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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................................... iii
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Related Documents ......................................................................................................................... 1-1
2
Watson SHDSL EFM Plug-in ........................................................................................................... 2-1
2.1 Identification ............................................................................................................................. 2-1
2.2 New features and corrected problems ..................................................................................... 2-2
2.2.1 Firmware 3.02.04 .......................................................................................................... 2-2
2.2.2 Firmware 3.02.03 .......................................................................................................... 2-2
2.2.3 Firmware 3.02.02 .......................................................................................................... 2-2
2.2.4 Firmware 3.02.01 .......................................................................................................... 2-2
2.2.5 Firmware 3.02.00 .......................................................................................................... 2-2
2.2.6 Firmware 3.01.01 .......................................................................................................... 2-3
2.2.7 Firmware 3.00.02 .......................................................................................................... 2-4
2.2.8 Firmware 3.00.01 .......................................................................................................... 2-5
2.2.9 Firmware 3.00.00 .......................................................................................................... 2-5
2.2.10 Firmware 2.03.02 .......................................................................................................... 2-6
2.2.11 Firmware 2.02.00 .......................................................................................................... 2-7
2.2.12 Firmware 2.01.01 .......................................................................................................... 2-8
2.2.13 Firmware 2.00.00 .......................................................................................................... 2-9
2.2.14 Firmware 1.03.00 ........................................................................................................ 2-10
2.2.15 Firmware 1.02.01 ........................................................................................................ 2-10
2.2.16 Firmware 1.01.00 ........................................................................................................ 2-10
2.2.17 Firmware 1.00.00 ........................................................................................................ 2-10
2.3 Limitations and Restrictions ................................................................................................... 2-12
2.4 Update instructions ................................................................................................................ 2-13
2.4.1 Update notes for firmware release 3.02.04 ................................................................. 2-13
Tables
Table 2-1: Watson SHDSL EFM Plug-in firmware releases .............................................................. 2-1
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Related Documents
[1] Schmid Telecom, Watson SHDSL EFM Plug-in Operating Manual
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2.1
Watson SHDSL EFM Plug-in
Identification
The table below identifies the firmware releases. "Firmware" is the name of the
firmware file used during firmware upgrade.
Firmware
Filename
3.02.04
3.02.03
3.02.02
3.02.01
3.02.00
3.01.01
3.00.00
2.03.02
2.02.00
2.01.01
2.00.00
1.03.00
1.02.01
1.01.00
1.00.00
SZ.868.A1-3.02.04.uImage
SZ.868.A1-3.02.03.uImage
SZ.868.A1-3.02.02.uImage
SZ.868.A1-3.02.01.uImage
SZ.868.A1-3.02.00.uImage
SZ.868.A1-3.01.01.uImage
SZ.868.A1-3.00.00.uImage
SZ.868.A1-2.03.02.uImage
SZ.868.A1-2.02.00.uImage
SZ.868.A1-2.01.01.uImage
SZ.868.A1-2.00.00.uImage
SZ.868.A1-1.03.00.uImage
SZ.868.A1-1.02.01.uImage
SZ.868.A1-1.01.00.uImage
SZ.868.A1-1.00.00.uImage
Table 2-1: Watson SHDSL EFM Plug-in firmware releases
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2.2
New features and corrected problems
2.2.1
Firmware 3.02.04
The following problems have been corrected:

2.2.2
Various problems with the m-pair mode are corrected
Firmware 3.02.03
The following problems have been corrected:
2.2.3

Wrong description of double tagging CLI command is fixed

Various problems with the m-pair mode are corrected
Firmware 3.02.02
Release 3.02.02 adds the following features:

2.2.4
Added support for double tagging
Firmware 3.02.01
The following problems have been corrected:
2.2.5

The ‘cm.bridge tpid’ command does now accept only valid TPID values

Various problems with the m-pair mode are corrected

Problems with line probing are corrected
Firmware 3.02.00
Release 3.02.00 adds the following features:

Added support for line probing

Added Support for color-aware meters and DEI support

Added support for VID translation

Added support for m-pair mode

Added support for SFP modules inventory data

Added support for configurable SNMP community string

Added support to show device information in web interface header

Added support for SNMPv3 test connection

Extended set of CLI commands
o
2-2
Modifications in QoS CLI Commands
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The following problems have been corrected:
2.2.6

Problem with page reload in web interface is fixed

Problem with memory leaks in web interface is fixed

Problem with SFP modules in the EAD at startup is fixed

Problem with ‘pm.eth statistics’ showing negative counter values is fixed.

