Part No. 209960-B
March 2001
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Release Notes for
Optivity Switch Manager,
Release 1.1.0.0
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Introduction
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These rele ase notes describe the new features introduced in Nortel Networks*
Optivity* Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0. In addition, these notes detail bugs
fixed, and disclose known bugs and known issues in this release.
For a complete unde rstandi ng of Opti vity Switc h Manager, u se the se rele ase notes
with Installing Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0, and Using Optivity
Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0.
For a description of operating systems, devices, and software releases supported
by Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0, see Installing Optivity Switch
Manager, Release 1.1.0.0.
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Release Notes for Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0
4 New features
New features
This section describes new features implemented in Optivity Switch Manager
version 1.1.0.0.
Support for JRE 1.3
Release 1.1.0.0 supports Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.3 for the
Windows and Solaris* operating systems.
Java-based Device Manager
Warning: You must install JRE software release 1.3 to use Optivity
Switch Manager software version 1.1.0.0.
In release 1.1.0.0, the Tcl/tk-based Device Manager is replaced with a Java-based
Device Manager that supports the platforms and software releases described
in Table 1.
T able 1 Java-based Device Manager supported platforms and software releases
Platform Software release
Passport 8600 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.1
Passport 8100 2.0, 2.0.1.1, 3.1
Passport 1000 Series 2.0.5.6, 2.0.5.7, 2.0.7.2, 2.0.7.3, 2.0.7.4
BayStack 350/410/450 3.0, 3.1
Business Policy Switch 2000 1.0, 1.0.1
In addition, Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0 discovers any device that
supports the Bay Networks Autotopology Discovery protocol. These devices are
visible in the Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0 topology map, but you
cannot configure or monitor them.
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Software enhancements 5
Note: A patch is required for Sola ris releases to ensure that Optivity
Switch Manager functions properly.
Note: Optivity Switch Manager does not support the Accelar/Passport
700 Series.
Log Manager
Log Manager is a new submanager of Optivity Switch Manager. Log Manager
allows you to load saved syslog files generated from devices flash or PCMCIA.
You can view the entire syslog file or selected portions of a syslog file from your
management station.
For information on using Log Manager, see Using Optivity Switch Manager,
Release 1.1.0.0.
Software enhancements
This section describes enhancements to Optivity Switch Manager in release
1.1.0.0.
• In VLAN Manager, MIB fields that do not require input are now read-onl y.
• In Optivity Switch Manager, community strings are now encrypted once you
have defined and added them. When viewed, they appear as xxxxxx, as they
do in Device Manager.
Bugs fixed in this release
This section describes bugs fixed in Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0.
Release Notes for Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0
6 Bugs fixed in this release
Optivity Switch Manager
• In the Windows environment, if you minimized any submanager (VLAN
Manager, MultiLink Trunking Manager, Multicast Manager) window, you
can use the submanager toolbar button to restore the submanager window
(131717-1).
• In a Windows
scale your topology greater than 4x. (122147-1 and 129565-1)
• BayStack
Manager, and Multicast Manager. Log Manager supports only Passport
switches. (131218-1)
For more information about supported configurations, refer to “Using VLAN
Manager,” and “Using MultiLink Trunking Manager,” in Using Optivity
Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0.
• After a change is made to the topology and you rediscover the layout in
Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0, you no longer see a warning
message telling you to reload your submanager if your submanagers are
closed. (132701-1)
• The BayStack 350 switch now reads correctly as “mBayStack450”
(124093-1).
• You no longer encounter problems graphing BayStack statistics in Device
Manager.
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environment, the application no longer stops operating if you
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switches are supported by VLAN Manager, MultiLink Trunking
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To work around this problem:
1 Download the new jchart.jar file.
The jchart .jar file is lo cated at http://www12.nortelnetworks.com.
2 Install the jchart.jar file under the root of the Optivity Switch Manager,
Release 1.1.0.0 installation directory (for example, c:\osm).
VLAN Manager
• When a MLT connection exists to a Passport 8600 routing switch, the port
status is now highlighted when you select the root of an STG and choose
View > Highlight Topology from the VLAN Manager menu bar (133650-1).
Known bugs and limitations in this release 7
Known bugs and limitations in this release
The following are known limitations that apply to release 1.1.0.0 of this product:
Optivity Switch Manager
• In a Solaris environment, depending on how the X-server access is defined,
Optivity Switch Manager may need to have access to the X-server. You can
use xhost + to disable x-server access control. This action may affect
launching the Netscape browser to display the Help pages in Optivity Switch
Manager. If Netscape is not launched for displaying the Help page, manually
launch Netscape so Optivity Switch Manager can use it to display the Help
page.
• In MultiLink Trunking Manager, the MLT table sometimes displays only a
partial view (for example, the scroll bars and table fields may not be visible).
You must resize the table columns to view the entire table. (132217-1)
• OSM and JDM cannot change the MLT option from trunk to access for the
Passport 1000 Series switch. This problem only occurs with switch code
2.0.5.X. (146261-1)
• When discovering a networ k, Optivity Swi tch Manager is not able to dis cover
links that are attached to modules that have ATM. (144955-1)
• When initializing MLT Manager, MLT trunks are shown as isolated devices
until you click on a tr unk. Once you cli ck on a MLT trunk it no longer appear s
as an isolated device. If you click the reload button, isolated devices that
should be MLT trunks will correctly display. (142777-1)
• Optivity Switch Manager pull down menus intermit tently appe ar to be frozen.
