Allied Telesis AT-9800 Series manual

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    Software Maintenance Release Note Release sb273-01 For SwitchBlade 4000 Series Switches and A T -9800 Series Switches Intr oduction This software maintenance release note lists the issues addressed, and enhancements made, in patch SB273-01 fo r Software Release 2.7.3 on existing models of the SwitchBlade and A T -9800 seri es switches. Release file[...]

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    2 Enabling and installing this Releas e Software Maintenance Release Note Release sb273-01 C613-10436-00 Rev A Some of the issues addressed i n this Re lease Note include a level number . This number reflects the importance of the issue that has been r esolved. The levels are: Enabling and installing this Release T o use this maintenance release yo[...]

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    Release sb2 73-01 3 Release sb273-01 C613-10436 -00 Rev A A reboot could occur while ageing out Firewall sessions when the device was under heavy load and had many active Firewall session s. This issue has been r esolved. (No PCR number .) When either the Firewall was enable d or multiple L2TP tun nels were configured, and a default route existed o[...]

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    4 Features in sb273-01 Software Maintenance Release Note Release sb273-01 C613-10436-00 Rev A Previously , wh en the packet overhead limits were exceede d, some packets were being silently dr opped by SQoS. This issue has been r esolved. Additionally , extra checking has been added to the A TM process so that it will explicitly drop, and count, any[...]

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    Release sb2 73-01 5 Release sb273-01 C613-10436 -00 Rev A DVMRP packets wer e being dr opped due to packet length incon sistencies from other vendor devices. This issue has been r esolved. (No PCR number .) If A TM is receiving a OAM loopback cell (normal from an ISP) at regular intervals then it may cause a reboot. This fix stops this behaviour an[...]