===================================================================== Last Revised AST RESEARCH, INC. SOFTWARE BULLETIN # 0407 11/04/97 ===================================================================== TITLE: Percepta Management Services, v 2.30 FILENAME(S) / PART NUMBER(S) / DESCRIPTION(S): 14338034.EXE / 914338-034 Percepta Mgt Servs SNMP. LANDesk,v 2.30 14338035.EXE / 914338-035 Percepta Mgt Srvs SNMP, LANDesk, v 2.30 14338036.EXE / 914338-036 Percepta Mgt Servs WinNT SNMP, v 2.30 14338037.EXE / 914338-037 Percepta Mgt Services Netware,v 2.30 14338038.EXE / 914338-038 Percepta Mgt Services Netware,v 2.30 SUMMARY This release contains 5 diskettes that include the Percepta Server Management Services for SNMP and LANDesk Server Management systems. These diskettes include software for Windows NT and Netware server systems. Two of the five diskettes are for LANDesk (NT & Netware), one diskette is for NT SNMP, and two diskettes for Netware SNMP. The diskettes contain the SNMP Percepta MIBs for the product. This version of the Percepta software is designed for the AST Premium HS server. File 14338034.EXE contains disk 1 of 2, version 2.30, of the Percepta Server Management Services for SNMP and LANDesk (NT & Netware) Server Management systems. File 14338035.EXE contains disk 2 of 2, version 2.30, of the Percepta Server Management Services for SNMP and LANDesk (NT & Netware) Server Management systems. File 14338036.EXE contains version 2.30 of the Percepta Agents for Windows NT SNMP Server Management Services. Before the SNMP installation, the SNMP service needs to be stopped. If not then a dialog box will be displayed during the setup, stating "An error occurred during the move data process." This is not a problem. File 14338037.EXE contains disk 1 of 2, version 2.30, of the Percepta Agents for Netware SNMP. The diskettes contain the SNMP Percepta MIBs for the product. File 14338038.EXE contains disk 2 of 2, version 2.30, of the Percepta Agents for Netware SNMP. The diskettes contain the SNMP Percepta MIBs for the product. This software applies to the following system: 503282. RESOLUTIONS Version 2.30 includes the following issue resolutions: All Intel PCI devices are now correctly displayed. PCI bridges are now correctly filtered out of the PCI device list. All functions of individual PCI cards are now displayed correctly. A spurious warning message was displayed under LANDesk when an event was received, but had not been configured in LANDesk. Such an event would be reported only to the NT event log or the NetWare console. The message text was "Percepta Event not reported, Event Disabled." The interrupt subsystem is now always APIC. The thermal status now returns correct values in all cases. The EBI revision is now "none." The system board type is now returned correctly, including serial number and version. Now correctly displays "0000" for the POST codes, rather than "30 30 30 30." Walking the MIB under SNMP management has been improved by fixing several SNMP return codes. However, empty tables still cause getnext to stop instead of continuing with the next MIB variable. The temperature probe location now uses the values stored in the BIOS. Unloading ASTAGENT.NLM from the NetWare console now results in proper cleanup. Fixed a memory leak of 512 bytes each time a string value was retrieved. Unknown events are now reported instead of being ignored. ENHANCEMENTS Version 2.30 includes the following enhancements: The Percepta Agents included on this diskette can be used in one of two environments, either in with a pure SNMP Management architecture, such as HP OpenView or ManageWise, or with the LANDesk Server Manager 2.8 included with your server. You must decide how you want to manage your server, with LANDesk or with SNMP. If you choose to use the LANDesk software, the Percepta Agents are installed along with the LANDesk software. Refer to the README.TXT file on the diskette for further information. PREVIOUS RELEASE(S) Previous releases included the following: Version 2.10 of the Percepta diskette primarily includes the new LANDesk service for the Windows NT server system. This release also includes RAID alert management and configuration information. Platforms and Hardware Support This version of the Percepta diskette is intended for Manhattan S Ultra Wide-series systems ONLY. The agents included on this diskette expect to communicate with the BIOS included on the S-series servers, to provide unique BIOS-related information. The Percepta Agents included on this diskette can be used in one of two environments: either with a pure SNMP Management architecture, such as HP OpenView or Novell ManageWise, or with the Intel LANDesk Server Manager 2.51 included with your server. Two choices are available for managing the server, LANDesk or SNMP. If you choose to use the LANDesk software, the Percepta Agents are installed along with the LANDesk software. For further information, refer to the README.TXT file on the diskette. NOTES This diskette includes software for Windows NT server systems ONLY. The diskette contains the SNMP Percepta MIBs for the product. This software runs on the Manhattan HS and S servers for remote management. Errata During the LANDesk install, a dialog box will be displayed, stating "Setup did not detect the proper hardware on your Windows NT server to install LANDesk Server Control." This warning information is provided by the software to indicate that some of the expected hardware is not installed. This is not an issue, and can be ignored. NT Event Log Entries "Normal system boot". This will occur each time the system starts up, and is normal. This can be used to make sure the alerting system is functional upon startup. For information on installing this update, please view the README.TXT file that accompanies the update. You can download this file from the following services: AST WWW Site: http://www.ast.com AST On-Line! BBS*: See IB0001.TXT CompuServe: GO: ASTFORUM Prodigy: JUMP: ASTSUPPORT * Refer to IB0001.TXT for a list of AST's international BBS numbers. To decompress this file, create a temporary directory on your hard drive, copy the downloaded file to that directory, and run the file. TAN N/A --------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this data sheet is subject to change without notice. AST Research, Inc. shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. This material contains information protected by copyright. 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