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CONTENTS Chapter 1 ME4600 ONT Series Overview ....................................................................... 1 CISCO ME 4600 ONT Series Overview ........................................................................................................................1 CISCO ME 4600 ONT RGW Equipment Overview ...................................................................................................2 Documentation Roadmap .........................................................................................................................................2 Determining the Software Version ............................................................................................................................2 Upgrading to a New Software Release .....................................................................................................................2 Installation .................................................................................................................................................................3 Chapter 2 NEW FEATURES IN ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2 RELEASES ................................ 4 New Software Features in Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.0 Release ..............................................................................4 Chapter 3 NEW FEATURES IN ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1 RELEASES ................................ 7 New Software Features in Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.0 Release ..............................................................................7 Chapter 4 NEW FEATURES IN ME4600 ONT-OS 3.0 RELEASES ................................ 9 New Software Features in Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.0.0 Release ..............................................................................9 Chapter 5 RESTRICTIONS AND ISSUES IN CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2 RELEASES ......................................................................................................................... 11 Limitations and Restrictions.........................................................................................................................................11 Limitations and Restrictions in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.0 release ................................................................11 Issues in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2 Releases ......................................................................................................11 Open Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 ......................................................................................................12 Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 ................................................................................................19 Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.0 ................................................................................................21 Chapter 6 RESTRICTIONS AND ISSUES IN CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1 RELEASES ......................................................................................................................... 23 Limitations and Restrictions.........................................................................................................................................23 Issues in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1 Releases ......................................................................................................23 Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.3 ................................................................................................23 Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.2 ................................................................................................24 Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.1 ................................................................................................24 Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.0 ................................................................................................25 Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ iii Chapter 1 ME4600 ONT Series Overview The CISCO ME4600 ONT RGW equipment runs the CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS software beginning with the Release 3.0.0.This document provides information about the ME4600 ONT-OS software release starting from ONT-OS 3.0.0 release. CISCO ME 4600 ONT Series Overview The Cisco ME 4600 ONT Series equipment is an Optical Terminal Equipment (ONT) equipment for Passive Optical Networks (PON) termination in a FTTH (Fiber-To-The-Home) service delivery architecture. Cisco ME4600 ONT Series equipment communicates with the OLT (Optical Line Terminal) for the PON side and with the customer’s premises for the client side. This equipment supports triple-play services - high speed internet (HSI), voice (VoIP), video (IPTV and RF Overlay) and WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). The use of the GPON fiber access technology does allow a significant service delivery increase when compared with traditional xDSL technologies. Cisco ME 4600 ONT Series equipment technology is based on GEM (GPON Encapsulation Method), and complies with ITU-T G.984.x. recommendation as like as G.984.4 (OMCI) ensuring interoperability with major GPON OLT vendors (BBF.247). These base functionalities, together with the support for bit rates of up to 2.5 Gbps (downstream) and 1.24 Gbps (upstream), an optical network splitting ratio of up to 1:64 in a single fiber and a distance range of up to 60 km, make the GPON technology and the Cisco ME 4600 ONT Series equipment the most efficient option for passive optical network topologies, when integrated service delivery is an issue. Together with multi-vendor OLT interoperability (BBF.247 certified), other differentiated features of the Cisco ME 4600 ONT Series equipment are the embedded RF Video Overlay as well as the chance to have several TV channel packs by means of using