3Com 5000 Switch User Manual
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1. 3Com Router 5000 and Rou er 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 24 Write software Press Enter key to reboot the system Fi le operation success2. After configuring shut down and restart the interface Undo RIP from interface view removes RIP globally To remove RIP from interface view use the command Undo RIP work BGP route dampening does not work for IBGP routes BGP dampening is designed to work only for EBGP routes The 3Com router will not exchange RIP Updates with various 3rd Party vendor s equipment when MD5 usual implementation is configured The 3Com router will only exchange RIP Updates with a 3rd Party vendor s equipment when MD5 Non Standard implementation is configured Use Usual to exchange RIP Updates between 3Com routers 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 13 3 8 3 9 The BGP route is not advertised if the IGP route is present in the forwarding table Import the route into BGP from the protocol which owns the route in the forwarding table RIP Poison Reverse is not supported IPX is not supported on HDLC and X25 IPX is only supported on Frame Relay Ethernet and PPP The BGP received and advertised routes for a particular peer display bgp routing table peer X X X X received advertised are not displayed in numerical order With OAM and PVC states both down the interface is still considered up and the directly connected route is not withdrawn from the routing table Along the same line with OAM active a PVC s going down does not have its learned routes deleted from the routing table The router will need to r
3. press Enter to start downloading The system displays Please Select Program File Downloading CCCCC Note The new baud rate takes effect only after you reconnect the terminal emulation program 4 Select Transfer Send File in the terminal window The following dialog box pops up Send File 2 x Folder C WINDOWS version Filename C AWINDOWS Wersion cowebt E Protocol modem Send Close Cancel 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 21 5 Click Browse Select the file to be downloaded and set protocol to Xmodem Click Send The following interface pops up 6 After completing the download the system begins writing data to Flash memory and then displays the following information on the screen Download completed The system asks you to select a file type please select file to be saved as 1 main application file 2 backup application file 3 secure application file 4 cancel downloading Enter your choice 1 4 After you select an option the system begins writing the file to Flash memory Writing to flash memory Please waiting it need a E time about 5 min TUETAEAEAHAEREHEREREREREHERE HER ERE EE EE SES Write Flash Success Please return to 9600 bps Press ENTER key to reboot the system Change the baud rate of the console terminal to 9600 bps disconnect and re dial Then you can see the system boot banner 4 4 Upgrading Sof
4. 37 N 3COM Release Notes 3Com Router 5000 and 6000 Family Software Version 2 41 Part Number 10015046 rev AC Published Date August 2007 Contents T MDEEOQUCLIQUL coe ro he eet bt Pe teet Pete ate al d eM heh oet er Ue eae Mal cce euer LN ce 2 1 1 SCOP c 2 1 2 Onlitie ResolllG8s tels ce wA LC a M M E M re c M eae 2 1 3 System Requltemielitssss sie dte srt rette i dr ee rt ana c e Aneta ev ea 2 1 4 Support for New Modules in v2 41 ssssssssssseeeee ne ene eene nnne 3 1 5 Support for Previously Released Modules in v2 41 3 2 Issues Fixed m Release v2 4T s esL Ee eere Re ER 5 2 1 Software Issues Resolved Since v2 30 2 31 sssssssssssssseeeme eene eene 6 2 2 Software Issues Resolved from v2 11 em ene nmenennnnennnnnnnnn 6 2 3 Software Issues Resolved from v2 20 e eee emen nens nennen 8 2 4 User Documentation Issues resolved From v2 20 ssssssssssseee eene 8 2 5 Software Issues Resolved from v2 21 eme mene n ener nennen 9 2 6 Documentation Issues Resolved since v2 21 sssssssssesseeee enne 9 3 Known Issues for Router 5000 and Router 6000 Release v2 41 sssssssseR e 9 3 1 SVET ACE e ea a aE Gan Mee A Aa e a A E tn A 9 3 2 SNMB docte chro Mt M b M ak fh ha eed met Rh ba kod ne Mee dave 10 3 3 System iManagelrrienit eor E rr t re dt e rd ee ER ee eu rtu b dta 10 3 4 Interface Management io tete RR die p ete qe a 10 3 5 Link Lay
5. CK CK CK CK CI CC C CK CK CI CI CIC C CK CK CK CI CIC C CK CK CI CI CIC CK CK CI CI CIC CK CK CK CI I S Kk Kk 0 KG M Kx KR X ko ko 5 Exit to main menu Enter your choice 1 5 3 The following menu appears if you select 3 through which you can change the file type of a bin Set this file as 1 Main 2 Backup Sa xit Enter your choice 1 3 1 If you select 1 a bin will be specified as the main boot file When the modification is validated the type of the original main file is changed to N A and a bin will be used to boot the router 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 19 4 2 2 Boot Menu 4 Display applications in Flash This option is to display the existing applications and their types in Flash The following information appears when you select option 4 in the Boot ROM menu suppose that the above modification is validated M MAIN B BACKUP S SECURE KKEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK NO Name Size Type Time 1 main bin 5988025 N A Oct 10 2002 10 10 10 2 backup bin 5985198 B Oct 10 2002 10 10 10 3 a bin 5987491 M Oct 10 2002 10 10 10 4 S system bin 5988022 S Oct 10 2002 10 10 10 ACkCkCk kckck kCck ck ck ck ck kck ck kk ck kk k kk k ck ck k ck ck k ck ck k ck ck k ck ck k ck ck k ck k k ck k k k k k kkkkk Exit to main menu Press Enter to return to the main menu 4 2 3 Boot Menu 5 Clear the configuration file Clears the configuration
6. file 4 2 Boot Menu 6 Clear trhe application program password Clears the application password 4 2 5 Boot Menu 7 Ignore configuration file In this case an ignore flag will be set in Flash and the default factory configuration will be used for booting Note The flag is cleaned soon after the system boots 4 2 Boot Menu 8 Enter debugging environment Enter the debugging environment in case of faults 4 2 7 Boot Menu 9 Boot ROM Operation Menu The Boot ROM menu provides two methods for upgrading the program and the Boot ROM sub menu operations which are described in the following subsections The Boot ROM Operation Option menu includes Boot ROM Download Menu Download Boot ROM with XModem Download Extended Segment of Boot ROM with XModem Restore Extended Segment of Boot ROM from FLASH Backup Extended Segment of Boot ROM to FLASH Exit to Main Menu Enter your choice 1 5 Op WNER This menu allows you to upgrade backup or restore the Boot ROM program e Do not check the version of the software For an upgrade version that is backward compatible with previous releases do not check the version of the extend segment of the Boot ROM program Boot ROM program or the application If a failure occurs even if the correct version of the software is used the software will be regarded as invalid version You can select this option to bypass version 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 F
