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InterMapper® 5.4 Release Notes

The following changes have been incorporated in the most recent version of InterMapper. See the What's New in InterMapper 5.4? page for an overview of the new features.


InterMapper® 5.4.6 - 12 October 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.6b1.

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.6 - 12 October 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Removed 'Low Memory Warning' dialog due to an excess of false positives.

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.6 - 12 October 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.6b1.

Switches 5.4.6 - 12 October 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Log, but do not fail on, IntegrityError exceptions when adding rows to the stationhistory table. (99845)

InterMapper® 5.4.6b1 - 25 August 2011

  • [LATERAL] Updated link in "Made With InterMapper" logo in web server.

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.6b1 - 25 August 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a concurrency issue when having trouble loading the list of switches, vlans, and vendors for Layer 2 (98605).

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.6b1 - 24 August 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.5.

Switches 5.4.6b1 - 25 August 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fix a bug where adding CDP and LLDP entries which caused an integrity error. (98660)

InterMapper® 5.4.5 - 15 July 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.5b1.

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.5 - 15 July 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.5b1.

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.5 - 15 July 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.5b1.

Switches 5.4.5 - 15 July 2011

  • No Changes since 5.4.4.

InterMapper® 5.4.5b1 - 05 July 2011

  • [LATERAL] Bump up the number of items allowed on a command line for a command-line probe. (97916)
  • [BUG FIX] Close Status and Info windows when a network is deleted (or hidden). (98382)

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.5b1 - 5 July 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Minor GUI tweaks for OS X 10.7 compatibility.
  • [BUG FIX] Some Chinese translations were not rendered correctly (98103).
  • [BUG FIX] Login information was no longer being saved properly (98289).
  • [BUG FIX] 'Set Probe' sometimes threw an exception on Java 7 (98318).

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.5b1 - 5 July 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a web error when certain improperly-translated messages are displayed on the web interface. (#98138)
  • [BUG FIX] Database Fixed some problems with server export status messages in Chinese. (#98138)
  • [BUG FIX] Database Fixed an Unexpected Web Error that sometimes arose when visiting the database Overview page.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports When deleting a saved report, the deleted entry once again disappears, rather than remaining in a greyed-out state.


 

InterMapper® 5.4.4 - 15 June 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.4b6.

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.4 - 15 June 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Changing the order of the list in the Log Files pane of Server Settings confused the internal selection logic (97345).
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed an IOOBE when removing the last Helper App (97945).
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed an unreproducible NPE when device limit is reached during Autodiscovery (98018).
  • [BUG FIX] Some buttons in the Notifiers pane were too narrow in some localizations (98104).
  • [BUG FIX] Notifier schedule pane did not have enough room to display weekday names in some localizations (98105).

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.4 - 15 June 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.4b6.

Switches 5.4.4 - 15 June 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.4b6.

InterMapper® 5.4.4b6 - 08 June 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fix slight deviation in chart color used from chart color requested when setting chart colors. (97859, 97853)

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.4b6 - 8 June 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.4b5.

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.4b6 - 8 June 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Database Fixed duplicate datasample errors when importing data that spans a daylight-savings-time fall-back. (#96580, #97073, #97693)
  • [BUG FIX] Database Fixed duplicate daily datasample errors when importing data with daylight savings time currently in effect. (#97257, #96877)
  • [BUG FIX] Reports The device/interface chooser drop-down no longer appears off the right edge of the page on IE7. (#97765)

Switches 5.4.4b6 - 08 June 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.4b5.

InterMapper® 5.4.4b5 - 27 May 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a crash when handling unexpected input in HTTP POST responses. (97689, 97698)
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a crash when attempting to nest probe groups. (Nested probe groups are not allowed.) (97730)
  • [LATERAL] KC_opentable now takes an additional timeout parameter. This is used to set the timeout of snmptable walks from the L2 engine.
  • [LATERAL] A debug message is logged when an SNMP walk times out after receiving at least one row.

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.4b5 - 27 May 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.4b4.

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.4b5 - 27 May 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Database Fixed a web error when visiting the retention policies page while the database is starting up.

Switches 5.4.4b5 - 27 May 2011

  • [FEATURE] Added support for overriding the SNMP timeout.
  • [LATERAL] Updated the OUI/Vendor database.

InterMapper® 5.4.4b4 - 24 May 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a rare bad memory access problem that occurred while creating a map status probe by dragging and dropping a map from the Map List to another map. (97343)
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a potential crash when notifying clients of server shutdown. (97338)
  • [BUG FIX] Avoid a potential crash when exporting disabled maps at server startup. (97333)
  • [BUG FIX] Minor correction to comparisons used to check duration validity of licenses and serial numbers.
  • [BUG FIX] Recover gracefully from the situation where there is an incorrect entry for the special IMDatabase user in InterMapper's users and groups database. (97528)
  • [LATERAL] On Mac OSX, increase exit time out from 120 seconds to 300 seconds in launchd configuration. (95805)

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.4b4 - 24 May 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Inability to store SSL certificates on disk should not prevent SSL connections from working (97514,97611).

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.4b4 - 24 May 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.4b3.

Switches 5.4.4b4 - 24 May 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.4b3.

InterMapper® 5.4.4b3 - 04 May 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Unused network ovals no longer remain when hiding interfaces. (97174)

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.4b3 - 4 May 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Use Default button in Set Community dialog was broken (97160).
  • [BUG FIX] Client crashed when performing reverse DNS lookups for Layer 2 view when DNS server was an IPv6 address (97327).
  • [BUG FIX] Client now silently tries local ticket cache before falling back to requesting user name and password when using Kerberos (97031).
  • [BUG FIX] Kerberos authentication for should work even when the user already has a ticket for a different realm (97032).

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.4b3 - 4 May 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.4b2.

Switches 5.4.4b3 - 4 May 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a hang that could occur when computing "ghost" ports.
  • [FEATURE] Added support for changing cdp and lldp include/exclude lists via #set.
  • [FEATURE] Added support for changing how far back "ghost" ports are computed (or not computed).
  • [LATERAL] Increased default database cache size.

InterMapper® 5.4.4b2 - 21 April 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Data collection profiles were not set correctly in languages other than English. (97025)
  • [BUG FIX] Don't stop querying the entLogicalTable when we get no answer, skip to the next operation. (96588)
  • [BUG FIX] Introduce possibly remedy for situation where internal report server password becomes invalid. (96713)

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.4b2 - 21 April 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a possible NPE when closing the Set Probe dialog before a probe import was finished (97077).

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.4b2 - 21 April 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.4b1.

Switches 5.4.4b2 - 14 April 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.3.

InterMapper® 5.4.4b1 - 14 April 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Correctly persists the syslog severity when logging to syslog. (96940)
  • [BUG FIX] Changes to a map name are reported to the database in a timely manner. (96945)

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.4b1 - 14 April 2011

  • [LATERAL] Added extra debugging information for an exception at startup when loading SSL classes (97008).

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.4b1 - 14 April 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.3.

Switches 5.4.4b1 - 14 April 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.3.

InterMapper® 5.4.3 - 11 April 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fix an issue with the Layer 2 engine. It did not work at all if the InterMapper Remote Server port was changed to a value other than 8181. (96900)

 

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.3 - 11 April 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Various minor bug fixes.

 

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.3 - 11 April 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.3b2.

 

Switches 5.4.3 - 11 April 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.3b2.

 

InterMapper® 5.4.3b2 - 6 April 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fix an issue in the IPMI probe where we need to request sensor data record using a smaller request size (91013, 93075, 94800)
  • [LATERAL] Allow snmp ondemand tables to use the same variable name in the definition of more than one column. (96458)

 

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.3b2 - 6 April 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fixed VLAN grouping in Layer 2 view for some total VLAN counts (96584).
  • [BUG FIX] Changing a Notifier to have an empty name caused an NPE (96790).

 

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.3b2 - 6 April 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Auth IMAuth no longer makes an unnecessary test-request in advance of every RADIUS/IAS authentication request. (#91188)
  • [BUG FIX] Auth Fixed a number of inconsistencies and problems in the display of authentication status and error messages.
  • [BUG FIX] Auth Certain auth-related messages now respect browser-specific locale settings.

 

Switches 5.4.3b2 - 5 April 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Consider MAC addresses with static forwarding rules. (96593)

InterMapper® 5.4.3b1 - 28 March 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Only make layer2 backup when Layer 2 is actually changed from the disabled to enabled state. (96573)
  • [BUG FIX] When an SNMP table is doing a CSI traversal of a table over SNMPv3, handle SNMP authorizationErrors by treating them as the end of a table. (96593)

 

InterMapper RemoteAccess 5.4.3b1 - 28 March 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Layer 2 connections pane should not be collapsed by default (96512).

 

InterMapper® DataCenter 5.4.3b1 - 28 March 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Auth Fixed a problem that prevented MS-CHAPv2 encryption from working under RADIUS and possibly Microsoft IAS. (#91187, #94493)
  • [BUG FIX] Auth Fixed an error that could occur after an unsuccessful authentication attempt against a FreeRADIUS server.

