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What’s New at Revision 8.2.3? 9
■ 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.
What’s New at
Revision 8.2.3?
This section describes the new features, software enhancements, and
corrections implemented at this release.
New Features 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 Appendix D,
“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