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Guides Helix 10.2 Release Notes
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GA Date 12/03/2019
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
About this Document ..................................................................................................... 1
General ............................................................................................................................ 2
Helix Products ............................................................................................................................ 2
Helix Performance Management Product Line ..................................................................... 2
Helix Fault Management Product Line .................................................................................. 2
Helix SecureAccess .............................................................................................................. 3
Helix Framework ................................................................................................................... 3
Helix Suite Packages ................................................................................................................. 3
Supported Platforms .................................................................................................................. 4
Server Platforms ................................................................................................................... 4
Auxiliary Server Platforms (for Alarm Notifier, Report Scheduler) ........................................ 4
Big Data Server Platforms..................................................................................................... 4
Client Platforms ..................................................................................................................... 4
Database ............................................................................................................................... 4
Web Browsers ....................................................................................................................... 4
Mobile Platforms ................................................................................................................... 5
Main Third-Party Software Applications ................................................................................ 5
New and Updated Features ............................................................................................ 7
Helix Configuration Director (CD) .......................................................................................... 7
Helix Performance Management Product Line .......................................................................... 8
Helix Sentinel – New and Advanced Features...................................................................... 8
SPC over Hadoop ...............................................................................................................10
Scheduled Forecast results availability ...............................................................................10
Additional Enhancements ...................................................................................................10
Helix Fault Management Product Line .....................................................................................12
Active Live Solution .............................................................................................................12
Helix Sentinel – New and Advanced Features....................................................................12
Trouble Ticket & Equipment Widgets ..................................................................................13
Helix Framework ......................................................................................................................14
Other Enhancements ..........................................................................................................14
TEOCO Mediation over Kafka.............................................................................................14
Kafka Consumer based Plug In ..........................................................................................14
NCI Diagnostic API .............................................................................................................14
GD HTTPs Plug In ..............................................................................................................14
Mediation Phyton component .............................................................................................14
Helix Infrastructure ..............................................................................................................15
Deprecated Features .................................................................................................... 16
Fixed Bugs .................................................................................................................... 17
Known Issues ............................................................................................................... 19
Special Installation/Upgrade Instructions ................................................................... 20
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About this Document
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Helix 10.2 Release Notes
General
The Helix 10.2 Service Assurance suite introduces new modules, features and functionalities
that addresses the evolving needs of CSPs in network operations, network engineering and
service management.
Throughout many years of partnering with the world's largest operators, we’ve learned that a
truly consolidated assurance suite enables operators to run both their Network Operations
Centers (NOCs) and Service Operations Centers (SOCs), as well as their network and service
engineering teams in the most efficient manner. We help operators leverage data, knowledge
and deploy processes in order to reduce their total cost of ownership (TCO), and augment their
ability to ensure improved customer experiences.
The "Helix" brand accompanies evolution and reemphasizes TEOCO's long history and
commitment to provide a consolidated Service Assurance platform without compromising on
the quality and richness of features required from each of the suite's components.
Helix 10.2 is suitable for both CSPs that install a new system and CSPs that perform upgrades
from a previous version. Full documentation is available for Helix 10.2, including this Release
Notes document.
All comparative information described herein refers to the differences between this release and
the previous release (Helix 10.1) - including new features, deprecated features, fixed bugs and
known issues.
Helix Products
Note: Correlator ES, based on Ilog Rules or Red Hat JBOSS BRMS, can only be used in
existing installations. New installations must use Correlator ES based on Drools.
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General
Helix SecureAccess
SecureAccess
SecureAccess Reporter
Helix Framework
Sentinel
Helix Schematic Views
GEO Maps
Real-time Monitor
Base Configuration
AutoDiscovery
NetImport
IT Monitoring
TEOCO Mediation
TEOCO Studio (including EasySNMP for FM, EasySNMP for PM, EasyPM)
TEOCO Monitor
PM API
FM API
FM SNMP API
Helix Configuration Director
Note: Using Sentinel multiple concurrent refreshed dashboards by multiple concurrent users
can cause heavy load on the Database that might result in performance degradations. Specific
HW and index tuning should be considered
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Supported Platforms
Server Platforms
RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) 6.10/7.6 x86_64
RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) 6.10/7.6 x86_64 running on VMware ESXi 5.5/6.5
RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) 6.10/7.6 x86_64 running on RHEL 6.10/7.6 KVM
Note: RHEL 6.10 is only for upgrading the existing Helix system.
Client Platforms
Windows 7 SP1 32-bit/64-bit
Windows 8.1 64-bit
Windows 10 64-bit
Citrix XenApp 7.6 on Windows 2012 R2 server 64-bit (Desktop Mode only)
Database
Oracle Server 11gR2 (11.2.0.4.8) with the Partitioning option
Oracle Server 18c (18.3.2.0.0) with the Partitioning option
Oracle Client 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) for Red Hat server
Oracle Client 18c (18.1.0.0.0) for Red Hat server
Oracle Client 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) for Windows
Oracle Instant Client 11gR2 (11.2.0.4) for Windows
Note: RHEL’s Oracle Server/Client 11gR2 is only for upgrading the existing Helix system.
