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Patch Release Note
Patch SB251-08
For SwitchBlade 4000 Series Switches and
AT-9800 Series Switches
Introduction
This patch release note lists the issues addressed and enhancements made in
patch SB251-08 for Software Release 2.5.1 on existing models of SwitchBlade
4000 Series Switches and AT-9800 Series Switches. Patch file details are listed in
Table 1.
Table 1: Patch file details for Patch SB251-08.
Base Software Release File
sb-251.rez
Patch Release Date
14-May-2003
Compressed Patch File Name
sb251-08.paz
Compressed Patch File Size
86524 bytes
This release note should be read in conjunction with the following documents:
■
SwitchBlade Documentation Set for Software Release 2.5.1 (Document
Number C613-03057-00 Rev A).
■
AT9800 Series Switches Documentation Set for Software Release 2.5.1
(Document Number C613-03056-00 Rev A)
■
Release Note for Software Release 2.5.1 for SwitchBlade 4000 Switches and
AT-9800 Series Switches (Document Number C613-10354-00 Rev D)
available on the Documentation and Tools CD-ROM packaged with your
switch, or from www.alliedtelesyn.co.nz/documentation/documentation.html.
WARNING: Using a patch for a different model or software release may cause
unpredictable results, including disruption to the network. Information in this
release note is subject to change without notice and does not represent a
commitment on the part of Allied Telesyn International. While every effort has
been made to ensure that the information contained within this document and
the features and changes described are accurate, Allied Telesyn International
can not accept any type of liability for errors in, or omissions arising from the
use of this information.
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Patch Release Note
Some of the issues addressed in this Release Note include a level number. This
number reflects the importance of the issue that has been resolved. For details
on level numbers, please contact your authorised distributor or reseller.
Features in SB251-08
Patch SB251-08 includes all issues resolved and enhancements released in
previous patches for Software Release 2.5.1, and the following enhancements:
PCR: 03251
Module: SWI
Level: 2
A fatal error occurred when the ADD SWITCH TRUNK command specified
an invalid port. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03414
Module: SWI
Level: 2
A fatal error occurred when removing a line card from a SwitchBlade if STP
was enabled. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03466
Module: SWI
Level: 2
System performance was low when adding large numbers of entries to
CAM. This issue has been resolved. CAM is now initialised to allow better
performance, especially for the addition of ARP and IP entries.
PCR: 03470
Module: SWI
Level: 2
The DELETE SWITCH TRUNK PORT command could cause an unrelated
port to stop forwarding packets, or learn new MAC addresses. This issue
has been resolved so that unrelated ports are not affected by the trunk group
port deletion.
PCR: 03509
Module: SWI
Level: 2
All IP routes were being added to all switch instances. This caused issues on
SwitchBlade line cards that did not have enough CAM to store the routes,
and the line card did not always need every route. IP routes are now only
added:
•
to a switch instance if the route was learned on that instance
•
if the route is for an interface
•
if the route was added statically, or
•
if the switch instance has a CAM which is the same size or larger than
the CAM of the switch instance that the route was learned on.
PCR: 03518
Module: SWI
Level: 3
An issue exists where the CAM entry 0 in the VLAN Tag table is either not
updated or is being overwritten with invalid data. This PCR adds
debugging to trace the fault.
Patch SB251-08 for Software Release 2.5.1
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Patch SB251-08 For SwitchBlade 4000 Series Switches and AT-9800 Series Switches
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Features in SB251-07
Patch file details are listed in Table 2:
Table 2: Patch file details for Patch SB251-07.
Base Software Release File
sb-251.rez
Patch Release Date
22-Apr-2003
Compressed Patch File Name
sb251-07.paz
Compressed Patch File Size
86524 bytes
Patch SB251-07 includes all issues resolved and enhancements released in
previous patches for Software Release 2.5.1, and the following enhancements:
PCR: 03399
Module: STP, SWI
Level: 1
With this enhancement:
•
STP and Port Trunking now work together correctly.
•
BDPU Forwarding is implemented. The BPDU Forwarding feature
configures the switch to forward all received STP BPDUs. Under
normal circumstances, the switch will not forward any received STP
BPDUs, even if STP is enabled.