remote managed analog RF video overlay filters. The use of an embedded optical reflective component also increases probing resolution in case of FTTH probing. As opposed to the point-to-point architecture, in which there is one physical port per client in the Central Office, in GPON point-to-multipoint architecture there is only a single laser and photo-detector in the Central Office (CO) to serve up to 64 CPEs. All the Optical Distribution Network is built by means of passive equipment modules with a long live MTBF standards and very low OPEX. For more information on the CISCO ME4620 OLT please, visit: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/me-4600-series-multiservice-optical-accessplatform/datasheet-c78-730446.html Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 1 ▀ CISCO ME 4600 ONT RGW Equipment Overview The Cisco ME 4600 ONT RGW equipment is a single household integrated CPE solution with ONT plus L2/L3 Gateway integrated features. This equipment family is the choice for full in-house multiplay service enable (Voice, Video and Data) especially devoted for FTTH. Deployment Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n is enabled. This equipment has built-in routing features that avoid the need for an external third party gateway. Table 1. CISCO ME 4600 ONT RGW equipment interfaces Interface Type Number of interfaces GPON 1 FXS 2 Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T 4 RF video 1 WI-FI 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz 2x2 USB 2 For more information please see any CISCO ME4600 ONT RGW user’s manual available from cisco.com. Documentation Roadmap To view other documents for the CISCO ME4600 OLT Series please, visit: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/me-4600-series-multiservice-optical-accessplatform/datasheet-c78-730446.html Determining the Software Version You can verify your ME4600 ONT-OS software version by checking the “Software version”: at the equipment GUI interface Device Info main window at the “Software Version” field; Please see your specific CISCO ME4600 ONT RGW user’s manual currently available from Cisco.com. Upgrading to a New Software Release New software releases for the ME4600 Series ONT-OS are available from Cisco.com. New software Release Upgrade is usually performed remotely by the OLT equipment the ONT is connected to through the PON interface following the mechanisms specified in the ITU-T G.984.4 and G.988. Note: New software release upgrade can also be performed locally by authorized technician at the equipment GUI interface management menu, item Software Update. ▄ Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series 2 ▀ Please see your specific CISCO ME4600 ONT RGW user’s manual currently available from Cisco.com. Installation Note: In order to locally install ONT-OS, it is necessary be an authorized technician and have the admin credentials to access the ME4600 ONT equipment. Step 1. Login in the ME4600 ONT equipment GUI using admin account credentials. Step 2. Import the new ME4600 ONT-OS selecting the Update Software item available on the Management menu Step 3. Import the software following the information available on the window. For more information on the use of these commands please see any your specific CISCO ME4600 ONT RGW user’s manual currently available from Cisco.com. Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 3 Chapter 2 NEW FEATURES IN ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2 RELEASES This chapter provides information about the new features introduced in the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2 Releases. This chapter includes the following sections: New Software Features in Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.0 Release New Software Features in Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.0 Release The ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.0 Release for the CISCO ME4600 ONT Series introduces the following new Software features: GPON/AE selection o Selection of the Uplink (GPON/AE) o Query the Uplink interface status through CLI interface. Zero touch configuration The equipment can load a database configuration based on information provided by WAN DHCP Server. o ONT requests DHCP option 66 and option 67; o The server sends a tftp URL and a fileName; o ONT downloads fileName_SN.conf file where SN is the ONT serial number. ONT should download the when: o DHCP Discover is sent; o ONT should apply database that was downloaded when: o fileName is different from previous downloaded; o after restore configuration; o when content of fileName is different from previous downloaded. 802.1X Port-Based Authentication The ONT supports the 802.1X Port-Based Authentication - in the LAN side, users need to authenticate using the ONT in order to get access to the internet. VoIP provision through OMCI The equipment supports VoIP provision through OMCI. VoIP uses bronu interface. VoIP – Configurable Interdigit Time Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 4 ▀ The equipment supports the configuration of the interdigit time applied between VoIP number dialing before performing the call (between 4 and 12 seconds). Hybrid Service Configuration The ONT-RGW is capable of configuring services terminated at Veip (L3) and Ethernet (L2) ports simultaneously. Note that if a bridged service is configured to an ethernet port, which port will act as a bridged port and to access the ONT´s WEB GUI the user has to configure a static IP on his PC. Also note that, on WEB-GUI´s interface grouping tab, will only be displayed the ethernet ports that hasn´t L2 services configured. The same happens in lanVlan tab. If all the L2 services configured to an ethernet port are removed or if there is no L2 services on that port, it will act as a routing port. By default, all ethernet ports are configured as routing ports. VoIP Server Redundancy Server redundancy is often required to ensure continuity of phone service, for events where the server needs to be taken offline for maintenance, the server fails. It is possible to configure: o Two outbound proxies (primary and secondary). o Register Expire (seconds) o Register Retry Interval (seconds) When the primary server registration is unavailable, the secondary server