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Card Management

Card Management

Card management screens configure the overall parameters of the MGX 8260 cards.

Configuration Tasks for Cards

See the following sections for instructions on performing tasks at the card level:

Viewing Card Status

To view card status, follow these steps:

Step 1   On the Navigation pane, click Card.

Step 2   Click All-Cards.

The Physical Slot Configuration screen opens.


Displayed Information Description

Slot

The physical slot number of the card

Card No

The logical slot number of the card

Status

The status of the card, as follows:

  • empty

  • in-boot

  • active

  • standby

  • mismatch

  • failed

SoftWr Rev

The software revision of the card

Integrated Alarm

An integrated alarm value for this card. For the SCC and BSC cards, the 10 indicators show the following alarm states:

  • Indicator 1: integrated line alarm

  • Indicator 2: line performance alarm

  • Indicator 3: integrated port alarm

  • Indicator 4: integrated end point alarm

  • Indicator 5: EMM temperature alarm

  • Indicator 6: EMM voltage alarm

  • Indicator 7:software error alarm

  • Indicator 8: component failure alarm

  • Indicator 9: PLCP statistical alarm state

  • Indicator 10: PLCP alarm state

For the NSC and DMC cards, the indicators show the following alarm states:

  • Indicator 1: integrated line alarm

  • Indicator 2: line performance alarm

  • Indicator 3: integrated port alarm

  • Indicator 4: integrated end point alarm

  • Indicator 5: EMM temperature alarm

  • Indicator 6: EMM voltage alarm

  • Indicator 7: software error alarm

  • Indicator 8: component failure alarm

Read the indicators from right to left.

Fr Card

The front card type, as follows:

  • dmc—Distribution Matrix Card

  • nsc—Narrowband Service Card

  • scc—Switch Control Card 5Gbps

  • bsc—Broadband Service Card

Bk Card

The back card type, as follows:

  • scc-4fe—Switch Control Card with four Fast Ethernet (100 Mbps) ports

  • scc4OC3—Switch Control Card with four OC-3 ports

  • scc4OC3MM—Switch Control Card with four mulit-mode OC-3 ports

  • bsc12T3—Broadband Service Card with 12 DS3 ports

  • dmcBsc6t3—Distribution Matrix Card or BSC with six DS3 ports

  • nsc-16t1e1—Narrowband Service Card with sixteen T1 ports

  • rnd16-t1e1—Redundancy backcard for NSC

  • blank—No back card

Dgtr Crd1

The type of daughter card installed on the NSC or SCC card, as follows:

NSC types:

  • msmDSP—Multiservice module DSP

  • msmDSPV—Multiservice module DSP voice

SCC type:

  • bim4FE—Broadband Interface Module with four Fast Ethernet ports

  • bim4OC3ATM—Broadband Interface Module with 4 OC-3 ATM ports

Dgtr Crd2

The type of secondary daughter card installed. See Dgtr Crd1 types.

Configuring Card Parameters

To view or change card parameters, follow these steps:

Step 1   On the Navigation pane, click Card.

Step 2   Click All-Cards. The Physical Slot Configuration screen opens.

Step 3   Click the i icon on the row of the card you want to view.

The system displays the Physical Slot Alarm Status and Configuration screen, which contains two panes, a Alarm Status pane and a configuration pane (only the latter is shown below).


The following table describes the read-only fields:

Displayed Information Description

Card Status

The status of the card, as follows:

  • empty

  • in-boot

  • active

  • standby

  • mismatch

  • failed

Firmware Revision

The firmware revision of the card

Fab Version

The fab version of the card

Front Card Serial Number

The serial number of the front card

Ram Backup Setup

The status of RAM backup facility. Click Ram Backup Setup and select the mode, as follows

  • Enabled

  • Disabled.

Interface Mode

The interface mode for an NSC. Click Interface Mode and select the mode, as follows:

  • bkcd—Use the back card signals

  • bkpln—Use back plane signals

  • noBackCard—No back card installed

Front Card Type

See Viewing Card Status.

Back Card Type

See Viewing Card Status.

Daughter Card 1 Type

See Viewing Card Status.

