System and method for realizing board software loading

Abstract

The invention discloses a software loading system and method, the system not only includes business panel, but also includes: the dedicated storage veneer and the veneer software distribution module; the dedicated storage veneer, installed at the network element equipment, and independent to the network element master control board, used to store the veneer software package of network management issued; the veneer software distribution module, installed at the network element equipment master control board, used to access the veneer software from the said dedicated storage veneer storage and distribute to the corresponding business panel. Using the system and method of this invention, it can not only reduce storage capacity requirements of network element equipment master control board, greatly reducing the master control board costs, but also can increase the speed of software loading.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of network communication, in particular to a system and method for realizing single-board software loading. Background technique [0002] With the development of network communication, various network communication devices emerge as the times require, including multi-service transport devices, such as MSTP (Multi-service Transport Platform, multi-service transport platform) devices. The multi-service transmission equipment not only supports single boards for processing traditional TDM (Time Division Multiplexing, Time Division Multiplexing) services, but also supports single boards for processing data services such as Ethernet and ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode, asynchronous transfer mode). [0003] Various devices such as the CPU and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array, Field Programmable Gate Array) on the service single board (hereinafter referred to as the service board) of MSTP and other multi-service ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0012] 1. Since all the single-board software supported by all network element devices in the network must be stored in the main control board as a software package, the storage space requirements for the main control board are relatively high, often requiring dozens of megabytes of space, resulting in The shortage of control board storage space;

[0013] 2. Since the main control board needs to use a large-capacity storage device, the cost of the main control board is increased;

[0014] 3. The network management system needs to deliver the entire software package to the main control board of each network element device, so the software loading time is very long

[0017] 1. Since the main control board of each network element needs to support the CF card, the cost is relatively high;

[0018] 2. The problem of long software loading time has not been solved;

[0019] 3. The CF card relies too much on the main control board. When the software package increases and the capacity of the CF card needs to be expanded, the main control board needs to be removed to replace the CF card, which may affect the business; in addition, because the CF card technology has not yet Mature, the CF card has a short service life, frequent read and write errors, and instability, so the security and reliability of software loading cannot be guaranteed

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