will serve as the working server. Link Layer Discovery Protocol Support The ONT-RGW supports the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP). This feature can be configured by WEB GUI interface (at LAN tab) or by CLI. The supported parameters of the protocol are: o Hostname-Name of the equipment to be reported trough LLDP; o Interface List-List of interfaces where LLDP packets will flow (mandatory parameter); o Management Ip-Ip of the system/port sending the LLDP packets; o System Description-Description of system sending the LLDP packets; o Transmission Interval-Interval in LLDP transmitted packets; o Transmission Hold-Value used to compute the time to live of each LLDP neighbor. TTL is equal to Transmission Hold*Transmission Interval. Support to PPPoL2TP Tunneling The ONT-RGW supports the Point to Point Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (PPPoL2TP) used to establish PPP session with remote PPP concentrators, providing a Virtual Private Network (VPN). Support IP Security Protocol (IPsec) Supplementary service codes on the WebGui The supplementary services in the "Sip Advanced setup" tab on the WebGui are configurable with other values than those configured by default. QoS: o Support of up to 8 LAN egress queues Support at least eight class queues for each egress port/interface, allowing traffic prioritization in upstream transmission direction. Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 5 ▀ IP , Routing and NAT o Support RIP v1 and v2 The ONT-RGW supports the following protocols: IETF RFC 1058 "Routing Information Protocol" IETF RFC 2453 "RIP Version 2" Extension of the RIP to expand the amount of useful information carried in RIP messages and to add a measure of security. The ONT provides RIP configured in passive mode, learning routes from other networks, without being intrusive with RIP route announces. o Support OSPF / OSPFv2 The ONT-RGW supports the following protocol: o IETF RFC 1131 "The OSPF Specification" OSPFv2 according to IETF RFC 2328 Support BGP-4 ONT-RGW supports BGP routing protocol version 4, according with the following standard: RFC 4271 - "A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)". SNMP agent supports Authentication and Encryption ONT's SNMP agent supports access with authentication and encryption, as defined in SNMPv3 ONT sends authentication traps on authentication failure ▄ Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series 6 Chapter 3 NEW FEATURES IN ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1 RELEASES This chapter provides information about the new features introduced in the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1 Releases. This chapter includes the following sections: New Software Features in Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.0.0 Release New Software Features in Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.0 Release The ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.0 Release for the CISCO ME4600 ONT Series introduces the following new Software features: GPON o RF Support Enable/Disable the RF interface Read RF Power. RF Signal to High Alarm. RF Signal to Low Alarm. RF Loss Of Signal IP, Routing and NAT o DHCP Lease time changed to 3600s by default o Permanent DHCP Lease o Define Client Default NTP Servers o DHCP client retry time – it will double up to 64 seconds in case of not getting a response o DHCP and DNS static configuration o NAT 1:1 o LAN side default gateway Management o WebGui – HTTP Secure o Configuration of multiple management users different from “admin”, “support” and “user” o Encrypted password in backup file o System uptime o Show IPv4, IPv6 and MAC address in WebGui (Summary tab) o Ethernet statistics Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 7 ▀ o WAN statistics o Generate alarms when the Rx Optical Power passes some thresholds (1490nm) o Generate alarms when the Rx Optical Power passes some thresholds (1550nm) o SNMP - Agent: SNMPv2 and SNMPv3 support o User management VoIP o Define Default Dial Plan according to Cisco requirements o Display VoIP account status Support of Client User Interface for configuring the device ▄ Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series 8 Chapter 4 NEW FEATURES IN ME4600 ONT-OS 3.0 RELEASES This chapter provides information about the new features introduced in the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.0 Releases. This chapter includes the following sections: New Software Features in Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.0.0 Release New Software Features in Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.0.0 Release The ME4600 ONT-OS 3.0.0 Release for the CISCO ME4600 ONT Series introduces the following new software features: GPON o Read of Received Optical Power o Alarms of Received Optical Power Enable/Disable the RF interface o High Received Optical Power. Low Received Optical Power Alarms of Ethernet Ports Loss of Signal o Counters of Ethernet Ports o Gemport counters o OMCI synchronize time message IP, Routing and NAT o IPv4 and IPv6 support o Multiple PPPoE interfaces – Support AUTO, PAP, CHAP and MS-CHAP authentication o Multiple IPoE interfaces – Fix and dynamic IP o Multiple NTP servers synchronization o NAPT Masquerade o ALGs: FTP, TFTP, SIP, RTSP o DHCP Server /client – Static IP lease and multiple subnets support o Port Forwarding o Firewall/Filtering – Packet filtering based on interface, IP Address, protocol, port number o IGMP v2/v3 Multicast proxy and snooping o IPv6 – DHCPv6 client and prefix delegation o DNS Proxy o Dynamic DNS Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 9 ▀ o DHCP Server options: DHCP 1 Subnet Mask DHCP 3 Default Gateway DHCP 6 Domain Server DHCP 12 Host Name DHCP 50 Requested IP Address DHCP 51 Lease Time DHCP 55 Parameter Request List DHCP 60 Vendor Class Identifier VoIP o Up two VoIP SIP accounts o SIPv2 support o IMS support o T.38 Fax support o Support DTMF on RTP Events o Support inband DTMFs o Codecs: ITU-T G.711(a/u) ITU-T G.722 ITU-T G.729a ITU-T G.723.1 ITU-T G.726 Wireless o IEEE 802.11 b/g/n support – 2.4 GHz o Broadcast and non broadcast SSID o Manual and automatic channel selection o WPS support o Network Authentication: Open, WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK