“Release Note

for
Dialog 2.4.2”

Version:
1.4

Date:
18 Aug, 2022
Authors List
Name Company

Reviewers List

Version Date Description

1.4 18 Aug. 22 Update to add upgrade information
1.3 28 July 2022 Release 2.4.2.2
1.2 6 Jul. 22 Release 2.4.2.1
1.1 19 Apr. 22 Update to correct typos
1.0 12 Apr. 22 First version

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Table of Contents
0 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 3
1 Release Main Features ........................................................................................................................ 3
1.1 Remote Beam Selection ............................................................................................................... 3
1.2 AIBS without GXT/GPS ................................................................................................................ 4
1.3 MRC Phase Noise Profile ............................................................................................................. 4
1.4 MRC Phase Noise Measurement ................................................................................................. 5
1.5 Max Symbol Rate per terminal .................................................................................................... 5
1.6 Dual-, triple-band ODU mobility support .................................................................................... 6
1.7 Dual Personality MDM5010 .......................................................................................................... 7
1.8 GTP acceleration for MDM2510 ................................................................................................... 7
1.9 SNMP OID for modem reboot ...................................................................................................... 7
1.10 Support 5k mobile terminals and 200 beams......................................................................... 8
2 Upgrade Path and Backward Compatibility ...................................................................................... 8
2.1 Upgrade ......................................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Compatibility ................................................................................................................................. 8
2.3 Software Releases in Version ..................................................................................................... 9
2.4 Hardware Releases in Version .................................................................................................... 9
3 Release Changes and bug fixes ....................................................................................................... 10
3.1 Release 2.4.2.0 - Fixed issues ................................................................................................... 10
3.2 Release 2.4.2 - API Changes ...................................................................................................... 14
3.2.1 Modem resource.................................................................................................................... 15
3.2.2 BucBand resource ................................................................................................................. 15
3.2.3 LineUpSettings resource ....................................................................................................... 15
3.2.4 MonitoringType resource ....................................................................................................... 16
3.2.5 TransmitMode resource ........................................................................................................ 16
3.2.6 MrcSetting resource .............................................................................................................. 16
3.2.7 Beam resource ...................................................................................................................... 16
3.2.8 TransportBasedServiceProfileComponent resource ............................................................. 16
3.3 Release 2.4.2 - Security fixes .................................................................................................... 17
3.4 Release 2.4.2.1 - Fixed issues ................................................................................................... 17
3.5 Release 2.4.2.2 - Fixed issues ................................................................................................... 18
4 Known Issues ..................................................................................................................................... 19

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0 Introduction
This document gives an overview of the exact software versions in the release and the changes and
known open issues for the Dialog R2.4.2.

The changes are referenced to the official R2.4.2 and the R2.4.1 and are classified according to:

• New feature

• Enhancement

• Bug Fix

• Other (e.g. workaround implementation to reduce severity)

1 Release Main Features

This section summarizes changes and new main roadmap features available in Dialog R2.4.2.

1.1 Remote Beam Selection

Modem software version R4.6.3.x or higher

This feature allows modem end-user to temporarily switch to another beam

• This feature allows to overrule the AIBS or OTA beam switch in case the selected beam has link
performance issues or suffers from degradation

This feature allows modem end-user to temporarily “pin” to the active beam

• For troubleshooting purposes

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1.2 AIBS without GXT/GPS
Modem software version R4.6.3.x or higher

This feature allows the modem to always try to maintain/restore connectivity automatically (via AIBS) and
minimize outage in following cases:

1. No GXT data is available or accessible

1. No GPS data is available or the received GPS is invalid

With this feature the modem will do round-robin through the programmed beams and go live on one that it
obtains FWD lock on

1.3 MRC Phase Noise Profile

The 3 profiles below allow a service provider to optimize their network efficiency depending on the quality
of the terminal population, as each terminal can be assigned to a specific MxDMA-MRC waveform profile
via terminal provisioning GUI:

• Default: default, a compromise between efficiency and phase noise resilience. This corresponds
with the MRC phase noise mask with -70dBHz@1kHz.

• Optimized for efficiency: More efficient, but more prone to phase noise. This corresponds with
the MRC phase noise mask with -80dBHz@1kHz.

