Cisco Cisco Broadband Access Center for Cable 4.1 Release Notes

Review the following notes before installing Cisco BAC 4.1.0.1. 

Ensure that your system meets the requirements described in 

.

Ensure that you download and install the recommended patches from the Sun Microsystems 
support site.

Obtain the Cisco BAC license file, as described in 

. Then install the 

license, as described in 

Verify the file-system block size of the directory in which you intend to install the Cisco BAC 
database and database transaction log files. For optimum performance and reliability of the 
Cisco BAC database, configure the file system or systems that contain the database files and 
database log files with an 8-KB or greater block size.

Ensure that the file system in which you place database files is configured to support files larger 
than 2 GB.

For complete information on installation procedures, see the Installation and Setup Guide for Cisco 
Broadband Access Center 4.1.0.1. 

Cisco BAC 4.1.0.1 provides upgrades from:

Cisco BAC 2.7.1.x.

Cisco BAC 4.0.1.x.

See 

 for upgrade task details.

Upgrade the Cisco BAC components in this order:

Upgrade the RDU and client APIs simultaneously.

In each provisioning group, upgrade the DPEs first, followed by the KDC, then the Network 
Registrar extensions.

Cisco BAC 4.1.0.1 features are available only after the administrator explicitly enables them. You cannot 
upgrade DPE appliances; only Solaris DPEs are supported.