NetMaster

Release Notes
Software Version: R14B00

Rev A
December 2015
Copyright 2015 by Ceragon Networks Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Table of Contents
1. New Features .................................................................................................... 5
1.1

New Supported Device Hardware and Software Versions ............................................ 5

1.2
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3

New and Enhanced Features ........................................................................................ 5

Support for TCC-B2-XG-MC .......................................................................................... 5
Support for 2.5 Gbps Mode ............................................................................................ 6
Support for additional RFUs with IP-20GX: RFU-HP, 1500HP, and RFU-A ................. 6

2. Installation Notes.............................................................................................. 7
2.1

Upgrading from Earlier Versions to NetMaster R14A02 or Later................................... 7

2.2

Windows Server Installation ........................................................................................... 8

3. Resolved Issues ............................................................................................... 9

4. Open issues (deferred to future versions) .................................................... 10
5. Known Issues ................................................................................................. 13
6. Minimum Hardware Requirements ................................................................ 23
7. Supported Operating Systems ...................................................................... 23
8. Supported Network Elements ........................................................................ 24
8.1.1 FibeAir IP-10 ................................................................................................................ 24
8.1.2 FibeAir IP-10G.............................................................................................................. 24
8.1.3 FibeAir IP-10E .............................................................................................................. 24
8.1.4 FibeAir IP-10Q.............................................................................................................. 25
8.1.5 FibeAir IP-10C .............................................................................................................. 25
8.1.6 FibeAir IP-20N .............................................................................................................. 25
8.1.7 FibeAir IP-20A .............................................................................................................. 25
8.1.8 FibeAir IP-20LH ............................................................................................................ 26
8.1.9 Evolution IP-20LH ........................................................................................................ 26
8.1.10 FibeAir IP-20G.............................................................................................................. 26
8.1.11 FibeAir IP-20GX ........................................................................................................... 27
8.1.12 FibeAir IP-20C .............................................................................................................. 27
8.1.13 FibeAir IP-20S .............................................................................................................. 27
8.1.14 FibeAir IP-20E .............................................................................................................. 28
8.1.15 FibeAir 1500R .............................................................................................................. 28
8.1.16 FibeAir 1500P............................................................................................................... 28
8.1.17 FibeAir 3200T ............................................................................................................... 28
8.1.18 Evolution METRO ........................................................................................................ 28
8.1.19 Evolution XPAND ......................................................................................................... 28
8.1.20 Evolution EDGE ........................................................................................................... 29
8.1.21 Evolution XPAND IP ..................................................................................................... 29
8.1.22 FibeAir 2000/2500/4800 family .................................................................................... 29
8.1.23 FibeAir 70T ................................................................................................................... 29
8.1.24 FibeAir 70F ................................................................................................................... 29

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9. Network Element Support Overview ............................................................. 30

9.1

NE support table (part 1) .............................................................................................. 30

9.2

NE support table (part 2) .............................................................................................. 33

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1.

New Features

1.1

New Supported Device Hardware and Software

Versions
NetMaster R14B00 adds support for the following new device hardware version:
FibeAir IP-20E new hardware (R2)
NetMaster R14B00 adds support for the following new device software versions:
FibeAir IP-20N T8.2.5
FibeAir IP-20A T8.2.5
FibeAir IP-20LH T8.2.5

1.2

Evolution IP-20LH T8.2.5

FibeAir IP-20G G8.2.5
FibeAir IP-20GX G8.2.5
FibeAir IP-20E C8.3.0.0.1

New and Enhanced Features

The following table lists new features and feature enhancements released in
NetMaster versions R14Bxx. These features are described in more detail in the
following sections.
New Features in Release R14Bxx

1.2.1

Feature Name

Version Released

Support for TCC-B2-XG-MC

R14B00

Support for 2.5 Gbps Mode

R14B00

Support for additional RFUs with IP-20GX: RFU-HP, 1500HP, and RFU-A

R14B00

Support for TCC-B2-XG-MC

From R14B00, NetMaster supports FibeAir IP-20N, FibeAir IP-20A, FibeAir
IP-20LH, and Evolution IP-20LH devices that use TCC-B2-XG-MC cards,
including Ethernet and TDM services running on such devices.

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1.2.2

Release Notes

Support for 2.5 Gbps Mode

From R14B00, NetMaster supports the 2.5 Gbps mode feature in FibeAir IP20N, FibeAir IP-20A, FibeAir IP-20LH, and Evolution IP-20LH devices using
TCC-B2-XG-MC cards. However, care should be taken as the device may allow a
service to be defined on a card that cannot work in 2.5 Gbps mode; NetMaster
does not support such a configuration. For details on specific limitations for
2.5 Gbps mode, refer to the relevant IP-20 device Release Notes.

1.2.3

Support for additional RFUs with IP-20GX: RFU-HP, 1500HP, and

RFU-A
From R14B00, NetMaster supports the following additional RFUs with
IP-20GX devices: RFU-HP, 1500HP, and RFU-A

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2.

