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C613-10501-01-REV B Software Release Note AlliedWare Plus Version 5.3.4-0.1 1

Software Release Note

AlliedWare Plus Version 5.3.4-0.1

For SwitchBlade x908, x900 Series, and x600 Series Switches

Contents

Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................................1

Acknowledgements............................................................................................................................................................2

New Features and Enhancements.............................................................................................................................3

Changes in this Version....................................................................................................................................................6

Installing this Software Version..................................................................................................................................23

Installing the GUI...............................................................................................................................................................24

Errata to the Software Reference...........................................................................................................................26

icmp-redirect (x600).......................................................................................................................................................26

sflow agent (address)......................................................................................................................................................27

GUI Errata.............................................................................................................................................................................28

Introduction

This release note describes the new features and enhancements in AlliedWare Plus software

version 5.3.4 since version 5.3.3. For more information, see the Software Reference for your

switch. Software file details for this version are listed in Table 1 below. There is a new GUI file

for this version; the GUI file listed in the table below for use with software version 5.3.4 is not

the same as for software version 5.3.3.

1. GUI updates: This GUI version supports configuring PoE on the x600-24Ts-POE.

Support for the XEM-2XP module for x908/x900 series switches has been added.

Caution: Using a software version file for the wrong switch model may cause unpredictable

results, including disruption to the network. Information in this release note is subject to

change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Allied Telesis,

Inc. While every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained within this

document and the features and changes described are accurate, Allied Telesis, Inc. can not

accept any type of liability for errors in, or omissions arising from, the use of this information.

Table 1: Switch models and software file names

Models Series Software File Date GUI File

x600-24Ts, x600-24Ts/XP,

x600-48Ts, x600-48Ts/XP

x600 r6-5.3.4-0.1.rel 4 July 2010 gui_534_06.jar

x600-24Ts-POE x600 r6-5.3.4-0.1.rel 4 July 2010 gui_534_06.jar

x900-12XT/S, x900-24 x900 r1-5.3.4-0.1.rel 4 July 2010 gui_534_06.jar

SwitchBlade x908 SwitchBlade r1-5.3.4-0.1.rel 4 July 2010 gui_534_06.jar

Summary of content (34 pages)

