Release Notes PN 93000307_D Digi PortAssist Manager Version 2.0.2 Software Package PN 40001636_D 10/26/2001 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2. SUPPORTED PRODUCTS 3. ENHANCEMENTS 4. BUG FIXES 5. KNOWN LIMITATIONS 6. INSTALLATION 7. HISTORY 1. INTRODUCTION PortAssist Manager is a hardware management and reporting software tool to be employed by users of Digi products. The target user base for this tool is a small-to-medium size network shop that does not already use expensive and sophisticated SNMP-based network management programs like HP OpenView and IBM NetView. The three primary purposes for using PortAssist Manager are: o Real-time (10-second minimum display update rate), status monitoring of Digi International boards o Alerting of alarm conditions related to the operation of Digi International boards o Troubleshooting aide and support to Digi International technical support in assisting you in determining whether or not to remove the board from the server for repair For more information about PortAssist Manager and how it works, go to www.portassist.com. 2. SUPPORTED PRODUCTS The following are Digi products PortAssist Manager may support: DataFire RAS PTE Family of Adapters o DataFire RAS 24 PT1 o DataFire RAS 48 PT2 o DataFire RAS 30 PE1 o DataFire RAS 60 PE2 DataFire DSP CompactPCI Family of Adapters o DataFire DSP 24 cPCI o DataFire DSP 48 cPCI o DataFire DSP 30 cPCI o DataFire DSP 60 cPCI DataFire RAS B4STU Family of Adapters o DataFire RAS 4 B4U o DataFire RAS 4 B4ST AccelePort RAS Family of Adapters o AccelePort RAS 4 o AccelePort RAS 8 AccelePort Xp Family of Adapters o AccelePort 2p o AccelePort 4p o AccelePort 8p o AccelePort 16p Drivers that do not include the PortAssist Communication Agent will not be able to communicate with the PortAssist Manager server. 3. ENHANCEMENTS The following enhancements were made: o 3326 - Added modem nationality for Acceleport RAS adapters. o 2852 - Added a confirm password box when adding new users. o 4652 - LED display changes for Acceleport XP. 4. BUG FIXES The following bugs were fixed: o 5265 - Support for Netscape 6.0. o 5300 - PortAssist Manager now installs properly on HP-UX systems. o 4412 - Fixed a hang when upgrading PortAssist Manager on some versions of unix. o 4750 - Minor install issue on Win2k (install window wasn't brought to front and given focus). o 5606 - Fixed font problems with Linux Netscapes. 5. KNOWN LIMITATIONS The following are known limitations found in this release: o When installing with JVM version 1.3, there may be some anomalies in the display during installation. o On the modem reset screen, when using a PRI line, only the first 23 channels are available for reset. The 24th channel of each line is the D-channel, and is not associated with a modem. o Driver packages that include the PortAssist Communication Agent use UDP port 2362 (IANA:digiman) to communicate with the PortAssist Manager server. In addition, port 8080 and 9090 are used by the PortAssist Manager server to provide web-based management services. For general security reasons, Digi always recommends to protect your corporate network against any potential threats like outright attacks and improper usage, which could originate from both outside or within your own company. In the case of PortAssist Manager, system administrators are advised to alter their firewall settings accordingly to prevent unauthorized access to the management capabilities of all PortAssist components by restricting access to the respective ports to trusted users/peers only. o Some new PortAssist Manager features and enhancements are not supported by older drivers and firmware. These features may appear as grayed out text and disabled. Other unsupported enhancements may appear as the word "Unavailable." In order to benefit from these new features and enhancements, it is recommended that you update your drivers to the latest version available from Digi for your product. Go to www.portassist.com for further assistance in obtaining the latest drivers for supported products. 6. INSTALLATION Please refer to www.portassist.com to find detailed instructions on installing, configuring, and uninstalling PortAssist Manager software. 7. HISTORY Version 2.0.0 ENHANCEMENTS o The ability to monitor and test AccelePort Xp adapters o The ability to operate on various UNIX operating systems, including Linux, SCO OpenServer, SCO UnixWare 7, Sun Solaris (Sparc and Intel), and AIX o Better concurrency, with respect to server/adapter-host communications. This yields greatly improved application performance - particularly when when some of the configured systems displayed within the "Network View" cannot respond to management requests (i.e., "Agent Not Responding") due to general network problems. o Better resource efficiency. The new version uses significantly less memory than the previous version(s). o The auto-refresh mechanism (part of the real-time status monitoring) was re-designed such that the update countdown does not begin until the current refresh operation completes. This makes it easy to use PortAssist Manager with slower WAN, or dial-up, connections. o PortAssist Manager "Server Detail" screen was added to report information specific to the host running the PortAssist Manager server. o MSIE version 5+ will now display (and support) the same "Print" option in the footer as Netscape. o Netscape 6 will correctly operate with PortAssist Manager. o Many of the table-based screens relied on underlined text to initiate additional functionality to the end user. These have been replaced with push-buttons to make it more clear that they are functional operations, instead of state indicators. BUG FIXES o When viewing confirmation dialog boxes, the footer will update with "please wait...". The main-frame will not refresh while the browser is displaying a JavaScript confirmation box. The JavaScript confirmation dialogs will "suspend" the auto-refresh mechanism and update the footer with a new one that states that we are waiting for user confirmation. On 'Cancel', the previous footer is silently restored. On 'OK', the main frame is refreshed in the usual manner. o Modified the HTML document headers to ensure that content frames are never cached. The symptom of this was "incorrect navigation." o Fixed some text-wrapping problems related to very long system names. o Many of the screens, particularly the initial login screen, had troubles with "TAB-traversal" when viewed with Netscape. This has been corrected. o In "Network View", the active channels and alarming channels do not meet when all channels are used. The "bar graph" functionality was fixed to correctly indicate used and ununsed channels of the various types. Version 1.2.0 ENHANCEMENTS o The ability to busy out any channel on a DataFire RAS 24/48 or AccelePort RAS adapter irregardless of whether it is used as a modem or B Channel o The ability to hang up any modem or B Channel call currently active on a DataFire RAS or AccelePort RAS adapter o The ability to conduct a soft or hard reset on any arbitrary modem on a DataFire RAS or AccelePort RAS adapter o Additional fields for transmit rate, received and transmitted byte counts, and error counts on the line summary and modem summary screens for both DataFire RAS and AccelePort RAS adapters o Digi DataFire DSP cPCI adapters are supported o Speed ups to the communication between the PortAssist Manager server and the systems being viewed BUG FIXES o The modem summary screen for AccelePort RAS adapters displays accurate data on idle channels o The "Digi PortAssist Manager" program group is removed when PortAssist Manager is uninstalled o Configuration details for a Digi DataFire 30/60 adapter displays correct data for an E1 interface o PortAssist Manager functions using Java 2 compliant Virtual Machines o The data rate for 56K ISDN B Channel calls is displayed properly in the line summary and B Channel summary screen for DataFire RAS adapters o The installation and configuration will not let you pick a HTTP port if it is already in use. o The D channel is not considered a B channel on Digi DataFire 30/60 adapters o Servers with very high CPU utilization are less likely to have inactive links, or "Agent not responding" messages Version 1.1.0 Initial product release.