2009-08

Security Level: Internal Use

Installation and Upgrade of BSC6900 Software

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TSD Wireless Product Service DepartmentGBSS Product Team

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Software Structure of BSC6900 Installation of Linux Installation and Upgrade of BSC6900 Software

Introduction of OMU Installation Directory

Routine Maintenance of OMU

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Familiar with the software structure of BSC6900 Familiar with the installation process of Linux Familiar with the installation and upgrade processes of

BSC6900 software

Familiar with the routine maintenance of OMU

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BSC6900 OMU Administration Guide BSC6900 V900R011C00 Upgrade Guide

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Chapter 1 Software Structure of BSC6900 Chapter 2 Installation of Linux Chapter 3 Installation and Upgrade of BSC6900 Software Chapter 4 Routine Maintenance of OMU

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Position of the BSC6900

Network architecture

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Software Structure of BSC6900

Software structure of the BSC6000

LMT software

OMU software
G O M U

Host software

Software structure of the BSC6900

OMU software
O M U

Host software

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Software Structure of BSC6900

OMU software
The OMU software runs on the OMUa/OMUb board and handles the O&M functions of the BSC6900. It consists of the operating system and the OMU applications.

Operating system: For the newly delivered product, the Dopra Linux operating system is used. For the inventory sites where the upgrade is required, both Suse Linux and Windows are supported.

OMU application: The OMU application runs above the underlying operating system. It provides various processes such as LMT process, fault diagnosis process, authentication process, and so on.

The Web LMT is a part of the OMU applications. With the GUI-based Web LMT, users can operate and maintain the BSC by running MML commands. The functions such as alarm query, message tracing, performance monitoring, and device maintenance can be performed. The LMT is totally web-based, which means no installation is required. You can use a web browser directly to log in to the Web LMT.

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Software Structure of BSC6900

The biggest difference between the BSC6900 and BSC6000 is that in BSC6900 one

process is changed to multiple processed, thus improving performance and reliability.

BSC6900 OMU applications The OM processes of the BSC6900 are different from the BSC6000. The BSC6900 OM processes include host_gate, ems_gate, authority, configure, maintain, stat, alarm, software, ftp_server, sntp, btsom, ems_agent, omu_manager, and Weblmt. Each process can run independently and perform the functions such as BSC/BTS configuration, maintenance, software management, and NMS interfacing. Each service board also has a maintenance software module, which works together with the OM processes in the OMU to maintain the objects related to the service board. BSC6000 The OM processes of the BSC6000 include Omulocal and Omucore. Omucore is responsible for alarm handling, configuration and maintenance handling, Bin interfacing, event management, and so on. Omulocal is responsible for the OM of the BTS. It performs the functions such as BTS routine maintenance, BTS software loading, BTS alarm conversion, and BTS test. The LMT communicates with the GBAM/GOMU based on TCP/IP and FTP, and with the M2000 based on UDP.

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Software Structure of BSC6900

The management of the OMU is achieved through the coordination of the service processes within the OMU.

The service processes of the OMU are shown in the figure.

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Software Structure of BSC6900

Apply for and download the released software package based on the site requirements:
Software Center > Version Software > Wireless Product Line > Single RAN > MBSC > BSC6900 V900R011 > BSC6900 V900R011C00SPC300 Software Name Description Tool for creating the USB installation disk for Dopra Linux OMU hardware driver and Ethernet card driver 1. License offline tools: License parsing tool and ESN generation tool 2. Web LMT offline tool: LMT, FTP client, FTP server, alarm forwarding system, performance browser tool, trace viewer, and so on. Upgrade files of Linux operating system Upgrade files of Windows operating system. They can be used for the installation of OMU software on the PC. M2000 adaption layer of GSM Only M2000 adaption layer of GSM/UMTS M2000 adaption layer of UMTS Only

BSC6900V900R011C00SPC300 Dopra Linux_VER BSC6900V900R011C00SPC300 OMU drivers_VER

