Cisco Broadband Access Center 3. 10.1 Release Notes
New Features in Cisco BAC 3.10.1
Device Faults Statistics Enhancements
Broadband Access Center 3.10.1 Bugs
Accessibility Features in Broadband Access Center 3.10.1
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
These release notes contain details on the new software features, bug fixes, and documentation for Cisco Broadband Access Center (Cisco BAC), Release 3.10.1.
Cisco Broadband Access Center (Cisco BAC) automates the tasks of provisioning and managing customer premises equipment (CPE) in a broadband service provider network. The product provides a simple and easy way to deploy high-speed data, voice technology, and home networking devices.
With the high-performance capabilities of Cisco BAC, you can scale the product to suit networks of virtually any size, even those with millions of CPE. It also offers high availability, made possible by the product’s distributed architecture and centralized management.
Cisco BAC enables you to provision and manage CPE by using the Broadband Forum’s CPE WAN Management Protocol (CWMP), a standard defined in the TR-069 specification. Cisco BAC integrates the capabilities defined in TR-069 to increase operator efficiency and reduce network-management problems.
Cisco BAC supports devices based on the TR-069, TR-098, TR-104, TR-106, and TR-196 standards. These devices include Ethernet and ADSL gateway devices, wireless gateways, VoIP ATAs, DLC, and other devices that are compliant with CWMP. For details about the features supported in Cisco BAC 3.10.1, see New Features in Cisco BAC 3.10.1 section.
This script is used to automate the pre-maintenance window activities such as backup, database recovery and also verification, migration of the data base before any major upgrade from BAC version 3.8.1, 3.8.1.x, 3.9 or 3.10 to 3.10.1. This script should be run on the server where the RDU is installed. You can either choose a single prompt to complete all the above activities or execute them one-by-one by providing the appropriate inputs.
The script location is: <BAC_Linux_Install_directory>/BAC_3.10.1_LinuxK9/pre_maintenance.sh
Upgrading BAC from 3.8.1, 3.8.1.x, 3.9 or 3.10 to 3.10.1 has been improved for ease of use. The <BAC_Linux_Install_directory>/BAC_3.10.1_LinuxK9/install_bac.sh script has been enhanced to include automation of the following processes: backup, recovery, verify, migration and restore database.
This script also has the prompt to skip the above processes and execute them instead using the Pre-maintenance script.
From BAC 3.10 release onwards, users can upgrade between the different build numbers of 3.10 version and the different build numbers of the 3.10.1 version.
IInter-build upgrade also supports the various database operations being automated using <BAC_Linux_Install_directory>/BAC_3.10.1_LinuxK9/install_bac.sh script.
Note Please note that the Solaris operating system is NOT supported for this release.
You require a valid license key to successfully provision devices that use Cisco BAC. These licenses are specific to the:
Note Feature Pack licensing is required only for Java based DPE Technology extensions. If you have not yet received your licenses, contact your Cisco representative.
The following new features have been added to this release:
A new Custom Value Change (CVC) event has been added to BAC. This event is triggered whenever the DPE receives a Value Change inform from the AP.
Two new custom properties have been added which need to be monitored during VC informs.
In order to improve system performance and enhance user experience, the RDU statistics mechanism has been improved. Device faults are now collected and displayed on-demand, in an easier to read manner. The DPE sends the number of faults to the RDU and this is displayed in the RDU Statistics screen.
The user can click on the glasses icon to open up new screens which display fault history statistics for DPE and RDU.
In addition, the faults description has been removed from the DPE Device Faults History screen. The user can view the fault details with the time stamp and description in the Device Details screen.
Use the Bug Search tool to search for a specific bug or to search for all bugs in a release.
Step 1 Go to http://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch.
Step 2 At the Log In screen, enter your registered Cisco.com username and password; then, click Log In. The Bug Search page opens.
Note If you do not have a Cisco.com username and password, you can register for them at http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do.
Step 3 To search for a specific bug, enter the bug ID in the Search For field and press Enter.
Step 4 To search for bugs in the current release:
a. In the Search For field, enter Broadband Access Center 3.10.1 and press Enter (Leave the other fields empty).
b. When the search results are displayed, use the filter tools to find the types of bugs you are looking for. You can search for bugs by modified date, status, severity, and so forth.
Tip To export the results to a spreadsheet, click Export Results to Excel.
For details, see the Cisco Broadband Access Center 3.10 Administration Guide and the
Cisco Broadband Access Center 3.10 Installation Guide.
The following document gives you the list of user documents for Cisco Prime Network Registrar 8.3:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/prime/network_registrar/8-3/doc_overview/guide/CPNR_8_3_Doc_Guide.html
The following document gives you the list of user documents for Cisco Prime Access Registrar 7.0:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/prime/access_registrar/7-0/doc_overview/guide/CPAR_7_0_Doc_Guide.html
For a list of accessibility features in Broadband Access Center, see the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) on the Cisco website, or contact accessibility@cisco.com.
Note All product documents are accessible except for images, graphics, and some charts. If you would like to receive the product documentation in audio format, braille, or large print, contact accessibility@cisco.com.
For information on obtaining documentation, using the Cisco Bug Search Tool (BST), submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation at: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html.
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