Specifications

Overview
New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0
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New Features in SPECTRUM 6.0
This section provides an overview of new features and options offered in
SPECTRUM 6.0.
AutoDiscovery
The performance of AutoDiscovery has been improved in several ways:
• Provides an “inventory view” of SpectroSERVER's managed devices
along with the network elements that were discovered for asset
inventory, off-line processing, and system scalability.
• Schedules discovery runs to occur on pre-defined dates, time, and
periodic occurrences.
• Exports discovered network elements data to Excel, HTML, and ASCII
formats.
• Allows new options for modeling such as creating Pingable model types
for ICMP-only entities, creating Physical_Addr model types to
represent manageable entities known only by their MAC addresses,
choosing between mapping a Layer 3 perspective and combining Layer
3 and Layer 2 perspective (flat mapping), and changing the default
polling and logging intervals in newly created models.
• Creates cache mechanisms within SpectroSERVER which allows using
previously obtained and used Source Address information in
connectivity and mapping algorithms.
• Background Discovery has been replaced with the ability to schedule
discoveries in AutoDiscovery.
• Users now have the option of viewing discovered information prior to
populating servers or automatically discovering and modeling.
Sub-Interface Support
Support has been added for the "ifMIB" as defined in RFC1573.
Nonphysical entries in the "ifTable" are now modeled in SPECTRUM as
actual sub-layers of the physical interface by using a new "ifStackTable."
This allows management of physical and non-physical entries in the