Ethernet Routing Switch 8300
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1. debug routines as in both the 4 1 3 1 and 4 2 0 1 releases even though field evidence has shown these current debug mechanisms as implemented are not enough to accurately pin point root cause for this situation This debug code remains in this 4 2 2 0 release as a just in case Users should note that new log messages maybe generated by this code For example for a switch reset new messages will now be generated and these messages should be consider normal and can be ignored Avaya has a more in depth debug version but one that will only be supplied to specific accounts depending upon needs customer environment and network operation Any user who wishes to be a candidate for this deeper non GA debug image should contact Avaya through their normal support channels The use of this more advanced debug code requires a system with 256M of memory if using an 8393 SF CPU Q01978449 The OSPF MD5 key is now being stored in the config file in plain unencrypted text and should not be This will be changed in a future release Q02133043 9 Known Limitations JDM does not support VLAN creation when the switch is configured to operate with MSTP enabled VLANs must be created under CLI NNCLI first Q0207 1642 Currently under either network down or TFTP FTP server down the failed transfer of a log file will cause new log messages to be placed in the old maybe too large log file not in a new log file This could lead to loss of some log2. for the same port Q02011415 The situation of not displaying proper information for a 10Gbase XFP ZR ZW transceiver is now resolved Q02027489 MLT SMLT The situation where a temporary default static route in RSMLT was not properly getting programmed is now resolved As well the preference of this static route was changed properly to be 4 Q02032996 If multiple SLTs single link SMLT connections are configured within an RSMLT VLAN inaccurate SLT IDs were previously displayed via the command show ip rsmlt info display The display issue with the SLT IDs is now resolved Q02069216 The situation where MAC addresses for a non SMLT connection were not being properly learnt over the IST is now resolved for all cases not just for the specific VRRP cases Q01997305 01 8 Outstanding Issues The silent reset situation is still open This software release contains the same debug routines as in both the 4 1 3 1 and 4 2 0 1 releases but field evidence has shown the current debug mechanism as implemented are not enough to accurately pin point root cause of this situation The debug code remains in this 4 2 1 0 release as a just in case but users should not expected the current version to be enough to debug this situation if they should see it Nortel is currently working on a more in depth debug version but one that will only be supplied to specific accounts depending upon needs customer environment and network operatio
3. gt NNCLI syslog ip header type lt default circuitless ip management virtual ip gt 002094946 A new command hwDumpaAll is now provided at the top level prompt for both CLI and NNCLI Q01571244 01 Old Features Removed From This Release None Problems Resolved in This Release CLI NNCLI When an ERS8300 was booted in verbose mode with both the verify config and debug config flags set to true both are non default settings then the switch used to come up with a factory default configuration This situation is now resolved and the switch will now boot up with the proper user chosen configuration Q02092528 SNMP The missing iana_if_type mib associated with RFC2683 mib is now added to mib zip file Q02064135 Layer 2 The log file should be transferred to an ftp server if configured when it reaches the maximum size limit This functionality was not working previously in RSTP mode This issue is now resolved Q02101565 Platform The situation of an improperly inserted SFP inserted up side down into an 8348GB module and then properly inserted but not recognized is now resolved Q02016391 The situation where the system software is not getting the proper CPU cycles for executing critical timer events is now resolved by introducing a newer high priority task Previously the older behavior could cause some timer related functions to fail like VLACP under certain high CPU utilization task driven events Q02
