Dell PowerConnect 5324 Release Note
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Dell™ PowerConnect™ 5324
PowerConnect 5324
Release Notes
Date: October 2006
System Firmware Version 2.0.0.39
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- Page 1 All rights reserved. This document may not, in whole or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine readable form without the prior written consent of Dell. Dell reserves the right to make changes without further notices to any products or specifications referred to herein to improve reliability, functionality or design.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents I n t r o d u c t i o n G L O B A L S U P P O R T F i r m w a r e S p e c i f i c a t i o n s A d d e d f u n c t i o n a l i t y i n t h i s r e l e a s e I s s u e s r e s o l v e d K n o w n R e s t r i c t i o n s a n d L i m i t a t i o n s... - Page 3 Multiple Hosts................................11 Port Security................................12 Port Configuration ..............................12 Radius Settings ...............................12 802.1x ..................................12 Modified Commands in the CLI Reference Guide ....................13 clock summer-time..............................13 sntp anycast client enable ..........................13 sntp client enable..............................13 bridge address ..............................13 bridge aging time ..............................13 port security ................................14 show bridge address-table count ........................14 show bridge multicast address-table........................14 show ports security .............................14...
- Page 4 E n d o f R e l e a s e N o t e s System Firmware Version 2.0.0.39 Subject to Change Without Notice...
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Page 5: Global Support
2.0.0.39 October, 2006 The firmware image version should be 2.0.0.39 on the PowerConnect 5324. The boot prom image should be 1.0.2.02 Refer to the PowerConnect 5324 Getting Started Guide for instructions on loading the boot PROM software and updating the firmware image. -
Page 6: Issues Resolved
Telnet Title Description Telnet session fatal error message When connected to a PowerConnect 5324 and the user 25837 connects to another switch (“second switch”) using the “Telnet” command, a fatal error message will be displayed after the second switch's telnet exec timeout period... -
Page 7: Security
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes Security Title Description Serial connection is lost after 4 An attempt to open a forth SSH session will cause the serial 24773 concurrent SSH sessions connection to the device to become inactive. Workaround: Do not open more than three concurrent SSH sessions. -
Page 8: Configuration
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes Configuration Ping Title Description Ping packets sent from a network Ping packets that are sent from network using a 10Mbps hub 23043 using a 10Mbps hub are lost are lost. System Firmware Version 2.0.0.39 Subject to Change Without Notice... -
Page 9: Flow Control
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes Flow Control Note: When Flow Control is disabled per interface, flow control will be disabled per device not per Interface. System Firmware Version 2.0.0.39 Subject to Change Without Notice Page 5... -
Page 10: Documentation Updates
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes Documentation updates Introduction This document lists the changes from the PowerConnect 5324 User’s Guide. The modifications are due to instances discovered in various user environments. General The following must be changed globally: Starting and Configuring the Device... -
Page 11: Lag Configuration
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes Defining a New Community Add extra instructions. Current 5 Click Apply Changes. 5 Click Apply Changes. The new community is saved, and the 6 Close Add SNMP Community page. The SNMP device is updated. Community page is displayed. -
Page 12: Port Mirroring
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes Port Mirroring Defining Port Mirroring Sessions Add the following restriction: A maximum of 8 ports can be monitored (both Rx and Tx). Protocol Port Modify the field name from VLAN ID (1-4095) to VLAN ID and add to the description (Range: 1-4094). -
Page 13: Interface Cos/Qos Settings
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes Interface CoS/QoS Settings The following Screens has been updated under the QOS section Remove the following field descriptions. • Queue — The queue number. • Queue Mode — Indicates whether the queue is Strict Priority or WRR. This is defined in the Queue Settings screen. -
Page 14: Global Queue Settings
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes Global Queue Settings The following Screens has been updated under the QOS section Add the following field descriptions below the current descriptions: • WRR — Specifies if traffic scheduling is based on the Weighted Round Robin (WRR) weights to egress queues. -
Page 15: Rapid Spanning Tree
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes Rapid Spanning Tree Modify Field Current Point-to-Point Enables or disables the device to establish a Enables or disables the device to establish a Admin Status point-to-point link, or specifies for the device point-to-point link, or specifies for the device... -
Page 16: Port Security
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes ♦ unlearned source. This is the default Discard Shutdown — Discards the value. packet from any unlearned source and ♦ Shutdown — Discards the packet from locks the port. Ports remain locked until any unlearned source and locks the they are activated, or the device is port. -
Page 17: Modified Commands In The Cli Reference Guide
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes Modified Commands in the CLI Reference Guide clock summer-time Under User Guidelines add the following: The following steps must be completed before setting the summer clock: Summer time configuration, for example: console(config)# clock summer-time recurring usa... -
Page 18: Port Security
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes port security Update the command as follows: Field Current Guide Change to: User There are no user guidelines for this Multiple hosts must be enabled. Guidelines command. show bridge address-table count Update the command as follows:... -
Page 19: Sntp Broadcast Client Enable
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes sntp broadcast client enable Update the command as follows: Field Current Guide Change to: Dedscription To disable the SNTP anycast client, use To disable the anycast client, use the no form of the no form of this command. -
Page 20: Show Ports Storm-Control
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes show ports storm-control Update the command as follows: Field Current Guide Change to: Example Broadcast Storm control [kbytes/sec] Broadcast Storm control [packets/sec] clear host Update the command as follows: Field Current Guide Change to: Example The following example deletes entries The following example deletes all entries from from the host name-to-address cache. -
Page 21: Channel-Group
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes channel-group Update the command as follows: Field Current Guide Change to: User There are no user guidelines for this For redundancy reasons, the LACP port channel Guidelines command. can accept up to 16 ports but only 8 will be active at the same time. -
Page 22: Crypto Certificate Generate
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes • remove vlan-list—List of VLAN IDs to adds all configured VLAN IDs. ♦ remove. Separate non consecutive remove vlan-list—List of VLAN IDs to VLAN IDs with a comma and no remove. Separate non consecutive VLAN spaces. A hyphen designate a range IDs with a comma and no spaces. -
Page 23: Radius-Server Host
PowerConnect 5324 Release Notes radius-server host Change a parameter description: Current Guide Change to: ♦ ♦ Syntax type—Specifies the usage type of the type—Specifies the usage type of the Parameter server. Can be one of the following server. Can be one of the following values: login, 802.1x or all.