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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
+
+<chapter>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>1996</year><year>2009</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+ Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+ compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+ Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+ retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+
+ Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+ basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+ the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+ under the License.
+
+ </legalnotice>
+
+ <title>SNMP Release Notes</title>
+ <prepared></prepared>
+ <responsible></responsible>
+ <docno></docno>
+ <approved></approved>
+ <checked></checked>
+ <date></date>
+ <rev></rev>
+ <file>notes.xml</file>
+ </header>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.15</title>
+
+ <p>Version 4.15 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.14 and 4.13.5.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>The documentation is now built with open source tools
+ (<em>xsltproc</em> and <em>fop</em>) that exists on most
+ platforms. One visible change is that the frames are removed.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8249</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] When information from an unknown agent is received,
+ it was previously delivered to the default user via calls to all
+ the functions of the callback API depending on the info type
+ (<c>pdu</c>, <c>trap</c>, <c>report</c> or <c>inform</c>).
+ The problem was that the <c>TargetName</c> argument was useless
+ in this case (only an already known agent has a known/valid
+ <c>TargetName</c>, but the <c>TargetName</c> used in these calls
+ was generated "on the fly"). </p>
+ <p>This has now been changed so that when a message is received
+ from an unknown agent, then only
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_agent">handle_agent</seealso>
+ (for the default user) is called, but now this call also has a
+ <c>Type</c> argument, which is
+ <c>pdu | trap | report | inform</c>, depending on what kind of
+ message was actually received, thus making it possible for the
+ user to properly analyze the data received. </p>
+ <p>To handle this, the
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user">snmpm_user</seealso> behaviour has
+ been updated. </p>
+ <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8229</p>
+ <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 11312</p> -->
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ </section> <!-- 4.15 -->
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.14</title>
+
+ <p>Version 4.14 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.13.5, 4.13.4, 4.13.3, 4.13.2, 4.13.1 and 4.13.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[compiler] Include object- and notification groups in the
+ compiled mib.
+ This will make it possible to import groups from other mibs. </p>
+ <p>Also the SNMPv2-MIB-file has been updated to a more
+ up-to-date version. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8223</p>
+ <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 11383</p> -->
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] Added support for message filtering in the
+ network interface module provided with the application.
+ The component that actually make the filter decisions
+ is the network interface filter module. This module
+ must implement the
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_network_interface_filter">network interface filter behaviour</seealso>
+ for message filtering.
+ See also the Configuring chapter of
+ the User's Guide to see how to configure this feature. </p>
+ <p>See the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">configuration</seealso>
+ chapter for more info about the filter options.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8228</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11411</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>The MIBs delivered as part of the application is now
+ also available as man pages, section 7. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8237</p>
+ <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 11383</p> -->
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+
+ <!--
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] The main agent type header file contained some miss-information
+ regarding the type of the entrytype field of the me-record, causing
+ unneccessary confusion.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8116</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11312</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ -->
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.14 -->
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.13.5</title>
+
+ <p>Version 4.13.5 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.13.4, 4.13.3, 4.13.2, 4.13.1 and 4.13.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Improved the cache handling of the mib server. </p>
+ <p>A number of new functions and config options for the mib server
+ cache has been added. </p>
+ <p>See
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#invalidate_mibs_cache">invalidate_mibs_cache/0,1</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#enable_mibs_cache">enable_mibs_cache/0,1</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#disable_mibs_cache">disable_mibs_cache/0,1</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#gc_mibs_cache">gc_mibs_cache/0,1,2,3</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#enable_mibs_cache_autogc">enable_mibs_cache_autogc/0,1</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#disable_mibs_cache_autogc">disable_mibs_cache_autogc/0,1</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#update_mibs_cache_age">update_mibs_cache_age/1,2</seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#update_mibs_cache_gclimit">update_mibs_cache_gclimit/1,2</seealso> for more info. </p>
+ <p>See also the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">configuration</seealso>
+ chapter for more info about the mib server cache options.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8182</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11383</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] A manager could no longer use the SNMPv3 user "initial"
+ as this was interpretated as the first step of the discovery. </p>
+ <p>Introduced a new terminating option, <c>trigger_username</c> to
+ make it possible to configure the username the agent reacts to.
