LenovoRackSwitchG8052

ReleaseNotes
ForNetworkingOS8.3

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andtheWarrantyInformationdocumentthatcomeswiththeproduct.

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Release Notes
ThisreleasesupplementprovidesthelatestinformationregardingLenovo
Networking OS8.3fortheLenovoRackSwitchG8052(referredtoasG8052
throughoutthisdocument).
ThissupplementmodifiesandextendsthefollowingLenovoN/OSdocumentation
forusewithN/OS8.3:

LenovoNetworking OS8.3ApplicationGuide

LenovoNetworking OS8.3ISCLIReference

LenovoRackSwitchG8052InstallationGuide

Thepublicationslistedaboveareavailablefromthefollowingwebsite:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systemx/documentation/index.jsp
Pleasekeepthesereleasenoteswithyourproductmanuals.

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Hardware Support
N/OS8.3softwareissupportedontheG8052,ahighperformanceLayer23
networkswitch.
TheG8052isa1Urackmountableaggregationswitchwithunmatchedlinerate
Layer2performance.TheG8052usesawirespeed,nonblockingswitchingfabric
thatprovidessimultaneouswirespeedtransportofmultiplepacketsatlow
latencyonallports.
Theswitchunitcontainsthefollowingswitchingports:

FortyeightGigabitEthernet(GbE)RJ45ports

Four10GbESmallFormPluggablePlus(SFP+)ports

Figure 1. RackSwitchG8052frontpanel

Management
Panel

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RJ-45 Ports

SFP+ Ports

Updating the Switch Software Image

TheswitchsoftwareimageistheexecutablecoderunningontheG8052.Aversion
oftheimagecomespreinstalledonthedevice.Asnewversionsoftheimageare
released,youcanupgradethesoftwarerunningonyourswitch.Togetthelatest
versionofsoftwaresupportedforyourG8052,gotothefollowingwebsite:
http://www.support.lenovo.com/
Todeterminethesoftwareversioncurrentlyusedontheswitch,usethefollowing
switchcommand:
RS G8052#

showversion

Thetypicalupgradeprocessforthesoftwareimageconsistsofthefollowingsteps:

LoadanewsoftwareimageandbootimageontoanFTPorTFTPserveronyour
network.

Transferthenewimagestoyourswitch.

Specifythenewsoftwareimageastheonewhichwillbeloadedintoswitch
memorythenexttimeaswitchresetoccurs.

Resettheswitch.

Forinstructionsonthetypicalupgradeprocess,seeLoadingNewSoftwareto
YourSwitchonpage 6.
Note: DuetoLenovofirmwaresecurityguidelines,itisnotpossibleatthistimeto
upgradeormigrateaswitchfromIBMNetworkingOStoLenovoNetworkingOS.

Updating VLAG Switches with Lenovo Networking OS 8.x

Followingarethestepsforupdatingthesoftwareimageandbootimagefor
switchesconfiguredwithVLAG:
1. Savetheconfigurationonbothswitchesusingthefollowingcommand:
RS G8052(config)#copyrunningconfigurationstartupconfiguration

2. UseTFTPorFTPtocopythenewOSimageandbootimageontobothvLAG
switches.
3. ShutdownallportsexcepttheISLportsandthehealthcheckportontheprimary
switch(Switch1).
Note: Donotsavethisconfiguration.
4. ReloadSwitch1,Switch2willassumethevLAGprimaryrole
5. OnceSwitch1hasrebooted,Switch1willtakethesecondaryrole.
6. ShutdownallportsexcepttheISLportsandthehealthcheckportonSwitch2.
Note: Donotsavethisconfiguration.
7. ReloadSwitch2,Switch1willreassumethevLAGprimaryswitchrole.
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8. OnceSwitch2hasreloaded,makesureSwitch1hastransitionedtovLAGprimary
andSwitch2hastransitionedtosecondary.
9. VerifyallthevLAGclientshaveconvergedusingthefollowingcommand:
RS G8052(config)#showvlaginformation

Loading New Software to Your Switch

TheG8052canstoreuptotwodifferentswitchsoftwareimages(calledimage1
andimage2)aswellasspecialbootsoftware(calledboot).Whenyouloadnew
software,youmustspecifywhereitshouldbeplaced:eitherintoimage1,image2,
orboot.
Forexample,ifyouractiveimageiscurrentlyloadedintoimage1,youwould
probablyloadthenewimagesoftwareintoimage2.Thisletsyoutestthenew
softwareandreloadtheoriginalactiveimage(storedinimage1),ifneeded.
Attention:Whenyouupgradetheswitchsoftwareimage,alwaysloadthenew
bootimageandthenewsoftwareimagebeforeyouresettheswitch.Ifyoudonot
loadanewbootimage,yourswitchmightnotbootproperly(Torecover,see
RecoveringfromaFailedSoftwareUpgradeonpage 10).
Toloadanewsoftwareimagetoyourswitch,youwillneedthefollowing:

TheimageandbootsoftwareloadedonanFTPorTFTPserveronyournetwork.
Note: Besuretodownloadboththenewbootfileandthenewimagefile.

