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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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    3C om Corporation ■ 5400 Bayfront Plaza ■ S an ta Clara, C alif or nia ■ 95052-8145 Copyright © 3Com Corporation, 1997. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation, transformation, or adaptation) without permission from 3Com Corporat[...]

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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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]