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V200R15 and later

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CME Configuration Area

Management
WOFD-186000: CME Basic Services (basic feature)

Basic Concepts
The CME provides three work areas:
Current Data Area Planned Data Area Fallback Data Area
(Data Viewing Area) (Data Configuration Area) (Data Fallback Area)
Quantity One. The current Multiple. Planned data areas Multiple. Fallback data
data area exists by are created by users. areas are created by
default. Different configuration operations users.
can be performed concurrently in
different planned data areas.

Data Data is Data is synchronized from Data is backed up from

source synchronized from the current data area or the current data area.
the NEs on the live created by users.
network.
Whether Data in the current Data is configurable. Data in the fallback data
data is data area can only If not activated, data in the area can only be viewed
configur be viewed and is not planned data area affects neither and is not configurable.
able configurable. data on the live network nor
operations of other users.

Data Interactions in Three Areas

3 Modify CME system

Planned area Fallback area

4 7 Compare
Export 2 2 Fallback
Create Create Script

Script Current area

8
5 1 6 Activate
Activate Synchronize
Synchronize

NE data
Live network
1 Synchronize data on the live network to the current data area.

2 Create a planned data area and a fallback data area based on the data in the current data
area.
3 Reconfigure data in the planned data area.

4 Export a script based on the data reconfiguration.

5 Activate the script for the reconfigured data to take effect on the live network.

6 Synchronize the data in the current data area with the latest live network data.

7 Compare the data in the fallback data area with the latest data in the current data area, and
generate a script based on the data difference.
8 Activate the script generated based on the data difference to fall back the live network data
to the state before the fallback area was created.
  The data synchronization of the current data area is a process of writing data from the NE
to the CME database.
 The data synchronization of the planned data area (including creating a planned data area)
is a process of reading data from the CME database.
 The data of one NE cannot be synchronized to the current data area and a planned data
area at the same time.

Data Synchronization Mechanism

The CME provides three data synchronization methods to ensure that the changes of
NE data on the live network can be synchronized to the CME in time. Therefore,
users can configure data based on the latest NE data.

After receiving the data change notification, the CME

automatically completes data synchronization.

Auto Automatic synchronization Automatic synchronization

Synchronization triggered by NE:
After the configuration data of an NE
changes, the CME receives the
configuration change notification
reported by the NE. Two minutes later,
the CME automatically starts
synchronizing the incremental data of
the NE according to the configuration
changes.
triggered by U2000:
The CME automatically starts
synchronizing NE data within 5
minutes after users create an
NE on the U2000 and
synchronize the NE data.

Users can set a scheduled task using the centralized task

management function of the U2000. On the specified time, the
CME starts synchronizing NE data on schedule every day.
Scheduled
Synchronization

NE data synchronization triggered by users manually.

Manual
Synchronization

FAQs

 If the configuration change notification of an NE fails to be

reported to the CME owing to some causes such as the NE
disconnection and no other data changes exist after the NE is
reconnected, the NE will not report the configuration changes to
the CME. Consequently, the data of the NE is not synchronized
Since the CME has provided to the CME. Scheduled synchronization can be used for solving

1 the automatic
synchronization mechanism,
the problem of data inconsistency between the CME and the
NE.
why are scheduled  After the configuration data of an NE changes but the CME has
synchronization and manual not started synchronization yet, if users prefer to immediately
synchronization required? synchronize NE data to ensure the correctness of configuration
data rather than wait for automatic or scheduled
synchronization, user can manually synchronize data.
  The time required for synchronizing NE data to the CME (from
start to end) in terms of NE type is as follows:
• NodeB: 5 min
• eNodeB: 10 min
How long can NE data
• Co-MPT base station: 10 min
• BSC6910: 60 min
• BSC6900/ECO6910: 20 min
2 changes be synchronized to
the CME through automatic
• USU: 10 min synchronization?
 The maximum number of NEs that can be synchronized
simultaneously by the CME are 5 controllers and 400 base
stations.

 Check for the current configuration data of the NE in the current

After NE data changes, how data area by viewing the configuration changes reported by the
NE in the Attribute Value Change (AVC) information. Then, you
3 do I judge whether the CME
has completed automatic can judge whether the CME has finished synchronizing NE data
synchronization? through automatic synchronization.
 In the Synchronize NEs window of the current data area, check
whether "Last Synced" is later than the time when configuration
data changes.

 If you enable the subtasks of scheduled synchronization for the

planned area when setting a scheduled synchronization task, When scheduled synchronization
the CME starts synchronizing the data of the specified planned is in use, can the data of the
data area after finishing synchronizing the data of the current
data area.
4 planned data area also be
automatically synchronized after
the synchronization of the current
data area is complete?

 After you open a planned data area, if the CME icon blinks in
the Windows task bar, the NE data in the planned data area
changes. Double-click the CME icon to view the data change.
 If the icon appears on the right side of the Controller, Base
When using the CME, how Station, or Cell tab in the left part of the current data area, it
5 do I know the NE data
changes?
indicates that the data of NEs or cells on the live network is
added or deleted. You can update the data by clicking the
corresponding tab. Click here

After multiple users configure

 The CME provides the conflict check function. Before activating data in different planned data
data, you can compare the data in the Planned area with the
data in the current data area and check for conflict. 6 areas and activate the data,
how do I judge whether data
conflict exists?

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