Comtech EF Data FX Series Administrator Guide User Manual
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Comtech EF Data / Stampede
FX Series Administration Guide - Version 6.1.1
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Chapter: Using This Document
Section: Release Notes
MN-FXSERIESADM6 Rev 5
Now prompts for destination 'trap' community and 'read/write' community. (previous MIB
was not read/write and did not emit traps (traps are an SNMP term for alerts)
Enhanced Operations Functionality
Operations->Shutdown Restart.
Now has new 'Restart acceleration service and reset cache. This is now the only way to
completely reset the cache files
Status Monitor Enhancements
Real-Time Monitor
Real-time monitor now does a 'quick' reset of cache that does not require reboot.
CurrentStatus->NetworkStatus-Of WAN Interface.
New status feature that is the only way to ascertain the MAC address of the WAN interface.
Header Compression/Packet Aggregation
FX aggregates packets into an Ethernet frame and sends it to a peer, where the packets are
restored.
The default for DDS has been changed to 'Enabled' on the ADC. Previously it was 'Disabled' by
default.
Version 6.0.3 Functionality Enhancements
These features have been developed in response to customer feedback and market analysis for the purpose
of increasing the interoperability of the FX Series with other CEFD products and to broaden the scope of
environments where FX Series can be deployed.
This release adds the following new features:
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is now supported in ACM Filter Definitions.
If MPLS is selected, then the “MPLS Label” and “MPLS experimental bits” fields will be
enabled as filter criteria.
The default for Dynamic ACM Polling Method Parameters is changed.
The default setting is now the Modem type, with the pull-down choices including:
CDM-750, CDM-625, CDM-760, CDM-800, CDM-840, and CTOG-250.
The default is the CDM-750
L5 functionality has been enhanced with the following improvements
Pre-connect option has been removed from the L5 form
Enable acceleration has been added to the L5 form
The ability to define a “*” policy for L5. A “*” is a port range of 1-65535.
Other changes include:
VLAN Mode has been added to the general screen for (Trunk or Access)
Fail-to-Wire option has been added to the general screen (on or off)
ACM QOS Section of the Current Status screen has an added report “Throughput by QoS
with an updated description of “By Modem”