PowerConnect 5500 Series Release Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Functionality change in this phase

 

 

 

 

The following functionality were added in this release

 

 

 

 

Summary

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Egress Classification

The ability to classify traffic also on the Egress port and

 

 

 

not only on the Ingress port.

 

 

 

 

(ACL)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. VLAN can be created in configuration context (no

 

 

 

need to enter VLAN database context)

 

 

 

 

 

2. No Error message when creating already created

 

 

 

Auto-Create VLAN

VLAN

 

 

 

 

 

3. When entering Non-existing VLAN context

 

 

 

 

 

(interface VLAN [vlan_id])

 

 

 

 

 

4. When adding an interface to a non-existing VLAN

 

 

 

 

using the command “switchport access vlan”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

802.1x VLAN name

Radius server can send the VLAN name instead of

 

 

VLAN ID

 

 

 

 

 

support

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During the software initialization process, all the PHYs

 

 

Detecting HW failure

are scanned. In case the PHY read is failed (HW error),

 

 

 

the system generates a critical messages to the

 

 

 

 

during boot time

terminal with following information: “Fatal Error:

 

 

 

 

 

Communication with port id /PHY has failed”, and

 

 

 

 

 

performs a self-reboot

 

 

 

 

Disable Password-

When password recovery is disabled, and the

 

 

 

 

administrator is using the password recovery option

 

 

 

Recovery

from the boot menu, the startup configuration will be

 

 

 

 

deleted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issues resolved

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following issues have been resolved in current firmware release

 

 

 

 

Description

 

User Impact

Resolution

 

 

 

 

Every time the users applies

 

 

 

 

 

 

the profile-global macro with

 

 

 

 

Prevent creating duplicate ACEs per ACL

the "macro global apply

Delete redundant ACL

 

 

profile-global" command, a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

new duplicate entry is added

 

 

 

 

 

 

to each of the ACLs

 

 

 

 

 

 

The "boot host dhcp"

 

 

 

 

 

 

command which initiates the

 

 

 

 

 

 

auto configuration feature

 

 

 

 

 

 

should not be removed from

 

 

 

 

 

 

the running-config or startup-

 

 

 

 

The command "boot host dhcp" needs to

config (which terminates

Auto Update Phase 2

 

 

auto configuration retries)

 

 

stay in the configuration if without

 

 

unless the customer has

implementation

 

 

autosave option.

 

 

 

 

selected the auto-save

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

option which indicates that

 

 

 

 

 

 

he wants the new config

 

 

 

 

 

 

saved and therefore does

 

 

 

 

 

 

not want to retry the

 

 

 

 

 

 

configuration download

 

 

 

System Firmware Version 4.1.0.1

Subject to Change Without Notice

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Dell 5548P, 5524P specifications Functionality change in this phase, Issues resolved

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