ThehostnameorIPaddressoftheFTPorTFTPserver
Note: TheDNSparametersmustbeconfiguredifspecifyinghostnames.

Thenameofthenewsoftwareimageorbootfile

Whenthesoftwarerequirementsaremet,usethefollowingproceduresto
downloadthenewsoftwaretoyourswitch.
1. InPrivilegedEXECmode,enterthefollowingcommand:
RS G8052(config)# copy{sftp|tftp|ftp}{image1|image2|bootimage}

2. EnterthehostnameorIPaddressoftheFTPorTFTPserver.
Addressornameofremotehost:<nameorIPaddress>

3. Enterthenameofthenewsoftwarefileontheserver.
Sourcefilename:<filename>

Theexactformofthenamewillvarybyserver.However,thefilelocationis
normallyrelativetotheFTPorTFTPdirectory(forexample,tftpboot).
4. IfrequiredbytheFTPorTFTPserver,entertheappropriateusernameand
password.
5. Theswitchwillpromptyoutoconfirmyourrequest.

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Onceconfirmed,thesoftwarewillbeginloadingintotheswitch.
6. Whenloadingiscomplete,usethefollowingcommandstoenterGlobal
Configurationmodetoselectwhichsoftwareimage(image1orimage2)youwant
toruninswitchmemoryforthenextreboot:
RS G8052# configureterminal
RS G8052(config)# bootimage{image1|image2}

Thesystemwillthenverifywhichimageissettobeloadedatthenextreset:
Nextbootwilluseswitchsoftwareimage1insteadofimage2.

7. Reboottheswitchtorunthenewsoftware:
RS G8052(config)#reload

Thesystempromptsyoutoconfirmyourrequest.Onceconfirmed,theswitchwill
reboottousethenewsoftware.
Note: IfyouselectNowhenaskedtoconfirmthereload,anychangesmadeto
theconfigurationsincethelastrebootwillbelost.

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New and Updated Features

N/OS8.3forRackSwitchG8052hasbeenupdatedtoincludeseveralnewfeatures,
summarizedinthefollowingsections.Formoredetailedinformationabout
configuringG8052featuresandcapabilities,refertothecompleteN/OS8.3
documentationaslistedonpage 3.

BGP Pre Append AS path

ThisenhancementfacilitatestheprocessofroutingmapsbyinfluencingtheBGP
routeselectionsothatonepathispreferredoveranother.Thisisespeciallyuseful
whencustomersaredualhometotwodifferentInternetServiceProviders(ISPs)
andtheywanttohaveaprimarypathtooneISPandusetheotherISPasabackup
path.

Dynamic ARP Inspection

ThisenhancementenablesthedevicetointerceptandexamineallARPrequests
andresponsepacketsinasubnet.Thefeaturediscardsthosepacketswithinvalid
IPtoMACaddressbindings.Thiscapabilityprotectsthenetworkfromsome
maninthemiddleattacks.

Interrupt Mode Enable

ThisfeaturechangesthewayFDBlearns.NewHASHmechanismisenabledto
enhancethecapabilityforFDBlearning.

IGMPv3 VLAG
ThisreleaseprovidesIGMPv3supportonswitchesinVLAGconfiguration.

Secure Image Signing

Thisreleaseaddsasignaturetotheheaderoftheimagetoensurethattheimage
loadedontotheswitchisagenuineLenovoofficialimage.

SNSC
ThisreleaseaddstheoptiontodisableterminalpromptinginSNSC.

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Range Enhancement

ExistingSpanningTreeProtocol(STP)commandsnowsupportconfigurationofa
rangeofSTPgroupsatonce.STPrangegroupsconfigurationsarealsodisplayedin
aconfigurationdump.

