These notes describe the new enhancements made to the SimpleAgentPro
since Version 10.0 (November, 2006)
The Topology Editor has been enhanced to include support for
switches and PCs. Now a network made up of routers, switches
and end stations can be drawn and their linkages will get
represented in MIB2 and BridgeMIB data supported by the
individual devices. A management application can then query
the individual devices to discover the connectivity.
It is also extensible to include additional "topology to MIB data"
conversion rules.
Added support for Scenarios, where map or device level scenarios
can be added and then invoked with a mouse click from the pop-up
menus associated with maps or devices.
Engineers in the pre-sales or engineering departments can create
scenarios that sales and marketing people can quickly and easily
use to create network events that showcase the capabilities of
your management application.
A new utility called "sappoll" has been added which takes multiple
snapshots of specific variables and records them in a file so that
they can be replayed later.
This is particularly useful in learning new device data from
customer sites, and then recreate customer environments in labs.
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the SimpleAgentPro
since Version 9.5 (April, 2006)
Management Applications
Added Wizard support to import managed devices from Network Management
applications.
Given a list of devices and their SNMP profiles, SimpleAgentPro can
quickly learn their SNMP variables and create maps that duplicate the
production network in your lab environment.
IPv6 DHCP/TFTP/TOD
Added support for DHCPv6 in the unrestricted Linux version of
SimpleAgentPro. You can now create both statically defined
IPV6 devices and have it make DHCPv6 requests to get addresses.
DHCP requests can be made both sequentially and in parallel.
Once the address is received, it can be followed up with TFTP
and TOD requests over IPv6.
Advanced DHCP Support
GUI support is now added for DHCPv6 option specification
Map Viewer
A graphical map viewer application is included that provides
a view into all the maps currently running on the system.
These include maps started by other users.
The map viewer only allows a "read-only" view of the maps.
You cannot stop a map started by others.
CastleRock SNMPc Wizard
Added support to work with CastleRock SNMPc to import device list
for simulation.
MIB complier interface
Added a new interface for MIB compilation. The user interface
has been changed to show a list of currently compiled MIBs
along with the Modules inside them.
The MIB compiler now supports auto resolution of imported
objects from MIB files present in specified directories.
Agent
Added support for AES as a SNMPv3 privacy protocol
in addition to DES. This support is available in the
US version.
Added support for parallel DHCP request to be sent
via Tcl commands.
Other Enhancements
Added support for SSH Directory specification to supprort
SCP on Windows.
Added support to optionally return NO_SUCH_NAME error when
doing sets with a read community.
Added a SA_checkstopflag Tcl command to stop forever loops.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 9.5 Release Notes
April 17, 2006
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the SimpleAgentPro
since Version 9.0 (July, 2005)
Traps
Added GUI support for a device to generate traps in bursts as
well as periodically.
Added GUI support for all devices in a map to generate traps in
bursts as well as periodically.
Previously this functionality was available via scripting but
not via a GUI interface.
IPv6
Added support for IPv6 in the Linux version of SimpleAgentPro.
You can now create statically defined IPV6 devices and have
them support SNMP. This capability is only available in the
unrestricted version.
You can learn SNMP variables from IPv6 devices, and the
simulated IPv6 devices can emit traps to IPv6 managers.
Advanced DHCP Support
GUI support is now added for DHCP option specification
as well as unicast/broadcast/relay capabilities, allowing
SimpleAgentPro to be more easily used in testing provisioning
applications.
The Cable Wizard is also now enhanced to provide these
capabilities.
Modeling File Editor
A graphical modeling file editor is provided to assist in the
creation of Tcl based modeling script files. Inclusion of
Tcl commands and their arguments can be carried out by filling
information in associated dialog boxes.
Template modeling files are also provided.
SAPro Name Server as a Windows Service
The sapns name server can now be installed as a windows
service facilitating the use of dongles in a remote desktop
environment.
