Mellanox MLNX-OS® Release Notes for SX1018HP Ethernet Managed Blade Switch Software Ver. 3.3.4100 www.mellanox.
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Chapter 2 Supported Platforms, Firmware, Cables and Licenses . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Supported Switch Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supported CPU Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Supported Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Introduction This document is the Mellanox MLNX-OS® Release Notes for HP 689638-B21. MLNX-OS is a comprehensive management software solution that provides optimal performance for cluster computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing over Mellanox SwitchX® family. The fabric management capabilities ensure the highest fabric performance while the chassis management ensures the longest switch up time.
2.5 Supported Cables The following are the qualified cables for SX1018HP: Table 2 - Qualified Cables for SX1018HP Mellanox P/N HP P/N Description Cable Length N/A 655874-B21 HP QSFP/SFP+ adapter MC2207130-00A 670759-B21 HP IB FDR QSFP copper cable 0.5m MC2207130-001 670759-B22 HP IB FDR QSFP copper cable 1m MC2207130-0A1 670759-B23 HP IB FDR QSFP copper cable 1.
3 Changes and New Features Table 3 - SX1018HP Changes and New Features Category Description Release 3.3.4100 General HP switch blade reset factory using OA. General HP switch blade restore admin password using OA. General Improved debug file upload mechanism. Refer to “file debug-dump” command in the CLI reference guide. General Added support for displaying system hardware revision. Refer to “show inventory” command in the CLI reference guide.
4 Known Issues For any possible errata due to hardware issues, please refer to the switch support product page. The following table describes MLNX-OS® known issues in this software release and possible workarounds. 4.1 General Known Issues Table 4 - General Known Issues (Sheet 1 of 2) Index Category Description Possible Workaround 1. Management Interfaces The CLI command ip default-gateway sets the gateway address to 0.0.0.0 and prevents the user from adding other gateways.
Table 4 - General Known Issues (Sheet 2 of 2) Index Category Description Possible Workaround 9. Configuration Management Loading the wrong system configuration file may hang the system. For example: an attempt to use an SX1016 configuration file on an SX6036/SX6536/SX1035 system may cause the system to hang. 10. Configuration Management After loading a new configuration file, please reboot the system. Otherwise, configuration might not be properly applied. 11.
4.2 Ethernet Known Issues Table 5 - Ethernet Known Issues (Sheet 1 of 3) Index Category Description Possible Workaround 1. Ethernet Interfaces The system allows tolerance of 4 bytes on top of the set MTU. 2. Ethernet Interfaces In case of faulty cable, rise time of other interfaces in the system may be delayed. 3. Ethernet Interfaces 40GbE passive copper cable of 5m length might experience link rise issues when connected to some 3rd party 40GbE interfaces. 4.
Table 5 - Ethernet Known Issues (Sheet 2 of 3) Index Category Description Possible Workaround To fix the problem, run the commands interface ethernet 1/x switchport trunk allowedvlan all and interface ethernet 1/x switchport trunk allowedvlan remove 1-100 in succession. 15.
Table 5 - Ethernet Known Issues (Sheet 3 of 3) Index Category Description Possible Workaround 25. SNMP LLDP MIB OID lldpRemPortDesc is not supported. 26. Port Mirroring When port mirroring congestion is configured to “drop-excessive-frames” (best effort), while using the same analyzer port for more than a single mirroring session, that port could drops packets from all flows not according to their configured priorities. 27.
5 Bug Fixes The following table describes MLNX-OS® bug fixes in this software release. Table 6 - Bug Fixes Index 6 Category Description 1. Ethernet Interfaces Setting an interface switchport mode to “access” using the command switchport mode then deleting the access VLAN using the command no vlan results in said interface showing as a member of VLAN 0. If the running-config of that switch is exported to another, the process fails. 2.
