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HUAWEI BSC6000
Software Management

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 The lecture introduces basic concepts
about software management of HUAWEI
BSC6000, and the operation steps and
methods of using LMT to maintain BSC
software and manage patches and software
license.

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Goal

At the end of the lecture, students are expected to:

Understand basic concepts of software management
Be able to use LMT to maintain BSC software
Be able to use LMT to maintain patches
Be able to use LMT to maintain the software license

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Chapter 1 Concepts About Software Management

Chapter 2 Basic Operations

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Software Management Scenes
Software management includes Version Install, Version Upgrade, and System
Load.
Version Install is the process of installing software at the site according to the
issued versions.
Version Upgrade is the process of updating software version at the site.
System Load starts when software is loaded in the whole system at the site and
ends till the system gets into normal operation.
Objects of software management:
VERSION UPGRADE
Version software VERSION INSTALL
Patch software
Software license
BIOS program software
SYSTEM LOAD

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Basic Concepts
Work Area: The work area is used to store the whole versions of system
software.
Running Area: The area on the server that is used to store all the software loaded to
a board. Usually, it refers to the flash of a board.
Active Area The area on the server that is used for the server to store the
software to be activated after online upgrade of the system. The patches for the
BSC software are also stored in the active area.
Standby area: The area on the server that is used to store the software that
supports version rollback.
Operations of Software Management:
Downloading and Decompressing the Version Software
Loading
Activating
Rollback

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Downloading and Decompressing the Version
Software
Downloading: The function is used to download and decompress the software
package from the FTP server to the BSC server. When the downloading is complete,
the BSC server starts the decompression of the software package automatically.
GBAM first downloads the version configuration file (vercfg.xml), and then
compares the system version number in the configuration file with which in the
active area.
When the system version number is same as which in the active area, GBAM
will downloads the required files to the active area. Actually it is a repair
process.
When the system version number is different from which in the active area,
GBAM will downloads the required files to the standby area.
The files of old version would be replaced in the downloading area.

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Downloading and Decompressing the Version
Software
During the downloading process, LMT is the FTP server, and GBAM is the FTP
client.

Configuration file
FTP Active area/
Version file standby area

LMT GBAM

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Loading
Loading: The function is used to load the version software from the BSC server to the
flash memory of the boards where the software runs.
Software would be loaded during either restart or online upgrade of a board.
Different loading modes are used for restart and online upgrade.
Loading during restart:
Automatic loading: Compare the software version in FLASH of the board with the
version in the active area of GBAM.
If different, load from the active area of GBAM.
If same, load from FLASH of the board.
Loading from the server: obtain the software from the active area of GBAM without
compare.
Loading from Flash: Directly loads files from FLASH of the board.
Online upgrade: It is the process of loading the version software when the board
software is running exactly and the software need be upgraded to higher version. Only
one mode is available, namely that the version software can be loaded only from GBAM
to each service board.

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Activation and Rollback
Activation: Activation is intended to guarantee the success of file upgrading on boards
and make the files activated.
Boards need be reset before the version software and Level-2 BIOS are activated.
The software of all boards instead of a single board in BSC is activated.

Rollback: If exceptions occur in the activated software, or the state before the
activation need be recovered after the activation, manually roll back to the software
version before the activation. Rollback is the converse process of activation. Before
implementing the rollback, ensure that the software version in the standby area of
GBAM is the old version before the activation.

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LMT Software Directory Structure

Folder Explanation
FtpServer FTP SERVER program folder
SWM Folder needed for management of BSC board
software
Bin Folder used to store the executable programs of
the BSC6000 local maintenance terminal
BscObj Folder of BSC objects
Btsm Folder of the BTSM program of BSC6000 BTS
maintenance terminal
Cfg Folder of configuration files
Convert Folder of the program of alarm forwarding tool
Help Folder used to store LMT help files
pfbTool Folder of performance browsing tool program
Uninstall Folder used to store the uninstalled program
files and uninstalled log files

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Chapter 1 Concepts About Software Management

Maintaining BSC Software

Chapter 2 Basic Operations
Maintaining Patches
Maintaining Software License
Querying the Board Software
Querying the Status of the Version
Software

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Maintaining BSC Software
Maintaining BSC Software
Downloading and Decompressing software
Loading software
Activating software
Rolling back software

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Downloading and Decompressing Software
Introduction: The function is used to download and decompress the software
package from the FTP server to the BSC server. When the downloading is
complete, the BSC server starts the decompression of the software package
automatically.

Operation steps: Run DLD VERPKG on the LMT to download and

decompress the version software.

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Loading Software

Introduction: The function is used to load the version software from the BSC
server to the flash memory of the boards where the software runs.

Operation steps: Run LOD SOFTWARE on the LMT to load the version
software.

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Activating Software
Introduction: The function is used to activate the version software that is
loaded on each service board.

Operation steps: Run ACT SOFTWARE on the LMT to activate the version
software.

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Rolling Back Software
Introduction: The function is used to roll back the BSC software. Rollback is
the reverse process to the activation. After the rollback, the software returns to
the status before the activation is performed.

