Dell PowerConnect 6224 Release Note
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Dell™ PowerConnect™ 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P
PowerConnect
6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P
Release Notes
Date: May 2010
System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6
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Page 1: Release Notes
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents I n t r o d u c t i o n G l o b a l S u p p o r t F i r m w a r e S p e c i f i c a t i o n s H a r d w a r e S u p p o r t e d A d d e d F u n c t i o n a l i t y i n t h i s R e l e a s e C h a n g e d F u n c t i o n a l i t y i n t h i s R e l e a s e... -
Page 3: Introduction
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Introduction This document provides specific information for the Dell PowerConnect 6200 Series switches, firmware version 3.2.0.6. It is recommended that this release note be thoroughly reviewed prior to installing or upgrading of this product. Global Support For information regarding the latest available firmware, release note revisions, or additional assistance, please visit the http://support.dell.com/... -
Page 4: Hardware Supported
Supported Firmware Functionality For more details regarding the functionalities listed, please refer to the Dell™ PowerConnect™ 6200 Series Systems CLI Reference Guide and the Dell™ PowerConnect™ 6200 Series Configuration Guide NOTE: OMNM 4.1 will not discover the switches running any version of 3.x.y.z firmware therefore users should upgrade to... -
Page 5: Added Functionality In This Release
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Added Functionality in this Release Non-Stop Forwarding This feature creates an option to allow the forwarding plane of stack units to continue to forward packets while the control and management planes restart as a result of a power failure, hardware failure, or software fault on the stack management unit. - Page 6 Serviceability Tracing Commands Debug commands provided to enable tracing of various protocols. Faster Initialization for Stacking Failover Fast Reinitialization involves improvement in: • Detection of Management Unit Failure • Building Card Manager Database • Application of saved configuration Performance Improvements (based on Configuration File size) are: •...
- Page 7 PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes MLD Snooping (RFC2710) In IPv4, Layer 2 switches can use IGMP Snooping to limit the flooding of multicast traffic by dynamically configuring Layer 2 interfaces so that multicast traffic is forwarded to only those interfaces associated with IP multicast address.
- Page 8 RADIUS Enhancements • The maximum number of RADIUS servers supported has increased from three to 32. • RADIUS servers with the same name can be used as Backups (RADIUS Authentication and Accounting servers) • Simultaneous Transactions to Multiple RADIUS Servers •...
- Page 9 PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Ping/Traceroute Enhancements New ping options have been added to allow the user to specify the number and size of echo requests and the interval between echo requests. A ping can now be initiated via SNMP using the MIB defined in RFC 2925.
- Page 10 Granular OSPF v2/v3 Traps Configure which of the OSPF traps the OSPF Router should generate by enabling or disabling the trap condition. If a trap condition is enabled and the condition is detected, the OSPF router will send the trap to all trap receivers.
- Page 11 PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Configured Tunnels MTU To comply with RFC 4213, Basic Transition Mechanisms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers, the IPv6 MTU on configured IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels was changed from 1480 bytes to 1280 bytes. IPv6 6 to 4 Auto Tunnels The 6 to 4 tunnels automatically formed IPv4 6 to 4 tunnels for carrying IPv6 traffic.
- Page 12 IPv6 Management Enhancements Provides the following: • Dual IPv4/IPv6 operation over the network port • Static assignment of IPv6 addresses and gateways for the service/network ports • Ability to ping an IPv6 link-local address over the service/network port • SNMP traps and queries via the service/network port Updated IPv4 Multicast Routing Support The Multicast package code has been extensively re-engineered and furnished with the following: •...
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Page 13: Changed Functionality In This Release
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Changed Functionality in this Release Spanning Tree Update – 802.1Q-2005 Spanning Tree now supports IEEE802.1Q-2005. This version of the IEEE Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol corrects problems associated with the previous version, provides for faster transition-to-forwarding, and incorporates new features for a port (restricted role and restricted TCN). - Page 14 ip route Command Changed The syntax of the ip route command has changed. The metric keyword is no longer accepted as it had no effect. The new syntax is: ip route ip addr subnetmask | prefix-length nextHopRtr [ preference ] distance ospf Command Changed The distance ospf command has been changed (for both OSPFv2 and OSPFv3) to the industry standard syntax.
- Page 15 PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Trap Configuration In previous versions of the software, configuration of the flags for controlling traps was scattered about in a number of places. snmp-server enable traps is now a common command for configuring all trap flags. The legacy commands are preserved for backward compatibility.
- Page 16 ACL Changes The following changes apply to ingress and egress ACLs: Maximum of 100 ACLs Maximum rules per ACL are 127 Note: Although the maximum number of ACLs is 100, and the maximum number of rules per ACL is 127, the system cannot support 100 ACLs that each has 127 rules.
