Lucent Technologies P550R manual

Release Notes Supporting Cajun P220, P550, and P550R Switches Software Release 4.0.1 November 1999 Part # 610-0120-061[...]

Release 4.0.1 Notes Supporting the Cajun P220, Cajun P550, and Cajun P550R Switches © Copyright LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES 1999 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Printed in USA, November 1999 The products, specifications, and other technical information regarding the products contained in this document are subject to change without notice. All information in this docu[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 3 Chapter 1 Read Me First This section of the Release Notes Supporting the Cajun P220 and Cajun P550 family of switches contains information that is crucial to know before proceeding to install or use the Cajun switch. Please review the following release notes before continuing to the Over[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 4 Chapter 2 Overview This set of release notes supports the Cajun P220, Cajun P550, and Cajun P550R switches. For detailed information about your product, refer the basic set of user documentation. These release notes are intended to get you up and running as quickly as possible. The follo[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 5 Chapter 3 New Features This section covers features specified for Release 4.0.1 of the Cajun P220, Cajun P550, and Cajun P550R switches. All supporting documentation is available from the Lucent Technologies Web site at HTTP://pubs.lucentctc.com . The Cajun P550R switch, which supports L[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 6 • IPX Multinetting • ASCII text configuration files with upload/download • Redundant backplane support for Cajun P550R switches • SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) • AppleTalk Routing • Hexadecimal addressing – subnet masks may be represented by a hexadecimal value • Ac[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 7 The source interface is determined as follows: Table 1-1: Source Interface Determination: BOOTP/DHCP Relay Gateway Number of Interfaces on VLAN Number of Interfaces with Parameter Enabled Source Interface 1 N/A The interface itself. 1 0 The first UP interface found. 1 1 Preferred interfa[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 8 Chapter 4 Product Binaries The following table shows the binary files that contain embedded software for the Release 4.0.1 Cajun P220, Cajun P550, and Cajun P550R switches. Table 1-2: Product Binary Files Type of Switch Binary File Cajun P220 m2200_v4.0.1.bin Cajun P550 m5500_v4.0.1.bin [...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 9 Chapter 5 Installation CAUTION: Release 4.0.1 embedded software requires a MINIMUM of 16 MB DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) to run on a Cajun P550 Layer 2 supervisor module. BEFORE upgrading , ensure that the switch meets this 16 MB DRAM requirement. A memory upgrade is not required [...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 10 5. Use the CLI setup command to configure the switch. 6. Restore the binary configuration files of the release (3.1 or previous) you want to restore. These configuration files do not reflect any changes you made to the running configuration while using Release 4.0.1. Problem: Release 4.[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 11 7. Save your Release 3.1 binary configuration file: a. In the Memory Subsystems section of the Web Agent, click TFTP Update . b. In the TFTP Server IP Address field, enter the IP address of the TFTP server to which you will upload the 3.1 binary configuration file. c. In the Filename fi[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 12 Chapter 6 Problems and Workarounds The following problems and workarounds generally apply to all Cajun switches unless expressly specified. Cajun 48-Port 10/100 Media Module Problem: Due to the positioning of the Cajun P550 48-Port Media Module (M5548E- 100TC) as a high-density desktop [...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 13 If a port is inadvertently configured to use 3Com tagging, use the following procedure: 1. Reconfigure the port to use either Clear or IEEE 802.1Q tagging. 2. Copy (Save) the Running-Config to the Startup-Config. 3. Reboot the switch. NOTES: • 3Com VLT Tagging is not supported but can[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 14 Front Panel Display Problem: The 'lastlink' application on the front panel display does not work on the Cajun P220FE or P220G. Workaround: Currently, no workaround is available. Hardware Frames T ransmitted with CRC Errors For the Cajun P550 20-port Module, Model M5520-100TX ([...