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Stacking
Thisreleaseprovidesthestackingfeature.Astackisagroupofuptoeight
RackSwitchG8052switcheswithLenovoN/OSthatworktogetherasaunified
system.ThestackismanagedthroughtheMasterswitch.TheMasterswitchthen
pushesconfigurationchangesandruntimeinformationtotheMemberswitches.
TheG8052switchhasseparatestack/standaloneimages.

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Supplemental Information
Thissectionprovidesadditionalinformationaboutconfiguringandoperatingthe
G8052andN/OS.

The Boot Management Menu

TheBootManagementmenuallowsyoutoswitchthesoftwareimage,resetthe
switchtofactorydefaults,ortorecoverfromafailedsoftwaredownload.
YoucaninterruptthebootprocessandentertheBootManagementmenufromthe
serialconsoleport.WhenthesystemdisplaysMemoryTest,press<Shift B>.The
BootManagementmenuappears.
Resettingat10:55:49SunApr19,2015
MemoryTest................................
BootManagementMenu
IChangebootingimage
CChangeconfigurationblock
RBootinrecoverymode(tftpandxmodemdownloadofimagestorecover
switch)
QReboot
EExit
Pleasechooseyourmenuoption:I
Currentbootimageis1.Enterimagetoboot:1or2:2
Bootingfromimage2

TheBootManagementmenuallowsyoutoperformthefollowingactions:

Tochangethebootingimage,pressIandfollowthescreenprompts.

Tochangetheconfigurationblock,pressC,andfollowthescreenprompts.

ToperformaTFTP/Xmodemdownload,pressRandfollowthescreenprompts.

Toreboottheswitch,pressQ.Thebootingprocessrestarts

ToexittheBootManagementmenu,pressE.Thebootingprocesscontinues.

Recovering from a Failed Software Upgrade

Usethefollowingproceduretorecoverfromafailedsoftwareupgrade.
1. ConnectaPCtotheserialportoftheswitch.
2. OpenaterminalemulatorprogramthatsupportsXModemDownload(for
example,HyperTerminal,SecureCRT,PuTTY)andselectthefollowingserialport
characteristics:

10

Speed:

9600bps

DataBits:

StopBits:

Parity:

None

FlowControl:

None

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3. ToaccesstheBootManagementmenu,youmustinterruptthebootprocessfrom
theConsoleport.BoottheG8052,andwhenthesystembeginsdisplayingMemory
Testprogress(aseriesofdots),press<Shift B>.TheBootManagementmenuwill
display:
Resettingat10:55:49SunApr19,2015
MemoryTest................................
BootManagementMenu
IChangebootingimage
CChangeconfigurationblock
RBootinrecoverymode(tftpandxmodemdownloadofimagestorecover
switch)
QReboot
EExit
Pleasechooseyourmenuoption:

4. SelectRforBoot in recovery mode.Youwillseethefollowingdisplay:

EnteringRescueMode.
Pleaseselectoneofthefollowingoptions:
X)Usexmodem1Ktoserialdownloadanimage
P)Physicalpresence(lowsecuritymode)
R)Reboot
E)Exit
Option?:

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IfyouchooseoptionX(Xmodemserialdownload),gotostep5.

IfyouchooseoptionT(TFTPdownload),gotostep6.

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5. Xmodemdownload:Whenyouseethefollowingmessage,changetheSerialPort
characteristicsto115200bps:
Change the baud rate to 115200 bps and hit the <ENTER> key before
initiating the download.

a. Press<Enter>tosetthesystemintodownloadacceptmode.Whenthereadiness
meterdisplays(aseriesofCcharacters),startXModemonyourterminal
emulator.
b. Whenyouseethefollowingmessage,changetheSerialPortcharacteristicsto
9600bps:
Change the baud rate back to 9600 bps, hit the <ESC> key.

c. Whenyouseethefollowingprompt,entertheimagenumberwhereyouwantto
installthenewsoftwareandpress<Enter>.
Installimageasimage1or2(hitreturntojustbootimage):1

d. Thefollowingmessageisdisplayedwhentheimagedownloadiscomplete.
Continuetostep7.
EnteringRescueMode.
Pleaseselectoneofthefollowingoptions:
X)Usexmodem1Ktoserialdownloadanimage
P)Physicalpresence(lowsecuritymode)
R)Reboot
E)Exit
Option?:

