Avaya has released software 6.1.5 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500/5600 series switches.
The following issues have been resolved;
- The new unit config control feature (NUQC) did not work properly, for instance, when a third unit was added to the stack, it was not correctly configured (wi00554951).
- A SW exception in the SNMP task that caused a base unit reset is now addressed (wi00554965).
- An EAP enabled port with User based Policy configured timed out when a PC client went to sleep mode (wi00554946).
- With LACP configured, some times the standby links were not properly recognized (wi00600984).
- Some times POE powered IP phones would get the wrong VLAN ID after a stack reset (wi00686407).
- A security vulnerability to DoS attack has now been fixed (wi00496350).
- A memory leak that caused stack instability is resolved (wi00555049).
- The LACP link was not properly removed from the aggregation during a unidirectional link failure (wi00488102).
- A static route that went inactive, did not recover until a unit reset (wi00692259).
- A log message was not generated when SLPP disabled a port (wi00554966).
- The DHCP snooping entries were not properly removed with IP source guard configured (wi00554988).
- The OutDiscards were wrongly counted as filtered packets (wi00692574).
- Some times the GBIC info was not displayed on remote units if the GBIC was removed (wi00555110).
- With EAP enabled ports at default values, the authentication failed on the first attempt (wi00691680).
- The RIP updates with the destination address of 255.255.255.255 were not recognized (wi00703945).
- Certain laptops did not work properly with DHCP snooping enabled (wi00733255).
- Some VRRP Configurations were lost when a non-base unit was powered off and then the base unit was powered off/on (wi00731771).
- The static ARP entries were removed after clearing ARPs or a power loss (wi00733359).
- When a SFP was connected to a non-base unit and then removed, it would still show up at its original location (wi00827484).
- The switch became unresponsive when displaying PIM configuration in “show running-config” (wi00555038).
- A problem with updating the remote GBIC info caused a SW exception, this issue is now resolved (wi00824536).
- Some times rebooting the non-base unit caused a broadcast storm on remaining DMLT links (wi00496279)
- The Dynamic ARP inspection/DHCP snooping blocked certain clients during PXE boot (wi00692082).
- The Switch becomes unresponsive when displaying PIM configuration (wi00555038).
As always I strongly suggest you review the release notes if you are interested in deploying 6.1.5 to your production network.
Cheers!
Has anyone actually found the software on the Avaya support site? I found the release notes but not the 6.1.5 software.
Hi Curtis,
It looks like Avaya hasn’t posted the software yet… I didn’t see it on the old Nortel website or the Avaya website. I’ll give a yell here when I see it posted.
Cheers!
Well it was briefly posted to the old Nortel website last night but the link to the software resulted in a “File not found” error when trying to download the software.
This morning the software listing was no longer present on the old Nortel website.
I’m sure they’ll get it up there in the next few days, perhaps next week.
Cheers
The links for the software are back on the Nortel website but the links lead to “file not found” pages. I’m curious if it’s available over on the Avaya website – but I’m afraid to try and find it.
Cheers!
The software is now posted on the Avaya website and is avialable for download for those customers with valid maintenance contracts.
Cheers!
Hi Michael,
v.6.1.6 is out now solving a VLACP problem I reported some time ago.
Do you know more about “A SW exception in the SNMP task that caused a base unit reset is now addressed (wi00554965)”, we have an installation with 2 5698 in SMLT cluster and one is rebooting every 8 day’s and a few hours with a exception error?
regards
Willy.