Operation steps: Run RBK SOFTWARE on the LMT to roll back the version
software.

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Maintaining Patches
Operations of maintaining patches include:
Downloading and Decompressing the Patches
Loading patches Download
Activating patches
GBAM LMT
Confirming patches
Deactivating patches
Rolling back patches Load

Deleting patches

Activate Confirm
Deactivate Active Running

Deactivate

Service Board

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Downloading and Decompressing the Patches
Introduction: The function is used to download the patch package from the
FTP server to the BSC server and decompress the package.

Operation steps: Run DLD PATCH on the LMT to download and compress
the patch.

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Loading Patches
Introduction: The function is used to load the patch from the patch area of
the server to the patch area in the flash memory of a board. The patch file is
also saved in the flash memory of a board.

Operation steps: Run LOD PATCH on the LMT to load the patch.

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Activating Patches
Introduction: The function is used to activate a patch in the patch area of a
board.

Operation steps: Run ACT PATCH on the LMT to activate the patch.

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Rolling Back Patches

Introduction: The function is used to roll back a patch to the status before
last loading of the patch.

Operation steps: Run RBK PATCH on the LMT to roll back the patch.

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Deleting Patches
Introduction: The function is used to delete patch files. All patch files of a
BSC, that is, all patch files on the server and boards, are deleted together.

Operation steps: Run RMV PATCH on the LMT to delete the patch.

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Confirming Patches

Introduction: The function is used to confirm the status of a patch that is

activated and effective.

Operation steps: Run CON PATCH on the LMT to confirm the patch.

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Deactivating Patches
Introduction: The function is used to deactivate a patch in the patch area of a
board.

Operation steps: Run DEA PATCH on the LMT to deactivate the patch.

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Maintaining the License
Maintaining the software license includes the following operations:
Downloading the software license
Deactivating the software license
Querying the software license
Querying ESN

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Downloading the License
Introduction: The function is used to download the License file to the active
area of on the server from the LMT.

The License and corresponding configuration files to be downloaded are

already put in:
LMT installation directory\BSC6000\Common\SWM\License.

Operation steps: Run the DLD LICENSE command on the Local

Maintenance Terminal to download BSC License.

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Activating the Software License

Introduction: The function is used to activate the BSC license to validate the
license files downloaded by users.

Operation steps: Run the ACT LICENSE command on the Local

Maintenance Terminal to activate BSC License.

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Querying the License
Introduction: The function is used to query the configuration and application
information about the effective license files.
Configuration information
Contains such items as sequence number of the software, usage
time limit, maximum number of carriers, number of cells, and
various functions
Application information
Indicates the sequence number of the current license, usage time
limit, number of carriers,number of cells, and the functions that
are used currently

Operation steps: Run the DSP LICENSE command on the LMT to query the
BSC license.

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Querying ESN
Introduction: The function is used to query the BSC equipment serial number (ESN).
The expansion of the BSC system requires new BSC ESNs that are provided by
Huawei.
The ESN consists of 40 hexadecimal characters. Each BSC has only one ESN.
The ESN is used during the downloading of the license. The license is used based on
the ESN. Each SP corresponds to an ESN. You can enter the SP number to query the
corresponding ESN.

Operation steps:
Choose BSC Maintenance > Maintain License > Query ESN. The Query ESN
dialog box is displayed.
You can run the following commands on the LMT to query the BSC ESN.
Run the DSP LICENSE command to query the BSC ESN in online mode.
Run the LST LICENSE command to query the BSC ESN in offline mode.

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Querying Board Version Information
Introduction: The function is used to query the information about the software,
hardware and patches of a board, and the mode of loading the board on the LMT.

Operation steps:
Choose BSC Maintenance > Query Software > Query Board Version
Information.
You can run the following commands on the LMT to query detailed information of
BSC boards.
Run the DSP BRDVER command to query the board versions.
Run the DSP PATCH command to query the information about the board patch.
Run the LST BRD command to query the attributes of the board loading.

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Querying the Status of the Version Software
Introduction: The function is used to query the status of the version software running
or stored on the BSC server.

The status of the version software running on the server can either be
Normal Running or Incomplete Running.
Normal Running indicates that the version software running on each board is
the same as the version software running on the server.
Incomplete Running indicates that the version software running on some
boards is different from the version software running on the server.

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Querying the Status of the Version Software
The status of the version software stored on the server refers to the status of
the version software in the master and slave areas. If the slave area is blank,
only one record, that is, the information about the master area, is displayed in
the query result.
The status of the version software stored on the server can either be Available
or Unavailable.
Available indicates that the version software stored on the server is complete.
Unavailable indicates that the version software stored on the server is incomplete
or some files of the version software are corrupted.

Operation steps:
Run the LST VER command on the LMT to query the status of the version software
running on the server.
Run the LST SOFTWARE command on the LMT to query the status of the version
software stored on the server.

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 Summary
The lecture introduces about the following
aspects of HUAWEI BSC6000:
Basic Concepts About Software
Management
Maintaining BSC Software
Maintaining Patches
Maintaining Software License
Querying Board Software
Querying the Status of the Version Software

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