BSC6900V900R011C00SPC300 Offline Tool_VER

BSC6900V900R011C00SPC300 linux_VER BSC6900V900R011C00SPC300 windows_VER iManagerM2000_BSC6900GSM_MATCH_CHS_V200R009C0 0SPC003_VER iManagerM2000_BSC6900GU_MATCH_CHS_V200R009C00 SPC003_VER iManagerM2000_BSC6900UMTS_MATCH_CHS_V200R009C 00SPC003_VER

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Software Structure of BSC6900

Installation and upgrade scenarios:

1. New site upgrade the OMU applications and host software after completing the IP settings.

If the delivered OMU has the OMU operating system and OMU applications, you can use the upgrade tool to Documents: OMU Administration Guide > Installing the OMU Applications in Field Commissioning, Upgrade Guide, Commissioning Guide

2. Troubleshooting in maintenance scenarios the host software.

If the OMU operating system or OMU applications need to be reinstalled on the site, there is no need to change Document: OMU Administration Guide > Reinstalling Software on Site

3. Upgrade

It involves version upgrade, patch upgrade, and version plus patch upgrade. If the target version is V900R011C00SPCX00, the version upgrade needs to be performed; if the target version

is V900R011C00SPCXY0, you should determine whether the baseline version is the same as the current
version. If the baseline version is the same as the current version, a patch needs to be installed. Otherwise, the current version needs to be upgraded to the baseline version and a patch needs to be installed. (X indicates the baseline version, and Y indicates a cold patch.) Document: Upgrade Guide

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Software Structure of BSC6900

OMU IP addresses

You can set the OMU IP addresses by logging in to the OMU locally or by creating the USB installation disk.

IP Address

Document: OMU Administration Guide > Working Principles of the OMU

Meaning
Used for the communication between the active OMU and the standby OMU in the internal network segment. It is configured when the OMU operating system is installed. Used for the communication between the active OMU and the standby OMU in the external network segment. It is configured when the OMU operating system is installed and floats between the two external Ethernet adapters of the OMU board. Used for the communication between the active OMU and the BSC6900 host boards. It exists on the internal Ethernet adapter team and is added automatically when the OMU applications are started.

Configuration Suggestion No modification is required for single OMU Network planning

Example ifconfig vlan1

Internal fixed IP address External fixed IP address Internal virtual IP address

ifconfig bond1

Not modified generally

ifconfig vlan1:0

External virtual IP address

Backup channel IP address of the active and standby OMUs

Used for the communication between the OMU and the LMT/M2000. It is set during the installation of the OMU applications. For active/standby OMU networking, the external virtual IP address floats between the four Ethernet adapters of the active and standby OMUs.
Used for the communication between the active OMU and the standby OMU in the backup channel network segment. It is configured when the OMU operating system is installed.

Network planning

ifconfig bond1:0

No modification is required for single OMU

ifconfig bond3

Debugging IP address Gateway

IP address used for the local O&M of the OMU operating system. You can not visit the OMU applications by using this IP address. The default value is 192.168.6.50. Gateway to which the external Ethernet adapter of the OMU belongs. It is the route and must on the same network segment as external network IP

Default value generally Network planning

ifconfig bond2 route

Note: bond1 and bond1:0, vlan1 and vlan1:0, or fixed IP address and virtual IP address are not fixedly matched.

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Chapter 1 Software Structure of BSC6900 Chapter 2 Installation of Linux

Chapter 3 Installation and Upgrade of BSC6900 Software Chapter 4 Routine Maintenance of OMU

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Creating USB Installation Disk

Scenarios of using the USB disk:

The initial network configuration is performed on the OMU. The OMU operating system crashes or the OMU board is replaced.

The Suse Linux or Windows operating system is switched to Dopra Linux.

Preparations before the installation

The OMUa/OMUb board, laptop, and BSC6900 software package should be prepared before the installation on the site.

Creating the USB installation disk

For details, see BSC6900 OMU Administration Guide.

