Dell EMC Networking N1100 / N1500 / N2000 / N2128PX-ON / N3000E-ON /

N3132PX-ON Series Switches

Dell EMC Networking 6.7.1.21 /

6.7.1.51 Firmware Release Notes

Date: Mar 2023

System Firmware Version 6.7.1.21 / 6.7.1.51

Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

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Table of Contents

Dell EMC Networking 6.7.1.21 / 6.7.1.51 Firmware Release Notes i

Introduction 3

Global Support 3

Firmware Version Specifications 3

Supported Firmware Functionality 4

Firmware Upgrade 4

Mixed Stacking – N3132PX-ON with N3000E-ON Series, N2128PX-ON

with N2000 Series 6

Firmware Downgrade 6

Boot Code Downgrade 7

Hardware Supported 7

Added Functionality in this Release 8

Changed Functionality in this Release 17

Issues Resolved 23

CLI Reference Guide Update 87

User’s Configuration Guide Updates 91

Known Issues 93

Known Restrictions and Limitations 101

End of Release Notes 107

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Introduction
This document provides specific information for the Dell Networking
N3132PX-ON/N2128PX-ON/N3000E-ON/N2000/N1500/N1100-ON Series switches firmware version 6.7.1.21/ 6.7.1.51

It is recommended that this release note be thoroughly reviewed prior to installing or upgrading of this product.

Global Support
For information regarding the latest available firmware, release note revisions, or additional assistance, please visit support.dell.com.

Firmware Version Specifications

Firmware Image Name Version Number Release Date

N1100v6.7.1.21.stk 6.7.1.21 Mar 2023

N1500v6.7.1.21.stk 6.7.1.21 Mar 2023
N2100Stdv6.7.1.21.stk 6.7.1.21 Mar 2023
N3100Advv6.7.1.51.stk 6.7.1.51 Mar 2023
N2000Stdv6.7.1.21.stk 6.7.1.21 Mar 2023
N3000Advv6.7.1.51.stk 6.7.1.51 Mar 2023
N3000N3100Advv6.7.1.51.itb 6.7.1.51 Mar 2023

**N2100Stdv6.7.1.21.stk – N2128PX-ON Only Stack (8 Units stack) or Standalone

**N3100Advv6.7.1.51.stk – N3132PX-ON Only stack with full functionality(12 Units stack and 4K active VLANs)

**N2000Stdv6.7.1.21.stk - N2000 Series Only stack(Max 8 units stack) or Standalone

**N3000Advv6.7.1.51.stk – N3048EP-ON, N3024ET-ON, N3048ET-ON Only Stack or Standalone

**N3000N3100Advv6.7.1.51.itb – N3000E-ON and N3132PX-ON Mixed Stack

*** Please read “Supported Firmware Functionality” section below for details of firmware images.
** Please read “Firmware Downgrade” section below for details of firmware images.

Version Numbering Convention

Version number Description
Dell Networking 6 7 1 21/ 51 Four-part version number
Series
 Denotes a patch release version.
 Denotes a scheduled maintenance release version.
 Denotes a scheduled major release of the product software.
 Denotes the series release version.

IMPORTANT: Dell EMC Networking N4000 and N3000 Series switches are not
supported from 6.6.0.2 feature release onwards. Will continue supporting these
platforms on 6.5.x.x patch releases with bug fixes.

NOTE: Mixed Stacking support for N2000 and N2100 series switches is not
supported from 6.7.0.4 feature release onwards. The platforms are supported in
homogenous stack and as standalone.

NOTE: HiveAgent is not supported from 6.7.0.4 release onwards.

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Supported Firmware Functionality

For more details regarding all the supported firmware features and functionality, please refer to the Dell Networking N1100-ON,
N1108EP-ON, N1500, N2000, N2128PX-ON, N3000E-ON and N3132PX-ON CLI Reference Guide and the Dell Networking
N1100-ON, N1500, N2000, N2128PX-ON, N3000E-ON and N3132PX-ON Series User’s Configuration Guide.

Firmware Upgrade
Dell Networking N3000E/N2000 series switches support firmware version 6.0.1.3 or higher (6.7.1.21/6.7.1.51). If an N3000/N2000
switch has an earlier version of firmware (for example, 6.0.0.7), download the latest firmware release version from
support.dell.com and upgrade the switch. It is recommended that the latest version of switch firmware (6.7.1.21/6.7.1.51) be used
as it contains multiple bug fixes and enhancements.

IMPORTANT: Upgrading N3000E-ON & N3132PX-ON Series switches from

6.6.x.x to 6.6.3.46 and later will go through file-system auto recovery if its
required. This recovery routine will be activated after copying the image
version 6.6.3.46 and later to the backup partition and then entering "boot
system backup” command from CLI. The file-system auto recovery is required
to fix ECC errors, and it takes almost 8 to 10 minutes to complete. Please DO
NOT attempt reload (or) power-cycle the switch while auto recovery process is
ongoing. Switch will reload on its own post completion of recovery on all
member units in the stack. The file system auto recovery is a onetime process
when upgrading the switch to 6.6.3.46 and later for the very first time and
subsequent firmware upgrades will follow the regular upgrade procedure.

IMPORTANT: Dell EMC Networking N3132PX-ON/N2128PX-ON/N3000E-ON/

N3200 / N2200 / N2000 / N1500 / N1100-ON Series switches do not support firmware
version 6.6.2.0/6.6.2.30. This release has been pulled out from our support site.
Upgrading N2000 and N3000E-ON switches to firmware version 6.6.2.0/6.6.2.30 and
then updating CPLD with this version may result in an inoperable switch. It is
recommended to download and upgrade N-Series switches to 6.6.2.5 /6.6.2.35 or
later code.

IMPORTANT: Prior upgrading a mixed-stack of N2000 and N2128PX-ON switches using

“itb” image from version 6.6.0.17 and older directly to version 6.6.2.x, it’s required to do
an intermediate upgrade of this stack to version 6.6.0.21 (or later in 6.6.0.x version) first
before upgrading to a 6.6.2.x release.
IMPORTANT: Prior upgrading a mixed-stack of N3000E-ON and N3132PX-ON switches
using “itb” image from version 6.6.0.47 and older directly to version 6.6.2.x, it is required
to do an intermediate upgrade of this stack to version 6.6.0.51 first before upgrading to a
6.6.2.x release. The 6.6.0.51 upgrade contains a partition size change that is required for
mixed stacking to be functional in the 6.6.2.x release.

IMPORTANT: New CPLD version 20 is available for N2000 Series switches as part of firmware version 6.6.0.24. After upgrading
switches to version 6.6.0.24 and later, the CPLD can be updated manually via CLI command 'update cpld' on stack master and/or
standalone switches. To update CPLD on stack members, execute ‘update cpld <unit-id>’ command from stack master by selecting
the member unit. Please DO NOT power cycle the switch when CPLD update is in progress. Switch will reset on its own after CPLD
update completes and new CPLD version will take effect after switch boot-up. Verify new CPLD version with the command 'show
version <unit-id>' from CLI after switch reboots. If switches are already running the latest CPLD version 20, please DO NOT attempt
to update CPLD again. Updating CPLD v20 over v20 may result in an inoperable switch and require power cycle to recover the switch.

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IMPORTANT: If you want to disable HiveAgent, use the below commands on the switch console
console#configure
console(config)#eula-consent hiveagent reject

HiveAgent application has been upgraded to a newer version 1.1.29.0 in 6.6.3.0 release for N1100-ON, N1500, N2128PX-ON,
N3132PX-ON, N2000 and N3000E-ON switches. To ensure that new HiveAgent application (without HiveManager online) is properly
installed in the switch, the following commands must be run before upgrading to 6.6.3.16 from a 6.5.x.x release. Below steps are not
applicable for customers managing their switches via HiveManager.

console#application stop hiveagent

console#delete user-apps/ah_ha.conf_s
Delete user-apps/ah_ha.conf_s ? (y/n) y
console#delete user-apps/hiveagent_pr_s
Delete user-apps/hiveagent_pr_s ? (y/n) y
console#delete user-apps/ah_ha.conf
Delete user-apps/ah_ha.conf ? (y/n) y
console#delete user-apps/hiveagent_pr
Delete user-apps/hiveagent_pr ? (y/n) y
console#delete user-apps/hiveagent
Delete user-apps/hiveagent ? (y/n) y

In a stacked switch, delete “ah_ha.conf_s”, “hiveagent_pr_s”, “ah_ha.conf”, “hiveagent_pr” and “hiveagent” files under “user-apps”
directory of all the member switches from binshell mode using “devshell binsh” command.

Hiveagent is not supported from feature release 6.7.0.4/6.7.0.34 onwards. Please delete hiveagent using above mentioned procedure
before proceeding with upgrade to 6.7.0.4/6.7.0.34 or later releases.

Administrators upgrading Dell Networking N3000E-ON switches MUST follow the instructions documented in the Upgrading Dell
EMC Networking N3000E-ON Switches to Version 6.7.1.40(Advanced).pdf in the firmware .zip file. It is strongly recommended that
you save your current configuration when upgrading your firmware. Failure to follow the procedures described in that document when
upgrading from 6.x.x.x firmware may result in an inoperable switch!

Administrators upgrading Dell Networking N2000 series switches MUST follow the instructions documented in the Upgrading Dell
EMC Networking N2000 Series Switches from Version 6.x.x.x to 6.7.1.21.pdf in the firmware .zip file. It is strongly recommended
that you save your current configuration when upgrading your firmware. Failure to follow the procedures described in that document
when upgrading from 6.x.x.x firmware may result in an inoperable switch!

Administrators upgrading Dell Networking N1500 series switches MUST follow the instructions documented in the Upgrading Dell
EMC Networking N1500 Series Switches from Version 6.x.x.x to 6.7.1.21.pdf in the firmware .zip file. It is strongly recommended
that you save your current configuration when upgrading your firmware. Failure to follow the procedures described in that document
when upgrading from 6.x.x.x firmware may result in an inoperable switch!

IMPORTANT: Below Dell Networking N1524P and N1548P switches with HW revision of 3 and later require
firmware version 6.3.2.4 or later (6.7.1.21) and cannot be downgraded to earlier 6.1.x.x/6.2.x.x/6.3.x.x releases. Dell
Networking N1524P and N1548P switches with HW revision of 3 can be stacked with N1500 series switches with
HW revision of 2 or older. If N1500 Series unit with HW Rev.3 is to be deployed as a member within a stack of
N1500 Series switches with HW revision of 2 or older, the entire stack will be required to run 6.3.2.4 or later
(6.7.1.21). The “show version” CLI command output will help to identify the hardware version of the switch.

Part Numbers for Dell Networking N1500 Series (HW Rev. 3) P/N
Dell Networking N1524P 4605M
Dell Networking N1548P 3WY51

Dell EMC Networking N3132PX-ON switches support firmware version 6.3.5.4 or higher (6.6.0.45). If an N3132PX-ON switch has
an earlier version of firmware (for example, 6.3.6.4), download the latest firmware release version from support.dell.com and
upgrade the switch. It is recommended that the latest version of switch firmware (6.7.1.21) be used as it contains multiple fixes and
feature enhancements.

Administrators upgrading Dell EMC Networking N3132PX-ON switches from 6.3.6.x or 6.5.0.x version of firmware MUST follow
the instructions documented in the Upgrading Dell EMC Networking N3132PX-ON Switches to Version 6.6.2.39(Advanced).pdf. It
is strongly recommended to backup current switch configuration before upgrading the firmware. Failure to follow the procedures
described in that document when upgrading from 6.3.6.x or 6.5.0.x firmware may result in an inoperable switch!

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IMPORTANT: After upgrading N3132PX-ON to firmware version 6.3.6.x, a boot code update is required. Boot code update must
be done via the serial console. The latest boot code version available for N3132PX-ON series switches is “1.0.0.23”. Administrators
upgrading N3132PX-ON series switches MUST follow the boot-code update instructions documented in Upgrading Dell EMC
Networking N3132PX-ON Switches to Version 6.7.1.40(Advanced) .pdf.

IMPORTANT: Dell EMC Networking N3132PX-ON switches with HW revision of 4 and later require firmware version 6.3.6.6 or later
(6.6.0.45) and cannot be downgraded to earlier 6.3.x.x releases. Dell Networking N3132PX-ON switches with HW revision of 4 can
be stacked with N3132PX-ON series switches with HW revision of 3 or older. If N3132PX-ON Series unit with HW Rev.4 is to be
deployed as a member within a stack of N3132PX-ON Series switches with HW revision of 3 or older, the entire stack will be
required to run 6.3.6.6 or later. The “show version” CLI command will help to identify the Switch Hardware version of the switch.
Administrators upgrading Dell EMC Networking N2128PX-ON series switches firmware MUST follow the instructions documented
in the Upgrading Dell EMC Networking N2128PX-ON Switches to Version 6.7.1.21.pdf. It is strongly recommended to backup
current switch configuration before upgrading the firmware. Failure to follow the procedures described in that document when
upgrading firmware may result in an inoperable switch!

IMPORTANT: Dell EMC Networking N2128PX-ON switches with HW revision of 4 and later require firmware version 6.3.6.6 or later
(6.6.0.15) and cannot be downgraded to earlier 6.3.x.x releases. Dell Networking N2128PX-ON switches with HW revision of 4 can
be stacked with N2128PX-ON series switches with HW revision of 3 or older. If N2128PX-ON Series unit with HW Rev.4 is to be
deployed as a member within a stack of N2128PX-ON Series switches with HW revision of 3 or older, the entire stack will be
required to run 6.3.6.6 or later. The “show version” CLI command will help to identify the Switch Hardware version of the switch.

IMPORTANT: If you want to disable HiveAgent, use the below commands on the switch console
console#configure
console(config)#eula-consent hiveagent reject

Mixed Stacking – N3132PX-ON with N3000E-ON Series, N2128PX-ON with N2000 Series
Dell EMC Networking N3132PX-ON switches can be mixed stack with N3000E-ON Series switches of up to 12 units. Mixed stack of
N3132PX-ON and N3000E supports 4K active VLANs configurable in the range 1-4093 and does not support MMRP/MVRP. Dell
EMC Networking N3132PX-ON switches has an expansion slot to install optional stacking module with two mini-SAS stack ports.
Dell EMC Networking N3000E Series switches are available with two fixed mini-SAS stack ports.

Administrators configuring mixed stack with N3132PX-ON and N3000E Series switches MUST follow the instructions documented
in the Upgrading Dell EMC Networking N3132PX-ON Switches to Version 6.7.1.21 (Advanced).pdf. It is strongly recommended to
backup current switch configuration before forming mixed stacking.

Dell EMC Networking N2128PX-ON switches can be mixed stack with N2000 Series switches of up to 8 units. Dell EMC Networking
N2000 and N2128PX-ON switches are available with two fixed mini-SAS stack ports.

Administrators configuring mixed stack with N2128PX-ON and N2000 Series switches MUST follow the instructions documented
in the Upgrading Dell EMC Networking N2128PX-ON Switches to Version 6.7.1.21.pdf. It is strongly recommended to backup
current switch configuration before forming mixed stacking.

Mixed stacking support for N2128PX-ON with N2000 series switches is not available from feature
release 6.7.0.4/6.7.0.34 onwards. These platforms are supported in homogenous stack and as
standalone.

Firmware Downgrade

NOTE: After upgrading N3000E-ON & N3132PX-ON switches to version 6.6.3.46 and
later, downgrade to any older firmware versions is not recommended. Especially
N3000E-ON switches with HW Rev 6 and above should NOT be downgraded to the
older firmware version 6.6.3.44 and below as it may corrupt the file system and the only
option to recover the switches would be to load the firmware via ONIE. If there is any
requirement to downgrade firmware to older release on N3000E-ON platforms, please
contact DELL technical support for assistance.

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NOTE: Downgrading N2000 Series switches from firmware version 6.7.1.21 with the updated CPLD
version 15, 17 or 20 (Verify CPLD Version with the command “show version” from CLI) to any prior
6.x.x.x version with CPLD version 13 can be done ONLY by downgrading via interim FW version B.6.3.2
(N3000_N2000vB.6.3.2.stk). This interim firmware image is bundled with the release files. With interim
FW image version B.6.3.2 running, the switches MUST be downgraded to the CPLD version 13 first
before downgrading to any 6.x.x.x version. Downgrading N2000 switches from 6.7.1.21 to any prior
firmware version directly without downgrading the CPLD version to 13 first may result in an inoperable
switch. It is possible to downgrade the switches from 6.7.1.21 without interim image if switches not
updated to CPLD version 15, 17 or 20 (if switches are still running with CPLD version 13). file.

NOTE: New HW Revision of N1524P and N1548P switches (HW Rev. 3) contain a new PoE controller
which requires a firmware version 6.3.2.4 and later (6.5.3.7). Firmware version 6.5.3.7 is backward
compatible with the earlier HW version of switches (HW Rev 1 and HW Rev 2). But firmware downgrade
of 6.3.2.3 or earlier releases is restricted on newer HW Rev. 3 switches. If N1500 Series stack contains
a new HW Rev. 3 switch as the member, the stack will not be allowed to downgrade to a version 6.3.2.3
or earlier.

NOTE: Firmware version 6.7.0.4/6.7.0.34 runs OpenSSH version 8.0 and is backward compatible with
OpenSSH 7.5 in 6.6.3.x release. However, if SSH server is configured on 6.7.0.x release and then
firmware is downgraded to previous releases, RSA keys need to be regenerated. If RSA keys are first
generated in 6.6.3.x, then during the downgrade from 6.7.0.4 to 6.6.3.x the additional step of RSA key
generation is not mandatory.

