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PURPOSE

1. This guideline describes how to switch over the active BSC Board and the
standby BSC Board.
2. When the active board is faulty, you can switch all the services over to the
standby board to ensure the normal operation of the system. Only the admin,
ADMINISTRATOR-level, and authorized CUSTOM-level users can perform
this operation.
II.

SCOPE

1. Apply for Board BSC6900 Huawei.

2. O&M Department, BSS Team.
III.

REFERENCES
1. HEXDEX

IV.

PREREQUISITES
1. Before you perform the switchover, ensure that the standby board is present
and running normally without any critical or major alarms.
2. You can query the status of a board through menu operations or through MML
commands.

V.

CAUTION
1. If the Board Switchover fails, the configuration data is not affected but the
services will be disrupted. Thus, perform this task with caution.
2. Resetting the Board may affect the Ongoing Services. Thus, you are advised to
perform the Switchover when the traffic load is light, for example, in the
middle of the night.
3. All boards configured in Active/Standby Mode support Switchover operations.
Only the Active Board can initiate the Switchover, except the OMUa board.
The OMUa board also supports Switchover initiated by the Standby Board.
4. Do not perform data configuration within 10 to 15 seconds after the
Active/Standby Switchover of the Board; otherwise, data inconsistency may
occur.

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FLOWCHART
START

Note

the BSC Board

3 . Compare Data

2. OMUa
Board

Guideline Resetting

4. Start Process of Data Synchronization

1. Reset Standby Board

Yes

Inconsistency
OMUa Board

No

Yes

No

5. Switchover Active Board

FINISH

VII.

PROCEDURE
1. Resetting Standby BSC Board. Read more information in the Guideline
Resetting the BSC Board.
2. If you want to Switchover the OMUa Board, you have to compare Data
Inconsistency between Active and Standby OMUa.
3. Use the command CMP OMUDATA to compare the data of the Active and
Standby OMUs. Pay Attention in the compare result.
For Example: To compare the data of the Active and Standby OMUs, run
the following command:
CMP OMUDATA:;
%%CMP OMUDATA:;%%
RETCODE = 0 Execution succeeded.
check result

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-----------The Alarm check result = consistent

The Stat check result = consistent
The Configure check result = consistent
The Platform check result = consistent
(Number of results = 1)
---

END

4. Manually Synchronizing the Data of the Active and Standby OMUs

After running the CMP OMUDATA command, you can manually
synchronize the data of the standby OMU with that of the active OMU if
the data is inconsistent.
Run the STR DATASYNC command to start synchronizing the data of the
standby OMU with that of the active OMU.
NOTE: Successful running of the command only indicates a successful
start of the data synchronization procedure between the active and standby
OMUs. To check whether the data synchronization succeeds, run the
DSP OMU command and query Data-sync state.
For Example: To query the information about the OMU, run the following
command:
DSP OMU:;
The result is as follows:
%%DSP OMU:;%%
RETCODE = 0 Execution succeeded.
OMU server state
---------------Subrack No. = 0
Slot No. = 21
Computer name = OMU_21
Internal network fixed IP = 80.168.3.50

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External network fixed IP = 10.168.172.2

Backup network IP = 192.168.3.50
Operational state = Active normal
Version = XXXXXX
Subrack No. = 0
Slot No. = 23
Computer name = OMU_23
Internal network fixed IP = 80.168.3.60
External network fixed IP = 10.168.172.8
Backup network IP = 192.168.3.60
Operational state = Standby normal
Version = XXXXXX
(Number of results = 2)
Other state
----------Internal network virtual IP = 80.168.3.40
External network virtual IP = 10.168.192.5
Internal network virtual IP state = Normal
External network virtual IP state = Normal
Data-sync state = Data synchronization is successful
Internal network link state = Normal
External network link state = Normal
Backup network link state = Normal
(Number of results = 1)
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5. Switching Over the BSC Board:

a. Through menu operations

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Start the Device Panel or start the Emulation Panel.

Right-click a board in position in the Device Panel or Emulation Panel, and then
choose Switch BSC Board.

In the displayed Switch BSC Board dialog box, set the Parameters as required, and
then click Switch to Switch Over the Boards.
b. Through MML commands
Run the SWP BRD command to switch over the BSC boards.
Example: To Switch Over the SCUa Boards in Subrack 1 (Subrack No. = 1; Slot
No. = 6), run the following command: SWP BRD: SRN=1, SN=6;