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Patch Release Note
Patch 86253-07
For Rapier Series Switches
Introduction
This patch release note lists the issues addressed and enhancements made in
patch 86253-07 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 86253-07.
86s-253.rez
Base Software Release File
18-Feb-2004
Patch Release Date
86253-07.paz
Compressed Patch File Name
333756 bytes
Compressed Patch File Size
This release note sh
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2 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: Level 1 This issue will cause significant interruption to network services, and there is no work-around. Level 2 This issue will cause interruption to network service, however there is a work-around. Level 3 This issue will seldom appear, and will cause minor inconvenience. Level 4 This issue represents a cosme
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Patch 86253-07 For Rapier Series Switches 3 PCR: 31160 Module: IPG Level: 2 A memory leak occurred if DNS relay was configured, and the device kept receiving DNS Query packets. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31176 Module: PIM6 Level: 2 PIM6 could not send unicast bootstrap messages to a new neighbour. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31178 Module: FIREWALL Level: 4 If the SMTP Proxy detecte
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4 Patch Release Note PCR: 31233 Module: L3F Level: 2 A filter entry was lost when the SET SWITCH L3FILTER ENTRY command did not succeed. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31236 Module: IPV6 Level: 3 Link-local addresses can only be unicast addresses. If a link-local address was added as an anycast address, no error message was returned. This issue has been resolved. Now, an error message is returned stating that a link- local
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Patch 86253-07 For Rapier Series Switches 5 PCR: 31270 Module: CURE, IPG, ATK, Level: 3 DVMRP, IPX2, LB, LOG, SNMP, UTILITY Entering “?” after a command at the CLI gives context-sensitive Help about parameters valid for the command. Occasionally, commands (for example, ENABLE IP MULTICASTING) were executed when “?” was entered at the end of the command. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 40006 Module: LOG Level: 2 Executing t
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6 Patch Release Note Features in 86253-05 Patch file details are listed in Table 2: Table 2: Patch file details for Patch 86253-05. 86s-253.rez Base Software Release File 26-November-2003 Patch Release Date 86253-05.paz Compressed Patch File Name 700793 bytes Compressed Patch File Size Patch 86253-05 includes all issues resolved and enhancements released in previous patches for Software Release 2.5.3, and the following enhancements: PCR: 03781 Module: STP Level:
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Patch 86253-07 For Rapier Series Switches 7 PCR: 03953 Module: SW56 Level: 3 On AT-8800 series switches, strict QoS scheduling is now enforced for ports where egress rate limiting is applied. On Rapier i series switches, the same QoS setup is now applied to all of the appropriate ports when setting up egress rate limiting. PCR: 03970 Module: IPV6 Level: 3 If an IPv6 filter that blocked traffic on a VLAN interface was removed, t
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8 Patch Release Note PCR: 31040 Module: PIM Level: 2 When two devices are BSR candidates, and have the same preference set with the SET PIM BSRCANDIDATE PREFERENCE command, the device with the higher IP address was not elected as the candidate. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31041 Module: PIM Level: 3 A Prune message sent to an old RP neighbour was ignored when a new unicast route was learned. This issue has been resolved.
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Patch 86253-07 For Rapier Series Switches 9 PCR: 31071 Module: SWI Level: 4 The warning given when a QoS policy is active on a port operating at reduced speed has been changed to reflect the problem more accurately. The old message was: Warning (2087343): Port is currently used in QoS policy , this policy may become incorrect due to the port bandwidth. The new message is: Warning (2087350): Port is operating at less than
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10 Patch Release Note PCR: 31106 Module: MLD Level: 2 When the device received a version 1 Query packet, it become a non-querier on that interface, even if it should have remained as the querier. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31118 Module: SWI Level: 2 When the TYPE parameter was specified for the ADD SWITCH L3FILTER command, the type was sometimes a different value in the device’s hardware table. This issue has been reso
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Patch 86253-07 For Rapier Series Switches DELETE IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 11 ADD IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Syntax ADD IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS=ipaddr[,...] Description where: ipaddr is a reserved IP multicast address in dotted decimal notation. This command adds reserved IP multicast addresses to the list of router multicast addresses. The IP address specified must be within the range 224.0.0.1 to 224.0.0.255. This command is only valid if the IGMP snooping router mode is set to IP wit
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12 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note Description This command deletes reserved IP multicast addresses from the list of router multicast addresses. The IP address specified must be within the range 224.0.0.1 to 224.0.0.255. This command is only valid if the IGMP snooping router mode is set to IP with the SET IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERMODE command. SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Syntax SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Description This command displays information about the list of co
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Patch 86253-07 For Rapier Series Switches SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 13 PCR: 31145 Module: SWI Level: 3 The port counters were not incremented: • ifInDiscards ifinErrors ifOutDiscards ifOutErrors This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31146 Module: SWI Level: 3 The following SNMP MIB objects could not be set: Dot1dStpPriority Dot1dStpBridgeMaxAge Dot1dStpBridgeHelloTime Dot1dStpBridgeForwardDelay This issue has been
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14 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note The Proposal flag is not set in a BPDU sent by a designated port once the port has reached the forwarding state. PCR: 31159 Module: FW, VLAN Level: 2 Static ARP entries sometimes prevented the firewall from working correctly. This is because when an VLAN interface is added to the firewall, the CPU takes over the routing from the switch silicon in order to inspect the packet. Hence all the Layer 3 route en
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Patch 86253-07 For Rapier Series Switches SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 15 PCR: 31190 Module: SWI, SW56 Level: 2 When static port security was enabled with the RELEARN parameter in the SET SWITCH PORT command, and a switch port was reset or unplugged, the MAC entries were removed (unlearned) from the forwarding database table. The MAC entries should only be removed when dynamic port security is in use. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31194 Module: BGP, I
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16 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note PCR: 03268 Module: SWI Level: 1 When using MVR on a Rapier 48 or Rapier 48i, multicast packets were not forwarded correctly between ports 1-24 and 25-48. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03409 Module: SWI Level: 2 The switch filter was not operating correctly after a boot cycle. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03524 Module: OSPF, IPG Lev
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Patch 86253-07 For Rapier Series Switches SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 17 For example, to turn off the Diffie Hellman padding, use the command: SET ENCO DHPADDING=OFF Also, the output of the SHOW ENCO command now contains a new line showing the setting for DHPADDING. PCR: 03704 Module: BGP Level: 2 BGP was importing the best route from IP without checking whether the route was reachable. BGP now selects the best reachable route. If there are no reachable ro
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18 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note PCR: 03780 Module: INSTALL Level: 3 If a configuration file had a long file name, the SHOW CONFIG command displayed the file name using the shortened DOS 8.3 format (where file names are 8 characters long, with extensions of 3 characters). This issue has been resolved so that long configuration file names are now displayed using the DOS 16.3 format (where file names are up to 16 characters long). PCR: 0378
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Patch 86253-07 For Rapier Series Switches SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 19 PCR: 03828 Module: IPV6 Level: 2 The MTU value for IPv6 PPP interfaces was always set to 1280 bytes. This MTU value is now correctly set to 1500 bytes, and 1492 bytes for PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE). PCR: 03836 Module: OSPF Level: 2 OSPF sometimes chose routes with an infinite metric over routes with a finite metric when selecting the best local route. T
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20 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note PCR: 03867 Module: BGP Level: 2 BGP sometimes chose routes with an infinite metric over routes with a finite metric when selecting the best local route. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03868 Module: IPG Level: 3 The ipForwDatagrams SNMP MIB object was incremented when it should not have been. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03870 Module: SWI, VLAN