Boot Code Downgrade

Never downgrade the boot code! The 6.7.1.21 boot code supports all earlier versions of firmware and never needs downgrading.

Hardware Supported
• Dell Networking N3048EP-ON, N3024ET-ON, N3024EF-ON, N3024EP-ON and N3048ET-ON Ethernet Switch
• Dell Networking N2048P, N2048, N2024P, N2024 Ethernet Switch
• Dell Networking N1524 Ethernet Switch
• Dell Networking N1524P Ethernet Switch
• Dell Networking N1548 Ethernet Switch
• Dell Networking N1548P Ethernet Switch
• Dell Networking N1100 Ethernet series Switch
• Dell Networking N3132PX-ON Ethernet series Switch
• Dell Networking N2128PX-ON Ethernet series Switch

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Added Functionality in this Release

This section contains a list of features added in this release that are new for at least one switch listed in the Hardware Supported
section above.

Release 6.7.1.21 / 6.7.1.51

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.7.1.20 / 6.7.1.50

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.7.1.17 / 6.7.1.47

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.7.1.15 / 6.7.1.45

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.7.1.13 / 6.7.1.43

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.7.1.10 / 6.7.1.40

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.7.1.9 / 6.7.1.39

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.7.1.8 / 6.7.1.38

 SNMP MIB updated with addition two private MIB agentDot1xAuthTxPeriod and
agentDot1xAuthenticatorPortConfigTable

Release 6.7.1.6 / 6.7.1.36

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.7.1.4 / 6.7.1.34

 OpenSSL upgraded from 1.1.1i to 1.1.1l
 No other added functionality in this release

Release 6.7.1.1 / 6.7.1.31

 Web support for ONIE upgrade on stack
 Added support to locate unit using beacon LED from web UI also.
 RADIUS attribute-87 support in the CoA messages
 RADIUS attribute-8, Framed-IP-Address, for a client to be read from the IPDT table if available when the
DHCP snooping tables fails to provide the same.
 Added display of inherited FEC setting for the interface in CLI
 Added debug SNMP packet command for dumping the Rx/Tx SNMP packet
 Allow RSA/DSA key generation from DHCP/USB-auto install scripts
 New commands added to clear ipv6 statistics and clear ipv6 route counters in VRFs
 New command to clear RADIUS CoA statistics

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Release 6.7.0.4 / 6.7.0.34

 IPv6 VRF support with Linux master device implementation
 Added ERSPAN to support mirroring across a routed network
 Cisco ISE integration / Downloadable ACLs
 Wake on LAN to wake dormant PCs by sending magic packet
 MAC notification to notify about the stations learned or aged out
 HTTPS Redirect URL
 Upgrade ONIE across stack
 Terminate Telnet session after 3-failed login attempts
 MAC request format to have password parameter
 Captive Portal enhancements
 Port breakout interop issues and AN
 IPv4 VRF improvements with Linux master device implementation
 Spanning Tree BPDUs on MAB Authenticated ports
 OpenSSL 1.1.1 version to address vulnerabilities
 Removed Racial and Non-Inclusive words from documentation and CLI strings. Some CLI strings, which
are in conformance with standards, remain.

Release 6.6.3.16 / 6.6.3.46

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.6.3.15 / 6.6.3.45

 Not applicable for N1100, N1500, N2000, N3000E-ON, N2128PX-ON, N3132PX-ON platforms.

Release 6.6.3.14 / 6.6.3.44

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.6.3.12 / 6.6.3.42

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.6.3.10 / 6.6.3.40

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.6.3.8 / 6.6.3.38

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.6.3.6 / 6.6.3.36

 DHCP pinhole feature disabled by default. Added CLI to enable it if needed.
 Please check the CLI Reference Guide Update section for details

Release 6.6.3.3 / 6.6.3.33

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.6.3.0 / 6.6.3.30

 Enhance the existing HTTP redirect-URL to allow HTTPS URLs also
 1000BASE-ZX transceiver support

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Release 6.6.2.9 / 6.6.2.39

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.6.2.5 / 6.6.2.35

 Added support for N1108EP-ON
 G.8032 Ethernet_Ring_Protection support for N1500
 VLAN Port Security, port MAC locking to limit the MAC addresses learned on a particular VLAN
 Establish an outbound connection to a remote SSH server from the switch console

Release 6.6.0.24 / 6.6.0.54

 No added functionality in this release
Release 6.6.0.23 / 6.6.0.53
 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.6.0.21 / 6.6.0.51

 Updated the PHY FW for PHY84846 to 1.09

Release 6.6.0.15 / 6.6.0.45

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.6.0.13 / 6.6.0.43

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.6.0.10 / 6.6.0.40

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.6.0.7 / 6.6.0.37

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.6.0.2 / 6.6.0.32

 Implementation of IEEE 802.1X-2010 specification.

 Dynamic ACLs per session with Redirect-ACLs and URL-Redirect support.

 CoA support to handle RADIUS attributes - 64, 65, 81, Port-bounce, Port-shutdown and Port-reauthenticate.

 Critical Data-VLAN support.

 RADIUS Server load balancing.

 RADIUS Server dead actions.

 Net SNMP Agent

 VRRPv3 Support

 IP-SLA

 uRPF

 Private-VLAN trunk port

 SCP Server

 IPDT (IP Device Tracking)

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 RADIUS Assigned Trunk mode support

 Authentication-Open Support

 BGP 4 byte ASN Support

 BGP Graceful Restart

 IPv6 PBR

Release 6.5.3.7 / 6.5.3.37

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.5.3.6 / 6.5.3.36

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.5.3.4 / 6.5.3.34

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.5.3.3 / 6.5.3.33

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.5.2.18 / 6.5.2.48

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.5.2.17 / 6.5.2.47

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.5.2.15 / 6.5.2.45

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.5.2.9 / 6.5.2.39

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.5.2.5 / 6.5.2.35

 Added Dynamic ACLs support for dot1x clients in auto-mode.

 Added support for Diffserv policies and ACLs active on same interface/direction.

 Added support for LLDP group addresses (01:80:c2:00:00:0e, 01:80:c2:00:00:03 and 01:80:c2:00:00:00)

 Added support for RADIUS accounting messages to include Framed IPv4/IPv6 addresses.

 Added CLI commands to configure delay in sending RADIUS accounting start messages

 Added support for LLDP messages to include and transmits port PVID by default.
 Added HiveAgent support for N3048EP-ON, N3024ET-ON, N3024EF-ON, N3024EP-ON N3048ET-ON

Patch Release 6.5.1.6

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.5.1.5

 No added functionality in this release

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Patch Release 6.5.1.3

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.5.1.1

 Added mixed stacking support - N3132PX-ON with N3000 Series Switches.

 Added mixed stacking support – N2128PX-ON with N2000 Series Switches.

 Added CLI command “default <interface-id>” to reset the interface configuration to default.
 Added CLI command “show interfaces trunk <interface-id>” to display active trunk interface information.
 Allow redistribution of IPv6-BGP originated routes.
 802.1x enhancements
• Allow Voice VLAN traffic regardless of 802.1X port authentication status.
• Support to allow the administrator to access to the voice VLAN when RADIUS servers are not reachable
(Critical voice VLAN )
• Assign RADIUS supplied VLAN to client in monitor mode
 Diffserv Enhancements
• Allow class-map to refer to ACL
• Add the 'match-any' class-map type
• Add new protocol fields
 Support CHAP for accounting of MAB
 Added support for 32 Multicast groups to be defined to an RP statement

Release 6.3.3.14

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.3.11

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.3.10

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.3.9

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.3.3.8

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.2.7

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.2.6

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.2.4

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.3.2.3

 No added functionality in this release

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Patch Release 6.3.1.13

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.1.11

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.3.1.8

 BGP neighbor CLI command is augmented with if-default-present option

 IP route summary CLI command enhanced to display number of routes advertised with RFC5549 support
 CLI command “show hiveagent status” now displays more information
 DHCP client API now allows to fetch Option-43

Patch Release 6.3.0.19

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.0.18

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.0.16

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.0.15

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.0.10

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.0.9

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.0.6

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.3.0.3

 RFC5549 support for MP-BGP Peers on N3000 (BGP image) and N4000 switches
 Extended community support for VRF route filtering
 Added uPOE support and enabled 4-pair power feed on N3024P and N3048P switches
 Python script support
 Added RADIUS and TACACS Key Encryption Support
 Added RSPAN support on trunk port
 Hybrid OpenFlow 1.0/1.3 implementation on N2000, N3000 and N4000 switches
 SRED support on N1500 switches
 Syslog RFC5424 support

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 Recovery on Error-disabled interfaces

 Added OSPF and VRRP support to N2000 switches
 Loop Protection (subset of CTP) for detection of network loops
 ACL numbering and ACL hit counters
 Additional RADIUS attributes (attribute 6, 8, 25, 31) support
 Display source interfaces in SNMP Traps and Syslog messages
 IPv6 address support for SNMP
 BFD for OSPF
 Integrate OpEN applications, SupportAssist and HiveAgent
• SupportAssist is on by default and can be turned off via CLI configuration changes (“eula-consent
support-assist reject” and “no application installs SupportAssist”). SupportAssist operates by
periodically reporting switch identity (service tag and serial number), configuration, logs, status, and
diagnostic information to an external SupportAssist server operated by Dell, Inc. Information is logged
periodically on the SupportAssist server. For instructions how to configure SupportAssist and more
information on the SupportAssist license agreement refer to the N-Series User Guide and N-Series CLI
guide

Patch Release 6.2.7.6

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.2.7.4

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.2.7.2

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.2.6.9

 No added functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.2.6.8

 Added loopback interface support, which was removed in Release 6.2.1.6 for N2000 switches.

Release 6.2.6.6

 Added lower-case dot1x MAB username/password support to radius-server

 Added ssh public key authentication support
 Added TLSv1.0 as HTTPS protocol by default and disabled SSLv2 and SSLv3 by default

Release 6.2.5.3

 Added N1500 Ethernet Switch

Release 6.2.1.6

 Added Sticky MAC – Port-Security

 Support configuration of AdvLinkMTU, and include option MTU in Router Advertisement Message

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 Added support for character ‘.’ (period) in the hostname

 Kernel updates and SSL version upgrade to 1.0.1.m
Release 6.2.0.5

 BGPv4 (N3000 and N4000 switches only through CLI)

 VRF-Lite (N3000 and N4000 switches only through CLI)
 Audio/Video Bridging (N4000 switches only through CLI)
• IEEE 802.1as Timing and Synchronization

• IEEE 802.1ak Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol (MVRP)

• IEEE 802.1ak Multiple Multicast Registration Protocol (MMRP)

• IEEE 802.1Qat Multiple Stream Reservation Protocol (MSRP)

 RADIUS Change of Authorization (COA)

 IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) Guard
 MLAG Enhancements - Virtual MAC address per MLAG domain
 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) (N3000 and N4000 switches only through CLI)
 IP unnumbered VLAN interfaces
 Support Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) capability
 Support to configure storm-control action
 Display PIM protocol statistics and multicast forwarding cache
 Link debounce hysteresis on physical interface link loss.
 Buffers command to configure CPU thresholds for messages

Release 6.1.2.4

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.1.1.7

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.1.0.6

 No added functionality in this release

Release 6.1.0.1

 STP-PV and RSTP-PV protocol support

 Added storm control “action” support for broadcast and multicast streams
Release 6.0.1.3

 Support POE+ for N3048P/N3024P/N2048P/N2024P switches

 DHCPv6 Snooping/IPv6 Source Guard
 100FX transceivers are supported (only supported on N30xx series)
 Command to configure Single Rate Three Color Marking (srTCM) is available

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Release 6.0.0.8

 MLAG
 Remote SPAN
 Policy Based Routing/Forwarding
 Tiered Authentication
 IPv4/IPv6 ACL Enhancements
 Per Port Flow Control
 Source Specific Multicast support
 Load Statistics
 Full Memory Core dump
 Remote Packet Capture
 Added support for LAG flap counters
 Logging Enhancements
 Enhanced Ping and Traceroute feature
 Serial access to remote members in a stacking environment
 Ability to enable or disable stack ports
 Give option to encrypt TACACS and RADIUS keys
 Ability to track stack path in the stacking environment
 Support packet capture of CPU packets with Wireshark decode
 Protect U-boot access with password

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Changed Functionality in this Release

This section contains commentary on significant differences from previous releases of firmware on Dell Networking Series switches,
e.g., the N1100 / N1500 / N2000 / N2128PX-ON / N3000E-ON / N3132PX-ON series switches. Dell Networking series switches
closely conform to networking industry standard operational capabilities and administrative interfaces. The differences below should
be studied carefully as attempting to configure or operate the Dell Networking switches in the same manner as previous releases of
firmware for Dell Networking N1500/N2000/N1100/N2128PX-ON/N3132PX-ON series switches may lead to unexpected results.

Release 6.7.1.21 / 6.7.1.51

 No changed functionality in this release
Release 6.7.1.20 / 6.7.1.50
 No changed functionality in this release
Release 6.7.1.17 / 6.7.1.47
 No changed functionality in this release
Release 6.7.1.15 / 6.7.1.45
 No changed functionality in this release
Release 6.7.1.13 / 6.7.1.43
 No changed functionality in this release
Release 6.7.1.10 / 6.7.1.40
 No changed functionality in this release
Release 6.7.1.9 / 6.7.1.39
 No changed functionality in this release
Release 6.7.1.8 / 6.7.1.38
 No changed functionality in this release
Release 6.7.1.6 / 6.7.1.36
 No changed functionality in this release
Release 6.7.1.4 / 6.7.1.34
 No changed functionality in this release
Release 6.7.1.1 / 6.7.1.31
 “show interfaces advanced firmware” command now expects the interface as mandatory parameter for
which the details need to be displayed. This command now displays PHY firmware version for applicable
interfaces and not restricted to 10G and 40G interfaces.
 SNTP key can now be configured upto a max length of 16.
 A larger number of configured and dynamic ACLs (900) are now supported with fewer rules (512) per
ACL.
 Limit on configuring a maximum number rule for Management ACL is increased from 64 to 128.
 The limit on the maximum number of BGP update groups for advertising BGP outbound routes is increased
from 10 to 20.
Release 6.6.3.16 / 6.6.3.46
 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.6.3.15 / 6.6.3.45

 Not applicable for N1100, N1500, N2000, N3000E-ON, N2128PX-ON, N3132PX-ON platforms.

Release 6.6.3.14 / 6.6.3.44

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 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.6.3.12 / 6.6.3.42
 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.6.3.10 / 6.6.3.40

 No changed functionality in this release
Release 6.6.3.8 / 6.6.3.38
 No changed functionality in this release
Release 6.6.3.6 / 6.6.3.36
 DHCP pinhole feature disabled by default. Added CLI to enable it if needed.

Release 6.6.3.3 / 6.6.3.33

 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.6.3.0 / 6.6.3.30

 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.6.2.9 / 6.6.2.39

 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.6.2.5 / 6.6.2.35

 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.6.0.24 / 6.6.0.54

 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.6.0.23 / 6.6.0.53

 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.6.0.21 / 6.6.0.51

 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.6.0.17 / 6.6.0.47

 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.6.0.15 / 6.6.0.45

 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.6.0.13 / 6.6.0.43

 Added AES128 cipher support under SNMP CLI command syntax

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Release 6.6.0.10 / 6.6.0.40

 No changed functionality in this release.

Release 6.6.0.7 / 6.6.0.37

 No changed functionality in this release.

Release 6.6.0.2 / 6.6.0.32

 Reduced maximum stack size of N2000 and N2128PX-ON Series Switches to 8 units.
 Dot1x feature complies with IEEE 802.1x-2010 standard.
 Added IP-SLA track options support to “ip route” command.
 Removed insecure ciphers (3DES and AES128) from SNMP CLI command syntax.

Release 6.5.3.7 / 6.5.3.37

 No changed functionality in this release.

Release 6.5.3.6 / 6.5.3.36

 No changed functionality in this release.

Release 6.5.3.4 / 6.5.3.34

 No changed functionality in this release.

Release 6.5.3.3 / 6.5.3.33

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.5.2.18 / 6.5.2.48

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.5.2.17 / 6.5.2.47

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.5.2.15 / 6.5.2.45

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.5.2.9 / 6.5.2.39

 No changed functionality in this release.

Release 6.5.2.5 / 6.5.2.35

 RADIUS Attribute 25 is not included in Access-Request to interop with ISE. Only included in Accounting
messages if received in Access-Accept.
 Deprecated CLI command “lldp transmit-tlv” in favor of “lldp tlv-select” to select the TLVs to be transmitted
in LLDP message.
 Upgraded OPENSSH to openssh-7.5p1 version.
 CLI command “show version” now displays bootcode version – N3000E-ON switches only.
 Updated new boot-code version for N1500, N3132PX-ON, N2128PX-ON and N3000E-ON switches.
 Added HiveAgent support for N3048EP-ON, N3024ET-ON, N3024EF-ON, N3024EP-ON N3048ET-ON

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Patch Release 6.5.1.6

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.5.1.5

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.5.1.3

 No changed functionality in this release.

