Avaya has released software v5.1.4.0 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. There are a few new features in this software release that are designed to further improve the ability of the network to recover from a network/link/switch failure with minimal packet loss.

New Features in This Release

• VLACP HOLD Enhancement
• SLPP – Introduced New EtherType for SLPP PDU
• SLPP – Re-Arm per port SLPP PDU Receive Counter issue

I recently discussed (in the forums) the added benefit of VLACP when recovering from network failures. It seems that Avaya is continuing to build upon that goal with additional enhancements to VLACP to help aid in recovery after a network outage.  We also discussed the known issue with SLPP and how it can accidentally trip on occasion given that the counter/threshold is cumulative and never reset. Avaya has refined SLPP to reset the counter every 24 hours thereby eliminating any false positive conditions that might occur over a extended duration (uptime of the switch).

I would encourage everyone to review the release notes for all the resolved and known issues.

Cheers!

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!

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!