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IronWare Software Release 02.7.03a  for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches 

Release Notes v 1.0

 

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Command syntax for upgrading the monitor and boot images 

on the interface module    

Command syntax 

Description 

copy tftp lp

 <TFTP-server-ip-addr> <image-

name>

mon all

 

<slot-number>  

Copies the latest monitor image from the TFTP server 
to all interface modules or to the specified interface 
module (slot-number). 

copy tftp lp

 <TFTP-server-ip-addr> <image-

name>

mon copy-boot all

 

<slot-number> 

Copies the latest monitor and boot images from the 
TFTP server to all interface modules or to the specified 
interface module (slot-number). 

 

For example, to copy the interface module’s boot and monitor image from TFTP server 10.10.12.12, 
enter  

BigIron RX# copy tftp lp 10.10.12.12 rlb02703.bin mon all 

3.  

Verify that the new images were successfully copied to code flash by entering the following 
command at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI: 

•  

show flash 

Check for the monitor image, boot image, and the date and time at which the new images were built. 

4.  

If you want to upgrade other software images, go to the appropriate upgrade section for information. 
If you have completed upgrading the software images, you must reboot the management module to 
complete the upgrade process. For more information, see Rebooting the management module. 

Upgrading the IronWare image on the interface module  

To upgrade the IronWare image (primary or secondary) on all interface modules or an interface module in 
a specified chassis slot, you must perform the following steps: 

1.  

Place the new IronWare image on a TFTP server to which the BigIron RX system has access or on a 
PCMCIA flash card inserted in slot 1 or 2. 

2.  

Copy the new IronWare image from the TFTP server or a flash card in slot 1 or 2 to all interface 
modules or an interface module in a specified chassis slot. To perform this step, enter one of the 
following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI (example: BigIron RX#): 

•  

copy tftp lp

 <TFTP-server-ip-addr> <image-name> 

primary | secondary all 

•  

copy tftp lp

 <TFTP-server-ip-addr> <image-name> 

primary | secondary 

<chassis-slot-

number>  

•  

copy slot1 | slot2 lp

 <image-name> 

primary | secondary all 

•  

copy slot1 | slot2 lp

 <image-name> 

primary

 

| secondary

 <chassis-slot-number> 

For example, to copy the interface module IronWare image from TFTP server 10.10.12.12, enter  

BigIron RX# copy tftp lp 10.10.12.12 rlp02703a.bin primary all 

 

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Страница 1: ...igIron RX Series Switches Release Notes v1 0 January 14 2011 Document History Document Title Summary of Changes Publication Date Multi Service IronWare Software R02 7 03 for Brocade BigIron RX Series Switches Release Notes v1 0 Release 02 7 03a January 2011 ...

Страница 2: ...er brands products or service names mentioned are or may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners Notice This document is for informational purposes only and does not set forth any warranty expressed or implied concerning any equipment equipment feature or service offered or to be offered by Brocade Brocade reserves the right to make changes to this document at any time without no...

Страница 3: ...Interface Modules 16 Backing up the current software images 16 Unified software image upgrade 17 Upgrading the images Independently 18 Upgrading the management module Monitor boot images 18 Upgrading the management module IronWare image 19 Upgrading the interface module monitor and boot images 19 Upgrading the IronWare image on the interface module 20 Upgrading MBRIDGE FPGA on the management modul...

Страница 4: ... 40 Technical support 28 General Information 28 Getting Help or Reporting Errors 28 Web access 28 E mail and telephone access 29 Additional resources 29 Defects 30 Closed defects with code change in Multi Service IronWare R02 7 03a 30 Closed defects with code change in Multi Service IronWare R02 7 03 32 ...

Страница 5: ... Direct Attached Small Form Factor Pluggable SFP copper cable 1m 3m 5m is available for the 16 port 10 Gigabit Ethernet module Book Brocade BigIron RX Series Installation Guide Monitoring I2C failure on a management module The show logging command can be use to monitor I2C failures Book Brocade BigIron RX Series Installation Guide Rebranded show version command output The output of the show versio...

Страница 6: ... Configuration Giuide Chapter Using Syslog Feature support Below is a list of all the features supported on the BigIron RX switches See Unsupported features for features not supported Supported features Category Feature description System level Features Cisco Discovery Protocol CDP Allows you to configure a Brocade device to intercept and display the contents of CDP packets This feature is useful ...

