Patent ID: 6701356
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
An optical communications network comprising:a plurality of terminal nodes interconnected through a plurality of network elements for transmitting and receiving at least one optical channel; a network management system interconnected with said network elements through a service channel, a plurality of said network elements including a node control processor (NCP) and at least one optical data acquisition control (ODAC) module; and a computer-executable software program stored on a computer-readable memory of said NCP for execution by said NCP, said program being executable by an operator through said network management system to perform steps comprising: downloading a new software profile file (SPF) to said NCP and storing said new SPF as a new secondary SPF, reconciling a secondary NCP image of said NCP with a corresponding entry in said new secondary SPF, reconciling a secondary ODAC image in each of said ODAC modules with corresponding entries in said new secondary SPF, switching said reconciled secondary NCP image with a primary NCP image of said NCP, switching said reconciled secondary ODAC images with corresponding primary ODAC images in each of said ODAC modules, copying said primary NCP image to said secondary NCP image, and copying said primary ODAC images to said secondary ODAC images.