UpdataTool Introduction

The UpdataTool is used to upgrade software for the SONET series product of
Huawei Co., LTD. Its intelligent characteristics allow loading boards of more than one
station if required. The tool supports the following functions:
Query the actual status of NE to judge the board type of each slot.
Adjust the downloaded software as required.
Select several NEs at one time for upgrade.
Analyze the current version of an NE and upgrade the software that is
different with the software package, reducing influence upon activating
network after upgrade.
Support rollback function, and the time point to be rolled back is userprovisionable.
Activate a certain board or all boards of an NE at the same time, and
activate the board (by cold reset or hot reset) according to its loaded
software.
Record the LOG file during the upgrade to control the upgrade process.
This tool simplifies the upgrade process significantly. The operating personnel only
needs to input the IP address of the NE to be upgraded and select the software
package to be loaded; the procedure will load the software to the equipment and
activate the new software as required.

UpdataTool Constitution
The UpdataTool is a sub-function of Navigator, the maintenance tool of Huawei
SONET product. It can be started by selecting the Upgrade from the Navigator menu.
The UpdataTool also can work without Navigator. The tool should work with the INI
file of the software package. The INI file contains the boards to be loaded by each
board and the edition information of the software package.

Supported Product
The UpdataTool supports upgrade of OptiX Metro1600V100R001 and OptiX
Metro800V100R001.
You can acquire the product information from the NE version in listed in the table
below.
SONET Equipment

NE Version
First Version

Last version

Metro1600 V100R001

5.16.01.01

5.16.01.99

Metro1600V100R001B02

5.16.02.02

5.16.2.19

Metro1600V100R002B02

5.16.02.40

Up

Metro800V100R001

5.25.01.01

5.25.01.99

Metro800V100R002B01

5.25.02.10

Up

Metro3600V100R001B01

5.38.01.10

Up

Metro800CV100R001

5.40.01.10

Up

Usage Description
Step 1: Choosing software package

Click <Browse>, a document browse box appears.

Select the INI file in the software package that you want to download. Do not change
the INI file name, because the name determines the product type of the software
package. Currently, the procedure supports Metro1600, Metro800

Step 2: Adding an NE:

In the IP Address bar, input the IP address of the NE to be upgraded, and input the
valid user and password.
By default:
User: SONET; Password: SONET
Click the <Add> button, the procedure will try to log in to the station and query the
information. After that, click OK in the pop-up window to confirm NE Login &
Info Check Completed. The IP address and the NE type information will appear in
the NE list.

The new NE is upgraded by the procedure by default. If you do not hope an NE is

loaded immediately, you can unselect the station, the Highlight mark on the IP address
of the node will disappear and the NE will not be upgraded. Alternatively, you can

select the NE and press the <DEL> key, then the NE will be deleted from the NE list.

Step 3: Downloading
Click Upgrade All, the procedure will upgrade all chosen stations. You can inspect
the loading information in Detailed Upgrade Log and Progress info, upon any
exception, the procedure will report the detailed information in red words.

During loading, you can click Cancel All or Cancel One Ne to terminate the
upgrade process of all NEs or an NE.

Rollback
To recover to the original state, click Rollback All and a window will appear.
Choose the time you want.
The function is available for several stations at the same time.

Step 4: Activating
After upgrading an NE, select the NE, click Reboot Ne and the activating window
appears, as shown in the figure below.

If click Reset All, all boards to be reset will be reset at the same time, by cold or hot
reset. If the FPGA of a board is upgraded, select cold reset; otherwise, select hot reset

to activate all software.

You can also click the Reset Slot button beside the board, proceeding board reset one
by one. This operation works if you try to ease service interruption due to upgrade by
the system protection function.
Now, the upgrade is complete.

Others:

Super mode:
When the procedure is in NE Selection state, you can choose the Expert Mode in
the help menu. In this mode, you can decide the part that each board participates in
the upgrade. Four options are available.
1:FPGA
2:INI
3:SOFT
4:ExtBios
Note that the super mode only supports single NE, and you should select an NE after
choosing the super mode.

Clearing database:
Generally, upgrading software does not need to delete a database. However, in some
special cases, the database should be cleared. This software provides the database
clearance function implicitly.
Move the cursor below File in the menu, double click the right key of the mouse,
the button of database clearance will appear: