on the card, the software error 111s will be logged and the automatic polling for VI statistics (listed above) will completely stop.
When there are more than 23 interfaces, then only some of the interfaces on the BXM card will have their VI statistics polled.
Workaround:
Limit the total number of interfaces per BXM slot to 22 or fewer.
Further Problem Description:
This is a ubyte overflow problem.
The variable used to track the number of objects to send to the BXM card is a ubyte that has a range of 0-255.
The maximum number of objects that the software allows is 250. When a VI statistics poll is created, the following objects are needed: one object per message for the MSG ID, one object per VI for the VI ID, ten objects per VI for the STAT IDs.
CSCdr78213
Symptom:
1. Switch software error 3000 is logged after executing the following commands for NPM and UXM on IGX
resteccd <slot) (NPM card)
upln <slot.port> (UXM card)
2. An error will log in SWSW log file
3. An error is logged only the first time and did not reproduce if the upln command repeated
Conditions:
This occurs in Switch Software 9.2.34 which we are testing. The IGX hardware is involved with the NPM and UXM cards
Workaround:
None.
CSCdr80522
Symptom:
Unknown. It is command dependent. For some commands, there may be no problem at all. For some commands, problems occur from logging sw_error to incorrect information display.
Conditions:
This problem might occur only when the User Task (CLI) or the SNMP agent continues to execute some functions after an event is sent to TRNS Task and those functions expect some work will be completed by TRNS. The problem occurs only when these conditions exist and when TRNS calls Pause_proc, and there is not enough work for the Fail Task during the pause.
Workaround:
None.
Further Problem Description:
This problem was caused by an out-of-sync condition between TRNS and UI/SNMP tasks. The problem seems negligible because eventually the work will be done by TRNS.
CSCdr81947
Symptom:
BCC self-test is not working
Conditions:
The dspmemblk command shows a maximum block size of dynamic memory less than 10k
Workaround:
Use the switchcc commands to isolate scanrgn 2 -t 120 and scanrgn 4 dm dspmemblkdspprf
CSCdr82470
Symptom:
Port addloclp on the slave side of a daxcon does not work.
Condition:
Cells are transmitted to the network even though the port is loopback.
Workaround:
None. This affects only the slave end of a daxcon.
CSCdr83296
Symptom:
In the following topology, BPX - BXM - trunk - BXM - BPX, when adding two VTs over this physical trunk and then creating a resource partition on the second VT, the nodes become unreachable.
Workaround:
Unknown.
CSCdr85197
Symptom:
Two nodes continuously collide during routing.
Workaround:
Turn off routing on one node.
CSCdr86188
Symptom:
The 0x52 channel configure message sent for the slave end of an ATM daxcon with the line in Loss of Sig (RED) has the AIS bit set to "01" to generate the AIS message.
AIS cells are transmitted to the port even when the line is in LOS.
Workaround:
None. This affects only the slave end of a daxcon with the line in LOS.
Known Anomalies from Previous Releases
The following is the list of known anomalies in previous Switch Software deliveries. Included with each is a brief description of the problem. A more in depth description is available in the release note enclosure of the problem record in Bug Navigator.
Bug ID
Disposition of Anomaly
CSCdk04032
Closed. Please see note.
CSCdk53502
Closed. There is a hardware limitation that prevents the error reporting and it was determined that fixing this problem could create more errors.
CSCdm19535
Fixed in Release 9.2.30.
CSCdm20593
Fixed in Release 9.2.31.
CSCdm24020
Closed. The possibility of this problem occurring is extremely low and a workaround for the problem exists.
CSCdm50600
Closed. Please see note.
CSCdm60534
Closed. Please see note.
CSCdm62985
Closed. It was determined that this problem could not happen.
CSCdm78081
This was found in Release 8.5.05, but despite many attempts, it could not be Release 9.2. This problem is in the 'I' state since it was reported by the customer.
CSCdm79453
Closed. It was not possible to reproduce this problem.
CSCdp08741
Closed. The capability to burn model A firmware onto a UVM card is no longer supported.
CSCdp22655
Closed. This problem could not be consistently repeated, and a workaround exists.
CSCdp22795
Duplicate of CSCdr15924, which was fixed in Release 9.3.05
CSCdp28704
This anomaly was junked when it was discovered that a file was incorrectly missing a MIB object.
CSCdp28999
Closed. Please see note.
CSCdp32245
Fixed in Release 9.2.31
CSCdp33870
Duplicate of CSCdp32422, which was fixed in Release 9.2.31
CSCdp34188
Fixed in Release 9.2.30
CSCdp34846
Closed after many failed attempts at reproducing this anomaly. Also, this problem could not be duplicated on different hardware.
CSCdp37938
Duplicate of CSCdp34188, which was fixed in Release 9.2.30
CSCdp57089
Closed after many failed attempts at reproducing this anomaly.
CSCdp61204
Closed. Please see note.
CSCdp63917
Closed after many failed attempts at reproducing this anomaly.