Even though Optivity Switch Manager is still functi oni ng, there is sometimes
a problem when Windows tries to repaint the screen. (144959-1)
• Optivity Switch Manager is not able to discover Passport 8600 and 8100
switches if they are attached to the network through the management port.
To avoid this situation, enter the IP address of the management port in
Optivity Switch Manager as a seed. (137927-1)
• When opening a file in Optivity Switch Manager, the *.* sel ection for file
types shows only *.topo files, which are used to open saved topology maps.
• Optivity Switch Manager and Device Manager cannot add or remove VLAN
membership for MLT access or trunks for the Passport 1000 Series switch.
This occurs only with switch code 2.0.5.X. (143831-1)
Release Notes for Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0
8 Known bugs and limitations in this release
• Optivity Sw itch Manager and Device Manager will show incorrect software
descriptions for cer tain image s. For example , a Passp ort 8600 swit ch softwar e
image 3.0.1 will show as 3.0.3, a Passport 8100 switch software image 2.0.0
will show as 3.0.1, and a Pas spor t s w it ch s of twar e i mage 2.0.1.1 will show as
3.0.2. (144306-1)
• When launching a telnet to a device, Optivity Switch Manager and Device
Manager bring up two command prompts: one for the telnet session, and one
for the cmd.exe session. This happens when using the Windows 2000
operating system. (146182-1)
VLAN Manager
• In VLAN Manager, original values may not be restored after an apply action
fails. To recover the original values, you may n eed to reload V LAN Manager.
• Optivity Switch Manager was designed to open one VLAN at a time with
multiple dev ices. When adding port members to multiple VLANs, if the
VLANs are different types, Optivity Switch Manager does not refresh
correctly. The user may think the ports they selected have all been modified
but they have not. The correct port membership is only shown after a reload.
(145788-1)
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Device Manager
The following issues in release 1.1.0.0 pertain specifically to Device Manager:
• In a Solaris envir onment, if you ho ld the l eft mouse button a nd drag the cur sor
back and forth between casc ade menus, Device Manag er quits and displays an
error message. (135289-1)
• Static multicast receivers are not displayed in the IGMP Snoop Group Table
in Device Manager. This information is available in the IGMP Static Table or
through the CLI. (137191-1)
• In Device Manager , if you sel ect multiple ports t o edit, t he POS and ATM tabs
are displayed as being available, even if no POS or ATM ports were selected.
(138582-1)
• Device Manager displays the administ rative confi guration of the Management
port, but not the operat ional status . To see the current operationa l stat us of the
Management port, refer to the CLI. (139824-1)
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• In the STG table, the STG ID and TaggedBpduVlanId must be unique. If you
change the STG ID without updating TaggedBpduVlanId, the insertion may
fail because of a duplicate TaggedBpduVlanId. (140610-1)
• When you add multiple global sets to a port using Device Manager, the
following error message may be displayed:
rcIpFilter PortFilterList:172 app ly duplicated global filter to port
To avoid this, apply the global set using the CLI. (142273-1)
• On some systems that are running Solaris 5.6, a Netscape window may not
open when you click Help buttons in Device Manager. The workaround for
this problem is to launch Netscape first manually; then the Help system
properly opens in the Netscape browser window. (143896-1)
• In Device Manager, the Help menu may behave erratically after you view the
“About Device Manager” selection. If the edge of the Help menu extends
beyond the device view window, you may not be able to select Legend using
the cursor. The workaround for this problem is to use the arrow keys to select
from this menu or to widen the device view window so that the Help menu is
entirely displayed on top of the device view. (144657-1)
• When you modify multiple IP filters using Device Manager, a “Timed Out”
message may be displayed, even though the ope ration was succ essful. Refre sh
the display to determine whether or not the operation finished. (144842-1)
• When you create a static route using a host IP address and mask, a “No such
Instance” error message may be displayed the first time you try to view the
static route. If you refresh the display, the table displays the correct
information. (145376-1)
• The counts for IfOutUcastPkts and IfOutOctets may be incorrect for a
Passport 8616SX port when you view them in Device Manager or using a
MIB browser. The workaround for this issue is to use the CLI to check these
statistics. (145740-1)
• Options exist in Devi ce Ma nage r t o e nable IGMP Snoop and ProxyEnable on
a brouter port, even though this functionality is not supported. An error
message is displayed if you attempt to enable these features on a brouter port.
(145782-1)
• ATM port statistics are not ava ilable us ing Device Manage r; you must use the
CLI to view this information. (146024-1)
Release Notes for Optivity Switch Manager, Release 1.1.0.0
10 Hard-copy technical manuals
• The indexes of MDA ports on the Passport 8116FX module are wrong in
Device Manager dialog boxes; therefore the port status and editing port
information do not display correctly. (146379-1)
• Device Manager may experience Windows repaint errors when statistics
tables, such as an FDB table, exceed 100 entries. (145494-1)
• Device Manager does not have the option to upload a syslog file to the
management workstation for devices in the Passport 1000 Series switch.
(145495-1)
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