Titlepage Core Software Release Notes SPECTRUM Enterprise Manager Software Release Notes
Summary of Changes Core Software Release Notes Version Date 9030743-03 June 2000 Reason for Change For Release of SPECTRUM 6.
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Contents Contents Contents Preface 11 Purpose of This Document ........................................................................................ 11 How This Manual Is Organized ................................................................................. 12 Version Control ......................................................................................................... 13 Related Reading ..................................................................................................
Contents Contents Views Now Contain a "Save All Changes" Toolbar Icon ....................................... 22 Icon Subviews Menu Items For Which The User Does Not Have Access Permissions Grayed Out ....................................................................... 22 Tools Menu In GRAPH Contain SpectroSERVER Tools ....................................... 23 Applications Have Disconnection Dialog ............................................................... 23 Easier To Select Multiple Items .....
Contents Contents Desktop Integration ............................................................................................... 31 Enterprise Alarm Manager (EAM) ......................................................................... 32 Alarm/Event Usability ......................................................................................... 32 Persistent Alarms ............................................................................................... 32 Filter Dialog Enhancements ......
Contents Contents Hard Disk Storage Requirements for Windows NT ........................................ 62 Processor Requirements for Windows NT ..................................................... 62 Disk Requirements (Disk Striping) ......................................................................... 63 Web Browser Recommendations .......................................................................... 64 Corrected and Known Anomalies 65 Alarm Notification Manager (SANM) .....................
Contents Contents Corrected ECE Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 .................................................. 86 Known ECE Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 ....................................................... 86 Event Configuration Manager (ECM) ........................................................................ 88 Known ECM Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 ...................................................... 88 Network Configuration Utilities (NCU) .............................................................
Contents Contents Corrected SpectroSERVER Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 ............................ 124 Known SpectroSERVER Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 ................................. 125 SpectroWATCH ....................................................................................................... 128 Corrected SpectroWATCH Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 .............................. 128 Known SpectroWATCH Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 ................................... 128 User Editor .......................
Preface These Software Release Notes (SRN) accompanies each copy of the release package for version 6.0 of SPECTRUM. Purpose of This Document The SRN is intended to accomplish the following: • alert the user to product enhancements or changes • list hardware and software requirements for the current version • identify any updates or corrections to related documentation. Updates to this information will be issued and packaged with each subsequent release/revision of this product.
Preface How This Manual Is Organized How This Manual Is Organized The following outlines the organization of the Core Software Release Notice for SPECTRUM 6.0. Section Description Section 1 Overview Describes the new features, feature support, system requirements, supported versions, and MIB revisions for this release of SPECTRUM.
Preface Version Control Version Control SPECTRUM’s numbering scheme for version control consists of up to four numeric fields as well as an alphabetic descriptor as shown in the following diagram. 6.0 rev 0.00 Major Release Minor Release Descriptor Revision Build Major Release - Increments to the number in this field represent major changes in the product’s design, functionality, or user interface. Major releases are planned well in advance and occur no more frequently than once per year.
Preface Related Reading Related Reading Refer to the following documentation for more information on using SPECTRUM and managing TCP/IP-based networks. LAN Troubleshooting Handbook, Mark Miller (1989, M&T Publishing, Inc.) 2nd Edition, 1993 The Simple Book — An Introduction to Internet Management, 2nd Edition, Marshall T. Rose, Prentice Hall, 1994 ISBN 0-13-177254-6 Computer Networks, 2nd Edition, Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1989 ISBN 0-13-162959-X Internetworking with TCP/IP, Vols.
Overview This section announces the New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0, upgrade information, application information, plus system and platform requirements. Product Description SPECTRUM is Aprisma’s Network Management System for large-scale, multi-LAN, multi-node communication networks. SPECTRUM is based on a client/server model. The client, which provides the graphical user interface (GUI), is called SpectroGRAPH, and the server, which includes the SPECTRUM knowledge base, is called SpectroSERVER.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 This section provides an overview of new features and options offered in SPECTRUM 6.0. AutoDiscovery The performance of AutoDiscovery has been improved in several ways: • Provides an “inventory view” of SpectroSERVER's managed devices along with the network elements that were discovered for asset inventory, off-line processing, and system scalability. • Schedules discovery runs to occur on pre-defined dates, time, and periodic occurrences.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 "ifTable" without adding confusion to any SPECTRUM views. This also eliminates the confusion caused by mixing physical and non-physical interface models in the DevTop view. Additionally, customers now are able to view the connectivity of both physical interfaces and non-physical interface layers.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 • •SPECTRUM Applications can be run from the Desktop and the Start menu utilizing Windows. • •The SPECTRUM environment will be stored in the Registry on Windows NT. • •The SpectroSHELL will not show up as a Start Menu pick but is available in the SPECTRUM Install NT-Tools directory. • •The SEI Toolkit is Perl-based making it easier to use and easier to make vcds.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 Increased Model Capacity The number of model handles (not models) that a single SpectroSERVER can manage has been increased from approximately 250,000 to approximately 1,000,000. This extends the number of model handles that an application can use. It does not increase the number of device models that a SpectroSERVER can manage. Performance Increased on Database Tools Dbtool runs more efficiently because the database is no longer opened to eliminate .
