Technical information

34 | FTOS Release Notes for the E-Series TeraScale, FTOS Version 8.4.2.8, October 2012
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Release Notes: In rare circumstances, the system may fail to accept SNMP configuration changes.
Workaround: NA
PR# 101043
Severity: S1
Synopsis: In rare instances, the system may reboot when configuring spanning tree bridge priority.
Release Notes: In rare instances, the system may reboot due to memory corruption when configuring spanning tree
bridge priority.
Workaround: NA
PR# 100014
Severity: S2
Synopsis: Execution of 'show inventory media' command may cause IFA_COMM_FAIL message.
Release Notes: When the 'show inventory media' CLI is run, system might generate 'IFA_COMM_FAIL' error in
rare cases. No system functionality is affected due to this error.
Workaround: NA
PR# 98054
Severity: S3
Synopsis: RA might not be sent by the router in response to a RS received from a host.
Release Notes: Whenever a host changes its mac address for the same ipv6 address, a router solicitation is sent to
the router from the host. The router is expected to respond with a Router Advertisement (RA). But
the router might fail to send a RA in response to the received RS.
Workaround: NA
PR# 84475
Severity: S3
Synopsis: Multicast receivers may receive duplicate packets when static RP configuration is changed.
Release Notes: If static RP configuration is removed and reapplied after an SPT switchover is completed, the
receiver may receive duplicate multicast packets from source tree.
Workaround: Execute "clear ip pim tib" command when this issue is encountered.
PR# 71796
Severity: S2