Installation Notes

2.1

Upgrading from Earlier Versions to NetMaster R14A02

or Later
The following are special notes for upgrading to NetMaster R14A02 or later:
1 All NetMaster services must be stopped before installing the new version.
This includes the NetMaster Server, the NetMaster System Manager, and
the NetMaster SNMP Agent.
In rare cases in which you do not manage to stop one of these services, you
must reboot the machine and then verify these services are stopped.
2 If you are using a Solaris server, you must first install Java 7.
Go to the following web page and download version 1.7.0_45:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/
After the JRE is installed, perform the following steps:
i Open a command prompt (cmd).
ii Verify that the installed JRE is in PATH by typing java version
iii If the java command is not recognized, you must add the bin directory
under the JRE installation directory to the PATH.
If the command is recognized, you will see the version of the installed
JRE, which should be 1.7_0.45.
If the version is not 1.7, do the following (assuming you have version
1.7.0.45):
cd /usr
rm java
ln -s /usr/jre/jre1.7.0_45 java

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2.2

Release Notes

Windows Server Installation

To enable System Manager to open with Internet Explorer 11 following the
completion of a NetMaster installation or upgrade, do the following:
In Internet Explorer 11, add localhost, or the site where you installed the
System Manager, to the Compatibility View. See the example below.

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3.

Resolved Issues

Class

The following table includes issues that have been resolved in version
R14B00. For issues resolved in previous versions, refer to the Release Notes
(formerly known as Customer Support Information, CSI) for the specific
version.
ID
Description

Alarms

115718

IP-20 Devices:
Some alarms raised on a specific service have a wrong ifIndex and cannot
be blocked.

Ethernet Services

132167

If the EMS is used to create an Ethernet Service on a device and the NNI
port is configured with a Transport VLAN of Untagged, NetMaster displays
this as having a VLAN of 4096.

Installation/Upgrade 140149
of NetMaster

Following NetMaster Installation or upgrade, the System Manger sometimes

fails to open in Internet Explorer 11. For a workaround see Windows Server
Installation.

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Release Notes

Open issues (deferred to future versions)

Class

ID

Description

Installation

123373

On rare occasions, the NetMaster Server fails Restart the server.

to start.

115609

If the server disk becomes full, no clear

warning is given to the user.

Alarms

115064

IP-20 Devices:
Some alarms raised on a specific service
have a wrong ifIndex and are considered by
NetMaster to be service affecting for all
services (TDM/Ethernet) that are passing
through the device.

Services

138493

Deletion of a service from a device via the

EMS should be avoided because although the
NetMasters Re-Apply restores the
configuration on the device, it may also lead
to alarms being generated by the device.

127444

Display and deletion of multiple links between

devices that are suspect is not handled
properly.

94439

When managing IP-10 devices the Flow

Domain Navigator is not updated with
changes to the device protection
configuration.

Following changes to a devices

protection configuration, delete
the device from NetMaster and
then Discover and Manage the
device again.

110382

When creating an Ethernet service, there are

rare occasions in which a loss of connection
with the server error occurs.

Continue or repeat the Ethernet

service creation procedure. On
very rare occasions, the client
loses the connection to the server
for very short periods, but it will
eventually recover the
connection.

84637

For Ethernet services on XPAND-IP devices,

on extremely rare occasions the operational
state shown in the Ethernet Service view and
Ethernet Service Ports view are different.

Reconcile the device.

110614

The Flow Domain port marking (UNI / NNI) for

ports of IP-10 devices is sometimes wrong
when the Flow Domain is divided into two due
to the removal of a topological link.

104930

Selections in Ethernet Topology view are not

shown in Flow Domain Navigator.

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Services

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Class

Release Notes

ID

Description

135245

IP-20G: When configuring Ethernet Services Set up several services, limiting

on IP-20G devices with endpoint classification the service bundle in each service
of type c/s bundle, the size of the bundle
to a maximum of 1000 VLANs.
should be limited to 1000 VLANs.

135257

Failure in Creating a Protected TDM Service

over an STM-1 User Link where the STM-1
card is in an STM-1 Protection Group and
there is a mismatch in configuration between
the two cards (the protection mismatch alarm
has been raised). The received error
message does not explain the cause of the
failure.

Using the EMS, perform a copyto-mate operation manually to

align the configuration of both
cards.

137913

For TDM Services created on NetMaster

using a software version prior to R14A04
which are connected via STM-1 user links:
Following upgrade to R14A04 and following
the addition of the STM-1 User Links, the
operational states of the services are broken.

Delete these services from the

NetMaster database and allow
NetMaster to discover them
again.

138056

Deleting, Editing or Re-Applying a 1+1 TDM

protected service configured on an STM-1
card will fail unless the STM-1 card is first
disabled.

Note: Reconcile should always be

performed before a creation of a
service to ensure that the
NetMaster has the updated
information from the devices
containing the STM-1 card.

83867

Sometimes links in geographical and logical

maps are not colored according to their most
severe alarm.

Refresh the map manually

83931

On rare occasions, an error occurs when

opening the logical map view.

Re-open the view.

IP-10 Devices

96416

Software download to IP-10 devices with a

shelf configuration having slots in 1+1 HSB
may sometimes fail

Perform the Software Download

action again.

Client

90485

If an action is performed on a view and then

you move quickly to another view, before the
action completes the client sometimes gets
stuck.

Close the client and re-open it.

110607

Sometimes when the client is opened and

closed many times, it fails to open.

124130

The client may become stuck if left open for

more than 24 hours.

Close the client and re-open it.

137590

On rare occasions, if the client is left open

overnight, an out-of-memory error may
appear.

Close the client and re-open it.

