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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

2880.0. "Inconsistant FDDI utilization display in Hubwatch" by CSC32::B_GOODWIN (MCI Mission Critical Support Team) Wed Oct 18 1995 18:08

I have 2 DC900MX in my DH900. When I use hubwatch to look at them, the
utilization dial on the first one in my hub (slot 1) says n/a, the second one
shows a utilization (slot 2). Can anyone explain? Both DC900's have the A/B
ports connected to the hub b/p and are running V3.1.1, the hub is V4.1.0 and
hubwatch v4.1 for windows. 

Thanks,
Brad
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2880.1Firmware update?HAN::JCARSTENSThu Oct 19 1995 09:2411
    Hi Brad,
    did you think about a fimware upgrade?
    The current versions are :
    
    	DECHUB900 --> DMHUB404.BIN
    	DECbridge900MX or DECswitch900EF --> DEFBA150.BIN
    	HUBwatch for Windows V4.1.1
    All these versions are running in our HUB.
    
    J�rgen Carstens
    MCS Hannover, Germany
2880.2Whoa thereNETCAD::MILLBRANDTanswer mamThu Oct 19 1995 10:5014
Brad's versions are the latest ones, noter -.1
is behind.

I haven't heard of this curious bug, though with
Hubwatch I often find it useful to hit Refresh
before I look at anything, while turning around
three times and howling at the moon.

If you have recently inserted the DC900, or it
was reset and doing selftest last time Hubwatch
looked at it, Hubwatch could have built an 
incomplete picture.  Try Refresh or turn on polling.

	Dotsie
2880.3the way it isNETCAD::MILLBRANDTanswer mamThu Oct 19 1995 17:298
I talked to one of the engineers who developed the DC900.
Apparently some early DC900 modules were manufactured with a MAC-2
media interface chip and later ones with the MAC-3, which is what
had been spec'd.  The MAC-3 has more capabilities, including
the gathering the data for network utilization.  This chip 
difference is _not_ reflected in the hardware version number.

	- Dotsie