Release Notes

IronWare Software Release 02.7.02a for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches
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Supported devices for Multi-Service IronWare R02.7.02a
This software release applies to the following Brocade products:
• BigIron RX-4 Switch
• BigIron RX-8 Switch
• BigIron RX-16 Switch
• BigIron RX-32 Switch
Note: The software release described in these release notes can only be used on the devices specified
above.
All information required to operate the BigIron RX Series Switch is described in the BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide or the Brocade BigIron RX Series Installation Guide.
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