TDM Services

Geographical
View

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Class

Release Notes

ID

Description

140325

High Availability Configuration: When the

Active Server does not have enough disk
space it does not start properly. When the
user tries to login, the error message that the
user receives does not clearly state that the
reason for failure is insufficient disk space.

Solaris

96967

With NetMaster installed on a Solaris platform The user should be deleted.

and using an Oracle Database, if a new user
is created errors occur, and then if a windows
client logs in with the new users credentials
errors occur again.

Performance
Management

120994

FA2000 Ethernet Utilization PM counters are

not collected.

138319

RMON counters are collected every 45

minutes rather than every 15 minutes.

140527

Following a Server Restart, the Current

Performance parameters are not displayed,
having pressed run in the current
performance.

140570

Historical Performance RMON Counters

some of the counters presented are not in the
same units as described by the RFC 2819. In
addition, some of the units (i.e., Mbit/s) are
incorrectly presented in the Unit column.

NBI / HLM

123833

For IP-10/IP-20/FA-1500R/FA-1500P devices, Read the IP-Address of the

when forwarding traps to the HLM, NetMaster NetMaster server from the packet
places the device IP address in the trap
IP layer.
agent-addr field instead of the IP-Address of
the NetMaster server.

PolyTopo
Importer

98474

When Importing a user from PolyView, the

user is not assigned to the default group.

Assign the user manually.

SW Download

111363

When defining a software download, on very

rare occasions the File Selection window
does not open.

Re-open the client.

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Comment / Workaround

Reconcile the IP-20 device. For

IP-10 devices it may be
necessary to Reconcile twice.

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Release Notes

Known Issues

Class

ID

Description

Comment / Workaround

Performance

72393

Performance Reports - Filters may be

created with the same name there is no
validation on the name of the filter.

Ensure that the names of the filters

are unique.

84967

For an IP-10 with LAG configuration the

Current Performance Ethernet Statistics are
not displayed as NetMaster takes them from
the counters of the individual ports rather
than the LAG port.

111408
123648

It is not possible to zoom in and zoom out of

the Historical Performance graphs.

131701

IP-20G devices performance statistics are

sometimes not collected during the periodic
collection time, if the device was restarted
during the collection time.

97098

The Oracle Database is destroyed if a

1.
backup database is restored to an erroneous 2.
path and then the server is started up.
3.

Set another schema active.

4.

Correct the path to Oracle.

5.

Start the restore again.

6.

You now have the restore

backed up.

Oracle

The statistics are connected at the

next collection time.

Initialize this schema.

Remove the old schema.

Windows OS

136210

If the computer hostname does not conform

to RFC 952 by containing an underscore _
character, the client will not be able to
connect to the server.

Ensure that the Windows computer

hostname does not contain the
underscore character in it.

Solaris

85735

When trying to connect a System Manager

running on Windows to the Solaris System
Manager, by configuring a backup task the
database path is not retrieved automatically.

Add the database path manually.

123268

If the server is installed on a Solaris platform,

it is not possible to open a client on the
Solaris platform.

124745

NetMaster upgrade is not supported

Uninstall the previous build and

install the new one

133308

Solaris Server with a Remote Oracle

Database takes a long time to start-up
(following a restart of the server) when it is
managing several thousand devices.

Wait until server start-up

completes. This may take 15
minutes.

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Class

Client

Geographical
View

Release Notes

ID

Description

136157

In certain situations on a Solaris platform, the This is due to the Service being in
NetMaster Server may not start-up following the Maintenance state. Running
an upgrade from R14A02 to R14A04.
the command svcadm clear
ngNMSService will fix the
problem.

121819

On rare occasions, the client gets stuck after Close the client and re-open it.
performing login.

108754

If a second client is opened on the same unit Close the second client and reas the first client, the second client may be
open it.
unable to connect to the server.

138634

If a client is left open overnight, an

out-of-memory error may occur.

110413

Links that have a changed operational state,

such as a link that has been disconnected,
are not represented in NetMaster as being
suspect even after polling.

111021

If the client is left untouched for more than 60 The client should be re-opened.
minutes, and then a device is selected on the
geographical map, the right click menu
sometimes only shows a single option
Delete.

113969

IP-20N/A: NetMaster does not show changes Refresh the view.

in slot configuration correctly. Sometimes the
same slot is shown as being occupied by two
different card types.

121812

On rare occasions, the dropdown menu

opened on an IP-10 device presents only a
subset of the options.

122899

An error sometimes appears when the

Geographical map is saved following many
changes and re-arrangements of the position
of the devices in the map.

130835

The search in the Geographical/Logical Tree Type again in the Search box.
views and Service Navigator views is carried
out on the information that is in the database
at the time that the search is initiated. If no
matches are found, the prev/next buttons will
be greyed out and will remain so, even if the
database is updated with new information.

131299

The Navigator search buttons next and

previous are not greyed out when a refresh
is active.

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Close the client and re-open it.

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Class

ID

Description

Comment / Workaround

Services

107338
121021

For EVC/TDM services, changes in the

administration or operational state of a
service are detected by NetMaster only
following a manual reconcile of the device.

Use the manual reconcile to ensure

that the operational state of the
service is updated.

110439

Creation of a Flow Domain may fail if

configuration changes have been made on
devices - changing the port classifications or
service point types without performing a
Manual Reconcile from NetMaster.

