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Release Notes
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Release Notes
Table of Contents
1. New Features......................................................................................................5
1.1
2. Installation Notes.............................................................................................12
3. Resolved Issues...............................................................................................13
4. Open issues (deferred to future versions).....................................................15
5. Known Issues...................................................................................................19
6. Minimum Hardware Requirements.................................................................25
7. Supported Operating Systems........................................................................25
8. Supported Network Elements.........................................................................26
8.1.1 FibeAir IP-10
26
8.1.2 FibeAir IP-10G 26
8.1.3 FibeAir IP-10E 26
8.1.4 FibeAir IP-10Q 27
8.1.5 FibeAir IP-10C 27
8.1.6 FibeAir IP-20N 27
8.1.7 FibeAir IP-20A 27
8.1.8 FibeAir IP-20LH 27
8.1.9 Evolution IP-20LH
8.1.10FibeAir IP-20G 28
8.1.11FibeAir IP-20C 28
8.1.12FibeAir IP-20S 28
8.1.13FibeAir IP-20E 28
8.1.14FibeAir 1500R
28
8.1.15FibeAir 1500P
29
8.1.16FibeAir 3200T
29
8.1.17Evolution METRO
8.1.18Evolution XPAND 29
27
29
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8.1.19Evolution EDGE 29
8.1.20Evolution XPAND IP
29
8.1.21FibeAir 2000/2500/4800 family
8.1.22FibeAir 70T
30
8.1.23FibeAir 70F
30
Release Notes
29
9.2
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1.
Release Notes
New Features
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Release Notes
1.1
NetMaster R14A01 and R14A02 add support for the following new
devices:
FibeAir IP-20G
FibeAir IP-20A
FibeAir IP-20E
FibeAir IP-20S
FibeAir IP-20LH
Evolution IP-20LH
Note:
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1.2
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Release Notes
1.2.1
Service monitoring
Service alarms
NetMaster supports Ethernet services management on IP20N/A/LH/G from version T7.7 and above.
For IP-20 devices, ensure that the Admin State of the card is
set to Up:
On the chassis configuration.
On the Interface Manager.
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Release Notes
the Flow Domain; that is, no two services should use the
same transport VLAN ID.
The Service Type P2P should be avoided.
The Q-in-Q Service Classification should be avoided, except
for management service UNI Service Points, which may use
this classification.
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1.2.2
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1.2.3
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1.2.4
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1.2.5
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1.2.6
Service monitoring
Service alarms
NetMaster supports TDM services management on IP20N/A/LH/G from version T7.7 and above.
For IP-20 devices, ensure that the Admin State of the card is
set to Up:
On the chassis configuration.
On the Interface Manager.
On the TDM Interface for E1/DS1 (relevant for LIC-T16
cards).
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1.2.7
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Alarm-to-Service Correlation
1.2.8
After the upgrade to R14A02, you must open the Services List
view, delete all services from database only, and re-confirm
these services so that they will be affected by the active
alarms.
Only new alarms raised on IP-10 after the upgrade will have
correlated services.
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1.2.9
From R14A02, for each Ethernet and TDM service, the severity of
the most severe alarm currently raised on the service is displayed.
Feature Notes and Limitations
After the upgrade to R14A02, you must open the Services List
view, delete all services from the database only, and reconfirm these services so that their severity will not be empty.
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1.2.10
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1.2.11
From R14A02, NetMaster supports FibeAir IP-20N, IP-20A, and IP20LH devices using TCC-B-MC cards, including Ethernet and TDM
services running on such devices.
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1.2.12
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1.2.13
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1.2.14
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1.2.15
Feature Notes
This feature can only be used with IP-10 and IP-20 network
elements.
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1.2.16
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2.
Release Notes
Installation Notes
The following are special notes for upgrading to NetMaster
R14A02:0
0 All NetMaster services must be stopped before installing the
new version.
This includes the NetMaster Server, the NetMaster System
Manager, and the NetMaster SNMP Agent.
In rare cases in which you do not manage to stop one of these
services, you must reboot the machine and then verify these
services are stopped.
0 If you are using a Solaris server, you must first install Java 7.
Go to the following web page and download version 1.7.0_45:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/
After the JRE is installed, perform the following steps:0
Open a command prompt (cmd).
Verify that the installed JRE is in PATH by typing java
version
If the java command is not recognized, you must add the
bin directory under the JRE installation directory to the
PATH.
If the command is recognized, you will see the version of
the installed JRE, which should be 1.7_0.45.