CSCdp65503
Duplicate of CSCdp76840, which was fixed in Release 9.2.31
CSCdp72652
No action is required with regard to the BPX switch's detection or behavior following a bad crosspoint. Automatic switchover would cause more problems than it would solve.
CSCdp74165
Closed. It was decided not to add a 9.3 feature to the 9.2 baseline.
CSCdp81106
Closed. Please see note.
CSCdp82740
Duplicate of CSCdp49749, which was fixed in BXM firmware release MEF
CSCdp85319
Duplicate of CSCdm29466, which was fixed in Release 9.2.33
CSCdp87448
Closed after many failed attempts at reproducing this anomaly. Failed to detect this problem while reviewing the code.
CSCdp89369
Closed. A workaround has been provided. The customer agreed it was sufficient.
CSCdp90745
Duplicate of CSCdm24140, which was fixed in 9.2.30
CSCdp96286
This anomaly is in the 'I' state. It could not be reproduced with a test version of 9.2.31 and a test version of MEF. More testing is required before closing the anomaly.
Note These anomalies were closed because they were internally found (and not
customer-found). Also, in most cases, they either require significant effort to resolve, are
unreproducible, or have a benign effect on the system.
Problems Fixed in Release 9.2.34
Following is the list of fixed problems in the 9.2.34 Switch Software release. Included with each is a brief discussion of the problem.
Bug ID
Description
CSCdk55887
Symptom:
The dspport command not available to level 6 user IDs.
Conditions:
After upgrading from 7.x software to 8.1+ software.
Workaround:
Increase user privilege.
Further Problem Description:
The privileged level of the dspport command was changed in Release 8.1 to level 2 from level 6.
CSCdm13655
Symptom:
Cannot free any VCPARMS from the VCPARMS table (limit of 255 has been reached). Tried reconfiguring connections to make them join an existing VCPARMS index, but could not match the parameters successfully.
Conditions:
Only Frame Relay connections are affected. Connections on UFM Model A have variable configurations for VCQ and ECN thresholds. This causes the use of different VCPARMS entries.
Workaround:
Use cnfcon from both ends of connection.
Or
Delete and re-add the connection.
Further Problem Description:
Release 9.1.06 has two defects—CSCdk83358 fixed in 9.1.07 and CSCdk63187 which was fixed in 9.1.10. Both deal with the modification of VC queues. As a result, the VCPARMs indices are not reused. Furthermore UFM Model A has altered VCQ and ECN thresholds creating new profiles. UFM Model B firmware will allow reconfiguring the queues to FRM values.
CSCdp50091
Symptom:
The data_channel table is not updating with 9.1.15 software code.
The data_channel table in the SV+ stores information on the HDM/LDM port. Following an upgrade from a pre-9.1.11 release, to a 9.1.11 or higher release the data_channel table is empty on SV+. The node is fine.
Conditions:
Upgrade from a release before 9.1.11 to a release 9.1.11 or higher.
Workaround:
Configure the port using cnfchutl or cnfchdfm.
CSCdp67775
Symptom:
APS does not clear last user request after SF switch.
The swerr 532 is logged while doing snmpwalk or snmp MIB browsing.
Condition:
BXM feeder trunk with Y-red pair and secondary card is active.
Workaround:
1. Ignore swerr and clear error log or
2. Make Primary active or
3. Avoid snmpwalk for condition mentioned above.
CSCdr08430
Symptom:
The cnftrkparm does not alter non-TS transmit queue size correctly.
Condition:
NTM subrate trunk (with number of DS0 <= 8) and cnftrkparm is issued to increase NTS Q depth to either 84 or 85 (maximum) for an added trunk.
Workaround:
Limit NTS queue depth to 83.
CSCdr09440
Symptom:
ASI Qbin configuration is lost during Y-red switch-over to secondary card.
Condition:
This problem will occur when the ASI Y-red Secondary Card is active.
Workaround:
Switch back to Primary Card.
CSCdr11698
Symptom:
The overbooked Frame Relay connections caused TS discard.
Conditions:
While running both an LDM and HDM connection with two Frame Relay connections, both Frame Relay connections are overbooked, so they can utilize full trunk bandwidth when no LDM/HDM traffic is traversing the trunk.
When there is both LDM and Frame Relay traffic running across this trunk TS Qbin discards are seen.
Workaround:
1. Do not overbook or
2. Route some connections to other trunks if available.
Further Problem Description:
The problem is seen only when the Frame Relay connections try to utilize all the trunk bandwidth due to the connections being overbooked.
CSCdr11823
Symptom:
Potential problems in connections setup using VSI controller (either PNNI controller or an MPLS controller) if the connection uses VPI=1, VCI=257.
Condition:
A VSI-based connection uses VPI=1, VCI=257, and BCC self-test is enabled using the cnftstparm command.
Workaround:
Disable BCC self-test using cnftstparm command.
CSCdr15924
Symptom:
Robust Mechanism causes unpredictable handling of APS information with multiple CWMs. The BPX is not sending APS robust alarm messages to CWMs for multiple APS events. APS events are being lost. The BPX sends only APS robust alarm messages to one CWM.