Problem with ‘cm.dsl supervision’ command if <ct>=0 is fixed
Firmware 3.01.01
Release 3.01.01 adds the following features:

Added support for Watson EAD
o
FW image of FW 3.01.01 can be used for both:

SZ.868 Watson SHDSL EFM Plug-in

SZ.468 Watson EAD

Added support for IPv6

Added support for User Management
o
Change password
o
Create users

Added support for virtual terminal (CLI over EOC)

Added support for Web-Interface
o


1st edition of Web-Interface containing an overview page and
makes the CLI available over http
Added additional support for the DHCP client
o
Receive Configuration File from TFTP server as indicated via
DHCP
o
Receive Default Gateway address via DHCP
Added additional support for clocking
o
Support for Ethernet (SFP) as clock input or output (SyncE)
o
Support for automatic DSL clock selector

Added support to forbid firmware downloads of versions older than 3.01.01

Added support for Jumbo Frame switching on ETH ports

Added additional support for L2CP handling

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o
Configuration per port if standard or custom behavior
o
Custom behavior can be configured per MAC address
Added improvements to DSL Performance Supervision feature
o
Make the number of Errored seconds that must be reached within
a window configurable
o
take into account that if the link gets unavailable the Errored seconds will no more be counted
o
make it compatible for regenerators
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Version 14.00-00
Added support for the following MIB variables:
o ieee8021QBridgeFdbAgingTime,
ieee8021QBridgeFdbDynamicCount,
ieee8021QBridgeFdbLearnedEntryDiscards
o efmCuPmeLineAtnCrossingEnable
efmCuPmeSnrMgnCrossingEnable

Added support for the following SNMP Traps:
o TrapEfmCuPmeLineAtnCrossing
o TrapSnrMgnCrossing

Extended set of CLI commands
o
Command for Bridge Port Type Setting and CEP Mapping
o
Command for Implement and Test p-bit remarking
o
Commands for Clocking Features
o
Commands for Link Aggregation Feature
o
Show sysName on Monitor (CLI) Main-Screen
o
Unification of the show and status semantics in various CLI commands
The following problems have been corrected:
2.2.7

dot3OamEventLogType is now returning correct types

efmCuPmeThreshLineAtn and efmCuPmeThreshSnrMgn is now returning
the correct value on STU-R

Problems with removed PMEs in DSL Performance Supervision feature are
fixed.

Enabling of Clock output on the front panel is fixed

Inconsistency of link partner UAS counter is fixed

Error messages in setup command are fixed.

Fixed the problem that FDB aging was disabled.

Wrong S-VLAN Priority Handling is now fixed.

Egress shaper does now support the current MTU size of 2kB.

STP BPDUs are now trapped when the bridge is S-VLAN mode.

“cm.qos show” does now display the complete configuration.
Firmware 3.00.02
Release 3.00.02 adds the following features:

Added support for configuration of L2CP handling

Extended set of CLI commands
o
2-4
Command for L2CP handling
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2.2.8
Watson SHDSL EFM Plug-in
Release Notes
Firmware 3.00.01
Release 3.00.01 adds the following features:

Added support for DSL Performance Supervision feature

Extended set of CLI commands
o
Command to reset DSL Performance Counters
The following problems have been corrected:
2.2.9

Improved output of the “diagnostic” command

The DSL Performance Counters from an STU-R (salve) device can now be
read from the STU-C (master) device

Fixes for incorrect LED indications of some alarm states
Firmware 3.00.00
Release 3.00.00 adds the following features:



Added support for QoS (Quality of Service)
o
QoS: classification based on DSCP values
o
QoS: DSCP values to p-bits mapping
o
QoS: support for packet counters per meter color, per service and
per EVC
Added support for EFM Regenerator
o
Regenerator Management
o
Remote power switching on regenerators
o
Incl. MIB implementation
Added support for Remote Power Unit management
o

