ICMP

Description

User Impact

IPv4 Fragmentation support

The switch is not fragmenting the datagram and forwards even when the

 

IP MTU of the forwarding Interface is set to a lower value (than the

 

datagram size).

 

This is a hardware limitation and is working as designed. The HW does

 

not allow the IP MTU to be configured per VLAN. We can configure the

 

maximum frame size in HW using the 'mtu' command in interface Ethernet

 

mode. However, if a packet exceeds the maximum frame size for a port, it

 

is discarded. If a packet happens to be sent to the software and it exceeds

 

the IP MTU, then the packet still will not be fragmented. An ICMP error

 

message is sent to the sender.

ICMP Error message generation

The ICMP Error Message generated by the switch has the fields (TTL)

 

unmodified instead of sending with a modified value resulted as a part of

 

forwarding process.

ICMPv6 Packet Too Big

The system is not generating Packet Too Big message to the source when

 

it forwards the packet through an interface vlan with mtu smaller than the

 

packet being forwarded.

 

The PowerConnect 6200 Series switches do not have the capability to

 

enforce IP MTU on VLAN Routing interfaces..

Multicast

 

 

 

Description

User Impact

Multicast VLC streams are not

This is not a mainstream problem. DVMRP functionality works fine and

received on VLC client on complex

such issues are not seen in 2 or 3 router topologies. This issue is seen

network topology.

only in complex topologies under high loads in the presence of other

 

multicast entries upon table full conditions.

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System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6

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