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 15 Loopback T ests Loopback tests on ports may fail when there is traffic present on the link at start-up. M5520-TX Loopback Tests During Cold Start Occasionally M5520-TX (P/N M5520-100TX) boards with a Quality Phy will fail loopback tests when the board initially is started. The problem c[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 16 Intelligent Multicasting Problem: Intelligent Multicasting can block protocols to non-multicast routers. If you have enabled Intelligent Multicasting and configured a VLAN attached to one or more non-multicast routers or multicast-capable endstations, Intelligent Multicasting will confi[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 17 OSPF Problem: Upgrading the switch from a Release 3.1 or other previous release to Release 4.0.1 may cause the loss of your virtual link configuration. Workaround: After upgrading and resetting the switch, view your running configuration to ensure that virtual links are intact. (To view[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 18 SNMP NOTES: • Cold start traps cannot be transmitted out of inband interfaces when Spanning Tree is enabled. • ipAddrTable does not display inactive interfaces (VLANs). An inactive interface occurs when there are no active ports on a VLAN. • You cannot have more than 10 SNMP commu[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 19 PPP and Telnet NOTES: • A Telnet session to the serial port via PPP may time out during attempts to transfer large files, such as executable images, to a TFTP server over the same link. However, the file transfer is not terminated. An in-progress T FTP file transfer continues and ends[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 20 VLAN Issues NOTE: If the Switch Port attribute Automatic VLAN Creation is set to Enabled, the Allow Learning attribute must also be set to Enabled. Configuring VLANs NOTES: • In certain large configurations, the switch powers up very slowly. • If you set a port’s VLAN trunking mod[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 21 Chapter 7 Functional Restrictions This section provides information on all of the functional restrictions of the Release 4.0.1 switch software. The functional restrictions are documented alphabetically by functional area (for example, VLANs, DVMR P , IP). Hardware Gigabit Ports Do Not P[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 22 Redundant Controller Support In the event that the redundant switch controller fails, the switch will reset itself. Auto-Negotiation Some network cards do not auto-negotiate correctly with older releases of the 10/100TX modules. This is evidenced by the reception of CRC errors on the mi[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 23 For ports that have a 3Com trunking format, the receiving end of the trunked port attempts to interpret the clear BPDUs as trunked packets. Consequently, these BPDUs are discarded at the receiving end. For Spanning Tree to function properly with 3Com trunked ports, the Spanning Tree mod[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 24 Chapter 8 Bug Fixes The following bugs issued in Release 3.1 were fixed in Release 4.0.1. • Switch crashes with a large number of OSPF LS A’s (over 3000) on the L3 Switch. This has only occurred for one very large customer network and can be easily identified by the crash log submit[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 25 Chapter 9 Additional Undocumented Commands The following sections list and describe commands that are not included in the Cajun P550/P220 Switch Command Line Reference Guide for Release 4.0.1. NOTE: Refer to the Lucent online documentation web site at HTTP://pubs.lucentctc.com, for an u[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 26 set buffering fabric-port <fabric-port-spec> [routing] {input|output} pri- threshold {1| 2|3|4|5 |6|7|all- frames-normal- priority} N/A <fabric-port-spec> – fabric port specifier - (#/#, #/FORE, #/#-#/# on P550/P550R) (CPU,G1,G2, G3,G4,G5,G6,G7,A1 on P220G) (CPU,G1,A1,1- 1[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 27 DVMRP Commands Tabl e 1-5 shows new and changed DVMRP Commands in Release 4.0.1: show buffering fabric-port [<fabric-port-spec> [...,<fabric-port- spec>]] N/A <fabric-port-spec> – fabric port specifier - (#/ #, #/FORE, #/#-#/# on P550) (CPU,G1,G2,G3,G4,G5,G6,G7,A1 on[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 28 IGMP