Cisco Systems 3.0(1) Network Router User Manual


 
4 Release Notes for Cisco Network Registrar 3.0(1)T
User Interface and Server Interoperability
User Interface and Server Interoperability
The following table describes the typical outcome when you run different versions of the user
interface and the servers:
What’s New in This Release
The following sections describe the new features in Cisco Network Registrar Release 3.0(1)T and
Cisco Network Registrar Release 3.0T.
Cisco Network Registrar Release 3.0(1)T
Cisco Network Registrar Release 3.0(1)T offers these new features:
DHCP lease query—A method for a uBR to discover the mapping between IP and MAC
addresses. This is necessary in some customer environments to prevent theft of service on the
cable network.
Read-only user interface—A feature that allows a site to have one user interface in use with full
read/write privileges and a several interfaces in use with just read privileges.
DNS force transfer—A method for a site to manually force an update on a secondary server when
the primary server has newer information.
LDAP log and error messages—Messages that indicate progress in accessing an LDAP server.
This feature makes it easier to diagnose problems interfacing to LDAP.
Improved server, GUI and CLI performance—A data structure enhancement that increases
processing speed and new lease generation when a large number of scopes are configured.
Cisco Network Registrar Release 3.0T
Cisco Network Registrar Release 3.0T offers these new features:
Integration of the TFTP server into the CNR server framework
Enhancements to the CNR user interfaces to support the TFTP server
Enhancements to the CNR DHCP server in support of the TFTP server dynamic DOCSIS file
creation
Enhancements and customizations to the CNR DHCP server in support of data-over-cable
deployments
Improved performance
Unique error code numbers on NT
Support for Solaris 7
Table 3 Network Registrar Interoperability
GUI and CLI Server Outcome
3.0 2.5 Network Registrar runs successfully.
2.5 3.0 Network Registrar UI displays the error message “Unsupported version
number.” The server is unaffected.