Conditions:
The problem of the BPX not sending all events happens when multiple events happen in a short span of time. The problem with sending only the APS robust alarm message to one CWM will always happen.
Workaround:
None.
Further Problem Description:
The robust alarm mechanism currently used needs to be enhanced for APS robust alarm messages in order to handle multiple APS events occurring in a short period of time. Also a fix needs to be made to allow the BPX to send APS robust messages to all attached CWMs.
CSCdr20925
Symptom:
No redundancy after certain events occur.
1. Frame Relay connection from UFMU card in same chassis working well over UXM to UXM -red trunk.
2. Y-red trunk fails and moves to standby, with connection still working normally.
3. Trunk forced back to primary in Y-red. If the pair is using dncd or resetcd the connection fails to pass traffic.
No errors logged in node logs. The dsplog, cderr, swlog, and dsptrkstats show OAM and BDataB traffic stopped only. High priority cells still traverse trunk.
Workarounds:
Delete and re-create connection or try rrtcon.
CSCdr21739
Symptom:
Trns Handler uses up most of the CPU, many connections fail to route, but Trns keeps on trying.
Conditions:
Trunk failure reduced available bandwidth.
Workaround:
Turning off routing (off1 11).
CSCdr22568
Symptoms:
ILMI protocol keeps running on the BXM card even after disabling it using cnfport command.
Conditions:
The problem occurs only when all of the below conditions are true. 1. Enable ILMI for a port on the BXM card. 2. Disable ILMI by issuing cnfvsipart, than cnfport commands. 3. For cnfport, Enter N for the option protocol by card.
Workaround:
Disable ILMI protocol on the port. Let the protocol run by the card which should be set to YES.
CSCdr23432
Symptom:
Node ABORT occurs in addjob.
Conditions:
With ATM Port, run Addjob to configure existing ATM Port as Frame Relay port and all the parameters are not given in the same line.
Node aborts when you try to add a job to configure EXISTING ATM Port to Frame Relay port. This does not affect other commands like configure port (ATM/FR) ONLY ADD JOB or adding job to configure nonexisting port or add job to configure ATM port of an existing ATM or Frame Relay port, or add a job to configure existing Frame Relay to Frame Relay Port.
Workaround:
Do not add job to configure existing ATM port to Frame Relay port.
CSCdr25318
Symptom:
When the UFMU port is up, upon removal of the back card, the port status is still active. It should be FAIL.
Conditions:
In all previous switch software, which support UFMU cards, this problem exists.
Workaround:
Install UFMU with any type of back card. Using upport, remove the back card, check the port status. It should still be ACTIVE.
Further problem: The port status is sent to CWM by robust message, for old SWSW without the fix, it may cause problems in CWM if CWM just check the port status, without checking the back card missing alarm, to do some other configuration such as addcon, addtrk. In old SWSW, the card missing is checked before addcon.
CSCdr27853
Symptom:
Value of the reroute timer displayed in cnfcmparm after clrallcnf or clrcnf is 0 seconds instead of the default of 3 seconds.
Conditions:
This problem is created by clearing the configuration with clrallcnf or clrcnf.
Workaround:
Use cnfcmparm 9 to set the reroute timer value.
Further Problem Description:
Problem is due to using different units for reroute timer value during initialization and modification. After clrallcnf or clrcnf, the reroute timer is initialized to default number of three seconds. Whereas cnfcmparm treats the value as number of ticks. So, for a default value of less than number of ticks per second (100 ticks/sec), cnfcmparm displays reroute timer value as zero. When the reroute timer value is set using cnfcmparm, conversion to number of ticks before updating the reroute timer solves the problem.
CSCdr32789
Symptom:
Gateway LCNs count may exceed trunk channel count if cnfrsrc is done at BXM and trunk channel is reduced below gateway LCNs.
Condition:
It happens only in the above scenario.
Workaround:
Configure the trunk channels and gateway LCNs at the UXM end (using cnftrk).
CSCdr33428
Symptom:
UXM mismatch occurs following a card rebuild.
Condition:
1. Reset controller card with a standby UXM in the node 2. Activate UXM, which has the number of channels smaller than 8000. 3. Remove and reinsert UXM card (or reset UXM card).
Workaround:
Deactivating and reactivating the card will clear the problem.
CSCdr36808
Symptom:
SPVC reroute fails even though there are still some resources.
Condition:
When a trunk is changed from VSI-only to non-VSI only trunks and vice-versa. (VSI-only trunk is a trunk on which at least one VSI partition uses VPI<=1. Non-VSI only trunk is a trunk on which none of the VSI partitions uses VPI<=1.)
Workaround:
Reset the BXM card on which the trunk is configured.
If BXM firmware supports CC traffic control feature, a) It reserves the stats reserve value configured on any trunk as the bandwidth on HPQbin 2 of the VI corresponding to the trunk. This is on the egress side. b) The above stats reserve value will be sent to the card while doing uptrk and whenever there is a change in stats reserve.
During dntrk, though switch software sends the VI deactivation message, it is not freeing up the bandwidth (stats reserve) configured already.
