Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Notice on Precaution for Loss of External Protection Switching Status After a Reset of the System Control or AUX Board on WDM Products

Product Line
Transport network product line
Product Family
WDM products
Product Model
OptiX OSN 3800 (3800A)
OptiX OSN 8800
OptiX BWS 1600G (1600S)
OptiX OSN 1800
OptiX OSN 9800
OptiX OSN 9600
OptiX Metro 6100
Release Date
2014-01-26
Severity
Minor
Urgency
Non-urgent
Versions Involved
All versions
Devices Involved
OptiX OSN 3800 (3800A)
OptiX OSN 6800 (6800A)
OptiX BWS 1600G (1600S)
OptiX OSN 1800 
OptiX OSN 9800
OptiX OSN 9600
OptiX Metro 6100
Application Scope
In and out of China
Operation Category
Precaution
Precaution ID
20208
Operation Requirements
Learn how to prevent the same issue.
Expected Completion Date
N/A
Manpower Required
N/A
Contacts
Product Line Contact
Zhang Yi (employee ID: 00149002)
Regional Office Rectification Contact
Rectification project manager at each regional office
Representative Office Rectification Contact
Rectification project manager at each representative office

Keywords:

External switching status, system control or AUX board reset, active/standby switching

Summary:

WDM devices do not save external switching commands to the databases. Therefore, the external switching status will be lost when the system control or AUX board undergoes a reset or active/standby switching.

[Problem Description]

Trigger condition:
The problem occurs when the conditions listed in the table in "Root Cause" are present.
Symptom:
After the system control or AUX board undergoes a reset or active/standby switching, the external switching command issued before the reset or switching will be lost. As a result, a protection group performs switching based on the current status of the working and protection channels. External switching status can be forced switching, manual switching, locked switching, and WTR.
Identification method:
Check the protection group status on the NMS.

[Root Cause]

OTN standards do not specify whether to save external switching status. External switching commands are maintenance commands that are similar to loopback functions and external switching status is temporary. Therefore, WDM devices do not save external switching status to the databases. After the board that temporarily saves the external switching status undergoes a reset, the status will be lost.
The following lists the scenarios in which the external switching status will be lost.
Product
Device Type
Protection Type
Trigger Condition
OptiX OSN 3800 (3800A)
OptiX OSN 6800 (6800A)
OptiX OSN 8800
OptiX BWS 1600G (1600S)
OptiX OSN 6800A
OptiX OSN 3800A
OptiX OSN 3800
OptiX OSN 6800
OptiX OSN 8800 T32
OptiX OSN 8800 T64
OptiX OSN 8800 T32E
OptiX OSN 8800 T64E
OptiX OSN 6800
OptiX OSN 8800 platform subrack
Client 1+1, extended intra-board 1+1, intra-board 1+1, and optical line 1+1 protection configured using the TN12OLP/TN12DCP board
The system control board in the subrack housing the TN12OLP/TN12DCP board undergoes a reset or active/standby switching.
OptiX OSN 8800 T16
OptiX BWS 1600S T16
Client 1+1, extended intra-board 1+1, intra-board 1+1, and optical line 1+1 protection configured using the TN12OLP/TN12DCP board
The AUX board in the subrack housing the TN12OLP/TN12DCP board undergoes a reset or active/standby switching.
OptiX OSN 8800 UPS
OptiX OSN 9800 UPS
OptiX OSN 9600 UPS
OptiX BWS 1600GPlus
OptiX OSN 9600 platform subrack
OptiX OSN 9800 platform subrack
Client 1+1, extended intra-board 1+1, intra-board 1+1, and optical line 1+1 protection configured using the TN12OLP/TN12DCP board
The EFI board in the subrack housing the TN12OLP/TN12DCP board undergoes a reset.
All devices
Client 1+1 protection configured using the SCS board
The system control board in the master subrack undergoes a reset or active/standby switching.
All devices
SNCP protection
Ring protection
The system control board in the master subrack undergoes a reset or active/standby switching.
OptiX OSN 1800 V packet enhanced
All devices
Intra-board 1+1 protection
Extended intra-board 1+1 protection
Optical line 1+1 protection
Client 1+1 protection
SNCP protection
The system control board undergoes a reset or active/standby switching.
OptiX OSN 1800 compact
OptiX OSN 1800 1U
OptiX OSN 1800 2U
Port-level protection configured using the OLP board, including client 1+1, inter-subrack 1+1, extended intra-board 1+1, and optical line protection
The system control board in the subrack housing the OLP board undergoes a reset.
OptiX OSN 1800 1U
OptiX OSN 1800 2U
OTU intra-board 1+1 protection
SNCP protection
Client 1+1 protection configured using the SCS board
The system control board in the subrack housing the OTU board undergoes a reset.
OptiX OSN 1800 packet
All devices
Client 1+1 protection
Optical line protection
Intra-board 1+1 protection
SNCP protection
The system control board undergoes a reset or active/standby switching.
OptiX OSN 9800
OptiX OSN 9600
OptiX OSN 9800 UPS
OptiX OSN 9600 UPS
OptiX OSN 9600 platform subrack
Optical line 1+1 protection
OLP intra-board 1+1 protection
Extended intra-board 1+1 protection
The system control board in the subrack housing the OLP/DCP board undergoes a reset or active/standby switching.
OptiX OSN 9800 UPS
OptiX OSN 9600 UPS
Optical line 1+1 protection
OLP intra-board 1+1 protection
Extended intra-board 1+1 protection
The EFI board in the subrack housing the OLP/DCP board undergoes a reset.
OptiX BWS 1600
OptiX BWS 1600S
OptiX Metro 6100
All devices
Client 1+1 wavelength protection
Inter-board wavelength protection
WXCP protection
The system control board undergoes a reset.

[Impact and Risk]

After the external switching status is lost, the protection group determines whether to trigger protection switching based on the current status of the working and protection channels. If protection switching is triggered, services will be transiently interrupted.

[Measures and Solutions]

Recovery measures:
Issue an external switching command again.
Workarounds:
None.
Preventive measures:
None.


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