Controlling and Supervision of the Remote Power Unit
Added support for DHCP client
o
Receive IP address via DHCP
o
Incl. MIB implementation to show DHCP information

Added support for configuration file merge operation

Added support for clocking
o
Support for DSL as clock input or output
o
Support for Ethernet (copper) as clock input or output (SyncE)
o
Support for Backplane as clock input
o
Support for BNC front panel connector as clock output
o
Extension of WATSON-MIB for clocking configuration and status

Added support for improved resolution of Y.1731 delay measurement

Added Support for improved SOAM throughput measurement

Added support for DSL power backoff mode

Added support for Y.1564 service activation test (SAT)
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o
Y.1564 packet generator
o
Linux traffic analyzer
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o
Layer 2 loopback
o
MIB support to configure Y.1564
o
MIB support to access Linux traffic analyzer
o
Configurable C-VLAN , S-VLAN tags

Limit the number and size of configuration files

Extended set of CLI commands
o
Command to set IP default gateway and other routes
o
Command cm.mgmtip is replaced by cm.ip.
o
Extend the commands fmm.diagnostics, pm.dsl statistics, fmm.dsl
inventory to show regenerator info
o
Improve output of eventlog
o
Extend cm.dsl power command to configure the number of Remote Power stages
The following problems have been corrected:
2.2.10

PM counters (UAS counter) between Master and Slave are now consistent

Corrupt UAS counter value after a PME subtype change is fixed.

Remote discovery register is now cleared when reconfiguring R-side (slave
side)

Application crashes after BACP/G.Hs configuration are fixed

UAS PM counter after PMD reset is now always cleared

Inconsistency in SOAM FDV and IFDV delay measurement results is fixed

Wrong LOAM dot3OamEventLogTimestamp of remote events is fixed

Application crashes due to incorrect notification processing (IDC) are fixed

LOAM dot3OamEventLogTimestamp offset to sysUpTime is fixed

efmCuPmeOperStatus reported 'up' too early is fixed

SOAM resetting fsMIY1731MegClientMEGLevel is now working

ENTITY-MIB::entPhysicalMfgDate does return now the date from HM code

Device crashes caused by SOAM configuring fsMIY1731MeCciEnabled,
fsMIY1731MepUnicastCcmMacAddress, fsMIY1731MepCcmDropEnable or
fsMIY1731MepCcmPriority are fixed now

'cm.conffile del factory-default' doesn’t crashes the device anymore

Current configuration cannot be deleted via CLI anymore
Firmware 2.03.02
Release 2.03.02 adds the following features:
2-6

Added support for Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) according to IEEE
802.1Q-2011

Added support for QoS (Quality of Service)
o
QoS: egress shaper per port
o
QoS: egress shaper per traffic class / queue
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Release Notes

Added support for bonding aggregation control protocol (BACP) according to
ITU-T G.998.2-2005 Amendment 2

Added support for reading out SHDSL vendor information (inventory) via CLI
and EOC

Updated to the latest Socrates-4e firmware (version 1.7.5, build 002)

Latest revisions of Service OAM related 3rd-party MIB files were implemented.

Added support for the latest version of standardized Service OAM MIBs
IEEE8021-CFM-MIB and IEEE8021-CFM-V2-MIB. The old draft versions are
no longer supported.

Extended set of CLI commands
o
Added commands for remote power management
o
Added command to set port default priority
o
Removed clear option of pm.dsl statistics command
o
Added timeout option to sm.firmware update command
o
Extended command fmm.eth status to show the ports MAC address
The following problems have been corrected:
2.2.11

SHDSL vendor information contain now correct values

Fixes for DSL performance counters

QoS support for management port is implemented

Many Service OAM fixes
o
Made MEGID in CCM PDUs compliant to ITU Y.1731.
o
Corrected Service OAM PDU treatment to make Service OAM
Provider Bridge compliant.
o
Fixed wrong average delay values during Service OAM delay
measurement.
o
Fixed setting L2 priority field for Service OAM PDUs.
o
Moved CLI command pm.soam lbCap to cm.soam mepcap
o
moved CLI command pm.soam lb to fmm.soam lb

Increase TFTP download block size to 1024 bytes (required to download
firmware images >32MB in the future)

