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Patch Release Note
Patch 86222-27
For Rapier Switches
Introduction
This patch release note lists the issues addressed and enhancements made in
patch 86222-27 for Software Release 2.2.2 on existing models of Rapier L3
managed switches. Patch file details are listed in Table 1.
Table 1: Patch file details for Patch 86222-27.
86s-222.rez
Base Software Release File
13-June-2003
Patch Release Date
86222-27.paz
Compressed Patch File Name
1036828 bytes
Compressed Patch File Size
This release note sho
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2 Patch Release Note Some of the issues addressed in this Release Note include a level number. This number reflects the importance of the issue that has been resolved. The levels are: Level 1 This issue will cause significant interruption to network services, and there is no work-around. Level 2 This issue will cause interruption to network service, however there is a work-around. Level 3 This issue will seldom appear, and will cause minor inconvenience. Level 4 This issue represents a cosme
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Patch 86222-27 For Rapier Switches 3 Features in 86222-26 Patch file details are listed in Table 2: Table 2: Patch file details for Patch 86222-26. 86s-222.rez Base Software Release File 30-May-2003 Patch Release Date 86222-26.paz Compressed Patch File Name 1028794 bytes Compressed Patch File Size Patch 86222-26 includes all issues resolved and enhancements released in previous patches for Software Release 2.2.2, and the following enhancements: PCR: 02498 Module: VLAN Network affecting: No The
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4 Patch Release Note PCR: 03438 Module: DHCP Level: 3 A warning message will now appear if the DESTROY DHCP POLICY command is executed for a DHCP policy that has been used by one or more policies as the source of their configuration information. A parent policy can be destroyed with no affect on its child policies. The new message is: The destroyed policy has been used by another policy as a source of configuration information. PCR: 03446 Modul
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Patch 86222-27 For Rapier Switches 5 PCR: 03526 Module: SWI Level: 3 The Switch MIB did not show the correct dot1StpPriority value. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03531 Module: SWI Level: 3 After creating a trunk group, the activity LEDs did not flash unless the configuration was used at reboot. This issue has been resolved so that the LEDs flash correctly whenever a trunk group is created. PCR: 03572 Module: STP
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6 Patch Release Note PCR: 02530 Module: FIREWALL Network affecting: No The GBLIP parameter in the ADD FIREWALL POLICY RULE ACTION=NONAT command is optional. However, if the command was executed without the GBLIP parameter set, the command erroneously failed after a CREATE CONFIGURATION command was executed. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03111 Module: FIREWALL Level: 1 TCP sessions could fail if the public side of the firewall was using Kerberos and the
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Patch 86222-27 For Rapier Switches 7 one of these servers did not exist, or the UDP session had failed to open. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03180 Module: IPG Level: 3 If all 32 VLAN interfaces had IP addresses attached, only 31 VLANs could be multihomed. Now all 32 VLAN interfaces with IP addresses can be multihomed. PCR: 03202 Module: CORE Level: 3 There are two sources of time kept in the device. The real time clock, a
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8 Patch Release Note PCR: 03332 Module: TTY Level: 2 A log message is now created when a user is forced to logout from an asynchronous port when another user (i.e. someone connected via Telnet) resets the asynchronous connection with the RESET ASYN command. PCR: 03346 Module: SNMP Level: 4 Sometimes the Agent Address field in SNMP traps was not the same as the IP source address. This meant that sometimes the NMS did not send an
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Patch 86222-27 For Rapier Switches 9 Features in 86222-24 Patch file details are listed in Table 4: Table 4: Patch file details for Patch 86222-24. 86s-222.rez Base Software Release File 6-Mar-2003 Patch Release Date 86222-24.paz Compressed Patch File Name 433360 bytes Compressed Patch File Size Patch 86222-23 includes all issues resolved and enhancements released in previous patches for Software Release 2.2.2, and the following enhancements: PCR: 02071 Module: NTP Network affecting: No When a
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10 Patch Release Note TCP has been excluded from this enhancement because TCP has the MSS (Maximum Segment Size) parameter for segment size control. Also, for PPPoE interfaces with a reduced MTU of 1492, a previous enhancement in PCR 02097 ensures that TCP MSS values in sessions carried by a PPPoE interface are clamped to a value that prevents fragmentation. PCR 02116 Module: IPG PING Network affecting: No When pinging to a remote IP address with two or more different cost routes, if the pr
