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1.1.12 Version Software Release Notes Cisco WAN MGX 8850 Software

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1.1.12 Version Software Release Notes
Cisco WAN MGX 8850 Software

About These Release Notes

About the 1.1.12 Release

Features

Release 1.1.12 MGX 8850 Hardware

MGX 8220 Hardware not supported on Release 1.1.12 of the MGX 8850

MGX 8220 Hardware that has been superseded on the MGX 8850 by MGX 8850-specific Hardware

MGX 8220 Hardware that will not be supported on the MGX 8850

Software Platform Features

Features not Supported in this Release:

Major Network Management Features

Connection Limits

SNMP MIB:

Notes & Cautions

Node Related

RPM Related

Limitations

Problems Fixed in Release 1.1.12

Bug ID
Description

CSCdk72991

Symptom:

FRSM-VHS takes several minutes to go active when inserted the first time or after clrallcnf.

Condition:

The delay is due to the creation time of the FRSM-VHS database on the disk. This delay is only introduced the first time the card is inserted or after clrallcnf.

Work around:

Wait for card to go active. The Hot Standby Feature has been introduced for VHS to mitigate this problem. With a hot standby the switchover happens in less than one second.

CSCdm89192

Symptom:

Oscillation of APS lines on switchcc.

CSCdm35462

Symptom:

Unable to add SRM lines from PXM in slot 8

CSCdm46620

Symptom:

PXM and SRM do not display the Fab # via dspcd command like other SMs

CSCdm49706

Symptom:

PXM gives unwanted Error Messages after switchcc

CSCdp16642

Symptom:

dspln -ds3 command does not work for SRMs in 1.1.11Jd

Conditions:

When the PXM firmware is of a version later than 1.1.11Ja and the PXM back card is not a T3 back card.

Workaround:

Issue the command dsplns -ds3 <slotno> to get the required information.

Further Problem Description:

The problem occurs because of an invalid conditional checking during the display.

CSCdm45533

Symptom:

Round trip delay test results do not change on changing CDVT for CE-CE connection

Conditions:

1 While adding a connection, the aal1driver added the connection with default CDVT of 1000us. After adding the connection, the CDVT was configured. This effect of CDVT change was felt only after a channel failure

2 When modifying CDVT with cnfcon too, the same problem was found, because of the CBR traffic, the buffer size cannot be changed dynamically without dropping data, hence it was not possible to see the effect of change in CDVT immediately.

Workaround:

1 The first problem can be overcome by using CWM or the xcnfchan command to add a connection with value of CDVT different from the default

2 For dynamic changes in round trip as a result of CDVT changes, a shellConn command is introduced to synchronize the SAR queues. This command would, however, cause a momentary traffic disruption for CDVT to take effect

NODENAME.1.4.CESM.a > dspcons
  Line    ConnId            ChanNum Status  CDVT  MaxBufSize  CLIP    
CBRservice
  ---- -------------------- ------- ------ ----- ---------- ------ 
------------
  1    NODENAME.4.1.0       32      Mod    10000 5120       2500   
unstructured
  2    NODENAME.4.2.0       33      Mod    10000 5120       2500   
unstructured
  ChanNumNextAvailable: 35
NODENAME.1.4.CESM.a > shellConn
NODENAME.1.4.CESM.a > SyncChan 32
SyncChan 32
value = 0 = 0x0

The command reports an error if it is unsuccessful. It takes channel number (not connection number) as an argument and does range checking for valid channels.

CSCdm53456

Symptom:

Tstcon & Tstdelay give misleading error message.

CSCdm54264

Symptom:

RPM DAX connection is not rejected when conflict

CSCdm59885

Symptom:

Connections with mismatched endpoints should be rejected

CSCdm61180

Symptom:

Able to change passwords without knowing password

CSCdm66124

Symptom:

The dspprf and dspprfhist commands have no per screen prompt

CSCdm73767

Symptom:

The cnfsrmclk command syntax has slots 7 and 8 as valid slot numbers

CSCdm81432

Symptom:

APS for MGX8830 does not support PXM slots 1 and 2 so addapsln fails

CSCdm84524

Symptom:

Standby PXM displays bogus interface properties

CSCdm30887

Symptom:

The cnftrk help screen - ellipsis in slot.port option is misleading

CSCdm45141

Symptom:

The switchcc command output displays ssiFrameXmt failed: invalid sw clock info pg and VSI master

CSCdm61405

Symptom:

The bootChange information does not get propagated to a newly installed card

CSCdm69913

Symptom:

Ckecksum blocks not sync between controller and slave

CSCdm83431

Symptom:

Cannot telnet into an MGX 8850 shelf, but shows alive on ping

CSCdm86705

Symptom:

PLCP payload scrambling enable/disable needs to be supported

CSCdm91291

Symptom:

CWM flooded with APS trap 50606

CSCdm59422

Symptom:

PXM declares RPM as Failed when CPU reaches high utilization.

CSCdp02058

Symptom:

Memory leak observed when master connection deleted

CSCdp02415

Symptom:

Bulk overflow system errors for conn addition beyond half of max-con limit

CSCdm94636

Symptom:

APS switch causes Db plfm: aps disk update failed in ssiDb Update in log

CSCdp04474

Symptom:

Clearing LOS condition on an aps line does not generate traps/log entry

CSCdp06288

Symptom:

All FRSM-VHS cards get into mismatch on downgrading to 1.1.11

CSCdp06386

Symptom:

APS - doing addapsln with OC12 interface causes both PXMs to reboot constantly

CSCdp07688

Symptom:

PAR ERROR - SYSTEM ERROR 20418 when deleting connection

CSCdp08594

Symptom:

Every 55 minutes MGX 8850 sends out 18 fan traps.