Daughter Card 2 Type

See Viewing Card Status.

Failure Reason

The reason of the last card failure, as follows:

  • hwMSMFailed—One or both MSMs failed

  • hwSarFailed—Sar failed

  • hwPCIAErrInt—PCI-A error interrupt

  • hwASXFailed—ASX failed

  • hwALBMFailed—ALM or ABM switch port failed

  • hwCubitFailed—Cubit failed

  • hwBusCycleTmOut—Bus cycle timeout

  • hwHardDrvFailed—Hard drive failed

  • hwMgmtEthFailed—Management Ethernet failed

  • hwDMCFailed—DMC failed

  • hwSerlPtFailed—Serial port failed

  • swStrvBkgdTask—Background task starvation

  • swKeyTaskFailed—Critical task failed

  • swFailReason—Software failed

  • hwFailReason—Hardware failed

  • heartBeatLost—Lost the heartbeat

  • imageDownLoadFailed—Image download failed

  • failedToMoveToActive—Transition to active state failed

  • failedToInitApps—Application initialization failed

  • configDownLoadFail—Configuration download failed

  • remoteCardFailed—Remote card reported a failure

Mismatch Reason

The reason for the mismatch for the card, as follows:

  • noMismatch

  • configMismatchHw—configuration file and hardware do not match

  • fcAndBcMismatch—the front and back card do not match

  • daughterCardBcMismatch—the daughter card and back card do not match

  • peerHardWareMismatch—the two SCC cards do not match

  • dmcMismatch—DMC configuration mismatch with the hardware

  • noBackCard—No backcard

  • noDaughterCard—None or invalid daughter cards

Reset Reason

The reason the card was last reset, as follows:

  • shellReset

  • hardReboot

  • softRebootNoImage

  • softReboot

  • chipError

  • eventLogReset

  • taskError

  • softwareUpgrade

  • gracefulSwitchover

  • dmcRemovedSwitchover

  • sccBcRemovedSwitchover

  • appsInitFailed

  • plfmTimerExpired

  • ideReformat,

  • unknownResetReason

Hardware Revision

The hardware revision of the card

Software Revision

The software revision of the card

Services

The services offered by the card:

  • ATM

  • Frame Relay (reserved for future use)

  • Voice

  • IP Emulation (reserved for future use)

Back Card Serial Number

The serial number of the back card

ATM Queue Profile

The queue profile for ATM traffic on the SCC. Valid profiles: 1 to 10

Step 4   Click Modify and confirm your action.

Step 5   Click Modify to apply your changes.

Configuring Redundancy

The MGX 8260 Media Gateway supports both redundant and non-redundant operation for all cards. With redundancy, the system switches to a protection card if an active card fails.The SCC and DMC don't require user setup for redundant operation; when you have two cards installed they automatically protect each other. To configure redundancy for the NSC or BSC, you define protection pairs. The Cisco MGX 8260 uses 1:N protection for NSCs and 1:1 protection for BSCs.

Viewing Redundancy Pairs

To view redundancy pairs, follow these steps:

Step 1   On the Navigation pane, click Card.

Step 2   Click Redundancy Setup.

The Redundant Slot Configuration screen opens.


Displayed Information Description

Primary Physical Slot Number

The physical slot for the primary card of the redundancy pair. This slot is active during normal operation.

Secondary Physical Slot Number

The physical slot for the secondary card of the redundancy pair. This slot is in standby during normal operation and protects the primary slot in the event of a primary failure.

Defining Redundant Cards

There are three possible redundancy scenarios:

  This scenario uses pairs of BSCs configured for 1:1 redundancy.
  This scenario requires a redundant back card in the protection NSC slot.
  This scenario does not require, and cannot have, a redundant back card.
Adding BSC Redundancy

In order to successfully configure a redundant pair, the following conditions must be true:

Warning Adding card redundancy interrupts service. Perform this operation during light traffic periods or in a pre-arranged maintenance window.

To configure BSC redundancy, follow these steps:

Step 1   Install a redundant BSC. You can use any available slot from 11 to 16.