+ Default is <c>""</c>. </p>
+ <p>See the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">configuration</seealso>
+ chapter for more info about the discovery options.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8120</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11361</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] The main agent type header file contained some miss-information
+ regarding the type of the entrytype field of the me-record, causing
+ unneccessary confusion.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8116</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11312</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.13.5 -->
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.13.4</title>
+
+ <p>Version 4.13.4 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.13.3, 4.13.2, 4.13.1 and 4.13.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+
+ <!--
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Support for the discovery process. </p>
+ <p>The agent can both initiate discovery itself (see the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_agent_funct_descr#discovery">discovery</seealso> chapter
+ for more info) and respond to discovery initiated by a manager.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7571</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11053</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ -->
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Originating discovery problems. </p>
+ <p>Invalid state variable update during second stage of
+ discovery causes master agent crash. </p>
+ <p>Also the net_if process failed to activate socket
+ ({active, once}) after first discovery response was sent. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8044</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11295</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Terminating discovery problem. </p>
+ <p>The reply to the second stage request should include a
+ varbind with <c>usmStatsNotInTimeWindows</c>.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8062</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11318</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Originating discovery improvement. </p>
+ <p>Added the ExtraInfo argument to the
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#discovery">discovery</seealso> function.
+ This argument will be passed on to the stage1_finish callback
+ function. Also, the
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#discovery">discovery</seealso> function
+ will now always return <c>{ok, ManagerEngineID}</c> on successful
+ discovery. </p>
+ <p>The <seealso marker="snmpa_discovery_handler">discovery handler</seealso>
+ behaviour updated accordingly. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8098</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11346</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.13.4 -->
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.13.3</title>
+
+ <p>Version 4.13.3 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.13.2, 4.13.1 and 4.13.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+
+ <!--
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Support for the discovery process. </p>
+ <p>The agent can both initiate discovery itself (see the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_agent_funct_descr#discovery">discovery</seealso> chapter
+ for more info) and respond to discovery initiated by a manager.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7571</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11053</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ -->
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] A request for an oid of type BITS was actually
+ returned as OCTET STRING. </p>
+ <p>Values of type BITS are encoded as OCTET STRING,
+ which makes it impossible for the decoder to know that
+ they should really be of type BITS.
+ Instead, this has to be done higher up in the stack, where
+ there is knowledge of the MIB (assuming that the mib has
+ been loaded, there is info about the type of the mibentry). </p>
+ <p>This problem has now been fixed, but requires that the MIB
+ defining this mib-entry is loaded! </p>
+ <p>The utility function
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#oid_to_type">oid_to_type</seealso>
+ has been added, for debug purpose. </p>
+ <p>The utility function(s)
+ <seealso marker="snmp#octet_string_to_bits">octet_string_to_bits</seealso>
+ and
+ <seealso marker="snmp#bits_to_octet_string">bits_to_octet_string</seealso>
+ has also been added. These can be used if the user prefers to
+ handle the conversion on their own. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8015</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11285</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Fixed some issues with the discovery handling. </p>
+ <p>Changed the API of the
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#discovery">discovery</seealso>
+ function to solve some
+ of these problems. </p>
+ <p>Introduced various options for controlling the discovery
+ process. See the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_app#configuration_params">configuration</seealso>
+ chapter for more info about the discovery options.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-8020</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11295</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.13.3 -->
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.13.2</title>
+
+ <p>Version 4.13.2 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.13.1 and 4.13.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+
+ <!--
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Support for the discovery process. </p>
+ <p>The agent can both initiate discovery itself (see the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_agent_funct_descr#discovery">discovery</seealso> chapter
+ for more info) and respond to discovery initiated by a manager.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7571</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11053</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ -->
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] Failure during downed user cleanup.
+ As part of the cleanup after a crashed user,
+ the manager attempts to unregister the agents
+ registered by this user. This however failed,
+ causing a server crash. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7961</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11275</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] Incorrectly documented value type for
+ IpAddress (ip). The value type for IpAddress is
+ documented as ip but is actually ia. The value type
+ ip has been added. The old (not documented) value
+ type ia still works. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7977</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11279</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] EngineId lookup fails when using version-3. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7983</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11275</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] As of version 4.13 the possible return values
+ of the function
+ <seealso marker="snmpa_mpd#process_packet">snmpa_mpd:process_packet/4</seealso>
+ changed, but this was not documented. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7989</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11275</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.13.2 -->
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.13.1</title>
+
+ <p>Version 4.13.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.13.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+
+ <!--
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Support for the discovery process. </p>
+ <p>The agent can both initiate discovery itself (see the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_agent_funct_descr#discovery">discovery</seealso> chapter
+ for more info) and respond to discovery initiated by a manager.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7571</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11053</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ -->
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] Registration of users had some issues. </p>
+ <p>Not all of the registration functions where actually exported
+ (<seealso marker="snmpm#register_user">register_user/4</seealso>
+ and
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#register_user_monitor">register_user_monitor/4</seealso>).
