Chapter 3: Multiple Users Accessing a Chassis
Requirements for Multi-User Operation
28 SmartBits System Reference
Requirements for Multi-User Operation
To use the multi-user function, you must meet the following requirements.
• Use SmartBits applications that support multi-user operation. The following list
specifies the minimum version required for each program to use the multi-user
feature.
Applications with Multi-User Functionality
– SmartWindow 6.51
– SmartLib 3.07
– SmartApps 2.30
– SmartxDSL 1.01
– SmartMulticastIP 1.20
– SmartFlow 1.00
– SmartVoIPQoS 1.00
– SmartCableModem Test 1.10
– BGP Router Test 1.00
• A stand-alone SmartBits chassis must be Multi-User Ready. This includes all SMB-
600, SMB-6000B, SMB-2000 and SMB-10 chassis. [This excludes all SMB-200s.]
– SMB-600 and SMB-6000B: All SMB-600 and SMB-6000B chassis have
multi-user capability.
– SMB-2000 and SMB-10: All new SmartBits 2000 and SmartBits 10 chassis
have an identifying Multi-User Chassis label to support multiple users. To
check your chassis (controller) firmware version (must be version 6.60 or
later), connect to the chassis and select the application’s Help > About
command.
If you have an older chassis, you can retrofit your SmartBits chassis by purchasing the
hardware upgrade and sending the chassis to Spirent Communications to install the
SMB-2000 multi-user compliant backplane and controller firmware.
– SMB-200: The SmartBits 200 is a single-user only chassis and cannot be
accessed by multiple users in a stacking configuration or run multiple
programs simultaneously. However, it can be used in an expansion
configuration.
• ALL CONNECTED SmartBits chassis must be Multi-User Ready.
You can connect SMB-10s and SMB-2000s in a stack with the DB-37 connectors. If
one chassis is not Multi-User Ready, all other chassis are disabled from the multi-user
function.
Note: In a stacked multi-user environment of interconnected SMB-2000 and SMB-10
chassis, all chassis must be fitted with the multi-user compliant backplanes and firmware
in order to use the multi-user capability.
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