CA Spectrum Wizard
Added support to work with CA Spectrum to import device list
for simulation.
Agent
Added support for context engine id based proxy scheme
in addition to the already supported context name based
proxies.
Added support for stopwatch style Tcl commands in the
modeling file.
Added support for additional telnet commands to get
userdata information.
Other Enhancements
Added support for associating a customized logo image with
each device.
Added support to sort displayed devices and maps in the GUI.
Added support to show "Total" in the statistics window.
Added support to sapwalk utility to limit number of instances
and rows learnt.
Added support to sapcnsl utility to add devices to a running
map and to start/stop/restart individual devices.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 9.0 Release Notes
July 15, 2005
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the SimpleAgentPro
since Version 8.5 (October, 2004)
TL1
Added support for TL1 learner to convert TL1 log files
into TL1 modeling files for use with the TL1 simulator.
Support was also added for many Tcl commands related to
TL1 like SA_TL1_setauto_atagformat to allow better
simulation.
An asynchronous UDP socket can also be opened within a
TL1 session to receive Tcl commands during a client
connection.
Telnet
Added support for additional Tcl commands to provide
default command action, disable processing, add delay,
skip processing, skip initialization sequence, and
deal with different types of input terminator sequences.
Added asynchronous UDP socket support to process Tcl
commands in a telnet session.
Made the max number of simultaneous sessions configurable.
Allowed support for multiple usernames and passwords.
Graphical Topology Editor
A graphical topology editor is provided to assist in the
creation of gateway files that are converted to corresponding
variable files with appropriate MIB2 data.
Workspace and maps can also be automatically generated.
Dynamic row templates
Rules file syntax has been enhanced to allow automatic
enabling of row status tables and making all columns
not required.
Agent
Added support for Tcl based commands to give provide
an aynchronous interface for handling message callbacks
on a specified UDP port.
Added support for short definite form encoding of SNMP
packets.
Other Enhancements
Added support for converting Concord's walk files in
sapw2var.
Added fix to resolve zombie process creation on Solaris 2.8
and incorrect packet tracing of report PDUs.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 8.5 Release Notes
October 15, 2004
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the SimpleAgentPro
since Version 8.0 (Feb, 2004).
Wizards
Added support for HP OpenView Discovery Wizard that
discovers, learns and creates simulation maps based on
information in HP OpenView database.
This greatly simplifies the tasks of duplicating existing
networks instead of just duplicating individual devices.
MIB Browser
The MIB Browser has been enhanced to show changes in
data as well as show results in multiple windows.
The preferences dialog allows the user to save these
settings for subsequent use.
MIB Compiler
A less stringent MIB compiler is now included with
the product. The older mibcompiler is also provided
for backwards compatibility if required. It uses a
best-effort approach to parsing the MIBs and extracts
as much information as possible from it.
DHCP
DHCP requests can now also be made in parallel instead
of sequentially as done in the past. This allows the
simulation to stress DHCP servers with many requests
coming all at once.
MIB Based Learning
In addition to doing snmp walks to learn all the variables
supported by an agent, learning can also be restricted to
learn only those variables that are present in a specified
MIB. Number of rows learnt from a specific table can also
be curtailed.
Agent
Added support for Tcl based commands to give current snmp
port information as well as currently processed object
identifier (which for getnext requests might be different
than the one in the request).
Added support for automatic mapping of $$MYMAINMACADDR$$
token in the variable file with the device's associated
MAC Address.
Command Line Utilities
Added support for carrying out learning on HP OpenView
machines that are not running SimpleAgentPro. These tools
can then be taken to customer sites to quickly build list
of devices to learn from.
SNMP Informs
Added support to provide SNMPv3 discovery based inform
generation and retransmission until response/ack is received
from the inform receipient.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 8.0 Release Notes
February 18, 2004
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the SimpleAgentPro
since Version 7.5 (July 28, 2003).