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 VLAN Fault Isolation SPECTRUM now models logical VLAN topologies with added intelligence that pinpoints faults in a network that contains VLANs including the industry standard (802.1Q), Cisco ISL, and Cabletron’s pre-standard 802.1Q (ct-vlan-ext MIB). Additionally, new VLAN overlays are available for topology views. Port and user views per VLAN have been added. These views are intended to facilitate network planning and troubleshooting.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 “Options” Menu in SpectroGRAPH Changed to “Tools” The previous "Options" menu in SpectroGRAPH views has been changed to "Tools". The "Preferences" menu pick was changed to "Options" to be consistent with other Microsoft applications. “Show Toolbar Labels” Menu Item Added A new pick has been added to the View menu. The pick, Show Toolbar Labels, allows the interface to display text-only instead of the toolbar icons.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 “Grab and Scroll” Function SPECTRUM now allows the user to grab the view and move it around the view’s workspace by holding down the Control key and pressing the left mouse button. If the user finds it cumbersome to use the scroll bars, this offers a new way to move (panning) to the location the user desires. This functionality is supported in MAP views (Topology, Location, and Organization), Device Topology, Application, Device, and Cablewalk views.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 Tools Menu In GRAPH Contain SpectroSERVER Tools In SpectroGRAPH, the Tools menu now contains the following SpectroSERVER selections: Alarm Manager, AutoDiscovery, Client View, Event Log, MALT, Search Manager, and User Editor. These selections place the SpectroSERVER Administration tools in an easy to find location. The network administrator can also hide these selections from users who do not have sufficient permissions.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 Remove User Preference File While Clearing Preferences Users can clear preferences for their User by choosing Options-> Clear User Preferences. This provides an easy way to clear preferences in the application. Users with ADMIN privileges can clear group preferences by choosing Options->Clear Group Preferences. This does not require the application to be shut down.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 Language Translation: Foreign Character Support SPECTRUM now allows the use of international character sets to be used when replacing English text strings with their own language text strings. Search Manager SPECTRUM now includes Search Manager, which is a powerful, easy-touse tool for searching the SPECTRUM model database.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 Creation of Duplicate Alarms Now Allowed A new "Advanced" dialog has been added to the Event Configuration Editor. The dialog offers two tab pages: Conditional and Unique. Use “Conditional” in cases for which an event can occur for reasons varied enough from existing alarms to warrant creating a separate alarm. The use of the Unique tab page permits the user to specify that a unique alarm be generated for every occurrence of the event.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 Location Server Configuration In the Control Panel, a backup location server can be configured using the Location Server Configuration view. The user may also configure the client, main, and home user model index servers. A backup location server allows the user a server to connect to when the primary server is not available.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 • •When a DLCI or interface port goes down but contact is still established with participating devices in the link, the DLCI or interface with the bad status is alarmed RED while its linked port is alarmed GRAY. • Interfaces with provisioned DLCI which have ports that go down while still maintaining contact with its device, get alarmed. The linked DLCI port provisioned under the down interface reports a status of GRAY.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 New Utility On Windows NT To Uninstall NutCracker In SPECTRUM Installation, a new utility has been created that allows the user to uninstall the NutCracker software that was used for the installation of the previous version of SPECTRUM. The new utility queries the Registry to ensure there are no NutCracker services running. After the user is certain that there are no applications dependent on NutCracker, the utility deletes NutCracker files.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 CLI Filtering, Wildcarding, and Searching Capability SPECTRUM now offers Command Line Interface (CLI) commands that are more focused and reduces unwanted information improving the performance of CLI scripts for the user. In addition to the user benefit, the system benefits as well by requiring less system resources to execute CLI scripts. Filtering • In show models, output is filtered for Model Handle Range, Model Type Handle, Model Name.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 • The update alarm command updates the alarm status and troubleshooter information • The update action command has the capability to reconfigure the model or change a SpectroWATCH's activation status • The show watch command list SpectroWATCH information applicable for the model type of the requested model.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 Enterprise Alarm Manager (EAM) Alarm/Event Usability The Enterprise Alarm Manager (EAM) has been made more intuitive and easy to use. The enhancements include: • • • • • • • • • The user can see which alarms are hidden. The user can show selected hidden alarms. Colors have been added to the filter dialog condition page. SpectroSERVER filtering is available for all fields/types such as "condition", "date/time", "model type", "assignment", "cause", and "state.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 User-defined Columns Users can now specify up to three user-defined columns. You can name the column and choose the attribute to be displayed. Data must be entered and EAM restarted for the column to be displayed. New View For Alarm Management A new view, the Alarm Management view, has been created to allow users to control some aspects of Alarm Management.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 • Alarm Update / Alarm Clear By Read Only Users: These two options allow SPECTRUM administrators to give read-only users the ability to update (acknowledge, change status, etc.) and to clear alarms. This replaces the need to modify the alarm_admin_by_read_only resource in the .vnmrc file. Primary/Secondary Alarms Clarified The functionality of Primary and Secondary alarms has been augmented.
Overview New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0 Alarm Manager-Usability Improvement For Single In the Enterprise Alarm Manager, usability was improved for users who deal only with one troubleshooter. If only one troubleshooter is used, the user is not presented with a list of available troubleshooters if the user is using only one troubleshooter. Instead, assigning a troubleshooter directly to an alarm saves time.
Overview Upgrade Warning Upgrade Warning SPECTRUM Installation If you already have eXceed installed on your workstation, SPECTRUM applications may not run correctly. You must uninstall the version of eXceed you currently have installed on your workstation and install the version that ships with SPECTRUM. This version is a special version that contains patches from Hummingbird. It is not the full version. When upgrading on Windows NT from SPECTRUM 5.0rev1 to SPECTRUM 6.
Overview Upgrade Warning Portable Network Graphic (PNG) Support SPECTRUM 6.0 supports the importation of PNG format graphic files. PNG files may be used as background graphics in SPECTRUM views in lieu of the traditional .csi files. Management Module Deprecation Some SPECTRUM management modules include model types that either have been deprecated with this release, or will be deprecated in the next major release. Deprecated model types are those replaced by newer versions.
Overview Upgrade Warning Management Module Device Specific Model Types SM-CSI1003 nb30.e BdgCSINB30 CSIBrdgPrtDSX CSIBrdgPrtV35 CSIBrdg_LPort SM-CSI1005 PC_TRDNI.e DNI_Card.e PC_CSI_TRDNI 0x10380 PC_CSI_DNICard 0x10055 SM-CSI1015 trxi.e HubCSITRXI TrxiBoard44A TrxiBoard22 TrxiBoard24 TrxiBoard42 TrxiBoard44 TrxiBoard22A TrxiBoard24A TrxiBoard42A SM-CSI1016 BdgCSITRBM.e BdgCSITRBM 0x410000 TRBMIM 0x410001 TRBMPsdoBd 0x410002 SM-CSI1024 BdgCSIETW.