+ This has now been fixed. </p>
+ <p>Also, the registration did not succeed unless
+ user implemented the *new* behaviour. This has now
+ also been fixed (registration succeeds if the user
+ implements either the new (i.e. updated
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user">snmpm_user</seealso>)
+ or the old user behaviour (<c>snmpm_user_old</c>)). </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7902</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11240</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.13.1 -->
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.13</title>
+<!--
+ <p>Version 4.13 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.12.1.</p>
+-->
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Support for the discovery process. </p>
+ <p>The agent can both initiate discovery itself (see the
+ <seealso marker="snmp_agent_funct_descr#discovery">discovery</seealso> chapter
+ for more info) and respond to discovery initiated by a manager.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7571</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11053</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Unnecessary use of math:pow/2 could cause problems
+ on systems without floating point support. </p>
+ <p>Per Hedeland</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7735</p>
+ <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 10966</p> -->
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] A major flaw was discovered with the agent handling. </p>
+ <p>First, <c>TargetName</c> was never used as intended, as a unique
+ identifier for the target (agent in this case). </p>
+ <p>Second, <c>TargetName</c> had a <em>default value</em>, which meant
+ that several agents could have the same <c>TargetName</c>, causing
+ unpredictable behaviour in the manager. </p>
+ <p>Third, <c>EngineID</c> was not a mandatory config option and had
+ furthermore also a <em>default value</em>. </p>
+
+ <p>These problems has been solved in the following way: </p>
+ <p>First, a new set of api functions has been introduced (and documented):
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#register_user">register_user/4</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#register_user_monitor">register_user_monitor/4</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#register_agent">register_agent/3</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#unregister_agent">unregister_agent/2</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#agent_info">agent_info/2</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#update_agent_info">update_agent_info/4</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#sync_get">sync_get/3,4,5,6</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#async_get">async_get/3,4,5,6</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#sync_get_next">sync_get_next/3,4,5,6</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#async_get_next">async_get_next/3,4,5,6</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#sync_set">sync_set/3,4,5,6</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#async_set">async_set/3,4,5,6</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#sync_get_bulk">sync_get_bulk/5,6,7,8</seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#async_get_bulk">async_get_bulk/5,6,7,8</seealso>
+ that all use <c>TargetName</c> (and not, as previously, <c>Addr</c>
+ and <c>Port</c>) to identify the agent (also the return value of
+ <seealso marker="snmpm#which_agents">which_agents</seealso> has
+ been changed). </p>
+ <p>Second, for backward compatibility, the old functions still
+ exist, but are no longer documented and are now wrappers for the
+ new functions, including erroneous default value for EngineID and
+ all. The TargetName is however generated from the provided
+ <c>Addr</c>, <c>Port</c> and <c>Version</c> config options. </p>
+ <p>Third, the behaviour of the
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user">SNMP manager user</seealso> has
+ been changed to reflect this, i.e.
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_pdu">handle_pdu/4</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_trap">handle_trap/3</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_inform">handle_inform/3</seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_report">handle_report/3</seealso>
+ and the return-value of
+ <seealso marker="snmpm_user#handle_agent">handle_agent/4</seealso>.
+ The old (non-documented) callback-functions (using Addr and Port)
+ will still be called if the agent was registered using the old
+ registration functions. </p>
+
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7836</p>
+ <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 10966</p> -->
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.13 -->
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.12.2</title>
+ <p>Version 4.12.2 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.12.1, 4.12, 4.11.2, 4.11.1 and 4.11.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ <!--
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Improvement of the inform reporting.
+ It was previously not certain how many acks an
+ application received, 0, 1 or 2. This has now been
+ fixed, so that only 1 (one) ack is issued. </p>
+ <p>Per Hedeland</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7525</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ -->
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Bad session cache (usm+camv-info) invalidation
+ could cause user crash, through call(s) to (a number of)
+ MIB API function(s) (undefined function). </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7868</p>
+ <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 11124</p> -->
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.12.2 -->
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.12.1</title>
+ <p>Version 4.12.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.12, 4.11.2, 4.11.1 and 4.11.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ <!--
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Improvement of the inform reporting.
+ It was previously not certain how many acks an
+ application received, 0, 1 or 2. This has now been
+ fixed, so that only 1 (one) ack is issued. </p>
+ <p>Per Hedeland</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7525</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ -->
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>Logging of messages with the GetBulk-request PDU
+ incorrectly produced an erroneous entry in the
+ log: "An error occurred". </p>
+ <p>The reason for this was that the PDU-fields
+ error_status and error_index is re-used for
+ Non-repeaters and Max-repetitions for
+ GetBulk-request PDUs, but this was not handled
+ by the logging code. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7695</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11124</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] An attempt to set the row status to active for an
+ notReady table row, could result in an "inconsistentValue"
+ error. </p>
+ <p>The same problem existed when attempting to set row status
+ to notInService for a row in notReady. </p>
+ <p>Serge Aleynikov</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7698</p>
+ <!-- <p>Aux Id: Seq 10966</p> -->
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.12.1 -->
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.12</title>
+ <p>Version 4.12 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.11.2, 4.11.1 and 4.11.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] A simple lookup cache has been added to improve
+ the mib server lookup performance. </p>
+ <p>This can be disabled with the mib_server
+ <seealso marker="snmp_app">cache</seealso> option. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7346</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Improvement of the inform reporting.