Release 6.5.1.1

 Allow MAC addresses in both upper and lower cases in CLI commands usage.
 Added IP-subnet support with snmp-server configuration command.
 Improved “show” commands for spanning-tree, UDLD, IPv6 OSPF SPF timer, interfaces trunk modes.
 Modified PoE power masks settings for Class and Dynamic modes.
 Show iscsi sessions” command is deprecated
 Support for Attribute 1 (username) with group-size, separator and lower/upper case definition
 Syslog and ‘show logging’ now print readable severity levels
 SSH Key length is now 2048

Release 6.3.3.14

 Removed Weak SSH MAC algorithms: hmac-md5, hmac-md5-96, hmac-md5-96-etm, hmac-sha1-96, hmac-
sha1-96-etm
 Supported SSH Ciphers: aes128-ctr, aes192-ctr, aes256-ctr, chacha20-poly1305
 Supported SSH MAC algorithms: hmac-sha1, hmac-sha1-etm, umac-64-etm, umac-128-etm, umac-64, umac-
128, hmac-ripemd160-etm, hmac-ripemd160, hmac-ripemd160
 Updated HiveAgent application v1.1.10.0 for N2000, N3000 and N1500 Series Switches.
 Updated PoE FW version to 211_3 for N1500 Series Switches.
 Updated N1500 Series boot-code version to “U-Boot 2012.10-00241-g6df783f (Nov 01 2017 - 15:14:44)”

Patch Release 6.3.3.11

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.3.3.10

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.3.3.9

 No changed functionality in this release.

Release 6.3.3.8

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.3.2.7

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.3.2.6

 No changed functionality in this release.

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Patch Release 6.3.2.4

 Updated PoE FW version to 188_1 for N1500 PoE switches.

Release 6.3.2.3

 Removed weak ciphers support: arcfour, arcfour128, arcfour256, aes256-cbc, aes192-cbc,aes128-

cbc,twofish-cbc,blowfish-cbc,3des-cbc.
 Required to use latest SSH client (terminal emulators) which supports ciphers: aes128-ctr, aes192-ctr,
aes256-ctr, chacha20-poly1305.

Patch Release 6.3.1.13

 Updated HiveAgent application version 1.0.2.0 for N2000, N3000 and N1500 switches.

Patch Release 6.3.1.11

 No changed functionality in this release.

Release 6.3.1.8

 No changed functionality in this release

Patch Release 6.3.0.19

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.3.0.18

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.3.0.16

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.3.0.15

 Disabled loop-protect (keep-alive) feature by default.

 Updated HiveAgent application version 2.68 is available on N2000, N3000 and N1500 switches.

Patch Release 6.3.0.10 (Only applicable to N1500 Series)

 HiveAgent application is available on N1500 switches.

Patch Release 6.3.0.9

 HiveAgent application is enabled by default at startup on N2000 & N3000 switches.

 HiveAgent application is not available on N1500 switches. It will be in the next official release.
 SupportAssist application is disabled on startup. Recommend keeping SupportAssist application disabled until
next patch release.
 HiveAgent application has been upgraded to a newer version 2.62 in this release for N2000 and N3000
switches.

Patch Release 6.3.0.6

 HiveAgent and SupportAssist applications are disabled on startup in this release. Recommend to keep these
two applications disabled until next patch release.

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Release 6.3.0.3

 Port MAC locking

 Weak Ciphers are turned off
 Checking supported radius service-type attribute and if the service-type as specified by the RADIUS server is
an unsupported, the challenge is considered as Access-Reject and a Failure message is sent to the client as per
RFC.
 Maximum number of MLAGs supported is 64 for all N-Series switches.
Patch Release 6.2.7.6
 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.2.7.4

 No changed functionality in this release.

Release 6.2.7.2

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.2.6.9

 No changed functionality in this release.

Patch Release 6.2.6.8

 Added loopback interface support, which was removed in Release 6.2.1.6 for N2000 switches.

Release 6.2.6.6

 Kernel updates and SSL version upgrade to 1.0.1.o

 PoE Controller firmware updated to 265_1 for N2000 and N3000 PoE switches.

Release 6.2.1.6

 Kernel updates and SSL version upgrade to 1.0.1.m

Release 6.2.0.5

 Change allowed monitor sessions from one to four to be configured

 Moved the “port security” commands from interface command tree to interface switchport command tree
 Updated MAC access-list commands
 Improved “show spanning-tree” commands

Release 6.1.2.4

 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.1.1.7

 No changed functionality in this release

Release 6.1.0.6

 Improved fan noise level for N3000/N2000 series switches.

 Updated PoE controller firmware version to 263_75 for N2000 & N3000 PoE switches.

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Release 6.1.0.1
 Modified DVLAN tunnel UI to enable QinQ tunneling on customer edge (CE) interfaces.

Release 6.0.1.3
 PoE commands for N3000/N2000 PoE switches with PoE controller.
 Modified CLI to configure system wide MTU for all interfaces for all frame types.
 Enhanced IP route commands to display all connected and configured routes under one command.

Release 6.0.0.8
 Enhanced multicast commands to align with Industry Standard CLI
 Increased maximum number of iSCSI Sessions to 252
 Increased maximum number of units stackable to 12 for the N4000 and 8100
 Increased maximum number of VLAN’s supported to 4k
 Increased maximum number of static routes supported from 512 to 1024
 Increased maximum number of dot1x clients per port to 64
 Enhanced “show interface status” to display default VLAN participation
 Enhanced show tech-support, show version

Issues Resolved
The following issues from previous releases have been corrected. The issues listed here may have been discovered on any of the
switches listed on the title page.

Release 6.7.1.21 / 6.7.1.51

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Authentication failure when same state attribute Issue with state (24) attribute Fixed by properly All
of previous user-login is being used. [NEE-8665] in ClearPass server where resetting the attributes Platforms
after User-1 login and logs before authenticating
out and then User-2 logs in the users.
and log out then when User-3
login and it failed because of
previous info is not getting
cleared properly.
N3048EP/TACACS-based SSH login fails SSH login fails intermittently Fixed the stale entry All
intermittently. [NEE-8512] after few days if there are issue in case of SSH Platforms
continuous SSH sessions login failure or not
opening without proper properly closed
closing of the session.
Radius server configured with hostname does not When radius server is DNS resolution All
authenticate domain user access to switch. configured with its hostname, initially fails when the Platforms
[NEE-8626] the radius server does not RADIUS host is
authenticate the user to configured, fixed the
access the switch. same.
"Unable to remove" logs while station movement Below logs will be observed Added the log message All
is happening. [NEE-8549] if dot1x client move to generate the logs if Platforms
frequently across ports. client cleanup fails
“Duplicate client when duplicate client
00:00:00:33:22:41 detected detected.
on interface Gi1/0/1
(intIfNum 1). Unable to
remove”
Vulnerability CVE-2022-40303 [NEE-8694] OS6 release is impacted by Added the patch for All
CVE-2022-40303 CVE-2022-40303 Platforms
After removing a dynamic LAG member from WebUI display issue with no Addressed display All
CLI, the "L" remains in the LAG membership traffic impact issue. Platforms
port in GUI. [NEE-8436]

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Release 6.7.1.20 / 6.7.1.50

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
N2248PX-ON Stack - Frequent (every 1 minute) When the client gets Fixed such that, All
re-authentication of dot1x clients irrespective of authenticated and gets accounting session Platforms
session-timeout (9600 seconds) set from serve. disconnected immediately, time is zero if the
[NEE-Internal] accounting session time is client gets
showing larger value. authenticated and gets
disconnected
immediately. Also, if
MAC MOVE across
dot1x enabled port
happens, INFO level
logs will be observed.
SSH Weak MAC Algorithms (hmac-sha1 & Weak MAC Algorithms Added a CLI option All
[email protected]). [NEE-8511] (hmac-sha1 & hmac-sha1- enable/disable weak Platforms
etm) gets advertised MAC algorithms
(hmac-sha1 & hmac-
sha1-etm and TLS1.0
and TLS1.1etc
Vulnerability CVE-2002-20001 regarding Diffie- Switches have vulnerability Added a CLI option All
Hellman Key Agreement Protocol. [NEE-8280] CVE-2002-20001 regarding enable/ disable cipher Platforms
Diffie-Hellman Key suite as per customer's
Agreement Protocol. nee
N2048P/Stack sends TCN after upgrade without If BPDU guard was enabled Fixed this behavior. All
any link flap. [NEE-8559] and edge port receives a TCNs are generated on Platforms
BPDU, the port would be edge ports. It is
shutdown advised to enable
BPDU guard on the
device which has edge
ports configured to
avoid devices
connected to edge
ports from accidentally
participating in the
network topology.

Release 6.7.1.17 / 6.7.1.47

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Dynamic ACL doesn’t work when the ACL name If customer use cisco av-pair Modified the code to All
has all lowercase. Works fine when ACL name instead of filter id and if the distinguish AV pair Platforms
has atleast one uppercase. [NEE-8310] ACL name has substring like content as either ACL
permit or deny keyword rule or name when it
without upper case, issue has permit or deny
observed. keyword.
OSPF doesn't show the correct neighbor states as Sometime OSPF may land in Fixed in initialize issue All
BDR and DROther. [NEE-8141] incorrect OSPF neighbor where sometimes it Platforms
state for BDR and DR. uses default network
type without checking
existing values in
centralize database.

Release 6.7.1.15 / 6.7.1.45

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
6.7.1.10 - N-Series - SNMP trap does not egress SNMP trap is not egressing If configured source All
out of switch after reboot if source-interface is out after switch reboot if interface is not active Platforms
configured. [NEE-8153] “snmp-server source- during config applied,
interface” is configured issue observed.
either loopback interface or Fixed by adding
VLAN interface. interface config to

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snmpd.config only if
interface is active and
up.
6.7.1.9 - N-Series - Radius server usage "login" issue. If two RADIUS Servers Fixed by posting the All
[NEE-Internal] configured - one for "login" message to appropriate Platforms
and other one for "authmgr" server and server is
with different names selected based on the
specified to radius servers, usage type by using
then if login request comes server name index.
first it is successful and
MAB authentication comes
later fails and vice versa.
6.7.1.9 - N3248P-ON - Stack master crash with Reception of malformed Improved the code by All
"DHCPV6_snoop" task. [NEE-8204] DHCPv6 packets could result adding extra missing Platforms
in the code accessing data check and validate the
beyond the packet length and packet length before
can cause this type of crash. accessing/searching for
different types of
option codes in the
IPV6 packet fields.
N1548P/6.7.1.1 - VoIP phones randomly become With “voice-vlan override” AuthMgr and internal All
inaccessible. [NEE-7950] and periodic re-auth enabled, table database get “out Platforms
there is some corner case of sync” and prevent
where VoIP phone access further authorization of
can fail. voice clients, fixed the
same.
6.7.1.13 - N-Series - SNMP Trap value is in incorrect While sending snmp trap for Modified the code to All
format for MAC Move notification. [NEE-8285] mac notification vlanId and not use host byte order Platforms
interface number values are and use network byte
displaying in reverse order. order.
6.7.1.14 - N2248PX-ON - MAC Address learning not After upgrading to 6.7.1.14 Missed to update a flag All
happening on ports post 6.7.1.14 upgrade. image, if any port flaps or when port moved to Platforms
remove/insert of cable from a DOWN state which
[NEE-8348]. working port, port will move supposed to be in sync
to STP blocked state with with port's admin and
6.7.1.14 - N2248PX-ON - Uplink port-channel discard learning if authMgr is link state. Fixed the
interface is down post upgrading to 6.7.1.14 disabled globally. same.
[NEE-8346].

Release 6.7.1.13 / 6.7.1.43

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Switch unreachable after removing VLAN. Deleting a VLAN from an Check the interface All
[FIELD-8196] interface configured as config for the Platforms
promiscuous trunk, VLAN being
promiscuous trunk setting is deleted and if it has
being removed from the mappings/associati
hardware even when the port ons that have
has mappings intact for other VLANs still
available VLANs. available in the
system, do not
remove
promiscuous trunk
properties from the
hardware.
FTP file transfer fails when using $ in password with While sending the plaintext Fixed the special All
FileZilla FTP server. password value to FTP server, character handling Platforms
[FIELD-8059] if $ symbol is used, symbol \ part in file transfer.
would be added - which leads
to password incorrect on
FileZilla server as Linux 4.12
onwards accepting special
characters without '\'
Delay or no-authentication with dot1x clients post ClearPass and NPS Servers Fixed the behavior All
upgrade to 6.7.1.39 from 6.6. mandates the state attribute in of state attribute is Platforms
[FIELD-8132] the authentication request, being reused.

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which causes failure if it’s

reused as part of re-
authentication.

Release 6.7.1.10 / 6.7.1.40

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Switch sends untagged voice-vlan packets leads Sometime phones will have Fixed by adding a All
to connectivity issue. connectivity issue as they will check to confirm the Platforms
[FIELD-7598, FIELD-7786] not be part of voice-vlan after participation and
LLDP network TLV exchange. tagging of particular
voip client in that
VLAN.
Stack & Standalone - "Port-security mac-address With port-security, overwriting If there is a packet All
sticky" causing MAC conflict against Router of static MAC address is with MAC address Platforms
gateway's MAC address. [FIELD-6768] allowed in the same VLAN and which is static in
if there is any loop, it is getting other port, will raise
added as sticky if sticky MAC a trap for violations
is configured in the port where if port-security is
it is received because of loop. configured.
N2224X/6.7.1.6 - With STP as PVST TCN log is Topology change detection will Added BPDU guard All
generated when a port in portfast mode flaps. be noticed on 'portfast' status in addition to Platforms
[FIELD-7996] configured interfaces upon link port's admin status
flap. There is no functionality to not send trap in
impact. portfast mode.
6.7.1.4 - N1148P-ON and N22xx - Printer Packet drop or port flap Fixed the EEE N11xx
reachability (ping failure) after upgrading to observed with some partners (energy efficiency
6.7.1.4 code. [FIELD-7674, FIELD-7974] due to change in “Green mode parameters).
EEE” parameters.
GUI Startup-Configuration download to switch is Startup and backup Script validation All
not performing syntax verification. [FIELD-7970] configuration with invalid status is taken care Platforms
commands is written to flash before writing to
when copied to switch through flash.
web GUI.
6.7.1.9 - STP port states inconsistency on IP RPVST state machine would be Prevent State All
phone connected ports. [FIELD-8031] restarted on edge ports due to Machine restart on Platforms
change in tagging configuration edge ports when
when port has voice-vlan vlan tagging
configured. property is altered.
6.7.1.9 - Service policy fails to get applied on the Rules applied for DiffServ is bit Added bitmap fix if All
interface. [FIELD-8070] bitmapped, so each rule per port same diffServ Platforms
consume lot of TCAMs and applies to more
leads to no resource ports, so optimize
availability. the resource.
6.7.1.8 - N32xx - Unable to perform SNMP SNMP operations for Fixed the issue in All
operations for dot1xAuthTxPeriod and dot1xAuthTxPeriod and stacking case Platforms
dot1xAuthServerTimeout OID's on stack member dot1xAuthServerTimeout OID's
ports. [Internal] on stack member ports.

Release 6.7.1.9 / 6.7.1.39

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
VRRP preempt delay timer does not work VRRP preempt delay timer Use the conversion All
according to the configured value. does not work according to the factor as seconds Platforms
[FIELD-7695] configured value because of instead of centi-
conversion issue. seconds for preempt-
delay time
calculations.
6.7.1.4/6.7.1.6 - IPv6 communication stops Network hosts (mostly server Fixed interop issue All
working after upgrading from 6.7.1.1. nodes) may stop between mrouter Platforms
[FIELD-7765] communicating via IPv6 on the port logic and ipv6
network if mrouter port is reserved mcast
present/configured. packet.
6.7.1.6 - N1548P - MAB authentication fails for In dual silicon logic, when ports Added the Port N1148x and

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supplicants connected to Ports 1-24 post station- are dot1x/MAB authenticated, control to lift N1548x
move from unmanaged switch. station movement may not get packets for l2 mac
[FIELD-7755] triggered in a stacking scenario. move in internal
higig stack-port
scenario.
6.7.x.x MIB OID (1.3.6.1.2.1.105.1.3.1.1.4.1) Power consumption output Fixed the conversion All
returns power consumption in milliwatts instead returns in milliwatts instead logic. Platforms
expected output in watts. [FIELD-7779] expected output in watts.
ZTP not working via inband management ZTP not working via inband Added below logic: All
interface as "interface vlan 1/ip address dhcp" no management interface as If service-port is UP Platforms
longer exist in the default config. "interface vlan 1/ip address and got the IP with
[FIELD-7780] dhcp" for L3 switch which has address via DHCP, service-port
support of service-port. then do not config support
"ip address dhcp" on
inband VLAN 1
interface.
b) If service-port is
not present (in L2
HWs) or if service-
port is present but
either "down" or
"UP (without IP
address)"; then have
config "ip address
dhcp" on VLAN 1
routing interface.
"ipv6 dhcp snooping" vlan list gets truncated in "ipv6 dhcp snooping" vlan list Fixed the length All
running config. [FIELD-7798] gets truncated in running field issue with Platforms
config. string concatenation
operation.