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Installing Linux
Operation

steps:

Insert the USB installation disk to any USB port on the panel of the OMUa board. Press RESET on the panel of the OMUa board to reset the OMUa board. Wait 5 to 10 minutes and view the status of the indicators on the panel of the OMUa board. Item
RUN indicator flashes ALM indicator flashes ACT indicator flashes OFFLINE indicator turns off

Description
Installation process

RUN indicator flashes

ALM indicator turns off ACT indicator turns off OFFLINE indicator flashes RUN indicator turns off ALM indicator flashes ACT indicator turns off OFFLINE indicator flashes

The installation of the operating system succeeds.

The installation of the operating system fails. If failed, check that the first boot sequence of the OMU is USB. Check that the configuration files and the installation scripts of the operating system obtained during the creation of the UBS installation disk

are correct. If not, recreate the USB installation disk.

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Policy of Using the OMU Operating System

Policy of using the OMU operating system

Inventory upgrade: The upgrade can be performed by directly using the early operating system.

For the upgrade from BSC6810 to BSC6900, the original Windows operating system can be used.

For the upgrade from BSC6000 to BSC6900, the original SUSE Linux operating
system can be used.

Note: The root directory of Dopra Linux is /mbsc, while that of Suse Linux is /BSC6000/data/mbsc. Pay attention when getting the files. Later, such difference will be hidden.

New deployment: For the newly deployed product, Dopra Linux is used.
Dopra Linux is the Linux operating system developed by Huawei. It is characterized
by small footprint, easy and fast installation, and high security.

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Chapter 1 Software Structure of BSC6900 Chapter 2 Installation of Linux

Chapter 3 Installation and Upgrade of BSC6900 Software Chapter 4 Routine Maintenance of OMU

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Installation and Upgrade of BSC6900 Software

OMU networking

ETH0 and ETH1: These two Ethernet adapters are bound as the external Ethernet adapter team. They are used for the communication between the OMU and LMT/M2000. ETH2: It is the OMU debugging Ethernet adapter, and it can be connected to the laptop for OMU debugging if necessary. ETH3-UPDATE: It is the backup Ethernet adapter of the OMU. It is used as the dedicated backup channel between the active OMU and standby OMU when the BSC6900 is configured with two OMUa boards. ETH4-SCU7 and ETH5-SCU6: These two Ethernet adapters are bound as the internal Ethernet adapter team. They are used for the communication between the OMU and BSC6900 host boards. Command of viewing the relation of Ethernet adapters: /root/eth_alias_omu.sh

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OMU networking

The OMU comprises two OMU boards physically, and the two boards work in active/standby mode. Each OMU board has 6 Ethernet adapters and 4 network segments. External network: The external network comprises two Ethernet adapters, bound as one Ethernet adapter team. Default IP configuration: 172.121.139.201 (255.255.255.0), configurable. Internal network: The internal network comprises two Ethernet adapters, bound as one Ethernet adapter team. Default IP configuration: 80.168.3.50 (255.0.0.0), configurable. Backup channel: One Ethernet adapter. Default IP configuration: 192.168.3.50 (255.255.255.0). Debugging network: One Ethernet adapter. Default IP configuration: 192.168.6.50 (255.255.255.0).

Internal Active Standby network

Active Standby

Debugging Ethernet port

Active BAM

Backup channel

Standby BAM
Active Standby

Debugging Ethernet port

Active Standby

External network

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The internal and external networks are further classified into fixed network and virtual network.

Fixed IP address: It is the network IP address configured for the two OMU boards in a fixed way. Virtual IP address: It is the network IP address configured for the two OMU boards in a float way.

Internal network
Physical internal network IP address Virtual internal network IP address Physical internal network IP address

Active OMU

Standby OMU

Physical external network IP address

Virtual external network IP address

Physical external network IP address

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Installing OMU Software

Flowchart of installing OMU software

Upload OMU installation package.

Log in to OMU through Putty, and switch to directory where the installation package is saved.

Start

Upload OMU installation package

Check system version and Ethernet adapter information.

Check system version and Ethernet adapter information

Run chmod +x ./install_bam.sh to obtain the

execution right of install_bam.sh. Run ./install_bam.sh to start the installation.
Obtain execution right of the commands

For details, see OMU Administration Guide.

