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!

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!

Avaya has released software 6.1.3.0 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500/5600 series switch.

New Features

Problems Resolved

• After upgrading from 6.0 to 6.1, interface names for the non-base unit were lost (Q02024643, Q02019044)
• Using filters on multicast traffic caused OSPF control packet drops (Q02103672-01)
• The switch did not properly pass MIB values for port security Auth Status to JDM (Q02011169-02)
• A specific type of multicast packet on 56xx caused sporadic resets with out logging an exception (Q02094042)
• When the switch has a route to a network that is learned from an OSPF neighbor and it is equal to one of its
• downed local interfaces, the switch will hang when that interface is brought up (Q02075419-02)
• Link doesn’t come up when AA1419069-E6 and AA1419070-E6 parts are used on 55xx (Q01966044-02)
• In an SMLT Full Mesh environment, Traffic was lost when the core stack was powered down/rebooted (Q02101874)
• With IGMP Snooping enabled, multicast traffic was not properly forwarded on Non-EAP ports (Q02109643)
• With MAC Security enabled, there were unwarranted writes to NVRAM without any configuration changes (Q02126138)
• In a RADIUS setup, the switch sends continuous authentication requests to the user “Nortel” (Q02113703-02,Q02120164)
• The switch returns incorrect value for SNMP request for ifHCOutUcastPkt (Q02119264)
• Locked Telnet sessions some times caused stack instabilities (Q01899506-01)
• The ‘radius-server password fallback’ defaulted to “No” after upgrading to 6.1.2 (Q02119855)
• Addressed the data exception error: “Data Access Task Name ‘tIdt’ “(Q02024889-02)
• Support for creating user-defined protocol VLANs with SNAP encapsulation, unable to create a user defined VLAN using AppleTalk PIDs. (Q02128054)
• Fixed the issue when IST could not be enabled thru JDM (Q02126805)
• I2004 Phase 2 set connected to an EAPoL/ADAC configured port of the switch got the “Server Unreachable” error (Q02135088)
• The link did not come up with BX SFPs between two ERS5530 switches (Q02116585)
• Base Unit in an ERS5600 Stack running v.6.1.1.016 leaves and then later rejoins the stack while traffic is flowing at 1% bandwidth (Q02106434)
• Stack Instability occurred when adding a unit with traffic flowing (Q02101619)
• LACP Aggregations are lost when base unit resets (Q02106430)

You can find the complete release notes here.

Cheers!