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CUSTOMER RELEASE NOTES

2/7/00 P/N: 9032741-08

Subject to Change Without Notice

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SmartSTACK Fast Ethernet Switches

ELS100-24TX, ELS100-24TXG, and ELS100-24TXM

  Firmware Version 2.01.07

(Release Notes Revised February 7, 2000)

INTRODUCTION:

The ELS100-24TX SmartSTACK Fast Ethernet Switch provides 24 10/100 Mbps RJ45 ports.  

The ELS100-24TXG SmartSTACK Fast Ethernet Switch provides 24 10/100 Mbps RJ45 ports and 2 GPIM
interface slots for Gigabit connectivity via Cabletron GPIM modules. The GPIMs add two additional ports, 25
and 26, for a total of 26 potentially active ports.

The  ELS100-24TXM  SmartSTACK  Fast  Ethernet  Switch  provides  24  10/100  Mbps  RJ45  ports  and  2
100BASE-FX multimode and/or singlemode fiber SC ports via a plug-in  module  (EPIM100-2F2/2F3/2F4).
RJ45 ports 1 and 2 are disabled when the fiber ports are installed for a total of 24 potentially active ports.

It is recommended that one thoroughly review this release note prior to the installation or
upgrade of this product.

FIRMWARE SPECIFICATION:

Status

Version No.

Version Displayed as *

Type

Release Date

Current Version

2.01.07

2.1.1.7

Customer

12/10/99

Previous Version

2.01.00

2.1.0.0

Customer

08/13/99

Previous Version

2.00.02

2.0.0.2

Customer

02/11/99

Previous Version

1.00.02

1.0.0.2

Customer

11/01/98

Previous Version

1.00.01

1.0.0.1

Customer

09/01/98

Previous Version

1.00.00

1.0.0.0

Customer

08/01/98

* Note: This is the version displayed by local and remote management.

HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY:

 

ALL

BOOTPROM COMPATIBILITY:

Bootprom Version: 1.01 or greater

NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SUPPORT:

Summary of Contents for SmartSTACK ELS100-24TXG

Page 1: ...100 Mbps RJ45 ports and 2 100BASE FX multimode and or singlemode fiber SC ports via a plug in module EPIM100 2F2 2F3 2F4 RJ45 ports 1 and 2 are disabled when the fiber ports are installed for a total of 24 potentially active ports It is recommended that one thoroughly review this release note prior to the installation or upgrade of this product FIRMWARE SPECIFICATION Status Version No Version Disp...

Page 2: ...fic Management Dynamic Multicast Filtering YES 802 1Q VLAN tagging and identification YES 802 1D Transparent Bridging YES Auto Negotiation YES Broadcast Suppression YES Local Management via TELNET YES Modem Support external YES Port Mirroring YES RMON YES SNMP YES Virtual Networking VLANs YES Cabletron WebView YES Port Trunking Link Aggregation YES INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION NOTES In general t...

Page 3: ...ed here as a supplement to Table 5 2 in the Installation and User Guide Variable Description SwitchSpanningTreeStandby Globally enable disable Spanning Tree Standby on the switch 6 A change has been made which will prevent a mis configuration of Port Mirroring Port mirroring mis configuration causes the feature to be enabled in the hardware although the configuration screen indicates it is disable...

Page 4: ... VLANs that can be configured on the switch is eight ELS100 24TXG 24TXM The maximum number of port based VLANs that can be configured on switches manufactured in week 9908 and later and running this version of firmware is 128 Any VLAN ID within the range of 0 4095 is valid but only 128 VLANs can be created on the switch at one time Note Units manufactured prior to week 9908 will support only eight...

Page 5: ...ssive approximately 20 minutes after which it performs normally To avoid this delay the switch s IP address should be added to Internet Explorer s Proxies Ignore area 21 When using Cabletron WebView an ELS100 24TXM which does not have an uplink installed is incorrectly reported to be an ELS100 24TX This condition also existed in earlier versions of firmware 22 Older versions of ELS100 24TX may not...

Page 6: ...02 3 clause 14 IEEE 802 3u 100Base TX ISO IEC 8802 3 clause 25 IEEE 802 3u 100Base FX IEEE 802 3x Flow Control IETF STANDARDS MIB SUPPORT RFC No Title Groups Supported 1213 MIB II System Interfaces Address Translation IP ICMP TCP UDP Transmission and SNMP 1398 Ethernet MIB Ethernet specific statistics subgroup of the MIB II Transmission Group 1493 Bridge MIB Spanning Tree Forwarding Table Informat...

Page 7: ...terpriseSpecific 6 RFC 1493 IETF Bridge ENTERPRISE dot1dBridge 1 3 6 1 2 1 17 newRoot specific 1 topologyChange 2 RFC 1757 IETF RMON ENTERPRISE rmon 1 3 6 1 2 1 16 risingAlarm 1 fallingAlarm 2 CABLETRON PRIVATE ENTERPRISE TRAP SUPPORT Title None Please reference SNMP TRAP SUPPORT Section above GLOBAL SUPPORT By Phone 603 332 9400 By Email support cabletron com By Web http www cabletron com support...

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