Cabletron Systems 2M46 Specifications

Core Software Release Notes SPECTRUM Enterprise ManagerSoftware Release Notes Titlepage

Contents Contents Software Release Notes Page 10 Corrected SpectroSERVER Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 ... 124Known SpectroSER

Corrected and Known AnomaliesMIBToolsSoftware Release Notes Page 100MIBToolsKnown MIBTools Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0Problem 1: On the NT platform, the

Corrected and Known AnomaliesMIBToolsSoftware Release Notes Page 101Problem 3: On the Solaris platform, when you open MibTools from any Utilities menu

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSearch ManagerSoftware Release Notes Page 102Search ManagerCorrected Search Manager Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.01 After maki

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroRXSoftware Release Notes Page 103SpectroRXKnown SpectroRX Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0Problem 1: When using SpectroRX

Corrected and Known AnomaliesOnline DocumentationSoftware Release Notes Page 104Online DocumentationCorrected Online Documentation Anomalies in SPECTR

Corrected and Known AnomaliesOnline DocumentationSoftware Release Notes Page 105Solution: This is a problem within the Open Windows environment. Use

Corrected and Known AnomaliesRingView for Token RingSoftware Release Notes Page 106RingView for Token RingKnown RingView For Token Ring Anomalies in S

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM ReportsSoftware Release Notes Page 107SPECTRUM ReportsCorrected Reports Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0Note:Note:Be aw

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM ReportsSoftware Release Notes Page 1081 Repeatedly generating a report with the same output filename no longer ca

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM ReportsSoftware Release Notes Page 10914 Since SPECTRUM now uses a Location Server, the Reports interface no lon

Software Release Notes Page 11 Preface These Software Release Notes (SRN) accompanies each copy of the release package for version 6.0 of SPECTRUM.

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM ReportsSoftware Release Notes Page 110Known Reports Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0Problem 1: On the Solaris platform,

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM ReportsSoftware Release Notes Page 111Problem 6: On the NT platform, colors on Up/Down Time report pie graphs th

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM ReportsSoftware Release Notes Page 112Problem 11: When displaying a report graphically on Windows NT, the pie gr

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM SecuritySoftware Release Notes Page 113SPECTRUM SecurityKnown Security Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0Problem 1: When

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroGRAPH (UI)Software Release Notes Page 114SpectroGRAPH (UI)Corrected SpectroGRAPH Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.01 Newly

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroGRAPH (UI)Software Release Notes Page 11512 A segmentation fault no longer occurs when a model that is copied from

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroGRAPH (UI)Software Release Notes Page 11625 When there is more than one pipe connected to a single fanout with two

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroGRAPH (UI)Software Release Notes Page 117Change the following line:@ACC_SPEC: ÒPasteÓ = ÒShift<Key>Insertto@

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroGRAPH (UI)Software Release Notes Page 118“Show window contents while dragging.” This feature can be turned off in

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroGRAPH (UI)Software Release Notes Page 119SPECTRUM 5.0.1 SpectroSERVER, a core segmentation fault occurs when you r

PrefaceHow This Manual Is OrganizedSoftware Release Notes Page 12 How This Manual Is Organized The following outlines the organization of the Core So

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroGRAPH (UI)Software Release Notes Page 120Problem 15: The following devices (and possibly more) are not clearing a

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroGRAPH (UI)Software Release Notes Page 121Problem 18: In the Stack Link view on Windows NT, the pipe connecting the

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroGRAPH (UI)Software Release Notes Page 122addresses you pasted in, and possibly other strange results. You also rec

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroGRAPH (UI)Software Release Notes Page 123Problem 26: When you save Preferences in the preferences dialog, it overr

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroSERVER (VNM)Software Release Notes Page 124SpectroSERVER (VNM)Corrected SpectroSERVER Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.01 O

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroSERVER (VNM)Software Release Notes Page 1259 On the Windows NT platform, the processd no longer causes a segmentat