+ It was previously not certain how many acks an
+ application received, 0, 1 or 2. This has now been
+ fixed, so that only 1 (one) ack is issued. </p>
+ <p>Per Hedeland</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7525</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ <!--
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] Encryption error when attempting to send
+ version 3 inform-requests. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7432</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 10966</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ -->
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.12 -->
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.11.2</title>
+ <p>Version 4.11.2 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.11.1 and 4.11. </p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ <!--
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>Added utility functions for transforming DateAndTime
+ as [int()] to strings;
+ <seealso marker="snmp#dat2s">date_and_time_to_string/2</seealso>
+ and
+ <seealso marker="snmp#dat2s2">date_and_time_to_string2/1</seealso>. </p>
+ <p>Also added new validation function
+ <seealso marker="snmp#vdat">validate_date_and_time/2</seealso>. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7412</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 10987</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ -->
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] Erroneous engine-id check when receiving version 3
+ informs. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7570</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11060</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>Receiving an snmp message with a very large version
+ number could cause the erlang node to run out of
+ memory and consequently crash. </p>
+ <p>The standard specifies the snmp version as an
+ (unlimited) INTEGER, but today only
+ 0 (version 1), 1 (version 2) and 3 (version 3) is
+ actually used. So, when decoding a message, a limit
+ has been put on the snmp version integer in order
+ to not allow this kind of a problem. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7575</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 11064</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.11.2 -->
+
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.11.1</title>
+ <p>Version 4.11.1 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.11.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[compiler] The MIB compiler did not retrieve the REFERENCE part
+ of a SNMP MIB definition. </p>
+ <p>This problem has been partly solved. For SNMP tables,
+ the assocList field of the tables mib-entry record now contains
+ this info (as <c>{reference, string()}</c>), <em>if</em> the
+ MIB was compiled with the compiler option <em>+reference</em>. </p>
+ <p>This solution is temporary, until such time as a permanent
+ solution (and probably not backward compatible) is devised, which
+ retrieves and stores all REFERENCE part(s) of a MIB. </p>
+ <p>See the
+ <seealso marker="snmpc#compiler_opts">compiler options</seealso>
+ for more info. </p>
+
+ <p>Serge Aleynikov</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7426</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>Added utility functions for transforming DateAndTime
+ as [int()] to strings;
+ <seealso marker="snmp#dat2s">date_and_time_to_string/2</seealso>
+ and
+ <seealso marker="snmp#dat2s2">date_and_time_to_string2/1</seealso>. </p>
+ <p>Also added new validation function
+ <seealso marker="snmp#vdat">validate_date_and_time/2</seealso>. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7412</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 10987</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] Encryption error when attempting to send
+ version 3 inform-requests. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7432</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 10966</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.11.1 -->
+
+ <section>
+ <title>SNMP Development Toolkit 4.11</title>
+ <p>Version 4.11 supports code replacement in runtime from/to
+ version 4.10.3, 4.10.2, 4.10.1 and 4.10.</p>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Improvements and new features</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Performance improvements in the case when an SNMP
+ manager performs an snmpwalk. </p>
+ <p>Martin Bj&ouml;rklund</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7201</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>The API for sending inform(s) has been improved. Also
+ the documentation has been corrected and updated. See
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#send_notification">snmpa:send_notification</seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="snmpa_notification_delivery_info_receiver">snmpa_notification_delivery_info_receiver</seealso>
+ for more info.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7287</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 10926</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Performance of the internal database (local-db)
+ has been improved.</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7319</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 10942</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>[agent] Added utility functions,
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#restart_worker">snmpa:restart_worker/0,1</seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="snmpa#restart_set_worker">snmpa:restart_set_worker/0,1</seealso>,
+ for restarting the agent worker processes (in case the agent is
+ multi-threaded).</p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7369</p>
+ </item>
+
+ <item>
+ <p>Add utility function to
+ <seealso marker="snmp#read_mib">read</seealso>
+ a compiled mib. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7371</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Reported Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <!--
+ <p>-</p>
+ -->
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item>
+ <p>[manager] Encryption error when attempting to send
+ version 3 inform-requests. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-7377</p>
+ <p>Aux Id: Seq 10966</p>
+ </item>
+
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Incompatibilities</title>
+ <p>-</p>
+ </section>
+ </section> <!-- 4.11 -->
+
+ <!-- section>
+ <title>Release notes history</title>
+ <p>For information about older versions see
+ <url href="part_notes_history_frame.html">release notes history</url>.</p>
+ </section -->
+</chapter>
+