Specifications

8 Software Release Note AlliedWare Plus Version 5.4.2-0.1 C613-10506-01-REV A
Changes in this Version
Table 3 below lists new and modified features in this version as documented in the Software
References.
Table 4 on page 10 below lists all new and modified commands in this version, as documented
in the Software References.
Table 3: New and modified features in 5.4.2-0.1
Feature/MIB Status
x600 x610 x900
SBx908
Software
Reference
Chapter Description
Trouble-shoot fibe r
and pluggable
issues
New Y Y Y Y Getting Started You can now trouble-shoot fiber cable and
pluggable issues with diagnostic information about
installed XFP and SFP pluggable transceivers,
where SFPs are installed in the switch that support
DDM (Digital Diagnostic Monitoring) functionality
and XFPs are installed in the switch that support
DOM (Digital Optical Monitoring) functionality.
Autoboot New Y Y Y Y Creating and
Managing Files
The Autoboot feature enables the device to
automatically load a specific release file and/or
configuration file from external media, such as an
SD card, into Flash memory. The Autoboot
feature minimizes network downtime by avoiding
the need for manual configuration of a
replacement device. This feature is enabled only
the first time the device is powered up.
Subsequently, the Autoboot feature is disabled by
default.
Load Balancing for
Link Aggregation
New Y Y Y Y Link Aggregation
Introduction and
Configuration
You can now select which packet fields are
considered by the algorithm used for load
balancing on link aggregators (include source and
destination MAC data (Layer 2), or Source and
Destination IP data (Layer 3)). This feature was
previously available on x900 and SBx908 only; it is
now also available on x600 and x610 Series.
Extended VRF-Lite
Support
Environments
Enhance
ment
–YYYVRF-Lite
Introduction and
Configuration
VRF-Lite now also supports the following features:
VCStack (Virtual Chassis Stacking), “route limits,”
and user-configurable static and dynamic routing
resource limits that can be applied on a per-VRF
basis. VRF-Lite now supports up to 64 VRF
instances—an increase on the 8 instances
previously supported.
PIM-SSM New Y Y Y Y PIM-SM
Introduction and
Configuration
Protocol Independent Multicast - Source Specific
Multicast (PIM-SSM) is derived from Protocol
Independent Multicast - Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
and is a simplified version of PIM-SM. While PIM-
SM supports both a “many-to-many” and a “one-
to-many” model, PIM-SSM only supports the
“one-to-many” model, also known as a “broadcast
application”. PIM-SSM builds shortest path trees
(SPT) that are directly rooted at the source.
TAC ACS+ Modi fi ed Y Y Y Y TAC ACS+
Introduction and
Configuration
AlliedWare Plus now supports TACACS+ login
accounting, TACACS+ command accounting, and
TACACS+ enable password authentication.