This implementation is for standard STP, it does not guarantee that RSTP
and port trunking will work correctly together in all situations.
STP does not update the pathcost for trunked ports, which means that a
trunk group has the same pathcost as a single port. This may cause STP
Blocking where it is not expected. To overcome this, the user should
explicitly set the pathcost for the trunk group ports to be less than the
default value for a single port.
STP reconfigures if the Master port in a trunk group goes link down. If the
Master port in a trunk group goes link down, and a Non-Master port is still
link-up, then STP will go through the Listening>Learning>Forwarding
reconfiguration on the new Master port. This means that there will be a
switching outage on the trunk group whilst the new Master port transitions
to the Forwarding state.
Command handler changes:
Patch SB251-08 for Software Release 2.5.1
C613-10361-00 REV H
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The PORT parameter of the CREATE SWITCH TRUNK PORT and ADD
SWITCH TRUNK PORT commands must specify ports that have
identical STP port configurations.
•
The ENABLE STP and ENABLE STP PORT commands cannot be used
to enable STP operation on a port that has been disabled from STP
operation because of Port Trunking. Only the Master port in a trunk
group actively participates in the STP algorithm. Non-Master ports in
the trunk group are in the STP Disabled State.
•
The output for the SHOW STP PORT command has been modifed so
that Non-Master Ports in a trunk group do not take part in the STP
algorithm.
•
The output for the SHOW STP PORT command has been modified so
that it displays whether a user has set the PATHCOST value, or if it was
auto-configured.
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The PORT parameter of the SET STP PORT command specifies either all
the ports in a trunk group, or none of the ports in a trunk group.
•
The STPFORWARD parameter has been added to the ENABLE
SWITCH and DISABLE SWITCH commands. If STPFORWARD is
enabled, and there is no enabled STP instance, then the switch will
forward all received BPDUs. If STPFORWARD is enabled, and an STP
instance is enabled, then STPFORWARD will be disabled by default and
a message will be generated.
•
The SHOW SWITCH command now shows the status of the BPDU
Forwarding feature.
PCR: 03401
Module: SWI
An enhancement has been made to the Test module to optimise the
reception of the loopbacked packets that are used to confirm operation of
the switch ports.
Features in SB251-06
Patch file details are listed in Table 3.
Table 3: Patch file details for Patch SB251-06.
Base Software Release File
sb-251.rez
Patch Release Date
10-Apr-2003
Compressed Patch File Name
sb251-07.paz
Compressed Patch File Size
79684 bytes
Patch SB251-06 includes all issues resolved and enhancements released in
previous patches for Software Release 2.5.1, and the following enhancements:
PCR: 03340
Module: SWI, SYSR
Level: 1
After a power cycle, or a reboot command, the SwitchBlade would
occasionally repeatedly restart if it had two active controller cards. Also, the
Slave controller card would sometimes not take over if the Master controller
card failed.
Features in SB251-05
Patch file details are listed in Table 4.
Table 4: Patch file details for Patch SB251-05.
Base Software Release File
sb-251.rez
Patch Release Date
31-Mar-2003
Compressed Patch File Name
sb251-05.paz
Compressed Patch File Size
71096 bytes
Patch SB251-08 for Software Release 2.5.1
C613-10361-00 REV H
Patch SB251-08 For SwitchBlade 4000 Series Switches and AT-9800 Series Switches
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Patch SB251-05 includes all issues resolved and enhancements released in
previous patches for Software Release 2.5.1, and the following enhancements:
PCR: 03281
Module: SWI
Level: 2
Specifying the PORT and SPEED parameters with the CREATE SWITCH
TRUNK command did not set ports in a trunk group to advertise the correct
trunk group speed and duplex mode. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03313
Module: SWI
Level: 1
A power cycle on the switch could cause the console port to become frozen
if a port was in a link up state. If a port went into a link down state, then the
console port became unfrozen. If RESTART REBOOT or RESTART
SWITCH commands were used, then the console port functioned correctly.
This issue has been resolved.
Features in SB251-04
Patch file details are listed in Table 5.
Table 5: Patch file details for Patch SB251-04.