o Encryption: AES and TKIP Management o • WebGui – HTTP o • TR-069 – TR-098, TR-104 support o • SSH and Telnet access support ▄ Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series 10 Chapter 5 RESTRICTIONS AND ISSUES IN CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2 RELEASES This chapter provides information about restrictions and Issues in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2 releases. This chapter contains the following sections: Limitations and Restrictions Issues in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2 Releases Limitations and Restrictions The following sections describe the CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2 limitations: Limitations and Restrictions in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.0 release Limitations and Restrictions in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.0 release CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.0 Release has the following limitations: Loss of DB after performing a downgrade from 3.2.x version to 3.1.x/3.0.x versions Issues in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2 Releases This section describes Issues in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2 releases. The following information is provided for each issue: • Symptom—Description of what is observed when the issue occurs. • Conditions—Conditions under which the issue has been known to occur. • Workaround—Solutions, if available, to counteract the issue. The following sections describe the open and resolved Issues in 3.2 Releases: Open Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.0 Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 11 ▀ Open Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 This document section details the unexpected behavior that might be seen with the CISCO ME4600 ONT with ONT-OS Release 3.2.2 • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-4184 Symptoms: [VoIP] - Supplementary Services - Call Forwarding on Busy Subscriber Conditions: The “Call Forwarding on Busy Subscriber” supplementary service is not working. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-4182 Symptoms: [VoIP] - Call Hold - Ring after on hook Conditions: After a call is disconnected on a local phone while a second call on hold, the phone will ring again associated to the call on hold. If the call was originated locally it will not show the phone number of the other party. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-4181 Symptoms: [VoIP] - SIP server Fallback - New calls Conditions: It becomes impossible to perform new calls when attempting to register a SIP account on the primary SIP outbound proxy, in a fallback scenario, when the account has previously been successfully registered on the secondary SIP outbound proxy server.During this period, although the phones connected to the FXS interfaces signalise any new call coming from the secondary server, the user is unable to accept new calls. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-4180 Symptoms: [VoIP] - Secondary Proxy Server - Fallback Conditions: Irregular SIP registration renewal occurs when using a secondary SIP Proxy server that use distinct listening ports from the primary SIP server: 1. Immediately before sending the SIP Register message for the primary server it sends a message to the secondary which registers the account successfully. 2. As the primary is unavailable sends back to the secondary server when the register retry timeout is reached. 3. In secondary server now registers the account twice in a row that added to the first gives a total of 3 SIP records in a short time. When both servers are unavailable, the time between retries doubles after the first cycle of registration attempt. When only the primary server is available, the RGW registers the account twice on the primary outbound proxy. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-4179 Symptoms: [VoIP] Outbound Proxy Server Address needs to be configured Conditions: ▄ Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series 12 ▀ The options available on the RGW WebUI indicate that it is possible to configure the VoIP service without the Outbound Proxy Server Address. But when this option is used the RGW keeps the outbound proxy server option keeps enabled and reconfigures the Address and port parameters to 0.0.0.0/0. After a START/STOP/STOP actions the RGW WebUI is no longer available, rebooting and after a few minutes. reboots it self. Workaround: Always configure the outbound proxy server address. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-4176 Symptoms: [VoIP] Reserved Characters on SIP server URI Conditions: The RGW allows the use of reserved characters on the SIP server URI Registrar,Proxy,Outbond Proxy, Sec Outbond Proxy). This should not be possible. After doing a STOP/START on the SIP Client it's no longer possible to do a STOP action on the SIP client. Also the WebUI and telnet interface is no longer available. The device appears as absent on the OLT after a while. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-4145 Symptoms: [TR-104] Disable interface wan with VoIP account registered Conditions: When disabling an interface used by de VoIP service, the associated VoIP accounts are not unregistered first, being the device LEDs for VoIP turned ON even when the account is presented as unregistered at status page.When the VoIP service is not assigned to a specific interface if the WAN interface required for accessing the SIP servers is disabled, the accounts remain as being registered according to the data presented in the webGUI status page, on the LEDs indication, and on the data obtained through TR069. This status is incorrect, since the user is unable to establishVoIP calls. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3927 Symptoms: [IPoE IPv6] - IPv6 only Conditions: When a IPoE IPv6 only interface is created the ONT only solicits a IPv6 prefix after a reboot. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3926 Symptoms: [IPv6] - DISABLE/ENABLE Conditions: If a IPoE IPv6 only or a PPPoE IPv6 enabled interface is disabled/enabled the ONT does not solicit a IPv6 prefix. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3925 Symptoms: [IPoE IPv6] - Prefix Release Conditions: The ONT does not release its assigned IPv6 prefix when the interface is removed or disabled. Workaround: There is no workaround Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 13 ▀ • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3924 Symptoms: [PPPoE IPv6] - Prefix release Conditions: The ONT does not release the IPv6 prefix of a PPPoE interface when the interface is disabled/removed or when it is gracefully restarted. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3923 Symptoms: [PPPoE IPv6] - Firewall Conditions: The ONT does not activate the firewall for IPv6 on PPPoE interface. On the WebUI the firewall status is enabled. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3921 Symptoms: [IPv4] WAN IPoE - DHCPv4 NAK Conditions: When the ONT receives a DHCPv4 NAK message it is expected to restart the DHCP IP address allocation with a DHCPv4 Discover message. Currently the ONT acts as if it ignores the DHCPv4 NAK message. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3918 Symptoms: [IPv6] - PPPoE Restart Conditions: When a Dual Stack PPPoE session is restarted the ONT does not initiate the DHCPv6-PD process. This restart can be a local reset on the PPPoE credentials, remote SPV of the PPPoE credentials via HDM or a simple local PPPoE interface disable/enable. Workaround: ONT reboot • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3906 Symptoms: [Multicast] Multicast MACs are discarded in WAN bridge interface Conditions: Traffic with Multicast MAC address (01:00:5E:xx:xx:xx) is discarded by the ONT when transmitting the traffic through a service configured to the VeIP. This problem occurs with only 1 unicast service configured on the OLT (stacked or unstacked), being the traffic transmitted through this unicast service. The OLT forwards the traffic to the ONT (visible by consulting the OLT counters) but is discarded by the ONT when the MAC is started by 01:00:5E. This behavior is not detected on the SFU, being this type of traffic accepted. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3894 Symptoms: [VoIP] - CLI configuration Conditions: ▄ Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series 14 ▀ VoIP configurations made through the CLI interface (SIP server, SIP account) are lost/reverted after a reboot unless they are revalidated/committed in the WebUI interface. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2958 Symptoms: Interface grouping error [after vlan disable - LAN side] Conditions: As described. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2946 Symptoms: [QoS] Performance - Full Queues - High overflow Conditions: When misbehaved data flow with a low priority starts occupying a considerable bandwidth the QoS system stops working. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2945 Symptoms: [QoS] Performance - Full Queues - Mild overflow Conditions: When all queues are occupied there are some moments when the QoS mechanism does not work as expected. Some of the events detected are the following: Data flow is completely cut from transmission permanently. Data flow is partially cut from transmission permanently. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2943 Symptoms: [QoS] - Queues Priority Conditions: On the RGW WebGui it's referred "(lower value, higher priority)". During the Tests it was verified that it's the opposite: Higher value, higher priority. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2939 Symptoms: [CLI] PPPoE - Dial on Demand - IPv6 Conditions: When Dial on Demand feature is enabled, the IPv6CP protocol is abnormally terminated by the RGW on the PPPoE session establishment after an initial phase where it has followed the regular IPv6CP negotiation. This aborts the IPv6 connectivity procedure. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2936 Symptoms: [CLI] - IPv6 Prefix Information Conditions: On the CLI interface it's not possible to obtain any details regarding the DHCPv6 IPv6 Delegated Prefix. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2935 Symptoms: [CLI] - PPPoE create - DHCPv6 IANA Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 15 ▀ Conditions: The "--dhcp6c-iana=enable" is not committed to the wan interface parameters when creating a PPPoE interface. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2927 Symptoms: [VoIP] SIP Authentication Header Conditions: In the first SIP REGISTER message the RGW SIP client sends the Authentication Field without any values on the nonce and response parameters. This is not a standard behavior. Usually on the first SIP register message no authentication header is included. Only after the server answers with the "401 Unauthorized" SIP message containing the type of authentication, nonce, realm, algorithm the client sends a new SIP REGISTER message with the Authentication message with the appropriate parameters and values. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2923 Symptoms: [VoIP] Secondary Proxy Server - Fallback - Active call Media Session Conditions: During the proxy server switch the active call media session is lost. The RGW stats answering with ICMP Destination unreachable (Port Unreachable) messages to the RTP packets sent by the media server. The RGW does not notify the telephone that the call is no longer active. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2907 Symptoms: [VoIP] - VIA Header Conditions: The VIA header sent by the RGW on its SIP messages does not contain the source port used. If by some reason the RGW SIP client is unable to use the source port 5060 the RGW will not be able to communicate with the SIP server as the messages sent by the Cisco VoIP server are sent to the SIP default port 5060 regardless of the port used on the IP/UDP packet. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2902 Symptoms: Loss of communication with the ONT after associate bridge 4 to ETH4 Conditions: When configuring 4 Bridges and one IPoE service for VoIP, associating the 4 bridges to 4 interfaces groupings, the access through WLAN becomes unavailable. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2900 Symptoms: [SNMP] Monitoring Support - No DHCP info available Conditions: The CPE does not implement SNMP parameters to consult the DHCP pools and leases available. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2895 Symptoms: ONT is sending general Query when configured by port Conditions: As described. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2889 ▄ Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series 16 ▀ Symptoms: [IPv6] - DHCPv6 Client - IPoE IPv6 Dual Stack Interface - No DHCPv4 Server Answer Conditions: When a Dual Stack interface is created and the DHCPv4 Server on the WAN Interface is not active the HGW does not initiate the DHCPv6 Process in order to obtain the IPv6 configurations. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2888 Symptoms: [IPv6] - DHCPv6 Client - IPoE IPv6 Only Interface Conditions: When a WAN IPv6 only interface is created the HGW device is unable to send DHCPv6 Solicit messages. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2862 Symptoms: WebGui error Statistics buttons. Conditions: As described. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2861 Symptoms: WebGui Transmit Optical Level error. Conditions: The Transmit Optical Level shown in WebGui "Device Info->Statistics->Optical" is not always realistic. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2858 Symptoms: GPON LINK and GPON AUTH LEDS wrong behavior when is in autofind and admin down mode Conditions: The GPON LINK and GPON AUTH LEDS become fixed green after blinking for a few seconds, when the ONT is in autofind or admin down modes. This behavior transmits the wrong idea that the ONT is registered. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2857 Symptoms: Internet connection LED status not according to connection status. Conditions: When the GPON interface is disconnected (fiber cut) the Internet status led remains ON. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2856 Symptoms: IPoE LED remains on with no IP at the WAN interfaces Conditions: As described. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2845 Symptoms: Set Maximum WI-FI Transfer Rate Conditions: The value of the Wi-Fi bit rate is not configured when performing a Set Parameter Values to this parameter, through a CWMP Management platform (Cisco Prime Home for instance). Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2840 Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 17 ▀ Symptoms: VoIP: maximum number of supported calls should be 4 per VoIP account but only 2 calls are supported. Conditions: As described. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2839 Symptoms: VoIP: SDP Codecs Conditions: The list of SDP codecs sent at the SDP message does not reflect the WebGui codec configuration. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2830 Symptoms: FXS Interface Electrical Characteristics - CLIR Not Supported/Configurable Conditions: As described. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2825 Symptoms: SIP Invite without SDP Conditions: In SIP trunk scenarios, sometimes the SIP Server sends an Invite without SDP. In this case, there is no audio on the call, which leads the call to be terminated by server. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2743 Symptoms: It is not possible to Distinguish between Static and Dynamic Routes (RIP or BGP or OSPF) Conditions: As described. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2689 Symptoms: Bridge Mode: Traffic flowing between ports Conditions: When we have the Services configured to the ONT up to the Eth ports we see that the traffic that is broadcasted is going out in the other ports duplicated (with and without VLAN). The Broadcast packets are going in ETH ports that don't belong to the service, in this case they will go untag. These packets shouldn't appear in this different bridge. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2471 Symptoms: Packets not being counted in TX of ONU ethernet port Statistics Conditions: When transmitting Multicast Traffic in downstream, the packets are not being counted in TX of the ONU ethernet port statistics. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2271 Symptoms: Active channels displayed on the OLT after cut the fiber Conditions: As described. Workaround: There is no workaround • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1757 ▄ Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series 18 ▀ Symptoms: Music on Hold not working Conditions: As described. Workaround: There is no workaround Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 This section documents the issues that have been resolved in CISCO ME4600 ONT with ONT-OS Release 3.2.2. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-4203 Symptoms: [VoIP] - Anonymous call blocking Conditions: Anonymous call blocking is no working. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3818 Symptoms: [VoIP] - Supplementary Services - Call Forwarding on No Response Conditions: The VoIP client reboots when the Call Forwarding on No Response is active and the calling number is to be redirected. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3809 Symptoms: [VoIP] - Stop on CLI - Reboot Conditions: If the VoIP service is shutdown on the CLI interface with the command voice/stop the state will not be persistent , being replaced to original settings after a reboot. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3808 Symptoms: [VoIP] - Start on CLI Conditions: If the VoIP service is shutdown on the WebUI or in the backup configuration file, it becomesimpossible to enable it on the CLI interface with the command voice/start. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3801 Symptoms: Ringing signal maximum time is 20 seconds Conditions: With 3.2.0r82 software version, the ringing signal maximum time is 20 seconds. The ringing signal maximum time must be 60 seconds as it's implemented on 3.1.2r71 software version installed in Erickson Living client network • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-3277 Symptoms: [VoIP] No answer timeout Conditions: When a new call is received the FXS ports it stops ringing after 20s. The time is very short. The "no answer timeout" must be set for 60s. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2988 Symptoms: [Configuration] - Configuration File Size Limit Conditions: The Configuration file size is limited to 147KB (147456 bytes). When the ONT configuration file reaches this limit the ONT no longer stores the new configuration and after a reboot the new configuration is lost. When this happens the user MUST be warned/notified about this limitation. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2987 Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 19 ▀ Symptoms: [OMCI-Watchdog ] ONU becomes absent when there is an attempt to kill the omci process Conditions: After killing the OMCI process the ONT becomes absent on the OLT. A watchdog mechanism must reboot the ONT everytime the OMCI process is killed or becomes a zombie process. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2971 Symptoms: Wrong software version report after performing a software upgrade to the ONT through OMCI with commit and activate fields unselected. Conditions: The described behavior also happens with commit selected and activate unselected. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2970 Symptoms: After change the ONT voice profile to Hungary and perform a reboot, the ONT enters into a reboot loop state. Conditions: The described behavior is presented when accessing the webGUI voice menu. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2957 Symptoms: [VoIP] Cannot accept incoming calls after no-answer timeout Conditions: When performing a call from an entity A to an entity B, and entity B does not answer (the phone A hears the call-end tone), if a the call is performed again, the ring tone is heard on entity A but the phone on entity B does not ring. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2932 Symptoms: [PPPoL2TP] Error when editing PPP interface used for L2TP Conditions: When editing the ppp1.2, that it is automatically created in the PPPoL2TP configuration, a new ppp'x' interface is created, being the previous ppp interface not considered anymore. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2924 Symptoms: [L2TP] PPP interface is not removed Conditions: The PPP (ppp0) interface is not removed after removing the PPPoL2TP configuration. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2917 Symptoms: [CLI] [WAN] IPoE - NAT Config Dependencies Conditions: The IPoE configuration accepts unprotected configurations, configuring unvalid IPoE interfaces and blocks the creation of new valid interfaces. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2867 Symptoms: FEC Downstream Counters increment on the wrong field. Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2817 Symptoms: [VoIP] Supplementary service codes on the WebGui - Call Waiting Conditions: The suplementary service Call Waiting in the "Sip Advanced setup" tab on the WebGui with default value configured is not working properly. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2816 Symptoms: [Router Requirements] SSH User Authentication Conditions: The user role "support" is not able to login through SSH. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2677 Symptoms: GR2402GA: WebGui Statistics > WLAN Counters errors ▄ Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series 20 ▀ Conditions: The reset button doesn´t restart the Drops statistics. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2537 Symptoms: [WiFi] PIN WPS Conditions: Device PIN is not valid according to WPS Technical Specification. The PIN WPS must be calculated using a specific formula according to the standard. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2522 Symptoms: [VoIP] - Call Forwarding Unconditional Conditions: After activating the call forwarding unconditional service, the first incoming call is not forwarded as expected. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1822 Symptoms: Alarm error on disable/enable CATV port at the ME4620OLT Conditions: Begin and End RF LOS Alarms are incorrectly presented in the OLT after enabling, disabling and re-enabling the CATV port in the OLT. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1764 Symptoms: ONT access failure during service configuration Conditions: Eth0 port becomes temporarily inaccessible when two WAN bridge services are configured on the ONT (associated to two unicast services previously created on the OLT). The port response recovers after a few seconds. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1729 Symptoms: Error adding WAN service with Eth Interface Conditions: After setting the Eth Interface in Layer2 Interface (Menu: Advanced Setup), the addition of a WAN service returns error, not allowing th configuration of WAN services. Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.0 This section documents the issues that have been resolved in CISCO ME4600 ONT with ONT-OS Release 3.2.0. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2485 Symptoms: Using a single tagged rule add operation with a BitStream unstacked service the traffic does not flow in the downstream direction. Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2453 Symptoms: Firewall - LAN Side Firewall Unexpected Behavior. Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2383 Symptoms: WPS LED behavior is not according to the standard Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2305 Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 21 ▀ Symptoms: WebGui Ethernet Drops Statistics is not being correctly presented Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2303 Symptoms: WebGui DHCP LAN server configuration disabled after creating a bridge service Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2284 Symptoms: Router - Firewall and Security - IP Filtering - Incoming IP Filtering Rule Removal is not applied; the rule remains active. Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2280 Symptoms: CLI - PPPoE services - error when configuring PPPoE WAN interfaces becoming impossible to access telnet and WEBGUI being necessary to perform a reboot to the device Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2278 Symptoms: CLI - IPoE services command -It is not possible to configure IPoE through without specifying all the parameters; a reboot is necessary to recover Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2277 Symptoms: CLI - IPoE services - error when configuring IPoE WAN Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1885 Symptoms: ONT service recovery failure after signal interruption at the ME4620OLT Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1362 Symptoms: Maximum number of services. Conditions: As described. ▄ Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series 22 Chapter 6 RESTRICTIONS AND ISSUES IN CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1 RELEASES This chapter provides information about restrictions and Issues in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1 releases. This chapter contains the following sections: Limitations and Restrictions Issues in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1 Release Limitations and Restrictions The following sections describe the CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1 limitations: Issues in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1 Release Issues in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1 Releases This section describes Issues in CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1 releases. The following information is provided for each issue: • Symptom—Description of what is observed when the issue occurs. • Conditions—Conditions under which the issue has been known to occur. • Workaround—Solutions, if available, to counteract the issue. The following sections describe the open and resolved Issues in 3.1 Releases: Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.3 Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.2 Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.1 Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.0 Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.3 This section documents the issues that have been resolved in CISCO ME4600 ONT with ONT-OS Release 3.1.3. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2788 Symptoms: Interdigit Timer too fast. Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 23 ▀ Conditions: The 4 seconds interdigit timer is too fast. This timer should be changed to 10 seconds. Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.2 This section documents the issues that have been resolved in CISCO ME4600 ONT with ONT-OS Release 3.1.2. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2674 Symptoms: VMWI doesn’t work with some SIP servers Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2673 Symptoms: Answering Machine don't stop to recording after peer terminate the call Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2670 Symptoms: BRONU interface goes down. Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2509 Symptoms: WI-FI Performance. Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1371 Symptoms: ME4624-ONT-RGW: Unusual IGMP packets on Bridge services. Conditions: As described. Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.1 This section documents the issues that have been resolved in CISCO ME4600 ONT with ONT-OS Release 3.1.1 • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2462 Symptoms: Error in number of active calls becoming impossible to perform a call Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2446 Symptoms: Timer Correction when a call ends; the busy tone is not according to CISCO requirements Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2400 Symptoms: TR-069 Overall Stability- CPE instability when uploading invalid configuration file Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2397 Symptoms: RGW - MWI (message waiting indicator) feature doesn’t work- The ONT does not send FSK signal to the phone terminal Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 24 ▀ Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2396 Symptoms: RGW - SNMP Agent Memory Leak- abnormal memory consumption leads to the device freezing Conditions: As described. Resolved Issues – CISCO ME4600 ONT-OS 3.1.0 This section documents the issues that have been resolved in CISCO ME4600 ONT with ONT-OS Release 3.1.0. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2316 Symptoms: ME4624-ONT-RGW: Some ONT doesn’t detect optical PWR Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-2240 Symptoms: ME4620OLT - the alarm begin 1490 optical power above threshold is trigged for -8 dBm and should be -10dBm Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1810 Symptoms: ME4624-ONT-RGW: Call waiting with flash hook Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1756 Symptoms: Call Waiting not working Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1585 Symptoms: VoIP - FXS LEDs: When one account is assigned to both the FXS port only one LED is ON Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1565 Symptoms: Configuration SSID Wi-Fi; SSID is not generated according to Cisco requirements Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1564 Symptoms: ME4624-ONT-RGW: GPON Led behavior failure Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1551 Symptoms: ME4624-ONT-RGW: Wi-Fi Power ON/OFF on Button won’t gain persistence Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1498 Symptoms: RGW - NTP is not configured with all NTP servers - Failover fail Conditions: As described. Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 25 ▀ • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1476 Symptoms: RGW - VoIP Password is visible in WebGui Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1475 Symptoms: TR-069 - No Connection Request URL in Dual Stack Interfaces Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1474 Symptoms: ME4624-ONT-RGW: ONT Web GUI - Statistics - Optical - Link Status information incorrect Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1473 Symptoms: ME4624-ONT-RGW: ONT Web GUI - Statistics - Optical - Tx Optical Level incorrect value Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1464 Symptoms: RGW - Port Mirror is not working Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1439 Symptoms: CPE – It is not possible to configure different default gateways for different bridges. Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1360 Symptoms: ME4624-ONT-RGW: VOIP LEDs remain ON when the WAN VOIP service is disabled on ONT TI Conditions: As described. • CSC ONTOS-ME4600-1211 Symptoms: LAN – IPv6 DNS Relay dual stack incongruence IPv4 DNS stops working Conditions: As described. Release Notes for the Cisco ME4600 ONT-OS 3.2.2 Series ▄ 26
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