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6. TFTPdownload:Theswitchpromptsyoutoenterthefollowinginformation:
PerformingTFTPrescue.Pleaseanswerthefollowingquestions(enter'q'
toquit):
IPaddr:
Serveraddr:
Netmask:
Gateway:
ImageFilename:

a. Entertherequiredinformationandpress<Enter>.
b. Youwillseeadisplaysimilartothefollowing:
HostIP:10.10.98.110
ServerIP:10.10.98.100
Netmask:255.255.255.0
Broadcast:10.10.98.255
Gateway:10.10.98.254
InstallingimageG80528.2.1.0_OS.imgfromTFTPserver10.10.98.100

c. Whenyouseethefollowingprompt,entertheimagenumberwhereyouwantto
installthenewsoftwareandpress<Enter>.
Installimageasimage1or2(hitreturntojustbootimage):1

d. Thefollowingmessageisdisplayedwhentheimagedownloadiscomplete.
Continuetostep7.
EnteringRescueMode.
Pleaseselectoneofthefollowingoptions:
X)Usexmodem1Ktoserialdownloadanimage
P)Physicalpresence(lowsecuritymode)
R)Reboot
E)Exit
Option?:

7. Imagerecoveryiscomplete.Performoneofthefollowingsteps:

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Pressrtoreboottheswitch.

PressetoexittheBootManagementmenu

PresstheEscapekey(<Esc>)toredisplaytheBootManagementmenu.

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Recovering from a Failed Boot Image Upgrade

Usethefollowingproceduretorecoverfromafailedbootimageupgrade.
1. ConnectaPCtotheserialportoftheswitch.
2. OpenaterminalemulatorprogramthatsupportsXmodemdownload(suchas
HyperTerminal,CRT,orPuTTY)andselectthefollowingserialportcharacteristics:

Speed:

9600bps

DataBits:

StopBits:

Parity:

None

FlowControl: None

3. BoottheswitchandaccesstheBootManagementmenubypressing<Shift B>
whiletheMemoryTestisinprogressandthedotsarebeingdisplayed.
4. SelectXforXmodem download.Youwillseethefollowingdisplay:
Performxmodemdownload
Todownloadanimageuse1KXmodemat115200bps.

5. Whenyouseethefollowingmessage,changetheSerialPortcharacteristicsto
115200bps:
Changethebaudrateto115200bpsandhitthe<ENTER>keybefore
initiatingthedownload.

a. Press<Enter>tosetthesystemintodownloadacceptmode.Whenthereadiness
meterdisplays(aseriesofCcharacters),startXmodemonyourterminal
emulator.Youwillseeadisplaysimilartothefollowing:
Extractingimages...Do*NOT*powercycletheswitch.
****RAMDISK****
UnProtected38sectors
ErasingFlash...
......................................done
Erased38sectors
WritingtoFlash...9....8....7....6....5....4....3....2....1....done
Protected38sectors
****KERNEL****
UnProtected24sectors
ErasingFlash...
........................done
Erased24sectors
WritingtoFlash...9....8....7....6....5....4....3....2....1....

b. Whenyouseethefollowingmessage,changetheSerialPortcharacteristicsto
9600bps:
Changethebaudratebackto9600bps,hitthe<ESC>key.

Bootimagerecoveryiscomplete.

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VLAGs
ForoptimalVLAGoperation,adheretothefollowingconfiguration
recommendations:

Anyportrelatedconfiguration,suchasappliedACLs,mustbethesameforall
portsincludedinthesameVLAG,acrossbothpeerswitches.

ConfigureVLAGhealthcheckingasshownintheApplicationGuide.

AfterconfiguringVLAG,ifyouneedtochangeanyconfigurationontheVLAG
ports,youmustadheretothefollowingguidelines:

IfyouwanttochangetheSTPmode,firstdisableVLAGonboththepeers.Make
theSTPmoderelatedchangesandreenableVLAGonthepeers.

IfyouhaveMSTPon,andyouneedtochangetheconfigurationoftheVLAG
ports,followthesesteps:

OntheVLAGSecondaryPeer:
1. ShutdowntheVLAGportsonwhichyouneedtomakethechange.
2. DisabletheirVLAGinstanceusingthecommand:
RS G8052 (config)#novlagadminkey<key>enable(or)
RS G8052 (config)#novlagportchannel<number>enable
3. Changetheconfigurationasneeded.
OntheVLAGPrimaryPeer:
4. DisabletheVLAGinstance.
5. Changetheconfigurationasneeded.
6. EnabletheVLAGinstance.
OntheVLAGSecondaryPeer:
7. EnabletheVLAGinstance.
8. EnabletheVLAGports.
Note: ThisisnotrequiredonnonVLAGportsorwhenSTPisofforwhenSTPis
PVRST.