Web Browsers
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11
o Windows 7.1 32-bit/64-bit
o Windows 8.1 64-bit
o Windows 10 64-bit
Microsoft Edge 64-bit *
Google Chrome 64-bit *
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General
*Notes
The following products are supported on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge: Sentinel,
Web Reporter and SchematicViews, GEO Maps and Configuration Director.
Sentinel GEO Maps are recommended to work over Google Chrome Browser in order to
leverage the browser capabilities for an enhanced performance.
Mobile Platforms
iOS 11.4 and above
iPhone 7 and above
Screen size: 4.7” and above
Screen resolution: 326 PPI
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Helix 10.2 Release Notes
Note: For the prerequisite patches, please refer to the Helix 10.2 Server Installation Guide.
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New and Updated Features
When receiving configuration change trap – automatically backup the required CPE
to verify that all configuration files’ changes are backed up.
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Helix 10.2 Release Notes
Analytic Trends
The new Analytic Trends tool shortens the troubleshooting/investigation time by providing
more algorithms and analytics options.
The tool provides analytic trend calculations and presents the results in line charts to easily
visualize KPIs/Counters trends over time. It also enables quick access to common regression
formulas (Linear Regression, Exponential, and Polynomial) to visualize the trends over a
period of time.
For example - while investigating an issue with a cell’s traffic and drops, you can access a
pre-defined workspaces for traffic reasons, by drilling from a widget with a selected criteria.
Drills to PM Reporter
Sentinel now provides easy access to reports using pre-defined links instead of manual
search. It enables drilling from widgets and from the main workspace list to PM Reporter’s
existing reports.
The feature enables the end-user to quickly access pre-defined reports relevant to the matter
in hand using links from individual widgets within Sentinel or from general links in the
workspaces list
For example - while investigating an issue with a cell’s traffic and drops you may need access
to a pre-defined detailed report of the neighboring cell’s interaction. By clicking on an icon or a
link, it opens the report directly, removing the need to search for it.
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New and Updated Features
PM Tables Coloring
The PM Tables widgets now enable the user to set coloring rules per column in the table to
easily identify outstanding values.
Dynamic PM Instance Criteria – this feature enables saving the criteria used to search for
PM Instances, instead of selecting individual instances.
Tables with Configuration Details- this feature enables the end-user to quickly understand
the commonality of configuration values of many instances, and then filter or further
investigate potential network issues.
Top/Bottom widget by a different KPI- this feature enables the end-user to receive results
for one KPI, based on the list of top/bottom n instances, using another selected KPI.
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Helix 10.2 Release Notes
Additional Enhancements
The following enhancements have also been implemented as part of this release:
EasyPM
In cases where multiple files are combined into one counter set, these files can arrive at
different times, and late counters should be managed by updating the existing data with the
new values without affecting values that arrived from the first file.
In addition, for cases where two files include different information that needs to be loaded into
the same table in the DB, delayed files may cause the data to be rejected or old data to be
deleted.
The feature enables the latest file to update the missing data without affecting existing data,
thus preventing the loss of information.
This feature enables the implementer to define customized counter set(s) as the source of a
custom SQL, thus defining “diagonal” aggregation (hierarchy and time simultaneously) or
defining multiple sources for the treatment of late counters and the triggering of aggregation
rules. This capability improves the identification of late counters from many sources and
improves the triggering of aggregation rules from many sources.
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New and Updated Features
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Helix 10.2 Release Notes
Helix Framework
Other Enhancements
Telemetry
Telemetry offers an alternative to SNMP by providing a YANG based flexible means for
specifying required information down to a specific counter and the frequency to transmit it to a
telemetry collector.
Transport
Telemetry data can piggy-back raw-UDP, raw-TCP and gRPC, whereas the latter offers
enhanced security and flexible subscription workflow.
Encoding
Telemetry data can be encoded in either JSON, Self-Encoding GPB or Compact GPB
allowing the network architect to balance between transport efficiency and collector
complexity.
Helix 10.2 now supports the collection, aggregation and enrichment of streaming telemetry
data using UDP TCP or gRPC transport and GPB encoding. This enables
unsolicited, efficient and selective data collection for both performance and fault information.
GD HTTPs Plug In
A new REST API plug in has been added to the Helix GD connectivity layer. The plug in
enables sending REST/SOAP commands from NCI and includes basic commands such as
GET and POST.
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New and Updated Features
Helix Infrastructure
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Helix 10.2 Release Notes
Deprecated Features
None.
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Fixed Bugs
Fixed Bugs
The fixed bugs for Helix 10.2 and its products are:
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Helix 10.2 Release Notes
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Known Issues
Known Issues
The known issues for Helix 10.2 and its products are:
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Helix 10.2 Release Notes
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