| Title: | DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE |
| Notice: | Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7 |
| Moderator: | NETCAD::COLELLA DT |
| Created: | Wed Nov 13 1991 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 4455 |
| Total number of notes: | 16761 |
We couldn't upgrade the flash in our DECagent 90 so we got FS to
exchange it. We're now at: HW=D01 ROM=BL05.01 SW=V2.1.3.
It appears that the device does less than before. We cannot set the
System Name, System Contact, and Location. We could only set IP
address and community string.
Show community indicates. We have a number DECserver 90L+'s on the
floor that doesn't show up.
SHOW COMMUNITY
Index Type Community
----- ---- ---------
1 DEChub 90-8 public
Viewing the only community that it sees doesn't show all the devices.
We have DECserver 90L+ in slots 1 and 2 and a DECserver 90L in slot 3.
DECagent 90 =============================================== All Rights
Reserved
Community 1: public
Slot Type MAC Address Reachable Port Status Map
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Empty
2 Empty
3 Empty
4 DECrepeater 90T Yes - - - - - - - -
5 Empty
6 Empty
7 DECagent 90 08-00-2B-94-5A-CB
8 DECbridge 90 08-00-2B-25-97-E2 Yes + +
What was suppose to be the advantage of going to the new firmware?
Regards,
kam
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1794.1 | Trade-offs had to be made | ROGER::GAUDET | Because the Earth is 2/3 water | Mon Dec 19 1994 09:05 | 25 |
Kam, First, by exchanging the DECagent instead of upgrading your existing one you no longer have the configuration information (modules, communities, etc.) that you had with the old module. This information is retained in non-volatile storage on the module and would have been retained if you had upgraded the old module. Now you have a "fresh" module which means you have to configure those devices/communities again. Second, the devices you are talking about, the DECserver 90L/L+, are undiscoverable modules. Since these had to be manually configured with HUBwatch (or via the console if you were running V1.x firmware in your old DECagent) they will not be detected by the new firmware (they were not detected by the old firmware either). This is all clearly documented in the DECagent manual and release notes. V2.1.3 of the DECagent 90 firmware contains many new performance-enhancing features, a much-improved polling mechanism and support for new devices. Unfortunately, some of these new features came at the expense of some of the old convenience features such as the console configuration capabilities. Would you care to elaborate on why you were unable to upgrade your old DECagent? ...Roger... | |||||
| 1794.2 | TENNIS::KAM | Kam USDS (714)261-4133 (DTN 535) IVO | Mon Dec 19 1994 10:09 | 13 | |
Note 1736 is the discussion on our attempts to upgrade the flash in our
DECagent 90.
We're trying to move to 'tcpip' on our PCs so that we can run HUBwatch,
which is the preferred choice for management. We haven't been able to
accomplish this because we need connect to systems running DECnet only.
Read the DECagnet 90 but no close enough. Read introduction today. Am
printing the release notes now.
Regards,
kam
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