122424

IP-10: Re-manage of an unmanaged device Refresh the view.

the re-managed device does not appear in
the service view.

118854

After a license upgrade adding HAS and

Alarm to Service Correlation, the columns in
the Service views are re-arranged.

124473

Following upgrade of the NetMaster from

version 13C01, Service Alarms view no
longer displays the alarms.

Remove the service from the

NetMaster database and
rediscover the service.

131116
9027
137780

Services on IP-10R1 devices cannot be

managed.

Use the EMS to manage services

on IP-10R1 devices.

123312

IP-10: Operational State of the services

(TDM/Ethernet) remains Enabled even when
the traffic cable is unplugged.

82415

Ethernet Service Path View displaying an IP10G with a number of slots in HSB and
having a number of ports connected between
the slots, displays the port Identities unclearly
labels are written one on top of the other.

93966

In Ethernet Topology view the radio link is

sometimes displayed as an Ethernet link.

102757

Deleting Ethernet services with more than

100 VLANs attached (Bundle -C) takes a
long time.

104590

Ethernet Service View Filter matches the

union of two words but not its intersection.
This makes it difficult to search for a single
VLAN Id.

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to 100 VLANs in a bundle.

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Class

TDM Services

Release Notes

ID

Description

110440

For a device that is already included in an

S-Vlan Flow Domain, if a device port
configuration is changed via the Web EMS,
changing it from S-Vlan to C-Vlan, NetMaster
wrongly tries to configure this port when
creating new services. Since this operation
will fail, a partial configuration is left on the
device.

110660

Following an upgrade of NetMaster from

Release 13B00 or 13C00 to Release 14A01,
it is necessary to delete and re-create Flow
Domains of XPAND IP. If this is not done,
creation of EVC services will fail.

107928

The FA-70F Management IP

For FA-70F devices, radio links will not
always be discovered even though the LLDP address of the device must be kept
protocol is invoked.
the same as the IP address used
by the low layer LLDP protocol.

135266

For an IP-10E device with 4000 or more

configured VLANs, none of the services are
discovered by NetMaster.

139444

Following the deletion of a Flow Domain of

IP-10 devices, sometimes the switches do
not appear under the devices in the Flow
Domain Navigator, until a refresh is
performed.

138943

Following the creation of a Flow Domain of

IP-10 devices, sometimes unattached
devices (which may be non-Pipe or a Pipe
devices) that are not included in the Flow
Domain have their ports marked as UNI or
NNI.

107298

Deletion of a TDM service configured with a

Front Panel Timing Mode on an IP-20G
device fails.

This timing mode has no meaning

on the IP-20G device, since there
is no front panel clock connector
for its E1/DS1 ports. Therefore, it
should not be configured on the
device.

107107

Loss of communication with a device during

deletion of a TDM service leaves the
Operational state as Deleting.

Delete the service again.

120472

TDM Services Rename (Protected /

Unprotected): the service fragments are
renamed over a period of seconds such that
for some time various fragments have
different names.

Wait until all fragments have been

renamed.

113920
98766

NetMaster does not successfully delete a

Protected TDM Service on a STM-1 card
1+1 Protection but not dual ended.

Disable the STM-1 card via the

Web EMS and then delete the
service.

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Class

SW Download

Release Notes

ID

Description

Comment / Workaround

119068

When editing a TDM service, the

Include/Exclude points are not remembered.

Add the Include/Exclude points

again in the Edit wizard.

119251
119395
121311
122136

IP-10 / IP-20: The path calculation algorithm

does not always provide the optimum paths
for the protected service.

Use the Include and Exclude points

to obtain the desired main and
backup paths.

109848

IP-20: Where the two sides of a link have

been configured badly, with one side set to
S-Vlan and the other side set to C-Vlan, the
TDM service cannot be established over the
link. An error message is provided that there
is no path, but this message may not provide
enough information to be clear to the user.

121489

IP-10: It is not possible to create a TDM

service over a 2+2 link.

109505
124802

Deletion of TDM Trails, where the Trail ID

has blanks in it, on old versions of IP-10
where this was allowed, may fail due to a
device problem,

122028

The properties displayed for a link in the

service path view sometimes does not
display the A-End and Z-End information.

122852

XPAND-IP: Edit of service, the endpoints are Re-Open the wizard.

sometimes missing in the Edit Wizard.

122863

XPAND-IP: Addition and removal of cards.

The TDM port model is not updated when
TDM cards are added or removed, even if a
reconcile action is performed.

Remove the service from the

NetMaster Database OR Unmanage and Manage again the
device.

130368

If a TDM fragment is deleted and re-created

from the EMS, the original fragment will be
displayed as missing and an additional
fragment will appear which will be
misconfigured.

The user should "Synchronize" the

service, delete the service from the
database, and discover and
confirm the service again.

134596
137992

Refresh the view.

In the TDM Topology Map, clicking on +
button to expand a TDM domain may on rare
occasions not show the link (radio or STM-1)
between devices.

87342

IP 20C - The new job created in Software

Download Job sometimes fails.

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Class

Connection
Template

Release Notes

ID

Description

110402

Following software download on IP-10 and

XPAND-IP devices, the Software Inventory is
not updated with the downloaded version
until a Reconcile (either manual or polling) is
performed.

