Alcatel-Lucent 6800, 9000 IPX Routing, L2 Dhcp Snooping, L2 MAC Address Table Size Enhancement

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Software Supported

IPX Routing

The Internet Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol, developed by Novell for NetWare, is a Layer 3 protocol used to route packets through IPX networks. (NetWare is Novell’s network server operating system.) This implementation of IPX routing is software based with limited performance.

IPX specifies a connectionless datagram similar to the IP packet of TCP/IP networks. An IPX network address consists of two parts: a network number and a node number. The IPX network number is assigned by the network administrator. The node number is the Media Access Control (MAC) address for a network interface in the end node.

L2 DHCP Snooping

By default, DHCP broadcasts are flooded on the default VLAN for the client/server port. If the DHCP client and server are both members of the same VLAN domain, the broadcast packets from these sources are bridged as Layer 2 traffic and not processed by the relay agent. As a result, any active relay agent features (e.g., information Option-82, DHCP Snooping) are not applied to this type of DHCP traffic. The DHCP Relay application has a traffic suppression feature that suppresses the broadcast of DHCP packets and forwards these packets to the relay agent for processing.

The 6.1.3.R01 release provides support for this feature on the OmniSwitch 6800 Series, OmniSwitch 6850 Series, and OmniSwitch 9000 Series.

L2 MAC Address Table Size Enhancement

There are now two source learning modes available for the OmniSwitch 9000 Series switches: synchro- nized and distributed. By default the switch runs in the synchronized mode, which allows a total MAC address tables size of 16K per chassis. Enabling the distributed mode for the switch increases the table size to 16K per module and up to 64K per OmniSwitch 9000 chassis.

The 6.1.3.R01 release provides support for this feature on the OmniSwitch 9000 Series; increasing the MAC address table size is not supported on the OmniSwitch 6800 Series and OmniSwitch 6850 Series.

L2 Static Multicast Addresses

Static multicast MAC addresses are used to send traffic intended for a single destination multicast MAC address to multiple switch ports within a given VLAN. A static multicast address is assigned to one or more switch ports for a given VLAN. The ports associated with the multicast address are then identified as egress ports. When traffic received on ports within the same VLAN is destined for the multicast address, the traffic is forwarded on the egress ports that are associated with the multicast address.

One of the benefits of using static multicast addresses is that multicast traffic is switched in hardware and no longer subject to flood limits on broadcast traffic.

The 6.1.3.R01 release provides support for this feature on the OmniSwitch 6800 Series, OmniSwitch 6850 Series, and OmniSwitch 9000 Series.

OmniSwitch 6800/6850/9000—Release 6.1.3.R01

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Contents Page Related Documentation OmniSwitch 6800 Series Getting Started guideUpgrade Instructions for 6.1.3.R01 OmniSwitch 6850 Series OmniSwitch 6800 SeriesOmniSwitch 9000 Series Memory RequirementsNew Hardware Supported OS9800-CMM New Chassis Management Module CMMOmniSwitch 9600 Support for PS-510W AC/PS-360W AC OmniSwitch 9000 OS-IP-SHELF PoE Power ShelfGigabit Ethernet Transceiver SFP MSA Dual Speed Ethernet Transceivers100FX Ethernet Transceivers Module Type Part Number Supported Hardware/Software Combinations3.R01 Asic Physical Feature Platform Software Package New Software FeaturesVlan Range Support BGP4 Software SupportedPIM-SM 802.1x Device Classification Access Guardian 802.1W Rstp Default802.1Q 802.1Q 2005 MstpAccess Control Lists ACLs for IPv6 Access Control Lists ACLsACL & Layer 3 Security Source ipv6 destination ipv6 ipv6 Nh next header flow-labelACL Manager Authenticated VLANs Authenticated Switch AccessAutomatic Vlan Containment AVC BGP Graceful Restart Basic IPv4 RoutingBpdu Shutdown Ports Command Line Interface CLIDhcp Relay Dhcp Option-82 Relay Agent Information OptionDynamic Vlan Assignment Mobility DNS ClientEnd User Partitioning Eupm Ethernet Interfaces HTTP/HTTPS Port ConfigurationGeneric UDP Relay Health StatisticsIP Multicast Switching Ipms Interswitch Protocol AmapIP DoS Enhancements IP Route Map Redistribution IP Multicast Switching Ipms ProxyingIPv6 NPD L2 Dhcp Snooping IPX RoutingL2 MAC Address Table Size Enhancement L2 Static Multicast AddressesLink Aggregation static & 802.3ad Learned Port Security LPSMulticast Routing NTP Client MultinettingOSPFv2/OSPFv3 Policy Based Routing Permanent Mode Partitioned Switch ManagementPer-VLAN Dhcp Relay Policy Server ManagementQuality of Service QoS Power over Ethernet PoEPort Mapping Port MirroringRouter Discovery Protocol RDP Redirect Policies Port and Link AggregateRouting Protocol Preference Secure Copy SCP Secure Shell SSH Public Key AuthenticationSecure Shell SSH SSH Software Supported Operating SystemsSmart Continuous Switching OmniSwitch Smart Continuous Switching OmniSwitch 6800/OmniSwitchServer Load Balancing SLB SFlowSoftware Rollback Source LearningText File Configuration Switch LoggingSpanning Tree Syslog to Multiple HostsVlan Range Support User Definable Loopback InterfaceVlan Stacking and Translation VRRPv2/VRRPv3Web-Based Management WebView Trap Name Platforms Description Supported TrapsTrap Name Platforms Description Sion which was active on a slot cannot Trap Name Platforms Description Table gets dropped due to the overload Unsupported CLI Commands Unsupported Software FeaturesSoftware Feature Unsupported CLI Commands RIP MIB Name Unsupported MIB variables Alcatel IND1AAA Unsupported MIBsAlcatel IND1Bgp Alcatel IND1LAGAlcatelIND1Slb MIB Name Unsupported MIB variables AlcatelIND1QoSAlcatelIND1VlanManager MIB Name Unsupported MIB variablesIetfsnmp Command Line Interface CLI Open Problem Reports and Feature ExceptionsProblem Reports SFlow RmonWeb-Based Management WebView Feature ExceptionsOpen Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions Open Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions Autonegotiation LayerBridging Ethernet Interfaces Open Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions Group Mobility IP Multicast Switching IpmsPort Mirroring/Monitoring Link AggregationSource Learning Open Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions Open Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions Spanning Tree Open Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions Vlan Stacking Dhcp Snooping Basic IP RoutingIPv6 Open Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions UDP Relay Server Load Balancing SLBAdvanced Routing OSPFv3 DvmrpPIM General Quality of Service includes ACLsPolicy Manager Security 802.1x Authenticated Switch Access Policy Server Management Authenticated VLANsSystem Open Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions Chassis Supervision Open Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions Power Over Ethernet Open Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions Redundancy / Hot Swap Hot Swap Time Limitations for OmniSwitchOpen Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions Region Phone Number Technical Support
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