Wizards
Added support for Discovery Wizard that discovers, learns and creates
simulation maps based on seed router, subnets, and IP ranges.
This greatly simplifies the tasks of duplicating existing
networks instead of just duplicating devices one at a time.
SSH
The Telnet/CLI interface in SimpleAgentPro is now also
available via SSH, as today's secure devices increasingly
support SSH instead of Telnet. Users can now login into the
simulated devices using SSH and run CLI sessions.
Multiple SSH sessions are supported to the simulated devices
and pre-learnt CLI responses can be played back over SSH.
SSH support is currently only available on Solaris and Linux
within United States. It is not currently available for
export.
HTTP/HTTPs
Simulated devices now support HTTP/HTTPs in addition to
SNMP, SSH, Telnet/CLI, TL1, FTP and TFTP. Now, some management
data can be retrieved via SNMP while other data can be got via
HTTP/HTTPs.
SimpleAgentPro also includes a simple HTTP learner application
that allows you to learn from existing devices and save their
HTTP responses so that they can be replayed later.
Agent
Added support for Tcl based command to automatically add
trap recipients from the SNMPTargetAddrTable data.
Added support for manipulating the object ids returned
in SNMP Set responses.
Added support to specify additional varbinds in
enterprise specific traps when creating traps from MIBs.
Command Line Utilities
Added support for carrying out SNMP walks in parallel
to facilitate faster learning from existing networks
at customer sites.
Added support for discovery tools that can be taken at
customer sites to quickly build list of devices to
learn from.
Added support for learning traps for various trap logs.
User Interface
Added support for graphical display of maps using images.
Telnet Learning
Added support to handle cases where special input is
necessary before the login prompt is displayed.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 7.5 Release Notes
July 28, 2003
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the SimpleAgentPro
since Version 7.0 (March 2003).
Wizards
Added support for Cable Modem Wizard that takes information from
the user about different types of Cable Modem and Cable Modem with
MTA simulations, and translates that information into maps, modelling
files, variable files etc that are required by SimpleAgentPro to
support the specific simulation.
Different projects for CM and CM/MTA can be created that support
DHCP, TFTP, ToD, Informs, and downloading of TFTP files based on
SNMP set requests to recreate initialization packet flows as
specified in the PacketCable specifications.
User Interface
Added support for sequential starting of multiple maps,
instead of all at once as is currently supported, based
on config file option.
Added support for status update of stopping of maps based
on config file option.
Added the specification of Cache size and Dynamic instance
size per map instead of a global setting in the configuration
file.
Increased supported size of Topology Data field to 1000.
Increased supported size of User Data field to 1000.
Added support for viewing the files in addition to browsing
when specifiying properties of devices.
Added support to create v2Inform, v3notifications, and v3
informs in the createTraps from MIB interface.
Device Library
Added support for CMTS, CM and MTA devices from Motorola
and RCA.
Agent
Added support for automatic discovery of simulated subnets
by supporting a router agent on the machine on which the
simulation is running whose MIB-II data will point to the
various simulated devices.
Added support for adding tokens in the variable file which
are substituted with device specific information from the
Topology Data field on the Device. This allows you to
share one variable file with many devices and yet have
some specific data overwritten within it at runtime from
information that is associated with the device in the
map file.
Added support for specifiying end of line character sequences
in telnet for better integration with applications.
Added support for accepting v2 datatype keywords like Counter32,
Integer32, Gauge32 and Unsigned32. Support for the underlying
datatypes like Counter, Integer and Gauge was already present.
Flash Demo
Added support for flash tutorials that introduce the user
to the various aspects of SimpleAgentPro and help in quickly
getting them started. The audio-visual tours show GUI
interactions with annotated voice that guide the user in
carrying out the commonly required tasks.
Web Help
Added support for Web based help for the entire documentation.
The help system can now be searched much more easily.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 7.0 Release Notes
March 14, 2003
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the
SimpleAgentPro since Version 6.0 (August 2002).