127447

IP-10 devices: Sometimes an error is

reported SNMP communication error when
starting sw download on the device even
though the download is completed
successfully.

95992

When an EMS password has been set with a The $ symbol must be escaped
$ in the password and the Connection
\\$ in the input line.
Templates has also been configured with the
same containing the character $, the web
EMS cannot been activated from NetMaster.

72214

New default connection template is not

assigned to devices by default.

121998

IP-10 devices: Connection Template settings Settings are written to the device
are not written down to the device upon 20- upon manual reconcile or 24 hour
minute polling.
polling.

124119

Filtering elements associated with a

Connection Template shows a list which may
include some incorrect devices.

100479

When a Connection Template is assigned to

a discovered device the Save button is not
available.

Select another row or tab, then the

Save button becomes available
and the new assignment can be
saved.

127204

In mixed networks where some devices are

working with HTTPS while others are working
with HTTP, running two manage processes
simultaneously, in the same IP range but with
different connection templates results in
some Lost Contact and HTTP Logon
Failure alarms being raised.

Run the manage process with the

HTTPS Connection Template and
then, when this process has
completed, run it again with the
HTTP Connection Template.

127473

When the HTTP protocol is set in the

Connection Template, the username and
password credentials are exposed in
communication with IP-20 devices, even if
the IP-20 device itself is configured for
HTTPS.

Configure the Connection

Template to be HTTPS when there
are devices that are using HTTPS
protocol. In a mixed network, use
different usernames and
passwords for the devices that are
using HTTPS than for those using
HTTP. This ensures that the
username and password of the
secured devices is not exposed in
the network communication.

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Class

Reports

System
Manager

Alarms

Release Notes

ID

Description

Comment / Workaround

137902

Saving changes to an IP-10 Connection

Template that is associated with more than
1000 devices may cause an error.

Create several IP-10 Connection

Templates, each associated with
no more than 1000 devices.

87874

'NE type overview report' generates a Java

error message.

109736

The Alarm Frequency report list grouped by

NE and Alarm Frequency may open slowly
and may fail completely if there are millions
of historical alarms in the system.

121402

ECI BG-30 Device: Export of a SW

scheduled report for this device the
memory bank field is left blank in the
exported file.

97275

IP-10: Links report does not properly show a

Multi-Radio link.

110913

Two simultaneous sessions result in an error.

111320
85964

After installation of NetMaster, the System

Manager sometimes does not start up
directly from the Setup Wizard but must be
started manually.

110906

The System Manager does not open on

Mozilla browsers.

133342

Backup process remains in progress and

never completes when a second System
Manager is opened while the first is running
the backup.

137832

Re-Initialization of the database sometimes The view needs to be closed and

causes the Ethernet service information not re-opened.
to be displayed for services on IP-10 devices.

105017

For IP-10 devices, changes concerning

Perform a Manual Reconcile in
customization and blocking of alarms do not order for the changes to take
take effect at polling time on existing alarms. effect.

111506

When managing XPAND-IP devices, the

The alarm is raised or cleared upon
raised/cleared alarms are not always
polling of the device.
immediately displayed in NetMaster although
the trap is received.

121545

IP-10G: It takes 90 seconds for alarms that

have been blocked to be removed from the
Active Alarms view.

121546

IP-10G: Alarms that have been unblocked

do not re-appear in the Active Alarms view.

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Reduce the number of days that

historical alarms are kept in the
NetMaster database.

Start the System Manager

manually.

Use only one instance of the

System Manager.

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Class

Historical
Alarms

Release Notes

ID

Description

Comment / Workaround

123238

XPAND-IP: If multiple traps are raised by the The alarms will be displayed
XPAND-IP in a short time period, none of the following a polling or the manual
alarms are displayed in NetMaster.
reconcile.

91535

Handling of an XPAND IP unit with which

contact has been lost is not correct.

111336

For the FA-70F Reference Clock Change

event, some of the quality level values are
displayed with the value ql_eec1 instead of
the correct value.

111465

For the events: SW Download Status and

The Probable Cause Qualifier
SW Installation Status, NetMaster does not displays the full text received from
display the additional text as part of the
the device.
Alarm text.

Alarm Template 111458

Following upgrade from one release to

Following upgrade, create a new
another, some of the customized alarms may template and re-customize the
need to be customized again.
alarms.

Alarm
Notifications

111527

Edit Alarm Notification does not allow to

change the user

Recreate the alarm notification

Configuration
Backup

100255

If the configuration backup file file

description is edited, it disappears from the
list.

Refresh the view.

SNMP

96650

SNMP Agent Service is not configured after

upgrade due to the login info properties file
being deleted.

Reconfigure the user name and the

password of the SNMP agent.

SW Activation

111139

Once a software activation command is given

to a device, NetMaster wrongly allows
several actions such as reconcile and reset
of the device which can cause problems for
the device.

Topology
Importer

113119

The PolyTopo Importer tool does not work if

the Geographical / Logical domain is
renamed.

Leave the Geographical / Logical

Domain names unchanged. Add
sub-domains within these domains
and name these sub-domains
freely.

123052

Errors appear in clients that are open while

the PolyTopo Importer is running.

Run the PolyTopo importer when

the clients are closed.

129446

For mixed networks in which some devices of

the same device family are using HTTP while
others are using HTTPS, running the
PolyTopo Importer twice, once with the
config.properties having setting secure:false
and once with secure:true is not enough to
import both types of devices.