7. the interface manually A manual shutdown and then undo shutdown is required to have the changes take effect Loopback LED remains lit solid after remote side sends the loop down code No Loopback LED indicator Banners edited offline in the proper format will be discarded when loaded into the system via ftp tftp D4 D4 AMI and ones density are not supported FDL AT amp T payload option issues No fdl att plb up and fdl att plb down are available Alarm LED No Alarm LED indicator BERT issues Bits received since test started and Bits received since latest sync do not match on a perfect loop NAT display issues NAT sessions do not display NO PAT User Documentation Issues resolved From v2 20 The following user Documentation issues have been resolved since the v2 20 release of this software ACL numbering scheme is different from those documented in the Command Reference Manual Use the following corrected numbering scheme 1000 1099 Interface based ACL 2000 2099 Basic ACL 3000 3099 Advanced ACL 4000 4999 Ethernet Frame Header ACL The Command Reference manual states that reset ike sa will clear both phase 1 and phase 2 security associations Reset ike sa will only clear phase 1 security associations reset ipsec sa will clear phase 2 security associations MPLS LDP loop detect cannot be configured after LDP is enabled on interface An error is reported Enable LDP loop detect under system view befor
8. the same statistics multiple times once for each Frame Relay interface sub interface configured e The current IMA aggregate baud rate does not change when links are added or removed when using the display interface command This is a display problem only e The Gigabit Ethernet module does not support half duplex mode at 100 Mb setting e Display fr pvc statistics do not account for the outbound packets e The bridge x mac address command for setting a static MAC entry for a gigabit Ethernet interface is not supported e The bridge x mac address lt xxxx XXXX XXxx gt permit interface command is not an option for a Gigabit type interface This command is not supported for Gigabit interfaces e CRC and PAD errors on the 1 Port ADSL Module interfere with even the lowest traffic loads of expected normal operation Example 256K traffic on 8Mb link e PIM is not supported over an IPsec tunnel PIM hellos are rejected over an IPSec Tunnel e The first IKE peer with local address defined will have its address be used for all IKE peers in the policy e ATM VBR service classes will fail to be set at Peak Cell Rates higher than 124492 kbps for OC3 ATM 41923 kbps for T3 ATM and 33340 kbps for E3 ATM 2 6 Documentation Issues Resolved since v2 21 User Documentation issues resolved since the last release v2 21 of this software e Named access list is documented but not supported e Name based ACLs as listed in the command
9. 0 Opening BINARY mode data connection for r6y02 41vc03 bin 12693988 bytes Transfer complete FTP 12693988 byte s received in 64 698 second s 196 00K byte s sec ftp quit 221 lt 6040 gt sys System View return to User View with Ctrl Z 6040 boot main flash r6y02 41vc03 bin Set main boot file successfully 6040 quit lt 6040 gt reboot BOOT Menu Start the router When Press Ctrl B to enter Boot Menu you will be prompted to enter the Boot ROM password eH appears press lt Ctrl B gt Please input bootrom password Once the correct password is entered there is no password by default the Boot menu is displayed as shown below Note that the menu may be slightly different depending on the version of code used Boot Menu Download application program with XMODEM Download application program with NET Set application file type Display applications in Flash Clear configuration Clear application password Start up and ignore configuration Enter debugging environment Boot Rom Operation Menu Do not check the version of the software b Exit and reboot nter your choice 1 b Ej 9 i000 10 O1 S CO I2 ES Options of Boot menu are described in the following sections 1 Download application program with Xmodem see Section 4 3 2 Download application program with Ethernet see Section 4 5 4 2 1 Boot Menu 3 Set application file type Routers w
10. 1 3 System Requirements The Router 5000 and Router 6000 have these minimum requirements for successful operation e Router 6040 or Router 6080 Chassis 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 3 e Power Supply e Router 6000 RPU2 with flash memory minimum 64 Mb e Loadable software image includes bootrom e Modules as needed 1 4 Support for New Modules in v2 41 Table 3 Additional New Modules Supported in Release v2 41 Product Description 3C13805 Router 6000 RPU2 3CR13806 75 Router 6000 RPU2 Encryption Accelerator 3CR13873 75 Router NDEC2 Encryption Accelerator FIC 3C13715 Router 1 Port Enhanced Serial SIC 3C13775A Router 1 Port FT3 CT3 MIM 3C13877A Router 1 Port T3 ATM FIC 3C 13879 Router 1 Port GbE Fiber FIC 3C13881A Router 1 Port OC3 POS FIC 3C13882A Router 1 Port OC3 ATM MM FIC 3C13884A Router 1 Port OC3 ATM SM FIC 3C13886A Router 1 Port OC3 ATM SML FIC 3C13889A Router FT3 CT3 FIC 3C 13890 Router 2 Port FXS FIC 3C13891 Router 4 Port FXS FIC 3C13893 Router 2 Port FXO FIC 3C13894 Router 4 Port FXO FIC 3C13895 Router 2 Port E amp M FIC 3C13896 Router 4 Port E amp M FIC 3C13897 Router 1 Port E1 Voice FIC 3C13898 Router 1 Port T1 Voice FIC 1 5 Support for Previously Released Modules in v2 41 Table 4 Previously Released Modules Supported by v2 41 Product Label MIMs Multifunction Interface Modules Router 5000 Family 3C13761 Router 2 Port 10 100 MIM 3t 13754 Router 2 Port Enhanced Seri
