User guide

Release9.5ReleaseNotes
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Issue2,October2009  Page48
CNUT
CNUT (Canopy Network Updater Tool) is a free tool for upgrading Canopy modules.
For information and details on installing CNUT on a PC or Linux machine, download the CNUT
software and help file from the Canopy tab of
http://motorola.wirelessbroadbandsupport.com/software. If you need to upgrade from a previous
CNUT release, ensure you back up your network file before upgrading CNUT.
CNUT 3.20 supports upgrades of P11 modules, including 2 Mbps and 4 Mbps BHs, and should
be used for upgrading modules to Release 9.5. See the CNUT 3.20 release notes for additional
details.
Prizm
Motorola offers Prizm as an EMS that provides monitoring and management functions, including
module upgrade. Prizm 3.2 supports upgrading modules to Release 9.5.
Prizm 3.2 or later does not include the Hardware Scheduler Update tool, so sectors that run
software scheduling must first be switched to hardware scheduling using CNUT, before using
Prizm 3.2 or later to manage upgrades. For details on switching to hardware scheduling, see
previous release notes, especially the release notes for Canopy Release 7.3.6.
Operators running Prizm releases earlier than Release 3.2 should upgrade to the current Prizm
release, then use Prizm to upgrade their Canopy modules to Release 9.5.
Click here for information on the Motorola Prizm element management system
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Prizm documentation and installers are available for download from the Canopy tab of
http://motorola.wirelessbroadbandsupport.com/software/
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.pkg3 Packages
Upgrades use package files whose name extensions are .pkg3. Earlier packages (.pkg or
.pkg2 files) cannot be used with CNUT Release 3.20 and Prizm Release 3.2. A key aspect of
.pkg3 packages and the tools that use them is that they support upgrading modules using
module accounts other than root and therefore do not require a module to have an account
named root.
7.1.4 Special Planning for European Operators using 5.4 GHz Radios
Operators with modules set to a Region Code of Europe are well-served to ensure they are not
using any channels with center frequencies of 5590 to 5660 MHz inclusive (in the weather notch)
before upgrading. A sector currently using 5590 to 5660 MHz inclusive will complete the upgrade
successfully and existing SMs will register and function, but since these channels are not
available on equipment placed on market in Europe from July 1, 2008, adding SMs or replacing
SMs or APs becomes problematic.
Operators with modules set to a Region Code of Europe may need to perform channel planning
and coordinated change of the transmitting channel on APs and BHMs before the upgrade.
7.2 OBTAININGANDPREPARINGCNUTORPRIZM
Use either CNUT Release 3.20 or later or Prizm Release 3.2 or later for the upgrade.
7.2.1 ObtainingandPreparing CNUT 
1. From the Canopy tab of http://motorola.wirelessbroadbandsupport.com/software,
download