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C613-10506-01-REV A Software Release Note AlliedWare Plus Version 5.4.2-0.1 1

Software Release Note

AlliedWare Plus Version 5.4.2-0.1

For SwitchBlade x908, x900 Series, x610 Series, and x600 Series Switches

Contents

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

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

Hardware Support.............................................................................................................................................................. 3

New Features and Enhancements............................................................................................................................. 5

Changes in this Version ................................................................................................................................................... 8

Installing this Software Version..................................................................................................................................30

Installing the GUI ...............................................................................................................................................................31

Errata to the Software Reference............................................................................................................................33

Introduction

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

version 5.4.2-0.1 since version 5.4.1-0.1. For more information, see the Software Reference for

your switch. Software and documentation and software can be downloaded from the Support

area of our website at http://www.alliedtelesis.com. Note that to download software, you will

need to log in to your account. You can request an account by filling in a form available from the

User Login page. Software file details for this version are listed in Table 1 below.

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,

x600-24Ts-POE,

x600-24Ts-POE+

x600 x600-5.4.2-0.1.rel Mar 2012 gui_542_16.jar

x610-24Ts, x610-24Ts-PoE+,

x610-24Ts/X,

x610-24Ts/X-PoE+,

x610-48Ts, x610-48Ts-PoE+,

x610-48Ts/X,

x610-48Ts/X-PoE+

x610 x610-5.4.2-0.1.rel Mar 2012 gui_542_16.jar

x900-12XT/S, x900-24XS,

x900-24XT

x900 x900-5.4.2-0.1.rel Mar 2012 gui_542_16.jar

SwitchBlade x908 SwitchBlade SBx908-5.4.2-0.1.rel Mar 2012 gui_542_16.jar

Summary of content (34 pages)