Base Software Release File
sb-251.rez
Patch Release Date
24 -Mar-2003
Compressed Patch File Name
sb251-04.paz
Compressed Patch File Size
71112 bytes
Patch SB251-04 includes all issues resolved and enhancements released in
previous patches for Software Release 2.5.1, and the following enhancements:
PCR: 03226
Module: SWI
Level: 2
An internal misconfiguration of memory occurred when an M3 control card
and an M5 control card were installed, and the M3 control card was acting
as the Master. This could cause unexpected restarts. This issue has been
resolved.
PCR: 03228
Module: SWI
Level: 1
On a 48 port line card, or a 32F card, if Port 1 went down, or was
disconnected, then traffic on Port 13 was also stopped, and vice versa. The
same issue affected other pairs of ports. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03230
Module: SWI
Level: 2
Port speeds on trunk ports sometimes had to be set using the SET SWITCH
PORT command instead of automatically adopting the trunk group speed.
If a port was added to a trunk group and the port status was ‘up’, (that is, it
was correctly connected to another port) then the trunk group speed should
have applied to all the ports in the trunk, but it did not. Similarly, if a port
was added to a trunk group, and the port status was ‘down’, but it was later
linked correctly, then the trunk group speed should have applied to the
ports in the trunk. This issue has been resolved.
Patch SB251-08 for Software Release 2.5.1
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PCR: 03243
Module: SWI
Level: 2
After autonegotiation had finished between two ports, the port on the
SwitchBlade would not show link up status when the SHOW SWITCH
PORT command was executed. The autonegotiation process is now
restarted if autonegotiation is completed and the link is shown as down.
PCR: 03249
Module: SWI
Level: 4
The LEDs on line cards now continue to flash when activity exists.
Previously if a cable was connected and disconnected to Line 48 and G8
ports, with traffic being transmitted from the other end, then the LED
would stop flashing, even when there was activity on the link.
Features in SB251-03
Patch file details are listed in Table 6.
Table 6: Patch file details for Patch SB251-03.
Base Software Release File
sb-251.rez
Patch Release Date
12-Mar-2003
Compressed Patch File Name
sb251-03.paz
Compressed Patch File Size
68784 bytes
Patch SB251-03 includes all issues resolved and enhancements released in
previous patches for Software Release 2.5.1, and the following enhancements:
PCR: 02361
Module: SWI
Level: 4
The SwitchBlade mirror port field on the second instance of a switch chip
was displaying as though it was the first instance. For example, if 2.26 was
configured as the mirror port, the GUI mirror object would return 2.2. The
first chip instance was not affected. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 02527
Module: TCP
Level:3
TCP6 did not send a TCP Reset message under some circumstances, for
example when the Telnet server was disabled. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03025
Module: GUI
Level:2
A buffer address was incrementing and not returning buffers for reuse
when the command line interface was accessed via the GUI interface. This
issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03055
Module: SWI
Level: 4
If the SET SWITCH BLADE command was executed with the default
settings, then the default settings were added to the configuration file. The
SET SWITCH BLADE settings are now only added to the configuration file
if they differ from the default settings.
Patch SB251-08 for Software Release 2.5.1
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Patch SB251-08 For SwitchBlade 4000 Series Switches and AT-9800 Series Switches
PCR: 03060
Module: CORE, SWI
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Level: 3
Support has been added, to the MIB-2 interface MIB, for the port interface.
This means that port counters can now be shown.
PCR: 03066
Module: SWI
Level: 2
If a hardware filter was added to the switch, with a source VLAN and a
destination port of 1, then a host connected to the switch could not PING a
host on a different port. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03071
Module: CORE
Level: 2
An unexpected restart that occurred when upgrading a SwitchBlade from
Release 2.4.4 to Release 2.5.1 was caused by NVS generating an SNMP trap.
This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03079
Module: IPG, SWI
Level: 1
Static routes were occasionally not added to all hardware tables across all
instances. This would affect connectivity if an instance had a default route
added to its table that pointed out one of its ports. This issue has been
resolved.
PCR: 03088
Module: SWI
Level: 2
Ports could not be added to the default VLAN after a hotswap, if the default
VLAN was Protocol, Subnet, MAC address, or Limited protocol based. This
issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03105
Module: FIREWALL
Level: 3
Incorrect handling of TCP sessions, and poor load balancing performance
could be caused by TCP virtual balancers not selecting a new resource if
required. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03112
Module: IPV6
Level: 3
The ADD IPV6 ND command now has a PORT parameter which means that
it can be associated with the VLAN parameter.