Fixed problem when more than 100 VLANs have been configured.
Firmware 2.02.00
Release 2.02.00 adds the following features:

Added support for Ethernet Link Aggregation

Added support for RMON-MIB (RFC 2819)

Added support for Link OAM event ‘dying gasp’
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Added support for Link OAM and Service OAM (Y.1731) traps

Added support for MEF compliant L2CP frame handling

Added support for configurable MAC address learning

Added support for improved Fail-Safe Mode functionality

Extended set of CLI commands
o
Added pm.soam ltrace start|stop|show commands
o
Added pm.soam loop start|stop|show commands
o
Added Service OAM single-ended frame loss measurement
o
Improved syntax of DSL commands
o
Improved syntax of the Service OAM CLI commands
o
Extend CLI cm.qos command to show VID next to VLAN priority in
ingress
The following problems have been corrected:
2.2.12

Issue with granting or denying port aggregation on –R side, leading to DSL
link always operational down is solved

static MAC address entries in forwarding table are now persistent across
VLAN mode change

issue with ifOperStatus may remain "up" when ifAdminStatus is "down" is
solved

CLI command "cm.qos show" does now support "bypass" properly

translation of dot3OamFunctionsSupported bits in CLI loam commands is
corrected

CLI command “pm.eth statistics show” is extended with MGMT1

issue with wrong display of front ETH interfaces speed when in oper down
status is solved

issue in command cm.bridge to show TPID in hex format is corrected

issue that destroying MEP could fail if using direct snmp access is solved

issue that Service OAM attributes configuration brings the device in Fail-Safe
Mode after the next reboot is solved

dot1agCfmDefaultMdEntry was modified to persist configuration

Issue that the device reboots if a CFM SNMP trap of type other than
dot1agCfmFaultAlarm is generated is solved
Firmware 2.01.01
Release 2.01.01 adds the following features:


2-8
Added support for QoS (Quality of Service)
o
QoS: ingress metering
o
QoS: ingress traffic classification and metering based on VLAN ID
o
QoS: p-bit remarking
Added support for Stacked VLAN
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o
Customer Network Port (CNP) support (C-VID – S-VID mapping)
o
Customer Edge Port (CEP) support (PB with TPID 0x8100)

Added support for ITU-T Y.1731

Extended set of CLI commands
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o
Added pm.soam, cm.vlan, cm.qos command sets
o
Added support for SFP Module in eth commands
o
Improved syntax of soam commands
o
Improved sm.system inventory command
Added persistence configuration for ARICENT-ECFM-MI-MIB and ARICENTECFM-Y1731-MI-MIB
The following problems have been corrected:
2.2.13

issues with ingress metering are solved

issue with Provider Bridge using TPID 0x8100 is solved by Customer Edge
Port (CEP)

issues with segmentation fault when Link OAM admin state is ‘up’ are solved

Improved packed buffer management

No IEEE 802.3 MAC Control PAUSE frames are sent

issues if walking over certain MIBs using sub OIDs are now solved.

issues when using VLAN based ServiceOAM including the management interface are now solved.

issues when running ServiceOAM and LinkOAM in parallel are now solved.

Several improvements were implemented for use-cases where ServiceOAM
and stacked VLAN are combined.
Firmware 2.00.00
Release 2.00.00 adds the following features:


Added support for QoS (Quality of Service)
o
QoS: ingress traffic classification and metering based on VLAN
priority
o
QoS: egress scheduler (strict priority and weighted round robin)
Added support for Stacked VLAN
o
Port based
o
S-VLAN TPID configurable

Added support for IEEE 802.1ag CFM

Added support for SNMP Traps
o

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cold start, link up/down
Extended set of CLI commands
o
Menu PM: dsl, eth, loam
o
Menu FMM: dsl, eth, loam, soam
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o
Menu CM: bridge, eth, loam, snmp, soam
o
Menu SM: firmware, system
The following problems have been corrected:

2.2.14
FW 1.03.0 and 1.02.01 problems with connection loss in certain configurations are fixed.
Firmware 1.03.00
Release 1.03.00 adds the following features:

Added support for extended DSL line rates up to 15360 kbits/s.

