ABSTRACT: This document replaces GR-2963, Issue 2.

This document provides the view of Telcordia on the proposed software management generic requirements applicable to a Network Element (NE) or a Network System (NS). Configuration Management is one of the five functional categories of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) management as described in ITU-T Rec.X.730 ISO/IEC 10164-1. Software Management, a subset of the Configuration Management category, is an ongoing network management activity that assists telecommunications carriers in assuring that the correct versions of application software are distributed, downloaded, installed, verified, and remotely activated in NEs. The Software Management functional requirements previously defined in Section 6.7 of GR-472, Network Element Configuration Management, along with related requirements from GR-2933, System Software Release Alterations, were combined to form this document. The result is a consistent integrated set of requirements applicable to all classes of NEs (both switching and transport) and NS's.

When using GR-2963, you may need to refer to TR-NWT-000179, GR-282, GR-454, GR-2934, GR-512, GR-815, GR-839, and/or GR-1250. You may also want to refer to GR-826, GR-828, GR-2911, GR-2869, GR-2915, GR-2924, GR-2932, GR-2963, and SR-2676; ISO 8571; and ITU-T M.3010, X.730 (ISO/IEC 10164-1), and X.774 (ISO/IEC 10164-18).