Before running the PolyTopo

Importer the second time, delete
any unmanaged devices from the
Unmanaged Elements view.

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Release Notes

Class

ID

Description

NetMaster
Upgrade

118691

Following an upgrade, the open perspectives The client is aborted during the
in the client will be closed instead of being re- upgrade process and any changes
opened.
are not saved. Close the client
before performing the NetMaster
upgrade. The open perspectives
will be restored following the
upgrade.

124404

After an upgrade from R13C01, column

Operational State is missing from the
services view.

3200T Devices 117630

Reconcile succeeds even if the device is in

Lost Contact and cannot be reached.

129270

NetMaster cannot manage the FA3200T

devices configured to work with SNMPv1,
although it does succeed when the devices
are working with SNMPv2.

Comment / Workaround

Add the column back by

customizing the displayed fields.

Always configure the FA3200T

devices to use SNMPv2.

Evolution/XPAN 129770
D-IP

NetMaster cannot manage Evolution XPAND Always configure Evolution XPAND

IP devices configured to work with SNMPv1, IP devices to use SNMPv2.
although it does succeed when the devices
are working with SNMPv2.

CityLink Device 118582

Devices are not always discovered.

IP-20GX

134452

NNI Ethernet LAG links on IP-20GX ports are Do not configure LAG on the NNI
presented by NetMaster as UNI ports.
ports of the IP-20GX; connect the
ports without a LAG group. This will
be fixed with the next version of the
IP-20GX device.

CLI Script

122814

Script execution gets stuck if the output from Add to the script file, as the first
the device exceeds one page of information, command, cli_debug no-less.

123669

When moving groups of 20-500 NEs

up/down in the list, the sand-glass icon
remains even after the action has been
completed.

Users
administration

124939

If you change user permissions related to a The user must re-open the client
specific view, the change does not take effect and re-open the affected view.
if the view is opened in a users client.

NEs specific
problems

95029

IP-10 shelf with first 2 slots in HSB is not

properly managed when the first slot is
powered down and the second slot takes
over.

124727

For an IP-10 shelf with first 2 slots in HSB,

Reconcile fails when Slot 2 is unavailable
(following restart or power off)

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the Q-1 Subnet List and then
discover the City Link device.

Close the CLI script window and

re-open it and make the selection
of the NEs again.

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Class

ID

Description

NBI / HLM

123848

FA-70T devices: When NetMaster polls the

device to read alarms and then forwards the
alarms in a trap to the HLM, the device IP
address is indicated as the source of the trap
instead of the NetMaster IP address.

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6.

7.

Release Notes

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Component

Windows requirements

Solaris requirements

Hardware type

Any type

T2/T3/T4

Processor

Core 2, 2.0 GHz

Oracle (Sun) SPARC

Memory (RAM)

8 GB

8 GB

Available drive space

120 GB

73 GB x 2

Operating system

Windows server 2008 R2 64 bit

Standard Edition English

Solaris 10

Ethernet ports

Supported Operating Systems

Server Operating System

Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit
Solaris 10 running on Oracle (Sun) SPARC based machine
Windows Server 2012 64 bit
Windows Server 2012 R2
Client Operating Systems
Windows 7

Note:

The client process should have at least 2GB of RAM

available.

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Release Notes

8.

Supported Network Elements

8.1.1

FibeAir IP-10

8.1.2

8.1.3

Marketing
Version

Software Version

I6.3

2.9.6

I6.3.1

2.9.9

I6.3.2

2.9.26

Remarks

FibeAir IP-10G
Marketing
Version

Software Version

I6.6ga

6.6.0.0.2.53

I6.6.1

6.6.1.0.0.60

I6.6.2

6.6.2.0.0.22

I6.7

6.7.0.0.0.93

I6.8

6.8.0.0.0.58

I6.9

6.9.0.1.0.43

I7.0

7.0.0.0.0.15

Support added in R13B.

I7.1

7.1.0.0.0.21

Support added in R13C01.

I7.1.3

7.1.3.0.0.4

Support added in R14A02

I7.2

7.2.0.0.0.8

Support added in R14A02_1606

Remarks

FibeAir IP-10E
Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

I6.7

6.7.0.0.0.93

Same software version as IP-10G

I6.8

6.8.0.0.0.58

Same software version as IP-10G

I6.9

6.9.0.1.0.43

Same software version as IP-10G

I7.0

7.0.0.0.0.15

Same software version as IP-10G.

I7.1

7.1.0.0.0.21

Same software version as IP-10G.

I7.1.3

7.1.3.0.0.4

Same software version as IP-10G.

I7.2

7.2.0.0.0.8

Support added in R14A02_1606

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8.1.4

8.1.5

8.1.6

Release Notes

FibeAir IP-10Q
Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

Q6.9

6Q.9.0.1.0.47

Same software version for both IP-10Q and IP-10C

FibeAir IP-10C
Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

C6.9

6Q.9.0.1.0.47

Same software version for both IP-10Q and IP-10C

FibeAir IP-20N
Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

T7.0

7.0.0.0.0.76

Support added in R13B.

T7.2

T7.2.0.0.0.30

Support added in R13B.

T7.5

T7.5.0.0.0.28

Support added in R13C01.