Commands Tabl e 1-6 shows new and changed IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol MIB, draft-ietf- edmr-igmp-mib-12.txt) commands in Release 4.0.1: IP Commands Tabl e 1-7 shows new and changed IP Commands in Release 4.0.1: Table 1-6: IGMP Command s Old Command New Command New Defi[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 29 N/A clear tcp all Clear all TCP connections that aren't in the listening state. Command Mode : Configuration N/A clear tcp local <ip- address> <tcp-port> remote <ip-address> <tcp-port> Clear the TCP connection specified by the local IP address and port and r[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 30 IPX Commands Tabl e 1-8 shows new and changed IPX Commands in Release 4.0.1: show ip arp [static] show ip arp [<ip-addr>] [<if-name>] [static] This command is equivalent to the show arp command. • ip-addr – the IP address. • if-name – the interface name. System Suppo[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 31 N/A To Enable : ipx max-service-entries <max-service-entries> To Disable : [no] ipx max-service- entries Specify the maximum number of IPX services in the service table. Use the no release of the command to return to the default value of 2048 . If the maximum number of services is[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 32 LDAP Commands Tabl e 1-9 shows new and changed LDAP commands in Release 4.0.1: Table 1-9: LDAP Command s Old Command New Command New Definition/Argument ldap debug <debug- level> N/A Command removed from CLI. To Enable : ldap producer-signal <producer-signal> To Disable: [no[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 33 Logging Commands Tabl e 1-10 shows new and changed logging commands in Release 4.0.1: Table 1-10: Logging Command s Old Command New Command New Definition/Argument To Enable : logging console [{start|system|config| temp| resource|fan|service_p ort|user_port|auth_fai lure| bridge_stat|sw[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 34 OSPF Commands Tabl e 1-11 shows new and changed OSPF Commands in Release 4.0.1: To Enable : logging shutdown size {16|32|64|128} To Disable : [no] logging shutdown size {16|32|64|128} To Enable : N/A To Disable : [no] logging shutdown size Please note the change to the no form of the co[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 35 Policy Commands Tabl e 1-12 shows new and changed Policy Commands in Release 4.0.1: Table 1-12: Policy Command s Old Command New Command New Definition/Argument To Enable : ip access-group <access-list-name> [default-action-deny] To Disable : [no] ip access-group N/A There is no d[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 36 N/A ip access-list - Continued from previous page The range operator requires two port numbers. All other operators require one port number. • port – the decimal number or name of a TCP or UDP port. A port number is a number from 0 to 65535 . • established – for the TCP protocol[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 37 Port Commands Tabl e 1-13 shows new and changed Port Commands in Release 4.0.1: Table 1-13: Port Command s Old Command New Command New Definition/Argument N/A show ethernet counters [{<mod-num>|<mod- swport-spec>}] Display ethernet interface statistics. • <mod-num> ?[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 38 SNMP Commands Tabl e 1-14 shows new and changed SNMP Commands in Release 4.0.1: Switch IP Commands Tabl e 1-15 shows new and changed Switch IP Commands in Release 4.0.1: N/A show module counters [<mod-num>] Display the aggregate switch port sta- tistics for a specified module or a[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 39 System Commands Tabl e 1-16 shows new and changed System Commands in Release 4.0.1: N/A set ip telnet inactivity-period <timeout> Specifies how many seconds a telnet session remains open with no activity. Setting it to 0 disables the timer so that sessions never close because of i[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 40 UI Commands Tabl e 1-17 shows new and changed UI Commands in Release 4.0.1: Table 1-17: UI Commands Old Command New Command New Definition/Argument N/A ping <ip-addr> [<count> [<delay> [<size> [<timeout>[quiet]]]]] Check host reachability and network connec[...]

Cajun P220, P550, P550R Switch Release Notes, Release 4.0.1 41 N/A ping ipx <ipx- network.next-hop-node> [<count> [<delay> [<size> [<timeout>[quiet]]]]] Check the IPX host reachability and network connectivity. • <ipx-network.next-hop- node> – the IPX Address of the host to ping. IPX-network is a hexadecimal [...]