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Patch 86222-27 For Rapier Switches 11 PCR: 03067 Module: DHCP Level: 1 When replying to a DHCP REQUEST that had passed through a DHCP relay, the broadcast bit of DHCP NAK messages was not being set. This issue has been resolved in accordance with RFC2131. PCR: 03080 Module: DVMRP DVMRP was not updating the downstream forwarding state correctly. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03095 Module: DHCP Level: 2 DHCP policies are no
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12 Patch Release Note PCR: 02587 Module: OSPF Network affecting: No When OSPF was enabled on startup, an OSPF interface would sometimes stay in the DOWN state. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03012 Module: TTY Network affecting: No Logging out from a Telnet session caused the switch to restart. This issue has been resolved. Features in 86222-22 Patch file details are listed in Table 6. Table 6: Patch file details for Patch 86222-22. 86s-222.rez Base Software Release File 12-Dec-2002 Patch R
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Patch 86222-27 For Rapier Switches 13 If the file system was completely full and the deletion of a single file led to a compaction, the file system reported that it was continually compacting. This was because it was repeatedly searching through a linked list of file headers. A byte of data from FLASH was incorrectly returning the value 0xFF. When a file was renamed using upper case letters, the renamed file did not appear in the file directory but did appear in FLASH. Also, if a SHOW
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14 Patch Release Note PCR 02408 Module: SWI Network affecting: No The EPORT parameter in the SHOW SWITCH L3FILTER ENTRY command was displaying incorrectly after an issue was resolved in PCR02374. The command now displays correctly. PCR: 02427 Module: DHCP Network affecting: No DHCP entry reclaim checks are now delayed by 10 seconds if the entry is unroutable because the interface is not up. PCR: 02463 Module: DVMRP, IPG Network affecting: No Support for multi-homed interfaces has been added.
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Patch 86222-27 For Rapier Switches 15 Features in 86222-21 Patch file details are listed in Table 7: Table 7: Patch file details for Patch 86222-21. 86s-222.rez Base Software Release File 03-Oct-2002 Patch Release Date 86222-21.paz Compressed Patch File Name 408864 bytes Compressed Patch File Size Patch 86222-21 includes all issues resolved and enhancements released in previous patches for Software Release 2.2.2, and the following enhancements: PCR: 02167 Module: FIREWALL Network affecting: No
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16 Patch Release Note PCR: 02368 Module: IPG/IGMP Network affecting: No IGMP failed to create an automatic IGMP membership with no joining port when it received multicast data that no ports were interested in, when IP TimeToLive was set to 1 second. Also, IGMP erroneously sent a query on an IGMP enabled IP interface even when IGMP was disabled. These issues have been resolved. PCR: 02374 Module: SWI Network affecting: No In the ADD SWITCH L3FILTER command, the EPORT parameter incorrectly ac
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Patch 86222-27 For Rapier Switches 17 PCR: 02024 Module: IPG Network affecting: No Proxy Arp can now be used on VLAN interfaces. PCR: 02122 Module: FIREWALL Network affecting: No A fatal error sometimes occurred if a TCP session originating on the public side of the firewall sent packets before the session was established with the host on the private side of the firewall. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 02128 Module: FIREWALL Network affecting: No Some FTP packets handled by the firewall
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18 Patch Release Note DHCP entry hashes now have memory protection to prevent fatal errors. DHCP client now retransmits XID correctly. Lost OFFER messages on the server are now handled correctly. The DHCP server now correctly handles DHCP clients being moved to a different interface on the DHCP server after they’ve been allocated an IP address. PCR: 02203 Module: IPG Network affecting: No Responses to DNS requests received by a DNS relay agent, and forwarded to the DNS server, were r
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Patch 86222-27 For Rapier Switches 19 PCR: 02259 Module: DHCP, IPG Network affecting: No A dual Ethernet router was incorrectly accepting an IP address from a DHCP server when the offered address was on the same network as the other Ethernet interface. An error is now recorded when DHCP offers an address that is in the same subnet as another interface. PCR: 02260 Module: TTY Network affecting: No When a ‘\n’(LF) character was received, the router/switch did not recognise this as the terminat
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20 Patch Release Note PCR: 02276 Module: FIREWALL Network affecting: No The CREATE CONFIG command did not save the SOURCEPORT parameter to the configuration file when the low value of the source port range was set to zero. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 02287 Module: IPG Network affecting: No Existing IGMP groups were not deleted when IGMP was disabled globally or on the associated interface. This gave the groups very high timeout values. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 02299 Module:
