WALKair 1000 - Ver 9.0
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1. e alvarion We re on your wavelensth WALKair 1000 Version 9 0 February 2006 P N 214389 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Legal Rights Copyright Alvarion Ltd Alvarion All rights reserved The material contained herein is proprietary privileged and confidential No disclosure thereof shall be made to third parties without the express written permission of Alvarion Alvarion reserves the right to alter the equipment specifications and descriptions in this publication without prior notice No part of this publication shall be deemed to be part of any contract or warranty unless specifically incorporated by reference into such contract or warranty Alvarion BreezeCOM WALKair WALKnet BreezeNET BreezeMANAGE BreezeACCESS BreezeMAX AlvariSTAR MGW eMGW and or other products and or services referenced herein are either registered trademarks trademarks or service marks of Alvarion Al other names are or may be the trademarks of their respective owners The content herein is subject to change without further notice Limitation of Liability a Alvarion shall not be liable to the purchaser or to any third party for any loss of profits loss of use interruption of business or for any indirect special incidental punitive or consequential damages of any kind whether arising under breach of contract tort including negligence strict liability or otherwise and whether based on this agreement or otherwise2. to access the Main menu for the BS BU via LCI 3 Type 2 and press Enter to access the Maintenance menu WALKair 1000 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Contents Type 3 and press Enter to access the Version Control menu Type 4 and press Enter for the software switchover Type b and press Enter for the interface to the base switchover or t for the interface to the Terminal switchover Type T Q and press Enter for the FR QBRI ETH then type y to approve the selection ensure that the selected Terminals are the correct ones Type y and press Enter to approve the switchover Type y and press Enter to approve an independent reset of the Terminal after the switchover Performing the FR QBRI ETH Interface Switchover via WALKnet only available via WALKnet version 4 00 and up l 2 Enter the FR OBRI ETH Interface version menu From the Configuration menu select either BS BU or TS BU Select the appropriate BS BU A window with the proper BS BU opens displaying the FR OBRI ETH Interface Right click on the FR QBRI ETH Interface and select Versions from the displayed menu Click Switchover Wait three minutes and then click Refresh Verify that the Active and backup versions have switched over WALKair 1000 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Appendix A Troubleshooting Appendix A Troubleshooting The Pumpkin confirm read request window does not appear on the server PC The Ack pa
3. New in System Variable Window Type in Variable Name NMS LOG and Variable Value full path of directory where you like to keep a logs example C temp B Copy all of the SW version files into one directory B Goto Utilities menu on the menu bar on the WALKnet gt SW Download File New Session On the version file select WALKair 1000 and then select the WALKair 1K ver under lt gt WALKnet Projects Floware WALKnet Ver1_0 Product Data SWV er Make sure the file names in the WALKair_1K ver exactly matches the software file names Note that Unix is case sensitive therefore if the WALKair 1000 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Contents file names are in lower case the WALKair 1K ver should be edited and the file names therein modified to lower case as well Choose the units to be downloaded Set the TFTP Server IP address set the time for download and switch over not mandatory Select the checkbox indicating for a log file Click Apply Launching Pumpkin l 2 Run the Pumpkin application In the Pumpkin window click Option In the TFTP file system root field type in the path of the loaded file where the WALKair software file is located The Pumpkin browser can be pointed to a specific directory location or to a CD Rom Verify that the Read Request Behavior parameter is set to prompt before giving file and that the static parameter is set to Always prompt before accepting and click OK Indiv
4. and click OK Set the server IP address for the TFTP parameters Set the File name of the new version to BS_0902 S19 Set the Action to Download to standby Select the BS BU device from the Download To list Click Apply When the Pumpkin confirm read request window is displayed click Grant Access In the Pumpkin message window the following message is displayed BS_0902 S19 of type octet is required from Server IP address gt Additionally a packet counter starts its count indicating the start of the download The download action takes several minutes When the download is complete the counter disappears Verifying the Base Software Download l 2s Close the software download window Select Versions from the Utilities menu Select the loaded BS and click OK to display the Versions and Reset management window Verify that S B Version column in the Software Versions table is 09 00 Close the window WALKair 1000 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Contents Version Switchover The switchover must be performed first at the Terminal and only then at the Base The switchover can be performed either via LCI or via WALKnet The procedure which utilities LCI is described in the section below and the procedure that initializes WALKnet is described on page 9 WALKair Software Switchover via LCI Performing the Terminal Switchover via LCI 1 10 11 Type and press lt Enter gt to access the Main men