User Interface
New user-interface introduces a notion of servers within
workspaces. Maps on remote servers can be started/stopped
supporting an enterprise level distributed simulation environment.
New user-interface adds a thumbnail view of the devices in the
list for easier identification of different vendor boxes.
Added support for user defined names for the simulated devices.
Added support to select different workspaces. Now different
users can have different workspaces that can be saved and loaded,
thus preserving different test configurations.
Added support to display trap and syslog statistics in addition
to get/set packets statistics in the device statistics window.
Added a TL1 modelling file editor that can assist in creating
TL1 modelling files for simulating TL1 supported devices.
Added support for SNMP debugging window to facilitate
examination of SNMP requests received and responses sent by
simulated devices.
Device Library
Added support for user defined devices to be added to the
device library. Vendors, device types and actual devices can be
easily added to the device library allowing users to create a
representation of all the different devices in their network.
Added support for associating vendor icons with the device
library for clearer identification of the devices in a map.
Traps/Syslog
Added support for generation of syslog events from the
simulated devices.
Added support to learn traps and syslog events from a real
network and to record the traps and syslog events with timing
information for subsequent playback of events from multiple
devices.
MIB Browser
Added support to include a MIB browser within the
SimpleAgentPro application to enable sending SNMP requests to the
simulated devices from within the SimleAgentPro itself.
MIB Browser supports gets/sets and displays tabular instances
in a table format based on the associated MIB information.
Support is also provided for adding rows to tables, multi
variable operations, and redoing past query.
Agent
Added support for DHCP relay and DHCP requests for additional
devices using new Tcl commands.
Added support for Diffie-Hellman kickstart initialization.
Added support for Diffie-Hellman key change via Tcl modelling
files.
Added support to restart a device and make it go through the
initialization once again.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 6.0 Release Notes
August 20, 2002
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the
SimpleAgentPro since Version 5.5 (March 2002).
User Interface
New user-interface introduces a notion of workspace and allows
multiple maps to be started and stopped through one GUI.
New device definition screen allows the different aspects of
device behavior like IP, SNMP, Telnet/CLI, TL1, TFTP and FTP to be
more easily defined.
Added support to choose from pre-learnt device library for the
selection of compiled mib file and variable files.
Added support to edit/view any file by invoking an editor of
your choice from the SimpleAgentPro menus.
Added support for graphical variable file editor that allows
you to add/delete/edit instances and their values and see them in
a MIB tree format.
Added support to associate starting interface numbers and setup
files during map definition itself.
Agent
Added support for dynamically mapping list of IP address tokens
specified in the variable file as $$MYIPADDRnnn$$ to a list of
addresses specified in the map. This allows topology relationships
to be maintained even when different simulated adddresses are
specified.
Added support for SA_telnet_getsnmpval function to provide
tighter integration between SNMP and Telnet.
Added support to display manager ip address in SNMP debug
messages.
Traps
Added support for trap learner application that can open up
port 162 and listen for traps and translate them to SimpleAgentPro
Trap tcl commands.
Added support to send traps via a GUI that shows a selection of
trap names that are read from a Trap tcl file.
Added support for SA_trapgetpdu, SA_v2ctrapgetpdu and
SA_sendtrappdu to allow faster generation of pre-built traps.
Help System
New HTML based help with dialog box pictures.
Contents are now searchable and displayed in a modeless,
re-sizeable dialog box.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 5.5 Release Notes
March 28, 2002
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the
SimpleAgentPro since Version 5.0(November 2001).
Agent
SimpleAgentPro adds support for TL1. Management applications
can now talk with simulated devices via SNMP,Telnet and
TL1. TL1 is supported over Telnet.
%after_snmp_response entry points added to agent modelling
file. This allows packets to be sent after the SNMP response is
sent to the manager.
User Interface
Removed the restriction of starting all the devices when
starting a map. Now, user can specify a subset of devices to
start.
