Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850E User Manual

Release Notes
OmniSwitch 6850E/6855/9000E
Release 6.4.6.R01
This release notes accompany release 6.4.6.R01 software for the OmniSwitch 6850E/6855/9000E
hardware. The release notes provides important information on individual software features and
hardware modules for the current release and related previous releases. Since much of the information
in this release notes is not included in the hardware and software user manuals, it is important that you
read all sections of this document before installing new hardware or loading new software.
Note: The OS6400 is not supported in Release 6.4.6.R01.
ATTENTION: Please refer to the 6.4.6.R01 Prerequisite
section for important release specific
information prior to upgrading or incorporating a switch with AOS release 6.4.6.R01.
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850E Specifications

General

Brand	Alcatel-Lucent
Model	OmniSwitch 6850E
Category	Switch
Language	English

Summary

Release Notes

Overview and Introduction

This release notes accompany release 6.4.6.R01 software for the OmniSwitch 6850E/6855/9000E hardware.

System Requirements

Memory Requirements

Details RAM and flash memory requirements for OmniSwitch 6850E, 6855, and 9000E Series.

UBoot, FPGA, Miniboot, BootROM, Upgrade Requirements

Lists the MINIMUM Uboot, Miniboot, and FPGA versions required for AOS 6.4.6.R01.

Supported Hardware/Software Combinations

New Hardware Supported

6.4.6.R01 New Software Features and Enhancements

Key Feature Descriptions

Details on Hardware/Stacking, Layer 3, QoS, Security, and other new features.

SNMP Traps

List of AOS Release 6.4.4.R01 SNMP Traps

The following table provides a list of AOS Release 6.4.4.R01 SNMP traps managed by the switch.

Unsupported Software Features

Unsupported CLI Commands

Open Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions in Release 6.4.6.R01

LAYER 2 Issues

Autoneg issue: Port not coming up when both ports have auto-negotiation disabled.

Multicast Issues

Multicast source entries missing after admin down of primary linkagg member.

QoS Issues

Traffic drops when QoS port ingress bandwidth is configured runtime.

SIP Issues

DSCP marking not carried on egress packets for specific NIs.

Hot Swap / Redundancy

Feature Exceptions

CMM and Power Redundancy Feature Exceptions for OmniSwitch.

Technical Support

Appendix A: AOS 6.4.6.R01 Upgrade Instructions

OmniSwitch Upgrade Overview

This section documents the 6.4.6.R01 upgrade requirements for the following OmniSwitch models.

Prerequisites

Conditions to understand and perform BEFORE upgrading the switch.

OmniSwitch Upgrade Requirements

Upgrading to AOS 6.4.6.R01

Summary of Upgrade Steps

Steps required for upgrading the switch/stack to AOS Release 6.4.6.R01.

Upgrading - Step 1. Upgrade the FPGA/CPLD (If required)

Upgrading - Step 2. Upgrade Uboot/Miniboot and AOS

Verifying the Update

Verifying the Software Upgrade

Procedure to verify that the AOS software was successfully upgraded to 6.4.6.R01.

Verifying the U-Boot/Miniboot and FPGA Upgrade

Remove the FPGA and Uboot/Miniboot Upgrade Files

Appendix B: AOS 6.4.6.R01 Auto-FPGA Upgrade Instructions (OS6850E Only)

OS6850E Auto-FPGA Upgrade Overview

Documents the Automatic FPGA upgrade procedure on OS6850E models.

Prerequisites

Conditions to understand and perform BEFORE performing the auto-FPGA upgrade.

Auto-FPGA Upgrade to AOS 6.4.6.R01

Summary of Upgrade Steps

Steps for manually creating AlcatelDebug.cfg and upgrading.

Auto-Upgrading - Step 1. Create the AlcatelDebug.cfg file

Auto-Upgrading - Step 2. Upgrade Uboot/Miniboot and AOS

Auto-Upgrading - Step 3. Upgrade the FPGA/CPLD

Verifying the Software Upgrade

How to verify the AOS software upgrade after the auto-FPGA process.

Appendix C: AOS 6.4.6.R01 Downgrade Instructions

OmniSwitch Downgrade Overview

This section documents the downgrade procedure for OmniSwitch models.

Prerequisites

Conditions to understand and perform BEFORE initiating the downgrade procedure.

Downgrading From AOS 6.4.6.R01

Summary of Downgrade Steps

Steps for downgrading FPGA/CPLD, Uboot/Miniboot, and AOS.

Verifying the Downgrade

Verifying the Software Downgrade

How to verify that the AOS software was successfully downgraded.

Appendix D: Required Minimum Uboot for Modules with New Flash Component

Identifying the New Modules

How to identify modules with new flash components and their minimum Uboot requirements.

Identifying a module with an incorrect uboot

Appendix E: Previous Release Features and Enhancements

6.4.5 New Feature/Enhancement Summary

Summary of features and enhancements introduced in the previous AOS Release 6.4.5.