5. are provided through a special Telecom Interface that includes its own memory and software When upgrading a BU with an FR Eth QBRI Interface a special file should be installed in the BU The software upgrade process for the FR Eth QBRI Interface is identical to the regular software upgrade process except where it is specifically mentioned in this document WALKair Frame Relay delay was improved in version 9 0 almost down to the system s inherent delay The delay reduction feature is not applicable to FR V35 2M telecom cards this telecom card interface has a limitation of 2 Mbps only and is no longer available In cases where there is one or more FR V35 2M telecom cards in the BS or in one of the TSs in the cell it is not possible to use the Frame Relay Delay Reduction feature In order to ensure compatibility with the existing install base that could also comprise some pre version 9 0 units WALKair 1000 version 9 0 is released with two FR components B FRDR_0902 s19 that supports Delay Reduction This firmware is used with WALKair version 9 0 units interfaces offering support for the Frame Relay Reduced Delay feature B FR 0902 s19 that does not support Delay Reduction This firmware is used with WALKair pre version 9 0 units that do not offer support for the Frame Relay Reduced Delay feature WALKair 1000 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Contents The Frame Relay firmware module FRDR 0902 s19 which introduces the a
6. even if advised of the possibility of such damages b To the extent permitted by applicable law in no event shall the liability for damages hereunder of alvarion or its employees or agents exceed the purchase price paid for the product by purchaser nor shall the aggregate liability for damages to all parties regarding any product exceed the purchase price paid for that product by that party except in the case of a breach of a party s confidentiality obligations WALKair 1000 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Contents Contents Leo M X P 1 GONG Fal igirur 1 IDE aeria eror T M 2 WALKNGUNStANANON mc 2 System Compatibility eiae ror Vr o boOua sap RUV n PUR o KPPOSPEFVEIP SS RRRPEE ER ER ONSE RP REFUS 2 WALKnet Upgrade Procedutre 1 11er pere poro Tasse essen o rper des eres ropes P Pss ues 3 Tie POC e CU serorei scan coscsd se UPuaMUAI Eoi o UDIAR E E 3 NICAL OID ECS Acq aneanoancaana nes creates nance der UfIeadan E PPREPUIUn OMIT RIS DU En de EPI EUUP 3 bor WALDRSDeE Standalone otuss uis ereer reos dag Re ai hne au ia 3 bor WALDKnDet with HP Op n VIGW acsveseseeeiex vvuqukhU ER FEE FRSRUI SESS UA EUER TER VP SEE ERES 4 IV PALI NT YS GAIN ALOU 4 Upgrade Se CUD MM 4 Soltware Del up HOO usse iUe uEPINEM EPIS ARI VD D MIPIPEn RN PEE 4 IP Connection Setup ODLIOTIS seurocinies iir p
7. 10 Observe the BU reset and successful link establishment with the terminals within a few minutes WALKair Software Switchover via WALKnet Performing the Switchover via WALKnet 1 Select Versions from the Utilities menu 2 Select the ID customer of the Terminal for the switchover and click OK The Versions and Reset management window is displayed 3 Click Switchover 4 Confirm the warning message by clicking Yes A Completed successfully message is displayed in the lower left side of the window 5 Wait for the radio link loss alarm in the HP OV alarm window for the selected TS number This alarm is an indication that the Terminal has successfully switched Versions and reset itself automatically 6 Repeat steps 1 to 5 for all the Terminals 7 After all the Terminals have been successfully switched switch over the Base station Version in the same way by repeating steps 1 to 5 in step 2 select the IP address of the BU BS 8 Wait a few minutes for the base to reset and the link to be reestablished so that the Terminals are seen in the WALKnet registered terminals window 9 Verify that all traps are captured by the HP OV x Do not click Reset after clicking switchover as the active software version may become corrupt The reset is done automatically FR QBRI Eth Interface Switchover Process Performing the FR QBRI ETH Interface Switchover via LCI 1 Enter the Switch version menu 2 Type and press Enter
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9. cket counters in the Pumpkin application does not run after Grant Access is clicked The message SNMP error response buSwDownloadDestDevice O GenErr appears in the Software Download window The messages Transmission of TS 0902 S19 is timed out and Transmission of TS O902 s19 is aborted appear in the Pumpkin message window The packet counter in the Pumpkin window freezes its count WALKair 1000 Verify that Pumpkin is running on the Server IP address configured in the TFTP parameters Check the definitions of server in the Options window of the Pumpkin application The read request behavior parameter should be Prompt before giving file The static parameter should be Always prompt before accepting file Send a ping to the BU to verify that TCP IP communications are operational Check that the TFTP file system root path in the Options window of the Pumpkin application is correct Check that there is no space before the data in the File Name field in the TFTP parameters field of the Software Download window or in LCI or that the filename is correct in the Session Summary area Verify that Pumpkin is running on the Server IP address configured in the TFTP parameters Verify that the link with the selected Terminal is OK this message is relevant for Terminal download only Repeat the Terminal download steps after verifying that a radio link has been established Verify that Ethernet conne
