IBM® Tivoli® Network Manager IP Edition discovers networks, including layer 1 optical networks, and layer 2 and 3 IP networks.

What's new

For a description of new features and enhancements, see the New product features and functions section in the Release Notes:  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSSHRK_4.2.0/relnotes/reference/rn.html#relnotes__rel_whatsnewtext

For known problems and limitations, see  the  Known problems section in the Release Notes:  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSSHRK_4.2.0/relnotes/reference/rn.html#relnotes__problems

Fixes

For details of an individual APAR, go to  http://www.ibm.com/support  and search for the APAR name or number.

APAR IJ15595	Missing layer2 connectivity due to incomplete logic in LLDP  stitchers
APAR IJ15578	Unable to Launch 'Device Dashboard' from the Networkview associated with NH
TS002073386 	ncp_gui Upgrade to FP6, unable to get status colours on Nodes in networkview
TS001906196 	ncp_ctrl -version returns incorrect build details
APAR IJ15579	Circular containment observed due to incorrect logic in AddEntityContainment stitcher 
APAR IJ15592	Discovery process fails to build connections when the name contains single quotes
TS001722208	Missing Huawei 2G equipments
APAR IJ13204	Alcatel SAM 5620 Java Collector adds ifAdmin and ifOperStatus to entity name
TS001829375	ITNM 4.2.1 Device Structure Issue
TS000937502	CiscoMPLS_agents


Downloading the product

Check the supported operating systems for this version:  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSSHRK_4.2.0/install/reference/ins_supportedoperatingsystem.html

Log into IBM  Fix Central, and search for IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition 4.2.0 Fix Pack 7: https://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/
Download and unpack each of the parts into a single temporary directory on your system.

Supported languages

Those Network Manager IP Edition parts that are multilingual are provided in the following languages: English, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

Prerequisites

For software and hardware prerequisites, including supported operating systems, see the Planning for installation section in the IBM Knowledge Center:  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSSHRK_4.2.0/install/task/pln_planninginst.html

If you use Network Manager as part of a solution, you must also check the compatibility of the versions of all component products in the solution documentation. For example, if you use Netcool Operations Insight, check the instructions for downloading components for your version of Netcool Operations Insight at https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSTPTP.

Installation Instructions

To install the product, follow the instructions in the Installing and uninstalling fix packs sections in the IBM Knowledge Center:  https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSSHRK_4.2.0/install/task/ins_installinganduninstallingfixpacks.html

Technical Support
IBM Support: https://www.ibm.com/support/home/
Passport Advantage Online support: http://www.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/paocustomer/docs/en_US/ecare.html