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Release Notes
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3Com Router 5000 and 6000 Family
Software Version 2.41
Part Number: 10015046 rev. AC
Published Date: August 2007
Contents
1. Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................2
1.1 Scope.......................................................................................................................................2
1.2 Online Resources.............................
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 • 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 update to the Router 5000 and Router 6000. The software for the Router 6000 RPU2 will not load on t
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 3 • Power Supply • Router 6000 RPU2 with flash memory minimum 64 Mb • Loadable software image (includes bootrom) • 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
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 4 3C13765 Router 2-Port CE1/PRI MIM 3C13766 Router 4-Port CE1/PRI MIM 3C13767 Router 4-Port ISDN-S/T MIM 3C13769A Router 2-Port CT1/PRI MIM 3C13770 Router 1-Port ADSL over POTS MIM 3C13771-75 Router NDEC Encryption Accelerator MIM 3C13772 Router 2-Port ADSL over POTS MIM 3C13774 Router 1-Port 10/100/1000 MIM 3C13775A Router 1-Port CT-3 MIM 3C13777 Router 1-Port CE3 MIM 3C13778 Router 4-Port E1-IMA (120 Ohm) MIM 3C137
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 5 3C13821 Router 4-Port Fractional T1 FIC 3C13821A Router 4-Port Fractional T1 FIC 3C13823 Router 4-Port Fractional E1 FIC 3C13860 Router 1-Port 100FX MM FIC 3C13861 Router 2-Port 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX FIC 3C13862 Router 1-Port 100FX SM FIC 3C13863 Router 4-Port Enhanced Serial FIC 3C13864 Router 8-Port Enhanced Serial FIC 3C13866 Router 4-Port E1/ Channelized E1/PRI FIC 3C13870A Router 4-Port T1/ Channelized T1/PRI FIC
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � 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. • 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 d
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � 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 wi
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 8 2.3 Software Issues Resolved from v2.20 The following issues have been resolved since the v2.20 release of this software. • Changing the speed and duplex on the Gigabit Ethernet Module does not take effect without resetting 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 Loopba
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 9 115200 for syn & 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. • If the 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 longe
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 10 • To get ftp mputs to work properly from a client, ftp update normal must be set on the router. 3.2 SNMP • 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. • The Frame Relay MIB does not use the latest version of the RFC 2115. As a resul
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 11 • 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 Fram
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 12 • 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 Clas
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 13 • 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 rece
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � 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 retr
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � 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 (net
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 16 • The router cannot detect when its own E&M, FXO/FXS, or E1 CAS E&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
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 17 331 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. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for r6y02_41vc03.bin(12693988 bytes). ..............................................................226 Transfer complete. FTP: 12693988 byte(s) received in 64.698 second(s) 196.00
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 18 • Main application file: default name is main.bin, file type M. This is the default file the system uses to boot. • Backup application file: default name is backup.bin, file type B. This file will be used to boot system when the main file fails. • 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 boot
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � 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 ********************************************************** NO. Name Size Type Time 1
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3Com Router 5000 and Router 6000 Family Release Notes v2.41 � Page 20 checking when upgrading. This option applies only once when selected. When the router is rebooted, version checking is restored. • Exit and reboot. Exit the Boot ROM menu and reboot the router. Note: The Boot menu appears only when you press 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 reb