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Page 17: Deprecated Commands And Parameters
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Deprecated Commands and Parameters The following CLI commands have been deprecated since the 2.x release. Title Description bridge address Interface Configuration mode Rationale: The following parameters have been deprecated: • delete-on-reset • delete-on-timeout • secure ip dhcp filtering Global Configuration mode Rationale: The ip dhcp filtering command has been deprecated. - Page 18 Title Description ip ospf Interface Configuration mode Rationale: The ip ospf command has been deprecated. This functionality has been replaced by the ip ospf area command. ip ospf areaid Interface Configuration mode Rationale: The ip ospf areaid command has been deprecated. This functionality has been replaced by the ip ospf area command.
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Page 19: C H A N G E D F U N C T I O N A L I T Y I N T H I S R E L E A S
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Issues Resolved The following is a list of issues resolved in the current firmware release. Description User Impact Resolution Unable to configure IPv6 host User is not aware that the only IPv4 Updated the help string to mention... - Page 20 Description User Impact Resolution Bridge multicast forbidden Flooding in ingress VLAN. Modified the L3 interaction code of forward-unregistered causes snooping to notify the driver when L3 Multicast to fail. snooping is enabled. When snooping is disabled, the current operational state of snooping is also sent to the driver.
- Page 21 PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Description User Impact Resolution Cannot enter Daylight Saving In summer time configuration page, in In summer time configuration page, Time from Web interface. recursive mode, clock zone field is not in recursive mode, added accepting valid range.
- Page 22 Description User Impact Resolution Changing Radius Timeout from Correct the API to properly set the Changing the Timeout Duration field on the Web interface inadvertently RADIUS priority. RADIUS Server Configuration web page would changes Priority to same value. also change the Priority field to the same value. Radius Servers always show The RADIUS Server Status web page was Retrieved the server status the same as...
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Page 23: Cli Reference Manual Updates
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes CLI Reference Manual Updates Non-Stop Forwarding Title Description Use this command to enable non-stop forwarding. The “no” form of the command will disable NSF. no nsf Default: Non-stop forwarding is enabled by default. show nsf Use this command to show the status of non-stop forwarding. - Page 24 Title Description show ip ospf neighbor This command has been enhanced to list the per neighbor graceful restart status described in the RFC 4750 MIB. Possible values for Restart Helper Status are as follows: • Helping – This router is acting as a helpful neighbor to this neighbor. •...
- Page 25 Default: The switch remains in the quiet state for 90 seconds. Refer to the Dell™ PowerConnect™ 6200 Series Systems CLI Reference Guide for details. System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 23...
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Page 26: User's Guide Updates
CLI Reference Manual. ip pimdm query-interval show ip pimdm interface User’s Guide Updates Configuring Dell PowerConnect Title Description See: Dell™ PowerConnect™ 6200 Series User’s Guide User’s Guide Dell™ PowerConnect™ 6200 Series Configuration Guide See: Configuration Guide System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6... -
Page 27: C L I R E F E R E N C E M A N U A L U P D A T E
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Known Issues Summary User Impact Workaround Non-configuration file When the switch reboots and attempts to It is recommended that all users keep getting loaded to read an invalid start-up configuration file, it backups of their configuration files. - Page 28 Summary User Impact Workaround Bridge multicast If a user configures the bridge multicast None. address is shown as address as an IP address format in VLAN MAC Address format interface mode, it is displayed in the show in show running- running-config command in MAC address config buffer when it format.
- Page 29 PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Summary User Impact Workaround ISDP updates are not Upon changing configuration immediately The administrator can work around this including Voice VLAN after getting the VLAN assigned, DUT stops problem by shutting down the port and Reply TLV when...
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Page 30: K N O W N R E S T R I C T I O N S A N D L I M I T A T I O N
Known Restrictions and Limitations Layer 2 802.1AB (LLDP) Description User Impact LLDP-MED location and inventory The switch does not support configuring this data so enabling these TLVs transmit TLVs have no effect. has no effect. Description User Impact Traffic permitted by an outbound This behavior is a limitation of implementing egress ACLs on an ingress ACL on one port can be allowed on classifier. - Page 31 PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes LACP Description User Impact LAGs Supported Number of LAGs supported: • Up to 18 Dynamic LAGs • 48 Static LAGs Limitations (stack of 12) • Long Timeouts With a minimal CPU load, it takes approximately 1.5 minutes with 16 dynamic LAGs and 15 MSTP instances for the ports to become active with traffic running.
- Page 32 ICMP Description User Impact IPv4 Fragmentation support The switch is not fragmenting the datagram and forwards even when the IP MTU of the forwarding Interface is set to a lower value (than the datagram size). This is a hardware limitation and is working as designed. The HW does not allow the IP MTU to be configured per VLAN.
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Page 33: M A N A G E M E N
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Management Description User Impact radius-server mode commands do None of the commands in radius-server mode support a "no" form except not have a "no" form. for the msgauth command. To reset values to the default, delete the server and add it back. -
Page 34: E N D O F R E L E A S E N O T E
Cable Diagnostics Description User Impact Cable Length Diagnostic shows Problem is intermittent and only observable when connected to a D-Link result as 'Unknown' for a port to DES1008. which Network is connected. File Management Description User Impact Error displayed on console while When applying configuration to ports which do not exist, errors are applying configuration for a 48 port generated such that all subsequent commands fail.