CSCdp09205

Symptom:

Not able to add 12K complete connections in MGX 8850 shelf

CSCdp10299

Symptom:

Standby PXM got reset during switchcc

CSCdp07383

Symptom:

APS alarm status is not provided in the MGX 8850 node, this must be provided

CSCdp04380

Symptom:

A switchcc caused by software error on node with 12000 connections

CSCdk87710

Symptom:

Decrease in number of CLP set cells.

CSCdm35110

Symptom:

Traffic dropped in Adaptive mode in CESM 8t1 card

CSCdm57173

Symptom:

The dspchancnt command requires port#.vpi.vci instead of just channel number

CSCdm61921

Symptom:

After reset of card T1/E1 loops are up but CLI indicates they are in alarm.

CSCdm64892

Symptom:

Connection addition from the slave end with optional parameters fails

CSCdm65796, CSCdm94176

Symptom:

Remote loops put up on FRSM-2CT3 are not detected by the dspln command

CSCdm69365

Symptom:

Need support for IP Address discovery of MC3810 using ILMI

CSCdm69833

Symptom:

AUSM default connection parameter values severely impact data

CSCdm72334

Symptom:

FRSM-2CT3 DS3 line loopback not available

CSCdm72343

Symptom:

FRSM-2CT3 M-frame seq for OOF not evaluated

CSCdm75968

Symptom:

Universal(12in1) backcard must support X.21

CSCdm77348

Symptom:

CESM front card does not reset when backcard is re-inserted

CSCdm81340

Symptom:

AUSM slot 7 on axis shelf mysteriously switched to slot 14 <CSCdm10441>

CSCdm81362

Symptom:

singleBitErrCorrection missing from the tftp table <CSCdm44566>

CSCdm81363

Symptom:

Huge traps 50900/50901 sent on line errors. <CSCdm54102>

CSCdm81366

Symptom:

AUSM card with Bad PRI which pass checksum test ... <CSCdm60447>

CSCdm81373

Symptom:

The dspmaptbl command not implemented in AUSM as described in documentation

CSCdm82908

Symptom:

Clock synchronization is required in loop timing

CSCdm83655

Symptom:

On-board and external BERT tests picked up errors when using SRM T1 distribution

CSCdm83787

Symptom:

runslftstno 5 gets Disk Data Corruption message (similar to bug CSCdm68952)

CSCdm84900

Symptom:

After adding some connections, HS2 card goes into constant failed state

CSCdm85407

Symptom:

CESM 8t1e1 should have dsptotals command as all other service modules

CSCdm87632

Symptom:

VISM-8E1 appears as VISM-8T1 during boot-up

CSCdm87948

Symptom:

Misleading info displays for xcnfchan and xcnfport

CSCdm43872

Symptom:

Misleading Error Message by dspcons CLI

CSCdm49144

Symptom:

CLI support required with Port.dlci as Connection Index

CSCdm92558

Symptom:

The dspcd <slot_no> command display shows unexpected output

CSCdp03564

Symptom:

Getting large amounts of aborted frames on FRSM-HS2 card

CSCdp05125

Symptom:

FRSM-2CT3 frame aborts on CPE equip for ports in excess of 64kbps size

CSCdm17999

Symptom:

No CLI to read nvram data for front card and back card

CSCdm36668

Symptom:

On switchcc, CESM-8T1 & FRSM-VHS in slot 1 & 17 fails, incr unknown ScmTypeCnt

CSCdm75434

Symptom:

FRSM-2T3 is in failed state after xcnfchan -chn ? -cntp 2 for slave

CSCdm80762

Symptom:

N393 counter can be set to less than or equal to N392 counter

CSCdp05620

Symptom:

DLCI and Delete bit fields of an async. status message don't carry correct values

CSCdp09346

Symptom:

CESM-8T1/E1 - New dsptotals command only shows max of 124 ports for both cards.

CSCdp11885

Symptom:

FRSM-2E3 - After deletion of only channel, card still indicates channel alarm.

CSCdm30544

Symptom:

FRSM-VHS card does not clear Major Alarm due to inconsistent db

CSCdm31614

Symptom:

Inappropriate error message after display of 1000 channels

CSCdm49120

Symptom:

CLI support required using Port.dlci as Connection Index

CSCdm79642

Symptom:

PXM-CESM connections declared failed even though data continuity is fine

CSCdm84330

Symptom:

Random bit errors observed on DAX - T3 connections

CSCdm90305

Symptom:

Remote loops put up are not displayed by dspln command <VHS:CSCdm65796>

CSCdm90305

Symptom:

Remote loops put up are not displayed by dspln command <VHS:CSCdm65796>

CSCdm93572

Symptom:

Cannot set AUSM IMA PortQueues on Popeye AUSM card.