Release 6.7.1.8 / 6.7.1.38

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
6.7.1.1 - N-Series - Obsoleted Dot1x MIB OIDs In netsnmp code starting from Added these two All
without replacement 6.6.x.x onwards, OIDs as part of Platforms
[FIELD-7527] agentDot1xAuthTxPeriod and private MIB
agentDot1xAuthServerTimeout
are obsoleted
6.7.1.6 - DNI - N1108EP-ON - Old CPLD version Old CPLD version 12 was Added version 13 N1108EP-
is bundled with 6.7.1.6 [FIELD-DNI] present instead of version 13 CPLD code for ON
N1108EP-ON
6.7.1.4 - N1100 - USB device is not USB detection fails on N11xx Fixed the USB N11xx
mounted/detected after upgrade from 6.4.2.8. platform after kernel upgrade in detection issue
[FIELD-7639, FIELD-7775] the latest image

N1548P/6.7.1.4/Frequent MAC Moves with MAC learn in blocking port Fixed the wrong N15xx
6.7.1.4. Not seen with earlier codes. from CDP packet is causing the typo in MACRO
[FIELD-7693] MAC MOVE
6.6.3.x -” show users login-history” output is not Due to different timer used Used the same timer All
syncing with SNTP date & time. [FIELD-7532] between CLI and SNTP, login- for both CLI and Platforms
history is not syncing with SNTP
SNTP date & time
6.7.1.1/OSPF Default route not being installed in Sometime due to mismatch in Fixed the same All
the routing table. [FIELD-7694] path type, OSPF is not adding Platforms
default route into main routing
table
SNMP-Discovery-fix: 6.7.1.4 - SNMPv3 Polling SNMP discovery process issue Fixed the code flow All
fails via user account with the non-default engine- as it is not as per rfc3414 to support it Platforms
id change. [FIELD-7672] (section 4)
No output shown in "show crypto key pubkey- No output shown in "show Added the supported All
chain ssh" when pubkey-chain configured with crypto key pubkey-chain ssh" command Platform
ECDSA key when pubkey-chain configured
with ECDSA key

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Release 6.7.1.6 / 6.7.1.36

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Potential CDP flood causing "insufficient In some configuration sequence Fixed the system All
bandwidth alarm" on connected IP Phones like “"disable ISDP on port policy which was Platforms
[FIELD-7510]. ==> disable globally ==> not invoked properly
enable locally ==> enable in this configuration
globally"”, there is a CDP flood scenario.
as port does not terminate the
CDP packet.
Switch crashes with "ipMapForwardingTask" task If switch has /32 route and Fixed the crash in All
at regular interval when there is /32 route and broadcast ARP request radix best match Platforms
ARP broadcast (255.255.255.255) reaches with (255.255.255.255) reaches lookup tree.
proxy-arp enabled [FIELD-7521]. when proxy-arp is enabled, the
switch will crash.
SNMP requests with multiple OIDs within the SNMP get requests with Implemented the All
same request for interfaces above 1/0/21 returns multiple parameters won’t get deprecated Platforms
"No Such Instance" [FIELD-7594]. response for ifmib beyond parameters for OIDs
certain OIDs. ifOutQLen and
ifSpecific in the
MIB.
Network issue when one of units in stack went to In stacking case if the member Ensured that the All
down if LAG members are present across the unit is powered off, LAG member port gets Platforms
units. [FIELD-7569]. member port is not removed deleted from master
from HW. Traffic was still unit HW table when
forwarded to the LAG member member unit is
port present in the member unit. shutdown.
N2128PX-ON - High fan speed issue When temperature fluctuates, Fixed FAN-1 high N21xx
[FIELD-7571]. FAN-1 runs at high speed. speed issue in box
service component.

Release 6.7.1.4 / 6.7.1.34

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Console/SSH/Telnet went unresponsive on If customer has login Added fix for All
multiple N3048EP switches authentication & exec management access Platforms
[FIELD-6703, FIELD-6223]. authorization via Radius server memory leak, so that
config, there is chance of no issue with
memory leak and leads to management access
management access issue like after this fix.
telnet, SSH and console access.
Private vlan translation missing in hardware table In private LAN configuration Wrong macro is All
after reloading mode, sometime after used for copying Platforms
[FIELD-6488]. reloading, private VLAN secondary VLAN
translation missed (did not MASK information
retain PVLAN config) in HW where few bits of the
table and will cause the traffic VLAN mask are left
issue. out sometimes.
Fixed the same.
Query regarding PSU date-time from “show In stacking case, for member Buffer used to store All
system power” output [FIELD-6650]. unit, PSU date-time field from the data/time for Platforms
“show system power” output “show system
always shows master unit output” was wrongly
uptime. accessing master
unit info. Fixed the
same.
Private VLAN traffic via promiscuous port In private LAN configuration Wrong macro is All
stopped working post reload [FIELD-7159]. mode, sometime VLAN traffic used for copying Platforms
via promiscuous port stopped secondary VLAN
working as switch did not retain MASK information,
PVLAN configuration in HW so after reloading,

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table. sometimes few bits

of the VLAN mask
are left out. Fixed
the same in the code.
Error message noticed on switch logs when POE Message like “ERR Cmd with Modified the error All PoE
devices are connected has no clarity msgId(25) failed. rc(10” in log message in the user Platforms
[FIELD-6499]. message is not a proper log to readable format.
understand.
DNSE/6.6 - N-Series - OpenSSL Vulnerabilities Both (CVE-2022-3711 and Upgraded openssl to All
in 6.7.1.1 CVE-2022-3712) to 6.7.1.1. 1.1.1l Platforms
(CVE-2022-3711 and CVE-2022-3712).
6.7.0.4 - SSH Pubkey Fingerprints Do Not Show The output of ‘show crypto key Not passing the All
in Switch Output [FIELD-7287]. pubkey-chain ssh' is empty correct arguments in Platforms
despite pubkey is being sprint. Fixed the
configured on switch and same.
working.

Release 6.7.1.1 / 6.7.1.31

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
MAB authentication failure for supplicants via Hosts should be able to move Supported this MAC All
unmanaged switch [PSE035425] across ports within a switch on MOVE feature in Platforms
MAC Move (.1x feature) Support for 802.1x the same or different VLAN dot1x.
MAC Station movement on N-Series Hosts without restriction, as if they
should be able to move across ports within a had moved to a port on another
switch on the same or different VLAN without switch.
restriction, as if they had moved to a port on
another switch. [FR4087]

Release 6.6.3.17 / 6.6.3.47

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Console/SSH/Telnet went unresponsive on If customer has login Added fix for All
multiple N3048EP switches [FIELD-6703, authentication & exec management access Platforms
FIELD-6223]. authorization via Radius server memory leak, so that no
config, there is chance of issue with management
memory leak and leads to access after this fix.
management access issue like
telnet, SSH and console access.
MAC address inconsistency (MAC MOVE) MAC_MOVE observed without Fixed the MAC move All
observed without traffic in stacking environment traffic with LAG if packet issue by fixing MAC Platforms
in some scenario [Field-6423]. ingress with one side LAG and sync issue with sdk
other side physical port and if shadow table.
ARP get learned for this MAC
through physical port. Will
impact traffic.
private vlan translation missing in hardware In private LAN configuration Wrong macro is used for All
table after reload [Field-6488] mode, sometime after reload, copying secondary Platforms
private VLAN translation missed VLAN MASK
(did not retain PVLAN config) in information where few
HW table and will cause the bits of the VLAN mask
traffic issue are left out sometime,
fixed the same
Query regarding PSU date-time from “show In stacking case, for member Buffer used to store All
system power” output [FIELD-6650] unit, PSU date-time field from the data/time for Platforms
“show system power” output “show system output”
always shows master unit was wrongly accessing
uptime. master unit info, fixed
the same.
Error message noticed on switch logs when POE Message like “ERR Cmd with Modified the error All PoE
devices are connected has no clarity. [FIELD- msgId(25) failed. rc(10” in log message in the user Platforms
6499] message is not a proper log to readable format.
understand.
Private VLAN traffic via promiscuous port In private LAN configuration Wrong macro is used All
stopped working post reload [FIELD-7159] mode, sometime VLAN traffic for copying secondary Platforms

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via promiscuous port stopped VLAN MASK

working as switch did not retain information, so after
PVLAN configuration in HW reloading, sometime
table. few bits of the VLAN
mask are left out
sometime, fixed the
same in the code.

Release 6.6.3.16 / 6.6.3.46

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platform
Upgrade to 6.6.2.x, 6.6.3.x fails with ECC errors N3000E-ON with certain flash Fixed filesystem ECC N3000
in N30xx-EP box with FLASH. [FIELD-6319, type and/or HW Rev.6 exhibits strength issue via E-ON
ECC errors on bootup due to recovery logic. &
FIELD-6727] ECC strength mismatch. N3132
1) After downloading PX-
image version ON
6.6.3.46 to backup
partition and
entering "boot
system backup”
command from
CLI, the recovery
logic will look for
the flash types
MT29F32G08AB
AAAWP,
MT29F8G08ABA
CA and/or HW
Rev. 6, then
perform file-
system recovery.
For other HW
variants, it will just
set the FLAGS as
needed in recovery
logic.

2) This recovery logic

triggers on each
unit (both N3000E-
ON & N3132PX-
ON) in the stack
and it’s applicable
to standalone unit
as well.

3) The ECC recovery

logic will set a flag
“recovery_done” at
U-boot and create a
file
“recovery_done”
under /mnt/fastpath
directory as well.
This flag at uboot
and file under
/mnt/fastpath
directory will be
created as part of
recovery process
on N3000E-ON
and N3132PX-ON
switches.

4) This recovery

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process will
take up from 8
to 10 mins to
complete. This
recovery will
be done only
once and it will
not occur in the
future firmware
upgrade
attempts.

5) Once recovery
script trigger
with "boot
system
backup”, please
do not reload
(or) power-
cycle the
switch. Switch
will reload on
its own post
completion of
recovery.

6) Also it is
recommended
not to
downgrade
after upgrade to
6.6.3.16 as it
may cause file
system
corruption with
N3000E-ON
revision 6 and
above. Please
look into
downgrade
Note section for
details.

Release 6.6.3.14 / 6.6.3.44

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Newly created user account is required to change Password expired, changed the Present time is going ALL
the password on every login. [FIELD-6360] password and it’s required to behind password Platform
change the password on every time stamp because
login attempt with that user. of HW and kernel
clock mismatch.
Used same clock
source to fetch both.
DHCP and ARP packets are forwarded between Enabling DHCP snooping and Fixed DHCP packets ALL
hosts in isolated VLAN after enabling DHCP ARP inspection can cause leaking between Platform
snooping and ARP inspection. [FIELD-6469] DHCP and ARP traffic to leak hosts in an isolated
between hosts in an isolated secondary VLAN.
secondary VLAN.
Link-dependency configuration (add or remove) In a corner case, the Link- Added condition to ALL
is not saved to startup-config. [FIELD-6594] dependency configuration (add save the "link- Platform
or remove) is not saved into the dependency" from
startup-config running config to
startup-config.
The “private-vlan mapping” commands return In a corner case, the error When trunk ALL
"interfaces fail to be configured" error. condition hits in CLI when mapping commands Platform
[FIELD-6592] mapping private-vlans under are removed, the
port-channel interface. associated entry with

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that primary vlan

index will be
deleted.
Port-security sticky learns MAC address of IP Switch-port port-security sticky Fixed issue with All
Phone against Data-VLAN and Voice-VLAN. learns MAC address of IP MAC address platform
[FIELD-5532, FIELD-5683] Phone against Data-VLAN and learning when CDP
Voice-VLAN packet is received.
Multi-domain-Multi-host mode is not working as NULL MAC entry in the switch Added appropriate ALL
expected – Stale entry with NULL MAC (00:00:00:00:00:00) is not checks to avoid the platform
observed. [Internal] allowing more clients to be null mac entry in the
accepted in the database. authentication
clients table.
1G SFP LX Optics on 10G Port is down with Link will not be UP if 1G SFP SDK bug exposed ALL
6.6.3.42, the link came up with 6.6.3.40. is inserted into 10G port. This with other fix, for platform
[FIELD-6759] issue happens on 6.6.3.42 1G AN on quadra28
image. PHY used with
N32xx, re-timing of
PHY must be set,
along with that AN
must be restarted.
Timeout observed while accessing POE related Timeout observed while Being a slow path ALL
SNMP OIDs. accessing few PoE related access in HW, it is platform
[Part of FIELD-5530, FIELD-6250, FIELD-6298] SNMP OID. taking time. Cached
properly.
Reconciliation failed for db PORT_DB (2), error Cosmetic error without any Addressed the error ALL
code -11' errors observed after stack failover. functionality impact log message issue. platform
[Internal]
N2200/S-Series - UDLD/FEFD compatibility Customer will observe UDLD Fixed the logic in ALL
issue and port-channel interface keep flapping. not working in case of LAG but HW abstraction platform
[FIELD-6770] working fine with physical port. layer to handle LAG
case.

Release 6.6.3.12 / 6.6.3.42

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Stack Master crash when single dot1x session Stack Master crash if we Fixed the crash, so All
assigned with redirect-acl and redirect URL. configure redirect-acl and crash is not platform
[FIELD-6583] redirect URL without observed even with
certificate generated. wrong config.
N-Series - CoA action (reauth/port-bounce) from Attribute - 87 not supported, if Added support for All
Cisco ISE as part of device-profiling activity fails. COA request come with option Attribute 87 as a platform
[FIELD-6562] 87, it fails session identifier in
the DAS component
as per the RFC
5176.
Request to automate "crypto key generate rsa" as DHCP/USB auto-install with Added fix for ALL
part of DHCP/USB auto-install process (BMP). crypto key generate command DHCP/USB auto- Platform
[FIELD-6581] failed install with crypto
key generate
command
After failover in 3+ unit stack, some ports in Only member unit, not master Fixed this failover ALL
member unit moved from 10G/1G auto to or standby unit UP ports will issue platform
1G/100MB auto. [FIELD-6423] move from 10G or 1G auto to
1G or 100MB auto after
failover.
Unicast flooding due to missing MACs in the "l2 Temporary flooding will be Fixed the MAC ALL
show". [FIELD-6363] observed in stacking case age out issue and Platform
because of wrong MAC age now MAC age out
out is native
unit(where MAC
learn) dependent
Release 6.6.3.10 / 6.6.3.40

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
VOIP device connected to downstream DUT is downstream devices is shown ISDP policies were All
shown in "show isdp neighbors". [FIELD-6244] in "show isdp neighbors” not applied platform

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properly, fixed the

same
Port-Channel with port-security enabled, member member interface on switch Issue with All
interfaces go inactive after peer host/switch goes inactive, while the PML/port-security platform
reload. [FIELD-5917] member interface on switch 1 and LAG together in
(mgmt) remains UP along with the config. Fix the
the LG in PML is enabled interdependency
issue
Radius authentication fails with hostname RADIUS servers configured RADIUS servers All
configured as radius server. [FIELD-6099] with hostname with non-default configured with platform
server name/group will not get hostname with non-
resolved, So use IP address default server
instead name/group was not
handled in the code,
added the fix for the
same
Multicast streams gets stopped after few minutes. If routing interface is L2 SSM, RPF All
[FIELD-5809] configured, Multicast streams checks is disabled platform
will not work even in L2 but still validating
domain the USP info,
leading to failure if
incoming port is
routing interface.
Switch crash@isdpTask. [Field-6164] In very corner case, there is a There is a logic miss All
chance of ISDP task crash where chance of platform
because of segmentation error NULL pointer
access in ISDP task
context, so can lead
to crash. Fixed the
same
Multicast error messages when the source or Logs like below appear DAPI: side effect to IGMP All
receiver devices are rebooted. [Field-6187] Command (245) and Multicast SSM platform
DAPI_CMD_ROUTING_INTF feature in L2 with a
_MCAST_PORT_ADD not change to SSM
supported in this build logic.
Option 82 Cosmetic Log Errors. [FIELD-6317, After upgrade the switch from Removed the log as All
FIELD-6318] 6.6.0.37 to 6.6.3.36, below it has no more platform
error may get observed significance with the
"IP_HELPER[IpHelperTask]: introduction of
relay_main.c(1584) 77630 %% Server-override and
NOTE DHCP relay configured Link-select options.
to insert option 82, but option
not found in message returned
from server 0.0.0.0"
N3048ET-ON - ECC Errors - Revert fix for 8-bit With 6.6.3.8, some N30xxEP Issue with N30xxEP N3024 EP
bit ECC. [FIELD-5881, FIELD-5882] switch may observe ECC error with new and
during reboot or upgrade to MT29F8G08ABAC N3048EP
6.6.3.8 and forced to go for A flash with flash
backup image MT29F8G
08ABAC
A
Switchport private-vlan trunk command has be After configuring private-vlans After the reload vlan All
removed and re-added after restart to allow , it may needed to remove and routing interface is platform
traffic. [FIELD-6345] re-add the private-vlan trunk down when private
command on PO2 to get traffic vlan's are configured
to pass out of switch. on the interface,
hence notification is
missing, fixed the
same

Release 6.6.3.8 / 6.6.3.38

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Dell qualified optics is displayed as invalid Customer qualified optics if If SFP standard All
transceiver in syslog. [FIELD-5705] they are not compliance will check failed, then platform
standard, will be displayed as check customer
invalid supported/validated

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optics.