Overview Upgrade Warning Management Module Device Specific Model Types SM-CSI1029 SMBREW-CSI.e CtIpOspfApp 0x3c0030 CtIpxApp 0x3c0032 CtIpxRipApp 0x3c0033 CtRouterApp 0x3c001c CtIpxSapApp 0x3c0034 CtIP2App 0x3c002f CtIPServices 0x3c003c CtDecProtoApp 0x3c002d CtDecNetApp 0x3c002e CtAppleTApp 0x3c0036 CtAtProtoApp 0x3c0038 CtIpRipApp 0x3c0031 SM-CSI1067 tsx.e TSX1620 SM-CSI1075 SEHI100.e HubCSISEHI100 0x8b000 SEHI100TX22 0x8b000b EPIM100FX 0x8b000e EPIM100TX 0x8b000f SM-DEC1001 SM-DEC1001.
Overview Upgrade Warning Management Module Device Specific Model Types SM-HUG1000 BdgHlsPro.e BdgHlsPro 0xcd0003 Hls_System_App 0xcd0000 Hls_SpanTr_App 0xcd0012 Hls_Ether_App 0xcd000b Hls_Sys2_App 0xcd0013 Hls_Bridge_App 0xcd0004 Hls_REther_App 0xcd000c Hls_TBus_App 0xcd000d Hls_TRing_App 0xcd000e Hls_Transp_App 0xcd000f SM-3CM1002 3ComECSHub.e 3ComECSHub ecsAgentApp ecsStatsApp ecsRLnksApp ecsSLoctApp ecsEnvApp ecsGnModule ecsRLCApp SM-NAT1000 CSEU-PRB-NAT.
Overview Upgrade Warning Management Module Device Specific Model Types SM-SON1000 Bdg_Arpeggio 0xe8000c CSEU-BDG-SNX.e SxPortsApp 0xe80009 SxBridgeApp 0xe8000a SxISDNApp 0xe8000b SxSystemApp 0xe80007 SM-TEL1000 SM-TEL1000.e MagTelModem 0x22a0002 OptApp 0x22a0001 SM-3CM1003 HubLanPlx5004 0xe70030 CSEU-HUB-3GH.
Overview Upgrade Warning Management Module Device Specific Model Types SM-BAN1001 banfs.e BanFSProxy BanFileServer VineMS_App VineDA_App VineSS_App VineVPA_App VineHCS_App VineST_App VineTimeApp VineVS_App VinePrtclApp VineEVS_App VineBFS_App VineAFP_App VineMailApp VineRtpApp VinePS_App SM-CSI1070 SM-FNATX.e CSI_ATX 0x19d0006 ATXModule 0x19d000a ATXChassisMgr 0x19d0009 SM-CSI1078 SM-FRX.
Overview Upgrade Warning Management Module SM-PRO1001 SMPTEON-CSI.
Overview Upgrade Warning Management Module Device Specific Model Types SM-RET1003 RetxRemBrg.
Overview Upgrade Warning The model types listed below under the Previously Supported column have been replaced with new model types listed under the Currently Supported column. New model types frequently encompass the previous as well as the current model type functionality. Previously Supported Currently Supported SM-KEN1000 SMKEN.e DataSMART_NE 0x1130002 SM-KEN1001 SM-KEN1001.
Overview Upgrade Warning Save the Modeling Catalog After Model Type Deprecation You must save the Modeling Catalog to create a new legacy database after the model deprecation process has completed. Failure to do so requires that you rerun the deprecation process again if you ever need to restore the legacy database. To save the Catalog, open an xterm window and type: cd <$SPECHOME>/SS../SS-Tools/SSdbsave -c ..
Overview Upgrade Warning When a SPECTRUM 6.0 SpectroGRAPH is connected to a SPECTRUM 5.0 Rev x server, you see only the two ports of the link in the Information view of a resolved pipe. Associated devices and their containers do not show. Distributed Database Management (DDM) If you are migrating from SPECTRUM 5.0 Rev x to SPECTRUM 6.0, the 6.0 DDM database can be larger than the EventDB and the StatDB databases in prior releases.
Overview SPECTRUM Environment Resources SPECTRUM Environment Resources The spectrum60.env file which was previously located in the extensively used /etc directory, has been moved to the /opt/SPECTRUM directory. This reduces the amount of setup time for SPECTRUM and removes the need for administrators to update many user scripts. The environment variables located in the spectrum60.env file were not able to be documented in the Defining SPECTRUM Resources manual but appear here for this release of SPECTRUM.
Overview SPECTRUM Environment Resources Variable Definition XUSERFILESEARCH This details where to search for resource files for X PATH applications. OIT_SETGEOAFTER MAP When displaying on X platforms using the CDE window management, OI 4.0 applications need to set this variable to “TRUE.” The CDE does not let X-Windows be resized before being mapped, thus forcing the OI to work around this limitation. CLASSPATH Required by java, this specifies the location of java class files.
Overview System Requirements System Requirements The following subsections list the hardware and software required for the basic SPECTRUM Network Management package on each of the supported platforms. Since SPECTRUM may be configured with more than one SpectroGRAPH, the suggested memory requirements for the Graphical User Interface and SpectroSERVER are presented separately. Suggested Minimum RAM and Suggested Minimum Available Disk Space requirements are presented both together and separately.
Overview 3 4 Swap Space is the amount of hard disk space allocated as additional memory to be used once the existing RAM has been exhausted. Swap Space is referred to as “Virtual Memory” in Windows NT. SPECTRUM requires 24-bit color or a workstation with a graphics card or controller that supports 24-bit color. The SPECTRUM Online Sizing Tool The SPECTRUM Online Sizer determines the number of SpectroSERVERS your enterprise needs to efficiently manage your distributed network.
Overview Determining RAM and Disk Space Requirements Aprisma proposes RAM and Disk Space Requirements for each of the platforms included in this Software Release Notice as suggested minimum. However, your enterprise environment may require more RAM and disk space that exceeds the suggested minimum requirements.
Overview Sun SPARCstation/Solaris 7 and 8 Sun SPARCstation/Solaris 7 and 8 SPECTRUM supports the Solaris 7 and 8 operating systems running on at least an UltraSPARC I at 167MHz. SPECTRUM will install and run on Solaris 7 with CDE 1.3. SPECTRUM will install and run on Solaris 8 with CDE 1.4. SPECTRUM is compiled with C++ version 5.0 to run on Solaris 7 and Solaris 8, plus C++ patch.