T7.7

T7.7.0.0.0.42

Support added in R14A00

T7.7.5

T.7.7.5

Support added in R14A01

T7.9

T7.9.0.0.0.320

Support added in R14A02

T8.0

T8.0.0.0.0.661

Support added in R14A02

T8.0.5

T8.0.5.0.0.157

Full support added in R14A04*

T8.2.0

T8.2.0.0.0.335

Full support added in R14B00*

T8.2.5

T8.2.5.0.0.22

Full support added in R14B00*

* Basic support added in R14A02

8.1.7

FibeAir IP-20A
Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

T7.9

T7.9.0.0.0.320

Support added in R14A02

T8.0

T8.0.0.0.0.661

Support added in R14A02

T8.0.5

T8.0.5.0.0.157

Full support added in R14A04*

T8.2.0

T8.2.0.0.0.335

Full support added in R14B00*

T8.2.5

T8.2.5.0.0.22

Full support added in R14B00*

* Basic support added in R14A02

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Release Notes

FibeAir IP-20LH
Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

T7.9

T7.9.0.0.0.320

Support added in R14A02

T8.0

T8.0.0.0.0.661

Support added in R14A02

T8.0.5

T8.0.5.0.0.157

Full support added in R14A04*

T8.2.0

T8.2.0.0.0.335

Full support added in R14B00*

T8.2.5

T8.2.5.0.0.22

Full support added in R14B00*

* Basic support added in R14A02

8.1.9

Evolution IP-20LH
Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

T7.9

T7.9.0.0.0.320

Support added in R14A02

T8.0

T8.0.0.0.0.661

Support added in R14A02

T8.0.5

T8.0.5.0.0.157

Full support added in R14A04*

T8.2.0

T8.2.0.0.0.335

Full support added in R14B00*

T8.2.5

T8.2.5.0.0.22

Full support added in R14B00*

* Basic support added in R14A02

8.1.10 FibeAir IP-20G

Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

G7.7

G7.7.0.0.0.27

Support added in R14A00.

GG7.7.5

G.7.7.5

Support added in R14A01

G7.7.7

G7.7.7.0.0.9

Support added in R14A02

G7.9

G7.9.0.0.0.300

Support added in R14A02

G8.0

G8.0.0.0.0.677

Support added in R14A02

G8.0.5

G8.0.5.0.0.158

Full support added in R14A04*

G8.2.0

G8.2.0.0.0.335

Full support added in R14B00*

G8.2.5

G8.2.5.0.0.22

Full support added in R14B00*

* Basic support added in R14A02

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Release Notes

8.1.11 FibeAir IP-20GX

Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

G8.0

G8.0.0.0.0.677

Support added in R14A03

G8.2.0

G8.2.0.0.0.335

Full support added in R14B00*

G8.2.5

G8.2.5.0.0.22

Full support added in R14B00*

* Basic support added in R14A04

8.1.12 FibeAir IP-20C

Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

C7.0

C7.0.0.0.150

Support added in R13C01.

C7.5

C7.5.0.0.0.138

Support added in R13C01.

C7.7

C7.7.0.0.0.128

Support added in R14A02

C7.7.5

C7.7.5.0.0.68

Support added in R14A02

C7.9

C7.9.0.0.0.182

Support added in R14A02

C8.0

C8.0.0.0.0.338

Support added in R14A02

C8.0.5

C8.0.5.0.0.156

Support added in R14A04

C8.2.0

C8.2.0.0.0.335

Support added in R14A04

8.1.13 FibeAir IP-20S

Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

C7.9

C7.9.0.0.0.182

Support added in R14A02.

C8.0

C8.0.0.0.0.338

Support added in R14A03

C8.0.5

C8.0.5.0.0.156

Support added in R14A04

C8.2.0

C8.2.0.0.0.335

Support added in R14A04

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Release Notes

8.1.14 FibeAir IP-20E

Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

C7.7.5

C7.7.5.0.0.68

Support added in R14A02

C7.9

C7.9.0.0.0.182

Support added in R14A02

C8.0

C8.0.0.0.0.338

Support added in R14A03

C8.0.5

C8.0.5.0.0.1576

Support added in R14A04

C8.2.0

C8.2.0.0.0.335

Support added in R14A04

C8.3.0.0.1

C8.3.0.0.1

Support added in R14B00

8.1.15 FibeAir 1500R

Marketing
Version

Software Version

S6.0

SFD_6.00c3.sfd

S6.5

SFD_6.50e2.sfd

S6.6

SFD_6.60c3.sfd

Remarks

8.1.16 FibeAir 1500P

Product

Marketing
Version

Software Version

1500P (I5, S5, G5)

4.95

4.95s19

1500P (I5, S5, S5 Quad G5)

5.10

5.10n1

Remarks

8.1.17 FibeAir 3200T

Marketing
Version

Software Version

T5.0

SFD_5.00a71a

Remarks

8.1.18 Evolution METRO

Marketing Version

Remarks

3A to 10B02, SNMP version 2

8.1.19 Evolution XPAND

Marketing Version

Remarks

3A to 10B02, SNMP version 2

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Release Notes

8.1.20 Evolution EDGE

Marketing Version

Remarks

1A00-3A01, SNMP version 2

8.1.21 Evolution XPAND IP

Marketing Version

Remarks

R1A00-R6C00 (R3A00 withdrawn), SNMP

v2c

Support added for R6A00 in NetMaster R13B.