11. P entities use the command select rule type first 213 command in the voice dial view Voice activity detection VAD is only supported when the G 723 codec is used CAS is not supported on the T1VI module RADIUS authentication and accounting is not supported for H 323 Only voice traffic is supported on E1 and T1 voice cards This applies to Router 5000 amp 6000 platforms Data traffic is not supported over Router 5000 and 6000 Voice cards FIC Voice Cards are not hot swappable these cards must be inserted removed with the power off A short static noise at the tail end of the audio transmission is experienced when calls are placed across Router 5000 and Router 6000 FXS cards The steps to bind the voice MAX CALL function to a voice entity described in the user guide is not clear When configuring voice MAX CALL you must apply this function inside the voice entity view FXS ports do not support modem operations All busy signals on voice cards are the same type fast busy signal One Stage dialing through POTS may take up to 5 rings before rings are heard on the remote side Local ringing occurs before the remote side actually hears the rings While accessing an outside line two stage dialing the second dial tone takes a little longer than normal to be heard wait for the second dial tone before proceeding Caller ID Name is not supported the router does not generate the names tied to a local phone line Analog voice quali
12. al MIM 3C13763 Router 4 Port Serial MIM 3C 13764 Router 4 Port Enhanced Serial MIM 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family 3C13765 3C13766 3C137067 3C13769A 3C13770 3C13771 75 3C13772 3C13774 3C13775A 3C13777 3C13778 3C13779 3C13780 3C13781 3C13783 3C13784 3C13785 3C13786 3C13787 3C13788 3CR13773 75 Release Notes v2 41 e Page 4 Router 2 Port CE1 PRI MIM Router 4 Port CE1 PRI MIM Router 4 Port ISDN S T MIM Router 2 Port CT1 PRI MIM Router 1 Port ADSL over POTS MIM Router NDEC Encryption Accelerator MIM Router 2 Port ADSL over POTS MIM Router 1 Port 10 100 1000 MIM Router 1 Port CT 3 MIM Router 1 Port CE3 MIM Router 4 Port E1 IMA 120 Ohm MIM Router 4 Port T1 IMA MIM Router 2 Port FXS MIM Router 4 Port FXS MIM Router 2 Port FXO MIM Router 4 Port FXO MIM Router 2 Port E amp M MIM Router 4 Port E amp M MIM Router 1 port E1 Voice MIM Router 1 port T1 Voice MIM Router NDEC2 Encryption Accelerator MIM SICs Smart Interface Cards Router 5000 Family 3C13712 3C13714 3C13715 3C13716 3C13718 3C13720A 3C13722 3C13724 3C13725 3C13726 3C13727 3C13728 Router 1 Port 10 100 SIC Router 1 Port Serial SIC Router 1 Port SAE SIC Router 2 Port ISDN S T SIC Router 2 Port ISDN U SIC Router 1 Port Fractional T1 SIC Router 1 Port Fractional E1 SIC Router 1 Port Analog Modem SIC Router 1 Port FXS SIC Router 2 Port FXS SIC Router 1 Port FXO SIC Router 2 Port FXO SIC FICs Flexible Interface Car
13. amily Release Notes v2 41 e Page 20 checking when upgrading This option applies only once when selected When the router is rebooted version checking is restored e Exit and reboot Exit the Boot ROM menu and reboot the router Note The Boot menu appears only when you press lt Ctrl B gt within 3 seconds after the message Press Ctrl B to enter Boot Menu appears If you wish to enter the Boot Menu after the program begins uncompressing you must to reboot the router 4 3 Upgrading Software Using Xmodem You can use the console port to upgrade the software using Xmodem without the need to set up a network environment 4 3 1 Upgrading the application image 1 Enter the Boot Menu refer to the Upgrading with FTP on page 18 and enter 1 to download an application image using Xmodem The router supports the following downloading speeds Please choose your download speed 9600 bps 19200 bps 38400 bps 57600 bps 115200 bps Exit to Main Menu Enter your choice 1 60 NOP WN n 2 Select an option 5 for 115200 bps for example The following appears Download speed is 115200 bps Change the terminal s speed to 115200 bps and select XModem protocol Press ENTER key when ready 3 Change your terminal s baud rate to the same baud rate for software download 115200 bps in this example After that select Dial in Disconnect to disconnect the terminal and Dial in Dialing to reconnect it Then
14. ansceiver 2 Issues Fixed in Release v2 41 This section describes issues that have been resolved since previous releases of the software 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 6 2 1 Software Issues Resolved Since v2 30 2 31 The following issues have been resolved since the v2 30 2 31 release of this software 2 2 VCX calls fail across a NAT network NBX phones fail to load across a NAT network IPX is now supported on Frame Relay Ethernet and PPP IPX is not supported on HDLC and X25 When setting the main backup images the file pointer does not point to flash by default the flash device must be included in the path for example bootfile main flash main bin rather than just bootfile main main bin When there is a high traffic load on the router and the CLI response time slows the CPU usage information is not accurately displayed Gigabit Ethernet and POS interfaces do not support auto install SYS MGMT Router 5000 series routers report that the system returned to service via power on even if the router is warm booted IPSEC policy with a deny rule before a more general permit rule will not enforce the deny rule Resetting the IKE SA does not reset the tunnel completely Resetting both sides at the same time is currently required to completely reset the tunnel IPSec tunnel resets resetting IKE SA IPSec SA may result in router reboot CBR traffic approaching PCR on a PVC
15. are provided Instead use display atm interface to show more individualized statistics An ATM PVC that is set with rate limiting and is heavily oversubscribed with data will fail to pass traffic Other PVCs continue to work on the link Changing the speed on a modem interface resets the interface Do not change the modem interface speed while a dialup session is active The activity LED on the T3 ATM Module indicates heavy activity regardless of the amount of traffic passing through it Regardless of actual traffic running or not T3 and E3 activity LEDs blink constantly Link Layer Protocol A frame relay link will not come up if the IP Address is changed because the fr inarp table is not refreshed The user must reset the fr inarp table manually Alarm threshold values are not configurable when a T1 line is configured within a T3 link Level 4 alarm threshold is not supported for T1 links setup for SF frame format The CLI will not report an error ATM AIS RDI statistics are inaccurate ATM OAM Segment Loop cells are not supported Frame Relay PVCs can be modified when they are part of a PVC switching endpoint Verify first that the interface is not a PVC endpoint before making any changes else traffic may be disrupted There is no DEBUG support for Multilink Fragmentation FRF 16 1 Status and statistics for Multilink Fragmentation FRF 16 1 cannot be viewed There is no support for ISDN switch type AT amp T for BRI U inte