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Known Issues
ThissectiondescribesknownissuesforN/OS8.3ontheRackSwitchG8052.
Note: PleasereviewtheChangeHistorydocumentationpostedwiththeSwitch
Firmwaretocheckifanyoftheseissueshavebeenfixedinthelatestrelease.

ACLs
ACLloggingdoesnotblocktrafficsenttotheCPU.UseManagementACLsifyou
needtofilterorblockinboundtraffic.(ID:XB211816)

BBI
IntheBBIDashboard,MSTPinformationarea,CISTinformation,CISTbridge
informationandCISTportsinformationisdisplayedintheGeneralpage.Thereis
nodisplayavailablefortheCISTBridgeorCISTPortsmenuitems.(ID:35988)

BGP Debug
WhileenablingordisablingBGPdebugforaparticularpeer/IPaddress,the
loggingbehaviormaynotbeasexpected.Followingisaworkaround:(ID:59104)
ToenableBGPdebugforaparticularpeer:
1. EnableBGPdebugforallthepeers.
2. DisableBGPdebugforallthepeers.
3. EnableBGPdebugforaparticularpeer.
TodisableBGPdebugforaparticularpeer:
1. EnableBGPdebugforallthepeers.
2. DisableBGPdebugforallthepeers.
3. EnableBGPdebugforallthepeersexcepttheoneforwhichyouwantitdisabled.

Debug
LenovoN/OSdebugcommandsareforadvancedusers.Usethedebugcommands
withcautionastheycandisrupttheoperationoftheswitchunderhighload
conditions.Thiscouldbedangerousinmissioncriticalproductionenvironments.
Beforedebugging,checktheMPutilizationtoverifythereissufficientoverhead
availableforthedebugfunctionality.Whendebugisrunningunderhighload
conditions,theCLIpromptmayappearunresponsive.Inmostcases,controlcanbe
returnedbyissuinganodebug<function>command.

IP Gateways
Whenalinkisdisabledandthenreenabled,youmightseethefollowing
notifications,whichcanbeignored(ID:42953,37969):
Staticroutegatewayxisdown.

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Staticroutegatewayxisup.

IPsec

WhenconfiguringIPsectooperatebetweenLenovoswitches,keysofvarious
lengthsaresupported.However,whenusingIPsectoconnectwithnonIBM
devices,themanualpolicysessionkeysmustbeofthefollowingfixedlengths:

FortheAHkey:

SHA1=20bytes

MD5=16bytes

FortheESPauthkey:

SHA1=20bytes

MD5=16bytes

FortheESPcipherkey:

3DES=24bytes

AEScbc=24bytes

DES=8bytes

ISCLI
Ifaportneedstobeamemberofmorethan500VLANs,werecommendthatyou
firstshutdowntheportandthenaddtheportasamemberoftheVLANs.(ID:
70739)

LACP
Underheavyswitchloadconditions,LACPlinksmayflapwhenconfiguredwith
shorttimeoutmode.TostabilizeLACPunderheavyload,itisrecommendedtouse
thelongtimeoutmodeinstead.(ID:66173)

MLD
Incasethemulticastfloodingfeatureisdisabled,MLDpacketsarestillsoftware
floodedforatleastoneIPv6interfaceconfigured.Itdoesnothavetobelinkedto
theVLANwheretheMLDpacketsneedtobeflooded.(ID:LV305657)

Openflow
WhenyouconfigureaporttouseOpenflow,spanningtreeprotocolis
automaticallydisabledonthatport.(ID:XB266710)

OSPF

Cannotredistributefixed/static/RIP/eBGP/iBGProutesintoOSPFonaswitch
withtwoNSSAareasenabled.Thefollowingmessageappearsontheconsole
whentryingtoexportroutestomultipleNSSAareas(ID:37181):
Limitation:CannotexportroutestomultipleNSSAareasconcurrently.

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WhenOSPFv3isenabled,theOSPFbackbonearea(0.0.0.0)iscreatedbydefault
andisalwaysactive.(ID:37932)

SomechangestoOSPFconfiguration(suchascreatinganewareaorchanging
anareastype)mayresultinOSPFstatereconvergence.(ID:46445,48483)

OSPFv3overIPsec

Thiscombinationcanonlybeconfiguredonlyonaperinterfacebasis.

ThecurrentimplementationforOSPFv3allowstheuseofonlyoneprotocol
(AHorESP)atanygiventime.AHandESPcannotbeappliedtogether.