Страница 7: ...cation Note Telnet SSH Web and SNMP servers are disabled by default and can be enabled selectively CPU protection There are no CLI commands for CPU protection The BigIron RX forwards unknown unicast broadcast and multicast packets in hardware therefore the CPU is automatically protected from having to handle too many packets Logging Multiple SysLogD server logging sFlow sFLow version 5 Uni directi...

Страница 8: ...ce network security Foundry MRP Metro Ring Protocol MRP Phase 1 and Phase 2 PVST PVST Per VLAN Spanning Tree PVST Rate Limiting Port based port and priority based port and vlan based and port and ACL based rate limiting on inbound ports are supported SuperSpan A Brocade STP enhancement that allows Service Providers SPs to use STP in both SP networks and customer networks Topology Groups A named se...

Страница 9: ...oding VLAN ID to MSTP Instance Pre assignment Private VLANs VSRP Layer 2 Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol VSRP Layer 3 Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol VSRP VSRP and MRP Signaling Layer 2 ACLs Replaces MAC filters Layer 2 PIM Snooping Layer 3 features ACLs Standard Extended and Super Inbound ACL logging ACL editing BGP BGP routes BGP peers BGP dampening Graceful Restart FDR Foundry Direct Rout...

Страница 10: ...t Routing Multicast cache L2 IGMP table DVMRP routes PIM DM PIM SM PIM SSM IGMP v1 v2 v3 snooping PIM SM snooping IPv4 only OSPF OSPF routes OSPF adjacencies Dynamic OFPF LSAs OSPF filtering of advertised routes PBR Policy Based Routing Release 02 2 01 and later RIP versions 1 and 2 RIP routes VRRP and VRRPE Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol VRRP and VRRP Extended VRRPE IPv6 features IPv6 ACLs Ex...

Страница 11: ...tion Subnet VLANs Source IP Port Security Software image files for Multi Service IronWare R02 7 03 The following Software Image Files are available for Multi Service IronWare R02 7 03 for the BigIron RX Series Switches Software image files Module Image type Image name Unified Image N A rx02703a bin Management Module Boot and Monitor rmb02703a bin IronWare rmpr02703a bin BigIron RX 4 BigIron RX 8 a...

Страница 12: ...red for upgrading the BigIron RX Series Switches Boot software images Upgrade required only if mentioned in Release Notes Rebooting the device This sub section describes the procedures required for rebooting the device after upgrading the software images Upgrading the Multi Service IronWare software When performing this upgrade you will usually only need to upgrade Unified Multi Service IronWare i...

Страница 13: ...rsion 2 FE 3 Type fe200 Version 2 SL M2 RX BI MR2 Management Module High Value Active Serial PR23050106 Part 31524 000A Boot Version 2 7 3T145 Copyright c 1996 2010 Brocade Communications Systems Inc Compiled on Aug 27 2010 at 01 24 18 labeled as rmb02703 439582 bytes from boot flash Monitor Version 2 7 3T145 Copyright c 1996 2010 Brocade Communications Systems Inc Compiled on Aug 27 2010 at 01 24...

Страница 14: ...mmunications Systems Inc Compiled on Aug 27 2010 at 01 23 18 labeled as rlb02703 307473 bytes from boot flash Monitor Version 2 7 3T155 Copyright c 1996 2010 Brocade Communications Systems Inc Compiled on Aug 27 2010 at 01 23 18 labeled as rlb02703 307473 bytes from code flash IronWare Version 2 7 3T157 Copyright c 1996 2010 Brocade Communications Systems Inc Compiled on Aug 27 2010 at 01 51 10 la...

Страница 15: ... in the management module The output displays the following information about the image Version 2 2 1Txxy indicates the image version number The Txxy is used by Brocade for record keeping The xx indicates the hardware type while the y indicates the image type Size The size in bytes of the image Compilation date and time The date and time that Brocade compiled the image IronWare Image Indicates the...

Страница 16: ... The date and time that Brocade compiled the image IronWare Image Indicates the IronWare image running in the interface module The output displays the following information about the image Version 2 2 1Txxy indicates the image version number The Txxy is used by Brocade for record keeping The xx indicates the hardware type while the y indicates the image type Size The size in bytes of the image of ...