Overview Note: Note: SPECTRUM links the X libraries (libX11, libXt, and libXm) dynamically. On most systems, soft links from /usr/lib to the appropriate directories are created as defaults.
Overview Note: Note: When installing on Solaris the user will need to include the following paths in their PATH variable: /usr/bin /usr/openwin/bin /usr/ccs/bin For C-Shell: setenv PATH /usr/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ccs/bin: ${PATH} For K-Shell: export PATH =/usr/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ccs/bin: $PATH For Bourne Shell: PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ccs/bin: $PATH export PATH Note: Note: Aprisma recommends the following patches from Sun Microsystems in order to run SPECTRUM efficiently.
Overview Configuring a 24-bit Color Card Note: Note: A 24-bit color card is required for SPECTRUM. This allows more colors to be displayed. To allow your Sun workstation to display more colors with the windowing manager, be certain your 24-bit color card has been configured to do so. If you purchase a 24-bit color card, be certain to follow all installation instructions in the manual that comes with the card.
Overview If your workstation still is not in 24-bit color mode after following installation instructions in the manual that came with the card or after editing the /etc/dt/config file, contact Sun Microsystems for further assistance.
Overview Microsoft Windows NT (OS 4.0 and 2000) Microsoft Windows NT (OS 4.0 and 2000) SPECTRUM supports Microsoft’s Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 on Intel-based systems with 500 MHz (or faster) Pentium III CPUs. To run SPECTRUM on a Windows NT 4.0 system, you must have Service Pack SP5 or Service Pack SP6a installed. SPECTRUM is compiled with Visual C++ version 6.0 with Service Pack 3. Service Packs are not required to run SPECTRUM on systems running Windows 2000.
Overview Note: Note: The installation process creates a local user group called “SPECTRUM Users.” This group has Full Control permissions to the SPECTRUM directory tree. All users, including domain and trusted domain users, who are going to run SPECTRUM locally must be members of the SPECTRUM Users group in addition to being added to the SPECTRUM user database. Remote users of SPECTRUM only need to be added to the SPECTRUM user database and do not need to be added to the SPECTRUM Users group.
Overview Minimum Windows NT and Solaris Configurations Minimum Windows NT and Solaris Configurations The following sets of numbers represent the minimum configurations required for SPECTRUM in order for it to take maximum advantage of all its resources and in order for it to run at peak efficiency. The maximum benefit is achieved from any system when all three system resources (CPU, memory, disk) are plentiful such that neither limits any of the others.
Overview RAM Memory Requirements for Solaris Minimum Recommended 640 MB 1280 MB Hard Disk Storage Requirements for Solaris Minimum Recommended 500 MB 12 GB Processor Requirements for Solaris Minimum Recommended UltraSPARC I at 167 Mhz UltraSPARC II at 450 Mhz Software Release Notes Page 61
Overview RAM Memory Requirements for Windows NT Minimum Recommended 512 MB 1280 MB Hard Disk Storage Requirements for Windows NT Minimum Recommended 500 MB 12 GB Processor Requirements for Windows NT Minimum Recommended Intel Pentium III® at 500 Mhz Intel Pentium III® at 733 Mhz Software Release Notes Page 62
Overview Disk Requirements (Disk Striping) For optimum performance, Aprisma recommends running SPECTRUM on systems with multiple ultra-wide SCSI or EIDE drives using RAID disk striping technologies. SOLARIS The required configuration is to install SPECTRUM on a separate disk other than the operating system and install DDM on a separate disk for a total of 3 disks. A better configuration is to install SPECTRUM and DDM on a 3-disk stripe set.
Overview set which is separate from the disk holding the operating system. The stripe set can be set up using the NT Disk Administrator. Setting up the above 3-disk stripe set with the use of a raid controller (RAID 0) instead of NT Disk Administrator, provides even better performance. *DISK ON NT disk1 = OS and SWAP disk2 & 3 = SPECTRUM/DDM stripe set. Web Browser Recommendations On Solaris systems, Aprisma recommends using Netscape 4.5 or later with the Java 1.
Corrected and Known Anomalies This section lists the known irregularities or anomalies that have been corrected since the previous revision of SPECTRUM and current known anomalies. Corrected and known anomalies are listed under the particular core component with which the anomaly is associated.Miscellaneous issues may also be included. Alarm Notification Manager (SANM) Known Alarm Notifier Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Enterprise Alarm Manager Enterprise Alarm Manager Corrected Alarm Manager Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 If you are filtering on a device with only one alarm, the Alarm Manager no longer appears before the alarm information can be fully retrieved. The Alarm Manager view no longer lacks the alarm’s probable cause when filtering on the VNM icon. 2 The Alarm Manager now automatically updates when it is filtered by model type.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Enterprise Alarm Manager Known Alarm Manager Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: Newly created Alarm Descriptions in SpectroWATCH will not display in the Alarm Manager if the Alarm Manager was running at the time the watch and its custom Alarm Description was created. The alarm itself is displayed but without the custom new Alarm Description. Solution: Exit then restart the Alarm Manager. The new view will be updated with your custom alarm description.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Enterprise Alarm Manager Problem 5: When the Alarm Manager receives a Link Down trap from a device modeled in the database, SPECTRUM asserts a Red alarm on the interface model that generated the trap, and a Yellow alarm on the device. If that same device receives a second Link Down trap from a different interface, that interface also turns Red.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Enterprise Alarm Manager Problem 8: On the Solaris platform, after creating a pingable in a topology view, enter a model name in the Filter area, select the model name table, then type in the model name entry, the filter interface closes and you are taken back to the main Enterprise Alarm Manager view. Solution: It has been determined that this is a Neuron Data problem and that pressing this button is unreliable and may not work.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Enterprise Alarm Manager Problem 12: When you filter by “Probable Cause ID”, everything is filtered out. When you filter by Search and you set the button to Probable Cause ID, no alarms are selected. Solution: Paste the entire ID into the field instead of typing it one character at a time. This problem will be addressed in a future release of SPECTRUM.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Enterprise Alarm Manager Problem 17: When the Alarm Manager receives a Link Down trap from a device modeled in the database, SPECTRUM asserts a Red alarm on the interface model that generated the trap, and a Yellow alarm on the device. If that same device receives a second Link Down trap from a different interface, that interface also turns Red.
