RBS 6000 Integration

RBS6000 Integration and Commissioning MOP

1 Operation and Maintenance scenarios

1.1 Changing DUW

This section describes the procedure to replace the DUW board in case of a
board fault.

The process summary to replace the DUW is as follows.

1) Remove the faulty DUW

2) Install the new DUW and power up

3) Load the basic software into the new DUW

4) Restore the CV

5) Load the license/do Integration Unlock

1.1.1 Remove the faulty DUW

Carefully remove all the cables including the power cable from the DUW

1.1.2 Install the new DUW and power up

Slot in the new DUW and connect all the cables including the power cables.

1.1.3 Load the basic software into the new DUW

Now we need to transfer the basic software into the new DUW. This step is
same as the step mentioned during the initial phases of RBS integration.

We need to transfer /c2 and /d into the new DUW. Let us look into this
process step by step.

Connect the serial cable to the LMT A port of the DUW. Now open Teraterm
in the laptop and connect to the RBS.
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After logging in to the RBS using the serial port, go to the back up mode by
typing

reload –

We can check the directories within the NodeB by issuing

vols
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Since the /c2 is not automatically mounted, we will have to manually mount the drive by
issuing the following command.

mount_c2
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Now we will proceed with the formatting of the hard drives /c2 and /d. The commands to
format are given below.

formathd /c2

formathd /d

Once the format is done, reload the RBS. After this is done, we again move to the back up
mode to start the configuration. This is done by issuing a reload – command
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The next step is to proceed with setting the IP address in the nodeB. The command issued
is

ifconfig le0 169.254.1.1 netmask 255.255.0.0

Set the IP address in your laptop to 169.254.1.2.

Make sure that you set the Default gateway IP address in the laptop without which the
integration scripts will fail.
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Now we need to transfer the basic software /c2 and /d to the DUW.

Open an FTP client such as Filezilla and connect to the RBS IP address 169.254.1.1

Make sure you select the root directory ‘/’ at the RBS side.
Transfer /c2 and /d directories to the RBS as shown below.
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Once the transfer is completed make sure the size of /c2 is 129M and /d is /39M. This can
be done by issuing the vols command

Now we have to restart the RBS with the basic software. The command to be issued is
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reload. Wait till the RBS restart is completed

We login to the RBS using the element manager software. The local maintenance IP
address of the RBS 6201 is always 169.254.1.1.
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1.1.4 Restore the CV

Now that we have transferred the basic software, we should restore the previously working
CV in the RBS. The CV back up is stored as a zip file in the FTP server.

Unzip the CV backup.

We will see that the CV directory has two sub directories inside called “cv” and “misc”
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Rename the “cv” directory with the actual CV name

Now go to the misc directory. We are interested in 3 files. They are autoconfig.xml,
uplist.xml and ipaddress2.xml

We will have to edit the file autoconfig.xml. We open the file in a text editor and see that
the parameter “Setting Mode” is set as “As Configured”

Change the value of “Setting Mode” to “On”

Now we are ready to transfer to transfer the following to the DUW.

a. The CV directory(earlier named as cv) to /d/configuration/cv in DUW

b. The 3 files in misc directory(autoconfig.xml, uplist.xml and ipaddress2.xml) to be

Note: restorefiles is not created automatically and hence we need to create it in the RBS.
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Once the transfer is completed, do a reload on Teraterm.

After the restart is completed, do a cv ls on the Teraterm to check whether our CV has been
transferred. Also note that a system created CV starting EF_CXP is created. It is a CV created
by the system at emergency restore.
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Now we have to restart the RBS with the desired CV. This can be done by typing the command.

cv set <CV NAME>

1.1.5 Install the License / Do integration unlock

Note that if there are more than 1 RUW in the RBS, the finger print will still remain the same. In
this case we can install the license as mentioned in the RBS integration section.

In case there is only 1 RUW in the RBS, the finger print of the RBS will change. In that case we
will have to activate the integration unlock so that the site can be put back to service as soon as
possible. We should install the actual license before the actual expiry of the Integration
Unlock(valid for 7 days).

The command to activate integration unlock is

$ license iu activate

The command to check the Integration unlock status is

$ license iu status

Make sure that after restoring the CV, there are no new alarms in the RBS