 

Switches 5.4.3b1 - 28 March 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Improvements to switch port connection algorithm.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug which could result in connections to/from the same port.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug which caused vlan 0 to appear more than once in the exceptions list.


InterMapper® 5.4.2 - 18 March 2011
  • No changes since 5.4.2b1.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4.2b1 - 17 March 2011
  • No changes since 5.4.2b1.

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4.2 - 18 March 2011
  • No changes since 5.4.2b1.

Switches 5.4.2 - 18 March 2011
  • No Changes since 5.4.2b1.
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InterMapper® 5.4.2b1 - 17 March 2011
  • [BUG FIX] When checking for upgrades in IMCC on Windows, disable caching when downloading the shipment version information. (96014)
  • [BUG FIX] On Windows, prevent spurious opening of the IMCC window. (95990)

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4.2b1 - 17 March 2011
  • [BUG FIX] There was no easy way to remove an expired serial number at startup (96347).
  • [BUG FIX] A bug in the Chinese translation could crash the program (96055).

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4.2b1 - 17 March 2011
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Chart y-axis values no longer repeat when the range of values is very small.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a case where the label for a chart's maximum value on the y-axis was rounded improperly.
  • [LATERAL] Reports Minor visual improvements to line and area charts.
  • [LATERAL] Reports Improved formatting for chart tool-tips.

Switches 5.4.2b1 - 17 March 2011
  • [BUG FIX] Improve handling of CDP/LLDP results sent by certain client devices.
  • [BUG FIX] Improve handling of L2 connections detected between ports on the same switch.
  • [BUG FIX] Settings changed by the #set command now persist across engine restarts.
  • [LATERAL] Changed schema version from 11.2 to 12.0. Added poll_idx column to pollerstat table; Added poll_fdb column to poller table.

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InterMapper® 5.4.1 - 10 March 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.1b1.


InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4.1 - 10 March 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.1b1.


InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4.1 - 10 March 2011

  • [BUG FIX] The new -w and --password command-line options now also set the username to the default of 'admin' if it isn't already set.


Switches 5.4.1 - 10 March 2011

  • No changes since 5.4.1b1.

InterMapper® 5.4.1b1 - 09 March 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Polling a Cisco device with an empty context list, or a list that doesn't contain any identifiable VLANs useful for community string indexing, caused a segmentation fault. (96027, 96039, 96015, 96050)
  • [BUG FIX] Added logging around failures involving one-time passwords. Changed the timeout for OTP from 10 to 60 seconds.
  • [BUG FIX] Reverted a change from 5.4b11: "Use the presence of the dot1dBaseBridgeAddress MIB variable to identify a switch, instead of sysServices."

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4.1b1 - 9 March 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Clicking the Refresh button in the Layer 2 view before the Layer 2 extension was connected would cause an NPE (96038).

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4.1b1 - 9 March 2011

  • [FEATURE] The admin password can now be changed from the command-line via the '-w PASSWORD' or '--password=PASSWORD' options.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Reports launched via right-click from IM are now correctly identified as showing 'Details' rather than 'Response Time'.

Switches 5.4.1b1 - 9 March 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fix list index out of range bug. (96082)

InterMapper® 5.4 - 07 March 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a problem with thread safety in name resolution tasks.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a file permission crash when running the --check-upgrade command-line option.
  • [LATERAL] Changed the threshold for detecting broadcast devices from 5 to 4 to improve the detection. (95870)
  • [FEATURE] Labels for datasets now allow specification of units for the data in a way that can be readily parsed. Reports will eventually use it. (91271)

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4 - 7 March 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug that prevented the application from starting on OS X 10.4 (95853).
  • [BUG FIX] Status windows sometimes shrank to their minimum size when updated with new text (95866).
  • [BUG FIX] Displaying the Layer 2 progress pane on a secondary screen with negative coordinates threw an exception on OS X (95864).
  • [BUG FIX] The Map Settings window will now Cancel if the edit lock is lost while open (95889).
  • [BUG FIX] The Edit Icon dialog always showed the 'busy' cursor when displaying the 'Built-in Shapes' icons (95964).

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4 - 7 March 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fixed missing icon images on the Manage Apps page.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports The servers and maps shown in the tree-chooser now respect the 'show deleted' check-box.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Toggling filters while viewing a chart no longer causes the chart to appear cut-off vertically.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Printing a chart no longer results in multiple copies of the chart printing out across several pages.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Chart hover captions are constrained such that they no longer move off the edge of the chart. (#94381)
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Corrected the initial state of the edit-mode button; it was showing up un-toggled for editable reports.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Lengthy labels for buttons and drop-downs no longer overflow into other parts of the interface. (#94831)
  • [BUG FIX] Reports When filters are visible, toggling edit-mode on and off no longer causes them to overlap the main display.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports The load & save panels now scroll properly when using IE7, rather than remaining locked in the same position.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Changing the table sort column or direction now requires a single click on the column header, as originally intended, rather than several.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed localization errors in some web-visible text when using IE7.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports When using IE7, or other browsers under certain conditions, the 'new report name' section of the save report drop-down now properly fits on one line.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed several display problems related to drop-down menus when using IE7, including entries appearing blank or their text being cut-off.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Sub-menus within the date-range chooser no longer fill the entire width of the screen when using IE7.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Filters no longer appear below the bottom edge of the page when using IE7.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Corrected several minor visual glitches when using IE7.

Switches 5.4 - 7 March 2011

  • [FEATURE] If 'fdb' is not present in alg.connection_rules, the Fdb portion of the algorithm is skipped.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug in that #set command that blocked values with commas.
  • [BUG FIX] Locationhistory table will not record entries flagged as duplicate.
  • [LATERAL] Renamed the #die command to #restart.

InterMapper® 5.4b14 - 28 February 2011

  • [LATERAL] Updated "low security" demo SSL certificate. If you haven't installed your own, secure SSL certificate, you will need to re-accept the certificate the first time you run this version.
  • [LATERAL] Add diagnostic logging if during map load, certain types of errors occur which could cause a dataset to become disassociated with a device. (94753)
  • [BUG FIX] Direct KU_iconrefresh updates only to GUI/IMRA clients, not to other remote server connections. (93555, 94458)
  • [BUG FIX] Fix bug that could prevent Flow Exporter Status probe status from showing a DOWN status when InterMapper Flows wasn't running. (94683)
  • [BUG FIX] Fix references to variables with legends in on-demand tables. (95760)
  • [BUG FIX] Change SNMPv2c assumptions and implement snmp-device-properties item of snmpv2c-counter-default to aid in recovery from 64-bit counter save bug. (91008)

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b14 - 28 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Select->All Devices was not enabled on map open (95814).

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b14 - 28 February 2011

  • [FEATURE] Reports Added four new built-in reports: Incoming Traffic, Outgoing Traffic, Short-term Packet Loss and Slowest Devices.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed several cases in which locked report links would not load. (#94496)
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a variety of cases where visiting a report link made it impossible to load/link to other reports.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports The delete button no longer appears for built-in reports.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Corrected several invalid built-in report parameters.

Switches 5.4b14 - 28 February 2011

  • [FEATURE] You can specify custom OUI's in a tab-delimited file named custom-oui.txt.
  • [BUG FIX] Stations are moved to history after 24 hours without an update.
  • [BUG FIX] Made tweaks to the switch connection algorithm to recover from topology changes faster.
  • [BUG FIX] Devices with the Bridge-MIB but without any forwarding table entries now appear in the L2 view.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug in inserting data into the locationhistory table.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug where a failure while processing a SET_DEVICES_REQUEST could block polling until you restarted.
  • [BUG FIX] Improve retention of spanning tree information in the database.
  • [BUG FIX] Windows 7 is no longer polled for its ARP table because it reports stale entries.
  • [LATERAL] Added new code to process IANA OUI list into vendor and oui text files.
  • [LATERAL] The internal schema version is now 11.1.

InterMapper® 5.4b13 - 24 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fix memory leak associated with probe groups. (95293)
  • [BUG FIX] Autorecord legend now overrides snmp-device-variables legend as intended. (86074)
  • [BUG FIX] Fix crash caused by changes to SNMPv3 support in 5.4b12. (95743, 95746, 95748, 95749)
  • [BUG FIX] L2 engine will not hide PortChannel interfaces whose ifType is propVirtual.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b13 - 24 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Various minor optimization tweaks.

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b13 - 24 February 2011

  • [LATERAL] Graphics and icons throughout InterMapper DataCenter now incorporate the new InterMapper logo.
  • [BUG FIX] Database Edited several mentions to the 'Database Server' pane in InterMapper Settings; it is now the 'Reports Server' pane. (#95187)

Switches 5.4b13 - 24 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] When a manual connect operation is initiated for a specific map, the L2 engine synchronizes the devices on that map before executing the connection operation.
  • [BUG FIX] Improvements in partitioning switches into distinct switch sets to handle certain edge cases.