Corrected and Known Anomalies AR System Gateway AR System Gateway Corrected ARS Gateway Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 After installing SPECTRUM on Windows NT, when you open the Remedy ->Admin Tool and you select Forms to import a definition, you can now import SpectrumForm. Known ARS Gateway Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: On Windows NT, when you launch AR System Gateway, a bash shell launches and starts to scroll continuous error messages.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Annotation Toolbox Annotation Toolbox Known Toolbox Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: The following fonts may not work correctly: The Application font (at any size) changes to Symbol when not bolded or italicized; A wrong font displays when you change the Fixed font to a different font (not bolded) at sizes 0, 16, and 24.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Archive Manager Archive Manager Known Archive Manager Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: When running Archive Manager on the Solaris 2.7 platform, no event records appear in the Event Log, or reports and exports. During installation the temporary directory, mysql, is improperly set to a transient directory which the installation process deletes upon exit. This causes some queries to output an error in the SS/DDM/ARCHMGR.OUT file.
Corrected and Known Anomalies AutoDiscovery AutoDiscovery Corrected AutoDiscovery Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 Starting Online Backup while Auto Discovery is running, no longer cause a VNM crash. 2 If you run Ring View Discovery on a model in an Auto Discovered fanout, both SpectroGRAPH and SpectroSERVER no longer core dumps. 3 AutoDiscovery now models devices with a Flexible Network Bus (FNB) (such as on FDDI LANs) without a bridging device.
Corrected and Known Anomalies AutoDiscovery Problem 3: Whenever Background Discovery is actively running on behalf of a LAN or Network container model, the icon representing the model will temporarily show a condition of blue/initial, even though contact has previously been established. In addition, if the container model’s own Topology view is open when the discovery session begins, newly discovered models will not appear.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Command Line Interface (CLI) Command Line Interface (CLI) Known CLI Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: The following syntax in the Command Line Interface User’s Guide does not work. create event [-a] type=event_type text=event_text [mh=model_handle|lh=landscape-handle] If you send a command following the above syntax, you get the error message: create event -a: invalid syntax. Solution: This problem will be corrected in a future release of SPECTRUM.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Client View Client View Corrected Client View Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 The mouse pointer no longer freezes after you double-click either an active or inactive client in order to display the Application Detail view. A fault segmentation no longer occurs when opening and closing many Client View windows. 2 Client View now always reports active and inactive clients. Totals for active clients are correct and shown in the view.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Control Panel (CPanel) Control Panel (CPanel) Corrected CPanel Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 On the Windows NT platform, the Control Panel no longer consumes varying amounts of CPU resources. Known CPanel Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: When the processd is shutdown, the Control Panel dialog boxes have no title causing you not to know where these errors originated from or what the errors are unless you click it.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Converter Converter Known Converter Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: If you migrate a SPECTRUM 4.0 Rev 3 UNIX database to version 6.0 on a Windows NT workstation and then attempt to change the landscape handle using the Converter, the conversion may fail. Solution: Before attempting to change the landscape handle using the Converter on an Windows NT database that was migrated from UNIX, please call SPECTRUM Technical Support or contact your Field Support Representative.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Data Export Data Export Corrected Data Export Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Consider the following when you use SPECTRUM Data Export: Note: Note: On the Solaris platform, if scheduled exports are not occurring at their specified time it may be necessary to stop and restart your cron daemon. Contact your system administrator for more details regarding cron on your workstation. Oracle exports will not import all of the data to the Oracle database if the table space is inadequate.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Data Export 7 The user interface no longer freezes when a landscape that is in the preferred landscape list is shut down while you are in a Statistics or Events dialog box. 8 When exporting to Oracle, a log file is now created if the SDE definition file has the same name as the table name. Known Data Export Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: An error may occur if several models are selected from multiple landscapes and re-selecting the Events filter box.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Data Export Problem 4: Exports to Sybase on the Windows NT platform fail because the 10.0 /10.0.3 versions of Sybase Open Client do not correctly handle the syntax, ! !, on Windows NT. Solution: Aprisma recommends that you upgrade to Sybase Open Client, Release 11. Problem 5: When trying to export to SAS, it fails with error messages. A syntax error in the SAS autoexec.sas file, config.sas, can cause these messages.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Data Export AIX|SunOS|ULTRIX|Windows_NT # berkeley; use -n option In addition, the following two lines: # append \c echo Ò$*\cÓ should be changed to: # append -n echo -n Ò$*Ó Software Release Notes Page 84
Corrected and Known Anomalies Distributed Data Manager (DDM) Distributed Data Manager (DDM) Corrected DDM Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 You now receive error messages when you attempt to perform ddm_save operation with the wrong permissions on the saved directory or when specifying invalid command parameters. You also now receive an error message when you attempt a ddm_load operation on an uninitialized database.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Event Configuration Editor (ECE) Event Configuration Editor (ECE) Corrected ECE Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 On the Solaris platform, if a user with a community string of ADMIN, 9 opens Configure Alarm Messages and then selects an alarm and clicks to delete it, a segmentation violation no longer occurs. Known ECE Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Event Configuration Editor (ECE) Problem 4: When you edit EventDisp to allow an alarm or log an event on just one model type, the change you made for one vendor becomes true for many vendors. This causes all model types to respond to in the same way to a specific trap. Redefining an event contained in the EventDisp file in a vendor-specific directory is ignored since the event is also in the Aprisma EventDisp file.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Event Configuration Manager (ECM) Event Configuration Manager (ECM) Known ECM Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: The Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) cannot use External List-typed Attributes that have OID References within configurations. If you create or capture a configuration in ECM you receive the error message, “No instance exists.” for any External List-type Attributes that have an OID Reference.