• Optimized for resilience: Least Efficient, but will overcome nearly any phase noise mask. This
corresponds with the MRC phase noise mask with -60dBHz@1kHz.

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For example, MRC terminals with high amount of link phase noise (e.g. low quality BUC) can be assigned
a set of transmit modes that are more resilient to phase noise.
This feature gives extra flexibility for service providers to make trade-off between CAPEX and OPEX.

1.4 MRC Phase Noise Measurement

Performance of digital modems can be highly affected by system phase noise. The phase noise will
typically come from imperfect frequency references used in up and down conversion steps in an RF
chain. Being able to estimate the phase noise at the receive side is important for system level trouble
shooting and to react appropriately in a controller.
Having data on phase noise estimation is very valuable in showing that the root cause is for example the
phase noise profile of the BUC in the terminal installation.

This feature introduces phase noise estimations being available in TSDB per terminal per beam, so that
customer can track through Grafana. It is also available via MRC controller GUI.

Example of phase noise measurements in MRC Controller GUI:

Example of phase noise measurement in Grafana:

1.5 Max Symbol Rate per terminal

In case a terminal is using a modcod with a high protection level, this could result in consuming a higher
symbol rate to respect the CIR setting, causing SLA violations to the rest of the terminals on the same
link

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With this feature we introduce a maximum symbol rate per terminal in the forward link.

This parameter is added at the service profile for transport-based terminals.

1.6 Dual-, triple-band ODU mobility support

Only on modem release 4.6.5.x
Mobile operators use dual (C, Ku) and even tri-band (C, Ku, Ka) antennas.

Currently there is a huge operational overhead to switch ODUs in the modem when vessel is moving
across beams in different frequency bands

With this feature, the modem will interact seamlessly with the ACU of these antennas via OpenAMIP and
support beam switching between beams in different bands.

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Supporting multi-band also means that the hub operator can configure different modem line up settings in
NMS for the different bands, allowing to optimize logon transmit power for each band.

1.7 Dual Personality MDM5010

Only on modem release 4.6.5.x

Single platform for high speed VSAT and SCPC

Switch between VSAT and SCPC at any time (requires reboot and SW license to switch to SCPC)

Super intuitive GUI, focused on usability

Highest rates in the business for SCPC, 220 Msps / 1.6 Gbps including CinC

The new hardware will also support dual Tx/Rx needed for MEO operation

Existing MDM5010’s (HW-01) can not be upgraded to support the SCPC stand alone mode

1.8 GTP acceleration for MDM2510

GTP acceleration commonly used to accelerate LTE traffic is now also supported on MDM2510 (next to
MDM3310).

Modem software version R4.6.3.x or higher

1.9 SNMP OID for modem reboot

This feature introduces an SNMP OID in the MIB files with different messages about the last reboot of a
modem (e.g Reboot called from GUI, Loss of power supply voltage, Watchdog timer). Please consult the
modem manual for more details.

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1.10 Support 5k mobile terminals and 200 beams
Improved scalability on both CNMS and Hub Module level. A configuration item is added so that
advanced terminal monitoring data will not be stored in DMA anymore to reduce load on DMA.

2 Upgrade Path and Backward Compatibility

2.1 Upgrade
Upgrading to this version should be done using upgrade tooling and upgrade procedure provided by ST
Engineering Europe.

Full upgrade needs to be performed coming from release 2.4.1.2 or older version and on all 1-IF, 4-IF and
X-IF non-cloud platforms.

From release 2.4.1.3 onwards and on X-IF cloud platforms only, the light weight update can be
performed.

Please take into account that due to some bugs, there are some limitations on the upgrade scenario's:

• non-CLOUD platforms requires a full upgrade when upgrading to 2.4.2.0 or higher, because the
release contains a new kernel

• CLOUD NMS modules require a full upgrade when upgrading to 2.4.2.1 or higher, because Light
Weight Update has an issue due to the new mysql version combined with adding the default
keycloak database (note that this issue also exists if keycloak is not used)

• CLOUD HUB modules require a full upgrade if the old release is DIALOG CLOUD 2.4.1.2 or
lower.

