Cabletron Systems SmartSTACK ELS100-24TX user manual

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35 Industrial Way
PO Box 5005
Rochester, NH 03867-5005
(603)332-9400
CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES
SmartSTACK Fast Ethernet Switches
ELS100-24TX, ELS100-24TXG, and ELS100-24TXM
Firmware Version 2.01.07
(Release Notes Revised February 7, 2000)
INTRODUCTION:
The ELS100-24TX SmartSTACK Fast Ethernet Switch provides 24 10/100 Mbps RJ45 ports.
The ELS100-24TXG SmartSTACK Fast Ethernet Switch provides 24 10/100 Mbps RJ45 ports and 2 GPIM
interface slots for Gigabit connectivity via Cabletron GPIM modules.

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35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES NMS Platform Version No. Module No. SPECTRUM Post 5.0 Rev. 1 /CS2/MMS2 (SM-CSI1064) SPMA (Spectrum Portable Management Application) Post 3.2 Rev. 1 SPEL (Spectrum Element Manager) Post 2.02.00 N/A If you install this image, you may not have control of all of the latest features of this product until the next version(s) of network management software. Please review the software release notes for your spec

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35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES 1. Support for the “Hunt Group” protocol (Smarttrunking) mode of port trunking was removed. Port trunking is still supported. All trunking protocol selections were removed from the Trunking Configuration Menu. 2. Changing port names via Cabletron WebView would not be saved to non-volatile memory. --This has been fixed. 3. When connecting with Telnet from Sun Solaris 2.6, 2.7 and Red Hat Linux 5.2 and 6.0

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35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES 16. When a 2-port fiber module was present in an ELS100-24TXM, the diagnostic tests on the fiber ports would sometimes fail. – This has been fixed. KNOWN RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS: 1. Upgrading 1.00.0X firmware to 2.00.02 or greater erases configuration information. When upgrading firmware from any 1.00.0X version to 2.00.02 or greater, the switch configuration information such as IP address, VLANs, et

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35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES 17. If Hewlett-Packard GBIC (Gigabit Ethernet Interface Converter) modules are inserted/removed on the ELS100-24TXG while power is applied to the switch, they may become damaged. The damage results in the presence and type identity of the GBIC not being recognized by software. Data will still be switched successfully through the port. 18. The following issues are present when using the Port Trunking featu

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35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES COMPLIANCE SUPPORT: Compliance Level Compliant Year 2000 YES* Known Anomalies: None. * No “Real-Time Clock” is supported with the ELS100-24TX, ELS100-24TXG and ELS100-24TXM Firmware Version 2.01.07. IEEE STANDARDS SUPPORT: Standard Title IEEE 802.1D Transparent Bridging Specifications (ISO/IEC 10038) IEEE 802.1P Traffic Class Expediting and Dynamic Multicast Filtering IEEE 802.1Q Virtual Bridged

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35 Industrial Way PO Box 5005 Rochester, NH 03867-5005 (603)332-9400 CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES Cabletron Private Enterprise MIBs are available in ASN.1 format from the Cabletron Web Site at: http://www.cabletron.com/support/mibs/ . Indexed MIB documentation is also available. SNMP TRAP SUPPORT: RFC No. Title RFC 1157 IETF SNMP coldStart generic 0 linkDown 2 linkUp 3 authenticationFailure 4 enterpriseSpeci