What's new in Drivers 19
Use this information to review the new and updated drivers in the Drivers 19 release.
Drivers 19 upgrade paths
When
upgrading to Drivers 19 from a previous drivers version, follow the
upgrade paths listed in the following table, depending on your system
configuration:
Netcool Configuration Manager version | Driver upgrade path |
---|---|
Netcool Configuration Manager 6.2 or 6.3 | Install Drivers 19 as described in Drivers 19 installation of these release notes. Note: This
includes the installation of the separate compliance definitions using
the new individual compliance installers for each SmartModel package.
|
Netcool Configuration Manager 6.4 | Install Drivers 19 as described in Drivers 19 installation of these release notes. Note: This
excludes the installation of the separate compliance definitions.
|
Installation changes from Drivers 16 to Drivers 17, 18 and 19
The following list summarizes the installation changes from Drivers 16 to Drivers 17, 18 and 19:
- Netcool Configuration Manager Standard Device and Standard Basic Device packages
- For Netcool Configuration Manager Standard Device and Standard Basic Device packages the associated installers have been greatly reduced in size and time to install.
- Netcool Configuration Manager SmartModel Basic Device, SmartModel Device, and SmartModel Complex Device packages
- For Netcool Configuration
Manager SmartModel
Basic Device, SmartModel Device, and SmartModel Complex Device packages:
- All drivers are made available through individual installers for each driver to minimize the download footprint.
- The full installers are still available and now contain only the drivers classified as belonging to the relevant package.
- The
SmartModelTier0Upgrade.bin
,SmartModelTier2Upgrade.bin
, andSmartModelTier3Upgrade.bin
installers are no longer needed. - The
SmartModelTier0Upgrade.sh
,SmartModelTier2Upgrade.sh
, andSmartModelTier3Upgrade.sh
upgrade scripts from previous driver releases are deprecated and have been replaced by theSmartModelUpgrade.sh
,SmartModelBasicUpgrade.sh
, andSmartModelComplexUpgrade.sh
upgrade scripts. These new upgrade scripts are installed when you install the SmartModel Basic Device, SmartModel Device, and SmartModel Complex Device packages. For example, installing the SmartModel Complex Device package causes only theSmartModelComplexUpgrade.sh
upgrade script to be installed.The new upgrade scripts also get installed with any of the individual installers from the SmartModel Basic Device, SmartModel Device, and SmartModel Complex Device packages.
- Compliance installation changes from Drivers 16 to Drivers 17, 18 and 19 – Netcool Configuration Manager 6.4
- The
ITNCMComplianceDefinitions.bin
separate installer is no longer required as the Compliance functionality now uses the driver metadata installed by the SmartModel Basic Device, SmartModel Device, and SmartModel Complex Device packages or any of the individual installers from these packages. - Compliance installation changes from Drivers 16 to Drivers 17, 18 and 19 – Netcool Configuration Manager 6.2 and 6.3
- The single
ITNCMComplianceDefinitions.bin
installer is replaced by new individual installers for each SmartModel package, which need to be downloaded and installed separately.See Drivers 19 installation of these release notes for instructions on how to install the compliance definitions on Netcool Configuration Manager 6.2 and 6.3.
New and updated drivers
The Drivers 19 release contains the new and updated
drivers listed in the following table. The table provides the vendor,
part number, device type, supported models, supported operating systems,
and driver types associated with the new drivers.
Note: APAR fixes
and other maintenance for other Drivers not included in the list below
will be included in a separate Drivers Fixpack that will be released
at a later date. Please contact IBM support for further information.
Vendor | Part No | Type | Supported models | Supported operating systems | Driver name / driver file name | Package |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alcatel-Lucent | CN15ZEN | PON | 7342 | OS 4.9 | alcatel_pon_7342_4.9.x / AlcatelPon734249x.bin | SmartModel |
Cisco | CN160EN | Switch | 35xx | IOS 15.x | cisco_switch_35xx_15.x / CiscoSwitch35xx15x.bin | SmartModel |
Cisco | CN161EN | Switch | 3850 | IOS XE 3.x | cisco_switch_3850_3.x / CiscoSwitch38503x.bin | SmartModel |
Juniper | CN15REN | Router | Mxxx | Junos 13.0 | juniper_router_mxxx_13.0 / JuniperRouterMxxx130.bin | SmartModel |
Juniper | CN162EN | Switch | Ex | Junos 13.0 | juniper_switch_ex_13.0 / JuniperSwitchEX130.bin | SmartModel |
Juniper | CN165EN | Router | Tx | Junos 13.0 | juniper_router_tx_13.0 / JuniperRouterTx130.bin | SmartModel Complex |
Riverbed | CN163EN | Wan | Steelhead-xx50 | 8.x | riverbed_wan_steelhead-xx50_8.x / RiverheadWANSteelheadxx508x.bin | SmartModel |
Riverbed | CN166EN | Wan | Steelhead-6050 | 8.x | riverbed_wan_steelhead-6050_8.x / RiverheadWANSteelhead60508x.bin | SmartModel Complex |