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7250 Release Notes

Software Products
This document contains notes on the following software products.

BiNOS Application
New Version

1.0.R3

Previous Version

1.0R2

CES Firmware
New Version

R03.01.00_D030

Previous Version

R03.01.00_D022

This document includes:

Reference Documentation
New Features
BiNOS Application Solved Problems
BiNOS Application Known Problems
Summary of New Commands
Summary of Changed Commands
Summary of Removed Commands
Summary of New MIBs
Summary of Changed MIBs
Summary of Not Supported MIBs
Special Notes

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Reference Documentation
7250_Ver 1.0 User Guide.PDF 7250 Software User Guide version 1.0

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New Features

Fast Ring Enhancements

The Fast Ring solution includes intuitive Fast Ring CLI command syntax and the ability to
configure an AG port as a Ring Port.
Note: the previous CLI syntax is supported.

New MPLS Cisco Compliant mode

A new CLI command mpls Cisco-compliant was added. The new command enables to
establish an LDP session when connecting to Cisco 3750.

MPLS QoS Enhancement

This version sets the EXP field of a transmitted MPLS packet according to its defined
queue priority. This enables to assure MPLS packets will not be dropped on the partner side.

CES Module and Interface MIB Enhancement

This version adds CES ports to the IFTable and sends Link-Up / Link-Down traps for
CES TDM ports. Additionally, a new trap is added for module insertion/removal
(sysIntfModuleChange).

T-Bridge SFP Support on 100BaseFX ports

This version supports up to 8 T-Bridge SFPs, allowing to transport Ethernet over the
following TDM interface types: T1, E1, T3, E3.

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BiNOS Application Resolved Problems

Pr#

Issue#

8892

Category

Description of Solved
Problem

ACL

Removed CLI limitation for

setting rate limit and marking
in the same Access List.

10155

3160

ACL

VPT marking did not color

packets when ACL with
packet color setting was
applied.

10169

3519

ACL

ACL running configuration

command for tagged redirect
was not saved correctly in the
running configuration.

10197

3346

ACL

"tSecTask:No free FFP

resources left on port" error
message could appear, on
specific situations, even if the
resources were still available.

CES

Instantaneous bit error was

introduced to all the circuits
when timeslot mapping was
changed in the same CES
module.

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Notes

Previous image version required coupling between the

CES firmware version and
7250 software image. Now
there is no restriction on CES
firmware version.

CES

In some cases, the CES

module caused bit errors for
10-30 seconds after 50-60
hours of operation, when
operating in T1 mode with
internal clock..

Solved by 3.00.D30
CES Firmware

CES

In some cases, the CES

module reached yellow alarm
or loss of framing state after
reset , when operating in T1
mode with internal clock.

Solved by 3.00.D30
CES Firmware

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Category

Description of Solved
Problem

Notes

CES

In some cases,some BER was

introduced over time with T1
unframed configuration.

Solved by 3.00.D30
CES Firmware

CES

When issuing the command

"show circut <1-30>" in the
CES node, the display of the
bytes in field "Frames/Bytes
in payload" was not correct
for T1 mode.

9151

When using Metro-Ethernet

header for a circuit, and
when the user does not specify the destination MAC address, we now prevent sending traffic until MAC address is retrieved from the
destination IP address or until MAC address is set by the
user. Note that, the circuit
will still be displayed as enabled, but the traffic will not
flow.

9561

CES

10091

CES

In some cases, the CES

module introduced CAS
signaling errors, when
operating in T1 mode with
internal clock..

Solved by 3.00.D30
CES Firmware

CES

Incorrect jitter buffer values

could be displayed.

Solved by 3.00.D30
CES Firmware

CES

In some cases, the CES

module stopped responding
after no shutdown command
on circuit when using T1
mode.

Solved by 3.00.D30
CES Firmware

CLI

In some cases, it was possible

to reach a state where
manangement through
outband port would stop. Now
this issue has been fixed.

10092

3382

10108

9475

3428
3129

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Issue#

10048 3160

Category

CLI

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Notes

Various CLI tables were

aligned according to the customer requests.

9748
9742
OAM

MEF OAM over VPLS implementation was added.

oam bridge [x] vpls command identifies OAM domain operating over all
VPLS instances. This actually enables OAM domain to
work over VPLS instance.

9986

OAM

10125

OAM

10125

OAM

OAM is now compatible with

different Ethertype value for
VLAN.

QoS

High priority traffic was

dropped when it exceeded
the rate limit. Now it is
possible to color it yellow
and not drop it. Use the new
mark-yellow
command
(see below).

QoS
9953

9967

3346

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In some configurations,
priority of OAM packets was
always zero.
MEF OAM connectivity
check message was inoperative in various configurations. In these cases, OAM
was non functional.

Calculation of rates was

based on 1M=1024K instead
of 1M=1000K.