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Software Release Note AlliedWare Plus Version 5.3.4-0.1 For SwitchBlade x908, x900 Series, and x600 Series Switches Contents Introduction.............................................................................................................................................................................1 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................................................................
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Acknowledgements This product includes software developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors. Copyright ©1982, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org/). Copyright ©1998-2008 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved.
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New Features and Enhancements This software version includes the following main new features. For a list of all new and enhanced features and commands, see “Changes in this Version” on page 6. For more information about all features on the switch, see the Software Reference for your switch. Unless otherwise stated, all new features and enhancements are available on all switch models running this version of AlliedWare Plus.
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Triggers Enhancements (VCStack) This feature introduces trigger command enhancements (configured for VCStack) to enable simpler and more stable VCStack configurations to be created. The user can select a preconfigured trigger that will activate on a stack member if it becomes the disabled master. This feature deprecates the VCStack fallback config feature available in previous releases.
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Strong Passwords This feature enables the implementation of a high security password policy that can control password definition, password expiry date, and account lockout options upon login failure.
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Changes in this Version Table 2 below lists all new and modified features and commands in this version. If your existing configurations include commands modified or deleted in this version (see the Status column), check whether you need to modify these configurations. For full command descriptions, see Software Reference for your switch.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description Diagnostic Monitoring (Backgroup PCS Ping) diagnostic monitor pcsping Command New N Y System Configuration and Monitoring Commands Use this command to disable or configure the background PCS (Physical Coding Sublayer) ping monitoring feature to either output a log message or to power off a XEM when a background PCS ping check fails.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description debug platform packet Command Modified Y Y Switching Commands The sflow parameter option has been added to the debug platform packet command to display only sFlow packets when enabled. The vlan parameter option has also been added to the debug platform packet command to limit debug to a single VLAN ID specified when enabled.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description 100 LAG License (x600 only) channel-group mode Command Modified Y N Link Aggregation Commands With this command you add a switch port to a dynamic channel group specified by the channel group number. You can now create 32 channel groups with a base license, consisting of a combination of static and dynamic channel groups.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description RIPng cisco-metricbehavior (RIPng) Command New Y Y RIPng Commands Use this command to enable or disable the RIPng routing metric update to conform to Cisco’s implementation. The Cisco implementation sets the metric of redistributed connected and static RIPng routes to 0 by default.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description bgp gracefulrestart gracefulreset Command New Y Y BGP Commands This command enables BGP graceful-restart when a configuration change forces a peer restart. bgp multipleinstance Command Modified Y Y BGP Commands This command enables the BGP multiple instance support. You now have the option to activate the same peer in multiple BGP views.
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show ip bgp neighbors sentmsgs Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description Command New Y Y BGP Commands This command displays the number of messages sent to the neighbor from the peer throughout the session. show ip bgp Command New neighbors update Y Y BGP Commands This command displays the number of update messages sent to the neighbor from the peer throughout the session.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description access-list extended (named) Command Modified Y Y IPv4 Access Control List (ACL) Commands This command has been modified. This command configures an extended named access-list that permits or denies packets from specific source and destination IP addresses.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description access-list hardware ICMP filter Command New Y Y IPv4 Access Control List (ACL) Commands Use this ACL filter to add a new ICMP filter entry to the current hardware access-list. If a sequence number is specified, the new filter is inserted at the specified location. Otherwise, the new filter is added at the end of the accesslist.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description access-list (standard numbered) filter Command New Y Y IPv4 Access Control List (ACL) Commands This ACL filter adds a source IP address filter entry to a current standard numbered accesslist. If a sequence number is specified, the new filter entry is inserted at the specified location. Otherwise, the new filter entry is added at the end of the access-list.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description ipv6 access-list Command Modified named TCP UDP filter Y Y IPv6 Access Control List (ACL) Commands Use this ACL filter to add a filter entry for an IPv6 source and destination address and prefix, with TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) or UDP (User Datagram Protocol) source and destination ports specified, to the current named IPv6 access-list.
