Brocade Communications Systems PowerConnect B-RX Instruction Manual

Multi-Service IronWare Software

R02.7.02a for Brocade BigIron RX

Series Switches

Release Notes v1.0

October 2, 2009

Document History

Document Title Summary of Changes Publication Date

Multi-Service IronWare Software R02.7.02a for

Brocade BigIron RX Series Switches Release

Notes v1.0

Release 02.7.02a October 2009

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Contents

Supported devices for Multi-Service IronWare R02.7.02a..................................5

Feature support........................................................................................................5

Supported features................................................................................................................ 5

Unsupported features ......................................................................................................... 10

Software image files for Multi-Service IronWare R02.7.02a ............................10

Software image files............................................................................................................ 10

Images and procedures required....................................................................................... 11

Upgrading the Multi-Service IronWare software ..............................................11

Displaying flash memory and version information.......................................................... 12

Displaying flash information ..................................................................................................13

Code flash and boot flash information.............................................................................. 15

Displaying version information..............................................................................................19

Backing up the current software images .......................................................................... 21

Upgrading the monitor and boot images.......................................................................... 21

Unified software image upgrade........................................................................................ 22

Special instructions for using interface modules in a 32-slot chassis............................. 22

Separation of boot and monitor images............................................................................ 23

Upgrading the management module monitor and boot images...................................... 23

Upgrading the management module IronWare image.................................................... 24

Upgrading the interface module monitor and boot images ............................................ 25

Upgrading the IronWare image on the interface module............................................... 25

Upgrading MBRIDGE FPGA on the management module ........................................... 26

Rebooting the management module.................................................................................. 29

Regenerating SSH v2 crypto key....................................................................................... 29

Hitless Layer 2 OS upgrade............................................................................................... 30

Considerations when using the feature..................................................................................31

The Hitless OS Layer 2 software process..............................................................................31

Performing a Hitless Layer 2 OS software upgrade.............................................................32

Loading the Multi-Service IronWare software onto the switch..........................................32

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Technical support...................................................................................................33

General Information........................................................................................................... 33

Getting Help or Reporting Errors..................................................................................... 34

Web Access...............................................................................................................................34

Email Access.............................................................................................................................34

Telephone Access.....................................................................................................................34

Additional resources..............................................................................................35

Documentation Update..........................................................................................36

Defects .....................................................................................................................38

Closed with Code Change Defects in Multi-Service IronWare R02.7.02a .................... 38

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Supported devices for Multi-Service IronWare R02.7.02a

This software release applies to the following Brocade products:

• BigIron RX-4 Switch

• BigIron RX-8 Switch

• BigIron RX-16 Switch

• BigIron RX-32 Switch

Note: The software release described in these release notes can only be used on the devices specified

above.

All information required to operate the BigIron RX Series Switch is described in the BigIron RX Series

Configuration Guide or the Brocade BigIron RX Series Installation Guide.

Feature support

Below is a list of all the features supported on the BigIron RX switches. See Unsupported features, for

features not supported.

Supported features

Category Feature description

System level Features

Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) Allows you to configure a Brocade device to intercept and display the

contents of CDP packets. This feature is useful for learning device

and interface information for Cisco devices in the network.

CLI Logging

Denial of Service (DoS)

protection

Protection from SYN attacks

Protection from Smurf attacks

Foundry Discovery Protocol

(FDP)

Enables Foundry devices to advertise themselves to other Foundry

devices on the network.

High Availability OS Layer 2 Hitless Software Upgrade

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Category Feature description

Management Options Serial and Telnet access to industry-standard Command Line

Interface (CLI)

SSHv2

TFTP

Web-based GUI

SNMP versions 1, 2, and 3

IronView Network Manager

Security

AAA Authentication

Local passwords

RADIUS

Secure Shell (SSH) version 2

Secure Copy (SCP)

TACACS/TACACS+

User accounts

802.1x: All EAP types, including MD5, TLS, TTLS, and PEAP

Multi-device port authentication

Note: Telnet, SSH, Web and SNMP servers are disabled by default,

and can be enabled selectively.

