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Magellan Vector OMS-V 2.3 Release Notes

Chapter 1 Introduction

These release notes provide release information for the Vector system
management component OMS-V (Open Management System - Vector) release
2.3 MR1 (Maintenance Release 1). OMS-V replaces VSM (Vector System
Manager).

Contents of these Release Notes

Chapter 1 provides an overview of this document and the product
functionality included and excluded for this release.

Chapter 2 contains general release considerations.

Chapter 3 lists Service Requests resolved in this release.

Chapter 4 lists unresolved high priority Service Requests.

Chapter 5 outlines common problems encountered with OMS-V and how
to resolve them.

Chapter 6 provides a list of the changes and additions to NTP 241-9501-
200, Vector Software Installation and Commissioning.

Configuration Supported

The various components of a Vector network include:

• Vector Switching System (VSS), a Vector switching component.

• Magellan Data Provider (MDP), a Magellan product billing component.

• Open Management System - Vector (OMS-V), a Vector network system

management component.

This release includes support for the following configurations:

2.5 or 5.0 Gbits Vector switches with the Vector Switching System (VSS)
versions VSS 1.1.x, VSS 2.0.x, VSS 2.2.x, and/or 2.3.x

The Magellan Data Provider (MDP). Refer to the MDP release notes for
compatibility with Vector releases.

The Open Management System - Vector (OMS-V) version OMS-V 2.3
MR1. (This was previously known as the Vector System Manager
component.)

Summary of Contents for V2.3

Page 1: ...V 2 3 Release Notes Magellan Vector OMS V 2 3 MR1 Release Notes Software Release Date September 17 1998 Issue 2 2 1998 Northern Telecom All rights reserved Magellan is a trademark of Northern Telecom...

Page 2: ...tch list Add a unresolved SR on multiple IP interfaces 1 2 Aug 11 1998 OMS V 2 3 2 GA Release Notes 1 3 Aug 19 1998 Add 2 2 and 2 1 resolved SRs Add unresolved SRs uni directional links displayed for...

Page 3: ...form Considerations 13 Sun Solaris Installation 14 Hewlett Packard Platform Considerations 14 OMS V Installation on Hewlett Packard 14 HP Openview Considerations 14 VSM to OMS V Upgrade Strategy Consi...

Page 4: ...ks submap 19 10171439 conf vcc sh and con vpc sh give error on vmi from host 19 10131028 Front Panel Alarms Don t Match Popup 19 Chapter 5 Trouble Shooting 21 After performing OMS V upgrade switches a...

Page 5: ...OMS V compatibility with Vector switching components 8 Table 2 OMS V 2 3 MR1 Feature Limitations 10 Table 3 Product Release List 12 Table 4 Third Party Product Patch List 13 Figure 1 Upgrade OMS V 16...

Page 6: ...6 Table of Contents Magellan Vector OMS V 2 3 Release Notes...

Page 7: ...S V and how to resolve them Chapter 6 provides a list of the changes and additions to NTP 241 9501 200 Vector Software Installation and Commissioning Configuration Supported The various components of...

Page 8: ...le 1 Open Management System Vector OMS V compatibility with Vector switching components Switching component Network mgmt release platform VSS 1 1 x VSS 2 0 x VSS 2 2 x VSS 2 3 MR1 AS 1 0 VSM 1 1 SunOS...

Page 9: ...gement System for Vector OMS V Guide MDP Please see the release notes appropriate to MDP releases supporting VSS components Documentation Release Notes NTP 241 9501 000 Vector List of Terms NTP 241 95...

Page 10: ...m this release OMS V inter work with OMS P as documented in 10186505 This SR stops deployment of OMS V 2 3 3 MR1 with OMS P Management Console when OMS V uses IP over ATM Using Remote Front Panel comm...

Page 11: ...11 Magellan Vector OMS V 2 3 Release Notes interfaces and not change it without first reconfiguring rediscovering and cleaning up HP OV database...

Page 12: ...r files for the loads listed in the table above the release notes this document NTP 241 9501 200 Vector Software Installation and Commissioning shareLib sh upgrade script omsvupgrade upgrade script Th...

Page 13: ...n MicroSystems an operating system upgrade is necessary if using SunOS as Sun discontinued support for the SunOS operating system 2Q97 The operating system now provided by Sun on new workstations is S...

Page 14: ...ort if the xterm window is resized during execution of the script Therefore please ensure the xterm window is an appropriate size before invoking the installation script It is worth keeping in mind th...

Page 15: ...tabase cannot be carried forward Therefore it will take a period of time to rediscover the network If the current software on the workstation is a VSM release the installation must be cleaned out by f...

Page 16: ...ll HP OV 5 01 and appropriate patches install OMS V 2 3 MR1 following the instructions in NTP 241 9501 200 Vector Software Installation and Commissioning 3 Connect and start HP OV 5 01 in network OMS...

Page 17: ...overy over ethernet or qaa1 with 2 or more IP types up on VSS the Magellan Networks submap displays a bi directional connection as uni directional This is solved by using a SPANS address to discover a...

Page 18: ...ing configure CDA or AVR from the front panel view the following message appeared whenever the hostname was displayed as an IP address such as 5 1 1 1 Error bad window path name cdasdlg5 1 1 Please re...

Page 19: ...overing Through Ethernet 10131026 OMS V 2 2 1 No Colors Left Scenario The problem occurs when opening a front panel display window selecting a vector and opening front panel display the users receives...

Page 20: ...witch the commands conf vcc sh and conf vpc sh yielded the error ERROR floating point value too large to represent Impact This error was not easily recreatable Prevention None Recovery Use VMI on swit...

Page 21: ...f connection links when discovering over ethernet with ie0 qaa0 and qaa1 up An other workstation with qaa1up shows no problems Prevention Connection links need to be checked using VMI Recovery Use VMI...

Page 22: ...onding registration file In the case of missing registration files you must reinstall OMS V otherwise restart the processes using the following procedure opt OV bin ovaddobj process_name lrf add the m...

Page 23: ...tc opt OV share lrf netmon lrf ovstart netmon To prevent HP OpenView from displaying a dialog box stating that netmon is not running you may turn off the polling of this process Set the netmonCheckFre...

Page 24: ...ou need to use a qaa0 IP address interface type for the view remote command If you use an ie0 qaa1 qaa2 or qaa3 IP address interface type the view remote command will not establish a connection 2 Chap...

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