4. is currently running a Pre Boot Monitor Software Rel 3 6 Systems running a Pre Boot image Rel 3 7 should not be upgraded as there have been no changes to the Pre Boot Image for this release The following CLI command can be used to help determine the version of the Pre Boot Monitor Software show sys sw 5 Version of Previous Release Software Version 4 2 1 0 6 Compatibility This software release is managed with Java Device Manager JDM release 6 2 1 2 7 Changes in This Release New Features in This Release e While sending topology advertisements the ERS8300 sends the default management ip 192 168 168 168 169 The functionality to send the CLIP Circuitless IP ID if configured instead of management IP is provided in this release The following commands are added in CLI and NNCLI for this feature CLI config sys set force topology ip flag lt true false gt config sys set clipId topology ip lt 1 32 gt NNCLI force topology ip flag clipId topology ip lt 1 32 gt The user needs to set the force topology ip flag to true and assign a valid CLIP ID for the CLIP IP to be used as network IP address Q01986219 e The flexibility to send log messages using the CLIP IP as the source IP address to a syslog server is now provided in this release The following commands are added in CLI and NNCLI to provide this functionality CLI config sys syslog ip header type lt default circuitless ip management virtual ip
5. 070874 The booting preferences of an ERS8300 are not consistent with the documentation From this release forward the default action is to now load pemboot cfg from pcmcia if the file is present Users must be at 4 2 2 0 or above code release to experience this functionality Q02083436 During CPU switchover of an ERS8300 the default action of access policy was changing from allow to deny No telnet SSH connection could be made if the switch is rebooted in this condition until the default action was somehow changed to allow This situation is now resolved Q02077262 Out of range warning messages HW WARNING Out of range O last 0 generated by an ERS8300 while copying large files to from the flash or PCMCIA will no longer appear from this release forward Q02105239 Previously the command show log file tail severity lt error fatal warning gt could lead to system instability This situation is now resolved Q02111146 MLT SMLT The mroute entries of an IST peer do not get updated correctly if the traffic forwarding port on the other IST peer is disabled This issue is now resolved Q02102645 8 Outstanding Issues The silent reset situation is still potentially open This software release does contain a potential resolution to one specific situation but Avaya is not sure if this is the root cause for any and all field seen situations Therefore this software release still contains the same
6. From This Release None Problems Resolved in This Release CLI NNCLI When an ERS8300 was booted in NNCLI or CLI mode with both the verify config and debug config flags set to true both are non default settings then the switch previously came up with a factory default configuration This situation is now resolved and the switch will now boot up using the defined configuration file QO02073189 for NNCLI and Q02073577 for CLI Authentication failure traps were previously not received for an invalid SSH login request when the switch was set to NNCLI mode Previously only a logout trap was generated instead of both an authentication trap and a logout trap being generated This situation is now resolved Q02074197 The command show ports info all was displaying an error message and the rest of the port related information was not displayed properly This situation is now resolved Q02008629 The ERS 8300 saves the dld file location and name in the boot cfg even if they are default and match to the current image That will force the user to modify or delete the entries for every software upgrade Now the default dld images will no longer be saved in boot cfg Since this behavior will not change until the user is running 4 2 1 0 care must still be taken to configure the proper values when upgrading from any release prior to 4 2 1 0 Q02012615 Q02073194 SNMP There was discrepancy in the results fetched by SNMP query against rcPort
7. Index versus IfIndex within MIBII This situation is now resolved such that the queries are now consistent Q01996217 01 SNMP bulk get request on port numbers less than minimum port number did not previously provide a proper response This situation is now resolved and matches current ERS 8600 behavior Q01976871 01 Layer 2 When a port with CIST state disabled was added to MSTI enabled VLAN the MSTI state for that particular port was not previously getting changed to disable This situation is now resolved Q01989871 01 Platform ERS 2500 and ERS 4500 switches connected to an ERS8300 were not getting displayed properly in the system topology table The chassis types for these switches were updated to be recognized by ERS8300 and this situation is now resolved Q02012644 Previously Nortel reported a potential situation in which proper SFP recognition may not happen that situation was an invalid report so this CR is now closed 001996142 A situation where the switch became unstable was found after being seen at some customer sites and addressed in both the 4 2 0 1 and 4 1 3 1 software releases but not documented as such same change also applies to 4 2 1 0 Q02076864 Port mirroring configurations were missing when an ERS8300 with both IPFIX and mirroring was booted as the features are mutually exclusive This situation is now handled by no longer allowing the user to configure both the features together on the switch