VRRP track IP route configuration not getting Unable to see the "vrrp track ip New API is added to All
synced with the running config. [Field-5806] route" configuration in the fetch the default platform
show run or show vrrp. track IP route
It is just the display issue.
N3048ET-ON - ECC Errors. [FIELD-5881, No functional impact but box MT29F8G08ABAC N30xxEP
FIELD-5882] with FLASH A need 8-bit ECC,
MT29F8G08ABACA will have so added the same
some ECC error during reboot.
Configuration cosmetic issue in when deleting Remove and add using GUI Fixed the GUI page All
member ports in LAG. [FIELD-5977] interface may not work platform
DNSE/6.6.3.3 - N-Series - Critical Voice-VLAN 1) With multiple radius-servers All these 3-scenario All
is not working as expected with multiple radius- configured (let one for auth and got fixed platform
servers configured. [FIELD-6014] another for login) - If somehow
radius-server communication
got break, it marks radius-
server as dead with the usage
"authmgr". But the radius-
server is not marked as dead
with the usage "login". Here if
authentication happens, the
phone MAB session is
terminated and not moved into
"Critical voice vlan" with
multiple radius servers
configured
2) Trying to authenticate with
the critical vlan then see that
authmgr traces shows that
critical vlan is working as
expected but method shows
"mab" which is wrong. Display
issue
3) Specific scenario happens if
radius-server is marked dead
right at the time of client re-
authentication happens, “Client
xxx was not a voice client “like
log will get observed and
confuse the customer.

Stack member reboot while running TDR test. Sometime Cable TDR test may Give a special All
[FIELD-5774] split the stack if run priority to RPC platform
continuously message generated
for PHY APIs
related to TDR test
[Re-authentication behavior with switch-port Voice_vlan_override with Fixed Voice vlan All
configured with "override authentication". reauth has some issue override and reauth Platform
[FIELD-DNSE] inter communication
"Failed to power up spare pair" keeps showing up When PD requests to enable Do not advertise All
in syslog. [FIELD-6054] spare pair via LLDP, log PSE four pair as Platform
observed. No functional impact supported via LLDP
if HW has no
support it
EAP failures due to LLDP timing issue with EAP failures due to LLDP On a LLDP timeout, All
Avaya IP Phone. [FIELD-6117] timing issue with Avaya IP voice-vlan will Platform
Phone as Phone reboots. No remove its entry
issue with cisco phone only if the entry was
not created by
authentication
Switch losses its BGP password after reload BGP password with more than Fixed the BGP All
[FIELD-6118] 15 characters has the issue password buffer Platform
issue
N-Series - HiveAgent version upgrade to 1.1.29.0. Old HA 1.1.18.0 version is Upgrade to 1.1.29.0 All
[FIELD-6205] present before 6.6.3.8 image version Platform

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Release 6.6.3.6 / 6.6.3.36

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
N-Series - Radius authentication is not working Unable to send authentication Now we can use All
with "radius server" configured with hostname. requests to radius server when DNS name instead Platform
[FIELD-DNSE, FIELD-5714, CS00011021204] configured using the Host of IP address for
Name. radius server
HW and CPLD Version is "0" Fixed the code so N11xx
N1124T-ON/N1108T-ON - HW and CPLD after upgrading to 6.6.3.2 on that version non_PoE
Version is "0" after upgrading to 6.6.3.2 non-PoE N11xx switch information will be switches
[FIELD-DNSE, FIELD-5934, CS00011383434] updated properly

"Copy Parameters From" option to Copy LLDP Trying to configure the LLDP JS file content not All
Config from GUI does not work [FIELD-5463, using “Copy Parameters taken care to copy platform
CS00010937128] FROM” option (Switching- parameters from
>LLDP->Configuration -> one port to another
Show All) to copy from one port, fixed the
port to other ports is now same
working.
N-Series - RADIUS Accounting interim and stop RADIUS Accounting interim- After fix, now All
packets doesn't inlcude Framed IP address even update and stop packets are not framed IP address Platform
though Attribute 8 is configured [FIELD-5765, including Attribute 8 Framed IP shows in Accounting
CS00011320233] address even though it is Start packets,
configured Interim and stop
packets.
Cannot specify "loginSessionStartStopTrap" in If Customer want to suppress Now this issue is All
snmp-server filter [Field-5762, CS00011325478] the loginSessionStartStopTrap fixed, so traps will Platform
using snmp-server filter, it fails get generated for
with the message “Incorrect loginSessionStartSto
input!” pTrap
N3132PX-ON - Boot-code is downgraded to N3132PX-ON - Boot-code is Updated boot-code N31xx
version 1.0.22 after updating boot-code with downgraded to version 1.0.22 to 1.0.23, so now specific
6.6.3.x [FIELD-DNSE, CS00011383411] after updating boot-code with boot-code version on
6.6.3.x. It supposed to be “U- FW v6.6.3.34 - U-
Boot 2012.10-svn1713 (Aug 27 Boot 2012.10-
2018 - 10:03:03) - ONIE svn1713 (Aug 27
4.29.1.6 - Bristol N3132PX 2018 - 10:03:03) -
version=v1.0.23”. ONIE 4.29.1.6 -
No user impact as such. Bristol N3132PX
version=v1.0.23
All ports are in "Detach" state after upgrading to Max vlan creation (if vlans Now after fix, we N31xx,
6.6.3.30 [FIELD-5859, CS00011437921] more than 4088) will lead to can configure upto N21xx,
USL sync issues due to which MAX VLANs N20xx and
ports will not be enabled after supported and port N30xx.
reload, so will be in detached will be Up without
state. any issue.
N-Series - VoIP Phones are rebooting constantly N-Series - VoIP Phones are If override is All
with "switchport voice vlan override- rebooting constantly with enabled, if the client Platform
authentication" [FIELD-5969, CS00011568791] "switchport voice vlan is deleted from auth
override-authentication" mgr and added
again. There is one
corner case where
client adding and
deleting and re-
adding continued in
a loop. Fixed the
same
N3048EP-ON Stack crash with dot1x/mab "Out There is a corner case where When the client All
of system buffers" issue [FIELD-5859, When the client stops the stops the response to Platform
CS00011594105] response to the 802.1X request the 802.1x/MAB
id, there is a buffer leak. If request id, code
issue repeat, there is chance of expect to release the
crash because of lack in earlier buffer. In this
memory/ flow, there is corner

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cased missed. Added

the same.
High CPU, authentication issues and very With reload, if there is high DHCP pinhole All
sluggish management [FIELD-5861,FIELD- DHCPIPv6, DHCP packet and enabled by default Platform
DNSE, CS00011454317, CS00011603267] other IPv6 multicast traffics in which sometime
network, CU is going high and cause high CPU if
lead to other control packets there is flood in
drop/unprocessed. DHCPIPv6, DHCP
packets and other
IPv6 multicast
traffics, so disable it
by default
N2248PX-ON - Stack master crash with With accounting enabled, Identified the All
"radius_task" crash [FILED-DNSE, there is chance of crash reason for memory Platform
CS00011616776] because of radius_task corruption with
because of memory corruption addition for
support to attribute
8 and fixed the
same
N3048EP-ON - Stack master crash with With DNS, there is a UDP We have fixed the All
"cpuUtilMonitorTask" [FIELD-5856, active sockets where in corner issue where we Platform
CS00011236933] case, fd value reset without properly reset the
closing the socket. So, at the socket fd value
end the box crash because of only after closing
out of socket the socket
DHCP snooping binding database gets changed Customer wants to enable Now we have tied- All
when a MAC address moves to another port Protection Against DHCP up the port security Platform
[FIELD-5702, CS00011225368] Snooping Database Attacks feature with DHCP
using Port security. snooping. So ->
Existing snooping
entries are not
removed if a static
MAC binding is
moved to a
different port.
Multicast streams gets stopped after few minutes IGMPv3 reports with exclude Added the fix as All
[FIELD-5809, CS00011441334] option has the issue. If there is now image should Platform
a include option in the work wih both
IGMPv3 report from the IGMPv3 include
receiver, no issue and exclude option
N3048EP-ON - Stack master crashes with Repeated STP convergence Modified the logic, All
"nim_t" task [FIELD-5894, CS00011479321] and re-convergence occurs so that Switch send Platform
due to expiry of spanning-tree one BPDU when
timers depending on the root port agrees to
number of BPDUs being the received new
transmitted and received per root information as
second. This results in part of state
frequent TCNs floating in the machine
topology and crash.
N2248PX-ON - Switch sends "EAP failure" as There is one corner case When the EAPoL All
there is no response to "Request, TLS EAP" but where EAP failure is resultant start is received, Platform
with different EAP type and same ID [FIELD- of the access-reject. Here the request
EJ, CS00011594285 Radius server is sending Identifier in
Access-Reject as it received EAPoL req-Id
incorrect Request-Id should be
incremented. Since
the same is not
incremented, the
radius is treating
the same as
exchange of earlier
conversation and
rejecting. We have
fixed the issue
\
Release 6.6.3.3 / 6.6.3.33

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms

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Voice VLAN assignment is not working on When dot1x and Modified the All
dot1x capable IP Phone (Avaya) authentication open is functionality to Platform
[FIELD-5649, CS00011161496] enabled, in Multi-Domain- trigger the dot1x
Multi-Host mode, sometime authentication
client doesn't put in the voice first and if fails
vlan when authentication then it provides
triggers. access to the client
Also, Voice VLAN with open
assignment may not working authentication.
on dot1x capable Avaya IP Also did some
Phone (interop issue) cleanup
N-Series - Port-security sticky learns MAC Switch-port port-security MAC address is All
address of IP Phone against Data-VLAN and sticky learns MAC address of learned when CDP platform
Voice-VLAN [FIELD-5532, FIELD-5683, IP Phone against Data-VLAN packet is received.
CS00011032974] and Voice-VLAN Fixed the issue
Monitor capture remote feature doesn't work on Remote capture setting will Fixed the socket All
6.6.0.x/6.6.2.x; but works in 6.5.[FIELD-5610, not work clear issue Platform
CS00011136730]
DHCP Option-82 (with value "Missing" ) is Some server if receive packet DHCP Clients are All
included in the relayed packets by default without value option, will not getting IP Platform
[FIELD-5713, CS00011229984 ] reply with option-82 and address assigned
switch will ignore these
packets
N2200 - EAPOL Start packet received from When switch receives the If switch receives All
dot1x client (VoIP Phone) affecting the existing EAPOL pkt from the the eapol pkt from Platform
active Voice VLAN client [FIELD-EJ, authenticated voip client and the authenticated
CS00011249299] authentication is failed as it client then
considers it as another client considering like as
and we have one voip is a re-authentication
restricted
6.6.2.x/F-5742/Traffic being routed incorrectly Ping to the routed ip takes a Fixed the kernel N3000
when OOB interface is up [Field-5742, different route through OOB issue specific
CS00011276650] instead of the default inband
vlan.
Stack master logs show incorrect date [FIELD- When the time zone Changed the All
5643, FIELD-5517, CS00011043002] adjustment is a negative value, variable that saves Platforms
the result is wrapped around, the timezone value
leaving a very large number to a signed integer
Private-VLAN - ARP does not work on Issue is seen when the switch Clash between All
promiscuous trunk port [FIELD-5671, with private vlan dot1ad and other Platforms
CS00011193922] configuration is rebooted Metro components
like dot3ah,
dot1ag(CFM) and
dvlan (q-in-q) is
removed

Release 6.6.2.9 / 6.6.2.39

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
MAC MOVE causes traffic loss [FIELD-5207, After upgrading MAC address is Corrected rule All
CS00010600296] learned on ports in blocked state for blocked Platforms
causing traffic loss ports
Error log log "voip_control.c(181) 83930 %% Info message being logged as an Corrected All
INFO VOIP mode on interface Po1 is disabled. error severity of this Platforms
Control frames will not be processed" [DNSE, message
CS00010725088]
VLAN interface fails to complete the DHCP When performing a “renew dhcp Corrected All
renewal process and stay at "Down" state vlan 1” and “relase dhcp vlan1” renew timer Platforms
[DNSE, CS00010632503] continuously, VLAN interface problem
goes into DOWN state
MAB authentication stops working after Disabling MAB on an interface may Corrected All
message - %% WARN mabTimerStart: Could impact the mab timers on other MAB register Platforms
not Start the MAB_SERVER_AWHILE timer interfaces. check
[FIELD-5340, FIELD-5427, CS00010761869]
VRRP - Ping to Virtual Secondary IP drops Ping traffic to VRRP VIP drops Corrected All
[FIELD-5182, CS00010756062] when the secondary IP addresses is adding VRRP Platforms

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configured VIP secondary

address to the
ARP table
Dot1x client is placed into "Guest VLAN" with Dot1x client is authenticated in Correct All
both 802.1x capable IP Phone and PC on the Guest-Vlan if Unauth-VLAN and authentication Platforms
same port (with multi-domain) [FIELD-5300, Guest-VLAN are configured to be check for guest
CS00010853575] the same VLAN. If Both configured VLAN.
to different VLAN then dot1x client
is un-authenticated VLAN only.
SSH Client's Source-IP of failure login attempt SSH Client's Source-IP of failure Correcting All
is not available in the syslog [DNSE, login attempt is not available in the logging error Platforms
CS00010848927] syslog when sending
to a syslog
server
Stack ports are not coming with 7m DAC cable Stack port HW configuration is Corrected HW N11xx
after upgrading [FIELD-5392, FIELD-5409, causing data transfer errors configuration
CS00010824126] error
Loud fan noise and fan error [FIELD-5483, Fan state in PoE switch is showing Corrected fan N11xx
CS00010992712] failure and FAN noise is very high initialization
sequence
Route-map support is removed in 6.6.2.x release Feature removed due to DNSE Restored N20xx
causing config-migration failure [FIELD-DNSE, request feature N21xx
CS00011072217]

Release 6.6.2.5 / 6.6.2.35

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Switch with MLAG, messages "MAC moving Mac movement and Mac entry- Created two All
for entry type 9 to type 1" [Field-5192, type change in the same log messages, one Platforms
CS00010599599] message is causing the confusion for each
condition
Unable to configure IP addresses, logs indicate Unable to configure IP addresses, Modified All
Max routes reached [FIELD-5179, logs indicate Max routes reached OSPF to Platforms
CS00010565731] update Best
Route Clients
Insert/Deletes/Drops Logs are occurring Confusing trap log :traputil.c(721) Modified All
frequently and intermittent phones resets 16854628 %% NOTE Inserts: message to Platforms
[FIELD-5286, FIELD-5273, CS00010688644] 137354 Deletes: 0 Drops: 0 provide a
Ageouts :1 better
understanding
of the
condition
Switches are bricked after rebooting post CPLD Upgrading the CPLD to the version Replaced N20xx
update with 6.6.2.0 code [FIELD-5367, FILED- in the 6.6.2.0 release will render the corrupted N30xx
5368, CS00010799189] switch inoperable CPLD image
Switch in boot loop after upgrading from Switch crashes on boot if an addin Corrected N30xx
6.5.2.35 to 6.6.2.30 [FIELD-5370, card is present in the switch addin card N31xx
CS00010804313] enumeration
Some CISCO Phones can't power up switch is Switch is unable to power legacy Restored All PoE
upgraded to 6.6.2.30 [Field-5378, phones legacy phone platforms
CS00010808504] power profile
Removal of Loopback interface support causing Loopback feature is not functioning Corrected All
config migration failure after upgrading to 6.6.2 tunnel problem Platforms.
[FIELD-DNSE, CS00010819758] that blocked Not
loopback applicable
feature for N11xx
and N15xx.

