Release Notes
OTU-5000 SmartOTU
FTH-5000 Standalone Mode
V24.1006 – 25 October 2024
New Features:
- EPT 10082 - AUTO-Config improvements
- EPT 10081 - EzMeasurement AUTO-Measure improvements
- EPT 10001 - PON Automatic calibration
Enhancements:
- EPT 10229 - Offering the possibility to use the first external switch for monitoring and
cascading other external switches
- EPT 10090 - Json configuration File
- EPT 9811 - Minor Alarm flapping
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Bugs Fixing:
- EPT 10282 - OTU reachability counts not showing correct data on skipper
- EPT 10145 - alarm is cleared when changing scheduler
- EPT 10003 - P2P Test run when using VIP too frequent
- EPT 9992 - No detection of a fiber break on one branch after a splitter
- EPT 9954 - Software alarm for OTU v21.7 reappear
- EPT 9567 - Fiber cut Alarm fluctuation - High Rate Alarm Case
- EPT 9527 - High rate alarm and test unscheduled due to Minor Alarm Fluctuation
- EPT 9342 - Measurement improvement - Algorithm identifies strong slope as a tailing
effect
Vulnerabilities:
- EPT 9956 - Terrapin vulnerability
- EPT 10018 - Qualys vulnerabilities Severity 5: OpenSSH CVE-2023-51767 and CVE-2023-
51385
V23.18 – 24 July 2024
Bugs Fixing:
- 10127: EOTDRv2 eotdrv2 upgrade not working since 20.x
- 10199: OTU5K rebooting when loading legacy traces (legacy monitoring)
V23.16 – 09 February 2024
Bugs Fixing:
- 9840: Can loop indefinitely on same standard test when using standard monitoring test on
same port
- 9841: Linear Attenuation change not updated on OTU
V23.14 – 30 Oct 2023
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Enhancements:
- 7385: SNMP V3
Bugs Fixing:
- 9657: Reboot after setting Ipv6 Site of more than 19 characters.
- 9740: Firewall setting disabled
V22.74 – 26 May 2023
Bugs Fixing:
- 9543: OSX not detected because of calibration corruption
- 9521: SHDC card is sometimes unreachable
V22.68 – 11 April 2023
Bugs Fixing:
- 9462: Automatic Measurement crash
V22.64 – 9 March 2023
Bugs Fixing:
- 9412: Internal Communication alarm on OTU5k after upgrade to 22.58
- 9384: Test not monitored because of wring test ordering
V22.58 – 6 February 2023
Bugs Fixing:
- 9201: Attenuation alarm event flapping
- 9202: Injection alarm event flapping
- 9339: Alarms cleared on wrong test when re-referencing
- 9328: Issue with password after upgrade
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- 8338: CPU Temperature Alarm Change
- 9262: Impossible to deploy license if the file containing unsent emails is too big
Enhancements:
- 9176: FTH-5000 EXTENDED TEMPERATURE RANGE FOR OTDR AT 1650NM
V21.52 – 24 November 2022
Bugs Fixing:
- 8947: Wrong position if Last Marker when the end of fiber is not clearly visible
- 9030: False Alarm caused by temperature variation
- 9089: Link Loss "deviation from reference" not correct
Enhancements
- 9054: Universal Optical Switch Support
- 9104: New Alarm (severity Warning) when it is detected that the fiber end changed after
the fiber was repaired. The alarm message is “Fiber change, New reference required”.
This alarm is also transferred by SNMP Traps with the following values:
o JdsuOtuAlarmType: optic(1)
o optical alarm specific problem: attenuation(1),
o JdsuOtuOpticalAlarmSubProblem: attenuation(3),
o jdsuOtuAlarmEventEntryOpticalAlarmProbableCauseText: « Fiber changed, New
reference required»
V21.44 – 14 June 2022
Bugs Fixing:
- 8789: Alarm level is not correct in case of fiber cut
- 8857: Wrong localization with low thresholds
V21.36 – 21 January 2022
Bugs Fixing:
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- 8699: Issue with long IPV6 address
V21.30 – 28 December 2021
Bugs Fixing:
- 8427: ProbableCause field empty in email
- 8623: Upgrade from 17.18 to 21.16
V21.26 – 22 November 2021
Bugs Fixing:
- 8427: Impossible to set full IPv6 address for snmp manager through API
- 8420: Flash monitoring / The monitoring is stopped when signal is received
- 8402: Flash monitoring / Alarm OTDR trace is missing
-
Enhancements
- 8404: link name Added to email subject
- 8386: Test On Demand thru SNMP
- Synchronization with NTP server:
o otu:api:conf:ntp:enable false/true
o otu:api:conf:ntp:conf static, NTP server IP Address
o
o examples
o otu:api:conf:ntp:enable true
o otu:api:conf:ntp:conf static, "10.49.2.132"
o otu:api:conf:ntp:conf static, "pool.ntp.org"
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V21.10 – 26 July 2021
Bugs Fixing:
- 8319: Flash monitoring / APD tension drift
Enhancements
- 8273: Flash monitoring / Link name included with all the notifications
- 8235: Flash monitoring / Files download from UI
V20.22 – 6 May 2021
Bugs Fixing
- 8232: shortAcq started on detection/localisation without SmartAcq
V20.16 – 25 Feb 2021
Enhancements
- 8103: Flash monitoring for flapping diagnostic
Bugs Fixing
- 8102 : "missing ref trace" on fiber degradation after upgrade to 20.10
V20.10 – 8 Feb 2021
Bugs Fixing
- 7763 : Communications errors with external switch
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V18.94 – 18 Nov 2020
Bugs Fixing
- 7740 : False alarm temperature in SmartAcq mode (short + Long pulse) when traffic is
amplified
V18.86 – 1 July 2020
Enhancements
- 7451: Support of 144 ports optical switch
Bugs Fixing
- 7646 : blocking after upgrade when alarms are present
- 7656 :: False alarm on reflective fiber end
V18.80 – 1 June 2020
Enhancements
- 7333: SNMP Walk
- 7200: ZTP
Bugs Fixing
- 7341: Autoconfiguration issue
V18.58 – 4 December 2019
Bugs Fixing
- 7307: Main Led never lights or Flash to indicate Local mode
V18.54 – 31 October 2019
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Enhancements
- Dual pulse acquisition reducing the front end dead zone to few meters (1)
- Monitoring algorithm enabling Fiber fault location from few meters after the OTDR up to
few meters before the end of fiber. (1)
- Root cause of the fiber fault (Connector or fiber)
- High sensitivity monitoring available with OTDR E81162D and E8115D. A software license
is required. Consult Viavi sales or partners.
- Web Services REST Application Program Interface. A software license is required. Consult
Viavi sales or partners.
- Number of ports display in SmartOTU monitoring view has increased from 24 to 48 per
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(1): After the upgrade there is a specific process described in the embedded user manual to
apply the monitoring algorithm and dual pulse acquisition.
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