RAN Management System Release Notes – Release 4.0.0
Document Number: PN: OL-32401-01
Document issue: 1.0
Document status: Draft 1
Date: July 2014
Cisco RAN Management System Release Notes - Release 4.0.0
Publication History
Date
July 2014
Version
1.0
Description
Initial Version
Author
Gayathri Krishna Murthy
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Contents
1.
INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1.
OBJECTIVE ................................................................................................................................................ 5
2.
RELATED DOCUMENTATION ................................................................................................................... 6
3.
ABBREVIATIONS AND DEFINITIONS ........................................................................................................ 7
4.
COMPONENT VERSIONS ......................................................................................................................... 8
5.
INSTALLATION IMAGE ............................................................................................................................ 9
6.
COMPATIBILITY MATRIX....................................................................................................................... 10
7.
KEY NOTES ........................................................................................................................................... 11
8.
SUPPORTED FEATURES ......................................................................................................................... 12
8.1. NEW FEATURES ....................................................................................................................................... 12
8.2. DEPLOYMENT.......................................................................................................................................... 13
8.2.1
Installation .................................................................................................................................. 13
8.2.2
Upgrade ...................................................................................................................................... 13
9.
LIST OF IMPORTANT OPEN DEFECTS ..................................................................................................... 14
9.1.
10.
WORKAROUND FOR KNOWN PROBLEMS – POST INSTALLATION.......................................................................... 15
APPENDIX A ..................................................................................................................................... 16
10.1.
11.
LIST OF RESOLVED DEFECTS .................................................................................................................... 16
OBTAINING DOCUMENTATION AND SUBMITTING A SERVICE REQUEST ............................................. 17
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1.
Introduction
The Cisco RAN Management System (RMS) provides end-to-end capabilities to support the
management, monitoring, and configuration of Universal Small Cell Access Point (USC AP) devices.
The RMS provides end-to-end operations to transmit high quality voice and data from the Service
Provider mobility users through the Service Providers mobility core.
This release notes is for RMS 4.0.0 FCS release. The following are some of the key highlights of the
RMS components:
Key Component
Broadband Access Center (BAC)
Cisco Prime Access Registrar (PAR)
Cisco Prime Network Registrar (PNR)
Device Command and Control User
Interface (DCC UI)
Provisioning and Management Gateway
(PMG)
PMG DB
Log Upload Server (LUS)
Universal Small Cell Access Point (USC
AP)
Description
• Distributed TR-069 ACS
• AP inventory in RDU
• Femto activation logic on DPE
• Admin UI for Operational Tools
• TR-069 and Download services
Provides RADIUS service used by ASR5K to
authenticate and authorize AP access during IuH HNB
Register. PAR is integrated with the DPE. The DPE
performs AP authentication by verifying source IP
address to AP identity mapping via DHCP. The DPE
also delivers the access mode indication and whitelist
via RADIUS to the ASR5K based on data in
provisioned in BAC.
Provides DHCP service for allocating IPSec addresses
to APs via SeGW on ASR5K. PNR is also integrated
with BAC DPE which performs queries of IP address
lease data.
• Web UI and CLI tools
• Register the device, activate, and check the status
• Operational Tools
• Group Management, Upgrade Monitor, and Device
Data Export
• Integration API with OSS/BSS
• Subscriber portal (registration and whitelist
updates)
• Care interfaces (live status)
• XML/HTTP requests and notification
• Key Performance Indicators in CSV Performance
Management files
Database which can store geographical location data.
• High scale HTTP upload
• AP system logs and PM file uploads
• Bundling of files for distribution to SP OSS
• Purging of old files
• Detailed KPIs in CSV PM files
USC AP are low-power wireless access points that
operate in licensed spectrum to connect
standard mobile devices to a mobile operator’s network
using residential DSL or cable broadband
connections.
Note: USC AP software is not an RMS 4.0.0
component. Hence, the operator needs to download
the AP FCS builds separately.
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As part of Cisco RMS, the new features are added with several release cycles. See Section 8.1, “New
features” for more details.
1.1. Objective
This document provides an overview of the new features, enhancements, and known defects in RMS
4.0.0.
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2.
Related Documentation
•
•
•
•
Cisco RAN Management System Installation Guide, Release 4.0.0,
PN: OL-32397-01
Cisco RAN Management System Administration Guide, Release 4.0.0,
PN: OL-32398-01
Cisco RAN Management System API Guide, Release 4.0.0,
PN: OL-32399-01
Cisco RAN Management System SNMP/MIB Guide, Release 4.0.0,
PN: OL-32400-01
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3.