16. ate to the Router 5000 and Router 6000 The software for the Router 6000 RPU2 will not load on the Router 6000 RPU Table 1 Software Release v2 41 Software Release Filenames Description R6y02 41e bin The encrypted software agent which runs on the Router 6040 and 6080 RPU2 including bootrom R6y02 ATv bin The basic software agent which runs on the Router 6040 and 6080 RPU2 including bootrom R6x02_41e bin The encrypted software agent which runs on the Router 6040 and 6080 RPU including bootrom R6x02_41v bin The basic software agent which runs on the Router 6040 and 6080 RPU including bootrom R5y02_41v bin The basic software agent which runs on the 5012 5232 5642 5842 Routers R5y02_41e bin The encrypted software agent which runs on the 5012 5232 5642 5842 Routers bootromfull9 17 bin Router 5000 Boot ROM file for 5012 5232 5642 5842 Routers Table 2 Supported Routers Router 5012 3 Slot 3C 13701 Router 6040 4 Slot 3C 13840 Router 5232 3 Slot 3C 13751 Router 6080 8 Slot 3C 13880 Router 5642 4 Slot 3C 13755 Router 5682 8 Slot 3C 13759 1 2 Online Resources Visit the 3Com web site for the latest documentation and software updates www 3Com com e Obtain a copy of the Router 5000 or Router 6000 nstallation Guide Command Reference Guide or Configuration Guide e Obtain current software updates maintenance releases and associated release notes for the Router 5000 and Router 6000 and other 3Com products
17. ates displayed in bits per second as part of traffic statistics output A logging error where VPN information is logged erroneously when there was no actual VPN configuration Only one system user at a time able to access the console With the display interface command packet flow shows double that of the Ethernet interfaces Inaccurate display information with ACL statistics not properly incrementing for permit statements Frame Relay statistics discrepancies on the sub interface packet counts Statistics on the FT1 and T1 interfaces not properly zeroed upon reset command reset counter interface Banner information is lost upon FTP or TFTP while obtaining router information A packet loss problem with small packet sizes configured No display of trap settings with status NAT traversal is not compatible with Cisco routers IPsec tunnel is not established with Cisco routers when a NAT device is in the path Only one security association is used for all traffic flows IPsec SA is not flow based IPSec SAs originated from 3COM routers will be ACL based To obtain flow based functionality create multiple ACLs with one rule each 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 8 2 3 Software Issues Resolved from v2 20 The following issues have been resolved since the v2 20 release of this software 2 4 Changing the speed and duplex on the Gigabit Ethernet Module does not take effect without resetting
18. ayed To determine the interface type display the interface as follows Display fr pvc interface interface lt dlci gt 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 7 Frame Relay Classes that contain Frame Relay QoS parameters can be applied to PVCs even though Frame Relay Traffic Shaping is not enabled Frame Relay Traffic Shaping must be enabled for PVC queues to be functional When IPSec policies are configured on both the incoming and outgoing interfaces one of the interfaces needs to have IPSec over GRE configured to allow multicast IP fragments to pass through the router without problems The ability to add inline comments to describe an ACL as a whole is available however the ability to add a specific description to a rule is not available Example if an ACL is long and complicated inline comments for the rule cannot be added Save the current configuration and then edit in descriptive comments to that configuration FDL and remote loop back issues B8ZS and ESF issues LBO range issues Alarm Threshold Settings issues Issues with viewing current alarms and error registers Various issues with local payload and remote loopbacks DEBUG commands on the serial interface and physical layer characteristics of the router modules UNDO of the DEBUG function Constant DEBUG output issues on the FT1 SIC module No indication of resetting zeroing traffic statistics Lack of input and output r
19. ckwards the right side is the most recent history e A 1 Port Channelized E3 MIM card will not operate if inserted in slot O on the 5642 or slot 1 on the 5232 Select a different slot for the E3 3 4 Interface Management e When the Dialer interfaces toggles state up or down minor packet loss will occur for any packet passing through the router e Interface statistics with a flow interval of under 10 seconds are not accurate Do not enter flow interval values under 10 seconds e The Virtual Ethernet interface protocol state displays as being down when running PPPoE This is the normal operating state of the Virtual Ethernet interface 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 11 3 5 On an ISDN interface the Line Protocol state is up when no cable is attached to the port on the interface It is best to observe the interface s Current State The Current State will be down if no cable is attached to the interface even though the Line Protocol will show it as up A Frame Relay sub interface that has been configured as Down transmits packets Displaying a Fractional E1 interface displays a Frame Format equal to NONE The actual Frame Format Is no crc Frame Relay Payload Compression is displayed for PVC even after it is removed Reset the interface to resolve Display interface for an ATM interface with sub interfaces will display the same cumulative Statistical information no individual statistics
