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Upgrade Guide (Lmt-Based) : Bts3900 V100R010C10Spc255 (Enodeb, FDD)
Upgrade Guide (Lmt-Based) : Bts3900 V100R010C10Spc255 (Enodeb, FDD)
Issue 01
Date 2016-01-30
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Preface
Purpose
This document describes how to upgrade a base station to V100R010C10SPC255 and how to
roll back the upgrade using the LMT. It also provides FAQs and troubleshooting methods.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for upgrade personnel. Upgrade personnel must:
Be familiar with the product networking and related NEs' versions.
Have device maintenance experience and be familiar with device operation and
maintenance.
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Contents
Preface................................................................................................................................................ii
1 Before You Start.............................................................................................................................1
1.1 Getting Started................................................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Version Requirements.....................................................................................................................................................1
1.3 Impact on the System During the Upgrade....................................................................................................................2
1.4 Mode-by-Mode Upgrade of a Multimode Base Station.................................................................................................2
1.4.1 Impact on Peer Services..............................................................................................................................................2
1.4.2 Loading Control Rights...............................................................................................................................................2
1.5 Precautions for the Upgrade...........................................................................................................................................3
7 FAQs...............................................................................................................................................26
7.1 What Do I Do If the Number of Failed Boards Is Not 0?............................................................................................26
7.2 How Do I Handle the LMT Malfunction after an Upgrade?........................................................................................26
7.3 How Do I Determine the BootROM Version?.............................................................................................................28
7.4 How Do I Select and Use Upgrade Software Packages?.............................................................................................28
The source version of an eNodeB must be listed inTable 1.1 even if a hot patch is installed on this
eNodeB. To query the source version of the eNodeB, run the LST VER command in the MML window
of the LMT.
If the language of the displayed window is not in the target language, select the target language in the
upper plane.
Method 2:
Log in to http://support.huawei.com using a Huawei engineer's account and then search
for BTS3900 on the Software tab page. Click the association result. In the displayed web
page, select the target version.
Step 2 On the Software tab page, find and click the target upgrade software package to download it.
If the source versions are earlier than BTS3900 V100R008C00SPC150, download
BTS3900 V100R010C10SPC255_ALL(Software).7z.
If the source versions are BTS3900 V100R008C00SPC150 or later, you are advised to
download BTS3900 V100R010C10SPC255_ALL(Software)support from SRAN8.0 and
later Versions.7z to save the download time.
Select an appropriate upgrade software package based on the source version and mode of the base
station. For details, see 7.4How Do I Select and Use Upgrade Software Packages?
By default, the local maintenance IP address is 192.168.0.49 and the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
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If is displayed on the right of the taskbar, the FTP server has started successfully.
You must modify the password as prompted upon first startup of the FTP software. The default initial
password is hwbs@com and must be changed based on the planning.
If is displayed on the right of the taskbar, the FTP server has not started. If this occurs, check
whether another FTP software is running on the PC. If so, exit the FTP software. Then, right-click
and choose Start FTP server from the shortcut menu to start the FTP server.
Step 4 Right-click and choose FTP server configure from the shortcut menu.
Step 5 In the FTP server configuration dialog box displayed in Figure 5.1, set the following
parameters:
Set User name to admin (default value). Users can change it as required.
Set Password to hwbs@com (default value). Users can change it as required.
Set Working directory to the root directory of the FTP server, which is D:\ftp.
Retain default values for other parameters.
If the source version is V100R008C00SPCXXX and the software package is saved at D:\ftp, you
must set Working directory to D:\ftp.
When changing Working directory, enter the password again in the displayed FTP password
authentication dialog box to confirm the change.
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If the value of failure in the Results bar is 0, the self-test is successful, as shown in
Figure 5.2.
If the value of failure in the Results bar is not 0, identify and resolve the problem. If the
problem persists, contact Huawei technical support.
For details about how to set FTP User Name, FTP Password, and Server Path, see Step 5.
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The eNodeB is using a commissioning, Check the expiration date of the license.
fixed-term, or temporary commercial license If the license has expired, you need to apply
for a new license.
If the license has not expired, see Table 1.2.
The eNodeB is using a commercial license See Table 1.2.
Table 1.2 Suggestions about whether to apply a new license for an eNodeB
If... Then...
New features are used after the Apply for a new license.
upgrade
The upgrade is a cross-R- Apply for a new license.
version upgrade
The upgrade is not a cross-R- If the Inter-eNodeB CA based on Relaxed backhaul
version upgrade and no new feature is enabled at the eNodeB, apply for a new
features are used license. Otherwise, you do not need to apply for a new
license.
