Specifications

SPECTRUM Software Release Notice (SSRN)
For SPECTRUM 6.6 with Service Pack 5 CD release
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in maintenance mode. Additionally, loss of contact alarms will be
suppressed for devices, WA_Links, or fanouts connected to a port in
maintenance mode. If a link down trap comes in for a port in
maintenance mode, no alarm will be asserted on the device or the port
model.
• Predefined searches have been added to the SPECTRUM Search
Manager to allow users to rapidly find all interfaces/ports currently in
maintenance mode.
• The image/icon presented when a dialup link is in maintenance mode
has been refined to more clearly show that its status is maintenance
rather than in use.
• The WA_Link display has been enhanced so that the color displayed is
brown if the WA_Link is placed in maintenance mode. The color is
green if a device attached to the WA_Link is placed in maintenance
mode.
• When a device is placed in Maintenance Mode, the pipes associated
with the device will now go brown as well.
• If SPECTRUM loses contact with devices downstream from a port or
device in maintenance mode, the lost models will now be reflected in
the Impact Severity and Impact Scope of the maintenance mode alarm.
Therefore, when a device or port is put in maintenance mode, a brown
alarm is immediately created for that model. The Impact Severity of
that alarm will be zero. If the server later loses contact with the two
devices downstream from the brown device or port, the two device
models will go gray. In addition, the Device Criticality of those two
device models will be added to the Impact Severity of the brown
(maintenance alarm), and the Impact Scope view of the brown alarm
will show the two lost device models. When SPECTRUM regains contact
with the downstream devices, they will be removed from the alarm
impact.
MPLS Manager
• MPLS Manager provides an extension to the current SPECTRUM Service
Assurance modeling architecture. SPECTRUM modeling has been
extended to introduce the concept of modeling the logical layer
connectivity within an MPLS enabled infrastructure. As a result, two
new modeling paradigms have been introduced. The first is the
paradigm of a “path” model, which models an individual, end-to-end