PCR: 03118
Module: CORE
Level: 4
Changes have been made to the SysDescription.
PCR: 03119
Module: CLASSIFIER
Level: 4
TCP source and TCP destination ports were swapped when viewed in the
GUI. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03138
Module: SWI
L evel: 2
Packets that were sent out a default route could have an incorrect source IP
address, if the interface route to the destination IP address existed but was
down. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03141
Module: IPG
Level: 3
Packets could be sent with an incorrect source address if a route was added
to a VLAN and another VLAN had an IP interface configured that was in
the same subnet as the route. This issue has been resolved.
Patch SB251-08 for Software Release 2.5.1
C613-10361-00 REV H
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PCR: 03142
Module: SWI
Level: 1
If a BIST was run at low temperatures, for example 5 or 10 degress celcius,
on a G8 card, then a watchdog timer restart could occur. The switch now
checks for the real course of the external interrupts that occur when running
BIST.
PCR: 03148
Module: IPG
Level: 3
If the Gratuitous ARP feature was enabled on an IP interface, and an ARP
packet arrived, (either ARP request, or reply) that had a Target IP address
that was equal to the SenderIP address, then the ARP cache was not
updated with the ARP packet’s source data. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03191
Module: SWI
Level: 1
If two line cards were inserted in quick succession, then a software restart
could occasionally occur. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03192
Module: SWI
Level: 2
When the Built-In Self Test was run, a fault would occasionally be reported
which said that a MAC address was not learnt during the loopback test.
The ports in the BIST loopback test now remain in loopback.
Features in SB251-02
Table 7: Patch file details for Patch SB251-02.
Base Software Release File
sb-251.rez
Patch Release Date
25-Jan-2003
Compressed Patch File Name
sb251-02.paz
Compressed Patch File Size
48608 bytes
Patch SB251-02 includes all issues resolved and enhancements released in
previous patches for Software Release 2.5.1, and the following enhancements:
PCR: 02553
Module: SWITCH
Network affecting: No
64 bit MIB counters were not incremented or cleared for port interfaces. This
issue has been resolved.
PCR: 02574
Module: DVMRP
Network affecting: No
Some change actions, and the resending of prune messages were not
operating correctly. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 02582
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
Pause flow control is now disabled by default on all ports. This improves
performance of the switch when it is congested.
The DPORT parameter in the ADD SWITCH HWFILTER command was
omitted when the configuration was generated. This issue has been
resolved.
Patch SB251-08 for Software Release 2.5.1
C613-10361-00 REV H
Patch SB251-08 For SwitchBlade 4000 Series Switches and AT-9800 Series Switches
PCR: 03023
Module: SWI
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Network affecting: No
The SET SWITCH PORT ACCEPTABLE command did not work correctly
on all specified port numbers. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03028
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
A warning message was generated when a slave line card was not
initialised, and the configuration script was not loaded. This issue has been
resolved.
PCR: 03030
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
RIP was not operating correctly because a MAC address search returned the
wrong port number. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03031
Module: FIREWALL
Network affecting: No
The ADD FIREWALL POLICY RULE command included an erroneous
check on port ranges for non-NAT rules. This check is now restricted to
NAT rules.
PCR: 03034
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
Executing the SET IP INTERFACE and SET IPX INTERFACE commands on
a SwitchBlade produced debugging output on the ASYN port. This issue
has been resolved.
PCR: 03037
Module: QOS
Network affecting: No
A new value is now shown in the output of the SHOW QOS POLICY
command. This is the value of the port bandwidth used when the default
traffic class percentage bandwidth is set on a QoS Policy.
PCR: 03039
Module: SWITCH, IPG
Network affecting: No
Adding a layer 2 filter on a SwitchBlade did not block traffic to the end host
as intended. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03043
Module: SWITCH
Network affecting: No
On a SwitchBlade, PCI errors occurred periodically after a line card was
hotswapped. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03047
Module: CORE
Network affecting: No
The board revision number for the slave control blade was erroneously set
to the same number as the master control blade. This issue has been
resolved.
