Part No. 210676-M March 2002 4401 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Software Version 1.1.3.
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Introduction These release notes for the Nortel Networks Business Policy Switch 2000* software version 1.1.3.11 provide information about software and operational issues not included in the Business Policy Switch 2000 (BPS 2000) software version 1.0 and version 1.0.1 guides. To obtain the software version 1.1.3.11, download the following files from the Customer Support World Wide Web site: • • bps2k113_11.img (software file) bps2kdiag_20010.
You can stack the BPS 2000 up to 8 units high. There are two types of stacks: • • Pure BPS 2000 —This stack has only BPS 2000 switches. It is sometimes referred to as a pure stack. The stack operational mode for this type of stack is Pure BPS 2000 Mode. Hybrid—This stack has a combination of BPS 2000 switches and BayStack 450 and/or BayStack 410 switches. It is sometimes referred to as a mixed stack. The stack operational mode for this type of stack is Hybrid Mode.
To find out which version of the BPS 2000 software is running, use the Console Interface (CI) menus or the Web-based management system: • • CI menus—From the main menu of the Console, choose Systems Characteristics menu. The software currently running is displayed in sysDescr. Web-based management system—Open the System Information page, which is under Administration on the main menu. The software currently running is displayed in the sysDescription field.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • Reference for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Management Software (part number 209322-A) Getting Started with the Business Policy Switch 2000 Management Software (part number 209321-A) Business Policy Switch 2000 Installation Instructions (part number 209319-A) Installing Media Dependent Adapters (MDAs) (part number 302403-F) Managing Policy Information in Optivity Policy Services for Business Policy Switch (part number 306969-D) Installing Optivity Policy Services for Business
Resolved issues The following issue was resolved in version 1.1.3.11: • Malformed SNMP message packets are now discarded. These packets can no longer cause the SNMP task to crash, disabling SNMP, CLI and Web access. The BPS 2000 will no longer be affected by SNMP vulnerability issues documented on February 12, 2002 by CERT/CC in their SNMP advisory (VU#107186 and VU#854306). The following issues were resolved in version 1.1.3.
The following issue was resolved in version 1.0.1: • The ports on the BPS2000-4 TX MDA now autonegotiate correctly to 100 Mb/s full-duplex when they are connected to another BPS2000 port configured to autonegotiate. Known issues The following paragraphs discuss the known issues with the BPS 2000. The following issues are known to exist in version 1.1.3.
— 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. — When you remove a Gigabit MDA from a switch, the Active Phy of the effected unit displays the new status.
• You can configure as many as 63 protocol-based VLANs, with a sum total of “N” PID values not to exceed 15 (Table 1). Table 1 Protocol and PID values Protocol Name Number of PID values (N) Ip Ether2 2 Ipx 802.3 1 Ipx 802.2 1 Ipx Snap 2 Ipx Ether2Snap 2 AplTk Ether2Snap 2 Declat Ether2 1 DecOther Ether 2 10 Sna 802.2 2 Sna Ether2 1 NetBios 802.