CSCdp02813

Symptom:

FRSM-VHS - tstcon/tstdelay to UXM UNI port cons fail nearly every time

CSCdp06586

Symptom:

Unable to reverse LMI on FRSM not possible by N393<N392

CSCdp06562

Symptom:

FRSM-2CT3 resets when provisioning up to 4000 connections and card and line info wiped

CSCdp83469, CSCdp08711

Symptom:

Lines on FRSM get disabled

CSCdm34026

Symptom:

Following switchcc duplicate IP address reported

CSCdm56223

Symptom:

SRM responds to FEAC for T3

CSCdm56229

Symptom:

SRM responds to FEAC for T1s

CSCdm60448

Symptom:

SRM-3T3 X-bits not in compliance with standards

CSCdm64880

Symptom:

After switchcc, lost telnet ability and also seq mismatch error

CSCdm67158

Symptom:

Control X issued at the console login prompt caused reset

CSCdm72320

Symptom:

Communication between PXM and service module drops in case of a switchover

CSCdm94687

Symptom:

LOS on an APS line not in compliance with standards

CSCdm81375

Symptom:

Phantom channels on cards that don't have lines or ports enabled

CScdm87663

Symptom:

Performing switchcc on a system configured for APS results in error message

CSCdp07010, CSCdm57910

Symptom:

Could not configure i/f as trunk initially until background check failed

CSCdp08385

Symptom:

Possible memory leak after weekend of add/del slave end conns

CSCdp11201

Symptom:

FRSM-8T1E1 ports disappear after reset of card

CSCdp11885

Symptom:

FRSM-2E3 after deletion of only channel card still indicates channel alarm


Problems Fixed in Release 1.1.11

Bug ID
Description

CSCdm45045

Symptom:

APS: no differentiation between Model A and B backcards

CSCdm56779

Symptom:

Removing the back card from the active PXM causes the APS line to fail

CSCdk63920

Symptom:

VPI value supported on PXM broadband interface BBIF is 255

CSCdm32833

Symptom:

APS: switchapsln service options are not working

CSCdm36155

Symptom:

IP+ATM - Saved PVC configurations will not come up after pulling the RPM

CSCdm42355

Symptom:

Feature enhancement: real time VBR support on PXM UNI

CSCdm47536

Symptom:

FRSM front card should remain Active when line card is removed

CSCdm62176

Symptom:

Executing cc to redundant-active SMs CESM, FRSM, AUSM always fails after switchcc

CSCdm65505

Symptom:

APS and PMM pipc call forward functions leak pipc buf descriptor memory

CSCdm46613

dsptotals functionality not implemented on PXM

CSCdm57515

Removal of FRSM-2CT3 backcard did not cause redundancy switchover

CSCdm60455

Unable to configure SRM alarm intervals

CSCdm67669

Not able to configure Cellbus for double clock speed

CSCdm55225

Saveallcnf does not work while provisioning

CSCdm69780

Support of PXM core dump subsystem feature.

CSCdm35781

IP+ATM A PXM that is up does not detect PVCs going down at the far end

CSCdm40790

Expected dspred to show BLOCKED when redundant back card is unplugged.

CSCdm58432

Line cnf cleared on mmf-smf transition, mismatch not shown for mmf-smf combine

CSCdm60455

Unable to configure SRM alarm intervals

CSCdm61275

No APS switch on SDBER threshold exceeded

CSCdm63233

Saveallcnf does not include RPM configs

CSCdm71506

ssiMemPartShow output is broken caller, time and user data is garbage

CSCdm59316, CSCdm51290

Design rule for core card redundancy needs to be changed - Standby SRM does not take over when active SRM fails

CSCdm35781

IP+ATM A PXM that is up does not detect PVCs going down at the far end

CSCdm40790

Expected dspred to show BLOCKED when redundant back card is unplugged

CSCdm61199

cnftrapip reqd to specify source add. for traps-cnfifip address not sufficient

CSCdm74699

dspfwrevs hangs if ComMat.dat file is in C:/FW directory

CSCdm75102

If background memory check finds an error, the chunk pool may become unusable

CSCdm72701

Modified the red state machine to handle, SM_NOT_RESPONDING state from PMM in addition to SM_FAILED