20. des must have id type name configured Both sides must have remote names configured and one side must have remote ip configured the initiator The documentation incorrectly states that a VLAN port link type can be set to access hybrid or trunk The Router 5000 and Router 6000 can only create trunk type links by default and the type cannot be changed Upgrading Software This section describes how to upgrade the software in your 3Com Router 4 1 Upgrading with FTP Use the following procedure to upgrade the software with FTP 1 2 3 4 5 You must have level 3 privileges In the User View enter ftp lt server ip address or hostname gt a Login to the server b Set the transfer mode to binary C Use the get command to download the new image d Exit ftp Enter the System View Set the router to boot from the new image using boot main filename Exit the System View Reboot the router The following example illustrates this procedure lt 6040 gt ftp 172 16 1 254 Trying 172 16 1 254 Press CTRL K to abort Connected to 172 16 1 254 220 181NAT Microsoft FTP Service Version 5 0 User 172 16 1 254 none anonymous 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 17 4 2 331 Anonymous access allowed send identity e mail name as password Password 230 Anonymous user logged in ftp binary 200 Type set to I ftp get r6y02 41vc03 bin 200 PORT command successful 15
21. ds Router 6000 Family 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 5 3C13821 Router 4 Port Fractional T1 FIC 3C13821A 3C13823 Router 4 Port Fractional T1 FIC Router 4 Port Fractional E1 FIC 3C13860 3C13861 Router 1 Port 100FX MM FIC Router 2 Port 10BASE T 100BASE TX FIC 3C 138062 3C13863 Router 1 Port 100FX SM FIC Router 4 Port Enhanced Serial FIC 3C13864 3C13866 Router 8 Port Enhanced Serial FIC Router 4 Port E1 Channelized E1 PRI FIC 3C13870A Router 4 Port T1 Channelized T1 PRI FIC 3C13871 3C13872 Router 1 Port ADSL over POTS FIC Router 2 Port ADSL over POTS FIC 3C13874 3C13875 Router 4 Port E1 IMA 120 ohm FIC Router 4 Port T1 IMA FIC 3C13876 3C13887 Router 1 Port E3 ATM FIC Router 1 Port 10BASE T 100BASE TX 1000BASE T 3C13888 3C13890 Router 1 Port E3 Channelized E3 FIC Router 2 Port FXS FIC 3C13891 3C13893 Router 4 Port FXS FIC Router 2 Port FXO FIC 3C13894 3C13895 Router 4 Port FXO FIC Router 2 Port E amp M FIC 3C13896 3C13897 Router 4 Port E amp M FIC Router 1 Port E1 Voice FIC 3C13898 3CR13873 75 Router 1 Port T1 Voice FIC Router NDEC2 Encryption Accelerator FIC 3CSFP71 OC3 SM 15km SFP Transceiver OC3 MM amp 100BASE FX SFP Transceiver 3CSFP81 3CSFP91 1000BASE SX SFP Transceiver 3CSFP92 3CSFP93 1000BASE LX SFP Transceiver 1000BASE T SFP Transceiver 3CSFP97 1000BASE LH SFP Tr
22. e enabling LDP on the interface The virtualoaudrate command is non existent in the Command Index Use the virtualbaudrate command in the Command Line Interface CLI XXXX 3 Serial2 0 4 virtualbaudrate 300 only for async mode 600 only for async mode 1200 for syn amp asyn mode 2400 for syn amp asyn mode 4800 for syn amp asyn mode 9600 for syn amp asyn mode 19200 for syn amp asyn mode 38400 for syn amp asyn mode 56000 only for syn mode 57600 for syn amp asyn mode 64000 only for syn mode 72000 only for syn mode 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 9 115200 for syn amp asyn mode 128000 only for syn mode 384000 only for syn mode 2048000 only for syn mode 2 5 Software Issues Resolved from v2 21 The following issues have been resolved since the last release v2 21 of this software e fthe user cut and pastes within the BootRom menu to fill in fields such as filenames for TFTP downloads the display will only show a maximum of 8 characters If the filename is longer it will be accepted by the system but will not display characters beyond the initial 8 e The more command truncates large config files 17KB on the 5012 routers If the file needing to be read is not the saved configuration transfer the file to a PC disk and read it from there If it is the saved configuration read it with the display saved configuration command e Display ft1 will display
23. ely on the individual routing protocol s timeout feature to initiate route removal Load Sharing statistics are not accurate when more than one next hop router is reachable via the same physical interface BGP Auto summary does not work with the BGP Network command Auto Summary works in all other cases Redistribution of IGP routes into IBGP will not have the IGP next hop Instead the next hop will always be the router doing the redistribution Multicast Protocol The default value for the IGMP query interval 60 seconds does not match the recommended value in RFC 2236 125 seconds Set the query interval to match the query interval of other routers in the network PIM is not supported with IP unnumbered FR interfaces An IP address must be assigned to the FR interface The router will continuously reboot if the MSDP configuration references an interface that is not available this would most likely occur when a module is removed or replaced and the saved configuration still has a reference to the old interface Security VPN IPSec card proposal does not have an option for ESP encapsulation Those options do not show up until the use command is issued to specify which encryption module to use The encryption card does not perform as well when passing large byte data e g anything over 1464 bytes for 3DES SHA1 Display firewall ethernet frame filter all does not work Specify the exact interface to get the desired informatio
24. er Protocole re eoi a ot eee tette eoi io ee 11 3 6 Network protocol va 21 mne trn cette rd E pir Lun ter Ud me tad Ud o E or ot Mt i 12 3 7 ROULDgPIOIOCOL t sen mesat ct eet let maet ete tug Tea t meurt ed e d utm to d 12 3 8 Multicast PROTOCOL miele tet eet lem tet eese nd eb eroi e bd oem Moo t bte iD cuba 13 3 9 SECUN PN oit tU Ete p gentleman a 13 3 10 Quality otsService QO9S sce taedet oet tele sthastvlodeel ates b p D oe thes 14 3 11 MPEG s dut te ee Ae rate E he fees t et be ele cc tcc ie tbe oh eed wed ccu fee 14 3 12 Interoperability Issues between the Router 5000 Router 6000 and 3Com VCX V7000 14 Salis Documentation Erro i tote tdm tee eost etes 16 4 Upgrading Softwales ee ette ed ere te ete bt eti ari bete meets 16 4 1 Upgrading WIA FTIR vec a ee e e e RR RES 16 4 2 BOOT N OM cuesta etus ccr ertet areare aN ee Ste teda utet rti esee tes 17 4 3 Upgrading Software Using Xmodem ssssssssssseeeeee eene nnns 20 4 4 Upgrading Software Using TFTP option 1 ees 21 4 5 Upgrading Software Using TFTP option 2 22 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 2 1 Introduction 1 1 Scope These release notes summarize the operational requirements and known issues for the 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 software releases listed Table 1 This release notes supersede the v2 20 v2 21 v2 30 2 31 and v2 40 Release Notes for the Router 5000 and Router 6000 This release provides an upd