Release 6.6.0.24 / 6.6.0.54

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Media in Fiber slots showing "unknown" after Incorrect transceiver status. Could Corrected All
few days [FIELD-4848, CS00010067343] cause false negative status. transceiver Platforms
status query

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Unable to set the ACL match rule to a class if Switch runs out of ACL match Increased rules N11xx
ACL has more then one Rule [Field-4883, rules from 6 to 32
CS00010139205]
Configuring description for a port from GUI Port goes down, when Corrected N20xx
causes the port to go down [FIELD-4987, configurating description name in handling of new N30xx
CS00010323786] GUI duplex fields
Error in GUI when trying to delete or edit vlan Error message in GUI when trying Corrected check All
while the monitor session configuration is to delete or edit vlan while the for VLAN Platforms
present [FIELD-5037, CS00010386529] monitor session configuration is components
present
VLAN interface fails to release/renew dhcp VLAN interface fails to Corrected All
address [FIELD-5068, CS00010414469] release/renew dhcp address conflict Platforms
between release
timer and
DHCP release
request
Intermittent ping loss to switch causing video Intermittent ping loss to switch Corrected Ping N15xx
application to fail over [FIELD-4870, issue in Linux
CS00010237720] Kernel
Switch doesn't reply with agreement BPDU for Switch does not reply with Corrected STP All
the proposal BPDU in RPVST mode [FIELD- agreement BPDU for the proposal timer issue Platforms
4977, CS00010282531] BPDU in RPVST mode
Port Speed Changes When Config Applied from When configuring interface via the Corrected N20xx
GUI [FIELD-5163, CS00010536633] GUI, if port Speed is Auto and handling or new N15xx
"Apply" is selected without port speed fields
changing anything, then port will go
down and statically set speed
Release 6.6.0.23 / 6.6.0.53

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
VIP not pinging and inter-vlan routing not VRRP - VIP not pinging and inter- Corrected All
working [FIELD-4227, CS00009153007] vlan routing not working VRRP MAC Platforms
address issue
SNMP walk on "ipNetToPhysicalTable" is not The ipNetToPhysicalTable does Corrected All
giving any output for entry in "show ipv6 not return all IPv6 entries. retrieval of IPv6 Platforms
neighbours". [Internal] entries
DHCP Packets are flooding on ingress interface If source and destination MAC of Corrected All
with "authentication enable" set [FIELD-4975, a packet is learnt on the same packet Platforms
CS00010338047] interface, the packet ingressing the forwarding
interface is sent out on the same issue
interface resulting in packet loop
Users unable to login when TACACs server is SSH login authentication is not Corrected All
set to priv-lvl-1 [FIELD-4990, CS00010319607] working with level 1 user. additional SSH Platforms
issue
Release 6.6.0.21 / 6.6.0.51

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
dot1x port going to the wrong guest/no-response After logged off windows pc Corrected All
VLAN [FIELD-4522, CS9575660] client is still authenticated in logoff Platforms
unauthenticated VLAN response
Added log when MAB client authentication is Added log when MAB client N/A All
cleared due to inactivity timer [Internal] authentication is cleared due to Platforms
inactivity timer
Switch crash during issuing commands [FIELD- Switch crash during issuing Corrected All
4863, CS10113622] commands deadlock in Platforms
dot1x
commands
Kernel route gets added in the routing table The default gateway is not installed Corrected issue All
causing traffic disruption [FIELD-4844, in the Kernel and the connectivity is adding kernel Platforms
CS10064130] lost routes
SrcIP (other than ANY) in RACL/DACL is Radius server request occasionally Corrected All
replaced with client IP address [Internal] changes ACLs problem with Platforms
Radius server
requests
Add support for ipAddressTable & Add support for ipAddressTable & Add support for All

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ipNetToPhysicalTable [FIELD-4737, ipNetToPhysicalTable ipAddressTable Platforms

CS9873715] &
ipNetToPhysica
lTable
Missing dot1x port paremeters on the GUI Switching -> Network Security -> Added missing N15XX
[FIELD-4555, CS9644854] Dot1x Authentication -> parameters
Authentication -> Detail
Switch stack went unresponsive and nim_t crash Switch stack went unresponsive Corrected All
[FIELD-5018, CS10354048] and nim_t crash deadlock in Platforms
dot1x
commands
Client IP in ACL does not change if there are SrcIP match does not change for Corrected All
multiple ACLs [Internal] the Redirect ACL once the IP goes problem with Platforms
away from the client updating Src IP
Redirect ACL rules get deleted when Redirect ACL rules get deleted Corrected All
reprogramming with no Src IP address for the when reprogramming with no Src problem with Platforms
client [Internal] IP address for the client first ACL rule
DHCP packet forwarding does not consider max Clients get DHCP IP even after Corrected max All
users on the port [Internal] port max-user limit has been user check Platforms
reached
Handle rules with duplicate rule numbers in If RADIUS sends ACL rules with Corrected All
DACL [Internal] duplicate rules numbers, the ACL Radius ACL Platforms
should be rejected rule check
Deny rule in redirect ACL is not letting the deny rules in Redirect ACLs Corrected All
traffic to the HW instead it is dropped [Internal] should permit matching packets Redirect rule Platforms
instead of dropping them.
MAB authenticated device cannot communicate MAB authenticated device cannot Corrected N11XX
[Field-4820, CS10049102] communicate VLAN
assignment
issue

Release 6.6.0.17 / 6.6.0.47

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected

Platforms
Missing dot1x port paremeters on the GUI after Port parameters table is not showing Corrected web N15XX
upgraded to 6.6.0.13 [FIELD-4555, CS9644854] in Switching->network security- page handlers
>Dot1x authentication-
>authentication page when we
upgrade from 6.5.4.x to 6.6.0.x
SNMPv3 traps are sent by the switch but not SNMPv3 traps are sent by the switch Corrected trap data All
processed by the trap receiver. [FIELD-4589, but not processed by the trap receiver issue
CS9699512]
Crash dump logs are incomplete Crash dump logs are incomplete Corrected crash All
dump
Port channel hashing black hole traffic [Field- Unable to reach IP clients through a Corrected port All
4725, CS9882032] port channel channel hashing
problem
Management Access-list not Functioning Correctly Management access-list is not ACLs are All
[FIELD-4677, CS9818158] functioning with physical interface supporred on
option VLANs and not
physical ports or
port channels.
Removed CLI
option.
CoA feature is not working with "ERR Timestamp Difference in Radius and switch Added enhanced All
issue. Packet discarded" [PSE-PoC, CS9823420] clock caused rejection of COA from timer functionality
Raduis server
SSH enable password can be exposed if ssh client The "***" characters meant to hide Corrected SSH All
includes a remote command the password do not hide the password handling
password
Missing VLAN tag from switch-port causing IP Switch will not send voice vlan Corrected Voice All
Phone to reject DHCP Offer packet [FIELD-4636, tagged traffic to the phone VLAN problem
FIELD-4783, CS9875140]
Compellent replication failure [FIELD-4830, SolarFlare PHY causes ECC error Change to handle N2XX

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CS10046486] causing packets to drop SolarFlare PHY N3XX

data problem copper
only

Release 6.6.0.15 / 6.6.0.45

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Half Duplex option not present in WebUI Unable to set half duplex settings in Added support to N15xx
dropdown under port configuration WebUI the web page
[FIELD-4315, CS9227962]
SNMP Traps for LinkDOWN events shows Incorrect operational state of the port Corrected trap All
incorrect content [FIELD-4397, CS9396101] when traps are set, even when the error
cable has been removed from the
port
BGP MD5 authentication doesn't work BGP MD5 authentication doesn't Applied kernel fix N3xxx
[FIELD-4302, CS9218257] work
IP Helper UDP destination port range in WebUI is IP Helper UDP destination port Corrected range All
not correct (1-65535), it should be 0 - 65535 range in GUI is incorrect 1-65535 - value
[Field-4379, CS9337280] should be 0 - 65535
WebUI green-mode disable does not work Unable to disable the green ethernet Corrected Green- All
[FIELD-4392, CS9331164] EEE admin mode with default EEE Mode disable issue
tx-idle-time as 34

Release 6.6.0.13 / 6.6.0.43

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Unable to Ping/Telnet management IP (VLAN 154) Unable to Ping/Telnet management Corrected routing All
with multicast traffic on the same VLAN IP (VLAN 154) with multicast to CPU for
[CS8566096, FIELD-3918] traffic on the same VLAN processing
HiveAgent Certificate upgrade Upgrade Hiveagent to version Upgrade All
N1100/N1500/N2000/N2100/N3000/N3000E/N3132 1.1.29.0 Hiveagent to
[CS9249896] version 1.1.29.0
Unexpected additional characters show for OID: When fetching the switch info, it's Corrected string All
.1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10895.3000.1.2.100.1.0 displaying the junk characters with length problem
[CS9227198, FIELD-4319] switch name.
Crash dump output gets truncated due to stack debug Crash dump output gets truncated Corrected file All
dumps due to stack debug dumps write size limit
problem
Asset tag field value not retained after switch reload Configured asset tag does not retain Corrected asset N11xx
[CS9238760, FIELD-4325] after switch reboot tag initialization N21xx
error N31xx
Devshell command to check the supported ciphers Add command to display SSH Added command All
and mac is missing [CS9253824] server supported ciphers and MAC to display
algorithms supported ciphers.
Higher level ciphers not available in SNMP Missing higher cipher level support Added AES128 All
[CS9239501, FIELD-4321] for SNMP support for SNMP

Release 6.6.0.10 / 6.6.0.40

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
LEDs on ports 12 and 13 lit with no cable inserted POE controller port mappings were Corrected port N11xxP
when ports 5 and 6 are populated. wrong for some front panel ports map
[FIELD-4164, CS8969844] causing the wrong LED to illuminate
Updated PoE controller firmware Updated PoE controller firmware Updated PoE N11xxP
controller
firmware
Match statement with community-list disappears Match statement with community-list Corrected order in All
from route-map after a reload disappears from route-map after a the startup-config Platforms
[FIELD-4160, CS8919589] reload – not seen in the running-
config

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Stack went unresponsive intermittently and Stack went unresponsive Corrected problem All
recovered on its own intermittently and recovered on its gathering Platforms
[FIELD-4143, CS8902088] own information on
disconnected units
Crash dump output getting truncated due to stack Crash dump output is being truncated Adjusted crash All
debug dumps [Internel] dump file size Platforms
limit

Release 6.6.0.7 / 6.6.0.37

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Stack member goes unresponsive or resets ATP timeouts and lost stacking keep- Additional buffers All
frequently. alive packets resulting in stack allocated to Platforms
[FIELD-3617, CS7624486] instability accommodate high
priority stacking
packets
Stack Master becomes unstable with CPU timeouts ATP timeouts and lost stacking keep- Additional buffers All
causing management interruptions and alive packets resulting in stack allocated to Platforms
authentication issues. instability accommodate high
[FIELD-3176, FIELD-3538, CS6078844] priority stacking
packets
Stack instability issue and ATP/RPC logs on ATP timeouts and lost stacking keep- Additional buffers All
console. alive packets resulting in stack allocated to Platforms
[FIELD-3869, CS8295367] instability accommodate high
priority stacking
packets
Issue configuring LAG member interfaces via Interface is not being removed from Corrected Web All
WebUI [FIELD-3900, CS8361572] LAG with Delete operation page operations Platforms
Interface is not being removed from LAG with Non-active interface is not being Corrected LAG All
Delete operation. removed from LAG with Delete delete for non- Platforms
[FIELD-3918, CS8566096] operation active physical
ports
WebUI - Dynamic ARP Inspection page is missing Dynamic ARP Inspection page is Corrected feature All
[FIELD-4035, CS8701166] missing check which then Platforms
enabled the web
page
Unable to remove SNTP server configuration with SNTP server is not deleting if server Corrected check All
name contains underscore. name contains underscore special for underscore Platforms
[FIELD-3976, CS8591205] character.
Switch hangs when attempt to login with multiple Switch hangs when attempt to login Corrected setting All
radius-servers (with DNS names) configured with multiple radius-servers (with DNS entry to Platforms
[FIELD-3991, CS8639126] DNS names) configured active
Series switches have trail Z even if timezone is N-Series switches have trail Z even Changed trailing z All
specified [CS8468039] if timezone is specified to only be present Platforms
if the time is
displayed in UTC
Switch stops forwarding traffic Switch stops forwarding traffic Corrected All
[FIELD-4044, CS8708090] deadlock between Platforms
forwarding tasks
TCP SACK Vulnerabilities CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478 Added patches to All
[FIELD-3922, CS8433605] mitigate CVE Platforms
issues
PoE error warnings Failed to power up spare pair Message: Failed to power up spare Added UPoE All PoE
Gi1/0/x pair Gi1/0/1 functionality for platforms
[FIELD-3971, CS8629241] LLDP
Some of the MAC movement messages has MAC address displayed incorrectly Corrected display All
additional FFFFFF in MAC addresses in log of unsigned value Platforms
[FIELD-3518, CS7304375]
VLAN membership page does not get loaded VLAN membership page is not Corrected Web N11XX
[FIELD-2523, CS3745446] loading. page template
error
MAC Address movement logging & traps MAC movement message from Improved the All
[FIELD-SBI, CS5541938] debug logging level MAC movement Platforms
notification

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messages with the

actual interface
IDs
DHCP Client fails to get IP address assigned with Client MAC entry is not deleted Corrected MAC All
dot1x mac-based authenticated port. from member units after the client is entry event Platforms
[FIELD-3104, FIELD-3619, CS5837205] disconnected
Random crashes on nim_t and lockups Error messages "Unexpectedly Corrected data All
[FIELD-2715, CS4474679] received End TLV for VLAN reset problem Platforms
instance index(46). Messages when messages
received are out of order" across the stack are
received out of
order
Stack Master becomes unstable with CPU timeouts Error messages "Unexpectedly Corrected data All
causing management interruptions and received End TLV for VLAN reset problem Platforms
authentication issues instance index(46). Messages when messages are
[FIELD-3176, FIELD-3538, CS6078844] received are out of order" received out of
order
Switch stops forwarding the traffic with MAC Switch stops forwarding IPv6 traffic Corrected IPv6 All
table full and ARP hash collision logs with MAC table full and ARP hash HW table update Platforms
[FIELD-3266, CS6307800] collision logs
SNMP table 1.3.6.1.2.1.17.7.1.2.2 OID returns Occationally dot1qTpFdbStatus gets Corrected status All
unexpected character [FIELD-3327, CS6466035] set to null when doing a snmpwalk. entry check Platforms
Stack member crashes with bcmATP-RX and Stack member crashes with Corrected stack All
memory errors bcmATP-RX and Memory errors. message receive Platforms
[FIELD-3472, CS7098608] problem
System LED reports a non-critical error Occationally a false RPS detection is Inceeased retry N15XX
[FIELD-3573, CS7472237] processed during boot-up, system count if RPS error
LED reports a non-critical error is detected
MAC address not learned on specific port MAC address learning is not Adjusted Autoneg N20XX
(with/without EEE enabled) consistent and port shows link-up negotiation N30XX
[FIELD-3591, FIELD-3581, CS7533743] with no receive traffic between MAC and N21XX
PHY N31XX
Radius key length > 48 bytes results in failed login SSH authentication is not working if Increased MD5 All
(SSH/Telnet) authentication radius key length is more than 48 buffer and Platforms
[FIELD-3614, CS7611458] Password buffer
length to support
maximum Radius
secret key length
Unable to power Zipline Ethernet device Certain legacy devices are being Modified N15XXP
[FIELD-3605, CS7666321] reported as an illegal class processing so these N20XXP
devices will be N30XXP
treated as class 0
devices
BGP Peer switches not learning primary path with ARP entries are not aged from the Modified ARP All
stale ARP entries [FIELD-3528, CS7725354] ARP table when added by Linux. update to account Platforms
Linux entries are duplicate entries for Liux entries
and not needed
Stack LED is off on Stack Master Occationally Stack Master LED is Increased read N15XX
[FIELD-3658, CS7727848] not getting set properly to reflect it as count to increase
master in the stack. accuracy of CPLD
read
Dot1x/MAB stopped working with "RADIUS: Occationally Radius server is Modified address All
could not get buffer" message receiving an incorrect IP address initialization for Platforms
[FIELD-DNSE, CS8065917] when connected to the OOB port OOB port
DHCP clients not getting IP address assigned. DHCP packets are being dropped for Correct issue with All
[FIELD-DNSE, CS8144819] LAGs, DHCP pinholeing not looking DHCP across Platforms
up unicast MAC correctly LAGs, and FDB
lookup
Port-channel load-balancing failure Load balancing problem over HiGig Modified HASH All
[FIELD-3838, CS8222791] port and stack ports setup for RTAG7 Platforms
hashing
snoopTask and pimsmMapTask causes high CPU snoopTask and pimsmMapTask Modified bootstrap All
when default vlan is configured as bsr-candidate causes high CPU when default vlan processing for PIM Platforms
[FIELD-3876, CS8348233] is configured as bsr-candidate

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VRRP VIP MAC not being learned on certain VRRP VIP MAC not being learned Corrected All
VLANs on BACKUP site on certain VLANs on BACKUP site initialization for Platforms
[FIELD-3904, CS8362413] VRRP Backup site
After reload of stack standby, if another member After reload of stack standby, if Only reinitialize All
unit is reloaded, ports of that member go to Detach another member unit is reloaded, port resources if Platforms
state [internal] ports of that member go to Detach the stack master is
state reloaded

With DHCP snooping enabled, DHCP packets With DHCP snooping enabled, Corrected check All
received on trusted port are sent back on the same DHCP packets received on trusted for DHCP and Platforms
port on routing VLAN [internal] port are sent back on the same port incoming router
on routing VLAN interfaces

Release 6.5.3.7 / 6.5.3.37

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Stack member crash and stack stability issues Stack stability issues were caused by Redesigned tasks All
[FIELD-3372, FIELD-3678, FIELD-3299, FIELD- a thread lockup under certain to avoid the Platforms
3372, FIELD-3423, FILED-3436, FIELD-3699, conditions. conflict.
CS7624486, CS7828371, CS6913078,
CS6369121]
Unable to power Zipline Ethernet device [FIELD- Certain legacy devices are being Modified N15XXP
3605, CS7666321] reported as an illegal class processing so these N20XXP
devices will be N30XXP
treated as class 0
devices
STP BPDU were sent out on STP disabled During failover, STP BPDU were Added additional All
interfaces [FIELD-3620, CS7669741] sent out on STP disabled interfaces checks for disabled Platforms
ports
Web Application Vulnerable to Clickjacking Web Application Vulnerable to Applied the fix All
[FIELD-3501, CS2499610] Clickjacking Platforms
Switch fails to boot after loading OS6 image from Switch fails to boot after loading Modified N3048EP-
ONIE [FIELD-3631, CS7693103] OS6 image from ONIE envorinment ON
variable for u-boot
Inconsistent behavior with dynamic vlan Inconsistent behavior with dynamic Corrected data All
assignment with force auth [FIELD-3621, vlan assignment with force auth initialization Platforms
CS7709597] problem
Radius key length > 48 bytes results in failed login SSH authentication is not working if Increased MD5 All
(SSH/Telnet) authentication [FIELD-3614, radius key length is more than 48 buffer and Platforms
CS7611458] Password buffer
length to support
maximum Radius
secret key length
Switch stops forwarding the traffic with MAC On occasion, IPv6 global host Corrected IPv6 All
table full and ARP hash collision logs [FIELD- address do not get removed from the address removal Platforms
3266, CS6307800] HW table issue