If the same port is upped as a line, the same Qbin 2 will be used for nrt-VBR traffic. Whenever a new connection (rt-VBR) is added, its bandwidth will be accumulated on top of the old bandwidth (which is not freed during dntrk). This may affect the traffic on this port depending upon the PVCs setup.
Condition:
This will happen only if the same port that was used as trunk and upped as a line. The sequence is as follows:
Total sum of VSI bandwidth on all interfaces on the card exceeds the OC-12 bandwidth of 1412830.
Workaround:
Reconfigure the VSI bandwidth on the various interfaces on the card, so that total VSI bandwidth does not exceed OC12 bandwidth.
CSCdr41814
Symptom:
From SNMP, addshelf and VSI partition using the same VPI can cause a commbreak.
Condition:
The addshelf (IGX, AXIS, or PAR) from SNMP to SNMP, configure VSI resource to allow VSI range to cover VPI = 1 and/or 3.
Workaround:
None.
CSCdr48340
Symptom:
The dspnw on a node with IMA virtual trunks causes swerr 1423 or 1M3 abort
Conditions:
IMA virtual trunks are present on the node and are added to the network. Also, the node names are 5 or more characters long.
Workaround:
Reduce the node name to four characters or fewer Or, if possible, delete the IMA virtual trunks from the network.
Further Problem Description:
The problem occurs due to an overflow in the display screen of dspnw. Even though it looks serious, the problem is limited to the display and there are no database corruptions.
CSCdr49264
Symptom:
Add/Modify rt-VBR connection with "Enable cell routing" gives a false value via CWM. The connection type is shown as nrt-VBR on the CLI screen.
Conditions:
This happens in switch software 9.2 and 9.3 using CWM 10.0 or SNMP script.
Workaround:
1. Connect CWM to BPX network. 2. Use CWM or SNMP scripts to add or modify a rt-VBR connection. The "Enable cell routing" for this connection is false. Check the new or modified connection on CLI using dspcon; the connection type is nrt-VBR.
CSCdr49301
Symptom:
After a trunk went down or up, several PVCs did not reroute due to inconsistent LU at the endpoints.
Available bandwidth throughout the network verified support of the reroute. Attempts to reroute these conns were unsuccessful.
Conditions:
This is observed when rerouting has to take place after some network activities (such as, trunks going down).
Prior to this, the network operator has reconfigured some connections (via cnfcon), and those transactions were incomplete. Warnings about the incomplete cnfcon transactions were not always provided to the operator.
Workaround:
If the connection does not reroute due to inconsistent load unit, the following workaround (as an alternative to delcon and addcon) can be used:
At either end of the connection, preferably at the master end, issue a cnfcon command with a slightly different set of connection attributes (such as 99 percent utilization instead of 100 percent, 56 cells instead of 50, etc.). Then issue another cnfcon command with the exact desired set of attributes. Finally, issue a rrtcon for that failed connection at the master end, to kick-start this semi-permanently failed conn into rerouting.
CSCdr51105
Symptom:
An swerr 30 is logged when a UXM card is inserted.
Conditions:
The problem occurs rarely. It is caused by a race condition that has not been identified. The fix can recover the problem gracefully without a logged error.
Workaround:
Resetting the card can fix the problem (sync up the database).
CSCdr56249
Symptom:
Physical transition counters like LOS, LOF (displayed via dspcntrstats) are updated inconsistently when the corresponding errors are seen.
The counters on the right side of the dsplnerrs and dsptrkerrs screen are updated inconsistently when the corresponding errors are noticed.
Conditions:
The following conditions are needed for this problem to occur.
1.A trunk or line is up on a BXM card. 2. A failure occurs at the physical layer and an integrated alarm is declared.
Workarounds:
Configure the threshold time for a RED alarm to be declared, to be greater than 10 seconds (Line polling rate). This is the amount of time the condition has to persist before an integrated alarm will be declared.
The inconsistent updating of the counter statistics has been fixed. The customers will still not see any updates in the dsplnerrs/dsptrkerrs related counters.
Further Problem Description:
The transition counters like LOS, LOF, YEL, AIS displayed using the dspcntrstats command measure the number of transitions into & out of their corresponding conditions. These statistics are reported to switch software using the 0x56 message. When switch software gets this response, it updates the corresponding databases and this is seen via dspcntrstats, dsptrkerrs or dsplnerrs.
However, when the condition persists for 2.5 seconds (or whatever the threshold is configured to via cnflnparm/cnftrkparm), an integrated alarm is declared and the FW sends a 0x55, opcode 5 trap msg to switch software to declare an alarm. After the line goes into integrated alarm, these transition counters will not be updated.
If the condition persists for less than the threshold time, since the line or trunk is not in alarm, the bits are not set and the transition counters are updated.
The statistics displayed via the dsplnerrsor the dsptrkerrs command are related to statistical alarms and will be updated only if the line or trunk is not in alarm. For transient conditions that don't persist beyond the alarm-declaring threshold time, these counters are updated.
