November 2013 AOS Release 6.4.6.R01 Release Notes
Security Features
Case Sensitive MAC Address
This enhancement enables the OmniSwitch to send the MAC address of a non-supplicant client in lower
case as username and password for authentication to the authentication server. Prior to this enhancement
the MAC address could only be sent in uppercase for username and password.
HIC HTTPS Web Redirection
This feature enhancement provides the ability of HIC redirection when the client browser specifies a
HTTPS URL on port 443. When a device is put in a HIC state, any web session will be redirected to the
HIC web agent via HTTPS URL specified in the client’s browser.
Prior to this enhancement HIC redirection only worked when the client browser specified a HTTP URL on
port 80.
VRF
IP Helper per-VLAN and per-VRF
The per-VLAN IP helper service can now be configured on both the default VRF and non-default VRF.
Prior to this enhancement the per-VLAN functionality was limited to the default VRF only. The per-VLAN
paramaters such as forward delay, maximum hops, relay agent information and PXE support are all VRF-
aware.
Additional Features
Boot Interruption Sequence
Prior to this enhancement pressing any key during the 2 second switch bootup interrupt window would
interrupt the boot sequence causing the switch to stop at the uboot prompt. Additionally, once a key was
pressed there was no way to cancel the switch bootup interrupt.
In this new implementation the boot sequence for the switch can only be interrupted by pressing the ‘s’ key
during the 2 second switch bootup interrupt window.
Once the ‘s’ key is pressed the boot sequence will be interrupted. Another prompt will be displayed
allowing the user to hit any other key to cancel the bootup interruption and continue booting the switch if
desired. If no key is pressed to cancel the bootup interruption the switch will stop at the uboot prompt.
Note: This feature requires a uboot/miniboot upgrade to version 6.4.6.10.R01. Contact customer support
for availability.
802.1q Capability on NNI ports
This feature enhancement allows the creation of untagged VLANs and 802.1q VLANs on a NNI port. This
will allow configuring 802.1q services, QinQ service and untagged services using the same uplink NNI
port. This will also allow using an untagged management VLAN to manage the switch through the NNI
ports. The standard VLAN configuration (both untagged and 802.1q tagged association) is now allowed on
an NNI interface binded with a service VLAN. The binding of service VLAN to NNI interface is now
allowed when the interface (physical or linkagg) is already tagged with a standard VLAN.
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