Added support to add/delete/start/stop/enable/disable/restart a
group devices at the same time in a running map.
Added support to learn Telnet/CLI from a device by using a
built-in Telnet Learner application.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 5.0 Redhat Linux Release Notes
February 12, 2002
The SimpleAgentPro ver 5.0 is now available on Redhat Linux 7.2
in addition to Solaris and Windows NT/2000/XP.
All the capabilities of the SimpleAgentPro including Telnet/CLI
are available on the Redhat Linux (7.2) platform allowing our
customers to leverage the performance and cost benefits of the
Intel platform with the familiarity of the UNIX environment.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 5.0 Release Notes
November 26, 2001
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the
SimpleAgentPro since Version 4.5(August 2001).
Agent
SimpleAgentPro adds support for Telnet/CLI. Management
applications can now talk with simulated devices via SNMP
and Telnet. The Telnet/CLI module is currently
available at no extra cost.
Added support to create packet tracing in addition to pdu
tracing.
Added support to return Tcl command results in saproapi message
format.
Added support to create log files with appropriate read
permissions.
Added support for Tcl commands (SA_debugmask and SA_debugputs)
to allow optional tracing of user defined scripts.
User Interface
Added support to add/modify/delete devices in a running map.
Added support to start/stop/enable/disable/restart individual
devices in a running map. The map now also shows individual device
state.
Added menu item to open debug files.
Added support to use SNMPv3 in addition to SNMPv1 and SNMPv2C
when learning variables from a real device.
Added support to create SNMPv1 Traps, SNMPv2c Notifications and
SNMPv2c Informs during the creation of traps from MIB.
Added support to learn traps from a device, by using a built-in
Trap Learner application.
Added support for optional dependency information file during
MIB Compilation.
General
Added a telnet learner application.
Added a network discovery application.
Added support to start maps via the sapcnsl application.
Added a saptclsh application that is a Tcl shell with built-in
telnet and network discovery support.
Added support for SNMPv3 in the sapwalk2 utility.
Added over 2000 MIBs to be shipped with the SimpleAgentPro as a
separate MIB installation. MIBs from the IETF as well as various
vendors are included.
Added a device library that includes pre-learnt devices from
Cisco, Juniper, Brocade, Riverstone, Extreme and others.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 4.5 Release Notes
August 24, 2001
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the
SimpleAgentPro since Version 4.0(December 2000).
Agent
SNMPv3 Auth/Priv support added in the US version.
Added support for devices to make DHCP requests to get their
initial IP Addresses.
Added support for nullvalue() value type and SA_NULLVALUE token
in SA_setcurvalue.
Added support to generate authorizationError for SNMPv2C with
invalid community strings.
Added support to append instances to oids of varbinds in trap
templates.
Added support for specifying multiple read/write community
strings.
Added support for trafficpercent valuetype.
Enhanced indexvalue valuetype.
User Interface
Added menu item Device->Start and Device->Stop to start
and stop individual devices without bringing the entire map down.
Added menu item to edit/view trap tcl file.
Added support for extended MIB list selection on both Windows
and Solaris.
Added support to overwrite existing Tcl scripts in
Device->Tcl Script window.
Reduced size of device definition dialog box on Windows to
support 800*600 resolution.
Tcl Commands
Updated Tcl interpertor to 8.3 version.
Added support for FTP client tcl commands.
Added support for TFTP client tcl commands.
Added support for ToD tcl commands.
Added support for SA_sendv2cinformWaitForResponse.
Added support for SA_sendv3notify and SA_sendv3inform.
Fixed problem in reading values for valuelistinfile.
Frequently asked questions section updated with sample scripts
and solutions for quick answers.
General
Added support for tftp server module for both Solaris and
Windows.
Changed file handles to unbuffered i/o for modelling and debug
files.
Added locking for ftp server configuration file on Solaris.
Added support for running multiple instances on Windows.
Eased limitation of 50 devices per map to over 100 on Solaris.