Release 6.5.3.6 / 6.5.3.36

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Some of the MAC movement messages has MAC address 0007.430C.9551 is Corrected display All
additional FFFFFF in MAC addresses [FIELD- presented as of MAC addresses Platforms
3518, CS7304375] 0007.430C.FFFFFF9551
Radius based SSH login fails with multiple radius- Radius based SSH login fails with Corrected All
servers configured. multiple radius-servers configured initialization of Platforms
[FIELD-3508, CS7248785] server usage type
SNMP table 1.3.6.1.2.1.17.7.1.2.2 OID returns Occationally dot1qTpFdbStatus gets Corrected status All
unexpected character [FIELD-3327, CS6466035] set to null when doing a snmpwalk. entry check Platforms

DHCP Client fails to get IP address assigned with Client MAC entry is not deleted Corrected MAC All
dot1x mac-based authenticated port. from member units after the client is entry event Platforms
[FIELD-3104, FIELD-3619, CS5837205] disconnected

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When the port is removed from the port-channel, it Dynamic LAG interfaces, when Corrected dynamic All
goes to STP block state. removed from the LAG, would not LAG release Platforms
[FIELD-2841, CS7521149] bring up the physical interfaces STP
state to forwarding resulting in traffic
drop
Trying to free buffer at address 0xa1f3b72c Double buffer free during radius Corrected double All
(descriptor at 0xa1f3b728) that has already been processing buffer free issue Platforms
freed. [FIELD-3533, CS7418559]
Authentication fails after a reload when radius DNS resolution fails when radius- Resolve the DNS All
server name is configured with FQDN. server trying to resolve the IP hostname first Platforms
[FIELD-3525, CS7315474] address after reloading. before marking the
radius-server as
active.
Crash at umWorkerTask Crash at umWorkerTask Corrected PVST All
[FIELD-3545, CS7408145] race condition Platforms
Hosts loses multicast stream abruptly after some Hosts registered for multicast group Corrected data All
time. [FIELD-3563, CS7454416] do not receive data from source after initialization issue Platforms
host connected ports shut/no shut after shut/no-shut
Keepalive doesn't work as expected Keepalive doesn't detect loops when Checking for Loop All
[FIELD-3558, CS7421534] Dot1x is enabled, and ports are packets and Platforms
authenticated through dot1x allowing them to
application.
DHCP snooping entry is lost when there is release DHCP snooping entry is lost when Corrected DHCP All
and renew. [Internal] there is release and renew. snooping release Platforms
renew issue
ATP-RPC message stability enhancement Stability enhancement for Added stability All
[Internal] StatsAppTask enhancement. Platforms

Release 6.5.3.4 / 6.5.3.34

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
IP Source verify table not populated DHCP Snooping bindings are not Corrected storing All
[FIELD-3407, CS6890940] formed even though clients are of both IPv4 and Platforms
getting IP address. IPv6 config in
snooping table.
Patch for CVE-2018-15473 CVE-2018-15473 reported against Applied SSH patch All
[FIELD-3442, CS6968140] OpenSSH code Platforms
Enable MTDOOPS feature by default on bootup Enable MTDOOPS feature by Added CLI to N40XX
[CS6969596] default on bootup enable/disable
MTDOOPS.
Stack member crashes with bcmATP-RX and Stack member crashes with Corrected stack All
memory errors [FIELD-3472, CS7098608] bcmATP-RX and Memory errors. message receive Platforms
problem
Stack master crashes with ipMapForwardingTask. Stack master crashes with Corrected buffer All
[FIELD-3455, CS7031343] ipMapForwardingTask free problem Platforms
Improvement of backTrace [internal] Improvement of backTrace Increased the N40XX
reliability of stack
backtrace.
Improve the "debug crashlog" logging [internal] Improve the "debug crashlog" Change to correct All
logging stack crash log Platforms

Release 6.5.3.3 / 6.5.3.33

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Downloadable ACLs are not taking effect when Port is becoming the part of Static Corrected Dot1x All
transition from Static ACL [CS5437780] and DACL from RADIUS when initialization issue Platforms
“dot1x initialize” command is used when ACLs are
in the transition from DACL to Static used
After initiate failover, the stack console goes Control plane loss observed with Corrected OSPF All
unresponsive with "logging console 7" is enabled. max stack after initiate failover problem in a Platforms
[CS5439096] though active links are available in stacking
port-channel connected between environment
stack and partner.

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Configuration load error "no switchport port- "no switchport port-security Corrected display All
security violation protect" after upgrade violation protect" command under all of command in Platforms
[CS5921429] interfaces causing issue on bootup running-config
and script getting aborted
SNMP table 1.3.6.1.2.1.17.7.1.2.2 OID returns Snmpget for dot1qFdbStatus is Corrected retrival All
unexpected character [FIELD-3327, CS6466035] failing for the entries which are of status Platforms
learned via dot1x

Rebooting switch after config 8+ ACL lead to Rebooting switch after config 8+ Corrected insertion All
ports in DETACH state ACL lead to ports in DETACH state of ACL Platforms
[FIELD-3333, CS6520532]
Switch stops forwarding traffic on its own and Switch stops forwarding traffic and Corrected problem All
console goes unresponsive when attempt to capture eventually locks up when attempting retrieving boot Platforms
logs [CS6339342] to capture debug logs including version
"show running" or "show tech"
SSH using Public Key authentication fails SSH login is not successful with Corrected privilege All
[FIELD-3190, CS6234512] public-key when privilege separation separation mode Platforms
is enabled
Stack master crash with "nim_t" task periodically Seeing "ATP time-out to CPU" error Corrected ATP All
[FIELD-3299, FIELD-3372, CS6369121] prints and with this error prints timout problem Platforms
during MAC
address station
monement
Security Check reported TCP Timestamp & Weak Security scanner reported Disabled TCP All
Signature Algorithm Vulnerabilities vulnerability that switch uses TCP timestamp Platforms
[FIELD-3349, CS6620243] timestamps and therefore allows to
compute the up-time
Crash with Task Name:bcmDISC is seen after Crash with Task Name:bcmDISC is Corrected mutex All
reload with the specific configuration [Internal] seen after reload with the specific collision between Platforms
configuration stack members
Stack Master becomes unstable with CPU timeouts Unexpectedly received End TLV for Corrected TLV All
causing management interruptions and VLAN instance index. "Messages data problem Platforms
authentication issues [FIELD-3176, CS6078844] received are out of order" are
printed to the console in a loop
dev broad_l2_dot1x.c related debug commands Debug messages seen on the console Removed debug All
seen [CS6835238] messages Platforms

Switch port 1 stops getting IP address assigned Switch port1 is occationally not able Corrected data All
dynamically sometimes [Internal] to obtain the address via DHCP. initialization Platforms
problem.

Patch Release 6.5.2.18 / 6.5.2.48

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
IP Phone on dot1x enabled port drops 20 to 30 Data VLAN is being removed when Modified check to All
seconds after initialization. only dot1x unaware devices are allow dot1x Platforms
[FIELD-3209, CS6218881] present. unaware devices to
remain in the data
VLAN
Some lines of startup-config are missed out when TFTP client has issue supporting Made segment size All
copied to TFTP server TFTP servers which doesn’t support allowance for Platforms
[FIELD-3192, CS6161169] RFC 2347 and RFC 2348. It allows servers which
the segment size to be negotiated. doesn’t support
these RFCs.
Mandatorily adding the "remove-private-as" The "remove-private-as" neighbor Removed All
neighbor statements to VRF’s statements to VRF’s as default. "remove-private- Platforms
[FIELD-FEDERAL, CS6270871] as” from default
display
Unable to configure BGP Neighbor with specific Unable to configure BGP Neighbor Corrected IP byte All
IP addresses with specific set of IP addresses order problem Platforms
[FIELD-3281, CS6328995]
MLAG Ports Down on VPC Secondary after The VPC interfaces become admin Corrected control All
Power Cycle disabled message Platforms
[FIELD-3193, CS6155318] processing

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Excessive multicast traffic hitting CPU causes Unregistered multicast packets are Decreased the All
ARP issue flooding to CPU and causes the ARP minimum CPU Platforms
[FIELD-3202, CS6219076] issue rate-limit to 5 from
100
General mode "tagged VLAN" is not removed After removing tagged VLAN Corrected All
from "show interface switchport" command when membership from a range of command output Platforms
configured in interface range mode interlaces in general mode, the show
command still shows the same
tagged VLAN membership details in
"show interface switchport"
command.

Patch Release 6.5.2.17 / 6.5.2.47

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
MAB authentication stops working randomly MAB authentication stops working Initialize the All
[FIELD-KLA, CS6633866] randomly. Required to change the variable used for Platforms
port-control mode to force-auth and retrieving the
then back to mac-based to recover. current auth
method, so that if
does not get set to
random values.

Patch Release 6.5.2.15 / 6.5.2.45

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Switch reboots unexpectedly without crashlog Switch resets on its own without Added MTDOOPS N40XX
[FIELD-2989, FIELD-2675, CS5185018, providing the crash code functionality to
CS5309718, CS5921429] save the Linux
crash code
WebUI LAG membership page is blank WebUI LAG membership page does Corrected problem N40XX
[FIELD-3070, CS5460626] not load inhibiting page
from loading
SNMP traps are not sent specifically to IP address SNMP traps are not being sent for a Corrected ASCII All
10.0.0.58 [FIELD-3078, CS5492201] specific IP address (10.0.0.58) as conversion for Platforms
host. value 58 which is a
colon terminating
the address
DACL warning log messages regarding filter-id DACL warning log messages Modified check for All
attribute [CS5872734] regarding filter-id attribute even filter attribute Platforms
though DACL is not enabled.
Radius server with usage type 802.1X is moving to Radius server marked as dead is not Corrected check All
dead when server is unreachable. When radius- processing requests even sever for dead server Platforms
server becomes reachable, it is not processing becomes reachable again.
DOT1X requests.
Random crashes on nim_t and lockups- Boxs Random crashes on nim_t and Adjusted transport All
optimization [Field-2715, CS4474679] lockups- Boxs optimization timeout value to Platforms
better work with
the stack
10G Uplink ports goes down when execute "show Transceiver removed logs are Corrected data N15XX
tech" command from console generated (on 4th port of 10G ports) structure problem
[FIELD-3171, CS6050905] when show tech-support is executed
Ports connected to Dell printers stopped receiving At rare error scenario where Corrected conflict All
traffic and dot3ad_helper.c errors DOT3AD timer function is triggered between Dot3ad Platforms
[FIELD-3141, CS5871399] by SIM timer task for LAG indexes. and Dot1x process
<187> Aug 15 11:44:14
AshlandCF_Stack_N3048P-7
DOT3AD[unitMgrTask]:
dot3ad_helper.c(317) 4561 %% ERR
Cannot get USP for index 59
All dot1x sessions are re-authenticated after stack Dot1x sessions are re-authenticating Corrected node All
failover causing service interruption to clients post stack failover. deletion problem Platforms
[CS6019962] after failover

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Switch management goes unresponsive when Switch management goes Corrected problem All
attempt to access "IPSG Binding Summary" page unresponsive when attempt to access inhibiting page Platforms
via WebUI [FIELD-3140, CS5860538] "IPSG Binding Summary" page via from being
WebUI. displayed

Patch Release 6.5.2.9 / 6.5.2.39

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
IP Phone resets every hour when dot1x IP Phone resets and cause phone Addressed the All
reauthentication enabled with the default service interruption every hour. logic passing of Platforms
reauthentication period of 3600 seconds radius-server usage
[FIELD-3096, CS5754107] parameter.
Dot1x authenticated client PC fails to reach the Loss of network connectivity after Addressed rules All
network and failed to get IP address assigned. stack failover followed by dot1x for blocking and Platforms
[FIELD-3104, CS5837205] initialization for dot1x clients. unblocking clients
Under voltage detection warning and log shows Under-voltage warning events are Corrected read for N20XXP
VIN=1.25V [FIELD-2846, FIELD-2851, FIELD- observed on console under-voltage
2852, CS4789696] events N30XXP

PSU failure logs [FIELD-2868, CS4971583] PSU failure, removal/insertion logs Corrected read for N15XXP
are generated randomly. PSU failure
Switch goes thermal shutdown Switch is undergoing thermal Corrected read for N20XX
[FIELD-2995, FIELD-2949, FIELD-3072, shutdown even when box is temperature events
CS5237423] operating at normal temperature N30XX
range
Switch reboots on its own without crash log Power controller failed to initialize Updated power N40XX
causing silent reboot/crashes. controller
[FIELD-2989, CS5185018] initialization
parameters
SNMPSET MIB OID MIB OID is not explicitly described. Updated MIB All
“.1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10895.5000.2.6132.1.1.1.2.9.1.4.” description with Platforms
fails with commitFailed[FIELD-2980, CS5186162] the directions on
how to use.
Switch crashes with "hapiMcAsyncTask" task Random switch crashes with the Corrected task All
[FIELD-3002, CS5241581] "hapiMcAsyncTask" task lockup Platforms
ARP responses dropped (not reaching CPU) after ARP responses dropped (not Corrected rule for All
ARP timeout expires for end hosts reaching CPU for processing) mirrored ports Platforms
[FIELD-2972, CS5158072]
Out of memory causing SSH failure, crypto-key Invalid user login IDs generates an Corrected invalid All
generate failure and switch goes unresponsive after invalid trap and caused a memory traps for user login Platforms
write. [FIELD-3006, CS5178704] leak when displayed. IDs.
Failed to remove IPSG binding for IP on interface Loss of network traffic with the log Modified IPSG All
from hardware. "Failed to remove IPSG binding for entry removal Platforms
[FIELD-3034, CS5373126] IP on interface from hardware". check
Improve packet RX processing on stackable switch Improvements needed to increase the Improved All
platforms [Internal] reliability of the stacked switches. processing of ATP Platforms
buffers transferred
between stack
members
Standalone switch crashes with "osapiTimer" task Standalone switch crashes with Corrected race All
[FIELD-3031, CS5327765] "osapiTimer" task condition with a Platforms
timer
MAC Address movement logging & traps MAC address movement logs are Updated logs with All
[CS5541938] with debug severity and seen when port IDs and set Platforms
debug logging is enabled debug level to 5.

Release 6.5.2.5 / 6.5.2.35

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Information about auto corrected parity When parity errors were auto corrected, Addressed by N4000
errors [CS3889030, FIELD-2547] the log messages did not indicate the changing the
wording to indicate

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same. The messages only mention about the correction is

the error but not about the correction. done.
N15XX CPLD image included in all releases The will be fail to come to readiness and Bundled with correct N1500
is not correct. Do not update the CPLD. must the returned to correct. CPLD version. No
CPLD images shipped from the factory are need to update the
correct and current. CPLD

Release 6.5.1.6
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Access-Request packet with two "Service- Clearpass Radius-server is rejecting the Addressed by All
Type-6" attributes for MAB authentication radius-request packet sent for MAB sending only
[FIELD-2956, CS5081272] client with two “Service-Type” attributes “CALL-
- LOGIN(1) and CALL-CHECK(10). CHECK(10)”
service type attribute
for MAB Clients.
MAB authentication issue with "switchport When configuring override-auth with Corrected multiple All
voice vlan override-authentication" config auth order mab dot1x then mab and voice authentication issue.
[FIELD-2957, CS5095367] vlan getting triggering at the same time
and client is authenticating with both
voice vlan and MAB.
CoA Disconnect-Request failure with the Disconnect request not processed if the Updated list of All
errors "Unsupported-Service" and "Session- request contains "Calling-Station-ID" and supporting attributes
Context-Not-Found" [CS5215354] "Acct-Session-Terminate-Cause"
attributes
dot1x clients not getting authenticated using Authentication failures when attribute-25 Disabled "attribute- All
certificates with Cisco ISE 2.3 is sent in access-request packets. 25" by default
[FIELD-2978, CS5182273]
STP flaps in the network and the port Uplinkfast is not working when root port Modified STP to All
channel diagnostically disabled [CS2502043] shut/no shut and loop is not removed, as consider VLAN ID
a result traffic is looping continuously before altering ports
STP role/state
Debug messages can be uniform while Uploaded file name is showing Altered messages All
copying running config via GUI and CLI differently in the debug logs when we to be the same.
[CS4728527] upload running config from switch to
TFTP server
WebUI error when configuring summer time Configuration is not able to save when Corrected problem All
for zone "AEDT" start and end months in descending order with time
[FIELD-2827, CS4736318] in summertime with recurring. comparison

General mode tagged VLANs not removed After removing tagged vlan membership Corrected tagged All
from "show interface switchport" command from an interlace in general mode, show VLAN ID
[FIELD-2884, CS4926824] command still shows same tagged vlan comparison in CLI
membership details in "show interface
switchport" command
command

Random ports down with PHY status as "Not Reset logic for Switch was not complete Modified reset N40xx
Supported" after upgrade causing multiple issues. logic for HW
[FIELD-2940, CS5066801] version 4 switches

Switch crashed and rebooted continuously Reset logic for Switch was not complete Modified reset N40xx
[FIELD-2823, CS4728966] causing multiple issues. logic for HW
version 4 switches

Updated HiveAgent to version 1.1.13 Updated HiveAgent to version 1.1.13 Updated HiveAgent N15XX
to version 1.1.13 N20XX
N30XX
Speed and Duplex settings removed after "speed 1000" command is not retained Modified check on All
reboot [FIELD-3028, CS5305348] after save and reload speed on dupex
settings
Accounting-Stop message is missing when When Port is Down or Disabled, Logical Corrected port down All
dot1x client disconnected port auth method is getting reset. processing
[FIELD-2939, CS5062833]

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Temporarily disable cpld update for N1500 N15xx CPLD provided in the new FP Disable updating of N15xx
Series switches [CS5265790] releases is faultly. CPLD version the CPLD until
shipped from the factory is good correct CPLD image
is available.