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Network Configuration Utilities (NCU) Network Configuration Utilities (NCU) Known NCU Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: After a download with a forced reboot, the Firmware Download Tool does not currently check to ensure that the reboot is successful and that the rebooted device(s) are in a known good state. The Status column in the Firmware Download Window therefore does not accurately update, and displays REBOOTED rather than SUCCESS.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Network Configuration Utilities (NCU) Problem 4: SPECTRUM Network Configuration Utilities (Firmware Download and Modify Community Strings Tools) do not currently support the Cabletron SmartSwitch Router family of devices. Those products implement different MIBs than the majority of Cabletron's network devices. Solution: SmartSwitch Router support is not included in this release.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Installation Program SPECTRUM Installation Program Corrected Installation Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 The Install GUI now updates the Progress Meter in the Installation Monitor window while performing a Link-Only option. 2 Installing SpectroGRAPH components only without deselecting the Select All SpectroSERVER components option now works correctly.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Installation Program security auditing since it affects performance. Security auditing can be turned off in NT Explorer by right-clicking the directory which is being audited and selecting Properties|Security|Auditing. Problem 2: On the Solaris 2.7platform running Common Desktop Environment (CDE) 1.3 manager, when you select the install icon from the initial file manager screen a CDE dialog box opens and asks for options and arguments.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Installation Program Problem 6: During an installation, SPECTRUM’s SpectroSERVER Validation window allows you to type gibberish characters (in addition to alpha-numeric) such as !@#&%&*()-=_+| and even 1999.9 in the Activation Key, Expiration Date, and Landscape Handle boxes, without pointing out that these entries are in error. This could cause the installation to fail and/or SpectroSERVER not to start correctly.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Installation Program Problem 9: When you perform a migration from SPECTRUM 4.0 Rev 3 to SPECTRUM 6.0 Rev x, the migration and database save to file (ddm_save) completes successfully, but you receive the following error messages: ERROR: get_attr_records (), failed to get first record Saving statistics ERROR:get_sview_records (), failed to get first record Solution: You may safely ignore these error messages.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Installation Program Problem 12: When backing up your database or when performing a migration from SPECTRUM 4.x to 6.0, the Event database converts fine, but the Stats database fails with error messages such as: Cabletron Systems, Inc. -- ddm_load (c) 1993-1998. Restoring Stat Name info Restoring Stat Attribute and Time Data You may be unable to see Stats beyond the 6.0 installation.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Installation Program Solution: This is the only message and has no effect on the installation. This problem will be corrected in a future release of SPECTRUM. Problem 15: After installing SPECTRUM on a Windows 2000 workstation, a user who is a member of the Administrator User Group is removed from this group and made part of the SPECTRUM User Group. This occurs only if you used the WIN2000 User Manager to view your Group permissions and then click OK.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Installation Program Problem 19: On the Windows NT platform, you are not allowed to perform an installation into a directory that contains a space. You are forced to install into the win32app as the default directory. Solution: This problem will be addressed in a future release of SPECTRUM.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Installation Program Problem 23: On Windows NT, if the DISPLAY environment variable is set, the eXceed server (eXceed 6.2) will not start automatically causing SpectroGRAPH and other X applications not to start. Solution: Aprisma is in progress of debugging this problem for a solution. Problem 24: On Solaris 2.7 platform, when you upgrade in place from SPECTRUM 5.0rev1with CS3 MMS3 to SPECTRUM 6.
Corrected and Known Anomalies MAC Address Locator Tool (MALT) MAC Address Locator Tool (MALT) Corrected MALT Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 A segmentation fault and a core dump no longer occurs when you run MALT on a Cisco router with certain MAC addresses. Known MALT Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.
Corrected and Known Anomalies MIBTools MIBTools Known MIBTools Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: On the NT platform, the MIBTools application may not appear under the Icon Subviews Utilities menu. Installation logs may report that ÒMIBTools failed to register properlyÓ even though SPECTRUM installed successfully. The install logs are located in the following directory: $SPECROOT/LOGS_xxxxxx You may also receive the error message, ÒApplication failed to initialize properly.Ó Solution: 1.
Corrected and Known Anomalies MIBTools Problem 3: On the Solaris platform, when you open MibTools from any Utilities menu and you select the Device Editor, then the Import view, the mouse pointer disappears when you start typing when the pointer is in a text field. Solution: Move the cursor outside of the text field before typing. If the cursor disappears, move the mouse around the view which makes it visible again then press Enter to regain the mouse in the view.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Search Manager Search Manager Corrected Search Manager Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 After making changes in the Preferences view, if you click OK and close the view, changes now occur. This has been made consistent with other applications. 2 On Windows NT, the save dialog no longer has a button that says Open instead of Save. Known Search Manager Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroRX SpectroRX Known SpectroRX Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: When using SpectroRX on Windows NT, a series of bash shells will flash on the screen. The last shell will persist on the screen. Solution: This problem will be corrected in the 6.0 release of SPECTRUM. SPECTRUM Online Backup Corrected Online Backup Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Online Documentation Online Documentation Corrected Online Documentation Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 When choosing Help/Hints in the Enterprise Alarm Manager on the Windows NT platform, you receive an error trying to read the documentation. Known Online Documentation Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: When searching on the documentation roadmap off the documentation CD, you could receive one or both of the following error messages: 1.
Corrected and Known Anomalies Online Documentation Solution: This is a problem within the Open Windows environment. Use X-Windows as an alternative. This problem will be addressed in a future release of SPECTRUM. Problem 4: After launching Online Manuals and running a search from certain applications on the Solaris platform, you may receive the following error message: This document could not be found: it has either been moved, deleted, or you donÕt have permission to view it.