25. he Net Port Download Menu is re displayed select option 2 Download from Net to Flash to download and write the application image to Flash memory Depending on the running code the system display would look something like Net Port Download Menu 1 Change Net Parameter 28 Download From Net To Flash d Download From Net To SDRAM And Run 4 Upload the current config file to PC 5 Exit to Main Menu Enter your choice 1 5 2 boot device fei unit number s processor number 0 host name 8040 file name r5000 bin inet on ethernet e LOs TLL host inet h 10 1 1 241 gateway inet g 10 1 1 254 flags f 0x80 Attached TCP IP interface to feiO Loa NET download completed 12632583 rea ding d len Attaching network interface 100 Please select file to be Main application file 1 2 Sa 4 Creating the fi ication fil Backup appl Secure appl ication fil Cancel downloading Enter your choice 1 4 le done saved as flash r5000 bin Write data to flash Please wait it may take a long time Hitt Hitt 4 dd Hitt 4 4 Hitt
26. ith more than 8 Mb of Flash provide a dual image function The system defines three default application files for booting the router see below When these files are loaded to Flash the file specified by this option is used to boot the router If you want to change the order or the boot file you can select this option from the Boot ROM menu and make modifications The default names types and selected sequence of main backup and secure application files are described as follows 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 18 e Main application file default name is main bin file type M This is the default file the system uses to boot e Backup application file default name is backup bin file type B This file will be used to boot system when the main file fails e Secure application file default name is secure bin file type S This file will be used to boot the router when the main and backup file fails The system will display a booting failure message if the secure application file also fails Note e Only the application file types M B and S can be used to boot the system Applications marked as N A cannot be used to boot the router e The names of the applications in Flash can be modified using CLI commands after the router has started Refer to the System Management document for more information on the CLI commands The application file types M B and N A can be modified in either the Boot ROM me
27. mat the disk and the boot will not complete Power down the router and power it back up to clear the problem e Analog Modem debugging shows internal activity when no cable is connected This indicates that the modem is active and ready to receive or make calls e When saving a configuration to a non existing directory the following message displays Cannot open the configuration file this may be caused by insufficient memory space This is an incorrect message and is displayed when the user is trying to save a file to a non existent directory To solve the problem create the directory first e When rebooting the router the Current Configuration change detection sometimes detects changes when there were none and a warning message is displayed e There is no way to recover if both the Bootrom password and the console password are lost If both passwords are lost the router must be returned to 3Com for repair RMA e FTP user cannot be cleared set the ftp time out to 1 minute to clear an inactive session rather than waiting the 30 minutes set by default e The display current configuration command with a filter will not recognize the underscore character alone Use the backslash character V in front of the underscore to get the desired result For example display current configuration begin bgp peer will display the configuration starting with the line containing bgp peer e CPU Usage history graph has the time scale ba
28. n NAT traversal does not work in IKE Main Mode IKE Aggressive Mode is required for NAT traversal to function properly Packets with internal addresses appear outside the NAT boundary NAT does not translate ESP or IGMP packets NAT does not translate any IP protocols other than ICMP TCP UDP and GRE with respect to PPTP The firewall drops FTP connections when ASPF is configured to filter TCP ASPF must be configured with TCP and FTP together 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 14 With CRL checking enabled by default certificate enrollment cannot be performed and an IPsec tunnel cannot be established without the CRL on the router CRL checking must be disabled for certificate enrollment and the IPsec tunnel if the CRL is not on the router If an undefined ACL is used in a configuration a warning message is not displayed In X 509 the CRL URL format determines which protocol is used to retrieve CRL from the CA server Use one of the following CLI commands depending on specific Server support HTTP crl url http CA Server IP gt lt CRL DP LDAP crl url ldap lt CA Server IP CRL DP SCEP crl url scep ACL matches for IPSec only count the first packet used to open the tunnel subsequent packets will be logged in the IPSec SA Manual Ipsec only protects the first match in an ACL with multiple rules Recommendation make only one rule per ACL to protect all desi
29. nu or by the CLI commands after the application is started Modifications to the file type of applications with type S are not allowed e Because the secure boot file is the last file the system uses to boot properly the file type of secure boot file is not allowed to be changed nor is it derived from any other type of file It can only be downloaded via the Boot ROM menu and its name must be specified as secure bin If you change the file name of the secure file using rename command after the system has started there is no secure boot file in Flash and you need to download it again e Only one file of each type M B and S can exist in Flash For example if a file of type M and a file of type B exist in Flash it is impossible to have a second file type of M or B If the file type of another application is to be changed to B the existing file of type B will be changed to N A When you select option 3 in the Boot ROM menu the following menu appears suppose there are four application files stored in Flash all of which with following types M MAIN B BACKUP S SECURE Ck CK Ck ck Ck Ck CK Ck Ck Ck Ck Ck Ck Ck ck Ck Ck Ck ck Ck kk Ck ck Ck Ck Ck ck ck ck Ck Ck ck Ck ck Ck Ck Ck kk kk Ck Sk Ck kk kk Sk ko ko ko Sk kv kx kx X NO Name Size Type Time 1 main bin 5988025 M Oct 10 2002 10 10 10 2 backup bin 5985198 B Oct 10 2002 10 10 10 3 a bin 987491 N Oct 10 2002 10 10 10 4 secure bin 5988022 S Oct 10 2002 10 10 10 CK CK CK
