Specifications

SPECTRUM Software Release Notes Page 77
Network Configuration Utilities
(NCU)
Network Configuration Utilities is a set of applications, accessible from SPECTRUM
Search Manager, that enables you to perform the following device management tasks
for Cabletron devices that are modeled in SPECTRUM:
• Configure and execute TFTP firmware image downloads using the Firmware
Download Tool.
• Modify community strings using the Modify Community Strings Tool.
Corrected NCU Anomalies in SPECTRUM
6.0.2
1 The Firmware Download Tool now checks to ensure that the reboot is
successful and that the rebooted device(s) are in a known good state.
Community strings are now successfully updated on older
SmartSwitch 9000 blades, whose SPECTRUM device models include
the SS9000ChasApp model type, when using the Modify Community
Strings Tool. The OK button is no longer disabled on the Name
Change Information window when you select devices in Search
Manager, then invoke the Modify Community Strings Tool.
SPECTRUM Network Configuration Utilities (Firmware Download and
Modify Community Strings Tools) now supports the Cabletron
SmartSwitch Router family of devices.
Known NCU Anomalies in SPECTRUM 6.0.2
Problem 1: The Modify Community Strings Tool does not allow you to
modify community strings on devices with which SPECTRUM has no
contact (orange, red, gray, brown, and blue alarms).