OmniVista 3.5.2 Release Notes

OmniVista 3.5.2 Release Notes (Rev. D)

Discovery

The Discovery application supports discovery of the MPM version for OS6400 Switches. These devices are

classified as 6800/6850 devices while still having their own sub-family as OS6400.

Topology

The Topology application supports OS6400 Switches. Topology mapping of device OIDs, model types and description were added to support the Chassis View General and Modules Tabs. The icon used by OS6850 devices is used to display OS6400 Switches.

Inventory

OmniVista Inventory supports OS6400 Switches. OS6400 Switches support UBoot/Miniboot like OS6850 switches.

Policy View

The Policy View application supports OS6400 Switches. OS6400 Switches support the same policies as OS6850 devices. A Policy Validation Matrix for OS6400 devices was added.

Notifications

OS6400 Switches have support for four (4) new Traps.

• arpMaxLimitReached

• ndpMaxLimitReached

• ripngRouteMaxLimitReached

• ripRouteMaxLimitReached

Note: OmniVista provides a uniform interface by offering user the ability to select traps from a list that contains all BOP traps. OmniVista server handles configuring appropriate traps on the device.

Quarantine Manager

OS6400 Switches are included in the list of devices for discovery of Quarantine MAC Group information. OS6400

Switches have support for "Smart Recache" as supported in OS6850 devices in 6.3.1.R01. During discovery,

OS6400 devices are treated as devices that support "Smart Recache".

VLAN

As is the case with OS 6850 Switches, OS6400 Switches do not support the ForceTAGInternal flag for 802.1q tagging. All VLAN Rules as supported by the OS6850 are supported for OS6400 Switches.

Resource Manager

OS6400 software file names have a G prefix. The main OS image is named Gos.img and rest of the files is similarly named. Resource Manager supports OS6400 devices, with processing similar to OS6850 devices

Support for OS6855 Devices

OmniVista supports OS6855 Switch, Release 6.3.2.R01. OmniVista supports the OS6855 Switch, Release 6.3.2.R0 throughout the product, wherever OS6850 devices are already supported. The following sections detail some key feature areas.

Hardware and Modules

OmniVista 3.4.1 contains the knowledge of OIDs and new Modules supported by OS6855 Switches. OS6855 devices are similar to OS6800 devices for most part and are be treated as such by OmniVista. However, there are some differences in the way these devices behave that are accounted for by OmniVista.

Updated MIB Set

The OmniVista AOS MIB Set includes changes for OS6855 Switches.

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