• CLOUD HUB modules support LWU (in addition to full upgrade) if the old release is DIALOG
CLOUD 2.4.1.3 or higher

2.2 Compatibility
This Dialog® software release is compatible with the following terminal software version:

• MDM2x00 R 4.4.0.x

• MDM2x10 R 4.6.3.x

• MDM2x10 R 4.6.5.x

• MDM3x00 R 4.4.0.x

• MDM3310 R 4.6.3.x

• MDM3310 R 4.6.5.x

• MDM50x0 R 4.6.3.x

• MDM50x0 R 4.6.5.x

As part of the upgrade procedure this Dialog® release is compatible with the terminal software version:

• MDM2xx0 R 4.3.3.x and 4.4.0.x and R 4.6.1.x

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 • MDM3xx0 R 4.3.3.x and 4.4.0.x and R 4.6.1.x

• MDM50x0 R 4.3.3.x and 4.4.0.x and R 4.6.1.x

• Any terminal with a version below the ones mentioned should be upgraded before it becomes
operational.

2.3 Software Releases in Version

Following table reflects changes with regard to R2.4.2
Depending on the bug fix versions received, different versions might be applicable.

Component Previous Version Actual Version

M6100 Modulator 1.6D.2.90321 1.6D.2.90321

MCM7500 Modulator 2.1.4.1 2.1.5.1

TFR0200 1.0.2.90344 1.0.2.90344

MCD6000 S2 Demodulator 2.1.10.82420 2.1.10.82420

MCD6000 HRC Demodulator 3.0.7.1 3.0.7.1

MCD7000 HRC Demodulator 3.5.5.1 3.5.6.1

MCD7000 4CPM Demodulator 1.2.1.3 1.2.1.3

MCD7000 S2 Demodulator 3.2.1.76664 3.2.5.116701

MCD7500 HRC Demodulator 3.5.5.1 3.5.5.1

MCD7500 4CPM Demodulator 2.0.0.9 2.0.0.9

MCD7500 MRC Demodulator 1.2.0.10 2.0.0.10

NTC2291 CPM Burst Demodulator 2.4.1 2.4.1

USS202 2.1.8 or 3.3.5.6 2.1.8 or 3.3.5.6

Dialog CLOUD VNFM 1.1.0.0 1.3.0.0

Dialog External Mobility Manager 1.4.0 1.4.1

2.4 Hardware Releases in Version

This combination is preferred

This combination should not be used

Component Dialog 1-IF Dialog 4-IF Dialog X-IF Central Dialog Cloud X-IF
hub hub hub NMS hub

HP Server Gen8

HP Server Gen9

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Component Dialog 1-IF Dialog 4-IF Dialog X-IF Central Dialog Cloud X-IF
hub hub hub NMS hub

HP Server Gen
10

Dell NPCI

HP NPCI

3 Release Changes and bug fixes

Summary of the changes compared with the previous SW version, next to the new features as described
in Chapter 3 Software Versions

The severity assigned to the issue is defined as follows:

• Critical: Worst case scenario: Service unavailable or high safety/security risk that requires
continuously resources in order to restore/resolve (24/24 7/7). Cannot be directly resolved by
(known) workarounds, manual intervention or redundancy trigger.

• Major: While the system is not completely down, it affects severely primary functionalities
(the traffic, billing and maintenance capabilities).

• Normal: Component down/degraded resulting in service difficult to use. Not critical but
restricted function or operational impact.

• Minor: Anything else.

3.1 Release 2.4.2.0 - Fixed issues

Key Customer Summary Severity

PLATO-6002 Missing data in TSDB due to polling interval too aggressive Critical

HRCCON-1100 Due to timing errors, the HRC Controller can cause traffic drops. Normal

DLGH5GUI-3304 NMS Equalink or Non-linear Predistortion (NLDP) does not support M6100 Critical
but it overwrites the M6100 NLPD configuration.

S3PDMA-5063 A lot of buttons in the Dialog NMS mobile version do not work. Minor

S3PDMA-5066 Access Switch and Distribution Switch elements of the HP_FF_5710 Major
switches are created with the wrong driver.

HRCGUI-47 The CPM allocated rate has a wrong unit.

NMSCONF-5123 Certain management traffic is classified as Best Effort where it should not Minor
(DNS traffic)

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NMSCONF-5183 Adjust configuration range of the Input BackOff to 0-100 dB. Normal

NMSCONF-5181 When changing the Return Transponder Delta Frequency, the CPM Normal
terminals did not come up online whereas MRC got online without any
problem.