Abbreviations and Definitions
All abbreviations and definitions used in the document are provided in Table 1.
Table 1: Abbreviations and Definitions
Abbreviation
BAC
EID
PAR
Description/Definition
Broadband Access Center – A Cisco TR-069 management product that
includes RDU and DPE.
Equipment Identifier
Cisco Prime Access Registrar
PNR
Cisco Prime Network Registrar
CPE
Customer Premises Equipment
DCC UI
Device Command and Control User Interface
DPE
Distributed Provisioning Engine. A distributed server of the BAC
product.
Femto RAN Manager
Home Node B
Log Upload Server
Provisioning and Management Gateway
Regional Distribution Unit, a part of the BAC that interfaces with the
OSS north bound and DPE south bound and is the master data store.
RAN Management System
Small Mode Business
Secure Socket Layer, an authentication and encryption protocol.
Transport Layer Security
Technical Report 069 is a Broadband Forum (standard organization
formerly known as the DSL forum) technical specification entitled CPE
WAN Management Protocol (CWMP).
Universal Small Cell Access Point
Access control list which specifies which cell phones can register with
the AP.
Cisco Quantum SON Suite
Self Optimizing Network
FRM
HNB
LUS
PMG
RDU
RMS
SMB
SSL
TLS
TR-069
USC AP
Whitelist
QSS
SON
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4.
Component Versions
The RMS 4.0.0 has the following component versions:
Component
Version
BAC
PAR
PNR
BAC Config
3.8.1 FCS
6.0.1
8.1.3.1
4.0.0-168
DCC UI
4.0.0-269
Ops Tools
4.0.0-173
PMG
4.0.0-306
PMG DB
4.0.0-2N
LUS
9.1.0-52
Overall RMS Version
4.0.0-2N
Note: PMG DB is an optional component. Contact Cisco services to deploy PMGDB.
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5.
Installation Image
The checksum value of the OVA files are as follows:
File Name
Checksum value
All-in-One:
RMS-Provisioning-Solution-4.0.0-2N.ova
2922575164
Distributed:
RMS-Central-Node-4.0.0-2N.ova
1007052381
RMS-Serving-Node-4.0.0-2N.ova
510135668
RMS-Upload-Node-4.0.0-2N.ova
2175679000
Upgrade:
RMS-UPGRADE-4.0.0-2N.tar.gz
1437402411
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6.
Compatibility Matrix
RMS 4.0.0 is compatible with:
•
•
•
USC AP versions 3.4.x.y and 3.5.x.y
VMware Vsphere versions 5.1.0 and 5.5
ASR5K (FemtoGW and SecurityGW versions) 16.0
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7.
Key Notes
Note:
•
•
To enable GDDT to run periodically, cron job should be created.
The periodicity of the GDDT cron should not be less than six hours.
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8.
Supported Features
RMS 4.0.0 adds new features and enhancements to the earlier system releases. Following are the
high level functionalities of RMS.
8.1. New Features
The following are the new features in RMS 4.0.0:
Sl. No.
Feature Title
1
Polygon database for
geo-positioning (PMG
DB)
2
PMG event subscription
model
3
Static neighbor
configuration at DCC UI
4
Device replacement
message support
5
Supported 3G APs –
5310 B1/2/5, 7330
B1/2/5, USC 9330
B1/2/5, 3331 B1
Reserved AP Mode
Support
6
7
Generic “CoS/RF profile
selection
8
Enterprise, Site and Grid
Support
Description
PMG DB provides a geo-spatial lookup service for PMG. It
takes a location, defined by latitude and longitude, and returns
the name of an area. PMG uses this group for automatic
assignments.
PMG DB operates on Oracle and is shipped as installation
scripts, schema files, and stored procedures. The Oracle
installation, Oracle license, and Map info file should be
provided by the operator/customer.
RMS provides the capability to send notifications to registered
subscribers. The operator has an option to configure a set of
target address for any notification. RMS can send different
types of notification to different targets. The operator can
configure the list of parameters which will be part of
notification.
In RMS, a support is added in DCC UI to allow the operator to
configure the static neighbor list of the AP. DCC UI supports
configuration of both Inter-RAT and Inter-Frequency lists on
the FAP.
