Release Notes

IronWare Software Release 02.7.03a for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches
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Enhancement
Descriptions
Described in…
Syslog update The System Log has been updated as follows:
• Separate buffers for static and dynamic logs
• Entries in the static log buffer are cleared at
reset or reload, while entries in the dynamic
log are preserved
• Log buffer size cannot be changed. The log
buffer size is set at 3800 lines
• A show logging command is now available
at the monitor level for Active and Standby
Management Processors
Book: BigIron RX Configuration Giuide
Chapter: Using Syslog
Feature support
Below is a list of all the features supported on the BigIron RX switches. See Unsupported features, for
features not supported.
Supported features
Category Feature description
System level Features
• Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
Allows you to configure a Brocade device to intercept and display the
contents of CDP packets. This feature is useful for learning device and
interface information for Cisco devices in the network.
• CLI Logging
• Denial of Service (DoS) protection
Protection from SYN attacks
Protection from Smurf attacks
• Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP)
Enables Foundry devices to advertise themselves to other Foundry devices on
the network.
• High Availability
OS Layer 2 Hitless Software Upgrade