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroSERVER (VNM)Software Release Notes Page 126Problem 4: External List-type Attributes which have an OID Reference di

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroSERVER (VNM)Software Release Notes Page 127Solution: This problem will be corrected in a future release of SPECTR

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroWATCHSoftware Release Notes Page 128SpectroWATCHCorrected SpectroWATCH Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.01 A segmentation v

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSpectroWATCHSoftware Release Notes Page 129Failed in the Performance ViewÕs Value column. This problem affects watches de

PrefaceVersion ControlSoftware Release Notes Page 13 Version Control SPECTRUM’s numbering scheme for version control consists of up to four numeric fi

Corrected and Known AnomaliesUser EditorSoftware Release Notes Page 130User EditorCorrected User Editor Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.01 On the Windows NT p

Software Release Notes Page 131Model ConversionThis section describes how to perform the conversions required for SPECTRUM models of certain Cabletron

Model ConversionConversion ProgramsSoftware Release Notes Page 132Conversion ProgramsSPECTRUM 6.0 provides an automated process to deprecate Managemen

Model ConversionConversion ProgramsSoftware Release Notes Page 133rc.<abbreviated model type name>. For example, the resource file for Ungermann-

Model ConversionConversion ProgramsSoftware Release Notes Page 1341 Using the model type handles listed above, change the value of the old model type

Model ConversionConversion ProgramsSoftware Release Notes Page 135../SS-Tools/DBconv <name of vnm host> rc.<abbreviated model type name>(E

Model ConversionConversion ProgramsSoftware Release Notes Page 136Note:Note:Watches created on newer versions of DBconverted model types (see the Upgr

Index Index Software Release Notes Page 137IndexBBuild 13CConfiguring a 24-bit Color Card on your Sun workstation56Conversion Programs 132DBconv 132Ru

Index Index Software Release Notes Page 138Hard Disk Storage Requirements for Solaris61Hard Disk Storage Requirements for Windows NT62Processor Requi

Index Index Software Release Notes Page 139Foreign Operating Systems 24FrameRelay/DLCI Alarms 27Host List Editing 26Icon Subviews Menu Items For Whic

PrefaceRelated ReadingSoftware Release Notes Page 14 Related Reading Refer to the following documentation for more information on using SPECTRUM and

Index Index Software Release Notes Page 140SSpectroGRAPH 15SpectroSERVER 15SPECTRUM Environment Resources48Sun SPARCstation Solaris 7 and 8 53Additio

Index Index Software Release Notes Page 141SPECTRUM Data Export (SDE) 47SPECTRUM Installation 36Supported Versions 46VVNM 15WWeb Browser Recommendati

Software Release Notes Page 15OverviewThis section announces the New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0, upgrade information, application information, plus syst

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 16New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0This section provides an overview of new features and op

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 17"ifTable" without adding confusion to any SPECTRUM views. This also elimin

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 18• •SPECTRUM Applications can be run from the Desktop and the Start menu utilizing Wi

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 19Increased Model CapacityThe number of model handles (not models) that a single Spect

Summary of Changes Core Software Release Notes Version Date Reason for Change Description of Change 9030743-03 June 2000 For Release of SPECTRUM 6.0

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 20VLAN Fault IsolationSPECTRUM now models logical VLAN topologies with added intellige

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 21“Options” Menu in SpectroGRAPH Changed to “Tools” The previous "Options" m

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 22“Grab and Scroll” Function SPECTRUM now allows the user to grab the view and move it

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 23Tools Menu In GRAPH Contain SpectroSERVER ToolsIn SpectroGRAPH, the Tools menu now c

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 24Remove User Preference File While Clearing Preferences Users can clear preferences f

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 25Language Translation: Foreign Character SupportSPECTRUM now allows the use of intern

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 26Creation of Duplicate Alarms Now AllowedA new "Advanced" dialog has been a

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 27Location Server ConfigurationIn the Control Panel, a backup location server can be co

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 28• •When a DLCI or interface port goes down but contact is still established with par