QoS

Single rate limit did not color

the traffic correctly. Now it
is possible to use one meter
and 2 colors - Yellow and
Green. As a result TOS and
VPT remarking is functional.

QoS

Rate limit for single rate was

incorrect.

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Issue#

Category

9300

SNMP

9449

VPLS

9959

VPLS

10039

VPLS

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reportsL2IfaceTable did not

show correct value for CES
modules.
It was possible to define both
TLS enable and VPLS
mode qualified/unqualified.
The CLI is now adjusted to
allow only one of the above
modes at a time on the device.
Fixed stability issue in VPLS
configuration in large OSPF
networks.
Changed the naming from
VLL to SDP in the output of
'show vpls'.

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BiNOS Application Known Issues

Pr#

Issue#

Category

Description of Known Issues

3593

ACL

Problem with "rate-limit" command

and exceed action. Even though exceed action is not defined show
running configuration shows this
command.

8667

ACL

IP access list (permit ip any any) drops

all tagged IP traffic coming to a SAP
port in unqualified mode.

9961

ACL

It may take several minutes to apply

an access list with more than 200
rules on each port.

9963

ACL

An ACL that overlaps another ACL

causes wrong filtering.

Workaround:
Do not use
overlapping
ACLs.

ACL

Ether-type access list with rule "permit

any" drops traffic.

Workaround:
Do not use
any
mask.with
Ether-type
ACLs.

ACL, Interface

When using both multicast and

broadcast rate limits per port or per
access list, the accumulated rate may
differ from the defined rate.

Workaround:
Specify nonoverlapping
access lists
for different
traffic types,
each ACL
with its own
search
condition and
rate limit.

CES

CES configuration is not displayed by

show running command during hotswap.

CES

It is not possible to have more than 1

physical port in each circuit.

9939
9968

10236

3595

10235

10072

3238

9583

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Workaround:
Use MAC
ACL instead.

Workaround:
Configure a
circuit for
each port.

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Description of Known Issues

Notes

10239

CES

CES hot-swap affects the xSTP

topology change.

Workaround:
Use edge
ports
definition on
CES virtual
interface
(1/4/1 or
1/5/1) to
completely
disable this
effect.

10080

CLI

The hostname becomes 'T-METRO'

after 'no hostname'.

Workaround:
Use
hostname
7250
command
instead.

9734

CLI

When the switch is in hardware

interface config mode , there is no help
string for the corresponding software
interface.

9735

CLI

The word "VRF" is displayed with

some CLI commands, even though we
do not support this feature.

9732

File-System

After configuring the boot parameters

with a new application file, the
command "show version" gives the
new version, even though the device
has not been rebooted.

9733

File-System

Copy and Move operations in flash are

slow when the device file-system is
almost full.

Workaround:
Remove
unused files
from filesystem prior
to this
operation.

9741

File-System

Moving a file to flash is prevented

when the free space in the flash is less
than the file's size.

Workaround:
Remove
unused files
from filesystem prior
to this
operation.

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Issue#

Category

Description of Known Issues

Notes

10227

3182

LACP

When interoperating with 7450/7750,

LACP introduces 1 second
convergence delay.

Workaround:
When sub1sec
convergence
delay is
required, use
static LAG.

10065
10078
10097
10098

QoS

Applying access group on the whole

VLAN is not functional.

Workaround:
Apply ACGs
per specific
ports.

10067
10070
10071

QoS

The option "rate-limit dual-rate" does

not function correctly.

Chipset
limitation. Do
not use this
command.

9956

QoS

After applying "QoS scheduling

WRR" option and then setting back
strict priority, the QoS stops working
correctly.

Workaround:
Reload save
the switch
after setting
strict priority.

9957

QoS

WRED does not function correctly.

Workaround:
Avoid using
WRED
policy.

10226

Time Client

The command "show clock detail"

does not display time source.

Workaround:
Use show
runningconfig
command
instead.

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Summary of New Commands

Command

Mode

oam bridge [x] vpls

Configure

time-server ntp key delete

Configure

time-server ntp key delete A.B.C.D

Configure

rate-limit single-rate 1m 1m exceed-action mark-yellow

snmp-server notify sysIntfModuleChange

[no] mpls cisco-compliant

Notes

ACG Option

Configure

Configure
Interface

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Summary of Changed Commands

None

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Summary of Removed Commands

Command

Mode

neighbor A.B.C.D priority

SW Interface

neighbor A.B.C.D poll-time

SW Interface

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Summary of New MIBS

None

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Summary of Changed MIBS

MIB Name

Change Description

BATM-SWITCH-MIB

A notification sysIntfModuleChange was

add in order to enable the NMS to know
about a change in unit configuration
(module hot extract/insert)

IF-MIB

Each TDM ports will have a row in the

ifTable index by its physical location. For
example, Port number 2 on CES slot 1/4
will have ifIndex of 1402.

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Summary of Not Supported MIBS

None

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Special Notes
1. The default license in this version is change to ML (instead of default no license).

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