CSCdr58725
Symptom:
UXM card in standby mode will continuously be reset
Condition:
Self-test frequency (in cnftstparm) is set to a very low value, such as 1 second, but happens for values typically LESS THAN 40 seconds.
Workaround:
Do not set this frequency to LESS THAN 40 seconds. The 300 seconds default value works OK.
CSCdr64725
Symptom:
Incorrect operational status is reported for a trunk or virtual trunk via SNMP.
Conditions:
When a trunk/virtual trunk is added, the wrong status is being displayed from a CWM GUI.
Workaround:
None.
CSCdr67236
Symptom:
The BXM card's system time will not sync with network time.
Condition:
This will occur only if there is a change in network time (Via cnfdatecli) and if there is no ESP feeder on the node (this is obsoleted in 9.2).
When there is change in network time, the software is sending "time change event" (0x0a/0x50) only if there is any ESP feeder on the node.
Workaround:
Resetting the BXM card will trigger a 0x50 message. Please note that this event is a service affecting one. Alternately, for redundant BCC configurations, a switchcc will ensure that 0x50 message is sent to all the BXM cards after switchover. This will sync up the time between the BPX and the BXM cards.
CSCdr75146
Symptom:
Connections do not route due to lack of LCNs. Constats shows No LCN Failures incrementing on the endpoint or via node. dspload will show that conids are available on the trunk the connection is trying to use. This may occur on an endpoint or via node, hence the problem node must be identified.
Conditions:
None. This can occur in any version of switch software in any configuration.
Workaround:
Using switchcc on the problem node will correct the problem.
Further Problem Description:
If the problem trunk is a BXM, dspchuse will show that all the LCNs on the trunk are used, field pvc used will equal field pvc configuration. This problem was observed just after upping/adding a trunk with uptrk and addtrk as the channel count was not initialized to zero on the uptrk. Performing an upln followed by a dnln prior to upping the trunk will initialize the channel count to zero and avoid the problem.
CSCdr79123
Symptom:
A connection could be routed over a path with too much delay.
Workaround:
Configure preferred route.
Problems Fixed in Release 9.2.33
Following is the list of fixed problems in the 9.2.33 Switch Software release. Included with each is a brief description of the problem.
Bug ID
Description
CSCdj14920
Unable to clrcnf on BPX node whose number is > 63
CSCdm04491
Swerr 921 flooding
CSCdm13655
VC bw parm is not reused (initialized differently during upgrade vs provision).
CSCdm29466
Cannot addtrk on the VSI network because of VPC conid mismatch
CSCdm31518
"Active CC failure (EEPROM, SAR) and standby unlock or reseat causes rebuild."
CSCdm38578
Echo Negotiation for telnet between AIX and BPX
CSCdm48790
SIU phase errors from all BXM cards in a node
CSCdm69629
Different values of statistical reserve for dsptrkcnf and dspload
CSCdm88055
Job run job experienced failed
CSCdp20486
UXM IMA physical line alarms are not sent to SV+
CSCdp50871
UP/Down Line on ALM-A behaves erratically.
CSCdp53961
Control card mastership error not properly detected by software
CSCdp58131
SNMP get function in atmTrunkStatsTable
CSCdp62387
APS Clear Trap 20100 does not distinguish various types of clear events.
CSCdp68440
Swerr 961(BAD_LCN_SPECIFIED) found after dnport/dnln
CSCdp72012
Swerr 129 (BAD_TYPE_LOGGED) found at BPX2
CSCdp73065
Background Tst card errors on active. Card has state ACTIVE-F w/ss
CSCdp73606
Port LED remains on when line is downed on UXM.
CSCdp78731
LCN and VPC conid count is not sending correctly in TBL
CSCdp83180
Swerr 614 AUTO_DEL_LCON and 612 AUTO_DEL_VC upon fallback from 9.3.0L
CSCdp83902
UVM Line pass through does not work on the second physical line on UVM
CSCdp87624
Autodel trunk when rebuilding a port with 32 vtrks
CSCdp93368
When up a line then switch software seems to program all cons on that card
CSCdp93728
Summary statistics overflow is not detected correctly for Port and VI stats
CSCdp94039
Swlog 2000 occurs when snmpwalk on an IGX node
CSCdp95286
Cross point failures on the bcc.
CSCdp95807
Robust object message for vtrunks appears to be reporting wrong channel count
CSCdp96768
VSI and SVC bandwidth is not eliminated while configuring egress hpqbn b/w.
CSCdp98970
VT session timeouts on particular page when running dsprts
CSCdp99622
"Burn UXM/FW using C-bus, gets aborted"
CSCdp99780
Inhibit line loop diagnostics for IMA line/trunk
CSCdr00360
A Tstdelay command cannot run while card is initilized
CSCdr04828
IP relay channel is not getting deprogrammed when AAL/5 feeder is deleted
CSCdr06086
A dsp_pa_fail0 switch statement falls through when it should not.