InterMapper® 5.4b12 - 21 February 2011

  • [FEATURE] Added a preference setting to enable or disable autorecord variables.
  • [FEATURE] Enabled support for "community-string-indexing" over SNMPv3 using contexts.
  • [FEATURE] Added support to allow the Layer 2 engine to poll the entLogicalTable on demand and update the internal community/context list used for community string indexing.
  • [LATERAL] Previous new icons in 5.4 replaced by a slimmed-down, simplified set.
  • [BUG FIX] If SNMP device uses 64-bit counters, save this information in the map in case "Allow Periodic Reprobe" is turned off. (91008)
  • [LATERAL] The installer now shows consistent version numbers when doing an upgrade. Prior to this the version being replaced showed the build number instead of the version number. (85628)
  • [LATERAL] InterMapper Control Center on Windows no longer attempts to restart IMDataCenter after InterMapper server has stopped abnormally.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b12 - 21 February 2011

  • [FEATURE] Added toggle for automatic activation of auto-record datasets.
  • [LATERAL] Edit Label dialog now uses a tri-state checkbox for the 'Hide Label' control (92830).
  • [BUG FIX] Visibility preference of ifAlias column in Layer 2 view was ignored (95034).
  • [BUG FIX] "Endpoints Only" filter state was not saved when Layer 2 window was closed (95035).
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed an AIOOBE when loading Layer 2 view on some servers (95110).
  • [BUG FIX] Undo and Redo remained enabled when exiting edit-mode after modifying a Map.

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b12 - 21 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] ReportsCharts no longer show up blank in printouts when using Firefox, Safari, Opera or Chrome 8 and earlier.
  • [BUG FIX] ReportsCharts no longer consume clicks; clicking within the chart area now correctly triggers actions such as closing an open drop-down. (#93671)

Switches 5.4b12 - 21 February 2011

  • [FEATURE] Improved reliability when using community string indexing by updating the entLogicalTable on demand.
  • [FEATURE] Added the #report debug command.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug caused by passing the None Value to quote_inet. (95521, 95111)
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed bug in decoding CSV data from InterMapper Export which could lead to unicode decoding errors.

InterMapper® 5.4b11 - 14 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Use the presence of the dot1dBaseBridgeAddress MIB variable to identify a switch, instead of sysServices.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b11 - 14 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Various minor wording changes.

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b11 - 14 February 2011

  • No changes since 5.4b10.

Switches 5.4b11 - 14 February 2011

  • [FEATURE] Added support for "limited discovery" which uses CDP and LLDP only.
  • [FEATURE] Enabling limited mode will delete all current stations, address, and location information.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug which caused L2 polling to be disabled when you set the interval to 15 minutes.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug in aborting an L2 poll which could prevent future polls from being scheduled.

InterMapper® 5.4b10 - 11 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Importing a map created by a newer version of InterMapper responds with an alert instead of throwing an exception. (94679)
  • [BUG FIX] The Maps directory structure no longer gets reorganized if the current serial number prevents this version of InterMapper from running. (94684)
  • [BUG FIX] InterMapper Control Center on Windows no longer displays an error if IMDataCenter is not running when it tries to stop it. (94780)
  • [BUG FIX] Tweak to Host Resources probe to handle very large disks more gracefully. (94639)
  • [BUG FIX] Fix an obscure bug that could cause incorrect behavior when server capabilities didn't match client expectations. (94820)
  • [BUG FIX] InterMapper server no longer crashes when a large number of devices with unresolvable names are added at once. (94487)

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b10 - 11 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Changed the wording of OS X 10.4 compatibility warning (93979).
  • [BUG FIX] Tweaked layout of the Layer 2 Map Settings pane (94481).
  • [BUG FIX] Added fast/slow options to Layer 2 Server Settings pane.
  • [BUG FIX] The client would hang when submitting server logs from multiple servers with identical names.

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b10 - 11 February 2011

  • [LATERAL] The bar at the bottom of the web interface now adjusts its width to fill a wider range of window sizes.
  • [LATERAL] Reports Made a variety of minor cosmetic adjustments to improve support for non-English locales.

Switches 5.4b10 - 11 February 2011

  • [FEATURE] Added support for ifAlias column in endpoints table.
  • [FEATURE] Switches, switch ports, NIC manufacturers and VLANs no longer count fuzzy devices.
  • [FEATURE] Added support for toggling the "Endpoints Only" filter.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug in checking for another running instance of the L2 engine.
  • [BUG FIX] Delete old stations when dot1dBridgePortTable changes.
  • [BUG FIX] Added another heuristic to the layer 2 connection algorithm.
  • [LATERAL] Refactored connection results into their own table.
  • [LATERAL] Schema version is now 10.

InterMapper® 5.4b9 - 04 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Counts shown in the Map List are now consistent with the maps. (93996)
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed the text of two alerts that occur when serial numbers expire. (94685)
  • [LATERAL] Reports status messages displayed in Server Settings are now color coded, black for info, red for error. (93380)

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b9 - 4 February 2011

  • [LATERAL] Added display of exception messages for Layer 2 view.
  • [BUG FIX] Extraneous KU_addedge events from the server for already existing edges will no longer cause the client map to have 'ghost' edges (94730).
  • [BUG FIX] Customize Helper Apps window is now resizable (94742).
  • [BUG FIX] The client now handles addedge events with pre-existing IDs (94730).
  • [BUG FIX] 'Find' dialog now works in Layer 2 view (94751).
  • [BUG FIX] Select UP Devices and Select DOWN Devices items are now contextual and not enabled for Charts or Layer 2 views.

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b9 - 4 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a set of errors that occasionally arose when a server had no maps, a map had no devices, or a device had no interfaces.

Switches 5.4b9 - 4 February 2011

  • [FEATURE] Added support for reporting exceptions to the client. Added exception table to the schema.
  • [LATERAL] Changed the schema version from 7 to 8, and added support for incremental upgrade of the schema.
  • [BUG FIX] Filter out certain rows in select_locate_endpoint_by_mac and select_locate_endpoint_by_ip.
  • [BUG FIX] Improve handling of DLProtocolException in DLProtocol when there is no command associated.
  • [BUG FIX] Reverted code in select_simple_stations back to 1/18/11.
  • [BUG FIX] Added #set handlers for alg.strict_mode, alg.partition_vlans, and alg.vlan_equality_check.

InterMapper® 5.4b8 - 01 February 2011

  • No changes since 5.4b7.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b8 - 01 February 2011

  • [LATERAL] Changed 'Report a Bug' menu item to 'Send Feedback' and tweaked instruction text (94660).

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b8 - 1 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Connections to the local machine using its external IP now correctly auto-authenticate.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a bug, introduced in 5.4b7, that caused reports to hang while showing the 'Loading Report' message. (#94665, #94666)

Switches 5.4b8 - 1 February 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Listen for connections on port 8185 only on 127.0.0.1.
  • [BUG FIX] Check for pure leaf condition in _doubleLeafConnection.

InterMapper® 5.4b7 - 28 January 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Startup and shutdown are noticeably faster; this should prevent some data loss when the operating system gives up and terminates InterMapper while there are still data buffers to be written to disk. (94424, 94428, 93810, 92940, possibly others)
  • [BUG FIX] The Debug log is now more aggressively flushed to disk during shutdown. (94424, 94428, 93810, 92940, others)
  • [BUG FIX] When removing devices from a map, do not remove adjacent networks with locked subnets, customized labels or user-defined links. (94565)
  • [BUG FIX] When a formerly activated s/n cannot activate because the host ID changes, allow the attempt to re-activate. If the number of allowed activations is sufficient, it can succeed. (94478)
  • [BUG FIX] Placement of "HTTPS (Redirect)" probe in probe picker fixed, as well as some typos. (94624)
  • [BUG FIX] When a new network is inserted during Layer 2 connection, set its label to the default for unnumbered interfaces.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug which prevented the "Allow Layer 2 Connection" checkbox in the "Set Behavior" dialog from staying set.
  • [BUG FIX] Improved the error message written to the event log when loading a probe that does not contain a valid header section.
  • [LATERAL] InterMapper server build number is now included in the debug log start and stop messages. (94608)
  • [LATERAL] Layer 2 connection activity is now logged to the debug log.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b7 - 28 January 2011

  • [LATERAL] Simplified the Logs pane of the Bug Reporter window (94568).
  • [BUG FIX] Map Settings window did not restore last selected pane on open (94409).
  • [BUG FIX] Improved layout of Layer 2 Server Settings pane in all error conditions (94566).
  • [BUG FIX] Deleted switches should show up as IP address in Layer 2 view (94605).