30. ot Menu select option 2 to enter the Net Port Download Menu shown below Net Port Download Menu 1 Change Net Parameter Zi Download From Net to Flash 3 Download From Net to RAM 4 Exit to Main Menu Enter your choice 1 4 1 3 Select option 1 Change Net Parameter to change the download parameters as shown in the example below Note To modify the parameter values enter the new values next to the existing values Do not use the Delete or Backspace key to erase the existing values Change Boot Parameter clear field go to previous field D quit boot device feiO processor number 0 host name 8040 file name rb000 bin inet on ethernet e 10 1 1 110 inet on backplane b host inet h 10 1 1 241 gateway inet g 10 1 101 254 user u ftp password pw blank use rsh flags f 0x80 target name tn startup script s other o Table 5 Description on the download parameters 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Parameter file name inet on Ethernet e Release Notes v2 41 e Page 23 Description File name of the router software IP address of interface ethO IP address of TFTP FTP Server host inet h gateway inet g IP address of the gateway user u FTP user name ftp password pw password used for ftp session 0x80 TFTP flags f target name tn 0x0 FTP Target file name to be used on the router 4 When t
31. p group is reset via bringing down all the physical interfaces and bringing them back up again Network Protocol Basic NAT doesn t work on R6080 R6040 PPP Frame relay HDLC and E1 interfaces do not support DHCP Global subaddress mode Certain web sites cannot be accessed when using DSL interfaces To resolve this set the outgoing router WAN physical or virtual interface to 1410 as the maximum segment size for TCP The DHCP Server does not remember the DHCP clients after a reboot The DHCP lease expiration client reboot or client renew request will repopulate the DHCP clients table transparent to the user A Router running DHCP client cannot obtain the default gateway address automatically This parameter must be manually configured ICMP type 3 messages are generated for some but not all instances in RFC 1812 Section 5 2 7 1 Routing Protocol Where Static Routes point to Ethernet interfaces ARP responses are ignored The next hop must be specified for static routes on Ethernet interfaces When BGP changes states minor packet loss will occur at the instance of the change for any packet passing through the router OSPF interface costs are not the same on peer DCE DTE Frame Relay Serial interfaces If a Frame Relay DTE Serial interface is configured for OSPF and the DCE has a differing baud rate the interface has to be configured with the virtualbaudrate command Configure this command using the same baud rate as the DCE
32. red traffic IPSec transform negotiation is not compatible with Cisco configure only one transform for any policy interacting with a Cisco router IKE Keepalive is not accepted by a Cisco router and tears down the tunnel Do not use the ike sa keepalive timer timeout command default Juniper s IPSec implementation does not interoperate with the 3Com Router 5000 Family with respect to IPSec Fragmentation If possible set the MTU to 1438 or lower on devices that will be using the tunnel to avoid having to fragment IPSec packets 3 10 Quality of Service QoS CBR miscalculates the remaining Bandwidth available after multiple PVCs oversubscribe the link An undo service will recover all but 32kbps of the available bandwidth A router reboot will recover the rest QoS CBQ can be configured on a dialer interface but it has no effect Place the QoS Policy on the physical interface rather than the logical dialer interface Once a QOS policy is applied use the CLI command reset IP Fast Cache to re apply the QoS functions properly An under provisioned ATM service class results in link failure for that PVC only 3 11 MPLS If there is no response from pinging a CE Router from a PE Router within an MPLS BGP L3 network use the command ping vpn a XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXx Xxx using the source address of the PE interface that is in the VPN of the intended target If LoopbackO and LSR ID ip addresses are different MPLS LDP will no
33. reference manual are not supported 3 Known Issues for Router 5000 and Router 6000 Release v2 41 3 1 System Access e The router does not allow configuring of an FTP server with Radius Authentication None option FTP Anonymous login is not supported A username and password is required for FTP access e The FTP server does not support filenames containing spaces 3Com recommends using underscores instead of spaces as separation delimiters 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 10 e To get ftp mputs to work properly from a client ftp update normal must be set on the router 3 2 SNMP e The router does not respond to SNMP when the user is logged into the System View This causes Network Management Systems such as 3Com Router Manager and 3Com Network Director to generate errors To resolve this exit the System View e The Frame Relay MIB does not use the latest version of the RFC 2115 As a result public MIB variables for troubleshooting Frame Relay performance problems are not supported e g frCircuitLogicallflndex from the current FRAME RELAY DTE MIB RFC 2115 e The router will send an initial invalid trap packet upon link down up event followed by the correct Trap packet Ignore the first trap packet the second packet is correct 3 3 System Management e On RPU2s when booting from the compact flash it is possible to get the following error on boot up Error encountered during checking disk for