Страница 17: ... Ironware image You can also upgrade the boot images of the Management module and the interface module using the unified software image upgrade command along with the Monitor and System Image This should be done only if it s mentioned in the release notes that the upgrade of the boot Images are necessary We can use the following option with the above mentioned command to upgrade boot image along w...

Страница 18: ...dule Command syntax Description copy tftp flash TFTP server ip addr image name mon Copies the latest monitor and boot images from the TFTP server to flash copy tftp flash TFTP server ip addr image name boot Copies the latest boot images from the TFTP server to flash copy tftp flash TFTP server ip addr image name mon copy boot Copies the latest monitor and boot images from the TFTP server to flash ...

Страница 19: ...mage has been successfully copied to the specified destination by entering one of the following commands at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI show flash if the destination was code flash dir path name if the destination was slot 1 or 2 Check for the primary or secondary image and the date and time that it was placed in the directory 4 If you want to upgrade other software images go to the appro...

Страница 20: ...he appropriate upgrade section for information If you have completed upgrading the software images you must reboot the management module to complete the upgrade process For more information see Rebooting the management module Upgrading the IronWare image on the interface module To upgrade the IronWare image primary or secondary on all interface modules or an interface module in a specified chassis...

Страница 21: ...Ware image and the date and time at which the image was built If you want to upgrade other software images go to the appropriate upgrade section for information If you have completed upgrading the software images you must reboot the management module to complete the upgrade process For more information see Rebooting the management module Upgrading MBRIDGE FPGA on the management module BigIron RX m...

Страница 22: ...dge BigIron RX 32 mbridge32 21 21 MP Management Module 02 7 02a through 02 7 02h BigIron RX 16 8 4 mbridge BigIron RX 32 mbridge32 21 21 MP Management Module 02 7 03 through 02 7 03a BigIron RX 16 8 4 mbridge BigIron RX 32 mbridge32 21 21 MP Management Module Switch Fabric module FPGA versions required per software version BigIron RX 32 Software image installed on BigIron RX FPGA image Compatible ...

Страница 23: ...rom the default boot source which is the primary code flash boot system flash primary secondary During the management module reboot the following synchronization events occur If you have a standby management module the active management module compares the standby module s monitor primary and secondary images to its own If you have updated these images on the active module the active module automa...

Страница 24: ...ures Note Hitless OS upgrade is not supported between major releases It is supported only within a release For example Hitless OS Upgrade is available when upgrading from software release 02 7 00a to 02 7 00b It is not available when upgrading from software release 02 6 00 to 02 7 00 From time to time it may become necessary when enhancing the software or adding new features to change or add data ...

Страница 25: ...less upgrade process to finish varies between approximately 1 and 10 minutes This depends on the size of the MAC table the number of OSPF and BGP neighbors and the size of the routing table Switch configuration is unavailable during the entire hitless upgrade process The message SW Upgrade In Progress Please Wait is printed at the console when configuration is attempted Operational command of the ...

Страница 26: ... active and standby management modules and interface modules The hitless reload command is executed on the active management module The hitless upgrade process is begun on the active management module which initiates the upgrade process on the standby management module The standby management module is reset The active management module is reset and the standby management module assumes control as ...

Страница 27: ...oftware onto the switch Hitless Layer 2 OS upgrade loads from the primary and secondary images on the Management modules The first step in performing a hitless Layer 2 OS upgrade is to copy the version 02 3 00 or later images into the flash memory of the active and standby management modules For instructions for copying these files see Upgrading the management module monitor and boot images and Up...

Страница 28: ...ite your call have the following information immediately available General Information Technical Support contract number if applicable Switch model Switch operating system version Error numbers and messages received Detailed description of the problem including the switch or network behavior immediately following the problem and specific questions Description of any troubleshooting steps already p...

Страница 29: ...ions Title Contents Brocade BigIron RX Series Installation Guide Product Overview Installation Product Management Hardware Maintenance and Replacement Air filters Fiber optic connectors Replaceable modules AC Power supply Fans Software Upgrades Hardware Specifications Regulatory Statements BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide Information on how to configure all the features in a BigIron RX Series...