8. NORTEL Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 Software Release 4 2 2 0 ccccccsssssssssssssssssssensrensrsrssererenersssrenererersrsrenenersrsnensnsrsuersnenensnenenensnenensnsnens 2 Software Release 4 2 1 O cccccccccccssssecesecececeeeceeecececeeseeeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeseeeeseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 7 N O RTEL Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 Software Release 4 2 2 0 1 Release Summa Release Date May 5 2010 Purpose Software maintenance release to address externally found customer software issues 2 Important Notes before Upgrading to This Release None 3 Platforms Supported Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 modules in 8306 and 8310 chassis 4 Notes for Upgrade Please see the Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 Release 4 2 1 0 Release Notes Part No 4 2 1 0_ReleaseNotes Rev 01 available at http www nortel com support File Names for This Release File Name Module or File Type File Size bytes p83b4220 img Boot monitor image 1091929 p83a4220 img Runtime image 9390500 p83r4220 dld Run time image for R modules 2322592 p83c4220 img 3DES 52424 p83c4220 aes AES this image includes the DES image 26960 p83a4220 mib MIB 3617701 p83a4220 mib zip MIB zip file 577833 p83a4220 md5 md5 checksum file 745 p83f4220 dld Pre Boot monitor image See IMPORTANT Note below 230786 Nortel recommends that the Pre Boot Image ONLY be upgraded if the system
9. elease 6 1 9 0 7 Changes in This Release New Features in This Release e Enhancement to the grep functionality the grep functionality of ERS8300 was previously limited to only be able to search for specific text string in source files stored within flash or pcmcia This enhancement introduces the ability to now search for a particular string within the running configuration file o The new command syntax is show config grep lt text string gt Q01654477 01 e When an ERS8300 is connected to a non eapol device it previously set the IP Address component of the password string lt NAS IP address gt lt device MAC gt lt NAS port gt to all zeros Now the IP address component can be populated with the NAS IP The following commands are added in CLI and NNCLI to enable disable the components in the password string All of these commands will be enabled by default CLI config sys set eapol non eap pwd fmt ip addr lt enable disable gt config sys set eapol non eap pwd fmt mac addr lt enable disable gt config sys set eapol non eap pwd fmt port number lt enable disable gt NNCLI eapol multihost non eap pwd fmt ip addr eapol multihost non eap pwd fmt mac addr eapol multihost non eap pwd fmt port number SNMP and JDM agent support is also now provided for these commands This now makes the 8300 operationally more consistent with the Stackable products in the area of EAP operation Q02025048 Old Features Removed
10. messages especially if original log file name approaches large maximum size A new log file name is currently only created upon a successful transfer Users are recommended to periodically check on proper log file transfers and users may need to perform a manual transfer to protect against this situation for occurring Q02115607 10 Documentation Corrections The following items in the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 Administration NN46200 604 Release 4 2 Document Revision 02 02 contain the following inaccuracies Table 2 on page 31 CLI flag NNCLI flag Switch reset required jumboframe lt true false gt jumboframe lt yes no gt no gt should be yes User will see the following upon trying to enable jumbo frame support 8300 5 config boot flag jumboframe true WARNING The change made will take effect only after the configuration is saved and the chassis is rebooted WARNING All those modules that do not support jumbo frames will be taken off line if jumboframe is enabled Table on page 85 86 Q02102588 The following config sys set xxx variable definitions listed do not exist on the ERS8300 These parameters only apply to an ERS8600 ecn compatibility lt enable disable gt global filter lt enable disable gt mgmt virtual ip lt ipaddr mask gt mtu lt bytes gt vlan bysrcmac lt enable disable gt You cannot enable BPDU Filtering and configure filters on the same port If you attempt this configura
