Changes since the last edition of the manual

This manual describes the functionality of the SE Manager with the use of the basic software M2000/X2000/HNC V6.6A.

Functional extensions

The basic software M2000/X2000/HNC V6.6A provides the functional extensions described below.
Changes that only occurred with SP1 (Service Pack 1) are marked as such.

BS2000-supporting functions

• SU /390
  • Support for the new SU740 model.
    New SU740-specific functions are:
    • Display of the change of the active IORSF file in SEM.
    • Display of the configured maximum transmission speed of the individual channels.
  • With SP1: Possibility to create BS2000 disks based on EMDISC files on the MUs.
• SU x86
  • Use of internal SSD disks for virtual BS2000 disks of the new EMDISC type.
    
  • Possibility to restart all tape devices configured on an SU.
    
• General
  • With SP1: The SERVICE-PACK and the SYSID of the single BS2000 systems are displayed.

Security

• Service account service
  • The password and its management must comply with today's generally applicable security requirements.
  • This applies to the length and complexity, as well as to the validity time and warning time.
    The specific values for the validity time and warning time are defined by mutual agreement between the customer and Customer Support.
  • The password for the service account is managed by Customer Support in accordance with the mutual agreement.
• SNMPv3
  • Support of SNMPv3 for the configuration of trap receivers.
  • With SP1: For every single MU its specific persistent SNMP Engine ID is displayed.
• Display of Teleservice messages
  • Display of all Teleservice messages sent to the Support Center as events.
    
• New role
  • A new role called Remote service administrator has been introduced.
  • With SP1: The new auxiliary basic role Shell access has been introduced.
• Entering passwords
  • In the SE Manager, entered passwords are usually hidden for security reasons.
    During input, an eye icon is displayed in front of the input field, with which the password can be made visible and hidden again.
    
  • With SP1: The password rules have been tightened to improve security.
  • With SP1: The passwords of the accounts are monitored. In case given, events with the component PwMon are created.

SEM graphical user interface

• AU PY
  • Extended display and reboot functionality
• Comfort
  • Optimization of some SEM windows and tables (new columns, switching between compact and detailed view, extended descriptions, ...)
    
• General
  • With SP1: The user-defined links are assigned to categories and are displayed in the navigation menu ordered according to these categories.

Maintainability

• Alarm management
  • The automatic forwarding of events as a mail or trap can be deactivated and reactivated for each receiver.