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    Dell™ PowerConnect™ 6224/ 6224F/6224P/6248/6248P PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes Date: May 2010 System Firmwar e Version 3.2.0.6 Information in th is document is subject to change w ithout notice. © 2003 – 2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any manner whatsoever wit hout the wr itten perm ission of Del[...]

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    i i System Firmware V ersi on 3. 2.0 .6 Table of Contents Introduction 1 Global Support 1 Firmware Specifi cations 1 Hardware Suppor ted 2 Added Functiona lity in this Rele ase 3 Changed Functio nality in this Release 11 Deprecated Commands and Parameters 15 Issues Resol ved 17 CLI Reference Manual Updates 21 User’s Gui de Updates 24 Known Issues[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 1 Introduction This document provides specific informa tion for the Dell PowerConnect 6200 Ser ies switches, firmware v ersion 3.2.0.6. It is recommended that this release note be thoroughly re viewed prior to installing or upgrading of t his product. Glob[...]

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    2 System Firmware V ersi on 3. 2.0.6 Firmware Image Name Version No. Release Date PC6200v3.2.0.6.stk 3.2.0.6 May 2010 Version Numbering C onvention Version number Description 6200 Series 3 2 0 6 Four part version number  Denotes the build number.  Denotes an ad hoc release of the product software.  Denotes a scheduled maintenance release o[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 3 Added Functionality in this Release ¾ Non-Stop F orwarding This feature creates an optio n to allo w the forwardi ng plane o f stack units to c ontinue to f orward packets while the control and manage ment planes restart as a re sult of a power failure,[...]

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    4 System Firmware V ersi on 3. 2.0.6 ¾ Serviceability Tracing Commands Debug comm ands provi ded to enable t racing of vari ous protoc ols. ¾ Faster Initialization for Stacking Failo ver Fast Reinitialization invo lves improvement in: • Detection of M anagement U nit Failure • Building Card M a nage r Dat a base • Application of saved confi[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 5 ¾ MLD Snooping (RFC2710) In IPv4, Lay er 2 switches ca n use IGMP S nooping to li mit the fl ooding of m ulticast traffic by dynamicall y configuring Layer 2 interfaces so that multicast traffic is forwarded to only those in terfaces associated with IP [...]

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    6 System Firmware V ersi on 3. 2.0.6 ¾ RADIUS Enhancem ents • The maxim um number of RADIUS servers supported has i ncreased from three to 32. • RADIUS servers with the sam e name can be use d as Backups (RADIUS Authentication and Accounting server s) • Simultaneous Transactions to Multiple RADIUS Servers • RADIUS Accounting – Allows a c[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 7 ¾ Ping/Traceroute Enhancem ents New ping opt ions have bee n added to all ow the user t o specify the number and size o f echo requests a nd the interval between echo requests. A ping can now be initiated via SNMP using the MIB defined in RFC 2925. New [...]

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    8 System Firmware V ersi on 3. 2.0.6 ¾ Granular OSPF v2/v3 Tra ps Configure which of the OSPF traps the OSPF Router should generate by enab ling or disabling the trap condition. If a trap condition is enabled and the condition is detected, the OSPF router will send the trap to all trap receivers. ¾ auto-cost reference bandwi dth and bandwidth Com[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 9 ¾ Configure d Tunnels M TU To comply with RFC 4213, Basic Transition Mech anis ms for IPv6 Hosts and Routers, the IPv6 MTU on configured IPv6 over IPv4 tunnels was changed from 1480 bytes to 128 0 bytes. ¾ IPv6 6 to 4 Auto Tun nel s The 6 to 4 tunnels [...]

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    1 0 System Firmware Version 3. 2.0.6 ¾ IPv6 Mana gement Enha ncements Provides the following: • Dual IPv4/IP v 6 ope ration over the net wo rk po rt • Static assignm ent of IPv6 add resses and gateways f or the service/ network ports • Ability to ping an IPv6 link-local ad dress over the serv ice/n etwork port • SNMP traps and que ries via[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 11 Changed Functionality in this Release ¾ Spanning Tree U pdate – 802.1Q -2005 Spanning Tree now supports IEEE802 .1Q-2005. Th is version of the IEEE Multiple Sp ann ing Tree Protocol corrects problems associated with the previou s versio n, provides f[...]

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    1 2 System Firmware Version 3. 2.0.6 ¾ ip route Comm and Changed The syntax of the ip route command has changed. The metric keywor d is no longer accepted as it had no effect. The new synta x is: ip route ip addr subnetmask | prefix-length nextHopRtr [ preference ] ¾ distance ospf Comma nd Changed The distance ospf comm and has been change d (for[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 13 ¾ Trap Configuration In previous versions of the software, configuration of the flags for controllin g traps was scattered about in a number of plac es. snmp-server enable tr aps is now a common c ommand for configur ing al l trap flags. The legacy com[...]

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    1 4 System Firmware Version 3. 2.0.6 ¾ ACL Changes The following changes apply to ingress and egress ACLs: o Maximum of 100 ACLs o Maximum rules per ACL are 127 Note: Altho ug h th e max imu m nu mb e r o f ACL s is 100 , an d t h e max imu m nu mb er o f ru les per AC L is 1 2 7, the system cannot support 100 ACLs t hat each has 127 r ules. Note:[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 15 Deprecated Commands and Parameters The following CLI commands have been deprecated since the 2.x release. Title Description bridge address Interface Configuration mode Rationale: The following par ameters have been depr ecate d: • delete-on-reset • [...]

