Part No. 210676-B November 2000 4401 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Software Version 1.0.
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Introduction These release notes for the Nortel Networks Business Policy Switch 2000™ software version 1.0.1 provide information about software and operational issues not included in the Business Policy Switch 2000 (BPS2000) software version 1.0 guides. These release notes provide information on version 1.0.
• • Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Management Software, part number 209321-A Business Policy Switch 2000 Installation Instructions, part number 209319-A You can print selected technical manuals and release notes free, directly from the Internet. Go to the www.nortelnetworks.com/library/tpubs/ URL. Find the product for which you need documentation. Then locate the specific category and model or version for your hardware or software product.
LEAVE message processing With the new software version 1.0.1, the LEAVE messages are processed in all cases; that is, whether Fast JOIN/LEAVE is enabled or disabled. (In the previous software—version 1.0.0 of the BPS2000 software—LEAVE messages are processed only if Fast JOIN/LEAVE is enabled.) The receipt of a LEAVE message tells the BPS2000 switch that a device on that port no longer requires the multicast stream.
COPS readiness The BPS2000 switch can interoperate with the Nortel Networks Optivity® Policy Server using Common Open Policy Services (COPS). For information about Optivity, go to the www.nortelnetworks.com/library/tpubs/ URL and scroll to the Optivity Network Management and IP Services section. Resolved issue The following issue was resolved in version 1.0.
Device Manager The following are known problems with Device Manager: • • Downloading software images—With this release, you cannot download BayStack™ 410 and BayStack 450 software images using the Device Manager in a mixed stack environment with Business Policy Switches. You can only download BayStack 410 and BayStack 450 software images to the mixed stack with the Web-based management interface or the console interface.
Known limitations The following limitations are known to exist: • • Gigabit MDA—When viewing Active Phy information from the console interface, the console must be connected to the unit containing the Gigabit MDA (the BayStack 450-1SR MDA and the BayStack 450-1LLR MDA) to display the appropriate Phy information. Incorrect information may be displayed if you connect to a unit not containing a Gigabit MDA.
