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How to submit Trouble Reports
Patton makes every effort to ensure that the products achieve a supreme level of quality. However due to
the wealth of functionality and complexity of the products there remains a certain number of problems,
either pertaining to the Patton product or the interoperability with other vendor's products. The following
set of guidelines will help us in pinpointing the problem and accordingly find a solution to cure it.
Add a description of the problem. If possible and applicable, include a diagram of the network
setup (with Microsoft tools).
When reporting a problem, always submit the product name, release and build number.
Example: SmartNode 4960 V1 R6.T Build 2013-01-15
This will help us in identifying the correct software version.
In the unlikely case of a suspected hardware problem also submit the serial number of the
SmartNode (s) and/or interface cards.
With the Command Line Interface command 'show running-configuration' you can display the
currently active configuration of the system (in a telnet and/or console session). When added to
the submitted trouble report, this will help us analyze the configuration and preclude possible
configuration problems.
Logs and Protocol Monitors:
Protocol traces contain a wealth of additional information, which may be very helpful in finding or at
least pinpointing the problem. Various protocol monitors with different levels of detail are an
integral part of SmartWare and can be started (in a telnet and/or console session) individually
('debug' command).
N.B.: In order to correlate the protocol monitors at the different levels in SmartWare (e.g. ISDN
layer3 and Session-Router monitors) run the monitors concurrently.
In certain cases it may be helpful to have a trace of the traffic on the IP network in order to
inspect packet contents. Please use one of the following tools (supporting trace file formats
which our tools can read): Ethereal (freeware; www.ethereal.com)
For further enquiries please add your email address and phone number.
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