DLGH5GUI-3287 If a password is set in the Virtual Routing and Forwarding Border Gateway Normal
Protocol neighbor and then deleted again even before applying, the system
will count the password as "" instead of null.

S3PDMA-5049 The 'CPM Operational State' on the Grafana dashboard "Terminal Normal
Monitoring > CPM Terminal Details" shows logged off for logged on
terminals.

DLGH5GUI-3289 Having a forward multicast circuit, when trying to create a new one by Normal
copying the existing one, only changing the name and the IP address will
result in an error.

NMSCONF-4996 The networks that are in use should be mentioned when deleting a Hub Minor
termination point. The error message does not contain the name of the Hub
termination point and there is no "." in the end of the sentence.

S3PDMA-5065 Device Pool Status keep toggling between Manual/Auto in the Dialog NMS. Minor

NMSCONF-5262 Some ports of the distribution switch were incorrectly disabled after a Geo- Major
redundancy swap

NMSCONF-5261 The distribution switch didn't apply the VLAN changes when moving a Layer Major
2 terminal from one SatNet to another.

NMSCONF-5061 Cannot remove unused Multicarrier Demodulator. Normal

NMSCONF-5275 The metrics are not being reported for mobility terminals. Major

S3PDMA-5082 BE qos class missing in terminal bidirectional circuit statistics with implicit BE Minor
classification rule.

DLGH5GUI-3303 Renaming the Return Frequency Return Capacity Group adds a new QoS Major
class but does not delete the old one.

DLGH5GUI-3302 The carrier migration tool under the 'Return Frequency Plan' menu is not Major
available for the 4CPM return technology.

DLGH5GUI-3254 Changing a setting in the Return QOS Plan resets the view. Minor

DLGH5GUI-3281 The modem Advanced filtering gives an error when selecting a possible Major
match.

DLGRTMCDEV- MQTT messages are not always handled in correct time sequence. Major
63

NMSCONF-5029 Wrong error message when BdmChannelId (Burst Demodulator) is already Normal
used. Possible better error message can be 'The BdmChannelId of Carrier

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with center frequency xxxxx is equal to the carrier with center frequency
xxxxx'.

NMSCONF-5004 User unfriendly error message when configuring a malformed IPV6 address Minor
in Border Gateway Protocol or BGP. There are too many capitals in the
sentence and the double square brackets should be removed.

S3PDMA-4997 Sometimes there is a high http request time from Dialog Mobility Manager to Normal
Dialog NMS.

S3PDMA-5067 No statistics are displayed on the line amplifier element in the Dialog NMS. Normal
The Hub was upgraded to 2.4.1.4. from 2.2.3.2 recently. Prior to the upgrade
this element was showing statistics.

NMSCONF-5111 When deleting a Virtual Network Operator or VNO after being freed up from Minor
all used resources, Dialog NMS does not allow to remove the VNO.

S3PDMA-5075 Changing User Name or Password in the Debug page of the Platform Alarm Minor
elements has no effect.

S3PDMA-4917 A beam delete or update request should also distribute this beam delete or Minor
update request to all 'Advanced Terminal Main Elements'.

S3PDMA-5062 Show Base Band Pack occupation in the same graph for HRC-MxDMA and Major
HRC-SCPC.

NMSCONF-5259 NMS Equalink or Non-linear Predistortion (NLDP) does not support M6100 Critical
but it overwrites the M6100 NLPD configuration.

S3PDMA-5008 The CPMCTL or Continuous Phase Modulation Controller does not reflect Major
the correct logon time.

NMSCONF-5149 In a certain use case, the batch API returns wrong result numbers. Major

PLATO-5907 Disconnection between CSE devices occured due to a timeout. Major

S3PDMA-5006 The unit of MRC physical efficiency should be 'bps/Hz' instead of '%'. Normal

S3PDMA-4998 Creating a new VNO or Virtual Network Operator causes the Satellite views Normal
of this VNO to end on a wrong location in the Surveyor tree.

NMSCONF-5212 When a lot of background tasks are running, the update of an attachment Major
profile can slow down the system.

DLGH5GUI-3275 On the Terminal Provisioning pages, move Local Power Control Enabled to Normal
the Mobility tab.

