User guide

Open Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions
OmniSwitch 6600/7000/8800—Release 5.1.5.R04 page 97
PR 76820
When user configures the ip helper on the second hop of an OS6624/48 and thus after authentication, the
PC is not able to get the ip address. Therefore AOS appears to not be able to learn the MAC where in fact
the PC never gets the IP address and thus no traffic from the PC.
Workaround: Configure ip helper on the first hop.
PR 77107
After HTTP authentication on the OS7000, MAC OS X will reset the link and thus all MAC learned are
flushed on that port. This will cause the MAC OS X to be de-authenticated.
Workaround: Use a hub between the MAC OS X and the OmniSwitch switches so that the link does not
go down.
PR 77987
With traffic on the default VLAN turned on, sometimes unable to obtain IP address via DHCP for the
default VLAN's subnet on an OS7000.
Workaround: There is no known workaround at this time.
Policy Server Management
Problem Reports
PR 61677
When the PolicyView application is started on the OS7000, it automatically creates an entry for the policy
server on the switch. This entry is on port 389 without SSL enabled. PolicyView cannot specify the mode
(SSL or non-SSL) and the port (389 or 636 or another one) which will be used between the LDAP server
and the switch. PolicyView does not provide support for SSL. Every time the PolicyView application is
opened, an entry on port 389 of the switch will be made automatically, and each time this work around
must be done if the user needs SSL.
Workaround: When PolicyView is activated, a policy server using port 389 is systematically created (by
PolicyView) on the switch and policy rules are loaded on that connection.
To use an SSL connection between the LDAP server and the switch to download policies:
1) Delete the server (with port 389) on the switch through CLI or WebView.
2) Flush the policy manager cache from CLI or WebView.
3) Close the PolicyView application.
4) Create a server using CLI or WebView on the SSL port and use a server with port 636 (SSL).
5) Policies will now be downloaded automatically to the switch from the SSL connection. Otherwise, two
instances of the same server will be created (port 389 & 636) and LDAP server with port 389 will be used
as primary server.