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Software Release Note AlliedWare Plus Version 5.4.2-0.1 For SwitchBlade x908, x900 Series, x610 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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Hardware Support This version provides the following new hardware support. For more information on the x610 Series Layer 3+ switches, including Expansion modules, Cables, SFP+ modules and power supply accessories, see the x610 Data Sheet and Hardware Reference. For more information about the Allied Telesis XEMs, refer to the High Speed Expansion Modules, XEM data sheet.
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Increased Maximum LAGs and MAC Tables on SBx908 with XEM-2XP, XEM-2XT, XEM-2XS If a SwitchBlade x908 has only XEM-2XP, XEM-2XT, and/or XEM-2XS XEMs installed (and no XEM-1XP, XEM-12T, or XEM-12S XEMs present), it can now be configured to use a new mode that: ■ increases the maximum number of link aggregators that can be configured to 128 (96 static channel groups and 32 dynamic (LACP) channel groups) ■ increases the maximum size of MAC tables For more information, see the platform silicon-profile comman
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New Features and Enhancements This software version includes the following main new features in AlliedWare Plus version 5.4.2-0.1 since version 5.4.1-0.1. For a list of all new and enhanced features and commands, see “Changes in this Version” on page 8. 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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IPv6 enhancements IPv6 on the switches now supports: ■ IPv6 RA Guard Because an entire IPv6 network configuration can be modified by what is contained in Router Advertisements, the network is vulnerable to rogue messages that are generated either through misconfiguration or due to a malicious attack. RA Guard (RFC6105) defends against these vulnerabilities by blocking RAs and redirects received from the untrusted hosts connected to untrusted ports.
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Privilege level enhancements AlliedWare Plus now supports 15 privilege levels, divided into 3 groups: ■ levels 1-6 provide access to most show commands, in User Exec mode ■ levels 7-14 provide access to some more show commands, in Privileged Exec mode ■ level 15 provides access to some additional show commands and all configuration commands, in Privileged Exec mode Network administrators can now control user access to each privilege level by configuring separate enable passwords for each privilege lev
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Changes in this Version Table 3 below lists new and modified features in this version as documented in the Software References. Table 4 on page 10 below lists all new and modified commands in this version, as documented in the Software References. x600 x610 x900 SBx908 Table 3: New and modified features in 5.4.2-0.
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x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 3: New and modified features in 5.4.2-0.1 Y Y Y Y Multicast You can now configure the switch to forward Introduction and multicast traffic from a specific source and group Commands ingressing on an upstream VLAN to a single or range of downstream VLANs. For more information, see the ip multicast route command. AT-PRODUCT-MIB Modified Y Y Y Y SNMP MIBs New object identifiers for Allied Telesis products have been added.
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 enable (Privileged Exec mode) Modified Y Y Y Y CLI Navigation Commands You can now optionally set the privilege level for a session with this command, as well as entering the Privileged Exec mode.
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 show autoboot New Y Y Y Y File Management Use this command to display the Commands Autoboot configuration and status. show boot Modified Y Y Y Y File Management This command now displays the status Commands of the Autoboot feature.
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 show system pluggable detail Modified Y Y Y Y System Configuration and Monitoring Commands Support for SFP DDM (Digital Diagnostics Monitoring) and XFP DOM (Digital Optical Monitoring) diagnostics has been added. You can now select all pluggables on the switch, or a single pluggable on the switch, or a range of pluggables on the switch with the optional placeholder.
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 platform silicon-profile New – – Y Y Switching Commands This command replaces the deprecated command platform enhanced-mode. A new silicon profile option for a SwitchBlade x908 with all XEM-2XP, XEM-2XT, and XEM-2XS XEMs installed increases hardware table sizes.
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 instance priority (MSTP) Modified Y Y Y Y Spanning Tree Commands You can now specify <1-63> MSTIs for a switch port with this revised command to set the priority for the switch to become the root bridge for the specified MSTI. instance vlan (MSTP) Modified Y Y Y Y Spanning Tree Commands The range of MSTIs for a switch port has increased from <1-15> to <1-63>.
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 show spanning-tree statistics instance interface Modified Y Y Y Y Spanning Tree Commands The range of MSTI instances for a switch port has increased from <115> to <1-63>. This command displays BPDU (Bridge Protocol Data Unit) statistics for the specified MST (Multiple Spanning Tree) instance and the specified switch port associated with that MST instance.
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 show debugging lacp Modified Y Y Y Y Link Aggregation These commands are now available Commands from the User Exec command mode prompt (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#).
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 show debugging ip dns forwarding Modified Y Y Y Y IP Addressing and Protocol Commands These commands are now available from the User Exec command mode prompt (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#).
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x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 ipv6 nd minimum-rainterval New Y Y Y Y IPv6 Commands Use this new command in Interface Configuration mode to set a minimum Router Advertisement (RA) interval for a VLAN interface. Use the no variant of this command in Interface Configuration mode to remove the minimum RA interval for a VLAN interface.
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Command Status x600 x610 x900 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 show debugging rip Modified Y Y Y Y RIP Commands These commands are now available from the User Exec command mode prompt (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#). Modified – Y Y Y RIP Commands These commands are now available from the User Exec command mode prompt (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#).
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 show debugging ipv6 ospf Modified Y Y Y Y OSPFv3 for IPv6 These commands are now available Commands from the User Exec command mode prompt (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#). Modified Y Y Y Y BGP Commands Use these commands to turn on or of one or more BGP debug options. These commands now have the option to debug for BGP NHT (Next Hop Tracking).
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x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 Y Y Y Y BGP Commands These commands are now available from the User Exec command mode prompt (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#). Modified Y Y Y Y BGP Commands These commands are now available from the User Exec command mode prompt (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#).
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 max-static-routes Modified – Y Y Y VRF-Lite Commands This command now enables you to set the maximum number of static routes (excluding FIB—Forwarding Information Base routes) for VRF Instances. show ip vrf Modified – Y Y Y VRF-Lite Commands These commands are now available from the User Exec command mode prompt (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#).
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 ip igmp startup-queryinterval New Y Y Y Y IGMP and IGMP Snooping Commands show debugging igmp Modified Y Y Y Y IGMP and IGMP This command is now available from Snooping the User Exec command mode prompt Commands (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#).
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x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 Y Y Y Y PIM-DM Commands Modified Y Y Y Y MLD Snooping These commands are now available Introduction and from the User Exec command mode Commands prompt (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#).
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Command Status x600 x610 x900 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 police-aggregate Modified – – Y Y QoS Commands show class-map Modified Y Y Y Y QoS Commands These commands are now available from the User Exec command mode prompt (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#).
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 aaa authentication enable default group tacacs+ New Y Y Y Y AAA Commands This command enables AAA authentication to determine the privilege level a user can access for passwords authenticated against the TACACS+ server.
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x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 Y Y Y Y DHCP Snooping These commands are now available Commands from the User Exec command mode prompt (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#). interface (VRRP) (deprecated) Deprecated Y Y Y Y VRRP Commands The interface (VRRP) command has been deprecated.
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 show counter dhcp-client Modified Y Y Y Y Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Commands These commands are now available from the User Exec command mode prompt (awplus>) and the Privileged Exec command mode prompt (awplus#).
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Command Status x610 x900 Software Reference Chapter x600 SBx908 Table 4: New and modified commands in 5.4.2-0.1 type stack master-fail New – – – – Trigger Commands This command initiates the action of a pre-configured trigger to occur when the Control Fabric Card enters the failover state. type usb New – – – – Trigger Commands Use this command to configure a trigger that activates on either the removal or the insertion of a USB storage device.
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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. The software file is available from the Support area of the Allied Telesis website at: http://www.alliedtelesis.com. To install and enable this software version, use the following steps: 1. Copy the software version file (.rel) onto your TFTP server. 2.
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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 GUI Java applet file is available in a compressed (.zip) file from the Support area of the Allied Telesis website: http://www.alliedtelesis.com. 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 5.4.2 ping ipv6 This command sends a query to another IPv6 host (send Echo Request messages). Note Use of the interface parameter keyword, plus an interface or an interface range, with this command is only valid when pinging an IPv6 link local address.
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