S3PDMA-5023 On high loaded systems, some L-band Switch Matrix elements display no Minor
Matrix information.

NMSCONF-5170 The log of the redundancy controller is mentioning a lot of failed tasks when Minor
the Distribution Switch is misconfigured.

S3PDMA-4989 The Standard Terminal Manager only shows logged-on terminals. Major

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S3PDMA-4987 In the visio of the Baseband module not all demodulators are displayed. Normal

S3PDMA-4992 The Time Series Database table 'modem.remote.encap' shows bitrate Normal
instead of bytes for the 'dropped_bytes' column.

S3PDMA-4990 The visio of a 4IF Hub module does not show all HPS's or satellite networks Normal
if the HPS numbers are not consecutive.

S3PDMA-5004 Add Last Interferer Frequency and Inband Noise Density to the MRC Normal
Multicarrier Demodulator elements of the Dialog NMS.

DMM-395 When removing a beam the statistics are not correct any more Normal

NMSCONF-5180 When modifying an Attachment Profile, it causes multiple outages in different Major
satellite networks

DLGMETCOL-19 Some of the MRC metrics are not populated. Major

DLGH5GUI-3282 Revise the IBO (Input BackOff) range which can be set in the NMS GUI from Normal
0 - 20 dB to 0 - 100 dB

S3PDMA-5043 The throughput in the HRC Terminal Details dashboard is not correct when Minor
planned over several days.

S3PDMA-5041 The Forward Link Efficiency and Received Rate in the Hub Module Status Major
dashboard should only give global data.

DLGH5GUI-3280 Auto-Attachment MAC address search field is case sensitive and should not Minor
be.

S3PDMA-5038 Dialog NMS shows Time of Last Swap [swaps] when there isn't any swap. Normal

S3PDMA-5037 When the number of bursts exceeds the max value, other MRCMCD Major
elements fail to display data.

S3PDMA-5040 Some access switch element values were either too large or too small for an Minor
Int32 range which resulted in timeout alarms for those elements.

S3PDMA-5039 Time Series Database typo at MRC metrics: 'configured_bandwidh' instead Minor
of 'configured_bandwidth'.

S3PDMA-5048 Dialog NMS does not report Controller - Shaper - Encapsulator Tellishape Normal
MODCOD distribution.

DLGDMADEVM- Platform alarms element missing in the Dialog NMS. Normal

150

PLATO-5951 The GXT files are not restored as part of the backup. Major

NMSCONF-5201 Error when trying to remove the HRC SCPC frequency slot in the Return Minor
Frequency Plan configuration.
Successfully removed the HRC MxDMA config, but the system is not
allowing to remove the SCPC config.

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S3PDMA-5003 The total alarm count parameter does not need an alarm in Inframan. Normal

PLATO-5891 It is not possible to access the CMS from IP subnet 172.20.0.0/16 on Cloud Minor
based Dialog systems.

S3PDMA-3789 Add HRC alarm parameters for 'No Mobility Mgr Connected' and 'Multiple Normal
Mobility Mgr Connected'.

PLATO-4295 All graphics in the system networking interfaces of the Grafana dashboard Normal
are always empty.

NMSCONF-4882 The baseband matrix is receiving the wrong configuration. Major

DLGTICS-269 New configuration items should be added in the Terminal Installation Normal
Certification System.

PLATO-5900 When the customerconfig network partition gets temporarily disconnected, Major
the partition is not remounted automatically.
This condition will lead to failures while backing up the configuration or
performing a full-upgrade.

PLATO-5974 Disable apache Lua module to mitigate CVE-2021-44790. Major

DLGH5GUI-3269 Request for a hyperlink of the service profile, opening the profile itself in a Minor
new browser page.

PLATO-5914 The Time Series Database stops processing data even if the process is Major
running fine.

S3PDMA-5020 Unable to add new alarms on most of the parameters in the Advanced Major
Terminal alarm template.

PLATO-4888 When power-cycling the Newtec Private Cloud Infrastructure, some servers Normal
may stay powered off.

