What's New in This Version

This version of Sun Remote System Control (RSC) includes bug fixes and a new environment variable, tpe_link_test. In addition, the RSC device Internet address has been added to email and pager alert messages.

If you have already installed a previous version of Remote System Control, back up your RSC configuration before installing this version, following the directions in Chapter 2 of the RSC User's Guide, and then restore them after installation when you run the RSC configuration script.

The tpe_link_test variable enables 10BASE-T Ethernet link integrity tests when set to true, the default. If you are using RSC in a hub that does not support Ethernet link integrity tests or that has them disabled, set this variable to false. Changes to this variable take effect after the next RSC reset. The tpe_link_test variable behaves similarly to the OBP environment variable named "tpe-link-test?", which is available on some SPARC platforms.

RSC and the local hub should have Ethernet link integrity tests enabled or disabled consistently. If this setting is not consistent, communication may not be possible.

The following bugs have been fixed since the November 16, 1998 release:

• 4172574: The CLI reported a DC Power Failure when the host was powered off.

• 4152840: RSC shell commands did not query for confirmation before resetting the host system.

• 4170986: The GUI "Set Date/Time" dialog box displayed 0:00:00 when time changed to noon and midnight. This is an invalid time format.

• 4173022: The escape sequence for exiting from the RSC console did not work if the escape_char variable was set to "^?".

• 4175561: When connected to the server's console through RSC, a paste operation of over 336 characters into the window connected to RSC could hang the console connection. A reset of RSC was required to recover.