The Upgrade To V1.6 - D-Link DGS-3700-12 User Manual

When a CS becomes a MS, it automatically becomes a member of the first SNMP community (including read/write
and read only) to which the CS belongs. However, if a MS has its own IP address, it can belong to SNMP
communities to which other switches in the group, including the CS, do not belong.

The Upgrade to v1.6

To better improve SIM management, the DGS-3700 Series has been upgraded to version 1.6 in this release. Many
improvements have been made, including:
1. The Commander Switch (CS) now has the capability to automatically rediscover member switches that have left the
SIM group, either through a reboot or web malfunction. This feature is accomplished through the use of Discover
packets and Maintain packets that previously set SIM members will emit after a reboot. Once a MS has had its MAC
address and password saved to the CS's database, if a reboot occurs in the MS, the CS will keep this MS information
in its database and when a MS has been rediscovered, it will add the MS back into the SIM tree automatically. No
configuration will be necessary to rediscover these switches.
There are some instances where pre-saved MS switches cannot be rediscovered. For example, if the Switch is still
powered down, if it has become the member of another group, or if it has been configured to be a Commander Switch,
the rediscovery process cannot occur.
2. The topology map now includes new features for connections that are a
member of a port trunking group. It will display the speed and number of
Ethernet connections creating this port trunk group, as shown in the
adjacent picture.
3. This version will support multiple switch upload and downloads for firmware, configuration files and log files, as
follows:
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Firmware – The switch now supports multiple MS firmware downloads from a TFTP server.
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Configuration Files – This switch now supports multiple downloading and uploading of configuration files
both to (for configuration restoration) and from (for configuration backup) MS's, using a TFTP server.
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Log – The switch now supports uploading multiple MS log files to a TFTP server.
4. The user may zoom in and zoom out when utilizing the topology window to get a better, more defined view of the
configurations.
Single IP Settings
All switches are set as Candidate (CaS) switches as their factory default configuration and Single IP Management will
be disabled. This window is used to enable the SIM for the Switch using the Web interface.
To view this window, click Management > Single IP Management > Single IP Settings, as shown below:
Change the SIM State to Enabled, and the Role State to Commander using the pull-down menu and click Apply.
DGS-3700-12/DGS-3700-12G Series Layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet User Manual
Figure 3- 11 Single IP Settings window (disabled)
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