DIA-1119 When doing terminal provisioning it is not possible to set 0 dB's in the 1 dB
compression point

DIA-502 In the GUI the MRC Minimum carrier can be configured as the same value
as the max value which gives a strange error in the GUI

CP-679 Moving the MRC demodulator to an other satellite network gave an error on
the start and stop frequency

COMCOM-877 Additional logging is requested to track some responses

3.2 Release 2.4.2 - API Changes

Following list gives an overview on the NMS API changes between release 2.4.1 and 2.4.2

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3.2.1 Modem resource
• Changes:

@NotRequired("")
Set<LineUpSettings> bandSpecificLineUpSettingsList
= new HashSet<>();

@NotRequired
private RouteAdvertisementMode routeAdvertisementMode =
RouteAdvertisementMode.STATIC;

• New calls

o POST Modem addBandSpecificLineUpSettings(@PathParam("modemId") Long

modemId, LineUpSettings lineUpSettings);

o PUT Modem updateBandSpecificLineUpSettings(@PathParam("modemId") Long

modemId, @PathParam("bandSLuSId") Long bandSpecificLineUpSettingsId,
LineUpSettings lineUpSettings);

o DELETE Modem deleteBandSpecificLineUpSettings(@PathParam("modemId") Long

modemId, @PathParam("bandSLuSId") Long bandSpecificLineUpSettingsId);

3.2.2 BucBand resource

• New resource to support the Dual-, triple-band ODU mobility feature

• New calls

o POST BucBand create(BucBand bucBand);

o PUT BucBand update(BucBand bucBand);

o PUT BucBand update(@PathParam("id") Long id, BucBand bucBand);

o DELETE BucBand delete(@PathParam("id") Long id);

• Properties:

Long startFrequency;
Long stopFrequency;

3.2.3 LineUpSettings resource

• Changes to support the Dual-, triple-band ODU mobility feature

@NotRequired
Boolean isDefault = Boolean.FALSE;

@NotRequired("If not supplied the system will fill in the

default (synchronized)")
BucSettings bucSettings = new BucSettings();

@ReadOnly
BucBand bucBand;

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 @ReadOnly
Id modemId;

@NotRequired
Id bucBandId;

@ReadOnly
List<Id> domainAccess = new ArrayList<>();

3.2.4 MonitoringType resource

• New property:

//Same as ADVANCED, but does not store data in time series database only
(so not in Dialog NMS).
ADVANCED_BUT_STORE_IN_TSDB_ONLY("Advanced but store data in time series
database only"),

3.2.5 TransmitMode resource

• New properties:

// Compromise between efficiency and phase noise resilience. This corresponds

with the MRC phase noise mask with -70dBHz@1kHz
DEFAULT("Default"),
// More efficient, but more prone to phase noise. This corresponds with
the MRC phase noise mask with -80dBHz@1kHz
OPTIMIZED_FOR_EFFICIENCY("OptimizedForEfficiency"),
// Least Efficient, but will overcome nearly any phase noise mask. This
corresponds with the MRC phase noise mask with -60dBHz@1kHz
OPTIMIZED_FOR_RESILIENCE("OptimizedForResilience");

3.2.6 MrcSetting resource

• Changes

@NotRequired("Default value is a compromise between efficiency

and phase noise resilience")
private TransmitMode transmitMode = TransmitMode.DEFAULT;

3.2.7 Beam resource

• Changes

@NotRequired
Set<Id> bucBandIds = new HashSet<>();

3.2.8 TransportBasedServiceProfileComponent resource

• Changes

@NotRequired
private Long maxSymbolRate;

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3.3 Release 2.4.2 - Security fixes

Key Customer Summary

PLATO-5974 Disable apache Lua module to mitigate CVE-2021-44790.

PLATO-5958 Security fix: mitigation for Log4J CVE-2021-44228.

NMSCONF-5211 Fix for the log4j security vulnerability.

3 issues

3.4 Release 2.4.2.1 - Fixed issues

Key Customer Summary Severity

NMSCONF- Error message was not rendered. Minor

5116

S3PDMA- The "Audit and Repair Views" button in Dialog Provisioning element should also Major
5072 move elements to the correct view.

DLGH5GUI- In the GUI it is not possible to update the access rights of a return QoS child pool Major
3305 dedicated to a Virtual Network Operator

NMSCONF- Rebooting a modem while deleting a beam from an attachment profile causes Major
5270 the TCS to request X509 certification even when this certification is disabled.

