Lucent Technologies 6.1 manual Programming Compatibility

MERLIN LEGENDCommunications System Release 6.1		Issue 1
System Planning 555-661-112		August 1998
7 Upgrading
	Upgrading to Release 6.1	Page 7-3
	Compatibility	7

It is important to understand the compatibility between files created on each of the different versions of SPM, not only for upgrading, but also for programming.

Table 7–1 summarizes programming compatibility. (It is assumed that the majority of the programming is done in surrogate mode and backed up on disk).

Table 7–1. Programming Compatibility

SPM	Program	Restore on
Version	Backup from	1.0	1.1	2.0/2.1	3.0	3.1	4.0	4.1/4.2	5.0	6.0	6.1
1.13	1.0	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
1.16	1.0	yes	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
2.09	1.0	yes	yes	yes1	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
2.16	1.0	yes	yes	yes*	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
3.18	1.0	yes	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	no	no	no	no	no
4.15	1.0	yes	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	no	no	no	no
4.25	1.0	yes	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	no	no	no
5.15	1.0	yes	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	no	no
6.15	1.0	yes	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	no
6.25	1.0	yes	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*
1.16	1.1	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
2.09	1.1	no	yes	yes*	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
2.16	1.1	no	yes	yes*	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
3.18	1.1	no	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	no	no	no	no	no
4.15	1.1	no	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	no	no	no	no
4.25	1.1	no	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	no	no	no
5.15	1.1	no	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	no	no
6.15	1.1	no	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	no
6.25	1.1	no	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*
2.09	2.0	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
2.16	2.0	no	no	yes	no	no	no	no	no	no	no
3.18	2.0	no	no	yes	yes*	yes*	no	no	no	no	no
4.15	2.0	no	no	yes	yes*	yes*	yes*	no	no	no	no
4.25	2.0	no	no	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	no	no	no
5.15	2.0	no	no	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	no	no
6.15	2.0	no	no	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	no
6.25	2.0	no	no	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*	yes*

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