Page 2 - Table of Contents
ii System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Table of Contents I n t r o d u c t i o n 1 G l o b a l S u p p o r t 1 F i r m w a r e S p e c i f i c a t i o n s 1 H a r d w a r e S u p p o r t e d 2 A d d e d F u n c t i o n a l i t y i n t h i s R e l e a s e 3 C h a n g e d F u n c t i o n a l i t y i n t h...
Page 3 - Introduction; Global Support; Firmware Upgrade; Version 3.2 includes improvements to the firmware management
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 1 Introduction This document provides specific information for the Dell PowerConnect 6200 Series switches, firmware version 3.2.0.6. It is recommended that this release note be thoroughly reviewed prior to in...
Page 4 - Supported Firmware Functionality; DellTM PowerConnectTM 6200 Series Systems; OMNM 4.1 will not discover the switches running any; Firmware Downgrade; Hardware Supported
2 System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Firmware Image Name Version No. Release Date PC6200v3.2.0.6.stk 3.2.0.6 May 2010 Version Numbering Convention Version number Description 6200 Series 3 2 0 6 Four part version number Denotes the build number. Denotes an ad hoc release of the product software. Denotes...
Page 5 - Added Functionality in this Release; show interfaces detail {ethernet
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 3 Added Functionality in this Release ¾ Non-Stop Forwarding This feature creates an option to allow the forwarding plane of stack units to continue to forward packets while the control and management planes r...
Page 7 - Voice VLAN is manually configured on the port
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 5 ¾ MLD Snooping (RFC2710) In IPv4, Layer 2 switches can use IGMP Snooping to limit the flooding of multicast traffic by dynamically configuring Layer 2 interfaces so that multicast traffic is forwarded to on...
Page 8 - Configuration; Captive Portal
6 System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 ¾ RADIUS Enhancements • The maximum number of RADIUS servers supported has increased from three to 32. • RADIUS servers with the same name can be used as Backups (RADIUS Authentication and Accounting servers) • Simultaneous Transactions to Multiple RADIUS Servers • ...
Page 10 - network ip-address wildcard-mask area areaid
8 System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 ¾ Granular OSPF v2/v3 Traps Configure which of the OSPF traps the OSPF Router should generate by enabling or disabling the trap condition. If a trap condition is enabled and the condition is detected, the OSPF router will send the trap to all trap receivers. ¾ auto-...
Page 13 - Changed Functionality in this Release; The
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 11 Changed Functionality in this Release ¾ Spanning Tree Update – 802.1Q-2005 Spanning Tree now supports IEEE802.1Q-2005. This version of the IEEE Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol corrects problems associated ...
Page 16 - Maximum rules per ACL are 127; the system cannot support 100 ACLs that each has 127 rules.
14 System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 ¾ ACL Changes The following changes apply to ingress and egress ACLs: o Maximum of 100 ACLs o Maximum rules per ACL are 127 Note: Although the maximum number of ACLs is 100, and the maximum number of rules per ACL is 127, the system cannot support 100 ACLs that eac...
Page 17 - Deprecated Commands and Parameters
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 15 Deprecated Commands and Parameters The following CLI commands have been deprecated since the 2.x release. Title Description bridge address Interface Configuration mode Rationale: The following parameters h...
Page 19 - Issues Resolved
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 17 Issues Resolved The following is a list of issues resolved in the current firmware release. Description User Impact Resolution Unable to configure IPv6 host (4001::2) as an SNMP trap receiver on the DUT. U...
Page 21 - Description
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 19 Description User Impact Resolution Cannot enter Daylight Saving Time from Web interface. In summer time configuration page, in recursive mode, clock zone field is not accepting valid range. In summer time ...
Page 23 - CLI Reference Manual Updates; nsf
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 21 CLI Reference Manual Updates Non-Stop Forwarding Title Description nsf no nsf Use this command to enable non-stop forwarding. The “no” form of the command will disable NSF. Default: Non-stop forwarding is ...
Page 24 - Port Configuration Show Command
22 System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Title Description show ip ospf neighbor This command has been enhanced to list the per neighbor graceful restart status described in the RFC 4750 MIB. Possible values for Restart Helper Status are as follows: • Helping – This router is acting as a helpful neighbor ...
Page 25 - RADIUS Accounting Servers; radius-server host acct; Spanning Tree
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 23 RADIUS Accounting Servers Title Description radius-server host acct The switches do not support creating accounting server names with the same name although the CLI Reference Manual and User Guide state th...
Page 26 - Link Dependency Commands; Multicast; User’s Guide Updates; Configuring Dell PowerConnect; User’s Guide
24 System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Link Dependency Commands Title Description link-dependency group [ action { up | down } ] Use the action command to control the operational state of the group based on the dependent links state. • up — Causes the group members to change their operational state to b...
Page 27 - Known Issues; Summary; TACACS operation; enable; large
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 25 Known Issues Summary User Impact Workaround Non-configuration file getting loaded to startup-config through HTTP. When the switch reboots and attempts to read an invalid start-up configuration file, it wil...
Page 28 - buffer when it
26 System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Summary User Impact Workaround Bridge multicast address is shown as MAC Address format in show running- config buffer when it is configured in IP format. If a user configures the bridge multicast address as an IP address format in VLAN interface mode, it is display...
Page 30 - QoS; Windows Vista® Authentication
28 System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Known Restrictions and Limitations Layer 2 802.1AB (LLDP) Description User Impact LLDP-MED location and inventory transmit TLVs have no effect. The switch does not support configuring this data so enabling these TLVs has no effect. QoS Description User Impact Traff...
Page 31 - LACP; Layer 3; IP Map
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 29 LACP Description User Impact LAGs Supported Number of LAGs supported: • Up to 18 Dynamic LAGs • 48 Static LAGs Limitations (stack of 12) • Long Timeouts With a minimal CPU load, it takes approximately 1.5 ...
Page 32 - ICMP; IPv4 Fragmentation support
30 System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 ICMP Description User Impact IPv4 Fragmentation support The switch is not fragmenting the datagram and forwards even when the IP MTU of the forwarding Interface is set to a lower value (than the datagram size). This is a hardware limitation and is working as design...
Page 33 - Management; CLI
PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Page 31 Management CLI Description User Impact radius-server mode commands do not have a "no" form. None of the commands in radius-server mode support a "no" form except for the msgauth command. To...
Page 34 - Cable Diagnostics; File Management; CLI Comment Character; End of Release Notes
32 System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6 Cable Diagnostics Description User Impact Cable Length Diagnostic shows result as 'Unknown' for a port to which Network is connected. Problem is intermittent and only observable when connected to a D-Link DES1008. File Management Description User Impact Error displ...