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 29New Utility On Windows NT To Uninstall NutCrackerIn SPECTRUM Installation, a new uti

Software Release Notes Page 3 Notice Aprisma Management Technologies, Inc. (Aprisma) reserves the right to make changes in specifications and other in

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 30CLI Filtering, Wildcarding, and Searching Capability SPECTRUM now offers Command Lin

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 31• The update alarm command updates the alarm status and troubleshooter information•

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 32Enterprise Alarm Manager (EAM)Alarm/Event UsabilityThe Enterprise Alarm Manager (EAM

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 33User-defined ColumnsUsers can now specify up to three user-defined columns. You can na

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 34• Alarm Update / Alarm Clear By Read Only Users: These two options allow SPECTRUM ad

OverviewNew Features in SPECTRUM 6.0Software Release Notes Page 35Alarm Manager-Usability Improvement For SingleIn the Enterprise Alarm Manager, usabi

OverviewUpgrade WarningSoftware Release Notes Page 36Upgrade WarningSPECTRUM InstallationIf you already have eXceed installed on your workstation, SPE

OverviewUpgrade WarningSoftware Release Notes Page 37Portable Network Graphic (PNG) SupportSPECTRUM 6.0 supports the importation of PNG format graphic

OverviewUpgrade WarningSoftware Release Notes Page 38SM-CSI1003 nb30.eBdgCSINB30 0x380000CSIBrdgPrtDSX 0x380001 CSIBrdgPrtV35 0x380002

OverviewUpgrade WarningSoftware Release Notes Page 39SM-CSI1029 SMBREW-CSI.eCtIpOspfApp 0x3c0030 CtIpxApp 0x3c0032 CtIpxRipApp

Software Release Notes Page 4 Restricted Rights Notice (Applicable to licenses to the United States Government only.)1. Use, duplication, or disclosu

OverviewUpgrade WarningSoftware Release Notes Page 40SM-HUG1000 BdgHlsPro.eBdgHlsPro 0xcd0003Hls_System_App 0xcd0000 Hls_SpanTr_App 0xcd0

OverviewUpgrade WarningSoftware Release Notes Page 41SM-SON1000 CSEU-BDG-SNX.eBdg_Arpeggio 0xe8000cSxPortsApp 0xe80009 SxBridgeApp

OverviewUpgrade WarningSoftware Release Notes Page 42SM-BAN1001 banfs.eBanFSProxy 0xc30009BanFileServer 0xc30002VineMS_App 0xc30010VineD

OverviewUpgrade WarningSoftware Release Notes Page 43SM-PRO1001 SMPTEON-CSI.eRouter_Proteon 0x3f0000PteonDNX300 0x3f0010PteonRBX200 0x3f0

OverviewUpgrade WarningSoftware Release Notes Page 44SM-RET1003 RetxRemBrg.eRetxRemBrg 0xc90018Retx4810 0xc90019Retx4850 0xc90

OverviewUpgrade WarningSoftware Release Notes Page 45The model types listed below under the Previously Supported column have been replaced with new mo

OverviewUpgrade WarningSoftware Release Notes Page 46Save the Modeling Catalog After Model Type Deprecation You must save the Modeling Catalog to crea

OverviewUpgrade WarningSoftware Release Notes Page 47When a SPECTRUM 6.0 SpectroGRAPH is connected to a SPECTRUM 5.0 Rev x server, you see only the tw

OverviewSPECTRUM Environment ResourcesSoftware Release Notes Page 48SPECTRUM Environment ResourcesThe spectrum60.env file which was previously located

OverviewSPECTRUM Environment ResourcesSoftware Release Notes Page 49XUSERFILESEARCHPATHThis details where to search for resource files for X applicatio

Contents Contents Software Release Notes Page 5 Contents Preface 11 Purpose of This Document ...