CSCdm81167

Memory corruption in cliPlugin call

CSCdm81213

pool header status field has an invalid value

CSCdm80527

Cannot set dsx3PlcpPayloadScramble from SNMP

CSCdm00200

PCI errors cause VISM to reboot without displaying/logging error source

CSCdm23426

FRSM VHS 2CT3 delete rsc part config change50600 trap has incorrect status

CSCdm36668

On Switchcc, cesm-8t1 & frsm-vhs in slot 1 & 17 fails, incr unknownScmTypeCnt

CSCdm44993

FRSM-V.35: Frame traffic loss on local DAX connection with internal loopback

CSCdm46266

FRSM-V.35: Unnecessary traps upon port addition and deletion

CSCdm47536

FRSM front card should remain Active when line card is removed

CSCdm49847

dsplns returns undefined symbol: dsplns on FRSM-VHS2E3

CSCdm50397

FRSM-V.35: UNI Timeout counts increment with NNI signalling configured

CSCdm51406

dspchancnt on remote end does not show receiving AIS

CSCdm51635

FRSM-8T1 does not show backcard serial number in dspcd

CSCdm54744

FRSM-V.35: Tagging should not occur with DE tagging disabled

CSCdm56090

FRSM-V.35: Port alarm should occur with Rcv clk rate out-of-bounds line alarm

CSCdm56264

CESM continuously rebooting

CSCdm57914

dspimainfo command to follow AXIS 5 implementation

CSCdm63207

MGX fails to send yellow upon receipt of AIS

CSCdm63250

FRSM-2CT3 does not generate yellow alarm

CSCdm63851

FRSM-V.35: FRSM Cards should not be identified as AXIS cards

CSCdm65343

FRSM V.35: Commands should include help text for V.35 interface not only X.21

CSCdm65939

SRM DS3 momentary error causes permanent DS1 LOF

CSCdm65940

SRM DS3 momentary error causes permanent DS1 LOF

CSCdm68952

runslftstno 5 run on AUSM shows Disk Data Corruption even though test passes

CSCdm69071

Automatic relearning of IMA ID required

CSCdm69713

FRSM-V.35: FRSM Cards should not be identified as AXIS cards

CSCdm69714

FRSM-V.35: FRSM Cards should not be identified as AXIS cards

CSCdm70125

Removal of FRSM-2CT3 backcard did not cause redundancy switchover

CSCdm56202

dsploads on AUSM

CSCdm83075

Redundant SM cards unavailable on pxm switchover caused by SRM failure

CSCdm83995

pxm - LMI port disabled on upgrade and resetsys, trunk unusable

CSCdm75342

After resetcd, all configuration for HS2 card is lost

CSCdm80086

FRSM-CT3 went into failed state during con provisioning

CSCdm29907

The cardMajorAlarmBitmap MIB variable is not found in the AXIPOP.my file. Currently, this information is available only on CLI. Some backward compatibility issues need to be resolved before this is available through SNMP

CSCdm38440

Wrong GMT offset when daylight savings time change

CSCdm47203

FRSM-2CT3 dsplns returns undefined symbol

CSCdm51406

dspchancnt on remote end does not show receiving AIS

CSCdm54605

delifip 37 results in system reset


Problems Fixed in Release 1.1.10

Bug ID
Description

CSCdk36727

Trap managers are not aged. If a trap manager is added, it has to be explicitly deleted.

CSCdk56888

Unexpected RAI alarms while configure DSX1 line in SF mode

CSCdm09225

The customer would like to have the ability to measure the processor consumption by process on the MGX 8850, the same way they can on the BPX.

CSCdm21269

When the ATM uplink is under congested condition ATM cloud, it is observed that the receiving FRSM is not receiving frames with FECN bit set and the sending FRSM is not receiving frames with BECN bit set as expected, if the FR-ATM interworking mode is set to service interworking transparent mode on the FRSMs.

CSCdm33419

The Connection GUI misreports connection modification in the following scenario: 1. Add a 3-segment connection with PXM UNI endpoints. 2. Modify the SCR on the PXM UNI side to a big number, big enough to exceed the available bandwidth on the feeder trunk side. Also turn on CAC override. 3. Execute the modification. CWM will display a successful result, even though the modification is actually rejected because oversubscription is not allowed on the feeder trunk side.

CSCdm36595

Sometimes the channels start sending AIS cells on to the port. As a result some channels on service modules are consistently in alarm state. Also as a result feeder connections disappear on the MGX 8850 after executing the resetsys command.

CSCdm29249

Some AUSM cards get stuck in cardInit state after executing the resetsys command.

CSCdm42493

CardIntegratedAlarm is not displayed when CLI command "dspcd" is executed on MGX 8850 service modules.

CSCdm35462

Currently, for all line driver commands, like addln, delln, dspln, dsplns, dspalm, dspalms, dspalmcnt, dspalmcnf, clralm, clralmcnt; we use the logical slot combination7,15,31; rather than the physical slots, as to which of the two combinations,7,15,31 or 8,16,32, is active. However, in this release, this is now changed to physical slot numbering, rather than logical slots.

CSCdm50194

FRSM-2CT3 gives temporarily out of buffers message after addds3loop

CSCdm57808

Pulling out an active PXM causes multiple problems

CSCdm55429

APS line switch not indicated in switchlog & incorrect in CWM trap

CSCdm29177

FRSM-2CT3 can go into mismatch due to configuration mismatch between PXM cards

CSCdm33972

Error log shows: A process that is not the owner is attempting to free resources

CSCdm35462

Unable to add SRM lines from PXM in slot 8

CSCdm46905

Boot code from an invalid card type could be loaded to a different SM

CSdm47917

PXM log flooded with resync messages

Bug ID
Description

CSCdm07070

MemShow, dspclksrc and dsptrkload bad responses

CSCdm23786

Unable to configure RS232 port speeds

CSCdk84622

Dsplmi & dspsarcnt available on AXIS or on PXM

CSCdm29177

FRSM-2CT3 cards go into mismatch due to config mismatch

CSCdm32736

Par-VSI task gets suspended unable to add/delete connections

CSCdm33972

Error log for slot 7 shows a process that is not the owner

CSCdm34001

Error log for slot 8 shows Db plfm:PmmRamDb update when card is not active

CSCdm34011

Error log for slot 8 shows no updated to Db plfm:sm14-v20 found to commit

CSCdm37450

Dspcons display breaks a connection into two lines

CSCdm39478

Restoreallcnf fails, with PXMs locking up and connections not restored

CSCdm39767

PSW firmware needs to reset PXM when a task fails to spawn successfully

CSCdm42463

On switchcc can lose RPM files that exist on the active PXM

CSCdm42849

When lmitrace on, keep doing dlmi hangs the system

CSCdm33996

Error log for slot 8 shows an invalid ssi-mqid of 0xffffffff

CSCdm38372

Addcon for a dax connection with ABR gives SNMP set error 6

CScdm33570

FRSM-2CT3 does not pause its display totals

CSCdm47909

PXM logs error for manually invoked switchcc

CSCdm53583

RPM config file not mirrored from active to standby PXM card

CSCdm50771

Copy of file to RPM can result in overwriting RPM directory entry

CSCdm23426

Config change trap carries the port resource partition row status as ADD while deleting the resource partition.