IPsecdoesnotsupportOSPFv3virtuallinks.(ID:48914)

Port Mirroring
Ifthetrafficlinerateonthemonitorportexceedstheportsrate,pauseframesare
sent.Toavoidpauseframes,disableFlowControlonthemirroredports.(ID:
27755)

Ports and Transceivers

TheportspeedsettingisnotconfigurableforFinisarSFPs.Updatingfrom
BLADEOS6.5(orprior)toN/OS6.8(orlater)willresultinportspeed
configurationsettingsbeingresettodefaultvaluesforportsusingFinisarSFPs.
(ID:55063)

QoS
Whenthefollowingcommandisissuedcommandisissued,DroppedPackets
andDroppedBytescounterswillbedisplayedas0duetohardwarelimitations:
(ID:XB233503)
G8052(config)#
showinterfaceport<swunit:port_num>egressmcastqueuecounters
Forexample:
RS8264CS(config)#showinterfaceport1:24egressmcastqueuecounters
MulticastQoSstatisticsforport1:24:
QoSQueue8:
TxPackets:377
DroppedPackets:0
TxBytes:50883
DroppedBytes:0

Routed Ports
SNMPorBBIshouldnotbeusedtoconfigureroutedports,ortoconfigureany
otherfeatureifaroutedportisalreadyconfiguredontheswitch.
Ifaroutedportisconfiguredontheswitch,theconfiguration,apply,andsave
commandsarenotdisplayedinBBI;inSNMP,youmaybeabletoenterthe
configurationcommands,butyouwillnotbeabletosavetheconfiguration.(ID:
57983)

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sFLOW
Egresstrafficisnotsampled.PortsFlowsamplingappliesonlytoingresstraffic.
(ID:42474)

SNMP

WhenDirectedrequestisenabled,usersconnectedviaTelnetcannotbeejected
fromtheswitch.(ID:37144)

SNMPreadandwritefunctionsareenabledbydefault.ForbestsecuritY
practices,ifthesefunctionsarenotneededforyournetwork,itisrecommended
thatyoudisablethesefunctionspriortoconnectingtheswitchtoyournetwork.
(ID:40056)

PortinformationdisplayedinMIBsrelatedtoportbasedVLANsdoesnot
distinguishbetweenaregularportoratrunkport.UsetheRS
G8052(config)#showmacaddresstablestaticcommandtoview
detailsonregularportsandtrunkports.(ID:57194)

IfyoudeletemultipleVLANsusingSNMP,youmayseeanerroriftheSNMP
packetsizeexceeds1800bytes.(ID:XB228120)

WhenusingLACPwithPVRST,itisnotrecommendedtoconfiguretheswitch
astheSTProotbridge.Whendoingso,trafficcanbediscardedforupto30
secondsonaffectedLACPportswhileinitialSTPpathstatesarebeingresolved
(discarding,learning,forwarding).(ID:63315)

AfterchangingfromMSTPtoadifferentSTPmode,someMSTPcommandswill
stillappearintheconfigurationfile.ThenonapplicableMSTPcommandsdo
notaffectswitchoperationandcanbeignored.(ID:64388)

Spanning Tree

Statistics
ThealleventscounterforOSPFv3includesthetotalnumberofchanges
associatedwithanyOSPFv3interface,includingchangestointernalstates.
(ID:38783)

UFP
Thecommandshowufpinformationport<x>doesnotshowdisabled
vPorts.(ID:XB267210)

Virtual Link Aggregation groups

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ThefollowingfeaturesarenotsupportedonportsparticipatinginVLAGs:

Hotlinks

IGMPrelay

PrivateVLANs

InamultilayerVLAGtopology,theVLAGportsmaybedisabledinCISTifyou
changetheSTPmodeonthesecondaryswitchtoMSTP.(ID:58696)

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VLANs

WhenaVLANappearsintheVLANrangeforaportinaconfigurationdump,
thisdoesnotguaranteethattheportisactuallyamemberofthatVLAN.The
actualporttoVLANmappingcanbedisplayedbyusingtheshowvlan
command.(ID:XB267491)

WhenVLAGportsareremovedfromaVLAGVLAN,theportliststillcontains
boththeVLAGportsjustremovedandtheISLports.(ID:XB278681)

VMsbelongingtodifferentESXserverscannotpingeachotheracrossdifferent
VMgroups.BecausetheVMgroupsbelongtodifferentVLANs,thisis
appropriateandexpectedbehavior.

VMready

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