CSCdr06280
Conditional update should not be integrated for a trunk between T1 and E1
CSCdr08084
A 62 message is not send on addyred if the secondary card is running self-test
CSCdr08231
A clrtrkstats does not clear Trunk Qbin statistics
CSCdr08952
A addloclp on BNI feeder connection aborts a node under certain circumstances
CSCdr10473
A swerr 1012 (BAD_RS_NCHANS) occurs after hitless rebuild
CSCdr11310
Configure LMI on UXM port causing swerr 987
CSCdr11823
A non-Fatal card error occurs on red. BXM during PXM1 upgrade. Refer to bug CSC46785
CSCdr11837
The maximum channel limit for dspchoid command is incorrect
CSCdr12300
Switch MIB is inconsistent with the CLI
CSCdr14544
PNNI VPI.VCI 0.18 is blocked when path 0 is built on BXM.
CSCdr14558
Switch software updates wrong port DB and robust message after Y-Red UFM switch over.
CSCdr14935
Unable to add UFM UXM connections from UFM side and there is corruption of Be Bc.
CSCdr17056
Provide UNKNOWN state for serialPortLeadState
CSCdr19348
NTS connections get bit errors when Frame Relay bursts fill up trunk capacity
CSCdr20760
Incorrect prompt while deleting a trunk on IGX UXM card
CSCdr21739
Node hung up and lost access after deleting a trunk.
CSCdr26582
CD error after issuing a addctclr command (SLT)
CSCdr30234
Available Conids gets updated only on the nodes connected by the trunk.
CSCdr32875
"int_all_usr_updt, trkchans: kicks of reroute only for trunks attached locally."
CSCdr41370
Dspchstat from Port counter slowly ramps-up to send rate
Problems Fixed in Release 9.2.32
Following is the list of fixed problems in the 9.2.32 Switch Software release. Included with each is a brief description of the problem.
Bug ID
Description
CSCdk03916
Trunk information is inconsistent
CSCdr26613
"When active APS line has YEL, trunk fails."
CSCdr35085
Switchcc cannot be cancelled when updates pending
Problems Fixed in Release 9.2.31
Following is the list of fixed problems in the 9.2.31 Switch Software release. Included with each is a brief description of the problem.
Bug ID
Description
CSCdk15523
"Integer overflow results in computation in get_bc, get_be funcs"
CSCdk22052
Switchcc event logged under trapd.log when the command is cancelled
CSCdk45354
No data continuity between UVM & HDM for nx64 connection
CSCdk60213
HDM data errors with 1152 kb/s connections on 9.1.06
CSCdm10213
After upgrade or switchcc in 9.1, extra connections may appear
CSCdm20593
Switch software should not allow an ATFR connection between two UXMs
CSCdm26083
Dsptrkbob causes swerr 30 and 923 when performed on sec Y-Red card
CSCdm46032
SNMP identifies ALM/A line as ATM trunk
CSCdm47765
VT cause memory leak
CSCdm68968
"VC-Q depth setting at default value, Connection Manager, IGX, routing and feeder node"
CSCdm75577
UFM-C to BXM SIW/NIW connection discards 100% cells at BXM on BPX if the connection is between UFM-C on IGX to BXM on BPX.
CSCdm77271
Incorrect modem upgrade support
CSCdm87788
Unable to add connection with maximum rate on BXM-T3 port with direct mapping
CSCdm91529
"Screen flicker on dspnds, with more than 2 columns nodes"
CSCdp07967
Statistics files updating standby cause standby to hang in update state
CSCdp09854
The value for maximum pvc bw in rsrc partition displays wrong value
CSCdp15350
SNMP GET-NEXT does not work for frLportStatTable
CSCdp20534
Uninitialized variable in get_rrt_space() function
CSCdp27598
Disabling and enabling echo canceller produces Channel Pair Problem
CSCdp32245
BXM-OC3 DX performance monitoring is not implemented Bellcore 253 Sec 6.2.2.
CSCdp32422
addlnlocrmtlp does not loop traffic properly in APS 1+1 cross over circuit
CSCdp32490
Secondary CC went from UPGRADED to STANDBY after pull/reinsert CC-backcard
CSCdp32760
Updates/Upgrades of circuit lines can cause a memory leak on the standby
CSCdp32823
IGX FAIL handler causes high CPU utilization
CSCdp34687
BPXs running 9.2.22 experiences commBreak every 5 seconds and cleared.