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x908/x900 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Type auth guest-vlan Command Modified Y Y Authentication This command enables and configures the Commands Guest VLAN feature on the interface specified by associating a Guest VLAN with an interface. The new optional routing parameter enables routing from the Guest VLAN to another VLAN, so the switch can lease DHCP addresses and accept access to a limited network.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description clear arp security Command New statistics Y Y DHCP Snooping Commands Use this command to clear ARP security statistics for the specified ports, or for all ports. clear ip dhcp snooping binding Command New Y Y DHCP Snooping Commands Use this command to remove dynamic entries from the DHCP snooping database.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description ip dhcp snooping verify macaddress Command New Y Y DHCP Snooping Commands Use this command to verify that the source MAC address and client hardware address match in DHCP packets on untrusted ports.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description DHCP clear ip dhcp binding Command New Y Y Dynamic Host On dynamically allocated bindings this Configuration command clears either a specific lease binding, or the lease bindings specified by the command. Protocol (DHCP) Commands Command Modified Y Y SNMP Commands This command can now enable the switch to send DHCP snooping notifications (traps).
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x908/x900 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Type sflow enable Command New Y Y sFlow Commands This command enables sFlow® globally on the switch. Note that sFlow cannot be enabled if Tx port mirroring is enabled on any port on the device. sflow maxheader-size Command New Y Y sFlow Commands This command sets the maximum header size of the ethernet frames sampled on a specified port.
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Type Status x908/x900 Feature/ Command/ MIB x600 Table 2: New and modified features and commands Software Reference Chapter Description show provisioning Command New (stack-member) Y Y Stacking Commands This command shows the provisioning status of all installed or provisioned hardware. show stack Command Modified Y Y Stacking Commands This command now shows provisioning details. stack fallbackconfig (Disabled) Command Modified Y Y Stacking Commands This command has been disabled.
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Installing this Software Version To use this software version, your switch must already be running AlliedWare Plus. Contact your distributor or reseller for more information. To install and enable this software version, use the following steps: 1. Copy the software version file (.rel) onto your TFTP server. 2. If necessary, delete or move files to create space in the switch’s Flash memory for the new file.
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Installing the GUI This section describes how to install and set up the AlliedWare Plus GUI using an SD card or a TFTP server. The version number in the GUI Java applet filename (.jar) gives the earliest version of the software file (.rel) that the GUI can operate with.
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6. Copy the GUI file onto your switch from the TFTP server or SD card. TFTP server: Use the command: awplus#copy tftp:/// flash:/ where is the IP address of the TFTP server, and where is the filename of the GUI Java applet. SD card: Insert the SD card into the SD slot on the front of your switch, and use the command: awplus#copy card:/ flash:/ where is the filename of the GUI Java applet. 7.
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Errata to the Software Reference The following update is a correction to the Software Reference for AlliedWare Plus 5.3.4-0.1 Note that the show cli and show list commands shown in the Software Reference for AlliedWare Plus 5.3.4-0.1 are not supported in this release. Note that the icmp-redirect command will operate on the x600 series only. The ip redirects command in the Software Reference for AlliedWare Plus 5.3.4-0.1 is not supported in this release.
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sflow agent (address) This command sets the sFlow® agent IP address on the switch. This address is inserted into every sFlow datagram sent from the sFlow agent switch to the sFlow collector device. The sFlow collector can then uses this address to uniquely identify and to access the switch, such as for SNMP. We therefore recommend that you change this address as little as possible.
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GUI Errata System > File Management The System > File Management menu tab allows you to create, copy, delete, upload or download files to and from the switch. Menu Tab Description: File System 28 Figure 1-3: Example showing the System > File Management menu tab: Label / Field / Button Description File System Displays file names, file dates, and file sizes of files in Flash, NVS or SD-card.
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Description: System Configuration C613-10501-01-REV B Label / Field / Button Description (cont.) File System / Move File or Folder Select the file or folder you want to move then click on the Move File or Folder icon located directly below the File System label. Choose the Destination Folder from the drop down list in the Move File dialog then select OK to move the file or folder to the chosen destination.
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System > Status The System > Status menu tab enables you to display and configure basic system information. The CPU Used % and Memory Free % graphs provide a brief history of CPU and memory usage. Note For systems equipped and configured using VCStack, there is a separate tab for each stack member with the system name displayed on each tab.
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Display Label / Field Description (cont.) System / Description Description of the switch, including manufacturer, model, and software version. Top Ten Utilised Ports Displays a sorted list of the ten most used ports listed by port and its utilization. You can rearrange and resort the list by port or utilization. Description Configuration Button / Field Description System Time & Date (icon) Add or modify System Date, System Time, UTC Time Zone Offset.
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System > Stacking The System > Stacking menu tab allows you to display and monitor a summary of the identity and status of stack members, plus you can also configure the VLAN ID and IP subnets used for internal VCStack communication. Menu Tab Description: Stacking Management 32 Figure 1-6: Example showing the System > Stacking menu tab: Label / Field / Button Description Stacking Management / Stack Status The stack’s overall status.
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Description: Stack Status C613-10501-01-REV B Label / Field / Button Description (cont.) Stacking Management / Virtual MAC Address Status Indicates whether the virtual MAC address is enabled or disabled. Stacking Management / Next Virtual MAC Address Status Indicates whether the next virtual MAC address is enabled or disabled. Stacking Management / Virtual Chassis ID Displays the current virtual chassis ID.
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Software Release Note AlliedWare Plus Version 5.3.4-0.