Problems Fixed in Release 1.1.01

Problems Fixed in Release 1.1.00

Problems Fixed for RPM in 12.0.5T1

Problems Fixed for RPM in 12.0.4T

Compatibility Notes

Special Installation and Upgrade Requirements

Single PXM Installation Procedure

Installation Procedure For Redundant PXMs:

PXM Flash Download Procedure

Service Module Firmware Download Procedure

Service Module Installation/Upgrade and Flashdownload Requirements.

PXM Software 1.0.00 to 1.1.00 or 1.1.01 or 1.1.10 or 1.1.11 or 1.1.12 Upgrade Procedure

FOR SINGLE PXM SYSTEMS:

FOR REDUNDANT PXM SYSTEMS TO BE UPDATED ALL AT ONCE (ONE LONG OUTAGE - THIS IS NOT GRACEFUL)

Service Module Upgrades

Known Anomalies for Platform Software and Service Module Firmware

Known Anomalies for VISM

Known Anomalies for RPM

RPM Configuration Examples for MPLS-based Virtual Private Networks

One PE - Two CE Configuration

One PE - Two CE Configuration - OSPF & IBPG Between PEs & EBGP between PE-CE

CE1 Configuration:

CE2 Configuration

CE3 Configuration:

PE1 Configuration:

PE2 Configuration:

One PE - Two CE Configuration - OSPF & IBPG Between PEs & RIP between PE-CE

CE1 Configuration

CE2 Configuration

CE3 Configuration

PE1 Configuration

PE2 Configuration

One PE - Two CE Configuration - OSPF & IBPG Between PEs & STATIC ROUTES between PE-CE

CE1 Configuration

CE2 Configuration

CE3 Configuration

PE1 Configuration

PE2 Configuration

Obtaining Service and Support

Cisco Connection On-line


1.1.12 Version Software Release Notes
Cisco WAN MGX 8850 Software


About These Release Notes

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About the 1.1.12 Release

Release 1.1.12 of the MGX 8850 supports the same network scenarios as Release 1.1.11.

1 Feeder concentration to the BPX 8600 and all other endpoints (no BPX 8600 BNI trunk connections). IGX endpoints are supported in this release using Switch Software 9.2.

The MGX 8850 provides multiservice, high density ATM, Circuit Emulation and Frame Relay feeder concentration to the BPX 8600. The MGX 8850 connects to the BPX 8600 using the feeder trunk protocol over a PXM port. On the BPX 8600 side the feeder connection trunk to the MGX 8850 is supported on the BXM card only. Interoperability support is limited to (a) MGX 8850 to MGX 8850, (b) MGX 8850 to MGX 8220, and (c) MGX 8850 to BPX 8600 (FR to ATM service interworking).

2 MGX 8850 in a Stand-alone Concentrator configuration and full PXM UNI support on all ports.

Stand-alone capability allows the MGX 8850 to act as an edge concentrator to any vendor ATM network which implies service interoperability with other vendor's equipment. All connections for stand-alone are local switching connections.

Features

This section lists the features supported in each of the maintenance releases that comprise MGX 8850 Release 1.1.12. Except where noted, all features are generally available.

MGX 8850 Release 1.1.12 is a maintenance release of Release 1.1.11. In addition it introduces the following new features:

Introduction of MGX-CESM-T3E3 - Circuit Emulation Module Card, including the following features:

Provides 1 standard T3 or E3 interfaces

1:1 redundancy using Y-cable


Note   The MGX-CESM-T3E3 is an FCS product.


PLCP payload scrambling

MGX 8850 Release 1.1.11 was a maintenance release of Release 1.1.10. In addition it introduced the following new features:

Introduction of MGX-VISM-8T1E1 - Voice Service Module Card, including the following features:

Provides 8 standard T1 or E1 interfaces with B8ZS, AMI & HDB3 line coding.

Support for voice over IP (VoIP) to RFC 1889.

Support for both PCM a-law and u-law.

Programmable 16, 32,64,128 ms near end echo cancellation.

Voice activity detection (VAD) and comfort noise generation using variable threshold energy (Cisco proprietary).

Support for signalling using Simple Gateway Control Protocol (SGCP) version 1.0.

ATM AAL5 connections for Management and voice IP packets.

Support for loop timing, payload and line loopbacks.

1:N redundancy using SRM-3T3 capabilities (bulk mode support for T1 lines only).


Note   The MGX-VISM-8T1E1 is an FCS product.


RPM/B card and double clock OC6 support with IOS 12.0.5T1.

