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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 20:08

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

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
2880.1	Firmware update?	HAN::JCARSTENS		`Thu Oct 19 1995 11:24`	11
2880.2	Whoa there	NETCAD::MILLBRANDT	answer mam	`Thu Oct 19 1995 12:50`	14
	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
2880.3	the way it is	NETCAD::MILLBRANDT	answer mam	`Thu Oct 19 1995 19:29`	8
	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