If the version is not 1.7, do the following (assuming you
have version 1.7.0.45):
cd /usr
rm java
ln -s /usr/jre/jre1.7.0_45 java
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3.
Release Notes
Resolved Issues
The following table includes issues that have been resolved in
version R14A02. For issues resolved in previous versions, refer to
the Release Notes (formerly known as Customer Support
Information, CSI) for the specific version.
Class
ID
Description
Database
86442
113262 Database size issue caused by SW Download jobs that were not
cleaned up properly.
Inventory View
106826 The HW/SW Inventory View is not displayed when the button in the
Geographical Tree menu is pressed.
SNMP
System Manager
97060
System manager does not send a mail notification when the server
is down.
Device Management
License
111143 If the NetMaster license expires when the client has 3 scoped map
views (on 3 domains) open, the client may get stuck instead of
providing the license expired notification.
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Class
ID
Description
Daylight savings
111603 The first change of the daylight savings setting for IP-20 does not
take effect.
82847
TDM Trails
113086 For IP-20: TDM services are only managed for release 7.7 and
later.
Scheduled Reports
Client
113120 NMS Client is very slow or blocked when there are 2300 domains.
113921 An error occurs when opening Administration/group/users view
when the client has an unexpected organization of the Domains.
PM
Audit Log
112463 The entries of the Audit Log are not sorted by time.
HTTP Communication
SW Download
Connection Template
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4.
Release Notes
Class
ID
Description
Installation
123373
Alarms
115064
IP-20 Devices:
Some alarms raised on a specific
service have a wrong ifIndex and
are considered by the NMS to be
service affecting for all services
(TDM/Ethernet) that are passing
through the device. These alarms
cannot be blocked.
115718
Comment / Workaround
124161
IP-20E: Alarms on the radio port of Will be fixed in the next NetMaster
the IP-20E are mapped by
release.
NetMaster to the unit instead of on
the Radio port.
123097
124131
Topology Import
122097
Services
123312
Ethernet Services
94439
Alarms/Services
NetMaster
Class
Release Notes
ID
Description
Comment / Workaround
110382
84637
110614
125673
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Class
ID
Description
Comment / Workaround
TDM Services
106957
123663
123851
XPAND-IP: TDM service created Do not use the first channel of the
on the first channel VC12-1 of the STM-1 card.
XPAND-IP STM-1 card becomes
misconfigured when the next TDM
service is created on the same
STM-1 card.
125530
83867
83931
IP-10 Devices
96416
Client
90485
Geographical View
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Class
Release Notes
ID
Description
110607
95029
91535
Solaris
96967
Performance Management
123836
120994
123833
123848
111363
NBI / HLM
SW Download
Comment / Workaround
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5.
Release Notes
Known Issues
Class
ID
Description
Comment / Workaround
Performance
72393
84967
97098
Solaris
85735
4.
5.
6.
Client
121819 On rare occasions, the client gets stuck after Close the client and re-open it.
performing login.
Geographical View
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Class
ID
Release Notes
Description
Comment / Workaround
113969 IP-20N/A: NetMaster does not show changes Refresh the view.
in slot configuration correctly. Sometimes the
same slot is shown as being occupied by two
different card types.
121812 On rare occasions, the dropdown menu
opened on an IP-10 device presents only a
subset of the options.
122899 An error sometimes appears when the
Geographical map is saved following many
changes and re-arrangements of the position
of the devices in the map.
Services
82415
Ethernet Service Path View displaying an IP10G with a number of slots in HSB and
having a number of ports connected between
the slots, displays the port Identities unclearly
labels are written one on top of the other.
93966
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Class
ID
Release Notes
Description
Comment / Workaround
111021 If the client is left untouched for more than 60 The client should be re-opened.
minutes, and then a device is selected on the
geographical map, the right click menu
sometimes only shows a single option
Delete.
Ethernet Services
110440 For a device that is already included in an SVlan Flow Domain, if a device port
configuration is changed via the Web EMS,
changing it from S-Vlan to C-Vlan, NetMaster
wrongly tries to configure this port when
creating new services. Since this operation
will fail, a partial configuration is left on the
device.
110660 Following an upgrade of NetMaster from
Release 13B00 or 13C00 to Release 14A01,
it is necessary to delete and re-create Flow
Domains of XPAND IP. If this is not done,
creation of EVC services will fail.