S3PDMA- Standby MRCMCD is showing 'Demodulator Input too low' alarm on DMA Normal
5078

S3PDMA- Increase timeout for calls to the Metrics Collector to 30 seconds. Normal
5079

DLGH5GUI- It shouldn't be possible to put a weight of 0 for Circuit Settings in Transport Normal
3306 Based Service Profile

S3PDMA- Re-install alarms on operational mode of terminals like it was in Dialog 2.1. Major
5074

NMSCONF- The VLAN is not always pushed to the switch when BGP/OSPF network is Normal
5295 configured

S3PDMA- Dialog Provisioning gets blocked by a "DataMiner agent ID in Critical

5085 "4294967295/4294967295" is not an integer value" error that is thrown.

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NMSCONF- While creating a service profile with the API, the Peak Information Rate is set to Normal
5177 '0'.

NMSCONF- When removing a satellite network from the configuration, redundancy swaps Major
5205 happen as not all configuration is removed.

IPSW-15405 Classification for IPsec tunnel is not working as expected Normal

PLATO-5809 The GUI allows a longer hub name than the central management system Normal

DIA-1168 A keycloak related alarm was incorrectly triggered when rebooting the passive
CMS.

DIA-1164 The Mobility Manager processes MQTT messages one at a time to preserve the
order. While processing an extensive message, the Mobility Manager didn't
process other MQTT messages which caused slowness and inconsistent data.

DIA-1121 Value of the ACU X string is not visible in the NMS GUI.

DIA-1118 When uploading a GXT file with an invalid name, a generic warning message
was displayed, although there was more than one reason why the name might
be invalid.

DIA-1111 One of the internal devices is complaining about not enough memory

DIA-1056 In the terminal provisioning GUI, the filtering by connected satellite network is not
working.

CP-1080 This story is part of a fix the following situations:

* When a terminal remains logged on in a beam, while it is already only on

another beam due to terminal's 'txmode selection error mode' and moves to
another beam e.g. by terminal reboot.

* Also when a terminal is stuck in 'txmode selection error mode' does not do a
AIBS fallback, it just is looping between logon and operational state.

3.5 Release 2.4.2.2 - Fixed issues

Key Customer Description Severity

DIA- After a power cycle or Cisco reload without saving the current configuration, the up-link
1936 VLANs are not loaded and require a manual action

DIA- Due to incorrect SNMP indexes, ports on the Cisco access switches were incorrectly
1665 configured.

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DIA- The MRC frequency ranges were not displayed in the GUI when switching SatNets in
1619 the return frequency plan.

DIA- Warning message shown in the GUI when doing many batch actions on MRC
1611 attachment profiles was unreadable.

DIA- On systems using an HP5710 switch, commands might be send to the incorrect port.
1380

CP- Only applicable to Dialog R2.4.2.1, even when no default TxPSD limit is configured or
1188 reported, based on nominal IDU power and logon CRM, this default TxPSD limit cannot
be avoided and it will be applied all the time even when Local Power Control is disabled.

6 issues

4 Known Issues
All open and known issues are listed hereafter:

The severity assigned to the issue is defined as follows:

• Major: Limitation when using a feature but no workaround is available.

• Normal: Limitation when using a feature but a workaround is available.

• Minor: Anything else.

Key Customer Summary Severity

DLGEMM- The Mobility Manager is not showing the google map layer nor the open street Major
609 map.

DLGTICS- The information icons are not working on the Terminal Installation Certification Minor
120 System GUI.

DLGTICS- The Terminal Installation Certification System can get aborted with a modem Normal
204 access error.

DLGTICS- An active terminal is not showing up at the Immediate Verification page of the Major
320 Terminal Installation Certification System.

DIA-1010 Intermediate outages have been seen on a single non-CLOUD XIF platform. It
looks related to a virtualization issue that may be resolved in our next Centos-7
based release for non-CLOUD DIALOG platforms.

DIA-1005 Inframan shows irrelevant alarms for unused switch ports on a Dell Central NMS.

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DIA-654 Some of the port descriptions on the switches are not correct

DIA-599 Loading a modem alternative firmware on the modem over satellite can lead to a
timeout error.

CP-993 After an update on the HRC return capacity groups, an error is shown that
mentions lost carriers

CP-987 Beam switching of spread logon terminals is failing due to internal communication
error

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