34. rfaces The router Command Line Interface and the documentation specifically states that AT amp T is only supported on PRI interfaces The default isdn protocol type dss1 will connect to switches using AT amp T switch type on a BRI interface This was tested with Lucent 5E otherwise known as AT amp T 5ess Bridge set traffic cannot be routed even though a bridge set can be configured with an IP address FRF 9 Compression is still displayed upon viewing of PVC statistics after the PVC is re mapped without FRF 9 After re mapping a PVC to exclude FRF 9 compression reset the interface in order to clear any reference to FRF 9 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 12 3 6 3 7 When removing FRF 9 compression settings from a frame relay static address mapping the interface needs to be reset shutdown undo shutdown for the configuration to take place When the ATM OAM and PVC states are all down the ATM interface is still showing state UP and Line UP Use display atm pvc info to see the true state of the individual PVCs ATM statistics may be wrong if the traffic rate exceeds the Class of Service settings configured PPP STAC compression is not supported on the POS interface ATM OAM up down timers for transitioning the PVC State are not accurate ATM T3 E3 Modules require all cables to be connected before link LEDs will be lit Changing MLPPP parameters will not take effect until the Virtual Template or M
35. t work properly The LoopbackO and LSR ID ip addresses must be match 3 12 Interoperability Issues between the Router 5000 Router 6000 and 3Com VCX V7000 SIP compatibility mode is required for calls between 3Com Convergence Center Clients to router 5000 6000 analog phones Execute the sip comp server command from the voice view on the router 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 15 3Com VCX 7000 phones do not support SIP outband mode DTMF digits sent from router 5000 6000 to VCX phones will be disregarded Removal of the Master SIP server from a voice configuration will remove the following from the configuration o Slave SIP server if one exists o address sip proxy for SIP VoIP entities Voice is barely audible when an NBX T1 is attached to the router configured running QSIG master network side Voice quality is poor over a T1 link when the T1VI module is configured for QSIG master configured for ISDN network side QSIG master functions correctly over E1 using the E1VI module The select rule type first command under the voice dial view includes an option for VoFR VoFR is not supported in this release Make it the last choice in the select list The undo command does not work for the mode command in the controller cas view To reset the mode to the default value use the mode itu t command By default voice entities with the same match criteria are chosen at random To prioritize VOI
36. tware Using TFTP option 1 Use the following procedure to upgrade the software with TFTP You must have level 3 privileges In the User View enter tftp server ip address or hostname get filename Enter the System View Set the router to boot from the new image using boot main filename Exit the System View nu A WN gt Reboot the router The following example illustrates this procedure 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 22 lt 6040 gt tftp 172 16 1 254 get r6y02 41vc03 bin File will be transferred in binary mode Downloading file from remote tftp server pleas 11204734 bytes received in 194 second s File downloaded successfully lt 6040 gt sys System View return to User View with Ctrl dZ 6040 boot main r6y02 41vc03 bin Set main boot file successfully 6040 quit lt 6040 gt reboot 4 5 Upgrading Software Using TFTP option 2 Upgrading the application image with the NET command will use an Ethernet interface to download In this approach the router is the TFTP Client and needs to connect to a TFTP Server using a fixed Ethernet interface The following describes how to upgrade the application image with this approach 1 Start the TFTP Server on the host connected to the Ethernet interface on the router Set the path for the source file to be downloaded Caution No TFTP Server is available on the routers You must have a TFTP server available 2 Inthe Bo
37. ty is will be reduced when using analog lines across three or more routers The user s call forwarding option is not retained after a router reboot the user must reprogram the call forwarding option after a router reboot to ensure proper forwarding operation 3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2 41 e Page 16 The router cannot detect when its own E amp M FXO FXS or E1 CAS E amp M connections are down Therefore if a voice entity using one of these interfaces is routing calls and the interface goes down the router will not check for a voice entity with equivalent match criteria to use The router will continue to attempt to send calls through the down interface CLI doesn t support pre defined ringing tones for the following countries Colombia EU Egypt Dubai South Africa and Australia 3 13 Documentation Errors 4 Bridging over Frame Relay is not listed as being supported in the Router 5000 6000 Configuration Guide Bridging over Frame Relay is supported Spanning Tree is listed as not supported in Router 5000 6000 Configuration Guide Spanning Tree is supported DVPN service is not enabled by default as stated in the user documentation The user must enable it if needed Firewall ASPF UDP detection does not support the following UDP based applications TFTP SSH DHCP Ike peer name does not seem to work as documented in the NAT Traversal Example In order to get name authentication to work both si
38. will experience packet loss when UBR traffic on a separate PVC is introduced on the ATM link Service classes on IMA group interfaces have cell rate limits of just one T1 E1 Link regardless of how many links are in the bundle Software Issues Resolved from v2 11 The following issues have been resolved since the v2 11 release of this software In some specific circumstances displaying virtual access on a router with MLPPP may cause a reboot To resolve this use the command Display Virtual Template instead A virtual baud rate setting of 786000 is not available on a serial interface The state of Promiscuous mode on an Ethernet interface is not shown in the display current command To view the state of Promiscuous mode use the display interface Ethernet x x command Gigabit Ethernet interfaces will not forward traffic if they are assigned to a bridge set Gigabit interfaces should only be assigned to routed interfaces When a bridge set is removed from an Ethernet interface the message Promiscuous operation mode was removed automatically is displayed However promiscuous mode may not have been disabled on that interface Manually verify that Promiscuous mode has been reset using the display interface Ethernet x x command If it has not been disabled use the undo promiscuous command in the interface view There is no support for ISDN switch type DMS100 Frame Relay sub interface definition types P2MP P2P are not displ
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