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ADCP-75-192 • Issue 2 • June 2007
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© 2007, ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
On the upgraded CPU, verify pathtrace values are as expected by viewing the
transceptOpencellPathtraceTable MIB. Refer to the above “Preliminary Steps” section for
details.
On the upgraded RAN CPU, verify PAs are functioning and power levels are as expected. Refer
to the above “Preliminary Steps” section for details.
4.2.4 Failed Upgrades
In the case of a failed upgrade, it will be desirable to attempt to return the target CPU to its
previous revision by uninstalling the most recent software upgrade.
This action will be accomplished with the use of a downgrade script that is installed as part of
the upgrade. The name of the downgrade script will contain the name of the version being
downgraded to; for example, hr-3.0.0-downgrade would be used to revert a CPU that has been
upgraded to version 3.1.0 back to 3.0.0.
Note that it is difficult to guarantee that a CPU reverted to its previous revision will work
exactly as the CPU did prior to the upgrade. There are simply too many variables to guarantee
this. The regression test cycle here at ADC will include a series of steps to validate that the
uninsulated/downgrade process works, but it is extremely difficult to guarantee that all possible
failure paths will be exercised.
It is important that, upon completion of a downgrade, the verification steps described in the
previous section are taken to ensure that the CPU is left in an operational state.
4.2.5 FPGA Updates
Certain software releases will contain updates to the FPGA images that the ADC modules load
on startup. These FPGA image updates need to be programmed into an EEPROM on the
module(s) in question. The ADC software processes, upon detection of an out of date FPGA
image, will notify the maintainer via an ADC trap.
The maintainer is responsible for programming the EEPROM at the earliest convienence (See
Reference #80-83 in Section 4). Depending on the module(s) being updated with new FPGA
images, this action could take as long as 20-30 minutes to complete
Caution: While FGPAs are being downloaded, service will be interrupted.