Specifications

New Features in SPECTRUM 6.5
Frame Relay Manager
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SPECTRUM knowledge base. The gateway includes a Document Type
Definition (DTD) that defines the XML elements and attributes. An XML
file is created by the user that describes devices, ports, and connections
on a network. This XML file can then be imported to create new topology
data in SPECTRUM, update existing data, or remove incorrect data.
Frame Relay Manager
Better connectivity between Frame Relay devices is now available by
extending modeling to support new Management Information Bases
(MIBs). These MIBs include RFC2115-MIB, CISCO-FRAME-RELAY-MIB,
and the WELLFLEET-FR2-MIB.
The new MIB support also enables more information to be collected that
pertain to individual circuits with a new table view that lists the device’s
Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI) ports and the far side devices,
interfaces and DLCIs to which they are connected.
When connection discovery is not possible, connection data can be
imported from a text file which specifies Frame Relay, Asynchronous
Transfer Mode (ATM), or Hybrid connections.
AutoDiscovery Improvements
Virtual LAN (VLAN) support for Riverstone and Extreme Discovery
Protocol (EDP) devices has been added. AutoDiscovery has been enhanced
to query the Extreme Management Module to retrieve this information,
and to map Extreme to Extreme connectivity using EDP tables.
AutoDiscovery is now a client of SPECTRUM’s new SNMP service. This
service is transparent to AutoDiscovery users and offers several
advantages over the previous methodology, especially in certain firewall
environments where applications that generate SNMP requests have to be
installed on a trusted server. With the new SNMP service, SNMP requests
are still sent from the trusted server, but AutoDiscovery itself can be run
from a remote system.