Fixed issue with setting long value strings via SA_setvar.
Fixed issue with receiving Auth packets when in noAuth/noPriv
mode.
Fixed issue with handling obsolete MIB objects.
Fixed display of noSuchInstance/noSuchObject/endOfMIBView in
the packet dump.
Fixed issue with error recovery from error in variable file.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 4.0 Release Notes
December 22, 2000
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the
SimpleAgentPro since Version 3.0(March 2000).
Agent
SNMPv3 Auth/noPriv support added. Supports both MD5 and SHA
Authentication.
Initial engBoots in simulated SNMPv3 devices is computed in 5
min increments instead of always being zero.
Added support for automatically replacing learnt device's IP
address with the simulated device's IP address.
Added support for associating multiple IP addresses with the
same simulated device for router type devices.
Added support for onerandomup valuetype to make the variables
accessed in one PDU to have the same basic rate of change.
Added support for tftp server to the SimpleAgentPro.
Corrected transmission of wrongDigest and notInTimeWindows
Report PDU's, and cleared report flag in responses to work with
Brass stack.
MTU Size can now be changed on Windows NT upto 2000.
Fixed error in GetBulk response length computation for SNMPv3.
Request ids are incremented for v2c traps and informs
generated.
User Interface
Added menu item Device->Restart to allow individual devices
to be restarted without bringing the entire map down.
Tcl Commands
Added command to set the delta multiplier for Counter type
variables to globally change their rate of increase.
Added commands to add and delete ipaddresses to support devices
with multiple ip addresses.
Added commands to reload variable and modeling files for
individual simulated devices.
Added commands to register and deregister tftp server
registration.
Added commands to get and set community strings.
Added command to retrieve the last returned value without
affecting the current value of the variable.
Frequently asked questions section updated with sample scripts
and solutions for quick answers.
General
Windows NT/2000 version now supports software based licensing
in addition to hardware dongle based.
Support for Solaris 2.8 to take care of different multi-homed
support within it.
Utilities
saptraps utility has been enhanced to generate v2c
notifications and informs in addition to v1 traps.
sapw2var has been enhanced to also convert HP Openview walk
output.
sapwalk2 has been added to walk using SNMPv3.
sapgwvar has been added to create gateway variable files for
supporting a specified network topology. This allows auto
discovery of simulated devices.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 3.0 Release Notes
March 14, 2000
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the
SimpleAgentPro since Version 2.0(June 1999).
Agent
SNMPv3 noAuth/noPriv support added.
NT version now supports both Microsoft TCP/IP stack and
SimpleSoft's UDP/IP stack for multihomed IP. SimpleSoft's UDP/IP
stack is now enhanced to support upto 4000 IP addresses.
Variables can be optionally stored in memory for better
performance. Fixed range style instances can be used for very
large table simulation.
%stop_action and %before_snmp_request entry points added to
agent modelling file.
NOSUCHINSTANCE, NOSUCHOBJECT, ENDOFMIBVIEW values can be
returned via SA_setcurvalue.
Maximum number of variables in a request can be set to generate
TOO_BIG_ERROR, in addition to the MTU Size.
User Interface
Status window added to the Device->Tcl Script screen to see
if the command was successfully evaluated. Status window also
added to the Map->Setup screen.
Environment variables supported to override default directory
structure.
Log files created in a separate log directory, and a file
viewer added to menu.
sathrd and sapns processes no longer show on the task bar for
Windows NT.
Statistics window also shows how long the map has been up. The
counter refresh rate can be controlled by a variable in the
config.inp file.
Tcl Commands
SNMPv2C Informs can now be generated by SA_sendv2CInform tcl
command.
SNMPv3 parameters like engineBoots, engineTime, and counters
for various report pdu related errors can be got and set.
Table instances can be directly manipulated to speed up
deleting and adding of rows.
Variables that have been accessed can be dumped to a file.
General
Traps get logged in the SNMP debug file.