8.1.22 FibeAir 2000/2500/4800 family

Product

Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

FA2000

2.7.20

2.7.20_b2923_Jun 12 2012

Support added in R13B.

FA2500

3.3.10

3.3.10_b3338_Jun 18

Support added in R13B.

FA4800

1.9.50

1.9.50_b3805_Apr,10 2011

Support added in R13B.

8.1.23 FibeAir 70T

Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

3.0.0

3.0.0.6343

Support was added in R13B

Marketing
Version

Software Version

Remarks

3.1.1

3.1.1.8222

Support added in R13C00

4.1.1

4.1.0.8895

Support added in R13C00

5.0.4

5.0.4

Support added in R14A00

5.1

5.1

Support added in R14A01

8.1.24 FibeAir 70F

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Release Notes

9.

Network Element Support Overview

9.1

NE support table (part 1)

NE Specific
Supported Features

Evolution FibeAir FibeAir FibeAir FibeAir

FibeAir
Evolution FibeAir FibeAir IP- FibeAir FibeAir FibeAir FibeAir
Series
IP-10 70T/F 1500R 1500P IP-20N/A/LH IP-20LH IP-20G/GX 20C/S/E
2000
2500
4800 3200T

Protocols used by NetMaster

SNMP, v1

SNMP, v2c

HTTP

HTTPS

x
x

FTP

SFTP

x
x

Q1
NE topology

Automatic discovery of links

x1

x1

x (70F
only)

Active alarms

Events, (non-clearable alarms)

Traps

Polling

Fault

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NE Specific
Supported Features

Release Notes

Evolution FibeAir FibeAir FibeAir FibeAir

FibeAir
Evolution FibeAir FibeAir IP- FibeAir FibeAir FibeAir FibeAir
Series
IP-10 70T/F 1500R 1500P IP-20N/A/LH IP-20LH IP-20G/GX 20C/S/E
2000
2500
4800 3200T

Manual reconciliation

Alarm to Service Correlation

G.826 (SES, ES, UAS, BBE)

Received Power Level (RPL)

Transmitted Power Level (TPL)

Performance
G.821 (SES, ES, UAT, DM)
x

CPE statistics
Analog measurements

Reset counters

Ethernet utilization

x3

ACM statistics

HW inventory

SW inventory

Transmission inventory

x2

SW download

SW Activation/Reset

Configuration

CPE inventory

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Release Notes

NE Specific
Supported Features

Evolution FibeAir FibeAir FibeAir FibeAir

FibeAir
Evolution FibeAir FibeAir IP- FibeAir FibeAir FibeAir FibeAir
Series
IP-10 70T/F 1500R 1500P IP-20N/A/LH IP-20LH IP-20G/GX 20C/S/E
2000
2500
4800 3200T

NE configuration file management

NTP/SNTP services

Launch external application

Ethernet services

x1

TDM services

x1

x1

x1

Service discovery

x1

x1

Service provisioning

x1

x1

Service alarms

x1

x1

Service editing

x1

x1

Service state monitoring

x1

x1

SNMP: R+RW community names

HTTP: login, username/password

Service management

Security, Authentication/Authorization
x

Footnotes:
1

On Evolution Series XPAND IP (SW >= R4B00), on IP-10G/E/C/Q (SW >=6.6) and on IP-10 (SW >=6.3)

RX/TX frequency, ATPC, Space diversity for all Evolution Series radios. Bandwidth, Capacity and TDM capacity supported for XPAND
IP and MicroIFU.
2

XPAND IP only.

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Release Notes

NE support table (part 2)

9.2

NE Specific
Supported Features

Inter- City- City- NL NL24x/ NL Com- Flex- Net- WiLink I Smart Smart- Smart- BG-20
Link Link Link 29x Cel- 18x- pact- Link Link/
-Node Metro Connect BG-30
FE
Link
Link
N2N
A/C
1
A

Smartpack

Protocols used by NetMaster

SNMP, v1

SNMP, v2c

HTTP

TFTP

Q1

NE topology

Active alarms

Events, (non-clearable alarms)

Traps

Polling

Manual reconciliation

Automatic discovery of links

Fault

Performance
G.821 (SES, ES, UAT, DM)
G.826 (SES, ES, UAS, BBE)

Received Power Level (RPL)

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NE Specific
Supported Features

Release Notes

Inter- City- City- NL NL24x/ NL Com- Flex- Net- WiLink I Smart Smart- Smart- BG-20
Link Link Link 29x Cel- 18x- pact- Link Link/
-Node Metro Connect BG-30
FE
Link
Link
N2N
A/C
1
A

Smartpack

Transmitted Power Level (TPL)

CPE statistics

Analog measurements
Reset counters

x
x

HW inventory

x2

SW inventory

x2

Ethernet Utilization
Configuration
x

Transmission inventory

x5

x3

x6

CPE inventory
SW download

x2

SW Activation/Reset

x2

Clock sync

Launch external application

NE configuration file management

Security, Authentication/Authorization
SNMP: R+RW community names

HTTP: login, username/password

Q1: username/password
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x

x
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Release Notes

Footnotes
1

Older NL18x not supported

On new SU Board only - 2KZ198B

On NetLink-III-AU only

4 NE
5

clock should be set to GMT/UTC time in order to avoid ambiguous interpretation of time stamps

Only partial inventory

6 Only

RX/TX frequency

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