Wizard installation

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Uploading OMU Installation Package to OMU

Background information

The installation package of OMU applications is saved in the directory \Software\setup of the version software package. It must be uploaded to the directory \mbsc\upgrade of the OMU. The installation package of OMU applications must be named by version number. That is, after the installation package of the OMU applications is uploaded to the OMU, the directory

structure should be: \mbsc\upgrade\V900R011C**.

Operation steps:

Log in to the OMU using psftp, and switch to the local directory that saves the version files. Enter ls /mbsc/upgrade to check whether the installation directory exists in the OMU. If the directory /mbsc/upgrade does not exist, enter mkdir /mbsc/upgrade to create the installation directory in the OMU.

Enter cd /mbsc/upgrade to switch to the OMU installation directory. Enter put -r V900R011C00 to perform the file uploading.

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Installing OMU Applications

In Putty, log in to the OMU as user root. Run cat /etc/DL-Release to check the Linux version installed on the OMU. Run /root/eth_alias_omu.sh to check the factory settings of the Ethernet adapters as follows:
Ethernet adapter configuration information (example): eth0 04,4,0 ETH2 eth1 04,4,1 ETH3-UPDATE eth2 08,4,0 ETH0 eth3 08,4,1 ETH1 eth4 06,0,0 ETH4-SCU7 eth5 06,0,1 ETH5-SCU6

Run cd /mbsc/upgrade/V900R011C00/install/setup to switch to directory

where the installation package is saved.

Run chmod +x ./install_bam.sh to obtain the right of executing ./install_bam.sh.

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Installing OMU Applications

Enter ./install_bam.sh and press Enter.

Enter the service mode of the product and press Enter to configure the office
information.

Enter the name and press Enter. The GUI is as follows:

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Installing OMU Applications

Enter the language information and press Enter to configure the internal virtual IP address.

Enter the internal virtual IP address and press Enter to configure the password for admin.

Enter the password for admin and press Enter to configure the password for
ftp.

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Installing OMU Applications

Enter the password for ftp and press Enter.

Select the OMU installation type as planned and press Enter. Enter Y to start the installation.

When the message Install OMU succeed! is displayed, it indicates that the OMU applications are installed successfully.

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Checking the Installation Directory of the OMU Applications

Directory structure

If the OMU applications are installed only in the active OMU workspace for the first time, the directory structure is as shown in Figure 1. If the OMU applications are installed on both the active workspace and the standby workspace, the directory structure is as shown in Figure 2. The structures of the version_a and version_b folders are the same. Note: version_a and version_b are the relative folders for saving the data of the active workspace and standby workspace.

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File Folders of the OMU Application Directory

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BSC6900 Upgrade Scenarios

Upgrade of BSC6900 software

Upgrade methods:

Upgrade tool M2000: the upgrade tool is activated through the M2000

Upgrade scenarios: upgrade, patch installation, upgrade plus patch installation, upgrade rollback, and patch rollback Support for batch upgrade:

In batch upgrade, one client is connected to multiple BSCs at the same time for the upgrade of multiple BSCs. The client provides the configuration GUI and the GUI of viewing the upgrade progress for each BSC. The BSC upgrade process in each client does not interfere with each other. In terms of design, there is no restriction on the maximum number of BSCs during batch upgrade.

The client of the upgrade tool is saved in the directory \remoteclient. The external virtual IP address or fixed IP address can be used for the upgrade operations. You can perform software uploading, one-key operations, and troubleshooting easily through the client.

The server of the upgrade tool is saved in the directory upgrade. You can use remoteclient to start the UpgradeServer.exe process.

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Installation and Upgrade of BSC6900 Software

Active and standby work areas

The active and standby work areas are used for the upgrade and rollback of BSC6900 versions, enabling fast switch between different versions. The relation of the active and standby work areas is relative, depending on the current running version. That is, the work area saving the versions files of the current version is the active work area and the other work area is the standby work area.