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    1 6 System Firmware Version 3. 2.0.6 Title Description ip osp f Interface Configuration mode Rationale: The ip ospf command has been deprecate d. This functionality has been replaced by the ip ospf area command. ip ospf are aid Interface Configuration mode Rationale: The ip ospf areaid command has been de precat ed. This functionality has been re p[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 17 Issues Resolved The following is a list of issues resolved in the current firm ware release. Description User Impact Resolution Unable to configure IPv6 host (4001::2) as an SNMP trap receiver on the DUT. User is not aware that the only IPv4 address is [...]

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    1 8 System Firmware Version 3. 2.0.6 Description User Impact Resolution Bridge multicast forbidden forward-unregistered caus es L3 Multicast to fail. Flooding in ingress VLAN. Modified the L3 interaction code of snooping to notify the driver when snooping is enabled. When snooping is disabled, the curr ent operational state of snooping i s also sen[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 19 Description User Impact Resolution Cannot enter Daylight Saving Time from Web interface. In summer time configuration page, in recursive mode, clock zone field is not accepting valid range. In summer time configuration page, in recursive mode, added app[...]

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    2 0 System Firmware Version 3. 2.0.6 Description User Impact Resolution Changing Radius Timeout from Web interface inadvertently changes Priority to same value. Changing the Timeout Duration field on the RADIUS Server Configuration web page would also change the Priority field to the same value. Correct the API to properl y set the RADIUS priority.[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 21 CLI Reference Manual Updates Non-Stop Forwarding Title Description nsf no nsf Use this command to enable non-stop forwarding. The “no” form o f the command will disable NSF. Default: Non-stop forwarding is enabled b y default. show nsf Use this comm[...]

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    2 2 System Firmware Version 3. 2.0.6 Title Description show ip ospf neighb or This command has been enhanced to list the per neighbor graceful restart status described in the RFC 4750 MIB. Possible values for Restart H elper Status are as follows: • Helping – This router is acting as a helpful neighbor to this neighbor. • Not Helping – This[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 23 RADIUS A ccounting Serv ers Title Description radius-server host acct The switches do not support creating accounting server names with the same name although the CLI Reference Manual and User Guide state that it is supported. Default: Not applicable Sp[...]

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    2 4 System Firmware Version 3. 2.0.6 Link Dependenc y Commands Title Description link-dependenc y group [ actio n { up | down } ] Use the action command to control the operational state of the group based on the dependent links state. • up — Causes the group members to change their operational state to be opposite that of the dependent link. ?[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 25 Known Issues Summary User Impact Workaround Non-configuration file getting loaded to startup-config through HTTP. When the switch reboots and attempts to read an invalid start-up configuratio n file, it will give up and create a default startup configur[...]

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    2 6 System Firmware Version 3. 2.0.6 Summary User Impact Workaround Bridge multicast address is shown as MAC Address format in show running- config buffer when it is configured in IP format. If a user configures the bridge multicast address as an IP address format in VLAN interface mode, it is displayed in the sho w running-config command in M A C [...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 27 Summary User Impact Workaround ISDP updates are not including Voice VLAN Reply TLV whe n Voice VLAN ID on interface is changed. Upon changing configur ation immediat el y after getting the VLAN assigned, DUT stops advertising Voice VLAN repl y T LV in i[...]

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    2 8 System Firmware Version 3. 2.0.6 Known Restrictions and Limitations Layer 2 802.1AB (LLDP) Description User Impact LLDP-MED location and inven t ory transmit TLVs have no effect. The switch does not support configur ing this data so enabling these T LVs has no effect. QoS Description User Impact Traffic permitted by an outbound ACL on one port [...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 29 LACP Description User Impact LAGs Supported Number of LAGs supported: • Up to 18 Dynamic LAGs • 48 Static LAGs Limitations (stack of 12) • Long Timeouts With a minimal CPU load, it takes approximat el y 1.5 minutes with 16 dynamic LAGs and 15 MSTP[...]

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    3 0 System Firmware Version 3. 2.0.6 ICMP Description User Impact IPv4 Fragmentation support The switch is not fr agmenting the datagram and forwards even when the IP MTU of the forwarding Interface is set to a lo wer value (than the datagram size). This is a hardware limitation and is working as designed. T he HW does not allow the IP MTU to be co[...]

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    PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Releas e Notes System Firmware Versi on 3.2.0.6 Page 31 Management CLI Description User Impact radius-server mode commands do not have a "no" form. None of the commands i n radius-server mode support a "no" form except for the msgauth command. To reset values to the default, delete the se[...]

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    3 2 System Firmware Version 3. 2.0.6 Cable Diagnostics Description User Impact Cable Length Diagnostic sh o ws result as 'Unknown' for a port to which Network is connected. Problem is intermittent and only observabl e whe n con necte d to a D-Link DES1008. File Management Description User Impact Error displayed on conso le while applying [...]