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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. 801-00381-000 Published May 1997 Revision 01[...]

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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 our System Software 5 Copying Syst em Soft ware t o a Hard Disk 5 Copying to the UNIX P latform 5 Copying to the MS-DOS P latform 7 Loading Syst em Sof[...]

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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. This revision supersedes revision 8.0.2, dated D ecemb er 2, 1996. Ext ended Switching Soft [...]

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+. F r om the top level of the Administration C onsole, enter: system disp[...]

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 . Updating Y our Sy st em Software Y ou can install a new sof tware version fr om any host tha[...]

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. I f your “/usr ” director y is full, y ou can use a different directory. I f y ou use a [...]

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 ■ lp600000 ■ lp600001 ■ lp600002 ■ lp600003 ■ lp600004 ■ restore_lpx 12 Use this script to decompress and r estore the split file ( lp600000, lp60[...]

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 . T o cancel the installa tion and exit the Setup program, click Cancel . Y ou a[...]

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 ( / ). F or example, if you are loading software fr om an MS-DOS host, enter the following command at the Install file pathname prompt: /c:lp6000lp6000 4[...]

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. Some of this documentation may be av ailable on CD-ROM. Thes[...]

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. Suppor t for the F ast Ethernet Switching Module (FESM) T he F ast E thernet Switching Module [...]

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+. F r om the top level of the Administration C onsole, enter: system display T o upgrade your LMM or L[...]

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. T o configure a port for full-duplex operation: T he top-level menus in this chapter change based on y ou level of access a[...]

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]. This action leaves the port unchanged. 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to co[...]

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 numbers: Select Ethernet port(s) (1-8,all): 3 Enter the number(s) of the port(s) that you want to configur e: 1,2,5-7 Y ou r eceive the prompt to enable [...]

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. This administrative f eature requires y ou to use the system Administer-lev el password[...]

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 . This change helps prevent bridge loop[...]

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 . I f the stpState on the Bridge menu is disabled , the State f or the port remains in forwarding[...]

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 . T he LED of each power supply ligh ts green when the power supply is running corr[...]

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. ■ +12V Failure T he power supply +12-v olt input has failed. ■ +12V Restored [...]

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. FAIL -- Test[ 3 ]: FSM/FESM Powerup Diags ( MAC Test ) failed. -- B3 in slot 10 FAILED d[...]

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 8.2.0 Intelligent software into flash memory . P lease enter the following command [...]

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. ■ P er fo[...]

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. ■ When you install software using the SNMP lpsFt MIB , the installation fails unless you spec[...]

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. Suppor ted V ersions The SNMP MIB file names and the currently suppor ted version of e[...]

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.... Warning: The following INDEX entries in fddimibMACCountersTable not resolved: fddimibMACSMTIndex fddimibMACIndex[...]

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 8.0.2 Updated system diagnostics 8.0.1 Fixes for several problems tha[...]

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 ■ Support for EFSM Type 1, 10BASE-2 (BNC) module ■ Support for EFSM Type 2, 10BASE-T (RJ-45) and 10BASE-FL (FOIRL) modules with SAS FDDI (MIC) ports[...]

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 3.0.1 New feature: ■ Baselining of Ethernet and FDDI statistics functionality T able 2 Revisio[...]

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. For the very latest, we recommend that you access 3[...]

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. Contact your local 3Com sales office to find your authorized service provider using one of these numbers: Regional Sales Office Telephone Number Regional Sales Office Telephone Number 3C[...]

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. T o o[...]