Step 2   Add a redundant "Y" cable between all ports on the two cards.

Step 3   Click Cards on the navigation pane, then click Redundancy Setup.

Step 4   On the Redundant Slot Configuration screen, click the + icon.

The Add Card Redundancy form opens.


Step 5   Specify the redundancy pair.

Displayed Information Description

Primary Physical Slot Number

The physical slot for the primary card of the redundancy pair. This slot is active during normal operation.

Secondary Physical Slot Number

The physical slot for the secondary card of the redundancy pair. This slot is in standby during normal operation and protects the primary slot in the event of a primary failure.

Step 6   Click Add.

Both cards reboot and initialize for redundancy.

Step 7   Return to the Redundant Slot Configuration screen to verify the configuration.

Configuring NSC Redundancy without DMC

To configure NSC redundancy without DMC, follow these steps:

Step 1   Verify that the redundant NSC has a redundancy back card installed and that it is in the standby state. For more information, including the procedure, see the "Configuring Card Parameters" section.

Step 2   Verify that each primary NSC has a T1/E1 back card and is in the active state. For more information, including the procedure, see the "Viewing Card Status" section.

Step 3   Click Cards on the navigation pane, then click Redundancy Setup.

Step 4   On the Redundant Slot Configuration screen, click the + icon.

The Add Card Redundancy form opens:

Step 5   Specify the primary and secondary cards.

Step 6   Click Add.

Both cards reboot and initialize for redundancy.

Step 7   Return to the Redundant Slot Configuration screen to verify the configuration.

Step 8   Configure other redundancy pairs, as necessary. All pairs use the same secondary card.

Configuring NSC Redundancy with DMC

To configure NSC redundancy with DMC, follow these steps:

Step 1   Verify that at least one DMC and DS3 back card is installed in physical slot seven or eight. For the procedure, see the "Viewing Card Status" section.

Step 2   Check the Card Configuration screen to verify that the redundant NSC does not have a redundancy back card installed.

Step 3   Check the Card Configuration screen to verify that each primary NSC does not have a back card and is in the active state.

Step 4   Click Cards on the navigation pane, then click Redundancy Setup.

Step 5   On the Redundant Slot Configuration screen, click the + icon.

The Add Card Redundancy form opens.

Step 6   Specify the primary and secondary cards.

Step 7   Click Add. Both cards reboot and initialize for redundancy.

Step 8   Return to the Redundant Slot Configuration screen to verify the configuration.

Deleting Redundancy

To delete redundancy, follow these steps:

Step 1   Click Cards on the navigation pane.

Step 2   Click Redundancy Setup.

The Redundant Slot Configuration screen opens.

Step 3   Click the - icon on the row with the redundancy pair you want to delete and confirm you action.

The system deletes the redundancy pair and updates the redundancy table.

Invoking a Switchback

The switchover from primary to secondary cards is automatic when a primary card fails. After repairing the failure that caused a switchover, you must manually switch the protection pair back to their original state.

To force a redundancy switchover, follow these steps:

Step 1   On the Navigation pane, click Card.

Step 2   Click All-Cards.

The Physical Slot Configuration screen opens.

Step 3   Click the S icon on the row of the desired card. The system forces a protection switch.

Viewing MSM Configuration

To view MSM type and operational status, follow these steps:

Step 1   On the Navigation pane, click Card.

Step 2   Click MSM-Cards.

The MSM Card screen opens:


Step 3   Interpret the display as follows:

Displayed Information Description

Slot Number

The physical slot of the card hosting the MSM

MSM Number

The number of the MSM on the host card

Type

The type of MSM:

  • msm-DSP—Multiservice module DSP

  • msm-CES—Multiservice module circuit emulation service

  • msm-HDLC—Multiservice module HDLC

Status

The operational status of the MSM:

  • active

  • standby

  • failed

Viewing DSP Configuration

To view MSM type and operational status, follow these steps:

Step 1   On the Navigation pane, click Card.

Step 2   Click DSP-Cards.