OverviewSystem RequirementsSoftware Release Notes Page 50System RequirementsThe following subsections list the hardware and software required for the

OverviewSoftware Release Notes Page 513 Swap Space is the amount of hard disk space allocated as additional memory to be used once the existing RAM ha

OverviewSoftware Release Notes Page 52Determining RAM and Disk Space RequirementsAprisma proposes RAM and Disk Space Requirements for each of the plat

OverviewSun SPARCstation/Solaris 7 and 8Software Release Notes Page 53Sun SPARCstation/Solaris 7 and 8SPECTRUM supports the Solaris 7 and 8 operating

OverviewSoftware Release Notes Page 54Note:Note:SPECTRUM links the X libraries (libX11, libXt, and libXm) dynamically. On most systems, soft links fro

OverviewSoftware Release Notes Page 55Note:Note:When installing on Solaris the user will need to include the following paths in their PATH variable: /

OverviewSoftware Release Notes Page 56Configuring a 24-bit Color CardTo allow your Sun workstation to display more colors with the windowing manager, b

OverviewSoftware Release Notes Page 57If your workstation still is not in 24-bit color mode after following installation instructions in the manual th

OverviewMicrosoft Windows NT (OS 4.0 and 2000)Software Release Notes Page 58Microsoft Windows NT (OS 4.0 and 2000)SPECTRUM supports Microsoft’s Window

OverviewSoftware Release Notes Page 59Note:Note:The installation process creates a local user group called “SPECTRUM Users.” This group has Full Contr

Contents Contents Software Release Notes Page 6 Views Now Contain a "Save All Changes" Toolbar Icon ...

OverviewMinimum Windows NT and Solaris ConfigurationsSoftware Release Notes Page 60Minimum Windows NT and Solaris ConfigurationsThe following sets of n

OverviewSoftware Release Notes Page 61RAM Memory Requirements for SolarisHard Disk Storage Requirements for SolarisProcessor Requirements for SolarisM

OverviewSoftware Release Notes Page 62RAM Memory Requirements for Windows NTHard Disk Storage Requirements for Windows NTProcessor Requirements for Wi

OverviewSoftware Release Notes Page 63Disk Requirements (Disk Striping)For optimum performance, Aprisma recommends running SPECTRUM on systems with mu

OverviewSoftware Release Notes Page 64set which is separate from the disk holding the operating system. The stripe set can be set up using the NT Disk

Software Release Notes Page 65Corrected and Known AnomaliesThis section lists the known irregularities or anomalies that have been corrected since the

Corrected and Known AnomaliesEnterprise Alarm ManagerSoftware Release Notes Page 66Enterprise Alarm ManagerCorrected Alarm Manager Anomalies in SPECTR

Corrected and Known AnomaliesEnterprise Alarm ManagerSoftware Release Notes Page 67Known Alarm Manager Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0Problem 1: Newly creat

Corrected and Known AnomaliesEnterprise Alarm ManagerSoftware Release Notes Page 68Problem 5: When the Alarm Manager receives a Link Down trap from a

Corrected and Known AnomaliesEnterprise Alarm ManagerSoftware Release Notes Page 69Problem 8: On the Solaris platform, after creating a pingable in a

Contents Contents Software Release Notes Page 7 Desktop Integration ...

Corrected and Known AnomaliesEnterprise Alarm ManagerSoftware Release Notes Page 70Problem 12: When you filter by “Probable Cause ID”, everything is f

Corrected and Known AnomaliesEnterprise Alarm ManagerSoftware Release Notes Page 71Problem 17: When the Alarm Manager receives a Link Down trap from a

Corrected and Known AnomaliesAR System GatewaySoftware Release Notes Page 72AR System Gateway Corrected ARS Gateway Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.01 After i

Corrected and Known AnomaliesAnnotation ToolboxSoftware Release Notes Page 73Annotation ToolboxKnown Toolbox Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0Problem 1: The f

Corrected and Known AnomaliesArchive ManagerSoftware Release Notes Page 74Archive ManagerKnown Archive Manager Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0Problem 1: Whe

