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Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15454 Release 7.0.2
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New Features and Functionality
Advanced Circuit Filtering and Export
Release 7.0.x adds an Advanced tab to the Circuit Filter dialog. With advanced circuit filtering you can
filter on selected rings, nodes, links, or source/drop combinations.
Also, you can export the active Circuit window data in HTML, comma-separated values (CSV), or
tab-separated values (TSV) format using the Export command from the File menu.
Superuser Privileges for Provisioning Users
With Release 7.0.x Superusers can grant permission to Provisioning users to perform a set of tasks,
including retrieving the audit log, restoring a database, clearing performance monitoring (PM)
parameters, activating a software load, and reverting a software load. These privileges can only be set
using the node-level network element (NE) defaults, with the exception of the PM clearing privilege,
which can be granted to a Provisioning user from the CTC Provisioning > Security > Access tabs. For
more information about setting up Superuser privileges, refer to the Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide.
CTC Download Highest Level NET JAR File
As of Release 7.0.x CTC, during network topology discovery, polls each node in the network to
determine which one contains the most recent version of the CTC software. If CTC discovers a node in
the network that has a more recent version of the CTC software than the version you are currently
running, CTC generates a message stating that a later version of CTC has been found in the network, and
offers to install the CTC software upgrade JAR files. If you have network discovery disabled, CTC will
not seek more recent versions of the software. Unreachable nodes are not included in the upgrade
discovery.
Local Domain Creation and Viewing
With Release 7.0.x a Superuser can control whether domains that any future users create and view persist
globally (for all CTC sessions), or only locally (within the current CTC session in which they are
created), as well as who can create domains (all users, or just Superusers). This control is given to
Superusers by means of the NE default, CTC.network.LocalDomainCreationAndViewing. The factory
pre-set default value is FALSE, meaning domain information is applied to all CTC sessions and only
Superusers can create a domain or add a node to a domain. Setting the default to TRUE enables the
option for local domain creation by any user.
Enhanced Fault Management
Release 7.0.x adds increased flexibility for fault management. When an entity is put in the OOS,MT
administrative state, the node suppresses all standing alarms on that entity. All alarms and events appear
on the Conditions tab. You can change this behavior for the LPBKFACILITY and LPBKTERMINAL
alarms. To display these alarms on the Alarms tab, you can set the
NODE.general.ReportLoopbackConditionsOnOOS-MTPorts to TRUE in the NE Defaults editor.
Rx and Tx Indication for TCAs
For electrical card or port PMs for which a direction, either Receive (Rx) or Transmit (Tx), can be
detected, Release 7.0.x CTC and TL1 display the Rx or Tx value with the associated threshold crossing
alert (TCA) description. For specific cards, port types, and PMs supported consult the Performance
Monitoring chapter of the Cisco ONS 15454 Reference Manual.