The RPM has a custom ASIC on it called the ATMizer. This chip is being replaced by the ATMizer II+, AKA "G10" version of the chip. The RPM-B contains this new chip, along with a 16Mbyte Flash SIMM instead of 4Mbyte. The RPM-B can operate at 21Mhz and 42Mhz Cellbus clock rate with 1.1.11 and 12.0.5T1, while the RPM-A can only operate at 21 Mhz.

Support for CellBus speed configuration. The CellBus can be configured for double clock speed for all VHS service modules.

MPLS (tag edge router only) support for RPM.


Note   MPLS support for RPM is currently an FCS feature.


Support of MGX-FRSM-HS/1-B (V.35 support)

Major Redundancy Enhancements (SRM failures cause switchover, removal of FRSM-2CT3 backcard causes switchover)

APS fixes (removing back card from active PXM causes APS line to not fail, APS memory leak, APS switch on SDBER threshold exceed)

Saveallcnf includes RPM configuration

PXM core dump subsystem feature

MGX 8220 Release 4.1.00 circuit emulation endpoints

MGX 8850 Release 1.1.10 provided the following features in addition to the ones provided in Release 1.1.01 and earlier:

APS redundancy on PXM-OC3 and OC12 interfaces. Only 1+1 redundancy configuration is supported. No 1:1 APS redundancy.

Full PXM UNI support in Stand-alone configuration using all ports with policing. The UNI channels on PXM will support CBR, rt-VBR, nrt-VBR, UBR and ABR classes of service.

BERT support on FRSM-8T1/E1, CESM-8T1/E1 and AUSM-8T1/E1 and FRSM-2CT3 cards. The BERT support is at whole T1/E1 or port level (n*DS0).

Release 1.1.12 MGX 8850 Hardware

MGX 8850 is a 45 Gbps backplane with 1.2 Gbps switching fabric for Release 1.1.12. The same backplane is used with different switching fabric cards (1.2, 45 Gbps) to achieve scalability. MGX 8850 Release 1.1.12 hardware components and their revisions that are supported are as follows:

Front card model #
Rev #
Back card model #
Rev #

MGX 8850 Chassis

A

   

MGX-DC power supply

MGX-AC1 power supply

MGX-AC2-2 power supply

PS-1200-AC power supply

A

A

A

A

   

MGX-SRM-3T3/B

A

MGX-BNC-3T3

A

PXM1

A

PXM-UI

A

PXM-1-2-T3E3

A

PXM-UI

MGX-BNC-2E3

MGX-BNC-2E3A

MGX-BNC-2T3

A

A

A

A

PXM-1-4-155

A

PXM-UI

MGX-MMF-4-155

MGX-SMFIR-4-155

MGX-SMFLR-4-155

A

A

A

A

PXM-1-1-622

A

PXM-UI

MGX-SMFIR-1-622

MGX-SMFLR-1-622

A

A

A

MGX-RPM-64M/B

B

MGX-RJ45-FE

MGX-MMF-FE

MGX-RJ45-4E

MGX-MMF-FDDI

MGX-SMF-FDDI

MGX-MMF-FDDI/FD

MGX-SMF-FDDI/FD

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

MGX-RPM-128M/B

B

MGX-RJ45-FE

MGX-MMF-FE

MGX-RJ45-4E

MGX-MMF-FDDI

MGX-SMF-FDDI

MGX-MMF-FDDI/FD

MGX-SMF-FDDI/FD

A

A

A

A

A

A

A

AX-CESM-8E1

A

AX-SMB-8E1

AX-RJ48-8E1

AX-R-SMB-8E1

AX-R-RJ48-8E1

 

AX-CESM-8T1

A

AX-RJ48-8T1

AX-R-RJ48-8T1

 

MGX-AUSM-8E1/B

A

AX-SMB-8E1

AX-RJ48-8E1

AX-R-SMB-8E1

AX-R-RJ48-8E1

 

MGX-AUSM-8T1/B

A

AX-RJ48-8T1

AX-R-RJ48-8T1

 

AX-FRSM-8E1

AC

AX-SMB-8E1

AX-RJ48-8E1

AX-R-SMB-8E1

AX-R-RJ48-8E1

 

MGX-VISM-8T1

A

AX-RJ48-8T1

AX-R-RJ48-8T1

 

MGX-VISM-8E1

A

AX-SMB-8E1

AX-RJ48-8E1

AX-R-SMB-8E1

AX-R-RJ48-8E1

 

AX-FRSM-8E1-C

AC

AX-SMB-8E1

AX-RJ48-8E1

AX-R-SMB-8E1

AX-R-RJ48-8E1

 

AX-FRSM-8T1

AC

AX-RJ48-8T1

AX-R-RJ48-8T1

 

AX-FRSM-8T1-C

AC

AX-RJ48-8T1

AX-R-RJ48-8T1

 

MGX-FRSM-HS2/B

A

MGX-SCSCI2-2HSSI/B

A

MGX-FRSM-2CT3

A

MGX-BNC-2T3

A

MGX-FRSM-2T3E3

A

MGX-BNC-2E3

MGX-BNC-2E3A

A

A

MGX-FRSM-HS1/B

A

MGX-12IN1-4S

A

MGX-CESM-T3E3

A

MGX-BNC-2T3

MGX-BNC-2E3

MGX-BNC-2E3A

A

A

A


Support for embedded Cisco IOS router (Router Processor Module - RPM)

The RPM is an embedded Cisco IOS router with integrated ATM Deluxe Port Adapter and Cellbus Controller ASIC for internal connections to the backplane Cellbus. A number of port adaptors (back cards) can be configured with the RPM front card (FDDI, Ethernet, Fast Ethernet).