The DSP Card screen opens:


Step 3   Interpret the display as follows:

Displayed Information Description

Slot Number

The physical slot of the card hosting the MSM

MSM Number

The number of the MSM on the host card

DSP Number

The number of the DSP on the MSM card

Status

The operational status of the DSP:

  • active

  • standby

  • failed

Upgrading Software

When upgrading the Cisco MGX 8260 you download the new software and then upgrade the cards. A software upgrade consists of a set of files, one for each type of card in your chassis. Plan to upgrade every card in the chassis to the same software version level. For redundant systems, you can upgrade software without interrupting service.

Downloading Software Images

Use this procedure to download software images for the MGX 8260 card types. To upgrade software, you must conform to the Cisco file-naming convention and supply a security key. The security system disables tftp file transfers if the key is not configured or does not match. You can download up to 10 software images per card type.

To download files to the Cisco MGX 8260, follow these steps:

Step 1   On the Navigation pane, click File Download.

Step 2   Click the File Download submenu.

The File Download screen opens.


Step 3   Set the following parameters:

Parameters

Description

 Card Image Type


 The name of the card to restore: 


  • scc 
    

  • nsc 
    

  • bsc 
    



 Major Release Number


 The major release number for this software, expressed as two digits. If this is a configuration download, use the major release number of the current software.


 Minor Release Number


 The minor release number for this software, expressed as two digits. If this is a configuration download, use the minor release number of the current software.


 Revision Number


 A revision number expressed as a hexadecimal number, such as 1A or 3F. If this is a configuration download, use the revision number of the current software.


 File Type


 The type of file:


  • img—software image
    

  • cnf—configuration data
    



 Security Key


 The six-character alphanumeric security key for the target Cisco MGX 8260


 File Name


 The fully-qualified path and file name of the file to download. File names typically identify the card type, version, and file type. The following is an example of a software image file:


 SCC_R01.02.01.IMG

Step 4   Click Start Download.

The system downloads the new software image to the Cisco MGX 8260.

Step 5   Repeat Steps 1 to 4 for upgrade file.

Upgrading Card Software

You can upgrade the software image for any card from a tftp server on the management network. When downloading files, you must conform to the Cisco file-naming convention, and supply a security key. The security system disables tftp file transfers if the key is missing or does not match.

The upgrade process for redundant cards is graceful so you can perform it anytime. When you invoke the process, the system upgrades and restarts the standby card only. You then have the option to commit or cancel the upgrade. When you commit the software, the system switches to the standby card and then upgrades the other card. This upgrade does not interrupt traffic.

Warning Upgrading non-redundant cards interrupts service. Perform non-redundant upgrades during light traffic periods or during a pre-arranged maintenance window.

Before performing either type of backup, make sure you have a current backup of the configuration database. You back up the database using the dbbkup command from the command line interface.

To upgrade the card software and configuration database, follow these steps:

Step 1   On the Navigation pane, click Card.

Step 2   Click Up/Down Grade.

The Upgradeable or Downgradeable Local Card screen opens:


Step 3   Click the + icon on the row of the card you want to upgrade.

The Up-Grade Software Image and DBM form opens:


Step 4   Enter a file name without the path. The file name has the following syntax:

SCC_R01.02.03.FW

The first three letters identify the card type and the numbers identify the major release, minor release, and version numbers, separated by periods. The release and version information (R01.02.03) must be 9 characters in length. This name is the same as the downloaded file name except for the extension.

If the file name is valid, the upgrade proceeds; otherwise, an error message is displayed. For non-redundant cards, the system upgrades and restarts the specified card. For redundant cards, the system upgrades and restarts the standby card only, and you have the opportunity commit or cancel the upgrade.

Step 5   For redundant cards, click Up-Grade Commit to accept the new software version. The system switches to the standby card and upgrades the other card. If you don't want to use the new software, click Up-Grade Cancel.

Step 6   For redundant BSC or NSC upgrades, force a switchback. This is important because the standby card doesn't protect the active card. For more information on switchover, see Invoking a Switchback.

Step 7   Verify the software version by clicking Card, then All-Cards on the navigation pane. The SoftWr Rev. column displays the current software version.

Step 8   Repeat this procedure for each card or redundant pair in the chassis.


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