Release Notes for User Registration Tool 1.2

These release notes are for the URT 1.2 release. Read this information before installing URT, and use it in combination with the Using the User Registration Tool manual.

Documentation Roadmap

Using the User Registration Tool (DOC-785461=)—Describes how to plan for URT deployment, install URT, how to use URT, and how to troubleshoot network problems related to URT.
URT online help—Contains all of the information available in Using the User Registration Tool. This ensures you have complete information even if you do not have the manual readily available while using URT.

New Features

Support NetWare User Logons—You can now use URT to control user logons for Novell NetWare 5 networks.
Support for CiscoWorks2000—URT 1.2 only works with the CWSI Campus 2.3 application suite included with CiscoWorks2000. You cannot use URT 1.2 with CWSI 2.1 or CWSI Campus 2.2.
Support for Additional Switches—URT now works with Catalyst 1900 and 2800 series switches, Catalyst 2900 series XL switches, Catalyst 2948G switches, Catalyst 4000 series switches, and Catalyst 4912G switches, in addition to Catalyst 2926 series switches and Catalyst 5000 series switches. See Using the User Registration Tool for the required software versions for these switches.

Installing URT

Read the planning and installation information in the Using the User Registration Tool manual before installing URT.

URT Caveats

Table 1 URT 1.2 Caveats

ID	Summary	Explanation
None	Using URT with span VLAN	You cannot use span VLAN on a switch with URT. If you are using span VLAN, you must turn off spanning, and then disable and enable the dynamic switch port.
None	Uninstalling and reinstalling CWSI Campus with URT installed	If you are already using URT, and you need to uninstall and then reinstall the CiscoWorks2000 CWSI Campus suite, you must first make a copy of the urt.dat file. This file contains your URT configuration, and CWSI Campus will delete it during uninstallation. The file is in the db\data\ subdirectory of the CWSI Campus root directory. Once you reinstall CWSI Campus, copy urt.dat back into the db\data\ subdirectory.
None	Changing to a secondary URT (VMPS) server	In Chapter 1 of Using the User Registration Tool, section "What Happens to User Logons If URT Servers Are Disabled," page 1-4, the note says that it takes 5 minutes for a switch to recognize that the URT server it uses for VMPS is not available and to change to a secondary URT server. In fact, it takes 8 to 15 minutes for this changeover to occur.

Summary

Explanation

None

Using URT with span VLAN

You cannot use span VLAN on a switch with URT. If you are using span VLAN, you must turn off spanning, and then disable and enable the dynamic switch port.

None

Uninstalling and reinstalling CWSI Campus with URT installed

If you are already using URT, and you need to uninstall and then reinstall the CiscoWorks2000 CWSI Campus suite, you must first make a copy of the urt.dat file. This file contains your URT configuration, and CWSI Campus will delete it during uninstallation. The file is in the db\data\ subdirectory of the CWSI Campus root directory.

Once you reinstall CWSI Campus, copy urt.dat back into the db\data\ subdirectory.

None

Changing to a secondary URT (VMPS) server

In Chapter 1 of Using the User Registration Tool, section "What Happens to User Logons If URT Servers Are Disabled," page 1-4, the note says that it takes 5 minutes for a switch to recognize that the URT server it uses for VMPS is not available and to change to a secondary URT server. In fact, it takes 8 to 15 minutes for this changeover to occur.

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