Pre-upgrade

Before upgrade, the pre-upgrade can be performed. It involves the operations such as checks before the upgrade and data upgrade.

Data upgrade rule

In special data upgrade scenarios, a customized upgrade rule should be defined and configured. Generally, the default data upgrade rule is used. The default upgrade rule is identified by the original version number and target version number.

Intermediate version

The upgrade can be performed only when there is a corresponding upgrade rule. If an intermediate version is required, but there is no corresponding upgrade rule, an intermediate version must be provided. Thus, the old version can be upgraded first to the intermediate versions and then to the new version. The intermediate version number is in the same format as the old version number.

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BSC6900 Upgrade Procedure

NE

upgrade
from BSC6000 R8C01 to BSC6900 from BSC6810V2R11 to BSC6900 between BSC6900 versions

Start

The following upgrade paths are supported now:

Upgrade Upgrade Upgrade
Prepare for upgrade

Add the NEs to be upgraded Configure basic information about the upgrade

The upgrade from BSC6000 R8C12 to BSC6900 will be supported later.

The

Perform pre upgrade -

flowchart at the right is the upgrade procedure. For

Perform upgrade

details, see BSC6900 Upgrade Guide.

At

the Perform upgrade stage, the active and standby

Verify whether the upgrade is successful Yes Perform post upgrade processings No Perform version rollback

OMUs should be upgraded together.

1. Install the new version software on the standby work area of the active and standby OMUs. 2. Switch the active and standby work areas of the active and standby OMUs by using the upgrade data from the preupgrade stage.
Then,

End

upgrade the host software.

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Chapter 1 Software Structure of BSC6900 Chapter 2 Installation of Linux Chapter 3 Installation and Upgrade of BSC6900 Software

Chapter 4 Routine Maintenance of OMU

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Introduction to BSC6900 omutool

Method of obtaining the tool

After the software version is installed, the omutool is saved in the following directory: /mbsc/bam/version_a/bin/bam or /mbsc/bam/version_b/bin/bam.

Main functions

Setting the working mode of OMU

Start the omutool Putty and log in to OMU. Stop omud and switch the directory to the one where omutool is saved: cd /mbsc/bam/version_a/bin/bam ./omutool. Set the working mode of OMU: /omutool dualmode dual

Changing IP address and mask for the OMU Ethernet card

Enter the command: /omutool innercard ip mask

Changing password for admin

Enter the command: /omutool adminpwd password

For details, see BSC6900 OMU Administration Guide.

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Routine Maintenance of OMU

Managing the applications of OMU

To operate and maintain the OMU, start a Secure Shell (SSH) terminal (for example, PuTTY) and log in to the OMU.

Query the running status of omud: /etc/rc.d/omud status. Start omud /etc/rc.d/omud start. Stop omud /etc/rc.d/omud stop.

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Routine Maintenance of OMU

Managing the running status of OMU

Log in to the LMT, and then managing the running status of the OMU through MML commands. Commands of checking the running status of OMU: DSP OMU and DSP OMUMODULE. Example:

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Routine Maintenance of OMU

Managing the running status of OMU

Command of checking the active/standby area versions of OMU: LST OMUAREA.

Example:

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Routine Maintenance of OMU

Managing the running status of OMU

Commands of querying the hardware information of OMU: DSP OMUHW and DSP OMUVER.

Example:

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Managing the running status of OMU

Command of switching over the active and standby OMUs: SWP OMU

Run the command SWP OMUAREA, and set Target OMU to ACTIVE(Active OMU). In this case, the active and standby working areas on the OMU will be switched over.

Command of resetting OMU: RST OMU

Run the command RST OMU to reset the OMU.

If Reset Type is set to SOFT(Soft Reset), only OMU applications are reset, and no power-off and power-on operations are performed for the OMUa board. If Reset Type is set to HARD(Hard Reset), power-off and power-on operations are performed on the OMUa board.

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1. 2.

Installation scenarios supported by BSC6900 BSC6900 OMU networking

3.

BSC6900 upgrade procedure

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