What's New At Revision 8.2.3; New Features; Software Support For Protocol-Based Vlans; Support For Seven Rmon Data Groups - 3Com Corebuilder 6000 Software Installation And Release Notes

What's New at
Revision 8.2.3?

New Features

FDDI Switching Module (FSM) Guide
Fast Ethernet Switching Module (FESM) Guide
In addition, Filter Builder software and the Filter Builder Getting Started Guide
are shipped with CoreBuilder 6000 Extended Switching software.
This section describes the new features, software enhancements, and
corrections implemented at this release.
The following new features have been added at this release.

Software Support for Protocol-based VLANs

Revision 8.2.3 offers support for protocol-based VLANs on the CoreBuilder
6000 system. Protocol-based VLANs allow you to define VLANs based on the
network protocol, including IP, IPX, AppleTalk, XNS, DECnet, X.25 Layer 3,
SNA, Banyan VINES, and NetBIOS.
This release allows you to overlap VLANs by supporting multiple protocols
per port, multiple subnetworks per port, and the spanning of Layer 3
networks across multiple ports. You can also use an external router to
communicate between VLANs.
New menus have been added to the Administration Console menu so that
you can administer protocol-based VLANs on the CoreBuilder 6000 system.
These menus allow you to:
Display summary or detailed information on VLANs
Define or modify a VLAN definition
Delete a VLAN definition
For more details on VLAN functionality in the CoreBuilder 6000 system, see
Appendix C, "VLANs on the CoreBuilder System" and
"Administering VLANs."

Support for Seven RMON Data Groups

Revision 8.2.3 Extended Switching software supports the following RMON
data groups:
Group 1: Statistics — Maintains utilization and error statistics for the
monitored segment

What's New at Revision 8.2.3?

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