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b7 - 28 January 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Reports Certain special characters in map and device names are now shown properly in the device/interface drop-down. (#94386)
  • [BUG FIX] Reports A locked report link no longer loads as unlocked in certain cases. (#94486)
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a case where loading a locked report could cause subsequent non-locked reports to show up locked.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports The loading indicator now appears while loading datasets and the data model, not just the data itself. (#94485)
  • [LATERAL] Reports Loading of reports now makes better use of multi-core processors, improving performance greatly on busy machines.
  • [BUG FIX] Database Fixed a web error when producing the status text snippet for the database. (#94615)

Switches 5.4b7 - 28 January 2011

  • [FEATURE] The search field now supports multiple tokens separated by commas.
  • [BUG FIX] Decreased recursion limit to defend against a crash on Mac OS X.
  • [BUG FIX] DoubleLeafConnection and leafConnection now check if the intermediate hop is within the same switch set.
  • [BUG FIX] Improve failure detection when there are no MAC addresses in common.
  • [BUG FIX] Throw a SwitchConnectionsException when algorithm fails for a particular switch set; don't attempt to continue.

InterMapper® 5.4b6 - 21 January 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a potential client crash when adding a device which connects to a hidden network. (94467)
  • [FEATURE] Reason stings in status windows and condition strings in notifications now contain ifAlias in quotes if it is available. (72258 and 82074)

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b6 - 21 January 2011

  • [FEATURE] Added 'Filter on' contextual menu to Layer 2 table.

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b6 - 21 January 2011

  • No changes since 5.4b5.

Switches 5.4b6 - 21 January 2011

  • [BUG FIX] Improved support for leaf and double-leaf situations in algorithm for identifying connections between switches.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug in extracting the port number from a port identifier.

InterMapper® 5.4b5 - 20 January 2011

  • [FEATURE] Acknowledge fields are now read-write in data file imports.
  • [FEATURE] InterMapper server now supports copying of devices from Layer2 display to a map. (94346)
  • [FEATURE] Network labels have many more variables to control the information presented. (93561)
  • [FEATURE] Map status device labels have default ${PARAM:Short Map Name} which don't have any path information (such as slashes). (84659)
  • [FEATURE] Set Behavior dialog will allow devices to opt-out of Layer2 map arrangement.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a seg. fault on Linux in the destructor for CLogFileDataSource caused by async read that can't be cancelled. (94206)
  • [LATERAL] Added protocol support for closing a running on-demand table by ID.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b5 - 20 January 2011

  • [FEATURE] Added 'Monitor->Show in Layer 2' menu item.
  • [FEATURE] It is now possible to copy/drag from Layer 2 list and paste/drop to a Map window.
  • [FEATURE] Added per-device Layer 2 control in 'Set Behavior...' dialog.
  • [FEATURE] Added support for multi-homed, historical, and unused flags in Layer 2 "all ports" table.
  • [BUG FIX] Layer 2 connections were sometimes added with hidden edges (94321).
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a race condition that sometimes prevented the progress pane from showing when the timestamp label was clicked (94419).
  • [BUG FIX] Layer 2 Server Settings pane always prompted to save changes, even when nothing changed.

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b5 - 20 January 2011

  • [FEATURE] Reports Filters on status fields now present a drop-down list of possible statuses. (#94101)
  • [FEATURE] Reports Filters on date fields now present a date-chooser widget to help make the selection. (#94316)
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a serious bug, introduced in 5.4b4, that prevented date-chooser widgets from appearing.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a bug where custom grid view column orderings were not being loaded from saved views.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a bug where custom grid view column orderings were not being loaded from saved views.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports The report title can no longer be edited on some browsers when the report is not in edit mode.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a bug, introduced in 5.4b3, that resulted in an error when viewing event history with no devices selected.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a bug, introduced in 5.4b4, that caused the grid view to appear empty in certain cases.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a bug, introduced in 5.4b4, that caused January dates to show up as yyyy-00-dd.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a bug, introduced in 5.4b4, that resulted in grid-view row numbers being cut off past a certain length.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a serious visual glitch in filters loaded from a saved report.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed several IE7-specific JavaScript errors and display glitches.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports The 'no records' message now shows up for charts as well. (#93532)
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Improved the 'no records' message by including the current time scale, where applicable. (#93532)
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a minor display issue, introduced in 5.4b4, that caused table columns to 'show through' the loading overlay.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Filters with invalid values are now ignored, instead of resulting in a silent error. (#94316)
  • [LATERAL] Reports In the save report drop-down, renamed 'Create New Report' to 'Save', for clarity. (#94440)

Switches 5.4b5 - 19 January 2011

  • [FEATURE] The L2 view now supports an "all ports" presentation, which shows unused ports, switch ports, down ports, and the last device connected to unidentified ports.
  • [FEATURE] The L2 view now shows all IP addresses for all MAC's, and indicates multi-homed devices with a home icon. Multihomed devices now have a separate entry in the endpoints table for all of their IPv4 addresses.
  • [FEATURE] The L2 view now supports a status icon next to the connection count that indicates whether there were any issues analyzing L2 connections.
  • [FEATURE] The L2 engine will not poll Cisco devices for LLDP information.
  • [FEATURE] The L2 engine will not poll certain devices for ARP table information.
  • [BUG FIX] In select_simple_stations, ignore MAC addresses in the vlanshifter table when vlan = 0.
  • [BUG FIX] When computing vlan intersections treat fdbId's (if present) and vlan's as equivalent.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed incorrect assumptions about a double-leaf connection situation.
  • [BUG FIX] Try to match a numeric value for a port name to an existing ifIndex if it doesn't match any numeric ifName values.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug in matching MAC addresses where 3-4 matched 003044xxxxxx.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed an integrity error caused by inserting a duplicate connection.
  • [BUG FIX] Don't proceed with automatic L2 map arrangement when the L2 analyze status is non-zero.
  • [BUG FIX] Implemented command to abort polling.

InterMapper® 5.4b4 - 13 January 2011

  • [FEATURE] Added support for KC_layer2poll and KE_layer2connect to pass "Poll Now" and "Connect Now" commands through to the L2 engine from the Server Settings and Map Settings windows.
  • [FEATURE] Added support for two new preferences related to layer 2: pref.layer2.pollinterval and pref.layer2.warning.
  • [LATERAL] Provide IMRA with a non-localhost URL for the Report Server, so that it will match the info used by IMDC to generate a certificate and avoid scary certificate errors.
  • [BUG FIX] Allow probe parameters whose length is greater than 255 characters. (RT 89872)
  • [BUG FIX] When IMFlows is not installed on OSX, InterMapperMenu shows a disabled single submenu item "Not Installed" for the "InterMapper Flows" menu item. (RT 84777)
  • [BUG FIX] The pref.layer2.allowed property now distinguishes between Layer-2 being enabled, disabled or not installed.
  • [BUG FIX] Added IP address information to the server settings lock message. (RT 92680)
  • [BUG FIX] When a stackwalk is triggered on Mac OS X and stack addresses cannot be resolved, a numeric stackwalk is written instead. (92711)
  • [BUG FIX] You must be an administrator to run the layer2 extension.
  • [BUG FIX] The server will not no longer use the black diamond mark for tagged links detected from Layer 2.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b4 - 13 January 2011

  • [FEATURE] Added 'File->Open' menu item for Map List (91209,91215).
  • [FEATURE] Added per-server Layer 2 polling options to Layer 2 pane of Server Settings.
  • [FEATURE] Added per-map Layer 2 controls to Map Settings.
  • [LATERAL] Removed Switches view from Map windows.
  • [LATERAL] Administrator access is required to access Switches view in Device List window.
  • [BUG FIX] Font names that were localized in the client would not appear correctly in the Web view or clients in other locales (93742).
  • [BUG FIX] Links were not repainted when the color was changed in Map Settings (93822).
  • [BUG FIX] Device List window would not prevent the local InterMapper client from quitting when it was the last window open (94284).

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b4 - 13 January 2011

  • [LATERAL] SSL certificates generated by IMDC now use the machine's primary IP in the 'issued to' field, making it possible to add an exception for such certificates when using IE.
  • [FEATURE] Reports Significantly improved sorting and pagination performance in grid view.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports The grid view now scales smoothly along with the browser window, resolving a range of sizing and overlap issues. (#91132, #92833, #93068)
  • [BUG FIX] Reports The grid view progress indicator now shows up consistently, and will indicate when no rows were loaded. (#93063, 93687)
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Grid view no longer appears empty when switched to after loading from a saved report that started out in chart view.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports A report saved with a sort on the status column now correctly stays sorted on status when loaded.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed an issue that prevented the current grid view page from being included in a saved report.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports IP addresses now sort correctly in grid view, i.e. 192.168.1.2 now sorts before 192.168.1.10.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Drag behavior no longer switches from resize to move if the mouse is directly between two columns.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Column sort/direction indicator icons no longer get cut off when the column is too narrow.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed an issue that caused the scale chooser to pick the wrong default for certain ranges of days.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a problem where charts sometimes tried to load twice, resulting in decreased performance.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a set of problems that caused built-in reports to load with the wrong columns hidden.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports The choice of sort column now persists across dataset changes, as was originally intended.
  • [LATERAL] Reports Many small improvements to the visual appearance of the grid view and default column sizes.