For a multimode base station, loading control rights must be set. The setting is not required
for a single-mode base station.
To set the loading control rights, perform the following steps:
Figure 3.1 Setting the loading control rights for the eNodeB
Load Control Set this parameter to YES(Set Control Flag) or NO(Cancel Control
Flag Flag).
NOTE
If the LTE mode is upgraded to the target version before the peer mode,
select YES(Set Control Flag).
If the peer mode has been upgraded to the corresponding target version,
query the mode that has the loading control rights in Appendix 1 Version
Mapping Information, which can be obtained from the directoryRelease
Notes\ Multimode Base Station Release Notes\Release Notes
(Word_Excel) in the document package delivered with the software version
of the multimode base station.
If the loading control rights belong to the LTE mode, select YES(Set
Control Flag).
If the loading control rights belong to the GSM, UMTS, or Wimax mode, select
NO(Cancel Control Flag).
Control Mode If the base station is a UMTS+LTE base station, set this parameter to
UL.
If the base station is a GSM+LTE base station, set this parameter to
GL.
If the base station is a GSM+UMTS+LTE base station, set this
parameter to UL and GL. Note that this can be done by setting them
Parameter Setting
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If the upgrade risk check results show that BootROM needs to be upgraded, download the
software package of BTS3900 V100R010C10SPC255 and upgrade the BootROM in the
software package.
During the BootROM upgrade, an unexpected board reset may damage the BootROM or
cause a board restart failure. If this occurs, return the damaged board to Huawei for
repairs.
The user name and password must be the same as those set in Step 5.
Step 6 On the Software Management tab page, click the Upgrade BootROM tab, and set the
upgrade options shown in Figure 6.1 as follows:
1. Select the Download BootROM and Activate BootROM check boxes.
2. In the File path text box, enter the save path of the BootROM package, such as D:\ftp.
Step 7 Click Execute. A dialog box is displayed, indicating the status and progress of the BootROM
download and activation.
After the activation progress reaches 100%, the boards that are activated and those that failed to be
activated are displayed.
If a board fails to be activated, repeat Step 1 through Step 6 to upgrade the BootROM again.
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The FTPServer User and Password must be the same as those specified in Step 5.
Step 6 On the Upgrade Software tab page shown in Figure 6.1, set download-associated parameters
as follows:
Select Download Version Software.
Set Delay Download by Flag to YES(Delay Download).
(Optional) If you must upgrade the configuration files, select Download Configuration
File and Activate Configuration File.
When Delay Download by Flag is set to YES(Delay Download), the upgrade duration shortens by
approximately 10 minutes. As a result, only the basic functions of the LMT are available after the
upgrade. However, LMT files will be automatically supplemented on the NodeB four hours after the
upgrade. If all LMT functions are required in an emergency, run the SPL SOFTWARE command
immediately after the upgrade is complete.
Step 7 On the Upgrade Software tab page, select Activate Version Software and click Query to
query the current software version of the base station. The query result is displayed on the
Message tab page, as shown in Figure 7.1.
Step 8 On the Upgrade Software tab page shown in 4.3.2Upgrading the Base Station Software, set
Software version to V100R010C10SPC255 and click Execute to start the upgrade.
The upgrade progress is displayed on the Message tab page. When the upgrade progress reaches 100%
and the upgrade is successful, the base station is automatically reset and disconnected from the LMT PC.
Perform corresponding operations if the following issues occur:
If Failed Boards are not 0, see 7.1What Do I Do If the Number of Failed Boards Is Not 0?
If Running Status is Fail and if a message is displayed indicating that the version after the upgrade
is not the target version, the upgrade has failed and the base station has been automatically rolled
back to the source version. When this happens, ensure that the software version is correct and
perform the upgrade again
After the software is successfully activated and the base station is reset, the base station
automatically rolls back to the source version if the base station fails to connect to the U2000
or LMT within 30 minutes.
Step 9 (Optional) On the LMT, click MML and then run the SPL SOFTWARE command in the
MML window to supplement the software, with the parameters setting as follows:
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The Force Flag parameter indicates whether to forcibly install the license. If this parameter is set to
YES(Yes), any minor error occurring during the license installation will be ignored and the license file is
forcibly installed. If this parameter is set to NO(No), any minor error occurring during the license
installation will be displayed and the license file is not installed.
After an upgrade, follow the instructions in this chapter to verify the upgrade.
If the base station cannot start up after the upgrade, it will be automatically rolled back to the
source version. The rollback takes about 15 minutes, during which base station services and
maintenance are interrupted. Therefore, wait 15 minutes before you log in to the base station
using the LMT. After you successfully log in to the base station, perform a self-test on the
LMT to check whether the rollback is successful. For details about how to perform a self-test,
see 3.6Checking the Status of the Base Station.