The FA-70F Management IP address of
107928 For FA-70F devices, radio links will not
always be discovered even though the LLDP the device must be kept the same as the
protocol is invoked.
IP address used by the low layer LLDP
protocol.
TDM Services
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Class
ID
Release Notes
Description
Comment / Workaround
SW Download
87342
95992
When an EMS password has been set with a The $ symbol must be escaped \\$ in the
$ in the password and the Connection
input line.
Templates has also been configured with the
same containing the character $, the web
EMS cannot been activated from the NMS.
72214
121998 IP-10 devices: Connection Template settings Settings are written to the device upon
are not written down to the device upon 20- manual reconcile or 24 hour polling.
minute polling.
Reports
87874
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Class
ID
Description
Alarms
Comment / Workaround
Perform a Manual Reconcile in order for
the changes to take effect.
Alarm Notifications
Configuration
Backup
SNMP
96650
SW Activation
Topology Importer
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Class
ID
Description
NMS Upgrade
118691 Following an upgrade, the open perspectives The client is aborted during the upgrade
in the client will be closed instead of being re- process and any changes are not saved.
opened.
Close the client before performing the
NetMaster upgrade. The open
perspectives will be restored following the
upgrade.
124404 After an upgrade from R13C01, column
Operational State is missing from the
services view.
3200T Devices
CLI Script
Connection
Template
Comment / Workaround
Users administration 124939 If you change user permissions related to a The user must re-open the client and respecific view, the change does not take effect open the affected view.
if the view is opened in a users client.
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6.
Release Notes
Minimum Hardware
Requirements
Component
Windows requirements
Solaris requirements
Hardware type
Any type
T2/T3/T4
Processor
Memory (RAM)
8 GB
8 GB
120 GB
73 GB x 2
Operating system
Solaris 10
Ethernet ports
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7.
Release Notes
Note:
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8.
Release Notes
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FibeAir IP-10
Marketing
Version
Software Version
I6.3
2.9.6
I6.3.1
2.9.9
I6.3.2
2.9.26
8.1.1
Remarks
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Release Notes
FibeAir IP-10G
Marketing
Version
Software Version
I6.6ga
6.6.0.0.2.53
I6.6.1
6.6.1.0.0.60
I6.6.2
6.6.2.0.0.22
I6.7
6.7.0.0.0.93
I6.8
6.8.0.0.0.58
I6.9
6.9.0.1.0.43
I7.0
7.0.0.0.0.15
I7.1
7.1.0.0.0.21
I7.1.3
7.1.3.0.0.4
8.1.2
Remarks
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Release Notes
FibeAir IP-10E
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
I6.7
6.7.0.0.0.93
I6.8
6.8.0.0.0.58
I6.9
6.9.0.1.0.43
I7.0
7.0.0.0.0.15
I7.1
7.1.0.0.0.21
I7.1.3
7.1.3.0.0.4
8.1.3
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Release Notes
FibeAir IP-10Q
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
Q6.9
6Q.9.0.1.0.47
8.1.4
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Release Notes
FibeAir IP-10C
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
C6.9
6Q.9.0.1.0.47
8.1.5
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Release Notes
FibeAir IP-20N
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
T7.0
7.0.0.0.0.76
T7.2
T7.2.0.0.0.30
T7.5
T7.5.0.0.0.28
T7.7
T7.7.0.0.0.42
T7.7.5
T.7.7.5
T7.9
T7.9.0.0.0.320
8.1.6
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FibeAir IP-20A
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
T7.9
T7.9.0.0.0.320
8.1.7
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FibeAir IP-20LH
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
T7.9
T7.9.0.0.0.320
8.1.8
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Release Notes
Evolution IP-20LH
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