Switches 5.4b4 - 13 January 2011

  • [FEATURE] Use [dot1dTpPort x], [ifIndex x], [dot1qTpFdbId x] syntax for anomalous port and vlan id's.
  • [FEATURE] Send a status field with 0, 1 or 2 in the SelectMap Response. (0 = okay, 1 = duplicates exist, 2 = algorithm failures exist)
  • [FEATURE] Added pref entries analyze.purgatory and analyze.duplicates to count duplicates and algorithm failures.
  • [FEATURE] dispatchConnectSwitchesRequest now supports an optional map parameter to restrict layer connections to a specific map instead of all maps.
  • [FEATURE] Added support for POLL_NOW_REQUEST and ABORT_POLL_REQUEST.
  • [FEATURE] Added support for layer2.pollinterval, layer2.poll, and layer2.connect KU_alerts.
  • [BUG FIX] select_distinct_vlans() no longer filters out vlans < 0; negative vlans represent fdbId's (94042)
  • [BUG FIX] Added delete_negative_stp_remoteif to handle an IntegrityError in scanRemoteIf (94100)
  • [BUG FIX] Only store "learned" entries from the FDB tables; ignore management entries.
  • [BUG FIX] Changed format of MAC addresses to xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx.
  • [BUG FIX] Ignore an integrity error in locateOrphan. (94147)
  • [BUG FIX] Handle devices with a dot1qTpFdbTable but no dot1qVlanCurrentTable (94147)
  • [BUG FIX] Changed the order of the columns in the SwitchToSwitchResponse so the fdb, cdp, lldp and stp columns are in the middle.
  • [LATERAL] Relocate the ANALYZE_LAST pref constant inside DLSnmpAnalysis module and set it in analyze() instead of dispatchPollCompletedRequest.
  • [LATERAL] Refactored create_tables and drop_tables into a separate SCHEMA object.
  • [LATERAL] DLKaliProtocol now retrieves poll interval from InterMapper using KC_getproperty pref.layer2.pollinterval. Poll interval is now stored in seconds.

InterMapper® 5.4b3 - 23 December 2010

  • [FILE FORMAT] The file format has changed. Make a backup of your map files before using this version.
  • [LATERAL] The web server now tries harder to find a matching font.
  • [FEATURE] Implemented a server setting to disable the Layer2 functionality server-wide.
  • [BUG FIX] Update the map file format to include a flags field with layer2 info.
  • [BUG FIX] On Windows, starting InterMapper Console no longer attempts to start the InterMapper service. (93595)
  • [BUG FIX] When the web rendering of a map fails to find a matching font, it now falls back to the default rather than the last used font.
  • [BUG FIX] Layer2 should ignore devices with polling disabled or unknown addresses.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b3 - 23 December 2010

  • [FEATURE] Added View->Zoom menu items (93247).
  • [BUG FIX] External authentication failed when using an unlicensed client (90637).
  • [BUG FIX] New probe categories were not immediately visible after importing a probe (93723).

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b3 - 23 December 2010

  • [FEATURE] Reports Added a close button to the device/interface tree-chooser, supplementing the ability to click outside the drop-down to close it.
  • [FEATURE] Reports Scales that are unsuitable for the current range, i.e. 5-minute for a year, are now greyed-out.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a problem, introduced in 5.4b2, that prevented built-in reports from loading.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Reports using the 'newest' or 'combined' scales no longer produce empty bar charts.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a set of related errors when filtering on certain fields.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed errors when filtering on integer fields with 64-bit values.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed an issue, introduced in 5.4b1, that resulted in incorrect ordering of dataset data when sorting by time.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a number of visual glitches when printing from Internet Explorer.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports The allowable range in the before/after date choosers is now shifted to allow the current day to be included.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a remaining case where chart y-axis labels could appear as 'NaN'.
  • [BUG FIX] Database Charts on the overview page now correctly show bars for the most recent past months, rather than the oldest ones.
  • [LATERAL] Reports Increased default widths for several reports columns, to avoid truncating their header text.
  • [LATERAL] Reports Improved performance of tables or charts containing large amounts of data.
  • [LATERAL] Reports The 'to date' ranges now show the full range extending past the current date.
  • [LATERAL] Reports Changed the default table page size from 10 to 20.
  • [LATERAL] Reports It's now possible to choose a date from the date-range chooser by double-clicking on it.

Switches 5.4b3 - 23 December 2010

  • [LATERAL] Update development schema version to 7.0. All old data will be erased.
  • [LATERAL] Changed default poll interval from 5 minutes to 15 minutes.
  • [LATERAL] Changed default TCP port from 8080 to 8185.
  • [BUG FIX] Log values of wal_autocheckpoint pragma and auto_vacuum pragma to the log.
  • [BUG FIX] Run a wal_checkpoint in dispatchPollCompletedRequest.
  • [BUG FIX] Include -wal file in doFetchDebugInfo.
  • [BUG FIX] Don't let an integrity error in ageTables stop the algorithm.
  • [BUG FIX] Improve handling of a remoteIP value of '' in store_cdpCacheTable.
  • [BUG FIX] Display ports that are down with an 'x' flag.
  • [BUG FIX] Ignore SIGBREAK's on Windows.
  • [BUG FIX] Support SNMP targets that use IPv6. (93447)
  • [BUG FIX] Send Kali progress update after sending selectMapResponse.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed an issue where a single poller's tables could be updated in an unusual order.
  • [BUG FIX] Added a status column to the device table. Layer2 now only targets devices that are UP. Set the status of NoSNMPResponse devices to "NOSNMP" so they are not included in layer2 polls.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug where the wrong table object has its tableUpdate method called when table ID's are reused in InterMapper. This bug led to a stuck poller.
  • [BUG FIX] Added an alternate leaf connection algorithm used only in the vlan-specific case.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed up original leaf connection algorithm so it can be used in vlan-less case.
  • [BUG FIX] Added scanRemoteIf method to repair negative STP port numbers left in the station table due to race condition when polling multiple devices.
  • [BUG FIX] Added code to delete old stationhistory and old addresshistory entries (currently runs on every poll-completed event).

InterMapper® 5.4b2 - 14 December 2010

  • [FILE FORMAT] The file format has changed. Make a backup of your map files before using this version.
  • [LATERAL] Implemented "refresh" button in icon picker. (89660)
  • [BUG FIX] Running InterMapper server with the check-upgrade switch no longer creates missing Maps folders. (91492)
  • [BUG FIX] Software license agreement in the InterMapper Remote Access installer is no longer garbled. (84964)
  • [BUG FIX] InterMapper server for Windows, when registering a serial number, no longer resets the service status to "Start Pending". (93147)
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a crash that occurred while opening reports when we only had demo maps present. (93090 & 93101)
  • [BUG FIX] On InterMapper server for Windows open file handles with _O_NOINHERIT to prevent inheritance by child processes. (93119)
  • [BUG FIX] Corrected file paths listed by the HTTP API to make round-trips easier. (92698)
  • [BUG FIX] Inform IMRA of updated graphs', servers' IMIDs when we connect to a database.
  • [BUG FIX] Handle too-short WINS packet without ASSERTion failure. (93169)
  • [BUG FIX] Fix bug when Layer2 hides unwanted networks that causes network ovals to be left behind. (93100, 93167, 93132, 92852, 92845)
  • [BUG FIX] Update network labels when hiding and showing interfaces on the map. (92846)
  • [BUG FIX] Send a KU_alert with the message "layer2.enabled" to the Layer2 server when the layer2.enabled property is set.
  • [BUG FIX] Fix another ASSERT caused by combination of Layer2 and IMDatabase (93070, 93118).
  • [BUG FIX] Fix a bug on Mac OS X which prevented ARP-discovered Ethernet addresses from being updated.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug that prevented Reports menu item from working correctly when another connection had the server settings open. (93065)
  • [BUG FIX] Improved license certificate selection algorithm when choosing from two FULL certificates to choose certificate with later maintenance contract expiry. (93105)
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug which caused an unresolvable name to be lost and replaced with "Unknown" when adding a device. (89713)
  • [BUG FIX] If InterMapper receives an export request from a database instance it is trying to register with, it now retries the registration ASAP to make sure it has up-to-date into.
  • [BUG FIX] Remove layer2 info from links when we disable layer2 for a map. (93080)
  • [BUG FIX] Ignore variables in the system group when checking for "Null" SNMP responses. A common SNMP agent configuration is to allow MIB access to the system group only. (93307)
  • [BUG FIX] Implemented support for multiple, simultaneous OTP kali re-connections. (92735, 93347)
  • [BUG FIX] Added support for layer2.connect and layer2.options map attributes. Only honor the KC_connectswitches and KC_connectendpoints commands when layer2 is enabled and layer2.connect is true. (91371)
  • [BUG FIX] Display layer2 info for switch-to-switch connections in interface status window.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b2 - 14 December 2010

  • [BUG FIX] Some server log files did not appear in the Bug Reporter on 64-bit Windows (93088).
  • [BUG FIX] Reports menu item now works when no devices are selected (93225).
  • [BUG FIX] Some color buttons caused an NPE when clicked (93290).
  • [BUG FIX] Icons should automatically Reload when overwritten by an import.

