12Installing Device Manager software
In a Windows environment, a dm.ini file is created in the JDM install directory to save those IP addresses visited in JDM. In a UNIX environment, a ~/.jdm/dm.ini file is created to save those IP addresses visited in JDM. A JDM uninstallation operation does not remove this file. If you wish, you can move or copy these files from a previous version of JDM to a new JDM installation.
JDM installation warnings
The following warnings apply to both Windows and UNIX:
•If you have other Nortel switches in your network, and are running earlier versions of JDM software, you must install the newest version of JDM to access the switches running the latest software.
•Prior to upgrading JDM, either uninstall your previous version of the Device Manager software, or install the new software to a different directory. (You can have multiple versions of Device Manager stored on your PC or UNIX machine, provided that each version is stored in a separate directory.)
Nortel recommends that you do not install the JDM to a directory where a previous version of Device Manager software already exists.
•In a Windows environment, a dm.ini file is created in the JDM install directory to save IP addresses that are visited in JDM. In a UNIX environment, a ~/.jdm/dm.ini file is created to save those IP addresses visited in JDM. A JDM uninstallation operation does not remove this file. If you wish, you can move or copy these files from a previous version of JDM to a new JDM installation. The contents of the IP addresses visited file are automatically copied from previous existing JDM versions to upgraded installed JDM version when the previous version is uninstalled and the upgraded JDM version is installed in the same directory. The dm.ini file containing IP addresses visited must be manually copied when the upgraded JDM file is installed in a separate directory from the previous version.
•Ensure that the JDM and the switch software versions match. Matching versions correctly display dialog boxes and information and enable accessibility to the software. Please refer to the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 release notes for correct compatibility.
Installing Device Manager on Windows
This section describes the minimum installation requirements and describes how to install JDM from the CD or the Web.
Navigation
•"Windows minimum requirements" (page 13)
•"Installing Device Manager on Windows from the CD" (page 13)
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Fundamentals — Using Device Manager
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