For a multimode base station, if multiple modes that have been upgraded to the target versions
need to be rolled back, it is recommended that all the target versions be rolled back to the
source versions.
If configuration parameters are modified after an upgrade, this command will invalidate the
modified values of the parameters. Before running this command, assess impacts of the
modified configurations and determine whether the impacts are acceptable.
Figure 2.1 Setting the loading control rights for the eNodeB
Control Mode If the base station is a UMTS+LTE base station, set this parameter to
UL.
If the base station is a GSM+LTE base station, set this parameter to
GL.
If the base station is a GSM+UMTS+LTE base station, set this
parameter to UL and GL. Note that this can be done by setting them
individually in two separate sessions. The setting sequence can be
reversed.
If the base station is a WiMAX+LTE base station, set this parameter to
WL.
The parameter value TL indicates that the base station is a TD-
SCDMA+LTE TDD base station, and therefore TL does not apply to
Parameter Setting
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During the rollback, do not reset the base station or any board, power off the base station, or
remove any board. Doing so will cause the rollback to fail.
Run the RBK SOFTWARE commandto perform a version rollback without the need of
parameter settings. Then, the configuration data is restored to the pre-upgrade status.
During the rollback, the MML command information pane shows the rollback progress. When
the progress reaches 100% and the execution result is Operation Succeeded, the system is
reset and the rollback is complete.
If the execution result shows that Failed Boards is not 0, refer to section 7.3 "How to Back Up
the License File of an eNodeB?" to resolve the problem.
If a license file is loaded during the upgrade, determine whether the license file needs to be
reloaded based Table 1.1 after the version rollback from V100R010C10SPC255.
After the software version is rolled back to a source version earlier than SRAN10.1, the names of
new alarms and events in SRAN10.1 will be displayed as Undefined on the LMT.
After an eNodeB in V100R010C00SPC050 is rolled back to the source version that is earlier than
V100R010 series, there is a low possibility that ALM-26200 Board Hardware Fault is reported on
the LBBPc. If the alarm cannot be cleared within 10 minutes, run the RST BRD command to reset
the LBBPc to resume services.
7 FAQs
RU type does not exist in the version The hardware type is incorrect. Check the
table hardware type first.
FTP connection failed Check the settings of the FTP parameters and
the connection to the NE.
RU is not online Run the DSP BRD command to check whether
the board is in service.
Operation times out Check whether alarms are generated. Identify
and clear the alarms if any, and run the MML
command again.
If the fault persists or Failed Info is none of the above, contact Huawei technical support.
Table 1.3 To clear the cache and cookies in the browser, perform the steps shown in the following
table
Browser Type Handling Procedure
Firefox 1. Open the Firefox browser, and choose Tools > Clear Private
Data from the menu bar.
2. In the displayed Clear Private Data dialog box, select the
Cache, Cookies, and Offline Website Data check boxes, and
click Clear Private Data Now.
Internet Explorer 7.0 1. Open the Internet Explorer, and choose Tools > Internet
Options from the menu bar. The Internet Options dialog box is
displayed.
2. On the General tab page, click Delete. The Delete Browsing
History dialog box is displayed.
3. To delete the files, click Delete Files and then click OK in the
displayed dialog box. To delete the cookies, click Delete
Cookies and then click OK in the displayed dialog box.
4. In the Delete Browsing History dialog box, click OK and close
the Internet Options dialog box.
Internet Explorer 8.0 1. Open the Internet Explorer, and choose Tools > Internet
or 9.0 Options from the menu bar. The Internet Options dialog box is
displayed.
2. On the General tab page, click Delete. The Delete Browsing
History dialog box is displayed.
3. Clear the Preserve Favorites website data check box and select
the Cookies and Temporary Internet files check boxes. Then,
click Delete and close the Internet Options dialog box.
Before you clear the Java Applet, exit the LMT. Otherwise, some loaded data will be lost and
unexpected errors will occur.
Site Name
Verification Time
Verification Result □Passed □Failed
Cell Name
Cell ID
Remarks
Verified By (Signature)
C
Co-MPT In an MBTS with co-MPT, different modes share one main control
board and one O&M channel.
E
eNodeB E-UTRAN NodeB
F
FTP File Transfer Protocol
G
GBTS GSM base transceiver station
I
ID ID
IP Internet Protocol
L
LMT Local Maintenance Terminal
M
MBTS Multimode Base Station
S
SIM Subscriber Identity Module
U
UMPT Universal Main Processing and Transmission Unit