Allied Telesis Rapier Series User's Manual
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1. and they will become active when IGMP is enabled Patch Release Note PCR 03741 Module FIREWALL Level 3 The maximum number of firewall sessions had decreased since software release 868 241 This issue has been resolved PCR 03742 Module IPV6 Level 2 Previously an incorrect source address was used for router advertisements that were sent over an IPv6 tunnel The source address of the tunnel specified by the IPADDRESS parameter of the ADD IPV6 TUNNEL command was used instead of a link local address This caused an interoperability problem which has been resolved Now if the specified IP address is not a link local address then a link local address will be created based on the IPv4 tunnel source address and used for router advertisements PCR 03743 Module IP Level 3 If a ping was active and the IP configuration was reset subsequent pings were sent out the wrong interface This issue has been resolved PCR 03744 Module PING Level 3 Executing a ping to the IP address 0 0 0 0 did not return an invalid destination address error message Also when the TRACE command was executed for local addresses it timed out after 90 seconds These issues have been resolved PCR 03764 Module IPG Level 3 The IP multicast counter did not increment when IGMP DVMRP and PIM packets were transmitted and received This issue has been resolved PCR 03766 Module FIREWALL Level 2 The firewall denied streaming data using Windows M2. 03420 Module IPG SWI Level 3 It is now possible to prevent specified ports from acting as IGMP all group ports and specify which ports are allowed to behave as all group entry ports This is enabled with the ENABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP command and disabled with the DISABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP command For details see IGMP Snooping All Group Entry on page 5 PCR 03515 Module DHCP Level 3 DHCP was offering network and broadcast addresses to clients This issue has been resolved Patch 86253 03 for Software Release 2 5 3 C613 10382 00 REV B Patch 86253 03 For Rapier Series Switches 3 Patch 86253 03 for Software Release 2 5 3 C613 10382 00 REV B PCR 03609 Module OSPF Level 1 The IP route filter did not always work correctly for OSPF This issue has been resolved PCR 03657 Module SWI Level 3 Executing the DISABLE SWITCH PORT command on a port that was the source of a mirror port did not disable the mirror port This issue has been resolved PCR 03691 Module DVMRP Level 2 A fatal error occurred if the number of DVMRP interfaces being added exceeded the limit This issue has been resolved PCR 03692 Module BGP Level 2 Occasionally a fatal exception may have occurred when sending BGP aggregate routes This issue has been resolved PCR 03696 Module IPG Level 2 IGMP snooping entries were not being deleted from the hardware table This issue has been resolved Also port timers are now updated when th
3. GROUP DISABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP port list ALL where E port list is a port number a range of port numbers specified as n m or a comma separated list of port numbers and or ranges Port numbers start at 1 and end at m where m is the highest numbered Ethernet switch port including uplink ports This command disables the specified port s from acting as a multicast all group entry ports Ports that are disabled have a symbol next to the port number in the output of the SHOW IP IGMP command To prevent ports 1 5 and 7 from behaving as all group entry ports use the command DISABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP 1 5 7 ENABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP SHOW IP IGMP 8 DISABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP Patch Release Note 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 86253 03 for Software Release 2 5 3 C613 10382 00 REV B
4. Patch Release Note Patch 86253 03 For Rapier Series Switches Introduction This patch release note lists the issues addressed and enhancements made in patch 86253 03 for Software Release 2 5 3 on existing models of Rapier series switches Patch file details are listed in Table 1 Table 1 Patch file details for Patch 86253 03 Base Software Release File 86s 253 rez Patch Release Date 30 July 2003 Compressed Patch File Name 86253 03 paz Compressed Patch File Size 191102 bytes This release note should be read in conjunction with the following documents E Release Note Software Release 2 5 3 for Rapier Switches and AR400 and AR700 Series Routers Document Number C613 10362 00 Rev A available from www alliedtelesyn co nz documentation documentation html E Rapier Switch Documentation Set for Software Release 2 5 1 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 accep
5. ameter Meaning Disabled All groups ports A list of ports that are prevented from behaving as IGMP all group ports To show information about IGMP use the command SHOW IP IGMP ENABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP DISABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP Patch 86253 03 for Software Release 2 5 3 C613 10382 00 REV B Patch 86253 03 For Rapier Series Switches DISABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP 7 Syntax Description Examples See Also Syntax Description Examples See Also Patch 86253 03 for Software Release 2 5 3 C613 10382 00 REV B New Commands This enhancement request introduces two new commands from enabling disabling all group entries on switch ports ENABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP ENABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP port list ALL where E port list is a port number a range of port numbers specified as n m or a comma separated list of port numbers and or ranges Port numbers start at 1 ad end at m where m is the highest numbered Ethernet switch port including uplink ports This command enables the specified port s to behave as a multicast all group ports The ALLGROUP parameter specifies the list of ports able to behave as all group entry ports If ALL is specified all ports are able to behave as all group entry ports The default is ALL To enable ports 1 5 and 7 to behave as all group entry ports use the command ENABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP 1 5 7 DISABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP SHOW IP IGMP DISABLE IP IGMP ALL