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b2 - 14 December 2010

  • [FEATURE] Reports Added support for opening map and server reports via right-click from InterMapper RemoteAccess.
  • [FEATURE] Reports Added additional tooltips, particularly for columns showing status icons.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a problem that prevented interfaces with no recorded status from appearing in Details view.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Charts with gaps in their data are now spaced out properly, rather than clumping all the data together.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a set of related ordering bugs when sorting data by time in the table view.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Eliminated unnecessary refreshes when clicking on certain settings controls but not actually changing their values.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed a number of minor display issues, particularly with the server/map/device/interface selection drop-down.
  • [LATERAL] Reports Reports launched via right-click from InterMapper RemoteAccess now open in edit mode.
  • [LATERAL] Reports The Reports entry on the IMDC home page now updates depending on whether the database is available for reporting.
  • [LATERAL] To reduce disk space usage, rotated log files are now automatically expired after a week.
  • [LATERAL] Database The database now automatically expires all but the ten most recent error/warning log files.

Switches 5.4b2 - 14 December 2010

  • [LATERAL] Update development schema version to 6.0. All old data will be erased.
  • [BUG FIX] In response to a SelectMapRequest, send a PROGRESS_REQUEST immediately.
  • [BUG FIX] Implemented timeouts in KC_login and KC_version commands in DLKaliProtocol.
  • [BUG FIX] Improve error handling of KC_login responses.
  • [BUG FIX] Suffix for log files is now xxxx_xx_xx ISO date format.
  • [BUG FIX] Stop and restart polling timer when we receive a KU_alert "layer2.enabled".
  • [BUG FIX] Improve error handling when upgrading database.
  • [BUG FIX] Improved reliability of the FDB connection algorithm when faced with loops.
  • [BUG FIX] Display switch port ID's that don't have matching ifIndex's.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug in dropping tables; forgot to mention the routeonly table.
  • [BUG FIX] Ignore the special MAC address 00-00-11-00-00-00 used by Cisco EOBC interfaces.
  • [BUG FIX] Added support for non-200 response to KC_connectswitches.
  • [BUG FIX] Disable verbose logging of algorithm process.
  • [BUG FIX] Improve error message when parsing search string for the endpoints request.

InterMapper® 5.4b1 - 01 December 2010

  • [LATERAL] EVAL license reminder windows now pop up less frequently.
  • [LATERAL] Demo licenses will no longer be issued or used.
  • [BUG FIX] When restructuring the Maps folders, invisibles files are moved as well, no longer preventing deletion of the old folders. (92672, 91492)
  • [BUG FIX] Improve debug logging inside SNMP ReadInterfaceCounts and ReadInterfaceInfo.
  • [BUG FIX] Fix ASSERT caused by combination of Layer2 and IMDatabase. (92912)
  • [BUG FIX] Ignore interfaces where ifOperStatus is notPresent (6).
  • [BUG FIX] Don't include layer2 endpoints in network "port name" label variable.
  • [BUG FIX] Layer2 now auto-hides propVirtual links and links that lead only to down leaves.
  • [BUG FIX] Don't rearrange the layer2 layout when a link is already connected to the proper location.
  • [BUG FIX] When reloading server extensions, force-close the kali connection to switches, so the switches server will exit.
  • [LATERAL] Added support for kali clientID's that begin with '*'.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4b1 - 1 December 2010

  • [BUG FIX] Helper App configuration now gets saved as soon as the customization window is closed (92831).
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a possible NPE when setting the Link Speed for a link (92664).
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a rare CCE in the server preference panes (91925).

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4b1 - 01 December 2010

  • [FEATURE] Reports Added additional presets to the date-range chooser.
  • [FEATURE] Reports Picking a new range from the date-range chooser now automatically supplies an appropriate default for the scale box.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed several visual glitches on the filters drop-down bar.
  • [BUG FIX] Database Implemented a possible fix for an Overview page error when using an external Postgres 8.4 database. (#91376)
  • [BUG FIX] Database Added additional fixes for the 'daily datasamples already exist' warning.

Switches 5.4b1 - 01 December 2010

  • [FEATURE] Added debug command: #status (uses STATUS_REQUEST command).
  • [FEATURE] Added support for sending PROGRESS_REQUEST command.
  • [FEATURE] Send KC_setProperty with clientID of *switches upon login.
  • [BUG FIX] Fix case where the same switch appears in the "vlan-aware" and "vlan-unaware" list due to problems with polling and CSI.
  • [BUG FIX] Set db timeout to 60 seconds and use WAL mode.

InterMapper® 5.4a4 - 22 November 2010

  • [FEATURE] Maps folders' structures have changed to allow for preservation of the previous version's Maps folders after an upgrade.
  • [LATERAL] When importing an icon with the same name as an existing icon, overwrite the existing icon rather than giving it a unique name.
  • [BUG FIX] Demo notice pops up in foreground instead of behind IMCC. (89544)
  • [BUG FIX] Prevent temporary files left over from safe saves from being loaded and possibly renaming in-use Chart Data folders. (91007, 91053)
  • [BUG FIX] Installer on Mac OS X 10.4 and earlier not longer hangs trying to terminate IMDataCenter. (91039)
  • [BUG FIX] Certain types of malformed icon imports will no longer cause the server to crash. (73406)
  • [BUG FIX] IMCC's user interface is now much more responsive at redrawing itself during start or stop. (91368, 84738, 85928)

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4a4 - 22 November 2010

  • [BUG FIX] Imports work again (91455).
  • [BUG FIX] Multiple concurrent Edit Icon windows now work correctly.

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4a4 - 22 November 2010

  • [FEATURE] Reports Added support for built-in reports, along with some basic sample reports.
  • [LATERAL] Added a web alert page clarifying the new external-login policy, which requires that you first log in on localhost to set a password.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a problem that prevented the first-start locale chooser from being shown.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Devices and interfaces in 'unknown' state once again show up in the Details view.

Switches 5.4a4 - 22 November 2010

  • [FEATURE] Improve the speed of the switches algorithm by using bit arrays instead of SQL.
  • [FEATURE] Added debug commands: #erase, #log, #die
  • [FEATURE] Added STP column to cmdSwitchToSwitchRequest.
  • [FEATURE] Added '*' flag to designated connections in cmdSwitchToSwitchRequest.
  • [FEATURE] Collect STP neighbors; handle case where STP desginatedBridge matches an ifTable entry instead of a poller bridgeID.
  • [FEATURE] Added support for route-only interfaces.
  • [LATERAL] Update development schema version to 5.0. All old data will be erased.
  • [LATERAL] Refactored switches algorithm into a separate DLSwitchConnect module.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed code for comparing LLDP interface names.
  • [BUG FIX] The latest sqlite update appears to ignore inet_converter when the value is ''. Prevent switches protocol from sending a None value as "None".
  • [BUG FIX] Fix issue with initial logging (before Twisted initializes).
  • [BUG FIX] Improve reporting of exceptions thrown in main module.
  • [BUG FIX] Fix bug involving remoteIP address of '' when collecting LLDP connections.
  • [BUG FIX] Improve logging of switch and vlan connections.
  • [BUG FIX] Log to pollerstat table when 0 rows returned.
  • [BUG FIX] Indicate in pollerstat table when incomplete data is received and log the time of the last update.
  • [BUG FIX] Improve resilience in face of socket.error exceptions from annotateConnections
  • [BUG FIX] Ignore interfaces where ifOperStatus is notPresent (6).

InterMapper® 5.4a3 - 15 November 2010

  • [BUG FIX] Inform IMRA of updated devices' IMIDs when we connect to a database. (91248)

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4a3 - 15 November 2010

  • [FEATURE] Added "Hostname" column to switches' endpoint table (91263).
  • [LATERAL] A second, parallel connection is made to the server in order to off-load data downloads.

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4a3 - 15 November 2010

  • [LATERAL] Database The custom datasample interval is now fixed at five minutes; it can no longer be configured through the retention policy.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug, introduced in 5.4a1, that prevented clean shutdown on non-Windows systems.
  • [BUG FIX] Database Fixed a time-zone conversion issue that was causing repeated 'duplicate datasample' errors.

Switches 5.4a3 - 15 November 2010

  • [LATERAL] Improve debug logging to help find a bug where a client connection is lost.
  • [LATERAL] Improve debug logging in the main module.
  • [BUG FIX] When a duplicate bridgeID is detected, abort the redundant poller.
  • [BUG FIX] Add a central DLDispatcher.exit() function that closes the database before stopping the reactor.
  • [BUG FIX] Fix bug in scanNeighbors when remoteIP is ''.