Corrected and Known Anomalies RingView for Token Ring RingView for Token Ring Known RingView For Token Ring Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: RingView cannot fully map connections within a ring that is configured with multiple hubs or concentrators. This is because the Token Ring device firmware stops mapping MAC addresses to specific ports as soon as it encounters one of the Ring In/Ring Out ports through which the hubs are connected.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Reports SPECTRUM Reports Corrected Reports Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Be aware of the following when you use SPECTRUM Reports: Note: Note: • Relational reports are no longer supported. • In the Report Formatter, if the expression exists within a report format that you want to modify, do not remove any attributes that are located in columns before the expression column.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Reports 1 Repeatedly generating a report with the same output filename no longer causes the message, “Unable to open fileÓ to appear and no longer necessitates restarting the Report Generator. 2 The alarm number no longer is missing when you generate an event report in which two events of the same event type occur at the same time. In addition, none of the events will be missing when you filter on an alarm condition.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Reports 14 Since SPECTRUM now uses a Location Server, the Reports interface no longer fails to display (File -> Reports -> Generate) if you change the landscape of your database through lh-set on Windows NT. 15 When you run a report on a GnSNMPDev device, you now generate information. 16 SPECTRUM allowing reporting on secure models, even though user access to these models is denied in SpectroGRAPH is no longer a problem.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Reports Known Reports Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: On the Solaris platform, if a Rib file does not exist for a selected model type, saving a file using the Statistics template under the Report Formatter causes the file to be saved in the Templates directory rather than in the Statistics directory. Solution: Choose the Save As command and navigate to the appropriate model type directory to save your file.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Reports Problem 6: On the NT platform, colors on Up/Down Time report pie graphs that have small percentages of uptime or downtime may not appear correctly (either no color appears or colors are inverted). Solution: This is not a problem with SPECTRUM Reports but rather with a defect with Neuron Data (their defect #10660). Problem 7: On the NT platform, colors on Alarm report pie graphs may not appear correctly or may be obscured.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Reports Problem 11: When displaying a report graphically on Windows NT, the pie graph appears white instead of red when it has a value. This occurs regardless of the type of report such as Up/Down, Alarm, Event, etc. Solution: This is a known problem with Neuron Data. Blaze Software has assigned case # 15981 to this problem.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SPECTRUM Security SPECTRUM Security Known Security Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: When you model a Cabletron device with a READ/WRITE Community string, a security breach is opened for SPECTRUM READ ONLY users with SPMAs.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroGRAPH (UI) SpectroGRAPH (UI) Corrected SpectroGRAPH Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 Newly created models no longer flash from gray to green after their creation. 2 The Annotation Tool Box now remains in Edit mode after selecting Cancel on changes made. 3 The Find View now works correctly for model types that do not have the Security_String attribute. 4 On the Sun platform, clones of views are now automatically updated when annotation is made to the original view.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroGRAPH (UI) 12 A segmentation fault no longer occurs when a model that is copied from a Location view to a Topology view is later deleted in the Topology view from View Path. 13 On the Windows NT platform, if a user who has Domain Administrator privileges logs into the domain and starts the Control Panel, an error message is no longer generated.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroGRAPH (UI) 25 When there is more than one pipe connected to a single fanout with two or more live links and you disable one link, all links no longer become “disabled.” 26 On the Windows NT platform, when you attempt to modify colors that utilize a third-party tool kit, the new color defaults no longer adversely affect some of the background colors in the Enterprise Alarm Manager, Client View, and User Editor applications.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroGRAPH (UI) Change the following line: @ACC_SPEC: ÒPasteÓ = ÒShiftInsert to @ACC_SPEC: ÒPasteÓ = ÒShiftKP_Insert Change the following line: @ACC_SPEC: ÒCopyÓ = ÒCtrlInsert to @ACC_SPEC: ÒCopyÓ = ÒCtrlKP_Insert Problem 2: On a Windows NT workstation you cannot close a window before the application has completed processing. The window close event is not immediately processed on an NT workstation.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroGRAPH (UI) “Show window contents while dragging.” This feature can be turned off in Control Panel|Display|Plus!. This problem will be corrected in a future release of SPECTRUM. Problem 6: On the Windows NT platform, foreign characters are not displayed correctly in the SpectroSHELL. Solution: The SpectroSHELL does not support foreign characters. This problem will be corrected in a future release of SPECTRUM.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroGRAPH (UI) SPECTRUM 5.0.1 SpectroSERVER, a core segmentation fault occurs when you repeatedly destroy models found after an AutoDiscovery and with long model names which now exist in SPECTRUM 6.0. Solution: This problem will be corrected in a future release of SPECTRUM. Problem 11: On the Windows NT platform, when you print a .GRF report on a Hewlett-Packard series 5 printer, the X and Y axis as well as part of the heading are missing.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroGRAPH (UI) Problem 15: The following devices (and possibly more) are not clearing a link down alarm with a link up trap: DOCIS Cable Modem; Accelar1200;StrataCom; StrataCom; STS16; SSR245; DECGigaSwitch; MD110 PBX; ForeASX200; Host Compaq; LanCity; Motorola MP Router; HubSyn29xx; HubUB700; 9H532-18; HubSyn5xxx; ESXMIM; Cabletron9A000; Hub3COMSSTR_A; HubUSRMP; UpsApc29xx; ST1000-Node; AT&T SmartHub; 9H421_12; ELS10-26; 7C04; 9E106_06; Micro-22T; 9E423_24; 9E132_15; 9E138
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroGRAPH (UI) Problem 18: In the Stack Link view on Windows NT, the pipe connecting the two models is split horizontally, with one half black and one half gold. Solution: This is a known Neuron Data bug (ND defect # 11069) and not a bug with SPECTRUM. The pipe still returns important data since colors are present. Problem 19: On Windows NT, SPECTRUM applications do not respond to “Minimize All Windows.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroGRAPH (UI) addresses you pasted in, and possibly other strange results. You also receive the following error message: Attempt to enter an IP Address that does not conform to standards, please correct the IP Address entered. This problem also occurs when using the copy/cut and paste hotkeys. Solution: Avoid pasting multiple lines of text in fields. This problem will be fixed in a future release of SPECTRUM.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroGRAPH (UI) Problem 26: When you save Preferences in the preferences dialog, it overrides preferences you set for that application at the command line. Solution: Set values can be cleared in the Preferences dialog by clicking Clear User Preferences. This problem will be addressed in a future release of SPECTRUM.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroSERVER (VNM) SpectroSERVER (VNM) Corrected SpectroSERVER Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Note: Note: Database recovery is required following all segmentation faults in SPECTRUM 6.0. Failure to do so could result in further difficulties and database corruption. 1 On the UNIX platform, fault tolerance and Online Backup no longer fail.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroSERVER (VNM) 9 On the Windows NT platform, the processd no longer causes a segmentation fault within a fault tolerant environment when you attempt to start and stop SpectroSERVER through the Control Panel. Known SpectroSERVER Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 Problem 1: On the NT platform, SPECTRUM will not recognize NT user accounts even though they exist in the SPECTRUM User Database.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroSERVER (VNM) Problem 4: External List-type Attributes which have an OID Reference display with, “[ ]” in the Attribute Browser, but you are not required to enter an instance to access its value as required for other Attributes displayed with “[ ].” Solution: Ignore the “[ ]” indicator in the Attribute Browser when accessing External List-type Attributes that have an OID Reference. This inconsistency will be corrected in a future release of SPECTRUM.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroSERVER (VNM) Solution: This problem will be corrected in a future release of SPECTRUM. Problem 8: When you attempt to stop the MySQL service on Windows 2000 the service will not stop. This problem is due to a bug in the current version of MySQL server. Solution: A fix is in progress and will be made available as soon as it is developed. As a workaround perform the following: 1. In a bash or DOS shell, navigate to the MySQL binary directory in $SPECROOT/SS/DDM/mysql/bin.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroWATCH SpectroWATCH Corrected SpectroWATCH Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 A segmentation violation no longer occurs when you attempt to Jump to a model/watch of a model type when that model type’s folder is collapsed. 2 When a watch is modified in a way that causes its status to change, the status of that watch is now the same in the Watch Manager and Watch Editor applications.
