Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning Release Notes, 5.3
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Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning 5.3 Release Notes
Important Points to Know Before You Begin
Enhanced RDU Batch Processing Using Timeout Value
Dedicated Queue for Lease Query Batches
Prime Cable Provisioning 5.3 Bugs
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Introduction
Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning, referred to as Prime Cable Provisioning throughout this document, automates the tasks of provisioning and managing customer premises equipment (CPE) in a broadband service-provider network. The application provides a simple and easy way to deploy high-speed data, voice technology, and home networking devices.
Prime Cable Provisioning can be scaled to suit networks of virtually any size, even those deploying millions of devices. It also offers high availability, made possible by its distributed architecture with centralized management.
Prime Cable Provisioning incorporates support for many technologies to provide provisioning services for your network. These technologies include:
- DOCSIS high-speed data
- PacketCable voice service, both Secure and Basic work flows
- Non-secure CableHome
- Open Cable Set top box
- eRouter 1.0
- DPoE (DOCSIS Provisioning of EPON)
For detailed information about Prime Cable Provisioning features, see the Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning User Guide 5.3.
Important Points to Know Before You Begin
- Before installing PCP 5.3, please check the system requirements mentioned in the Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning Quick Start Guide 5.3 are met.
- If you are migrating from an earlier version of Cisco PCP or BAC to Cisco PCP 5.3, you must review the Release Notes that were published across the releases.
- License acquired for Cisco PCP 5.x or earlier releases is not valid for Cisco PCP 5.3. You need to get the permanent or evaluation license of 5.3 to upgrade from 4.2.x/5.0/5.1/5.2 to 5.3 or for a fresh installation. For more information, refer to Licensing Prime Cable Provisioning section in Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning Quick Start Guide 5.3.
- Solaris operating system support will be included in all Cisco PCP 5.3.x releases. The 5.3.x release train is the last version of PCP which will be released for Solaris. Future major releases of PCP will not be supported on the Solaris operating system.
- In PCP 5.3 release, a fix for weak ephemeral Diffie-Hellman public key is provided. If you had already added ciphers as a workaround in the previous release, you need to remove it first from the server.xml before upgrading to PCP 5.3. For more information, refer to CSCuy44865 in CDETS.
New Features and Enhancements
This release Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning 5.3, supports the following new features:
DPoE 2.0 Feature Support
From 5.3 release, PCP additionally supports DPoE 2.0. This intensifies DPoE 1.0 specifications to provide requirements for additional service capabilities and corresponding provisioning and network management capabilities. This simplifies the provisioning of complex network-wide services.
RDU Resiliency Improvements
PCP 5.3 introduces batch processing optimizations and allows the RDU to operate efficiently during specific negative scenarios using the below enhancements.
Enhanced RDU Batch Processing Using Timeout Value
From 5.3 release, the timeout value configured by the API client is sent to the RDU for enhanced processing of the batches that stays on the batch processing queue for longer time period. The RDU validates the timeout value of read-only batches and executes only the batches that are not timed-out.
Dedicated Queue for Lease Query Batches
PCP 5.3 release introduces a dedicated batch processing queue to handle batches with Lease Query request. This feature allows the RDU to efficiently process all other client batches without disruption. The RDU is no more blocked from handling other batch requests during network glitches or when there is a communication issue between the RDU and DHCP servers.
Minimizing Non-Concurrency
Earlier, the DPE was registering with RDU in non-concurrent mode eventually suspending all the client batches from being executed. In PCP 5.3 release, the optimization of the DPE to RDU registration process, minimizes the event of non-concurrency. For instance, during a network outage, or glitch, or any other negative scenario, the DPEs would reconnect with the RDU seamlessly without entering into non-concurrent mode. This allows the RDU to continue processing all incoming batches without entering into non-concurrent mode.
Prime Cable Provisioning 5.3 Bugs
For more information on a specific bug or to search all bugs in a particular Prime Cable Provisioning release, see Using the Bug Toolkit.
Resolved Bugs
Table 1 Resolved bug list in Prime Cable Provisioning 5.3.
Open Bugs
Table 2 Open Bug List in Prime Cable Provisioning 5.3.
Using the Bug Toolkit
This section explains how to use the Bug Toolkit to search for a specific bug or to search for all bugs in a release.
Step 1
Go to Cisco Software Bug Toolkit.
Step 2 At the Log In screen, enter your registered Cisco.com user name and password; then, click Log In. The Bug Toolkit page opens.
Note If you do not have a Cisco.com user name and password, you can register for them at http://tools.cisco.com/RPF/ register/register.do.
Step 3 To search for a specific bug, click the Search Bugs tab, enter the bug ID in the Search for Bug ID field, and click Go.
Step 4 To search for bugs in the current release, click the Search Bugs tab and specify the following criteria:
Note Do not enter Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning. Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning is the new product name for the former Cisco Broadband Access Center. At this time, the Bug Toolkit does not accept Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning as the product name.
- Software Version —[Product Version].
- Search for Keyword(s)—Separate search phrases with boolean expressions (AND, NOT, OR) to search within the bug title and details.
- Advanced Options—You can either perform a search using the default search criteria or define custom criteria for an advanced search. To customize the advanced search, click Use custom settings for severity, status, and others and specify the following information:
– Severity—Choose the severity level.
– Status—Choose Terminated, Open, or Fixed.
- Choose Terminated to view terminated bugs. To filter terminated bugs, uncheck the Terminated check box and select the appropriate sub option (Closed, Junked, or Unreproducible) that appears below the Terminated check box. Select multiple options as required.
- Choose Open to view all open bugs. To filter the open bugs, uncheck the Open check box and select the appropriate suboptions that appear below the Open check box. For example, if you want to view only new bugs in Prime Cable Provisioning 5.3, choose only New.
- Choose Fixed to view fixed bugs. To filter fixed bugs, uncheck the Fixed check box and select the appropriate sub option (Resolved or Verified) that appears below the Fixed check box.
- Advanced—Check the Show only bugs containing bug details check box to view only those bugs that contain detailed information, such as symptoms and workarounds.
- Modified Date—Choose this option to filter bugs based on the date when the bugs were last modified.
- Results Displayed Per Page—Specify the number of bugs to display per page.
Step 5 Click Search. The Bug Toolkit displays the list of bugs based on the specified search criteria.
Note For example, if a bug applies to both Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning 5.1 and Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning 5.2, the headline and Release-note enclosure contain the earlier Cisco PCP product terminology.
Step 6 To export the results to a spreadsheet:
1. In the Search Bugs tab, click Export All to Spreadsheet.
2. Specify the filename and location at which to save the spreadsheet.
3. Click Save. All bugs retrieved by the search are exported.
If you cannot export the spreadsheet, log into the Technical Support website at http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/support/index.html or contact the Cisco Technical Assistance Center (TAC).
Product Documentation
Note We sometimes update the printed and electronic documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.
See the Cisco Prime Cable Provisioning Documentation Overview for the list of Prime Cable Provisioning guides.
See the Cisco Prime Network Registrar 8.x Documentation Overview for the list of Cisco Prime Network Registrar guides.
See the Prime Cable Provisioning Compatibility Matrix for the compatibility of the current release with the previous releases.
See the Prime Cable Provisioning and Prime Network Registrar Compatibility Matrix for the compatibility of the current release with Prime Network Registrar.
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
For information on obtaining documentation, submitting a service request, and gathering additional information, see the monthly What’s New in Cisco Product Documentation, which also lists all new and revised Cisco technical documentation, at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html
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