4E Adapter

FE Adapter (UTP, MMF)

FDDI Adapter (full duplex, half duplex, SMF, MMF)

MGX 8220 Hardware not supported on Release 1.1.12 of the MGX 8850

The following card is not supported in Release 1.1.12:

AX-SRM-T1E1

MGX 8220 Hardware that has been superseded on the MGX 8850 by MGX 8850-specific Hardware

AX-SRM-3T3-A and AX-BNC-3T3 card set

The MGX-SRM-3T3-B front card replaces the original AX-SRM-3T3-A front card and the MGX-BNC-3T3 back card replaces the original AX-BNC-3T3 back card. This change allows the use of slots 9, 10, 25, and 26 for 1:n redundancy and BERT in the MGX 8850 chassis. Both the AX-SRM-3T3-A/AX-BNC-3T3 card set and the MGX-SRM-3T3-B/MGX-BNC-3T3 card set are supported on the MGX 8220.

AX-SCSI2-2HSSI

Superseded by the MGX-SCSCI2-2HSSI/B, which works with the MGX-FRSM-HS2 front card. A V.35 interface is supported on the MGX-FRSM-HS1/B in this release.

AX-IMATM

Superseded by MGX-AUSM-8T1/B and MGX-AUSM-8E1/B

AX-IMATM-B

Superseded by MGX-AUSM-8T1/B and MGX-AUSM-8E1/B

MGX 8220 Hardware that will not be supported on the MGX 8850

AX-FRASM-8T1

All four port MGX 8820 cards

AX-AUSM-8T1

AX-AUSM-8E1

Software Platform Features

MGX 8850 provides high speed native ATM interfaces which can be configured as ATM UNI ports or trunks

Support for 1:N and 1:1 Service Module Redundancy, as indicated in the table below:

Front card model #
Redundancy supported

MGX-RPM-64M/B

No redundancy

MGX-RPM-128M/B

No redundancy

MGX-AUSM-8E1/B

1:N redundancy

MGX-AUSM-8T1/B

1:N redundancy

AX-CESM-8E1

1:N redundancy

AX-CESM-8T1

1:N redundancy

MGX-CESM-2T3E3

1:1 redundancy

AX-FRSM-8E1

1:N redundancy

AX-FRSM-8E1-C

1:N redundancy

AX-FRSM-8T1

1:N redundancy

AX-FRSM-8T1-C

1:N redundancy

MGX-FRSM-HS2

1:1 redundancy

MGX-FRSM-2CT3

1:1 redundancy

MGX-FRSM-2T3E3

1:1 redundancy

MGX-FRSM-HS1/B

No redundancy

MGX-T3E3

1:1 redundancy

MGX-VISM-8T1

1:N redundancy (bulk mode support for T1 lines only)

MGX-VISM-8E1

1:N redundancy (bulk mode support for T1 lines only)


Support for Bulk Distribution using SRM-3T3B card.

Service module and PXM upgrades

Features not Supported in this Release:

RPM 1:1 redundancy

RPM statistics

Coexistence as feeder and stand-alone

Layer 2 support as an autoroute routing node

SRM T1E1

IPX endpoints with the MGX 8850

Major Network Management Features

CWM Connection Management

CiscoView support for equipment management

CLI support

Service MIB support

Connection Management for connections to RPM with associated CM GUI support.

Topology subsystem enhancements to support the MGX 8850 as a stand-alone switch.

Statistics

For more details refer to the CWM Release 9.2.05 release notes part number 78-6659-05

Connection Limits

Up to 4000 connections per VHS card.

Up to 1000 connections per 8 port card (up to 898 per port with LMI enabled)

Up to 200 connections per HS1 card

Up to 12000 connections per shelf

SNMP MIB:

The SNMP MGX 8850 MIB is being provided with the delivery of Release 1.1.12 of the MGX 8850 software on CCO. The MIB is in standard ASN.1 format and is located in the ASCII text files MGX8800Mib.my file which is included in the same directory within CCO. These files may be compiled with most standards-based MIB compilers. For changes in this MIB from release 1.1.11 please refer to the MIB release notes on CCO.

Notes & Cautions

CLI modification and changes:

A few modifications have been made to the IP configuration commands. (cnfifip and bootChange) See CLI Change section:

the cnfifip command has an additional option to up/down one of the ip interfaces (ethernet, slip, atm) dynamically. No reboot is required to up/down interface. Turned down interfaces are persistent across resets.

the cnfifip command is now an active only command

dspifip will now display the state of each interface and indicate if it is up or down.

bootChange now checks the ip values set and will complain if it detects incorrect values.

bootChange values are sent and updated on standby card automatically. Both bootlines are kept in sync.

bootChange command is now an active only command from CLI.

cnfenetgw command has been added to establish the ethernet gateway route permanently. (command is active only)

dspenetgw command will display ethernet gateway address set.

A shelf can now either have one or two ip addresses for ethernet. The shelf ip address set using cnfifip will always be the active card ip address. The bootChange ip address will be used for the standby card and backup boot if it is different than the shelf ip address. If the bootChange ip address is same as the shelf ip address then the ethernet interface on the standby card or in backup boot will be left in the down state.