CSCdp34935
connCurrRouteDesc description inconsistent with code
CSCdp35155
LDM cderrs and card failed in 9.2.3M
CSCdp37572
Addcon command does not include connection display
CSCdp39883
Con with 1/101 VPI/VCI added at BXM fdr trunk caused UNRCH of its fdr
CSCdp41410
Modem Silence duration can be set to a maximum of only 5.1 seconds
CSCdp42776
Cannot configure BXM port by runjob command
CSCdp43913
Dsprsrc displays confusing information about Topo Discovery
CSCdp45833
SVC deletions are sometimes incomplete (swerr 332 with FFF1)
CSCdp47053
ALM/B Y-Red does not work for upgrade 8.5.09->9.1.15->9.2.23
CSCdp47428
IFC failed when shelf is re-added (with 2 partition)
CSCdp47479
Unable to configure feeder LMI timers
CSCdp48792
"The dsplog/trapd show the APS alarm cleared, but dspapsln is in LOS"
CSCdp48797
All connection parms go to 0 when change vc q depth
CSCdp48797
All connection parms go to 0 when change vc q depth
CSCdp49215
Addtrk on Y-red card causes swerr 9082
CSCdp49860
Dncon causes other connections to be downed
CSCdp49951
BPX hanging up with TUNL task using up to 60% CPU RT
CSCdp50593
Updated information PNNI ctrlr not sent after addctrlr command
CSCdp51318
No alarm of the APSLN in dsplog/dspapsln after Signal Degrade/Failure
CSCdp52802
UVM ports do not pass data due to stuck CCS conditioning
CSCdp53212
Dspload from IGX on a remote BPX with trunk no.> 8 is not allowed
CSCdp53891
Addloclp and addrmtlp command causes yellow alarm on UVI interface
CSCdp54106
"BCC switchcc causes Comm failure, telnet failure"
CSCdp54803
BCC switches over when standby is in update statistic with bad Spurious Int
CSCdp55388
Dspchuse shows wrong number for max PVC configured.
CSCdp55442
Addjob/editjob and cnfport corrupts memory or can cause a 1M3 abort
CSCdp58545
Distortion on UVM-to-CVM connections routed on UXM Trunks when VAD Threshold reached.
CSCdp58869
Unintelligent response from cnfcon command
CSCdp59960
UVM does not send yellow alarm to PBX when it receives a yellow alarm from PBX
CSCdp61539
"Networking channel deletion problem for Transparent, Blind and Inter-nodal"
CSCdp64345
Virtual trunk in comm fail is chosen by route or after hitless rebuild
CSCdp65187
Multiple switchyred within 10 seconds causes line to go in LOS for APS
CSCdp66930
No failed traps for user lockout but traps for BPX lockout
CSCdp69003
"Decrease Comm Brk clear, reroute and recondition time after rebuild"
CSCdp69582
Unable to switchyred on upgrade from BXM to BXM-E due to Qbin size mismatch
CSCdp70093
Failure configuring VSI ILMI gives error message Unknown error for LCN un avail.
CSCdp70295
"UNI port MIB should show range 1-255, not"
CSCdp73719
ILMI on card can be disabled through SNMP even if VSI ILMI enabled.
CSCdp76840
Resetcd on Active should warn when standby is still in PRGM mode.
CSCdp79429
Dspselftst shows test attempts incrementing yet Status always shows Not Run
CSCdp79560
TFTP Channel Stats are not reported correctly
CSCdp79719
Cnftrk on an IMA trunk shows negative transmit trunk rate!
CSCdp82720
Y-red: standby UXM does not take over when FW is burned on active card
CSCdp84848
Dsplogcd for a VSI trunk attempts to use an uninitialized pointer
CSCdp85171
Flood of HW failure messages from BXM caused node rebuild
CSCdp85238
Alarm are not getting updated when delapsln and switchyred/resetcd is done.
CSCdp86269
Trunks and LNs on aps cds go into LOS and never recover during gr253 -> ITUT.
CSCdp90123
Cnftrk for a vtrk on an OC12 interface gives a line coding prompt
CSCdp90130
Cnfrsrc shows more bandwidth than the physical maximum for a feeder.
CSCdp98715
Swlog 514 and 589 when doing dncon.
CSCdr00072
Using unitialized num_ports variable in av_bkcd()
Problems Fixed in Release 9.2.30
Following is the list of fixed problems in the 9.2.30 Switch Software release. Included with each is a brief description of the problem.
Bug ID
Description
CSCdk36040
"Trap 20004-wrong value for varbind trapCardType, FRP back card"
CSCdk53336
Tstdelay not working on non-enhanced ASI-155
CSCdk87939
Dspchcnf shows inconsistent information after upgrade to 9106
CSCdm05502
Need cnfuvmchparm parameters 8 and 9 to configure UVM echo cancelers
CSCdm19532
A-bit status not propagating through network changing from NNI to UNI port
CSCdm19535
Channel program problems for BXM virtual trunks
CSCdm24140
Delcon on IGX causes IDLE RT to drop
CSCdm31990
CVM cbus message (0xA0) is not delivered when the secondary card is active.
CSCdm42254
When user ID is deleted subsequent users are reported one off.
CSCdm53182
Swerr 923 logged when dsptrkred command is used.
CSCdm65380
Allow conids lower than 4096 for VT wraparound
CSCdm72719
Unable to add BNI VT over ASI port in some cases
CSCdm74224
Unable to configure a port on OC-3 card when others are already configured.
Trunk Cell routing restriction is not prompted any more for ATM conn.
CSCdm30262
Incorrect logic for VTs in g_ima_grp_member()
CSCdm30359
Failed to add daxcon path connection due to incorrect VPI checking.
CSCdm30608
Software error 55 after addalmslot 16
CSCdm31674
Yellow alarm line conditioning for T1 lines
CSCdm32384
Node rebuild on BPX caused comm fail.
