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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

2454.0. "900FP - Hotswap -> Config loss" by TAMPA::FEINSTEIN () Fri Jun 30 1995 12:58

    Is there a reason DECrepeater 900FP loses port/LAN assignments when 
    a removal/insertion to the same slot with the same module is performed. 
    The FP is not the SNMP proxy, a DECswitch 900EF is configured as the proxy.
    The customer has installed the latest firmware (V4/Hub, 120/FP,150/EF)
    for all modules from the net. 
    
        Thanks
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2454.1SLINK::HOODMaine State Bird: The black flyFri Jun 30 1995 13:374
That's the way the MAM works.  When you remove a module with the hub powered
up, the backplane info for that slot is removed.  

The fix for this is the upcoming Backup and Restore utility.
2454.2STRWRS::KOCH_PIt never hurts to ask...Fri Jun 30 1995 22:115
    
    Is this going to be "automatic" in some way? Why have I read in other
    notes about when your remove a DECconcentrator if you replace it, it
    doesn't lose connectivity? Or have I mis-intepreted those notes
    replies?
2454.3???LEMAN::PAIVAHawkeye - Network Support @GEOMon Jul 03 1995 04:5010
    Hi!
    
    I've had the same problem in a 900MS (V4.0) with a DECswitch900EF
    (V1.5) and two DECconcentrator900MX (V3.0) at a customer site. I removed
    all the modules one at a time but only lost the configuration of one
    900MX...?!
    
    Pedro PAIVA
    Network Support Team
    MCS
2454.4NETCAD::DOODYMichael DoodyWed Jul 05 1995 11:3914
    In V4.0 and later of the MAM firmware, the FDDI auto-healing feature 
    will re-connect an FDDI module to its ring or tree. If said FDDI module
    also has ethernet ports (e.g. DECswitch 900EF), those ports will also
    be connected to the same lans as they were before. This only applies
    to those FDDI modules that are connected to a FDDI LAN; if its not connected
    when removed, when it's re-inserted the configuration (ligo) is lost. 
    
    This is a ring/tree healing feature, not a module-configuration-saving
    feature. Repeaters and other non-FDDI modules were not included,
    mostly due to time constraints. Its a given it would be good to have
    the MAM automatically configure things; its a matter of balancing
    need/cost/resources.
    
    -Mike