CLI command DSL LINERATE now supports all standardized PME line rates
(192 – 5696 Kbits/sec) as well as non-standard linerates (TC-PAM 128)
(5760 – 15360 Kbits/sec).
The following problems have been corrected:
2.2.15

Reboot on impossible PME to PCS aggregation is corrected.

New Socrates-4e firmware (1.7.5) removes the limitation of possible packet
loss after DSL startup.
Firmware 1.02.01
Release 1.02.01 adds the following features:

CLI command LINERATE has been renamed to DSL LINERATE.

Latest Socrates-4e firmware is implemented (Version 1.7.4).

Latest revisions of 3rd-party MIB files is implemented.
The following problems have been corrected:
2.2.16

CLI/SNMP now report "slot 01" in minirack/tabletop housing.

“ECHO” doesn’t block serial CLI in minirack-/tabletop-housings anymore
Firmware 1.01.00
Release 1.01 adds the following features:

Implementation of Command Line Interface.

Make ENTITY-MIB::entPhysicalAlias writeable
The following problems have been corrected:

2.2.17
Adjust I2C timings to meet 100 kHz SFP specification.
Firmware 1.00.00
Firmware Release 1.00.00 is the first release of the Watson EFM Plug-in.
2-10
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Watson SHDSL EFM Plug-in
Release Notes
The FW is identical for both EFM Plug-in models SZ.868.V854 (8x DSL) and
SZ.868.V654 (4x DSL).
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2.3
2-12
Watson-EFM-Plugin-Release-Notes.doc
Version 14.00-00
Limitations and Restrictions

Service OAM Link trace does not work on UP-MEPs if MAC address learning
is disabled.

Service OAM configuration done with firmware version 2.00.00 will be lost
and cannot be re-used after upgrade to a newer FW version. Service OAM
must be configured again after the upgrade.
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Release Notes
2.4
Update instructions
2.4.1
Update notes for firmware release 3.02.04
Firmware release 3.02.03 is pre-installed on Watson EFM-Plugin devices produced after May 2014.
If you want to install FW 3.02.04 on a modem with release 3.02.01/02/03,
3.01.01, 3.00.00/01/02, 2.03.02, 2.02.00, 2.01.01 or 2.00.00 use the following
steps. Place the new image (SZ.868.A1-3.02.04.uImage file) on a TFTP or
HTTP server. If required, use the cm.setup command as described in [1] to perform the initial setup of the EFM-Plugin as needed to connect to the TFTP or
HTTP server. Then use the following CLI command to update the modem.
firmware update <url>
where <url> would be something like
tftp://TFTP-SERVERNAME/FW-DIR/SZ.868.A1-3.02.04.uImage
or
http://HTTP-SERVERNAME/FW-DIR/SZ.868.A1-3.02.04.uImage
If you want to install FW 3.02.04 on a modem with release 1.03.00,1.02.01 or
1.01.00 use the following steps. Place the new image (SZ.868.A13.02.04.uImage file) on a TFTP or HTTP server. If required, use the cm.setup
command as described in [1] to perform the initial setup of the EFM-Plugin as
needed to connect to the TFTP or HTTP server. Then use SNMP to update the
modem.
snmpset localhost watsonFirmwareUpdateURI.0 \
='tftp://TFTP-SERVERNAME/FW-DIR/SZ.868.A1-3.02.04.uImage' \
watsonFirmwareUpdateCommand.0 = update.
or
snmpset localhost watsonFirmwareUpdateURI.0 \
='http://HTTP-SERVERNAME/FW-DIR/SZ.868.A1-3.02.04.uImage' \
watsonFirmwareUpdateCommand.0 = update.
In the instructions given above the server name TFTP-SERVERNAME resp.
HTTP-SERVERNAME and the directory FW-DIR is used. Replace this with the
server name and directory used by your IT system.
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Watson SHDSL EFM Plug-in
Release Notes
Watson-EFM-Plugin-Release-Notes.doc
Version 14.00-00
During the update the Operator Console access to the modem is not possible.
After the update the plug-in will reboot.
CAUTION: do NOT disconnect the power supply from the Watson EFM
Plug-in modem during the upgrade process.
If you want to install FW 3.02.04 on a modem with release 1.00.00 or an older
(beta) release you have to run a script file to perform the update. Please contact
the Watson DSL-Support to get a detailed instruction description for this process.
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