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Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Software Release v6.2.1

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November 22, 2010
by Michael McNamara in , ,

Avaya has released software 6.2.1 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500/5600 series switches.

The following issues have been resolved;

wi00554995 Plugable ports do not show matching CLI data in Vendor Data and Order code
wi00555028 Base unit fails – Sw Exception: Task tSnmp
wi00600981 ERS 5500/5600 LACP does not recognize standby links
wi00600992 ERS 5520 switch reboot, 20% of the ip phones has the wrong vlan id
wi00664780 ERS5500: SW 6.1.1: Ip Source guard issue
wi00686330 5510 6.1.2 Static Route Going Inactive Do Not Recover Until Unit Is Rebooted
wi00691402 EDM: incorrect help for QoS classifier-block eval-order
wi00691671 5698 Cold Booting Non Base Unit Starts Broadcast Storm On Remaining DMLT Link
wi00691682 EAP Authentication Failing On First Attempt With EAP Default Values
wi00692082 ERS5500/6.1.1: dynamic ARP inspection/DHCP snooping blocks certain clients during PXE boot
wi00692555 New IPV6AAA:Incorrect error mess displayed when you create an ipv6 prefix without mask info
wi00692575 ERS 5650 6.0.3/6.1.2 OutDiscards are wrongly counting Filtered packets
wi00697419 Stack of 56xx units fails to upgrade to 6.2.0 code: last-exception output available
wi00700965 ADAC: Voice-Vlan ports set to none after change Uplink ports.
wi00703946 Will Not Accept RIP Updates With Destination IP Of All Ones
wi00704127 Incoming interface in mroute displays invalid ports on MLTs when PIM virtual neighbor is used
wi00716719 ERS5500//v6/2//STP/RSTP blocked ports allow multicast IGMP Query packets to ingress the stacks causing a multicast storm.
wi00728575 Main: Softlic: Stack crash, Units reset with tStartup after upgrade to 6.2
wi00728704 EDM: refresh is not done for QoS system-element pattern when re-creating element (display issue)
wi00729482 EDM: QoS enhancements needed for Traffic Profile Set if individual-rate-metering is used
wi00730724 Eap/MHMV:Not all the traffic of eap/non-eap clients reconverge after eap ena/disable
wi00731068 Auto Serial Console: Error msg should be enabled for show serial-console unit <2-8> for std
wi00731609 ERS 5520-48T PWR Stack v6.2.0.201 inoperable after adding ports to existing VLAN from third switch
wi00732866 ERS 5xxx- SMLT/SLT ports using SFPs with fix speed and duplex not working after a reboot
wi00734038 Usernames and passwords for stack units are not saved in ASCII
wi00734674 RADIUS: Reply protection disabled not saved in binary config file
wi00822281 56xx:V6.2.0: senders in same vlan can’t receive each others stream
wi00822413 Ports are incorrectly blocked by USC when burst traffic is used
wi00554954 New IPv6: TBU reboots with exception error if using IPv6 traffic
wi00496286 New: SMLT/LACP: SMLTs may bouce during the Download process
wi00487898 Stack Counter “Dropped no resources” not functioning 56xx
wi00488165 SLPP intermitently not shutting down ports when loop remains in the setup
wi00488638 SMLT/LACP: Ports going into a blocking state-on reset
wi00554985 New: Power is cut off when AES is deactivated
wi00555012 ERS5600-v6.2-trials: TACACS+ Changing User Levels
wi00488592 Brouter ports not restored by AUR
wi00494461 5698 6.1.3.0 Custom User Password Profiles Are Not Being Applied To All Units
wi00496267 IST may fail to recover on peer reset when under load
wi00554987 Stack breaks while doing AUR for BU; at the end stack recovers and AUR succeeds
wi00555011 ecmp: ospf bounce when ecmp =4 & route 4000+
wi00555109 Custom User Password Profiles Are Not Being Applied To All Units in stack
wi00496344 Stack running on TBU falls apart when NBU is powered down/up
wi00496057 New: SMLT – CLI – Block local address from being entered as IST Peer address
wi00554957 ERS5600-v6.2-trials: summer-time config import fails
wi00555007 ERS5600 vt6.2-trials: ERS5520 “show nvram block” w/o time or timezone
wi00555118 ERS5600 vt6.2-trials: “show nvram block” “show clock” mismatch
wi00555132 ERS5600-v6.2-trials: AUR license disappears

There are also a large number of known issues in the release notes.

Cheers!

Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Software Release v6.2.0.200

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August 20, 2010
by Michael McNamara in , ,

Avaya has released software 6.2.0.200/201 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500/5600 series switches.

The following issues were identified and resolved in this release;

  • SMLT – IST/SMLTs may bounce every 2-3 hours (Q02161349)
    Issue was present on 56XX devices when used as IST peers. Issue not present on 55XX devices.
  • ERS5600 vt6.2-trials: ARP table timeout (Q02162399).
    ARPs would timeout in certain scenarios only when using 5520/5530 devices in stacks as IST peers and when connected through SLT (not SMLT) to edge devices.
  • Power is cut off when AES is deactivated (Q02146930)

Please review the release notes for all the specific details.

We recently had a discussion regarding why Avaya released 6.1.4 software after releasing 6.2.0. This is a perfect example of why you don’t rush into major software releases unless you’re prepared to bleed alittle. I wonder how they came up with the phrase bleeding edge? This isn’t just an issue with Avaya either, I’ve see it with every vendor I’ve ever worked with including Cisco, Juniper, Blue Coat, etc. Now it’s definitely true that some vendors are much better than others in both their software development and their QA testing but there are always going to be some issues.

Cheers!

Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Software Release v6.1.4

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August 16, 2010
by Michael McNamara in , ,

Avaya has released software 6.1.4.0 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500/5600 series switch.

New Features

  • Ability to set password, username and type of security for any switch in stack (Q02132910, Q02143365)

The 6.1.4 release includes the ability to set password, username and type of authentication for any switch in stack. I can’t really see (right now) how this would be a feature in great demand but I’m sure someone out there will enlighten me! ;)

Problems Resolved

  • Base unit crashed with data exception in PP task (Q02119687)
  • Invalid binding entries via DHCP engineering menu caused fluctuations in the binding table within seconds.(Q02143834).
  • IGMP reports received from Client with TTL greater than 1 were forwarded and when an ERS 8600 connected to an ERS 5520 received the IGMP report with TTL set any value but 1, it dropped the packet (Q02141971)
  • Problems changing switch passwords (Q02132910).
  • Custom user password profiles were not consistently applied to all units in the stack (Q02143365)
  • TACACS authentication caused an exception (Q02126732)
  • In a Triangular IST/SMLT environment, with ERS 8300 as core and ERS 5520 as edge switches, with ARP Inspection enabled, the edge switches lost Arp entry for its default gateway and thus the gateway was no longer reachable. (Q02153086)
  • Under certain conditions, broadcast traffic looped into the stack could generate a broadcast storm (Q02162104).

Known Issues

  • CLI password type for switch is changing from TACACS to Local when we change software image (wi00557586)

This issue happens only when the authentication type for switch is set to TACACS.
Workaround: Remove the switch settings for authentication type before downloading the new software.

  • Password security goes from enable to disable when upgrade/downgrade (wi00557570).

When upgrading from 6.1.4 to 6.2.0, if the password security is enabled, it will become disabled after upgrade. This issue will be fixed with 6.2.1 release. When downgrading from 6.1.4 release to a 6.1.x release, if the password security is enabled, it will become disabled.
Workaround: Enable password security.

You can find the complete release notes here.

Cheers!

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