Specifications

SPECTRUM Software Release Notice (SSRN)
For SPECTRUM 6.6 with Service Pack 2 CD release
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Document 5135
New Management Modules
• Nortel Contivity MM: This MM delivers support for Nortel’s Contivity
family of VPN switches and provides IP Fault Management visibility. The
MM provides support for many RFCs including, but not limited to
RFC2737 (Entity MIB), RFC2787 (VRRP MIB), RFC2790 (Host Resources
MIB), RFC1850 (OSPF MIB), and RFC1724 (RIP2 MIB). Given the VPN
focus of this family of devices, of particular interest is RFC2667 (IP
Tunnel MIB). The IP Tunnel MIB contains two main tables of
information which will be supported by SPECTRUM. The first view will
be a Tunnel Interface View and will display information from RFC2667's
“tunnelIfTable” MIB group. This table contains information about
configured tunnels. Examples of information that is available for each
tunnel include, Local and Remote IP address of the tunnel, the
encapsulation method the tunnel uses (e.g. L2TP, GRE, PPTP) and
security used. The second view will be a Tunnel Configuration View and
will display information from RFC2667's “tunnelConfigTable” MIB group.
This MIB group contains much of the same information found in the
previously described group (Local and Remote IP, encapsulation
method, security, etc.), but also, most importantly, the status of the
tunnel. Additionally, approximately 50 vendor-specific SNMP traps as
well as other traps from the aforementioned RFCs will be supported;
the trap information will be available to users as SPECTRUM events and
alarms. Finally, the management module will support the integration of
the Contivity Web Interface.
• Cisco 3000 Series MM: This MM delivers support for Cisco’s 3000 family
of VPN switches (including 3005, 3015, 3030, 3060, 3080) and
provides IP Fault Management visibility. The MM provides support for
many RFCs including, but not limited to RFC1850 (OSPF MIB) and
RFC1724 (RIP2 MIB). Given the VPN focus of this family of devices, of
particular interest is support for Cisco’s IPSEC-FLOW-MONITOR MIB. In
addition, RFC2667 (IP Tunnel MIB) is also very important. There are
approximately 6 groups of IPSEC Tunnel information contained in this
MIB, from which a targeted set will be used by SPECTRUM and exposed
for the user for the purpose of IP Fault Management. These include
views for Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Global Statistics as well as IPSec
Global Statistics. Additionally approximately 10 vendor-specific SNMP
traps as well as others from the aforementioned RFCs mentioned will be
supported. Examples of information that are contained in the traps
include Tunnel Start/Stop activity, Tunnel Failure, and Early
Termination failures. These will be exposed to the user via SPECTRUM
events and alarms.