Contents

Release Notes

- Data Conversions

- Software Support

- Product Enhancements

- New Preference

- New Fields

- Removed Fields

- Fixed Issues

- Documentation Accessibility

Oracle® Communications MetaSolv Solution ASR

Release Notes

Release 50.0

E58579-02

March 2015

This document describes the enhancements and fixed issues in Oracle Communications MetaSolv Solution Access Service Request (ASR) 50.

- Data Conversions

- Software Support

- Product Enhancements

- Fixed Issues

See ASR Installation Guide for instructions about installing ASR 50.

Data Conversions

The ASR50BD.sql file is included in this release. The installer provides all upgrades to the MetaSolv software executable files and stored procedure files (Procs directory).

Software Support

MetaSolv Solution 6.2.x supports ASR 50 on the following software versions:

- Oracle Linux Server release 5.5 (Carthage)

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

- Oracle Solaris 10 update 5/08 or higher (on a SPARC machine)

- AIX 6.1 or higher (on a POWER6 machine)

- HP-UX 11.23 or higher (on an Itanium machine. 32-bit and 64-bit JAVA supported)

- Windows Server 2008 R2

- Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.1

- Oracle Database 11g R2

- JacORB 2.3.1

Product Enhancements

This section describes new enhancements in ASR 50.

New Preference

Treeview Location: Preferences - Service Request - Access Service Request

A new system preference, Validate OBF Rules in API for ASOG 50 and above based on active Guideline Rules, has been added that has the following options:

- Y (the default): When importing ASR orders of version 50 or later, the order information is validated against the active OBF usage rules in API.

- N: When importing ASR orders of version 50 or later, the order information is not validated against the OBF usage rules in API.

New Fields

Additional Circuit Information (ACI) Form

- Synchronous Mode (SM)

- UNI Maximum Service Frame Size (UNI-MSFS)

End User Special Access (EUSA) Request Form

- Layer Two Control Protocol Peering (L2CPP)

- Layer Two Control Protocol Address Set (L2CP-ADDR)

- UNI Maximum Service Frame Size (UNI-MSFS)

Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) Form

- Bandwidth Coupling Flag (Ingress) (BCF-I)

- Broadcast, Unicast and Multicast Frame Delivery (BUM-FD)

- CE-VLAN Class of Service Preservation (CEV-CP)

- CE-VLAN Identification Preservation (CEV-P)

- Color Mode Identifier (Ingress) (CMI-I)

- Committed Burst Size (Ingress) (CBS-I)

- Committed Information Rate (Ingress) (CIR-I)

- Excess Burst Size (Ingress) (EBS-I)

- Excess Information Rate (Ingress) (EIR-I)

- Maximum Service Frame Size (MSFS)

Switched Ethernet Services (SES) Form

- High Voltage Protection (HVP)

- Layer Two Control Protocol Peering (L2CPP)

- Layer Two Control Protocol Address Set (L2CP-ADDR)

- Synchronous Mode (SM)

- UNI Maximum Service Frame Size (UNI-MSFS)

Transport Form

- Layer Two Control Protocol Peering (L2CPP)

- Layer Two Control Protocol Address Set (L2CP-ADDR)

- UNI Maximum Service Frame Size (UNI-MSFS)

Removed Fields

Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) Form

- Layer Two Control Protocol (L2CP)

Fixed Issues

Table 1 lists the issues that have been fixed in ASR 50.

Table 1 Fixed Issues

Bug ID

Severity

Problem

Resolution

19910540

3

Issue 3508

The following changes corresponding to issue 3508 have been made:

- Added new fields in the ACI form. See "Additional Circuit Information (ACI) Form" for the list of new fields in this form.

- Added new fields in the EUSA form. See "End User Special Access (EUSA) Request Form" for the list of new fields in this form.

- Added new fields in the EVC form. See "Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) Form" for the list of new fields in this form.

- Added new fields in the SES form. See "Switched Ethernet Services (SES) Form" for the list of new fields in this form.

- Added new fields in the Transport form. See "Transport Form" for the list of new fields in this form.

19910567

3

Issue 3509

The following changes corresponding to issue 3509 have been made:

- Added a new valid entry to the Special Routing Code (SR) field in the EUSA form.

19910585

3

Issue 3510

The following changes corresponding to issue 3510 have been made:

- The changes related to UI and API usage validation changes in ASR 50 have been implemented.

19910603

3

Issue 3512

The following changes corresponding to issue 3512 have been made:

- The changes related to ASR 50 valid entries have been implemented.

19910619

3

Issue 3513

The following changes corresponding to issue 3513 have been made:

- Removed Layer Two Control Protocol (L2CP) field from the EVC form.

Documentation Accessibility

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Access to Oracle Support

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E58579-02

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