11. n Any user who wishes to be a candidate for this deeper non GA debug image should contact Nortel through their normal support channels Q01978449 9 Known Limitations Certain ERS 8300 filters in the area of tagged untagged ARP operation will work fine when associated with an 8324GTX port but function abnormally when associated with an 8348GTX or 8348GTX PWR port Suggestion is to currently not associate any of these types of filters with any type of 8348GTX ports This situation is related to hardware operation and can not be addressed Q01988391 SNMP v3 parameters can not be saved in either CLI or NNCLI mode and then the system switched to the other mode and still have SNMP configured and operating properly Toggling between CLI and NNCLI may cause loss of configurations since the target address table configurations are different in CLI and NNCLI Nortel recommends that user choice a specific mode and stay with the mode and not switch between modes if possible Q02073222 When an ERS8600 chassis 8006 and 8010 are used for ERS8300 sometimes the switch becomes unstable and crashes when a vlan is made routable 10 Documentation Corrections None Copyright 2009Nortel Networks Limited All Rights Reserved Nortel Nortel Networks the Nortel logo Globe mark and Ethernet Routing Switch 8100 8300 8600 are trademarks of Nortel Networks Limited The information in this document is subject to change without notice The stateme
12. nts configurations technical data and recommendations in this document are believed to be accurate and reliable but are presented without express or implied warranty Users must take full responsibility for their applications of any products specified in this document The information in this document is proprietary to Nortel To access more technical documentation search our knowledge base or open a service request online please visit Nortel Technical Support on the web at http www nortel com support
13. sis Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 modules in 8306 and 8310 chassis 4 Notes for Upgrade Please see the Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 Release Notes Software Release 4 2 0 1 Part No NN46200 401 Rev 05 07 For information about how to upgrade your version of Device Manager see Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 User Interface Fundamentals Part No NN46200 103 available at http www nortel com support File Names for This Release File Name Module or File Type File Size bytes p83b4210 img Boot monitor image 1091984 p83a4210 img Runtime image 9377471 p83r4210 dld Run time image for R modules 2321064 p83c4210 img 3DES 52424 p83c4210 aes AES this image includes the DES image 26960 p83a4210 mib MIB 3592103 p83a4210 mib zip MIB zip file 570681 p83a4210 md5 md5 checksum file 745 p83f4210 dld Pre Boot monitor image See IMPORTANT Note below 230786 Nortel recommends that the Pre Boot Image ONLY be upgraded if the system is currently running a Pre Boot Monitor Software Rel 3 6 Systems running a Pre Boot image Rel 3 7 should not be upgraded as there have been no changes to the Pre Boot Image for this release The following CLI command can be used to help determine the version of the Pre Boot Monitor Software show sys sw 5 Version of Previous Release Software Version 4 2 0 1 6 Compatibility This software release is managed with Java Device Manager JDM r
14. tion the switch generates an invalid operation warning message This restriction is missing in the user manual Configuring Security NN46200 205 11 Mib Objects The following mib objects are newly added rcChasForceTopologylpFlagEnable rcChasCircuitlessIpId Q01986219 rcSyslogGlobalHeader Q02094946 Copyright 2009Nortel Networks Limited All Rights Reserved Nortel Nortel Networks the Nortel logo Globe mark and Ethernet Routing Switch 8100 8300 8600 are trademarks of Nortel Networks Limited The information in this document is subject to change without notice The statements configurations technical data and recommendations in this document are believed to be accurate and reliable but are presented without express or implied warranty Users must take full responsibility for their applications of any products specified in this document The information in this document is proprietary to Nortel To access more technical documentation search our knowledge base or open a service request online please visit Nortel Technical Support on the web at http www nortel com support N O RTEL Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 Software Release 4 2 1 0 1 Release Summa Release Date November 23 2009 Purpose Software maintenance release to address customer found software issues 2 Important Notes before Upgrading to This Release None 3 Platforms Supported Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 modules in 8010 and 8006 chas
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