BCM 400 MSC Card 1

[srachmaninoff]

I have a BCM 400 that is rebooting every few minutes. I am suspecting a bad MSC card. I have installed a new MSC card and the system keycodes are not there. Does the MSC card store the system keycodes? It seems to me like the hard disk or maybe the PEC III cards should store the keycodes. Can anyone enlighten me?

 

[Firebird Scrambler]

These methods may help you, but it depends on what BCM software version you have?.

How do I install a replacement hard drive?
ALL

Select BCM 3.x or BCM 4.0
BCM 3.x Hard Drive
1. Replace the old hard drive with the new hard drive.
2. Visually inspect the inside of the BCM to confirm all connections are OK. It may be a good idea to use a PC style vacuum
cleaner to remove excessive amounts of dust from the unit.

3. Replace the cover

4. Connect your PC to Serial port using a Null Modem Serial cable (available from Maplin item VD76)

5. Apply power to the BCM & allow 5 minutes for the BCM to become operational. During this time it will perform a check disk
and a reboot.

6. Open Hyper terminal session on your PC
• IN CONNECTION DESCRIPTION NAME IT BCM AND PICK AN ICON
• IN PHONE NUMBER CHECK CONNECT USING IS DIRECT TO COM 1
• IN COM 1 PROPERTIES CHECK PORT SETTINGS
• BITS PER SECOND 9600
• DATA BITS 8
• PARITY NONE
• STOP BITS 1
• FLOW CONTROL HARDWARE
7. If the BCM is ready you will then be prompted to log in.
• user name: ee_admin
• domain: (leave blank just press return)
• password: PlsChgMe! or eedge depending on HDD
8. You will then be presented with a menu, press1 to select "Platform Initialisation Menu".

9. From the "Platform Initialisation Menu" choose option 1 - "Initialise Menu"

10. From the Initialise Menu" choose option 1 - "Initialise Universal Profile" and wait for a short time for the next menu to appear

11. From the "MSC Initialisation Menu" choose option 3 – depending on HDD version this maybe "E1 MSC LOAD" for 3.01 and 3.5 and "UK MSC E1" for 3.6. Again depending on the HDD version the leds on BCM will flash in a particular way. For 3.01 and 3.5 all Leds will flash green and for 3.6 you will see the Power flash red then the Temperature followed by the Fan and other leds will be green or out.

12. During this stage the BCM will upload the necessary files and core and will do various reboots, when you have all leds showing steady green it has completed. The whole process should be completed within 30-40 minutes.



BCM 4.0 Hard Drive
1. Power off BCM and remove existing hard drive.
2. Install New Hard drive and power up the BCM.
3. Leave the BCM for approx. 20 minutes to install (there is no user intervention required i.e. no “Universal Profile” as with the BCM3.x platform.)
4. After the 20 min period connect to the BCM with Element Manager.
5. Set the system Time Zone and Time and Date.
6. Enter your keycodes *
* If the system was previously a BCM 3.x system you will need to obtain a BCM 4.0 Upgrade authcode. These authcodes will need to be generated on the Nortel Keycode Retrieval System using your system ID to enable you to obtain the LIC File containing your keycodes.

All the best

Firebird Scrambler
Meridian Programmer in the UK

http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbromley

If it's working, then leave it alone!.

 

[srachmaninoff]

This is great information, Thanks. However, I am not changing the hard drive. I am only changing the MSC Card. This is a BCM 400, rls 4.0. Should all key codes remain or do they need to be re-entered again?

 

[telcodog]

You have to go to KRS and regenerate the keycodes from the failed MSC's sysid to the new MSC's sysid and return the failed unit to Nortel. If you don't, they will invoice you for all the keycodes.

If you don't have a Nortel id, you will have to get a Nortel partner to do it for you.

 

[thomen00]

just a suggestion, with a system that is rebooting I would check the following bulletin -

http://www.bcmsupport.net/BCM Bulletins/BCM200 400 1000 Bulletins/2008008996_Rev 2.pdf