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Patch Release Note
Patch 86261-04
For Rapier and AT-8800 Series Switches
Introduction
This patch release note lists the issues addressed and enhancements made in
patch 86261-04 for Software Release 2.6.1 on existing models of Rapier and
AT-8800 Series switches. Patch file details are listed in Table 1.
Table 1: Patch file details for Patch 86261-04.
86-261.rez
Base Software Release File
19-Nov-2003
Patch Release Date
86261-04.paz
Compressed Patch File Name
261628 bytes
Compressed Patch File Si
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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 86261-04 For Rapier and AT-8800 Series Switches 3 PCR: 31009 Module: HTTP Level: 3 The server string was not copied correctly into an HTTP file request when loading information from the configuration script. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31064 Module: SWI Level: 2 When 10/100 copper ports were disabled with the DISABLE SWITCH PORT command, their link state was still UP. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31072 Module
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4 ADD IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note PCR: 31133 Module: IPG This PCR introduces an enhancement that extends an issue that was resolved in PCR 03890, in which switch port entries are only created for special router multicast addresses. It is now possible to specify reserved multicast addresses that will be treated as multicast packets from routers. Use the following commands to configure this feature. ADD IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Syntax ADD IGMPSNOOPING
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Patch 86261-04 For Rapier and AT-8800 Series Switches SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 5 DELETE IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Syntax DELETE IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS=ipaddr[,...] where ipaddr is a reserved IP multicast address in dotted decimal notation. Description This command deletes reserved IP multicast addresses from the list of router multicast addresses. The IP address specified must be within the range 224.0.0.1 to 224.0.0.255. This command is only valid if the IGMP snooping router mo
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6 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note PCR: 31140 Module: FIREWALL Level: 4 The firewall sent an erroneous IPSPOOF attack message when processing large packets. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31145 Module: SWI Level: 3 The port counters were not incremented: • ifInDiscards ifinErrors ifOutDiscards ifOutErrors This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31146 Module: SWI Level: 3 The
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Patch 86261-04 For Rapier and AT-8800 Series Switches SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 7 PCR: 31154 Module: STP Level: 4 The current implementation of RSTP conforms to the IEEE standard 802.1w-2001. However, several minor deviations from the standard are possible without having a functional impact on the behaviour of RSTP. These changes are useful for debugging RSTP, and tidy up aspects of RSTP that sometimes have no purpose. The following three variations hav
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8 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note PCR: 31171 Module: PORTAUTH, USER,STP Level: 2 This PCR enhances the robustness of the 802.1x port authentication protocol. PCR: 31174 Module: IPG Level: 2 If a device had IPSec and firewall enabled, it could not handle long ICMP packets even when enhanced fragment handling was enabled on the firewall. If a long packet is passed to the firewall for processing, the firewall c
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Patch 86261-04 For Rapier and AT-8800 Series Switches SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 9 PCR: 31191 Module: PORTAUTH, USER Level: 2 A device in a supplicant role failed to authenticate if it used EAP-MD5 encryption with Windows 2000 or 2003 Server as the RADIUS server. Also, a fatal error occurred if the device received EAPOL packets containing a very large value in the packet length field. These issues have been resolved. PCR: 31192 Module: LOG
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10 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note PCR: 31215 Module: SNMP Level: 4 The entry for the FanAndPs group in the private MIB did not return valid information. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31221 Module: SW56 Level: 1 On AT-8848 switches, a STP loop occurred if the Gigabit uplink port 49 was in the blocking state. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31237 Module: CORE Level: 3 So
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Patch 86261-04 For Rapier and AT-8800 Series Switches SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 11 PCR: 03726 Module: TTY, USER Level: 3 The time recorded when a user logged in was overwritten when the same user logged in a second time while the original connection was still active. This meant the SHOW USER command displayed the same time for both connections. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03781 Module: STP Level: 2 A buffer leak o
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12 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note PCR: 03937 Module: IPSEC Level: 2 The IP version of packets was not being checked, so an IPv4 packet could match an IPv6 IPSec policy. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03940 Module: PKI Level: 1 The following two issues have been resolved: Large CRL files were not decoded correctly. The certificate database was not validated immediately after the CRL file was updated.
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Patch 86261-04 For Rapier and AT-8800 Series Switches SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 13 PCR: 03993 Module: FIREWALL Level: 4 The AUTHENTICATION parameter has been removed from the “?” CLI help for firewall commands. This was not a valid parameter. PCR: 03994 Module: SWI Level: 2 Port speed and duplex values set with the SET SWITCH PORT SPEED command were sometimes not applied correctly. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03996
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14 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note PCR: 31028 Module: BGP Level: 2 BGP did not always send Withdrawn advertisements when a route went down. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31036 Module: CORE Level: 4 The output of the SHOW SYSTEM command has been changed on AT-8800 Series switches. The output now includes the status of the temperature and fan. See Figure 2 on page 14 and Table 4 on page 15. Figure 2: Examp
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Patch 86261-04 For Rapier and AT-8800 Series Switches SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 15 Table 4: New parameters displayed in the output of the SHOW SYSTEM command for AT-8800 series switches. Parameter Meaning Current Temperature The status of the switch’s temperature. “Normal” means the switch is operating in the required temperature range. “Warning” means there has been a temperature-related error requiring attention. “Failed” means there was an internal error while reading the temperatu
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16 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note PCR: 31058 Module: NTP Level: 3 When the interval between the NTP server and client exceeded 34 years 9 days and 10 hours, the time set on the client was incorrect. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31063 Module: IPG Level: 2 MVR was not operating if IGMP had not been enabled. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 31068 Module: STP Level: 2 A
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Patch 86261-04 For Rapier and AT-8800 Series Switches SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 17 PCR: 31094 Module: FILE Level: 3 Files with lines over 132 characters in length could not be transferred using TFTP. This limit has now been raised to 1000 characters to match the maximum command line length. PCR: 31097 Module: SW56 Level: 2 When broadcast packets were transmitted to one of two VLAN interfaces, and a ping was sent to the ot
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18 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note PCR: 31137 Module: CORE Level: 4 Rapier Series switches with a DC power supply did not recognise the DC power supply. This issue has been resolved. Features in 86261-01 Patch file details are listed in Table 5: Table 5: Patch file details for Patch 86261-01. 86-261.rez Base Software Release File 2-Oct-2003 Patch Release Date 86261-01.paz Compressed Patch File Name 94120 bytes Compressed Patch File Size Patch
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Patch 86261-04 For Rapier and AT-8800 Series Switches SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS 19 PCR: 03861 Module: IPV6 Level: 2 When a connector was plugged into one physical interface, the RIPng request packet was erroneously transmitted from all interfaces on the switch. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03864 Module: BGP Level: 2 BGP sent Update packets when the local host route table changed but did not affect BGP. Also, BGP did
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20 SHOW IGMPSNOOPING ROUTERADDRESS Patch Release Note PCR: 03886 Module: SW56 Level: 3 AT-8800 series switches received frames when the physical link was not established. This issue has been resolved. PCR: 03888 Module: DHCP, TELNET Level: 2 When the device was configured as a DHCP server, a fatal error sometimes occurred when a telnet session to the device was closed while DHCP was reclaiming IP addresses. Also, a telnet error
