Cisco Cisco Prime Optical 9.6 Technical References

While ML-series cards on the NE are waiting to be upgraded, all provisioning operations and 
software downloads on the NE are disallowed.

You can upgrade the NE fully to the latest version by resetting all the ML-series cards to this version.

After a successful partial software activation on the NE, the NE Software table (see 

displays True in the Partial Upgrade column, which indicates that the activation is pending for 
ML-series cards.

Upgrade the ML-series cards to the current version by resetting them on the NE in either of the 
following ways:

Select multiple ML-series cards and choose Edit > Reset ML Cards in the NE Software table. 
For specific instructions, see the section “Activating a New NE Software Version on One or 
More ML-Series Card(s)” in Chapter 4, “Maintaining an Efficient Network” in the 

For individual ML-series cards, use the NE Explorer.

The Partial Upgrade column in the NE Software table displays FALSE when all ML-series cards are 
upgraded to the current version.

The enable L2 service command has been enhanced. (See the section “Enabling Layer 2 Services” in 
Chapter 7, “Provisioning Services and Connections” in the 

The enable L2 service command is used only when the resynchronization status of the topology is 
L2 Service Not Ready, and its main purpose is to change the Layer 2 topology into a resynchronization 
status of Complete so that a VLAN can be created.