CPU protection: There are no CLI commands for CPU protection. The BigIron RX

forwards unknown unicast, broadcast and multicast packets in

hardware; therefore, the CPU is automatically 'protected' from having

to handle too many packets.

Logging Multiple SysLogD server logging

sFlow sFLow version 5

Uni-directional Link Detection

(UDLD)

Monitors a link between two devices and brings the ports on both

ends of the link down if the link goes down at any point between the

two devices.

Layer 2 features

802.1d Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

and

Single Spanning Tree Protocol (SSTP)

802.1p Quality of Service (QoS) queue mapping

802.1q see VLANs, below

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Category Feature description

802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)

802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)

802.1x Port Security

802.3ad Dynamic Link Aggregation on tagged and untagged trunks

Jumbo packets Layer 2 jumbo packet support

Layer 2 Hitless failover

Layer 2 IGMP Snooping

L2 ACL Filtering based on MAC layer-2 parameters.

MAC Filtering MAC filtering and address-lock filters to enhance network security

Foundry MRP Metro Ring Protocol (MRP) Phase 1 and Phase 2

PVST / PVST+ Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST)

Rate Limiting Port-based, port-and priority-based, port-and vlan-based, and port-

and-ACL-based rate limiting on inbound ports are supported.

SuperSpan A Brocade STP enhancement that allows Service Providers (SPs) to

use STP in both SP networks and customer networks.

Topology Groups A named set of VLANs that share a Layer 2 topology. You can use

topology groups with the following Layer 2 protocols:

STP

Foundry MRP

VSRP

802.1w

Trunk Groups and LAG Allows you to manually configure multiple high-speed load-sharing

links between two devices or between a device and a server.

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Category Feature description

VLANs 802.1Q tagging

Port-based VLANs

Super Aggregated VLANs (SAV)

Dual-mode VLAN ports

Transparent Port Flooding

VLAN ID to MSTP Instance Pre-assignment

Private VLANs

VSRP Layer 2 Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP)

Layer 3 Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP)

VSRP and MRP Signaling

Layer 2 ACLs Replaces MAC filters

Layer 2 PIM Snooping

Layer 3 features

ACLs Standard, Extended, and Super

Inbound

ACL logging

ACL editing

BGP BGP routes

BGP peers

BGP dampening

Graceful Restart

FDR Foundry Direct Routing

IP Forwarding IPv4 Routing

IPv6 Routing

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Category Feature description

IP Static entries Routes

ARPs

Virtual interfaces

Secondary addresses

IS-IS Routes

BGP peers

BGP dampening

Multicast Routing Multicast cache

L2 IGMP table

DVMRP routes

PIM-DM

PIM-SM

PIM-SSM

IGMP v1, v2, v3 snooping

PIM-SM snooping (IPv4 only)

OSPF OSPF routes

OSPF adjacencies – Dynamic

OFPF LSAs

OSPF filtering of advertised routes

PBR Policy Based Routing (Release 02.2.01 and later)

RIP versions 1 and 2 RIP routes

VRRP and VRRPE Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

and

VRRP Extended (VRRPE)

IPv6 features

IPv6 ACLs Extended ACLs

IPv6 Routing Protocols RIPng

OSPFv3

BGP4+

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Unsupported features

The following features are not supported in software release 02.7.02 on BigIron RX:

AppleTalk

Dynamic IP Routing

IPX

Mirroring across VLANs

MPLS

NAT

RARP

VLANs

VLAN translation

Subnet VLANs

Source IP Port Security

Summary of Enhancements and Configuration Notes in

Release 02.7.02a

This release contains new Syslog messages for Traffic Manager and software defects that have been

closed.

Software image files for Multi-Service IronWare R02.7.02a

The following Software Image Files are available for Multi-Service IronWare R02.7.02a for the BigIron

RX Series Switches.

Software image files

Module Image type Image name

Unified Image N/A rx02702a.bin

Management Module Boot and Monitor rmb02702a.bin

IronWare rmpr02702a.bin

BigIron RX-4, BigIron RX-8, and

BigIron RX-16

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