Cabletron Systems ELS100-24TX manual

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    CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES 2/7/00 P/N: 9032741-08 Subject to Change Without Notice Page 1 of 7 F0615-E 35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 SmartSTACK Fast Ethernet Switches ELS100-24TX, ELS100-24TXG, and ELS100-24TXM Firmware Version 2.01.07 (Release Notes Revised February 7, 2000) INTRODUCTION: The ELS100-24TX SmartSTA[...]

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    CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES 2/7/00 P/N: 9032741-08 Subject to Change Without Notice Page 2 of 7 F0615-E 35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 NMS Platform Version No. Module No. SPECTRUM Post 5.0 Rev. 1 /CS2/MMS2 (SM-CSI1064) SPMA (Spectrum Portable Management Application) Post 3.2 Rev. 1 SPEL (Spectrum Element Manager) Po[...]

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    CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES 2/7/00 P/N: 9032741-08 Subject to Change Without Notice Page 3 of 7 F0615-E 35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 1. Support for the “Hunt Group” protocol (Smarttrunking) mode of port trunking was removed. Port trunking is still supported. All trunking protocol selections were removed from t[...]

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    CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES 2/7/00 P/N: 9032741-08 Subject to Change Without Notice Page 4 of 7 F0615-E 35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 16. When a 2-port fiber module was present in an ELS100-24TXM, the diagnostic tests on the fiber ports would sometimes fail. – This has been fixed. KNOWN RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIO[...]

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    CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES 2/7/00 P/N: 9032741-08 Subject to Change Without Notice Page 5 of 7 F0615-E 35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 17. If Hewlett-Packard GBIC (Gigabit Ethernet Interface Converter) modules are inserted/removed on the ELS100-24TXG while power is applied to the switch, they may become damaged. The[...]

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    CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES 2/7/00 P/N: 9032741-08 Subject to Change Without Notice Page 6 of 7 F0615-E 35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 COMPLIANCE SUPPORT: Compliance Level Compliant Year 2000 YES * Known Anomalies: None. * No “Real-Time Clock” is supported with the ELS100-24TX, ELS100-24TXG and ELS100-24TXM Firm[...]

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    CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES 2/7/00 P/N: 9032741-08 Subject to Change Without Notice Page 7 of 7 F0615-E 35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 Cabletron Private Enterprise MIBs are available in ASN.1 format from the Cabletron Web Site at: http://www.cabletron.com/support/mibs/ . Indexed MIB documentation is also available. [...]