If the "255.255.255.252" netmask is used for the SLIP interface, the PXM will automatically add host route for its peer whenever the interface is turned ON

If the FW fails to reach the CLI prompt or comes up in backup boot, the ethernet interface could be down if the shelf ip address and boot change address are the same. In this case the bootChange command could be used from the shell to set another ip address and then usrEnetEnable should be called to activate that address. (see example)

Commands and Examples

cnfifip:

Syntax:

cnfifip "Interface IPaddr [NetMask [BroadcastAddr]]"

or cnfifip "Interface Flag"

Interface -- 26/28/37 (26:Ethernet 28:SLIP 37:ATM)

or Ethernet/SLIP/ATM

IP_Addr -- <n>.<n>.<n>.<n> (<n>: integer 0..255)

Net_Mask -- <n>.<n>.<n>.<n> (<n>: integer 0..255)

BroadcastAddr -- <n>.<n>.<n>.<n>

(<n>: integer 0..255)

Flag -- a string "UP" or "DOWN"

Example:

> cnfifip atm 192.9.200.1 255.255.255.128

This configures the ATM interface and brings it UP.

> cnfifip atm up

This will bring up the ATM interface with current information in database.

> cnfifip atm down

This will bring down the ATM interface and preserve the information in the database.

delifip

Syntax:

delifip Interface

Interface -- 26/28/37 (26:Ethernet 28:SLIP 37:ATM) or Ethernet/SLIP/ATM

Example:

> delifip 37

This will bring down the ATM interface and delete the information in the database

dspifip:

Example:

    > dspifip 
Interface        Flag  IP Address       Subnetmask       Broadcast Addr
---------------  ----  ---------------  ---------------  ---------------
Ethernet/lnPci0  UP    172.29.37.77     255.255.255.0    172.29.37.255
SLIP/sl0         DOWN  172.29.36.253    255.255.255.252  (N/A)
ATM/atm0         UP    192.9.200.1      255.255.255.128  0.0.0.0

This command shows the current condition of all 3 interfaces. The data shown for the SLIP interface will apply when it is turned UP with, say, "cnfifip slip on".

cnfenetgw

Syntax:

cnfenetgw IPAddr

Example:

    > cnfenetgw 172.29.37.1

This command will set the default gateway and add the appropriate routes necessary to it.

dspenetgw

Example:

    > dspenetgw
      Enet Gateway:  172.29.37.1 

bootChange:

Several lines are essential for the network to function:

- boot device : lnPci

(The only Ethernet interface)

- inet on ethernet (e) : 172.29.37.40:ffffff00

(IP address and subnetmask)

- gateway inet (g) : 172.29.37.1

(Default Ethernet gateway)

The PXM will try to correct bad entries when it boots up. This information will be copied to the standby card and if different than the shelf ip address it will up the interface on the standby with the bootChange ip address. The shellconn version of this command only updates the local bootline values and is not copied to the other card.

usrEnetEnable:

Used to bring up the Ethernet interface when CLI prompt is not there or in backup boot if it's not enabled

The following commands which are related to FRSM-2CT3 line level loopbacks.

Remote Loopback at DS3:-

This loopback can be configured in FRSM-2CT3 using the following commands.

addds3rmtloop <lineno>

xcnfln -ds3 <lineno> -e 3 -lpb 2

Local Loopback at DS3:-

This loopback can be configured in FRSM-2CT3 using the following commands.

addds3loop <lineno>

xcnfln -ds3 <lineno> -e 3 -lpb 3

DS3 Loopback status will be displayed with following commands:

dspds3ln <lineno>

dspalm -ds3 <lineno>

dspalms -ds3

FEAC codes monitoring and Inband loopbacks for DS3 are not supported in FRSM-2CT3

Remote Loopback at DS1:-

This loopback can be configured in FRSM-2CT3 using the following commands:

cnfbert (from PXM)

addrmtloop <lineno>

xcnfln -ds1 <lineno> -e 3 -lpb 2

Local Loopback at DS1:-

This loopback can be configured in FRSM-2CT3 using the following commands:

cnfbert (from PXM)

addlnloop <lineno>

xcnfln -ds1 <lineno> -e 3 -lpb 3

DS1 Loopback status will be displayed with following commands:

dspln <lineno>

dspalm -ds1 <lineno>

dspalms -ds1

Inband loopback for DS1 are supported only using bert diagnostics. The status of inband loopbacks are displayed with <dspalm> and <dspalms> commands. It is not displayed with <dspln> command. Before configuring the DS1 line in Inband loopback from bert diagnostics, user should use following command to enable code detection on FRSM-2CT3:

xcnfln -ds1 <lineno> -e 3 -detect 2

Ctrl-X has been disabled from resetting PXM on the firmware.

This release has the fix to meet the Bellcore jitter specs. The way to fix the jitter problem is having FW to disable the force_signal_detect_enable register and let the optical receiver to control the signal-detect input. The OC3 transmit data jitter now measured is below 0.10UI.

Node Related

At most one BERT test can be performed per shelf at any point in time. BERT can only be activated through the CLI.

Do not execute the restoreallcnf command in the middle of the installation process. If you follow the following steps:


Step 1 saveallcnf

Step 2 restoreallcnf

Step 3 install

Step 4 newrev

The