T7.9
T7.9.0.0.0.320
8.1.9
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FibeAir IP-20G
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
T7.7
T7.7.0.0.0.27
T7.7.5
T.7.7.5
T7.7.7
T7.7.7.0.0.9
T7.9
T7.9.0.0.0.300
8.1.10
NetMaster
Release Notes
FibeAir IP-20C
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
C7.0
C7.0.0.0.150
C7.5
C7.5.0.0.0.138
C7.7
C7.7.0.0.0.128
C7.7.5
C7.7.5.0.0.68
C7.9
C7.9.0.0.0.182
8.1.11
NetMaster
Release Notes
FibeAir IP-20S
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
C7.9
C7.9.0.0.0.182
8.1.12
NetMaster
Release Notes
FibeAir IP-20E
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
C7.7.5
C7.7.5.0.0.68
C7.9
C7.9.0.0.0.182
8.1.13
NetMaster
Release Notes
FibeAir 1500R
Marketing
Version
Software Version
S6.0
SFD_6.00c3.sfd
S6.5
SFD_6.50e2.sfd
S6.6
SFD_6.60c3.sfd
8.1.14
Remarks
NetMaster
Release Notes
FibeAir 1500P
Product
Marketing
Version
Software Version
4.95
4.95s19
8.1.15
Remarks
5.10n1
NetMaster
Release Notes
FibeAir 3200T
Marketing
Version
Software Version
T5.0
SFD_5.00a71a
8.1.16
Remarks
NetMaster
Release Notes
Evolution METRO
Marketing Version
8.1.17
Remarks
NetMaster
Release Notes
Evolution XPAND
Marketing Version
8.1.18
Remarks
NetMaster
Release Notes
Evolution EDGE
Marketing Version
8.1.19
Remarks
NetMaster
Release Notes
Evolution XPAND IP
Marketing Version
Remarks
8.1.20
NetMaster
Release Notes
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
FA2000
2.7.20
2.7.20_b2923_Jun 12 2012
FA2500
3.3.10
3.3.10_b3338_Jun 18
FA4800
1.9.50
1.9.50_b3805_Apr,10 2011
8.1.21
NetMaster
Release Notes
FibeAir 70T
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
3.0.0
3.0.0.6343
8.1.22
NetMaster
Release Notes
FibeAir 70F
Marketing
Version
Software Version
Remarks
3.1.1
3.1.1.8222
4.1.1
4.1.0.8895
5.0.4
5.0.4
5.1
5.1
8.1.23
NetMaster
9.
Release Notes
NetMaster
Release Notes
9.1
Protocols used by
NetMaster
SNMP, v1
SNMP, v2c
HTTP
FTP
x
x
x
x
Q1
NE topology
Automatic discovery of
links
x
6
x6
x (70F
only)
Traps
Polling
Fault
Active alarms
Events, (non-clearable
alarms)
NetMaster
NE Specific
Supported Features
Manual reconciliation
Release Notes
Alarm to Service
Correlation
Performance
G.821 (SES, ES, UAT,
DM)
G.826 (SES, ES, UAS,
BBE)
Transmitted Power
Level (TPL)
CPE statistics
Analog measurements
Reset counters
Ethernet utilization
x9
ACM statistics
x
x
Configuration
NetMaster
NE Specific
Supported Features
Release Notes
HW inventory
SW inventory
Transmission inventory
x8
SW download
SW Activation/Reset
NE configuration file
management
CPE inventory
Clock sync
Launch external
application
Ethernet services
x6
x6
TDM services
x6
x6
Service discovery
x6
x6
Service provisioning
x6
x6
Service alarms
x6
x6
Service editing
x6
x6
Service management
NetMaster
NE Specific
Supported Features
Release Notes
x6
SNMP: R+RW
community names
HTTP: login,
username/password
Service state
monitoring
Security,
Authentication/Authorizati
on
NetMaster
Release Notes
9.2
NL
18
xA1
BG20
BG30
Smart
-pack
SNMP, v2c
HTTP
TFTP
Q1
NE topology
Traps
Polling
NetMaster
NE Specific
Supported Features
Release Notes
Manual reconciliation
NL
18
xA1
BG20
BG30
Smart
-pack
Performance
G.821 (SES, ES, UAT, DM)
G.826 (SES, ES, UAS, BBE)
x
x
HW inventory
x2
SW inventory
x2
Ethernet Utilization
Configuration
CPE inventory
x3
x5
x
x7
Transmission inventory
SW download
x2
NetMaster
NE Specific
Supported Features
Release Notes
SW Activation/Reset
NL
18
xA1
BG20
BG30
Smart
-pack
x2
Clock sync
NE configuration file
management
Security, Authentication/Authorization
SNMP: R+RW community
names
HTTP: login,
username/password
Q1: username/password
x
x
On NetLink-III-AU only
NE clock should be set to GMT/UTC time in order to avoid ambiguous interpretation of time stamps
NetMaster
On Evolution Series XPAND IP (SW >= R4C01), on IP-10G/E/C/Q (SW >=6.6) and on IP-10 (SW >=6.3)
Release Notes
RX/TX frequency, ATPC, Space diversity for all Evolution Series radios. Bandwidth, Capacity and TDM capacity
supported for XPAND IP and MicroIFU.
9
XPAND IP only.