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Brocade MLX Series and NetIron Family Documentation Updates 1

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Documentation Updates for the Brocade MLX Series and

NetIron Family Configuration Guide

In this chapter

The updates in this chapter are for the Brocade MLX Series and NetIron Family Configuration

Guide, publication number 53-1002544-02, published September 2012.

The following features were added or modified as part of the 5.4.00b release.

•“Support for IPv6 anycast addresses” on page 3

•“New LAG formation rule” on page 3

•“Deleting CSPF groups” on page 3

•“IPv6 Traceroute over an MPLS network” on page 5

•“IPv6 VRRP-E short path forwarding for MCT” on page 9

•“VRRP and VRRP-E support for routing over VPLS on CES and CER” on page 13

•“Hybrid port mode OpenFlow” on page 14

•“sFlow null0 sampling” on page 19

•“Support matrix for MSTP and STP global/STP/RSTP” on page 21

•“Aggregated TM VOQ statistics collection” on page 22

•“Displaying QoS packet and byte counters” on page 25

•“Multi-Chassis Trunk (MCT) client-interfaces delay” on page 26

•“Deletion of ACLs bound to an interface” on page 27

•“Configuring an encrypted syslog server” on page 29

The following features were added or modified as part of the 5.4.00c release.

•“OpenFlow Hybrid Port Mode for IPv6” on page 34

•“Bypass LSP Liberal Path Selection” on page 35

•“Max Queue Depth and Buffer Utilization CLI enhancements” on page 39

•“Transparent forwarding of L2 and L3 protocols on a VLL for CES and CER” on page 41

•“Forward Error Correction mode” on page 43

•“Manual deletion of an OpenFlow rule” on page 44

•“Show tech enhancement for OpenFlow” on page 44

•“Root Guard” on page 46