Part No. 210676-D August 2001 4401 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Software Version 1.1.
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Introduction These release notes for the Nortel Networks Business Policy Switch 2000* software version 1.1.1 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 or version 1.1 Release Notes. To obtain the software version 1.1.1, download the following files from the Customer Support World Wide Web site: • • bps2k111_10.img (software file) bps2kdiag_110.
When you are working with a mixed stack, you must ensure that the Interoperability Software Version Numbers (ISVN) are identical. That is, the ISVN number for the BayStack 450 switch and BayStack 410 switch must have the same ISVN as the BPS 2000. If the ISVNs are not the same, the stack does not operate. In sum, the stacking software compatibility requirements are as follows: • • • Pure BPS 2000 stack—All units must be running the same software version.
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.
Using DM with a mixed stack and you choose Edit > File System, you can specify either the image for the BPS 2000 or the image for the BayStack, or both to download the software image(s). • • The BootP timeout for the BPS is now set to five minutes, which matches the BootP timeout value for the BayStack 450 switch. (CR 13161-1) BootP values set to either Always or When Needed are retained during a switch reset. (CR 126842-1) The following issue was resolved in version 1.0.
• • When the High Speed Flow Control Autonegotiation feature is set to enabled (the default), the port only advertises support for 1000 Mb/s operation, in full-duplex mode. If you experience problems between the Business Policy Switch and other network devices, set Autonegotiation to disabled on both sides of the link.
• You can configure protocol-based VLANs with a sum total of “N” PID values not to exceed 14 (Table 1). If you are not running the spanning tree protocol, 15 PID values are available. 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.
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