Corrected and Known Anomalies SpectroWATCH Failed in the Performance ViewÕs Value column. This problem affects watches derived from the Packet_Rate, Error_Rate, and Discard_Rate attributes, respectively. Each of these watches also use the Total_Packets_Delivered attribute. Solution: This problem will be corrected in a future release of SPECTRUM.
Corrected and Known Anomalies User Editor User Editor Corrected User Editor Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0 1 On the Windows NT platform, if you create multiple users in the User Editor and then minimize the User Editor, when you restore the User Editor, all users’ creation boxes no longer reappear. 2 Modifications made to duplicate SpectroSERVER models now take effect and get propagated. Known User Editor Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.
Model Conversion This section describes how to perform the conversions required for SPECTRUM models of certain Cabletron and third-party vendor devices after you have upgraded from a previous version of SPECTRUM to version 6.0. Updating Obsolete Models Version 6.0 of SPECTRUM supports both the older and newer model types associated with management modules listed in the Upgrade Warning section. Before you upgrade to SPECTRUM 6.
Model Conversion Conversion Programs Conversion Programs SPECTRUM 6.0 provides an automated process to deprecate Management Modules and Model Types using perl scripts. After migrating the SPECTRUM 5.0Rev1 database to SPECTRUM 6.0, run the following two perl scripts: MT_dep_50R1_script.pl MT_del_50R1_script.pl MT_dep_50R1_script.pl uses the SS-Tools/DBconv program to deprecate existing Management Modules. MT_del_50R1_script.
Model Conversion Conversion Programs rc.. For example, the resource file for Ungermann-Bass hub models is called rc.ubhub, and it is located in the SS-Tools directory shipped with your new version of SPECTRUM. Use the SpectroGRAPH New Model selection option under the Edit menu to determine which model types exist in your database. Then perform the following procedure for EACH model type to be converted. (For this set of instructions, the rc.ubhub file is used.
Model Conversion Conversion Programs 1 Using the model type handles listed above, change the value of the old model type handle (old_mtype) and the value of the new model type handle (new_mtype) for the individual model type you wish to convert. Example 2: ###################################################################### # Database Conversion program needs to know the MODEL_TYPE_HANDLES for # the old and new model type.
Model Conversion Conversion Programs ../SS-Tools/DBconv rc. (Example: ../SS-Tools/DBconv 7 monarch ../SS-Tools/rc.cisco) The program will proceed through a short initial phase and a longer second phase, noting on-screen which phase is in effect. Models that have not been contacted will not be converted and error messages will be displayed. Examples of these error messages are shown in Example 3.
Model Conversion Conversion Programs Note: Note: Watches created on newer versions of DBconverted model types (see the Upgrade Warning sec tion) do not survive conversion under SPECTRUM 6.0. You must rebuild those watches in order for them to function under SPECTRUM 6.0.
Index Index Index B G Build 13 GnSNMPDev model type replaces Management Module Types 37 C Configuring a 24-bit Color Card on your Sun workstation 56 Conversion Programs 132 DBconv 132 Running the Scripts 132 Corrected Anomalies 65 SpectroWATCH 128 D Descriptor 13 Determining RAM and Disk Space Requirements a lot of landscapes for SPECTRUM to manage 52 a lot of models for SPECTRUM to manage 52 enough disk space left over to run SPECTRUM 52 swap space is sufficiently set 52 use a lot of Virtual Memory
Index Hard Disk Storage Requirements for Solaris 61 Hard Disk Storage Requirements for Windows NT 62 Processor Requirements for Solaris 61 Processor Requirements for Windows NT 62 RAM Memory Requirements for Solaris 61 RAM Memory Requirements for Windows NT 62 Web Browser Recommendations 64 Minor Release 13 Model Conversion 131 N New Features in SPECTRUM 6.
Index Foreign Operating Systems 24 FrameRelay/DLCI Alarms 27 Host List Editing 26 Icon Subviews Menu Items For Which The User Does Not Have Access Permissions Grayed Out 22 Increased Model Capacity 19 Java MibTools for SPECTRUM 25 Language Translation - Foreign Character Support 25 Location Server Configuration 27 Lost Server Connection Disables Buttons 22 Monitor/Manage ATM Circuits Through SPECTRUM 17 New Cabletron-EthernetParameters MIB Support 18 New Utility On Windows NT To Uninstall NutCracker 29 NuT
Index Index S T SpectroGRAPH 15 SpectroSERVER 15 SPECTRUM Environment Resources 48 Sun SPARCstation Solaris 7 and 8 53 Additional Requirements 53 CDE’s Color Style Manager 53 CDE’s Window Style Manager 53 CD-ROM system 53 Aprisma recommended patches for Solaris 7 55 Configuring a 24-bit Color Card 56 setting environment variables in the SPECTRUM user’s environment 54 setting path variables 55 For Bourne Shell 55 For C-Shell 55 For K-Shell 55 X libraries 54 Sun SPARCstation Solaris 7 with CDE 1.
Index Index SPECTRUM Data Export (SDE) 47 SPECTRUM Installation 36 Supported Versions 46 V VNM 15 W Web Browser Recommendations 64 Software Release Notes Page 141