Страница 30: ...IGMP Snooping and Sflow are enabled Probability Medium Feature IPv4 MC IGMP Function IGMPv1 v2 Protocol Reported In Release RX 02 7 02 Service Request ID 259119 Defect ID DEFECT000318055 Technical Severity Medium Summary Removed ability to set temperature polling interval to zero using CLI Probability High Feature SYSTEM Function Temp sensor Monitoring Reported In Release RX 02 7 02 Service Reques...

Страница 31: ...everity High Summary Interface module may reload after show ip cache command is executed Symptom Interface module may reload after show ip cache command is entered on an Interface module which had run out of next hop entries Probability Low Feature CLI Infrastructure Function Parser Engine Reported In Release RX 02 7 02 Service Request ID 265696 Defect ID DEFECT000323367 Technical Severity Medium ...

Страница 32: ...tion Could not reproduce Symptom System reload Probability Low Feature OS Function OS Reported In Release RX 02 5 00 Service Request ID 226940 Defect ID DEFECT000271873 Technical Severity Medium Summary The system may reload when formatting an invalid PCMCIA card Symptom System may reload Probability Low Feature SYSTEM Function Flash memory Reported In Release RX 02 6 00 Service Request ID 235167 ...

Страница 33: ... IP syslog source interface command not functioning Symptom All of the logs to the syslog server are tagged with IP address of the interface where they come out Workaround downgrade to 2 6 00 tree Probability Medium Feature SYSLOG Function System Integration Reported In Release RX 02 7 02 Service Request ID 237819 Defect ID DEFECT000273335 Technical Severity Medium Summary SNMP GET on ifSpeed not ...

Страница 34: ...ummary The Web GUI shows switch fabrics in the wrong slot locations Symptom Web Manager does not display the correct slot order Probability High Feature Web Management Function FRONT PANEL Reported In Release RX 02 7 02 Service Request ID 240600 Defect ID DEFECT000278997 Technical Severity Critical Summary IPv6 mld snooping is not supported in RX Turning ON ipv6 multicast active or ipv6 multicast ...

Страница 35: ...s not return the correct system uptime Probability Medium Feature SNMP Management Function Trap Notification Reported In Release RX 02 7 02 Service Request ID 242084 Defect ID DEFECT000281762 Technical Severity Medium Summary IPv6 Traps are not sent if an IPv4 address is not configured on the XMR MLX or RX Symptom Configure IPv4 address and then configure IPv6 address Probability Medium Feature SN...

Страница 36: ...elease RX 02 7 02 Service Request ID 242203 Defect ID DEFECT000287890 Technical Severity Medium Summary BGP allowas in does not with confederation config Symptom BGP Routes received from peer with local AS in as path are dropped even though allowas in is used for that particular peer We have observed this issue only when confederation is configured Without confederation it works fine Probability H...

Страница 37: ...loads Probability Medium Feature ACL Function IPv4 Reported In Release RX 02 4 00 Service Request ID 246870 Defect ID DEFECT000299727 Technical Severity Medium Summary Show redundancy endtime display may be corrupted Symptom Show redundancy endtime display corrupted Probability Low Feature SYSTEM Function Hitless failover Reported In Release RX 02 7 02 Service Request ID 249289 Defect ID DEFECT000...

Страница 38: ...e RX 02 6 00 Service Request ID 251711 Defect ID DEFECT000302396 Technical Severity Medium Summary The RADIUS configuration is missing the auth port keyword for ipv6 which can result in the command not getting parsed correctly on reload Symptom The RADIUS configuration is missing the auth port keyword for IPv6 which can result in the command not getting parsed correctly on reload telnet XMR13 conf...

Страница 39: ...n configuring a ACL Probability Low Feature ACL Function IPv4 Reported In Release RX 02 7 02 Service Request ID 251509 Defect ID DEFECT000306574 Technical Severity Medium Summary A static RP ACL fails to map if one of the RP ACLs is not defined Symptom ACL is not working correctly Probability Medium Feature IPv4 MC PIM SM Routing Function Static RP Reported In Release RX 02 7 02 Service Request ID...

Страница 40: ...mand sh stat brief lag from telnet session Symptom Reload Probability Low Feature LAG Function LACP Reported In Release RX 02 7 02 Service Request ID 255300 Defect ID DEFECT000310529 Technical Severity High Summary An Interface module may reload when a new L2 multicast stream is received Symptom Interface module may reload Probability Low Feature IPv4 MC Snooping VLAN Function IGMP Snooping Report...

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