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® C ORE B UILDER ™ 6000 S OFTWARE I NSTALLATION AND R ELEASE N OTES CoreBuilder ™ Intelligent Switching Software Revision 8.2.0 May 8, 1997 Part No.
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C ONTENTS C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 Over view 3 Hardware Dependencies 3 Upgrading Y our LMM or LMM+ 4 Release Highlights 4 Before Y ou Star t 4 Updating Y o.
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C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 Overview T hese installation instructions and release notes describe revision 8.2.0 of the CoreBuilder ™ 6000 Intelligent Swit ching soft ware fr om 3Com Corporation, dated May 8, 1997.
4 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 Upgrading Y our LMM or LMM+ T o verify that you have an LMM+ module and not an LMM module installed: 1 Check that the module ’ s ejec tor tab is labeled “LMM+” . 2 Determine the revision of your LMM+.
Updating Your System Software 5 T he top-level menus in y our Administration C onsole may differ from those illustrated in these r elease notes depending on your level of acc ess privilege and on the modules you hav e installed in your CoreBuilder chassis .
6 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 T o copy the soft ware t o a UNIX hard disk, f ollo w these instructions. I f the directory “/usr/lp6000” does not exist on your computer , create the directory b efore pr oceeding.
Updating Your System Software 7 # tar xvf /dev/rfd0 11 Remov e diskette #5 using the follo wing command: # eject T he follo wing files should be in your /usr/lp6000 director y : ■ README1 ■ lp600.
8 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 3 A t the command line in the Setup dialog box, enter a:setup and click OK . A W elcome screen appears. T he system prompts you to c ontinue or to cancel the installation. T o continue , click Next .
Loading System Software on the LMM+ 9 3 Nex t to Install file pathname , enter the complet e path and filename. F or MS-DOS system syntax, y ou must precede the full path with a f or ward slash ( / ).
10 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 Y ou are now ready to configur e management access for your system. S ee the CoreBuilder 6000 G etting Star ted Guide . User Documentation T his version of software is compatible with the documen tation listed here.
What’s New at Revision 8.2.0? 11 What’ s New at Revision 8.2.0? T his section describes the new features , sof tware enhancements , and corrections implemented at this release . Ne w F eatures T he follo wing features hav e been added at this release.
12 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 T o verify that you have an LMM+ module and not an LMM module installed: 1 Check that the module ’ s ejec tor tab is labeled “LMM+” 2 Determine the revision of your LMM+.
What’s New at Revision 8.2.0? 13 Full-duplex mode eliminates both the link’ s collision domain and the need for collision detection. As a result, full-duplex point-to-point links can be much longer than half-duplex links.
14 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 5 Enter full to set the port to full-duplex mode or half to set the port to half-duplex mode. Default The port’ s current setting is indicated within square brackets. T o select this default, press [Return].
What’s New at Revision 8.2.0? 15 2 Enter the number(s) of the slot(s) that contain ports you want to set to IFM mode: 10-12 For each slot you entered, the system pr ompts you for specific port numb.
16 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 Disconnec ting an Active t elnet or rlogin Session Modifica tions to the telnet and rlogin featur es of the CoreBuilder 6000 system allow y ou to preempt users by for cing a disconnection.
What’s New at Revision 8.2.0? 17 2 S et the cr/lf option by ent ering either of these commands: set crlf OR toggle crlf Pr ess Enter to redisplay the pr ompt. Y our response should now be accepted . STP linkState C hanges The linkState of a por t is now a factor in determining the Spanning T ree por t state .
18 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 Not e these additional items: ■ T he linkState up or down applies to E thernet and F ast Ethernet por ts, not FDDI por ts, and only when the stpState f or the br idge is enabled .
What’s New at Revision 8.2.0? 19 Hot-sw appable P ower Supplies. Y ou can remove and replace either of the two power supplies a t the back of the chassis. T urning off one of the power supplies generat es a sound, and the contr ol panel L CD displays Input Failure .
20 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 P ow er Supply W arning Messages. T his release of system software now displays these pow er supply warning messages when appropriate: ■ +5V Failure T he power supply +5-v olt input has failed.
System Issues 21 Sy st em Issues T he follo wing system issues are identified at this release: ■ If the FESM diagnostic fails on a system power-up , the error message you find will look similar to the follo wing message. Y ou then need to reboot the system.
22 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 ■ W hen installing 8.2.0 Intelligent software ont o a LMM+ running 8.2.1 Extended software, and non-IP VLANs are defined , y ou must reset non-volatile ram immediat ely after installing the 8.
Known Problems 23 ■ T he NVRAM con version for SNMP traps does not adjust correctly after installing LANplex software revision 8.2.1, v er ify that the appropriat e traps are enabled . ■ A n NVDA T A save procedur e fails if it occurs at the same instant when a MAC addr ess is learned or aged out of the slot’ s MAC addr ess table.
24 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 ■ Y ou cannot modify the por t specification of an IP inter face defined on the LMM+ module. T o modify the por t specification, r emov e the IP interface and define it again.
SNMP MIB Files 25 SNMP MIB F iles SNMP MIB files are shipped with the Cor eBuilder system software as ASN.1 fi les on one of the software diskettes. C opies of ASN.1 files are provided for each of the suppor ted compilers described at the end of this section.
26 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 ■ mib2schema (with SunNet Manager version 2.0) The MIB file fddiSmt7.mib produces the follo wing warning messages when compiled using mib2schema: Translating.
Revision History 27 Re vision History T able 2 provides a brief description of the previous releases of the CoreBuilder 6000 Int elligent Switching software. T able 2 Revision Hist or y for Cor eBuilder™ 6000 Intelligent Switching Software Revision Number Description of Release 8.
28 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 5.0.0 New feature: ■ Support for LMM+ management module 4.3.0 New features: ■ UDP Helper ■ IPX Snap Translation Option .
Revision History 29 3.1.4 New features: ■ ESM 10BASE-2 (BNC) media support ■ IP advertisement address configuration support 3.1.1 New features: ■ IP routing functionality ■ TP-DDI media support ■ Nonvolatile data save and restore functionality 3.
30 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 T echnical S uppor t 3Com provides easy access to technical support information thr ough a variety of services. This appendix describes these services. Information contained in this document is correct at time of publication.
Technical Support 31 Suppor t from 3C om If you are unable to receive support fr om your network supplier , technical support contracts are available fr om 3Com.
32 C ORE B UILDER 6000 I NTELLIGENT S WITCHING S OFTWARE R EVISION 8.2.0 Retur ning Products for Repair Befor e you send a pr oduct directly to 3Com for r epair , you must first obtain a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) number . Products sent to 3Com without RMA numbers will be returned to the sender unopened, at the sender’ s expense.
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il 3Com 6000 è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del 3Com 6000 - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso 3Com 6000 imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul 3Com 6000 ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il 3Com 6000, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del 3Com 6000.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il 3Com 6000. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo 3Com 6000 insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