InterMapper® 5.4a2 - 10 November 2010

  • [LATERAL] Updated credits. (91102)
  • [LATERAL] Added copy of oft-used traditional "small dot" icon to Default icon set to make it easier to pick. (75411)
  • [BUG FIX] Clean up a couple of probes that are either no longer supported or which contained deprecated syntax. (91023)
  • [BUG FIX] Fix "obtain a new serial number" link in "Too many devices" dialog. (91113)
  • [BUG FIX] Fix InterMapper Control Center's status balloon text. (90778)
  • [BUG FIX] On Windows, ensure InterMapper and IMDC services are stopped before uninstall starts to avoid needing a restart.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4a2 - 10 November 2010

  • [FEATURE] Added support for the green zoom button on OS X (14383).
  • [LATERAL] Added a submit-bug-report button to Map and Device List window toolbars when running a beta or test version.
  • [BUG FIX] Recent changes to Helper Apps caused the default Launcher to not be found (91052).
  • [BUG FIX] Changing away from the Background pane of Map Settings would unset the background image (91074).
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed an exception when setting maintenance mode on an AlarmPoint with some columns hidden (91155).

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4a2 - 10 November 2010

  • [LATERAL] Reports When loading a saved view with a filter on 'status', the filter operation no longer resets to 'Is Not' when it should be 'Is'.
  • [LATERAL] Reports Dramatically improved performance of the device/interface tree in Internet Explorer.
  • [BUG FIX] The Debian/Ubuntu init.d script 'start' command no longer fails silently.
  • [BUG FIX] Visiting the web interface for the first time on a fresh install no longer brings up password.html with a Page Not Found error.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a set of issues that rendered IM unable to connect to IMDC after a fresh install.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed an issue that was preventing filters on the 'status' column from being applied.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports The status column now sorts properly, with 'okay' as the best status and 'deleted' as the worst.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports When viewing a linked report that has been locked against changes, the title is no longer editable.
  • [BUG FIX] Reports Fixed many visual glitches and browser compatibility issues.

Switches 5.4a2 - 10 November 2010

  • [LATERAL] Added support for SQL.ALLOW_OLD_SCHEMA testing flag.
  • [LATERAL] Added code to DLCursor to log the time it takes to execute or fetch sqlite results.
  • [LATERAL] Factored out the sub-selects in SELECT_SIMPLE_CONNECTION_SWITCHES.
  • [LATERAL] Improve debug logging in computeSimpleConnection.
  • [BUG FIX] Fix computeSwitchPortTable to include vlan names for vlans without subnet mappings. (91069)
  • [BUG FIX] Fix swapping bug in caching intermediate switch connection results. (91069)
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed bug in select_vlan_device_count; use an outer join to include unnamed vlans. (91069)
  • [BUG FIX] Handle cases in runInteractionCallback and runInteractionErrback where the cmd was 'LOST'. (91185)
  • [BUG FIX] Fix up regular expression that identifies the old log files.
  • [BUG FIX] Fix bug in function to clean up sql before logging it.
  • [BUG FIX] Fix flags in flagvlan() in dispatchSwitchToSwitchRequest function.

InterMapper® 5.4a1 - 3 November 2010

  • [FEATURE] Upgrade checks do not offer new versions unless they are covered by the maintenance contract.
  • [FEATURE] Server now reports Switches and IMDC logs to client when requested as part of bug reporter dialog.
  • [FEATURE] Additional icons available in the icon picker.
  • [LATERAL] IMCC no longer controls IMDC separately. It is started and stopped with InterMapper server. (Mac and Windows)
  • [BUG FIX] The SSL Certificate pane of the Server Settings now displays the validity dates for the certificate. (90830)
  • [BUG FIX] IMCC is no longer blocked at startup in Windows Vista and newer versions. (58717, 74607, 74800)

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4a1 - 3 November 2010

  • [FEATURE] It is now possible to import and export Helper App configuration.
  • [FEATURE] It is now possible to copy devices between Maps by dragging from the source list view to the destination.
  • [LATERAL] Helper App configuration is now stored in an XML file instead of the preferences.
  • [LATERAL] Removed 'Open' button in Map List window in favor of a toolbar (61576).
  • [BUG FIX] Esc (and Cmd-. on OS X) should cancel the color picker window (84780).
  • [BUG FIX] Set Probe dialog has a minimum size (85884).
  • [BUG FIX] Map-scale tooltip would not disappear when window was maximized on Windows (90608).
  • [BUG FIX] Ants sometimes did not erase properly when the Map scale was greater than 100% (90863).
  • [BUG FIX] InterMapper's built-in low-security.dartware.com SSL certificate will now be trusted by default.

InterMapper® DataCenter™ 5.4a1 - 3 November 2010

  • [FEATURE] Added InterMapper Reports, a powerful tool for reporting on the data collected by InterMapper Database.

Switches 5.4a1 - 3 November 2010

  • [FEATURE] Added support for keeping history of all endpoint changes including port, vlan, and IP address.
  • [FEATURE] SelectMapRequest and EndpointsRequest now honor the 'begin' time parameter and return historical information about endpoints.
  • [FEATURE] The connection pane now displays a cleaner format for switch-to-switch connections with separate columns for FDB, CDP and LLDP flags.
  • [FEATURE] Implemented support for LLDP.
  • [FEATURE] Operational log files are now created daily and retained for three days.
  • [LATERAL] Incremented the major schema version to 4.0.
  • [BUG FIX] Improved ability to terminate other running instances of switches upon startup. Automatically quit when InterMapper is not running.
  • [BUG FIX] Handle race condition in SNMP traversal of ARP table and interaction with aging IP addresses into history table.
  • [BUG FIX] Fix bug in connecting endpoints when there are unconnected switches on a map.

InterMapper® 5.4d3 - 11 October 2010

  • [NOTE] The file format has changed. Make a backup of your map files before using this version.
  • [FEATURE] Added packet dispatching statistics to the Engine Status probe. (89570)
  • [FEATURE] Added support for the "layer2.enabled" map attribute. The value of this attribute is now saved in the map file.
  • [FEATURE] InterMapper supports reading XML files (__intermapper__.xml) describing server extensions from the top level of .zip files.
  • [FEATURE] switches.zip server extension is now installed on Mac OS X and Windows systems.
  • [FEATURE] Implemented KC_connectSwitches and KC_connectEndpoints commands to allow the Switches extension to change the layout of maps.
  • [FEATURE] Added a "Layer2" column to device and map export tables.
  • [LATERAL] Merged from 5.3.5, 5.3.6b1.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a bug in MoveEndpoint when we need to change the visibility of the edge.
  • [BUG FIX] Cleaned up rules for accessing the web server via the Kali protocol port. (85747)

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4d3 - 11 October 2010

  • [FEATURE] Added Layer 2 Mapping support to Map Settings.
  • [FEATURE] Added Layer 2 view to Map and Device List windows.
  • [FEATURE] Added optional device-count columns to Map List window.
  • [LATERAL] Icons and sound files older than 7 days in the local disk cache will be reloaded.
  • [LATERAL] Custom icons and sound files are now cached on a per-server basis.
  • [BUG FIX] Server Settings window size and position are now preserved when closed (90434).

Switches 5.4d3 - 11 October 2010

  • [FEATURE] Incremented the major schema version to 2.0. Added code to delete old data upon major schema upgrades.
  • [FEATURE] Added a flags column to the switch-to-switch request results. We now attach a flag to connections to show source of data.
  • [FEATURE] Improved processing of CDP flags and CDP vlans for switch-to-switch connections.
  • [FEATURE] Updated the built-in OUI database.
  • [FEATURE] SELECT_MAP_REQUEST now returns a timestamp attribute which is non-zero if we have analyzed any switch data.
  • [LATERAL] Removed first and last columns from candidate table.
  • [LATERAL] Synchronized switches version number with InterMapper.
  • [LATERAL] Added switches to InterMapper continuous integration build system.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed bug in responding to fetch-debug-info command.

Switches 1.0d13 - 24 September 2010

  • [BUG FIX] KC_connectSwitches now sent with port usage count for each end of the connection.
  • [BUG FIX] POLL_COMPLETED_RESPONSE is now sent by the main thread, not sent from the sub-thread (special case).
  • [BUG FIX] IP address history is aged after 48 hours instead of after 3 missing polls.

Switches 1.0d12 - 22 September 2010

  • [FEATURE] Added support for CONNECT_SWITCHES_REQUEST and LOCATE_ENDPOINTS_REQUEST.
  • [FEATURE] Requests devices from maps where layer2 is enabled; no longer tied to maps with name of "switches".
  • [FEATURE] Added support for decoding MAC addresses with bytes separated by '-' in addition to ':'.
  • [BUG FIX] SQL logging code is resilient against unknown utf-8 chars.
  • [LATERAL] This version requires InterMapper 5.4d3 or later.