6. deo streaming will not get forwarded to disabled all group ports selected by the network manager Commands This enhancement modifies one command m SHOW IP IGMP and has two new commands E ENABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP E DISABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP 6 SHOW IP IGMP Syntax Description Patch Release Note Modified Command SHOW IP IGMP SHOW IP IGMP COUNTER INTERFACE interface This command displays information about IGMP and multicast group membership for each IP interface This enhancement includes the line Disabled All groups ports on the output of this command as show in Figure 1 on page 6 Ports that are disabled have a symbol next to the port number Figure 1 Example output from the SHOW IP IGMP command Status Interface Name IGMP Proxy Group List Interface Name IGMP Proxy Group List No group memberships IGMP Protocol Faalen eta ahsael ss Enabled Default Query Interval 125 secs Default Timeout Interval 270 secs Disabled All groups ports 1 5 7 Group 238 0 1 2 Ports 3 11 23 Group 224 1 1 2 Ports 2 11 23 All Groups Ports 1 11 23 yin iy Se vlan2 DR spe ee ce Off Saws gee Se vilan4 DR Last Adv 172 50 2 1 Refresh time 34 secs Last Adv 172 50 2 1 Refresh time 130 secs Last Adv 172 50 1 1 Refresh time 45 secs Examples See Also Table 3 New parameter in the output of the SHOW IP IGMP command Par
7. e IGMP timeout is changed PCR 03698 Module DVMRP Level 3 The output of the SHOW DVMRP FORWARDING command did not display the forwarding ports This issue has been resolved PCR 03707 Module STP Level 2 When adding a port toa VLAN any STP ports that had been disabled in the default STP were re enabled This issue has been resolved PCR 03708 Module DHCP Level 2 When the DELETE DHCP RANGE command was executed DHCP attempted to reclaim the addresses in that range It also tried to reclaim addresses in that range that were not allocated at that time resulting in duplicate addresses appearing on the free list for allocation This has been resolved by allowing DHCP to reclaim only those addresses that are currently in use by one of its clients PCR 03720 Module STP Level 2 When changing from RSTP to STP mode the STPCOMPATIBLE option for the RSTPTYPE parameter incorrectly appeared in the dynamic configuration Also when changing from RSTP to STP mode or vice versa disabled STP ports did not remain in the disabled state These issues have been resolved PCR 03738 Module IPG Level 2 If a port went down the port was deleted from the appropriate static IGMP associations but was not added back again when it came back up Similarly static IGMP associations were automatically deleted but not added back when IP or IGMP was disabled These issues have been resolved You can now create IGMP associations before enabling IGMP
8. edia Player 9 This issue has been resolved PCR 03779 Module DHCP Level 2 The DHCP client was not honouring a subnet option provided by the DHCP server This issue has been resolved PCR 03783 Module IPG Level 3 The TIMEOUT and SIZE parameters are only valid for the SET IP DNS CACHE command but no error message was returned if either parameter was specified for the SET IP DNS command This issue has been resolved PCR 03784 Module IP V6 Level 3 Fragmentation of IPv6 packets now complies with RFC 2460 s requirement to align packet sizes to 8 octets PCR 03788 Module DHCP Level 2 The DHCP server did not send a DHCPNAK message when a previously statically assigned IP DHCP entry was again requested by a client This issue has been resolved Patch 86253 03 for Software Release 2 5 3 C613 10382 00 REV B Patch 86253 03 For Rapier Series Switches 5 Patch 86253 03 for Software Release 2 5 3 C613 10382 00 REV B PCR 03793 Module RSVP Level 3 The ENABLE RSVP INTERFACE command did not succeed if IP was enabled after the RSVP interface had been created Now ENABLE RSVP INTERFACE will succeed regardless of when IP is enabled as long as an IP interface exists PCR 03799 Module DHCP Level 3 When a new static entry was allocated to a client an old dynamic entry remained inuse for a full lease period This issue has been resolved The old entry will now be reclaimed when the client attempts to renew its lease and rece
9. ives the new static entry IGMP Snooping All Group Entry Because IGMP is an IP based protocol multicast group membership for VLAN aware devices is on a per VLAN basis If at least one port in the VLAN is a member of a multicast group multicast packets will be flooded onto all ports in the VLAN by default IGMP snooping enables the switch to forward multicast traffic intelligently on the switch The switch listens to IGMP membership reports queries and leaves messages to identify the switch ports that are members of multicast groups Multicast traffic will only be forwarded to ports identified as members of the specific multicast group This enhancement allows network managers to prevent specified ports from acting as IGMP all group ports and specify which ports are allowed to behave as all group entry ports by using the ENABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUP command For example consider a video streaming service which has 15 channels When the switch receives IGMP membership reports destined for the address 239 0 0 2 from an unauthorised user all 15 channels of multicast data floods to that port which may affect the service of the network In order to avoid this the network manager decides whether or not to allow a particular port to behave as an IGMP all group port e g port 8 Then whenever the above IGMP membership report is sent the switch will not automatically add port 8 as one of the egress ports for any IGMP membership report group so vi
10. t any type of liability for errors in or omissions arising from the use of this information ATZ Allied Telesyn Simply connec ting the world 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 The levels are Level1 This issue will cause significant interruption to network services and there is no work around Level2 This issue will cause interruption to network service however there is a work around Level3 This issue will seldom appear and will cause minor inconvenience Level4 This issue represents a cosmetic change and does not affect network operation Features in 86253 03 Patch 86253 03 includes all issues resolved and enhancements released in previous patches for Software Release 2 5 3 and the following enhancements PCR 03816 Module IPG Level 2 When ports were added or removed as a range with the ENABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUPS and DISABLE IP IGMP ALLGROUPS commands port values were interpreted as 2 separate ports This issue has been resolved Features in 86253 02 Patch file details are listed in Table 2 Table 2 Patch file details for Patch 86253 02 Base Software Release File 86s 253 rez Patch Release Date 25 July 2003 Compressed Patch File Name 86253 02 paz Compressed Patch File Size 190900 bytes Patch 86253 02 includes the following enhancements and resolved issues PCR
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