Better resolution of timestamps in the debug file, along with
support for only dumping error pdus.
XML like map file format. Older map file format still
supported.
Number of rows learnt can be restricted to speed up learning.
Frequently asked questions section updated with sample scripts
and solutions for quick answers.
Corrected instance value extraction during dynamic row creation
of fixed length octet string indexes.
Utilities
Stand alone command line utilities provided for all the
functionality of the SimpleAgentPro GUI console. sapm2var,
sapdrow, sapvsort utilities added.
sapwalk utility improved to handle errors and hidden subtrees.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 2.0 Release Notes
June 14, 1999
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the
SimpleAgentPro since 1.5 version (Feb 1999).
User Interface
Devices can be easily cloned via the GUI, to make multiple
copies of a selected device and different IP Addresses can be
assigned to them.
Tcl commands can be now be sent directly to the selected
device, without going through a setup file
Individual statistics can also be obtained for a selected
device.
Trap tcl file containing sample tcl commands to emit traps for
a given MIB file, can now be created from the GUI.
Command line option to automatically start maps when using
SimpleAgentPro GUI.
Automatic refresh of statistics every 10 seconds.
Tcl
The main tcl interpretor has been upgraded to tcl8.1.
A number of device and map specific tcl commands have been
added that allow the control of SNMP response error status,
updating of timer delay, getting access to device settings, and
issuing system commands.
General
The MIB compiler has been made less stringent, allowing MIBs to
be compiled more easily.
Learning from device can be done using SNMPv1 or SNMPv2C
protocol.
New valuetype allows better support for regression testing.
Fixed range support added for faster implementation of large
tables.
Utilities
Console utility called "sapcnsl" can be used to control and get
status information from running maps. New SAPro name server
(sapns) helps in tracking multiple map invocations.
sapcnsl works across platforms and can communicate and control
SimpleAgentPro invocations on both NT and Solaris.
Sample shell scripts provided to ease the simulation of
hundreds of devices, via command line. Utilities include scripts
to start multiple maps, and stop them.
New command line utility called "sapcomp" allows the
precompilation of variable files.
SimpleAgentPro Ver 1.5 Release Notes
February 1, 1999
These notes describe the new enhancements made to the
SimpleAgentPro since 1.4.7 version (May 1998).
MIB Compilation
The list of selectable files is no longer limited to file names
that end with ".mib" and that are only located in the sapro/mib
directory.
An "Error Log" button has also been added that allows for quick
viewing of the problems encountered during the last MIB
compilation.
Proxy Support
In order to provide a more flexible environment for simulating
proxy devices, the SimpleAgentPro now supports multiple master
proxy devices. This allows for the simulation of multiple devices
that implement the Entity MIB.
Tcl
The main tcl interpretor has been upgraded to tcl8.0. The
argument parsing routines has also been cleaned up and are no
longer extremely sensitive to spaces and lack thereof.
A number of device and map specific tcl commands have been
added that allow the control of ping status, row visibility,
dynamic addition of devices to the running map, and the sending of
UDP packets.
General
The MAPTCLSCRIPT setup file processing has been moved to a
separate thread to prevent other threads from being blocked.
The Solaris version will now start devices much faster than
before because of a change in the way in which the devices are
invoked.
Trouble shooting hints have been added to all the error
messages, and the error messages are all collected in one log
file.
The UDP/IP stack on Windows95 and WindowsNT has been updated
with all the latest fixes.
Shell Utilities
A few shell utilities have been added to the general release
that help you create trap generation tcl commands based on
TRAP-TYPE macro definitions in the MIB (saptraps), do SNMP walks
on command line without using mib files (sapwalk) and then
converting the walk output into a variable file format (sapw2var).
Message API's
The message format of communications between the sathrd and
sapro processes has been exposed to allow customers to create
their own sapro like gui front ends.
Bug fixes
Randomup and random were limited to a max of 64K increments
only.