CSCdm33967
After upgrade 9.1.09 to 9.2.00 trunks went comm. failure and then OK
CSCdm34282
Dbs_Pre_9110 not initialized properly in Root()
Additional Deliverables
SNMP MIB
The SNMP IGX/BPX switch SNMP MIB is being provided with the delivery of Release 9.2.33 Switch Software. The MIB is in standard ASN.1 format and is located in the ASCII text files agent.m, ilmi.m, ilmi_ctl.m, ilmiaddr.m, switch.m, swtraps.m, and errors.m which are included in the same directory as the Switch Software images. These files may be compiled with most standards-based MIB compilers.
Switch MIB changes of Release 9.2
The following Switch MIB changes were introduced since Release 9.2.00. The changes include Obsolete objects, Modified objects, and New objects:
switchIfTable
New objects:
switchIfCtrlVPI
switchIfCtrlVCIStart
Modified objects:
switchIfEntry
switchIfScTmpltId
atmPortTable:
New objects:
atmPortHcfShift
Modified objects:
atmPortEntry
atmPortMetro
atmPortQueueTable:
Modified objects:
atmPortQueueType
atmPortQueueDepth
connTable:
Modified objects:
connCurrRouteDesc
connPrefRouteDesc
atmEndptTable:
Modified objects:
atmEndptDesc
atmOtherEndptDesc
atmEndptSubType
atmEndptMCR
atmBwClassTable:
Modified objects:
atmBwClassConType
The following objects are associated with the switchShelf configuration branch.
New objects:
shelfCnfgFBTC
shelfCnfgSerialLeadTypeIndex
shelfCnfgSerialLeadMonitorTimer
shelfCnfgSystemTime
shelfSlotInfoTable:
Modified objects:
slotBackType
slotFrontNumPort
slotBackSonetMode
slotCardMinBusUBU
sonetIfTable:
Modified objects:
sonetIfType
sonetStatsTable:
New objects:
sonetStatsYelTcs
sonetStatsAisTcs
sonetStatsLocs
sonetStatsLops
sonetStatsPthAis
sonetStatsPthYels
sonetStatsSecBip8s
sonetStatsLnBip24s
sonetStatsLnFebes
sonetStatsPthBip8s
sonetStatsPthFebes
sonetStatsSecBip8Es
sonetStatsLnBip24Es
sonetStatsLnFebeEs
sonetStatsPthBip8Es
sonetStatsPthFebeEs
sonetStatsSecBip8Ses
sonetStatsSecSefs
sonetStatsLnBip24Ses
sonetStatsLnFebeSes
sonetStatsPthBip8Ses
sonetStatsPthFebeSes
sonetStatsLnUas
sonetStatsLnFarendUas
sonetStatsPthUas
sonetStatsPthFarendUas
sonetStatsHcsCrtblErrEs
Modified objects:
sonetStatsEntry
atmTrunks table:
Modified objects:
atmTrkType
atmTrkTrafCls
rsrcPartiTable:
New objects:
rsrcPartiVsiIlmiEnable
Modified objects:
rsrcPartiEntry
rsrcPartiVsiVpiEnd
serialPortTable:
New objects:
serialPortLeadState
Modified objects:
SerialPortEntry
serialPortLeadState
Default Values
BPX 8600 Nodes
The default values for BXM and Enhanced-BXM cards are the same.
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System-Wide Parameters
1 Max Time Stamped Packet Age (msec) ................................ 32
2 Allow CPU Starvation of Fail Handler .............................. No
3 Max Network Delay for 'v' connections (msec)....................... 14
4 Max Network Delay for 'c' connections (msec)....................... 27
5 Max Network Delay for 't' & 'p' connections (msec)................. 14
6 Max Network Delay for 'a' connections (msec)....................... 27
7 Max Network Delay for High Speed Data connections (msec)........... 32
8 Max Network Delay for CDP-CDP 'v' connections (msec)............... 64
9 Max Network Delay for CDP-CDP 'c' connections (msec)............... 64
10 Max Network Delay for CDP-CDP 't' & 'p' connections (msec)......... 64
11 Max Network Delay for CDP-CDP 'a' connections (msec)............... 64
12 Max Network Delay for CDP-CDP High Speed Data connections (msec)... 64
13 Enable Discard Eligibility......................................... No
14 Use Frame Relay Standard Parameters Bc and Be...................... No
15 Max Local Delay for Interdom CDP-CDP 'v' conns (msec).............. 27
16 Max Local Delay for Interdom CDP-CDP 'c' conns (msec).............. 27
17 Max Local Delay for Interdom CDP-CDP 't' & 'p' conns (msec)........ 27
18 Max Local Delay for Interdom CDP-CDP 'a' conns (msec).............. 27
19 Max Local Delay for Interdom CDP-CDP High Speed Data conns (msec).. 27
20 Max Local Delay for Interdom High Speed Data conns (msec).......... 28
43 ABR [ 80] 46 ABR [ 60] 51 ABR [ 80] 54 ABR [ 60]
This Command: cnftrkparm 16.1
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