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Title:	DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:	Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:	TAEC::BEROUD

Created:	Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6497
Total number of notes:	27359

2503.0. "Missing jAM's in X1.2?" by STOHUB::KARKAR::RICHARDSON () Thu Mar 05 1992 17:06

I just installed BMSX12 and noticed that there are fewer AM's than the last 
field test version.  I don't see CIRCUIT_AM, BRIDGE_AM, or STM_AM.  Do I need 
to enroll something that I've missed?  Autotopology is not showing up
under the applications menu.

Thanks.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2503.1		TOOK::MINTZ	Erik Mintz, DECmcc Development, dtn 226-5033	`Thu Mar 05 1992 17:09`	8
	There has been a packaging change for V1.2; bridge is no longer included in BMS. You need to install the ELM package as well. Do you mean you have X1.2.15 installed? On VMS? I don't know what STM_AM means, but you should have the circuit AM and autoconfig (we don't yet do autotopology).
2503.2		QUIVER::CHILDS	Ed Childs	`Fri Mar 06 1992 10:28`	11
	\| I don't know what STM_AM means, but you should have the circuit AM \| and autoconfig (we don't yet do autotopology). The STM_FM is the bridge Spanning Tree Map FM which does indeed do autotopology. What does "autoconfiguration" mean? Yes, you need to install the ELM kit on top of BMS to get these features. X1.2.15 does not work with the T1.2.4 ELM kit though. There are problems with the EA routines in that BMS kit.
2503.3	I need ELM I guess	STOHUB::KARKAR::RICHARDSON		`Fri Mar 06 1992 11:31`	5
	OK, thanks. I new that DECmcc ELM didn't work with X1.2.15 yet so I didn't try to install it. If I understand correctly, I won't get autotopology until I can install DECmcc ELM. Bummer. Thanks.
2503.4	vocabulary	TOOK::MINTZ	Erik Mintz, DECmcc Development, dtn 226-5033	`Fri Mar 06 1992 11:50`	10
	Oh, I see. The ELM kit does include auto-topology (I just didn't know the acronym). The tcp/ip and decnet auto-configuration tool (which is part of BMS) finds nodes on the network and registers them, but does not create much topological information (that is, it does not record the connectivity between nodes).
2503.5	Bridge autotopology only	CUJO::HILL	Dan Hill-Net.Mgt.-Customer Resident	`Thu Mar 12 1992 01:07`	8
	Autotopology is done only for bridges, that is, the module checks spanning tree information and builds a map of all the bridges and which ports are connected to which lans. It works rather nicely, but the FM currently works for bridges only. It will not build maps based on nodes seen in the forwarding database. -Dan