Switches 1.0d11 - 7 September 2010

  • [FEATURE] Added support for displaying switch names, port names, and vlan names.
  • [FEATURE] Added support for mapping vlan numbers to names and subnets.
  • [FEATURE] Switch to switch connections now show switch names and port names.
  • [FEATURE] Added a "Present" column to display number of times a given endpoint has been seen recently.
  • [BUG FIX] Server now sends updates when maps are added, removed, or renamed.
  • [LATERAL] Renamed the "status" column to "flags".

Switches 1.0d10 - 23 August 2010

  • [LATERAL] Improvements to code that pickles/compresses internal structures for later use during discovery.
  • [BUG FIX] Fix issue with resolving CDP connections using remote IP address.
  • [BUG FIX] Add ifName column to the switchport table, and use ifDescr as a backup for ifName, where necessary.

Switches 1.0d9 - 13 August 2010

  • [FEATURE] This version only polls devices on the map named "switches".
  • [FEATURE] Polls lldpRemTable and lldpRemManAddrTable and logs their responses, but does not currently use the data.
  • [FEATURE] Pairs up CDP neighbors and tracks unrequited CDP neighbors via cdpCacheTable.
  • [BUG FIX] AGE_TABLES_REQUEST is deprecated. Aging of tables is now implemented in DLSnmpAnalysis.analyze and we only keep the data seen in the last 3 polls.
  • [BUG FIX] Handle value of '-' reported for ipAdEntIfIndex.
  • [FEATURE] Use community string indexing to grab spanning tree root port information, dot1dBasePortTable and dot1dStpPortTable.
  • [BUG FIX] When inserting fdb table entries, ignore SELF entries and any MAC addresses that are already in our own ifTable. Also ignore all zeros or all ones.

Switches 1.0d8 - 2 August 2010

  • [BUG FIX] Log when we create db tables for the first time.
  • [BUG FIX] Improve logging when constructing switch port table.
  • [BUG FIX] Correctly handle cases where portcnt or vlancnt are not reported.

Switches 1.0d7 - 29 July 2010

  • [FEATURE] Added #stackwalk and #help debug commands.
  • [FEATURE] Switch ports that are up but have no fdb table entries are displayed with 0 devices.
  • [FEATURE] Devices connected to ports that are down have an 'x' in the status column.
  • [FEATURE] Include dot1dBaseNumPorts and dot1qNumVlans in dot1d_Info SNMP request.
  • [FEATURE] Log information about SNMP polling in the pollerstat table.
  • [FEATURE] Include summary stats from the pollerstat table in the vpoller view.
  • [BUG FIX] Added a work-around for a lost SNMP_TABLE_REQUEST command causing polling to stop.
  • [BUG FIX] Ignore MAC addresses that aren't exactly 6 bytes long.
  • [BUG FIX] Ignore ifName if the value is '-'.

Switches 1.0d6 - 26 July 2010

  • [FEATURE] Improve debug logging for polling.
  • [LATERAL] Temporarily remove lldpRemTable from list of tables to poll, due to a tooBig SNMP conflict.

Switches 1.0d5 - 23 July 2010

  • [FEATURE] Implemented support for partitioning switches by vlan; this feature remains disabled in this release, however.
  • [FEATURE] The response to the endpoints command now includes the "last-analyze" timestamp.
  • [FEATURE] The Switch to Switch response now includes two vlan columns.
  • [FEATURE] We now ask for ifType, ifName and ifAlias in the ifTable poll.
  • [BUG FIX] The connection table is ordered so that local_ip < remote_ip.
  • [FEATURE] Implemented support for polling cdpCacheTable and lldpRemTable. lldpRemTable is not yet stored in the station table.
  • [LATERAL] Enabled cmd and snmp logging for this release.
  • [LATERAL] Removed "fake" switches used for testing from this release.

Switches 1.0d4 - 16 July 2010

  • [FEATURE] Locator table is now created when each poll cycle finishes, instead of on-demand.
  • [FEATURE] Added poll_sec attribute to PERF logging for SNMP_TABLE_REQUEST to measure how long each table traversal took.
  • [FEATURE] Implemented the switch_to_switch command for returning switch connections. (Added "#s2s" for testing from search field.)
  • [FEATURE] No longer displays switch to switch connections in the devices view, and no longer counts them in the summary panel.
  • [FEATURE] Broadcasts a "new data" command to all clients when new data is available.
  • [BUG FIX] Displays correct count of devices on switch ports, by NIC manufacturer, and by VLAN.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed cause of an integrity error in generating the candidate table.
  • [BUG FIX] Fix logging of SQL statement executed when there is an integrity error.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed an assertion failure in DLProtocol.dataReceived.
  • [LATERAL] Refactored thread dispatch functions into a separate module.
  • [TESTING] Added a "fake" 10.0.0.3 switch to introduce 1000 vlans for testing.

Switches 1.0d3 - 12 July 2010

  • [FEATURE] Partitions the switches into switchsets before computing the connections between the switches in each set.
  • [ indicates a direct connection. ( indicates an indirect connection. ? marks where we "lost the scent".
  • [FEATURE] Added support for loading "fake switch" data from an internal station.txt file. These devices show up with 'Dartmouth' OUI's (00-00-D7).
  • [BUG FIX] The "analyze" algorithm no longer filters based on map when constructing the "locator" table. The map device filtering takes place later.
  • [BUG FIX] Fixed a subtle bug in the algorithm for computing direct connections between switches which caused duplicate connections to be inserted.
  • [LATERAL] Re-factored SQL statement generator into a separate module.

Switches 1.0d2 - 1 July 2010

  • [FEATURE] Replaced heuristic algorithm with the LO'HG topology algorithm for switches (ignores vlans and discontiguous switch fabrics).
  • [FEATURE] Identifies devices that are located between two switches (aka orphans) and flags these with '' status.
  • [FEATURE] Added support for more debug views: #vconnection, #vorphan
  • [FEATURE] Type #set into the search field to display backend settings. Settings may be changed by typing "#set key=value".
  • [BUG FIX] Close and reopen database connections when we get an OperationalError from sqlite.
  • [BUG FIX] Improve diagnostic logging of python exceptions.
  • [MISSING] LO'HG algorithm ignores vlans.
  • [MISSING] LO'HG algorithm implementation does not handle devices placed in 'purgatory'.
  • [MISSING] Topology algorithm does not check for disconnected switch fabrics first.
  • [MISSING] Orphan devices that cannot be located on a single switch to switch connection are not displayed.
  • [MISSING] Devices with multiple IP addresses only show one.
  • [KNOWN BUG] Switch port connections timestamps are incorrect.
  • [KNOWN BUG] Total device count is thrown off by presence of duplicate 's', '' devices.
  • [KNOWN BUG] Orphan devices are placed in vlan 0.

Switches 1.0d1 - 11 June 2010

  • [FEATURE] Runs as an InterMapper server extension that listens on TCP port 8008 and serves data to a custom Java GUI.
  • [FEATURE] Backend is implemented using IMDC Python and distributed as a .zip archive that will run on all platforms.
  • [FEATURE] Uses InterMapper 5.3 to collect data from SNMP devices on InterMapper maps.
  • [FEATURE] Stores data in a sqlite file, and provides additional debugging views.
  • [FEATURE] Uses heuristics to determine where devices are currently connected to switch ports.*
  • [FEATURE] Checkbox filters for switch, vendor and vlan are supported in the GUI.
  • [FEATURE] The back end translates OUI's to vendor names.
  • [FEATURE] The GUI translates addresses to DNS names.
  • [FEATURE] Search field filters are supported for: hostname, IP, subnet, vendor, and MAC address.
  • [FEATURE] You can access debug views using the search field and # prefix: vstation, vaddress, vendor, voui, etc.
  • [KNOWN BUG] Does not run on IMDC Python 5.3 on Windows due to sqlite3 version incompatibility.
  • [KNOWN BUG] Runs into 'database locked' errors on IMDC Python 5.3 on other platforms due to sqlite3 version.
  • [KNOWN BUG] The heuristics for device connections are not double-checked by the algorithm. There will be omissions or lies.*
  • [KNOWN BUG] Backend does not inform GUI when map list changes.
  • [MISSING] Date range is not applied yet.
  • [MISSING] Search filters are not supported.
  • [MISSING] Search flags are not supported.
  • [MISSING] IPv6 support is not supported.

InterMapper® 5.4d2 - 21 September 2010

  • [ifIndex not in ifTable] for clarity. (90125)
  • [LATERAL] Merged from 5.3.3.

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4d2 - 21 September 2010

  • [FEATURE] Added "Bring All to Front" to Mac 'Window' menu (85627).
  • [BUG FIX] IP addresses should sort properly in all locales (90030).

InterMapper RemoteAccess™ 5.4d2 - 21 September 2010

  • [FEATURE] Added "Bring All to Front" to Mac 'Window' menu (85627).
  • [BUG FIX] IP addresses should sort properly in all locales (90030).

InterMapper® 5.4d1 - 9 September 2010

  • [FEATURE] HTTP Follow probe now included.
  • [LATERAL] Updated sFlow collector address in on-demand table in SFlow probes to use "IPADDRESS" type to make it look better.
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