I see that my "lost carrier" counter is not at 0.  I've looked up the potential issues as to why this counter would go up (i.e. bad cable).  I'm curious to know what exactly this means on a technical detail level.  Also, what are the symtomps when th...

I have an IDSM-2 that I want to upgrade. Would there be a problem if I upgraded my IPS from 4.1 to 6.0, CONSIDERING that i'm willing to blow away any old configurations. Basically, I want to start from scratch on the IDSM with the 6.0. If that's t...