10. ction to the BU BS is OK ETH LED status is green Verify that there are no problems with the Ethernet network send a test ping to the BU BS IP address Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Appendix A Troubleshooting The S B Standby version column in the Check that the File Name in the Software Versions and Reset Management window Jownload window is relevant to the BU is Not Valid after the download is complete For example The file called BS XXXX S19 is relevant to the Base download WALKair 1000
11. dvantages of reduced IP delay is an extension to the upgrade package of version 9 0 The upgrade package contains the FR 0902 s19 file which is compatible with ALL hardware revisions of the WALKair 1000 modules and also the FRDR 0902 s19 file which supports all the Frame Relay modules except for the FR V35 2M telecom card Upgrade Process The download procedure for WALKair using the TFTP server and air link consists of the following steps B New WALKnet version installation B TFTP server configuration B Downloading the WALKair software to the Terminal standby image B Loading the WALKair software to the Base Standby image B Verifying the proper WALKair software download B Performing the switchover gt First to all of the Terminals gt Second to the Base The software upgrade process for the FR QBRI Eth interface is identical to the above procedure Before upgrading FR modules to a delay reduction version FRDR_0902 s19 the user must ensure there are no FR V35 2M his network which don t support the new delay reduction firmware Incase such module exist in the upgraded sector the Frame Relay service on this unit will not work WALKnet Installation System Compatibility The WALKnet 9 0 application can be installed under Windows NT 2000 XP or Unix SUN Solaris 2 6 and up Operating Systems WALKnet version 9 0 for UnixSUN Sloaris is not released with the WALKair 9 0 release This version will be released separat
12. ect your PC and BS BU to your LAN network DCN WALKair 1000 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Contents Upgrade Process The Upgrade process is divided into 2 phases B Downloading the files to the Backup memory The downloading Process can be submitted to a several units using the Parallel S W Download tool This phase will be running in the background during the day while the WALKair services operates normally There are some limitations such as Network bandwidth and TFTP server resources that should be consider B Switching the current old version to the new version After assuring all units have passed the downloading phase by looking into each unit version window the switchover process can begin Be aware of the fact that every switchover is followed by a hard reset means that the service will go down until the units will initialize the new software The switchover will be commanded first on the Terminal and after the link drops the Base units will be commanded to make the switchover Software Download Process Multiple SW Download WALKnet version 9 0 can automatically download the SW to a few units at the same time To activate this feature follow the next instructions B Open Pumpkin Click Options under Read Request Behavior choose Give All Files B Setting environment variable parameter NMS_LOG gt Go to Control panel System gt Go to Advance tab and click Environment Variables Press
13. eeeeeeeeaeees 9 Performing the FR QBRI ETH Interface Switchover via LCI 9 Performing the FR QBRI ETH Interface Switchover via WALKnet only available via WALKnet version 4 00 and up eee 10 Appendix A Troubleshooting 1 eese eere rere 11 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Contents Scope This Technical Note describes the software version upgrade from earlier versions of WALKair to 9 0 via WALKnet WALKair management application General Introduction This document describes the software version upgrade from earlier versions of WALKair to 9 0 via WALKnet WALKair management application As part of the software upgrade the WALKnet application will be upgraded also to support the new WALKair version This procedure is suitable for upgrades from any version starting 4 2 to version 9 0 The download procedure is based on TFTP server which is the Pumpkin application supplied with the WALKair version By upgrading the WALKnet software to version 6 30 and up multiple SW download feature is activated and the upgrade process becomes automated supporting multiple download of SW components as well as multiple number of BS BU s with their TS s instructions for operating this feature are in this document From Version 4 and up the WALKair system supports Frame Relay FR and from version 5 WALKair supports QBRI and Ethernet interfaces These features