It might be possible that an already commissioned device on
field needs replacement because of one of the following
reasons:
- Misbehaving device which cannot be solved using
software/firmware upgrade
- Hardware malfunctioning
RMS exposes an OSS NBI API which operator can use to
replace a device with minimal information and even option
DCC UI. RMS maintains the static config of the device.
RMS support is tested with these 3G APs:
5310 B1/2/5, 7330 B1/2/5 and USC 9330 B1/2/5, 3331 B1
Note: Closed mode is supported only for residential APs.
RMS supports AP configuration in the reserved mode.
Location verification in Reserve mode will be supported in
further releases.
Configuration template is selected based on the software
version.
The RMS can discover the capabilities of each AP including
max TX power, and make it available in the configuration
template.
The Enterprise Grid allows multiple HNBs to work in a
coordinated fashion.
- The members of a 3G AP Enterprise Grid are predefined and configured in the RMS.
- Enterprise, Site and Grid ID Configuration
- Passing the Grid ID to HNB-GW for Authentication
- Defines the AP Role: Active Entry AP, Inner AP, Idle
Entry AP. Additionally, it also defines the AP Purpose
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Sl. No.
Feature Title
Description
(Coverage and Capacity).
9
Generic SP OSS /QSS
Interface and
Operational Capabilities
10
DN Prefix
11
RMS Integration with
Cisco Prime Suite
12
Closed mode support for
residential USC APs
13
15 min log upload
support on LUS
CSDL support
14
15
Performance/Capacity
and Scaling
RMS supports integration with service providers OSS/QSS
systems.
See API guide PN: OL-32399-01 for details of available
interfaces.
RMS supports ghconfiguration of DN Prefix allowing AP to
populate the DN Prefix in the alarms and in the 3GPP xml files
generated by USC AP.
RMS 4.0.0 supports integration with Cisco Prime Performance
Manager (PPM) and BAC can be integrated with Cisco Prime
Central to receive EPM MIB OIDs traps in the Prime Central
alarm browser.
For 3G APs in closed access mode, the list of approved
subscribers (white list) is obtained from the PAR and used by
the HNB GW to determine if a given UE should be allowed on
a 3G AP or not. For 3G APs in open access mode, the 3G
HNB can accept any authenticated UE, in addition to the
subscribers on a whitelist
RMS supports configuration for periodicity of uploading PM
files with minimum interval of 15 minutes.
RMS 4.0.0 is Cisco Secure Development Lifecycle (CSDL)
compliant.
RMS 4.0.0 supports up to 10K devices.
8.2. Deployment
8.2.1 Installation
The RMS provides an integrated installation process, which installs a pre-packaged set of software,
such that user does not have to install each separate component.
8.2.2 Upgrade
Upgrade support is provided for:
• RMS 3.0 to 4.0.0
• RMS 3.1 to 4.0.0
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9.
List of Important Open Defects
Bug ID
CSCun27329
CSCun75136
CSCun69770
CSCup57298
CSCun96680
CSCuo10649
CSCuo10652
CSCuo10828
CSCuo14436
CSCuo39616
CSCuo56929
CSCuo87223
CSCup08947
CSCup54880
CSCun86699
CSCun65696
CSCuh89381
CSCup77429
CSCup72332
CSCup77657
Description
[SN]SetLivedata pushes two values for FemtoNeighbourFilteringEnable flag
The updatePolygonsInPmg.sh should have option to run for valid Area
UpdatePolygonsInPmg.sh failed to create few groups in RMS
DCC UI is accepting new password same as new password
Most of the Operations in DCC UI take more than 5 seconds
NUM Devices Property is not working for all Group Types
Properties under GroupType needs to be revisited
Site update should not allow to move in different enterprise
GetLiveData and SetLiveData taking long time
Unable to stop and start firewall gracefully
Filtered Update Group Notification is not being sent
Able to login the logged off session of DCC UI without providing credentials
central-multi-nodes-config.sh used for serving redundancy fails
PMG not configures BAC to not send the event
User should not be able to enter few parameters in SITE-CREATION
LAT/LONG is not sent in AssingedData Notification for Enterprise AP
Dynamic screen element XML should be linked with import operation
DCC UI Debug Logs are not getting rotated after certain size
PMGs not validating MACRO-QOFFSET2-IDLE, MACRO-QOFFSETINTERFREQ
MCC and MNC value should take from CELL-CONFIG_PLMNID
CSCup77943
CSCup82529
CSCup81181
CSCup81171
CSCup65609
CSCup65603
CSCup91293
MCC and MNC value are not reflecting properly on DCCUI assigned data
Additional PG is not updated with the appropriate properties
DCC UI does not ask credentials if click refresh button
When the log upload fails, progress bar stays for long time
Incorrect default value for REM PLMN List
Unable to set empty value for property in RMS
NullPointerException on import operation
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9.1. Workaround for Known Problems – Post Installation
1. CSCuo37226 - All the devices are associated to a single femtogateway during registration if
there is only single cell pool associated to all the femtogateways.