Corrected and Known AnomaliesAutoDiscoverySoftware Release Notes Page 75AutoDiscoveryCorrected AutoDiscovery Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.01 Starting Onlin

Corrected and Known AnomaliesAutoDiscoverySoftware Release Notes Page 76Problem 3: Whenever Background Discovery is actively running on behalf of a LA

Corrected and Known AnomaliesCommand Line Interface (CLI)Software Release Notes Page 77Command Line Interface (CLI)Known CLI Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0

Corrected and Known AnomaliesClient ViewSoftware Release Notes Page 78Client ViewCorrected Client View Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.01 The mouse pointer no

Corrected and Known AnomaliesControl Panel (CPanel)Software Release Notes Page 79Control Panel (CPanel)Corrected CPanel Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.01 On

Contents Contents Software Release Notes Page 8 Hard Disk Storage Requirements for Windows NT ... 62Processor

Corrected and Known AnomaliesConverterSoftware Release Notes Page 80ConverterKnown Converter Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0Problem 1: If you migrate a SPEC

Corrected and Known AnomaliesData ExportSoftware Release Notes Page 81Data ExportCorrected Data Export Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.01 Saving a definition fi

Corrected and Known AnomaliesData ExportSoftware Release Notes Page 827 The user interface no longer freezes when a landscape that is in the preferred

Corrected and Known AnomaliesData ExportSoftware Release Notes Page 83Problem 4: Exports to Sybase on the Windows NT platform fail because the 10.0 /1

Corrected and Known AnomaliesData ExportSoftware Release Notes Page 84AIX|SunOS|ULTRIX|Windows_NT # berkeley; use -n optionIn addition, the following

Corrected and Known AnomaliesDistributed Data Manager (DDM)Software Release Notes Page 85Distributed Data Manager (DDM)Corrected DDM Anomalies in SPEC

Corrected and Known AnomaliesEvent Configuration Editor (ECE)Software Release Notes Page 86Event Configuration Editor (ECE)Corrected ECE Anomalies in S

Corrected and Known AnomaliesEvent Configuration Editor (ECE)Software Release Notes Page 87Problem 4: When you edit EventDisp to allow an alarm or log

Corrected and Known AnomaliesEvent Configuration Manager (ECM)Software Release Notes Page 88Event Configuration Manager (ECM)Known ECM Anomalies in SPE

Corrected and Known AnomaliesNetwork Configuration Utilities (NCU)Software Release Notes Page 89Network Configuration Utilities (NCU)Known NCU Anomalie

Contents Contents Software Release Notes Page 9 Corrected ECE Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 ... 86Known

Corrected and Known AnomaliesNetwork Configuration Utilities (NCU)Software Release Notes Page 90Problem 4: SPECTRUM Network Configuration Utilities (F

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM Installation ProgramSoftware Release Notes Page 91SPECTRUM Installation ProgramCorrected Installation Anomalies

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM Installation ProgramSoftware Release Notes Page 92security auditing since it affects performance. Security audit

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM Installation ProgramSoftware Release Notes Page 93Problem 6: During an installation, SPECTRUM’s SpectroSERVER Va

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM Installation ProgramSoftware Release Notes Page 94Problem 9: When you perform a migration from SPECTRUM 4.0 Rev

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM Installation ProgramSoftware Release Notes Page 95Problem 12: When backing up your database or when performing a

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM Installation ProgramSoftware Release Notes Page 96Solution: This is the only message and has no effect on the i

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM Installation ProgramSoftware Release Notes Page 97Problem 19: On the Windows NT platform, you are not allowed to

Corrected and Known AnomaliesSPECTRUM Installation ProgramSoftware Release Notes Page 98Problem 23: On Windows NT, if the DISPLAY environment variable

Corrected and Known AnomaliesMAC Address Locator Tool (MALT)Software Release Notes Page 99MAC Address Locator Tool (MALT)Corrected MALT Anomalies in S