14. ely It also capable of working in 2 modes Under HP Open View NNM Network Node Manager platform version 6 1 and up WALKair 1000 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Contents As a standalone application x Management workstation characteristics should be complied with the requirements shown in the WALKnet User Manual WALKnet Upgrade Procedure A Since in WALKnet 9 0 the internal database structure has changed it is extremely important to save all the maps after opening them for the first time with the new version of WALKnet 9 0 to avoid performance degradation when using an unsaved old map Before proceeding with the WALKnet installation there are some prior actions needed to be taken The Procedure B If WALKnet and Oracle are not currently installed in the workstation the order of installation should be First Oracle then the ODBC driver then HPOV NNM and finally WALKnet version 9 0 After that oracle8 sql should be executed B If you have an HP open view application make sure it is updated with the newer versions 6 10 patch 0626 6 20 The patch is supplied in the WALKnet CD B Install WALKnet version 9 0 in the same path where the current version is installed if there is one Follow the installation procedure described in the WALKnet User Manual B For more detail regarding WALKnet installation please refer to WALKnet 9 O Upgrade procedure Validation Steps For WALKnet Standalone B Initialize the WALKn
15. et application Login the application using the ADMIN profile B Open the regional area map Check connectivity to several more than 3 different BS BU in different sites on the map Assure management capability by changing a telecom card admin status WALKair 1000 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Contents For WALKnet with HP Open View B Start the HP OV NNM program B Check Bs Bu icons appear as WALKair icon B Start the WALKnet application from the HP OV menu bar B Open the BS BU view window from the BS BU icon actions B Check trap reception from a BS BU WALKair Installation The WALKair software is provided to the customer on a CD The WALKair CD for software version 9 0 contains the following B WALKair software version 9 0 B Version 9 0 Manuals including this software upgrade procedure B Version 9 0 Release Notes B WALKnet 9 0 for Windows NT 2000 XP and Unix Operating Systems B TFTP server application Pumpkin Upgrade Setup This section defines the Setup tools and configuration options for upgrading the WALKair software Software Setup Tools The following items are required for the software upgrade B Pumpkin software B WALKnet Version 9 0 IP Connection Setup Options You can set up the IP connection for the software upgrade using any of the following options B Connect your PC via HUB to the BS BU using an Ethernet cable B Connect your PC directly to the BS BU using a crossed cable B Conn
16. idual Downloading of the Software Downloading the Terminal Software via WALKnet l 2 Select Software Download from the Utilities menu Select the BU BS IP address and click OK Set the server IP adders for the TFTP parameters Set the File name of the new Version to TS 0902 S19 for TS 1000 or TSCR 0902 S19 for TS 1300 Set the Action to Download to standby Click the Terminal s icon in the download to area and then select the Terminals IDs from the list of Terminals Click Apply When the Pumpkin confirm read request window is displayed click Grant Access In response the following message is displayed TS_0902 S19 of type octet is required from Server IP address gt Additionally a packet counter starts its count indicating the start of the download WALKair 1000 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Contents The download action takes several minutes After the download is complete the counter disappears Verifying the Terminal Software Download l Ds 5 Close the software download window Select Versions from the Utilities menu Select the ID of the loaded TS and click OK The Versions and Reset management window is displayed Verify that the S B Version column in the Software versions table is 9 0 Close the Versions and Reset management window Downloading the Software to the Base Station l 2 Select Software Download from the Utilities menu Select the IP address of the BU BS
17. u for the BS BU via LCI Type 2 and press lt Enter gt to access the Maintenance menu Type 3 and press lt Enter gt to access the Version Control menu Type 4 and press lt Enter gt for the software switchover Type t and press lt Enter gt for the terminal switchover Type b and press lt Enter gt for the BU Select the require TS ID Type y and press lt Enter gt to approve the selection ensure that the selected Terminals are the correct ones Type y and press lt Enter gt to approve the switchover Type y and press lt Enter gt to approve an independent reset of the Terminal after the switchover Observe the link failure and subsequent successful link establishment within a few minutes Performing the Base WALKair Software Switchover via LCI l Type and press Enter to access the Main menu for the BS BU via LCI Type 2 and press Enter to access the Maintenance menu Type 3 and press Enter to access the Version Control menu Type 4 and press Enter for the software switchover Type b and press Enter for the base switchover Type b and press Enter for the BU Type y and press Enter to approve the selection ensure that the selected Terminals are the correct ones WALKair 1000 Version 9 Upgrade Procedure Contents 8 Type y and press Enter to approve the switchover 9 Type y and press Enter to approve an independent reset of the Terminal after the switchover
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