Cause/Scenario
During device registration, Load
balancing is not happening at
femtogateway group level. Instead it is
happening at cell pool group level.
Due to this when same cell pool is
associated with more than one
femtogateway also, RMS is not load
balancing at femtogateway level and all
the devices are assigned to same femto
gateway during registration
Impact
Even though more number of
femtogateways are available in
the network, only one will be
loaded as all the devices are
associated with that
femtogateway.
Also, in case of distributed
setup where different
provisioning groups are
mapped to different
femtogateways, all the devices
gets assigned to one
provisioning group. Due to this
only DPE in one provisioning
group gets loaded.
Workaround
Have one to one mapping
for femtogateway group and
cell pool, i.e., have only one
cell pool associated to one
femtogateway. So, that on
every registration least
loaded cell pool will be
selected and based on the
cell pool selected, the
femtogateway group will be
selected.
2. CSCup66686 - CPU usage shoots up if any DCC UI operation times out during normal load.
Cause/ Scenario
If the operator tries to modify/update the
SAI Pool which is associated with the
large number of area groups (~ more
than 1000), the operation times out.
Impact
Workaround
The CPU usage of central node Restart the TomCat, so the
CPU gets freed up.
shoots up if the DCC UI
operation times out and
remains at the higher level (~
70 %)
No other user impact is seen.
3. CSCuo69727 - Serving node startup hangs intermittently during RMS installation
Cause/ Scenario
Impact
RMS installation shows
During Installation sometimes serving
node startup hangs and remains in same complete, but serving node
cannot be accessible.
state without completion for ~ 30
minutes.
4.
Workaround
To wait for some time ~ 30
minutes and then power of &
power on using Restart Guest
option in VCenter.
CSCup73347 - [Upgrade]PeriodicLogUpload is seen disabled post upgrade on DCC UI
Cause/ Scenario
Impact
Workaround
After the upgrade from RMS 3.0/RMS
3.0MR to RMS 4.0.0, on the DCC UI the
periodic log upload will be seen as
False.
It sends an incorrect information All the custom Properties set
to the user.
at Provisioning Group level
However, there is no impact on would be retained after
the functionality.
upgrade. Remove the
following properties from
Provisioning group level after
upgrade:
1. FC-LOG-PERIODICUPLOAD-INTERVAL
2. FC-LOG-PERIODICUPLOAD-ENABLE
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10.
Appendix A
10.1. List of Resolved Defects
Bug ID
Description
CSCul24149
PAR dropping Radius Access request
CSCul40880
CSCuo51209
CSCun88633
CSCum79863
CSCum95610
CSCuo01168
CSCuo01170
CSCun92018
CSCun94714
CSCun82724
CSCun82738
CSCun82770
CSCun85460
CSCuo33397
CSCuo33035
CSCuo23363
CSCun85460
ConnectionRequest Event code does not reach RMS - BV3.4.2.13
Admin1 user is not able to run the GDDT opstool script for bulk device
Rel.2.0MR-RMS-LAIRAISwapEnable and its impact
DCC UI allows to create two pool groups with same Range of values
DCC UI Dashboard data display is Improper
UMASK value provided is wrong in KSHELL
Appropriate error message to be thrown while changing password
RMS 310 upgrade, server should reset existing user passwords by default
Descriptor file not validating the passwords given for users
Importing the gw group ,error does not mention missing field
While importing gw group, error comes for non-mandatory field
For all the AP the variable is: FIRMWARE-DPH-SO16-ENABLE
Due to incorrect certificate chain length, AP throws "Unknown CA"
PS session failing if IU-PLMNID & IU-RAC not configured
AP not coming up as RMS is sending OPLMNAllowedBandList as Null
Unable to change any parameter in DCC UI
Due to incorrect certificate chain length, AP throws \"Unknown CA\"
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11. Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a
Service Request
For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information,
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