PCR: 03428
Module: STP
Network affecting: No
If a port belongs to an enabled STP instance, but the port has been disabled
from STP operation with the DISABLE STP PORT command, the port will
not respond to ARP requests. This patch implements a workaround that
allows disabled STP ports to respond to ARP requests.
Patch SB251-08 for Software Release 2.5.1
C613-10361-00 REV H
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Features in SB251-01
Patch file details are listed in Table 8:
Table 8: Patch file details for Patch SB251-01.
Base Software Release File
sb-251.rez
Patch Release Date
15-Jan-2003
Compressed Patch File Name
sb251-01.paz
Compressed Patch File Size
71828 bytes
PCR: 02555
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
Layer 2 filtering is now working correctly.
PCR: 02561
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
32 bit counters now only show 8 bit contents.
PCR: 02563
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
The IPM (Layer 3 Multicasting table) now updates correctly to add or delete
the ingress linecard to control blade ports, and the control blade to egress
linecard ports when updating forwarding.
PCR: 02568
Module: CORE
Network affecting: No
The ENABLE SYSTEM SECURITY_MODE command was enabling the
system security mode, but after the switch was restarted the system security
mode was disabled again. Also, when NVS was re-initialised because, for
example a battery had been exhausted, the system could not make an SNMP
trap. These issues have been resolved.
PCR: 02576
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
When the DISABLE SWITCH PORT FLOW=PAUSE command was
executed on a port or ports, they would still appear to be enabled at a higher
level. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 02396
Module: DHCP
Network affecting: No
DHCP RENEW request messages are now unicast (as defined in the RFC),
not broadcast.
PCR: 02575
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
VLAN tagged multicast packets were incorrectly being sent over untagged
VLAN interfaces. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 02574
Module: DVMRP
Network affecting: No
Some change actions, and the resending of prune messages were not
operating correctly. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 02582
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
Pause flow control is now disabled by default on all ports. This improves
performance of the switch when it is congested.
Patch SB251-08 for Software Release 2.5.1
C613-10361-00 REV H
Patch SB251-08 For SwitchBlade 4000 Series Switches and AT-9800 Series Switches
PCR: 02587
Module: OSPF
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Network affecting: No
When OSPF was enabled on startup, an OSPF interface would sometimes
stay in the DOWN state. This issue has been resolved.
PCR: 03001
Module: SWI CLASSIFIER
Network affecting: No
The following parameters have been changed CREATE CLASSIFIER, SET
CLASSIFIER and SHOW CLASSIFIER commands:
•
The MACTYPE parameter has been changed to
MACTYPE={L2UCAST|L2MCAST|L2BCAST|ANY}. This resolves
an error with internal hardware tables.
•
The number of user-specified protocols in the PROTOCOL parameter
has been increased from three to seven.
•
The minimum value of the IPXDADDRESS parameter has been
decreased from 10000000 to 00000001.
PCR: 03006
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
An issue which sometimes resulted in a broadcast storm within the internal
ports on the SwitchBlade, a reduction in bandwidth, and a loss of pinging
has been resolved.
PCR: 3008
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
An issue which caused pings to fail when a control card was inserted in the
left hand slot to act as a slave, has been resolved.
PCR: 03014
Module: IPG, SWI
Network affecting: No
Support has been added to allow for multicasting to any number of
overlapping VLANs up to the maximum number of multicast forwarding
entries.
PCR: 03018
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
An issue with pings failing after network host routes disappeared from the
switch due to an IP hashing error has been resolved.
PCR: 03020
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
An issue with an interrupt occurring when waiting on the MDIO which
caused the MDIO to read or write incorrect information has been resolved.
PCR: 03021
Module: SWI
Network affecting: No
Ping would sometimes not work correctly after a 48 line card was extracted,
and after a restart reboot. This issue has been resolved.
Availability
Patches can be downloaded from the Software Updates area of the Allied
Telesyn web site at www.alliedtelesyn.co.nz/support/updates/patches.html. A
licence or password is not required to use a patch.
Patch SB251-08 for Software Release 2.5.1
C613-10361-00 REV H
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Patch SB251-08 for Software Release 2.5.1
C613-10361-00 REV H