Patch Release 6.5.1.5

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Communication drops when IP source guard Ping is dropped after enabling ip source Modified IPSC rule All
is enabled [CS4724244, FIELD-2796] guard on the interface to allow all IP traffic
Under voltage detection warning and log Under-voltage warning events are Corrected N3048P
shows VIN=1.25V [CS4789696, FIELD- observed monitoring of PSU
2846, FIELD-2851, FIELD-2852] voltage values
Switch goes unresponsive and sometimes Occasional power loss to the switching Adjusted power N4000
crahes in boot-loop with “fp_main_task” fabric causing switch hang/boot-loop. threshold. Changed
[FIELD-2945] NCP81111
initialization
sequence to increase
OCP threshold to
address occasional
power loss to the
switching fabric.
Switch crash with "dot1s_task" with PVLAN Switch crash when attempt to configure Corrected PVLANsd All
config [CS5008091, FIELD-2912] the spanning-tree mode as "rapid-pvst" PVST creation issue.
with PVLAN config.

Temperature state change reported between When temperature increases from 40 to Updated switch N4000
normal and warning levels [CS5046741] 45 degree Celsius, temperature warning temperature table
logs are generated which are not required
Random SSH Access failure opensshd process is getting terminated, Corrected SSH All
[CS4983290, FIELD-2902] preventing any further SSH connections process restart
to the switch.
Null MAC for gateway in ARP table causing Unable to resolve ARP and other Corrected system All
routing issues [CS5024642, FIELD-2951] protocol traffic with system buffer is buffer leak issue.
exhausted.
Switch incorrectly sets the next hop for At certain conditions, the switch Corrected update of All
OSPF external forwarding address incorrectly sets the next hop for OSPF OSPF next-hop
[CS4844353, FIELD -2849] external forwarding address. address

Dot1x clients on stack member lose Intermittent traffic loss when VLANs Corrected re- All
connectivity during re-authentication for assigned dynamically at the time of authentication issue
dynamic vlan assignment dot1x-reauthentication. for dynamic vlan
[CS4885756, FIELD-2859] assignment.

Patch Release 6.5.1.3

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Multicast error logs Error message “IPv4 Multicast Control Corrected error All
[CS2780734, FIELD-2325] Packet Transmission Failed.” check that caused
this message.
Weak SSH MAC Algorithms Enabled Add command to display SSH server Added command All
[CS4288087, FIELD-2663] supported ciphers and MAC algorithms to display
supported ciphers.
err-disable cause for interface(s) are not err-disable cause for interface(s) are not Modified All
showing without configuring the recovery showing without configuring the recovery err-disable state
globally. [CS4615666, FIELD-2783] globally. even if “recovery
cause” is not
configured.

Switch crashes during extended traffic hour Crash is observed during extended traffic Corrected data All
test [CS4606797] hour test locking issue.

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LACP negotiation occasionally creates loop Port number change in the LACPDU from Altered port count All
[CS4524900, FIELD-2761] certain partner switches cause LACP algorithm to
negotiation to fail. accommodate this
occurrence.
DSCP value stripped for packets egress-out DSCP value stripped for packets egress- Addressed stack All
of port in stack member unit out on stack member on which fail over failover issue.
[CS4528654, FIELD-2731] was initiated.
Loss of management on stack of 5 units Loss of management on stack of 5 units Addressed Radius All
[CS4369859, FIELD-2691] using in-band management. server delayed
response issue
IPV6 RA not advertised IPv6 RA's are not sent out of the switch Addressed RA All
[CS4697764, FIELD-2814] after running for days minimum spacing
check
IPv6 DHCP Relay not working Relay will not work after disabling and Addresses All
[CS4615729, FIELD-2781] then enabling ipv6 unicast-routing globally initialization issue
after disable
Set log level to debugging for Invalid BPDU log appears on the console Non-actionable All
"dot1sBpduReceive(): Discarding the when a LLDP BDPU is received with messages moved to
BPDU, since it is an invalid BPDU type" 01:80:c2:00:00:00 Group address. debug level
messages [CS4736875, FIELD-2752] severity.
Port doesn't join back LAG after it is 10G Port not participating in LAG when Addressed PHY All
shut/no shut [CS4646002, FIELD-2791] operating at 1G speed. speed issue

Release 6.5.1.1
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Weak MAC algorithms. Below weak MAC algorithms needs to be Removed weak All
[CS3311625, CS4288087, FIELD-2433] removed: hmac-md5, hmac-md5-96, MAC algorithms
[email protected] , hmac- identified by
sha196, [email protected] scanners.
Switch is not powering up KEM connected Keyboard Expansion Module attached to Allocated the All
to Cisco 8800/8851 Phone. [CS4035716, Cisco8851 IP Phone is not getting actual requested
FIELD-2598] powered up when switch is in dynamic or power from phone
class power management mode. with KEM with the
new PoE mask
settings.
R-PVST "show spanning-tree vlan" CLI command output formatting issue Corrected the CLI All
command output formatting issue. output format.
[CS4415230]
R-PVST blocks ports directly connected All interfaces in access-mode are in Addressed by All
between two VLANs discard state when there is a loopback. considering the
[CS4265753, FIELD-2664] priorities and
instances for STP
convergence.
With Port mac locking, multiple MAC The learned entries count and actual Added consistency All
addresses appears as dynamically learned entries are not in sync checks
but not all of them listed.
[CS4062579, FIELD-2609]

Release 6.3.3.14
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
WebUI shows N3000 as supported switch N2000 and N3000 switches can’t be Corrected N20XX
type for stacking with N2000 stacked together in 6.3.x releases. validation check N30XX

[CS3197160, FIELD-2397]

"show dot1x authentication-history Gix/x/x" The output of CLI command "show dot1x Addressed sorting All
output not chronologically sorted authentication-history Gix/x/x" not issue Platforms
[CS2886787, FIELD-2348] chronologically sorted
Range command is not working to The "switchport port-security mac-address Addressed All
configure the Sticky Mac feature. sticky" CLI command is not available in the deficiency in the Platforms
[CS3186903] range command as specified in the User range command
Guide.

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Err-disable cause is not reported in the Display issue of Err-disable cause. Addressed display All
“show interfaces” output. issue Platforms
[CS3314800, FIELD-2438]
CVE-2016-10011 and CVE-2016-1907 Switches vulnerable to CVE-2016-10011 Applied patch to All
[CS3311625, FIELD-2433] and CVE-2016-1907 address CVEs. Platforms
Stack member crashes with Switch crashes while trying to fetch the Added check All
“tap_monitor_task” port info of the unit which is disconnected before getting Platforms
[CS4124022, FIELD-2627] from the stack abruptly. port info.
CoA bounce on one port is causing other Other ports are impacted when CoA bounce Addressed port All
ports also to bounce. [Internal] on one port. bouncing issue. Platforms
Error “Couldn't delete egress object 100063 In stacking environment, if multicast clients Addressed ARP All
from Hw, rv=-10” resulting in connectivity on the member and new ARPs are being syncronization Platforms
issues. [Internal] learned, the entries in 'l3 egress table' will across a stack.
go out of sync and the new hosts in the
member unit start getting IP traffic with all
zero DST MAC
Weak MAC algorithms Below weak MAC algorithms needs to be Removed weak All
[CS3311625, CS4288087, FIELD-2433] removed: hmac-md5, hmac-md5-96, hmac- MAC algorithms Platforms
[email protected] , hmac-sha1- identified by
96, [email protected] scanners.
Script causes switch lockup via Telnet if in- emWeb sessions (CLI, SSH, XUI) goes Addressed All
band ports are used [CS2502248] unresponsive if a large configuration is updating of Platforms
applied through a telnet session and part of configuration
that configuration changes the inband IP issue.
address used for that session.
SYSLOG is flooded with the log messages Flooding of SYSLOG messages with TX Addressed All
“broad_tx.c(388) 19241629 %% performance impact. message flooding Platforms
hapiBroadTxLplist: No TX ports given” issue.
[Internal]
With RPVST mode, some ports are not Randomly ports are not receiving traffic Addressed All
receiving traffic after shut and no shutdown after shut and no shutdown with STP mode initialization issue Platforms
due to “Helix4 CML programming in configured as RPVST.
_soc_l2x_frozen_cml_save()”. [Internal]
Optics inserted/removed messages logged Randomly “Optics inserted/removed” logs Corrected PHY N15XX
for uplink ports when no optics are present without any SFP inserted/removed on ports register
[CS3816802] configured to use as stack ports. initialization issue
Copying (config) files via SNMPSET agentTransferUploadDataType value of the Corrected Failed All
commands not working as expected snmpagentTransferUploadFilenameSet is error. Platforms
[CS3809336, FIELD-2529] giving commitFailed Error
Unable to reach BGP installed route with The ECMP multipath route will not be Addressed routing All
the route addition failed messages properly added to the hardware. issue Platforms
“ipmap.c(4762) 1241 %% IPv4 route
addition failed in hardware”
[CS3835221, FIELD-2541]
snmp-server host configuration results "snmp-server" command with invalid Addressed string All
console lockup [Internal] strings results console unresponsive. input issue Platforms
NAND Flash ECC issue [CS3892120] Nand driver fix for different issues like Patched boot code N15XX
erased page with bitflips problem, ECC and kernel.
correction status, etc.
Switch crashes at DHCPv4 Client Task & DHCP packets with option 43 from Addressed special All
error failed to read conflicting ARP packet windows server 2016 domain controller is characters in Platforms
from stack [CS3955334, FIELD-2566] causing crash. community name
No more than 64 ports can be added to LAG No more than 64 ports can be added to Addressed max N15XX
in stack [CS3978682, FIELD-2572] port-channel interface in stack. LAG limit value
Duplicate lldp entries are observed during LLDP entries are not deleted and TTL Corrected LLDP All
port swap which is ending up in multiple value does not get decremented even timer entry update Platforms
protocol functionality failure [CS3972794] though the LLDP packets are not received issue.
from peer switch.
VRF Route leaking stops working after IP Forward buffers are getting exhausted Corrected All
every 6 days [CS4035767, FIELD-2597] from pool when ping is initiated across memory leak Platforms
VRF hosts.
Stack member crashes at umWorkerTask Stack member crashes at umWorkerTask Corrected NULL All
[CS4080761, FIELD-2616] pointer issue Platforms

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Optimize memory utilization Optimize memory utilization in RPC calls Addresses RPC N3000
[CS3937486, FIELD-2567] call memory N4000
usage
Stack master console unresponsive when The support-assist file “sa.tmp” size Addressed large N15XX
attempt to SSH [CS3475707, FIELD-2451] causing console to be unresponsive sa.tmp file issue N20XX
N30XX
Asset-tag not retained after reload Asset tags are not retrieved from all the Corrected Asset N20XX
[CS4079876, FIELD-2615] stack members tag initialization N30XX
ipv6 negate commands applied incorrectly ipv6 negate commands applied incorrectly Addressed extra All
in the config causing errors on bootup in the config causing errors on bootup carriage-return Platforms
[CS4099993, FIELD-2620] issue
Class-based Power Management is Class mode, all ports get allocated with Changed PoE N15XXP
Reserving Too Much Power 16.4W irrespective of selected class and it controller N20XXP
[CS4154168, FIELD-2633] has limitation of powering up maximum settings. N30XXP
number of PDs connected simultaneously
"Bad rc" messages during switch boot-up "Bad rc" messages during switch boot-up Addressed system All
[CS4208000] boot-up Platforms
initialization issue
Require RFC compliance for log messages Log message format is not strictly Modified log All
in N-Series with IP address [CS4228703] adhearing to RFC3164 message to Platforms
comply RFC.
Switch crashes immediately after PC Switch crashes with dot1xTask crash when Addressed no All
plugged-in with MAB Authentication receiving an accept packet with no attribute issue Platforms
[CS4210833, FIELD-2657] attributes.
Wrong next hop in the route table after Static routes are pointing to wrong next- Addressed static All
removing VLAN config [CS4237545] hops when next-hop is a VLAN interface route issue with Platforms
and vlan interfaces are removed and re- VLAN interface.
added in a specific sequence.
CLI show command display issue when Displays invalid loop detect status when Addressed display All
keepalive(CTP) enabled [CS4027729] keepalive is enabled issue Platforms
Randomly switch ports are into "detach" SIM/NIM HPC callback operations holding Addressed All
mode [CS3869632, FIELD-2542] up ATP RX causing switch ports into SIM/NIM Platforms
“detach” mode. processing issue
Stack members (Master and Standby) Stack members goes unresponsive when Addressed NULL All
unresponsive [CS4018185, FIELD-2591] emWeb task’s telnet context is NULL context issue Platforms
R-PVST blocks ports directly connected R-PVST blocks ports directly connected Addressed ingress All
between two VLANs between two VLANs BPDU MAC Platforms
[CS4265753, FIELD-2664] address issue in
Access mode
Add new PoE mask settings and upgraded Require new PoE mask settings for all N- Add new PoE N15XXP
PoE firmware [CS4154168, FIELD-2633] Series PoE switches and upgraded PoE mask settings and N20XXP
firmware to 211_3 for N1500 Series. upgrade PoE N30XXP
firmware
Boot code update fails and HW and CPLD U-boot update fails for BGP image running Addressed u-boot N30XX
version showing 0 on N3000 Series switch. upgrade issue
[CS4407389, FIELD-2703]
Switch reports false power supply failure Switch reports false power supply failure Improved N20XX
[CS4105789, FIELD-2592] UnderVoltage N30XX
event handling
Update HiveAgent to version 1.1.10 Require HiveAgent v1.1.10 to limit the Updated N15XX
frequence console logging of HA messages. HiveAgent to N20XX
v1.1.10 N30XX
IPv6 PIM-SM (S,G) entries are not formed IPv6 PIM-SM (S,G) entries are not formed Addressed All
when source/Data is connected to master when source/Data is connected to master mismatch Platforms
and Joins (*,G) are received on member. and Joins (*,G) are received on member. between SW and
[CS4470989] HW tables.

Switches crashes with task “LOG” when Switches crashes with task “LOG” when Addressed All
syslog server configured and running syslog server configured and running LogError issue. Platforms
multicast traffic. [Internal] multicast traffic.

Patch Release 6.3.3.11

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms

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N3000 - Random 10G uplink ports failure 10G uplink ports (Te1/0/1-2) goes down Addressed via N20XX
[CS3013966, FIELD-2370, FIELD-2587] with Optics and/or DAC cable at very rare PHY reset when N30XX
circumstances. random link down
detected.
Switch is not powering up KEM connected Keyboard Expansion Module attached to Allocated the N20XXP
to Cisco 8800/8851 Phone. Cisco8851 IP Phone is not getting powered actual requested N30XXP
[CS4035716, FIELD-2598] up when switch is in dynamic or class power from phone N15XXP
power management mode. with KEM.

Patch Release 6.3.3.10

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Netwok loop is not detected in the stack Keep alive packets received over stack- Addressed Keep- All
member unit with keep-alive (CTP) links are dropped due to port bitmap zero alive packet drop Platforms
configured [CS3679876, FIELD-2491] drop condition. issue.
SNMP Trap is not generated for port- SNMP Trap is not generated for violation Addressed All
security violation when dynamic count is when port-security dynamic count is dynamic count Platforms
increased [CS3174830, FIELD-2441] increased. trap issue.

Interface flap when port configuration made Link flaps when selecting apply button Corrected setting All
via WebUI [CS3207403, FIELD-2409] from port configuration page in the WebUI. of port Platforms
configuration
values.
Password with special character ‘!’ requires Configuring user account password with Added support for All
to be configured within the quotes special character ‘!’ without quotes not the special ‘!’ Platforms
[CS3249710, FIELD-2422] accepted. character in the
password.
Combination of DHCP-snooping, VLAN DHCP reply messages are forwarded to the Addressed port All
MAC-association and dynamic-arp- existing snooping entry interface when movement issue. Platforms
inspection not working as expected there is movement from an untrusted to a
[CS3281937, FIELD-2421] trusted port.
sFlow polling can't be configured from sFlow polling can't be configured from Addressed All
global configuration mode global configuration mode configuration Platforms
[CS3348448, FIELD-2447] mode issue for
sFlow.
Switch crashes with the task - Switch crashes while handling BFD PDU Corrected BFD All
hapiBroadBfdCtrlTask. Receive Process. PDU processing Platforms
[CS3420569, FIELD-2458] issue.

Patch Release 6.3.3.9

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Loss of communication on certain VLANs L3 routing traffic on certain VLANs Added a check to All
which affected hard wired desktops and affected when switch authenticates its own discard packets Platforms
Access-Points [CS3615836, CS3652534] L3 MAC as supplicant MAC in a loop with src MAC as
condition. switch L3 MAC,
when dot1x is
enabled.
SFPs are not recognized properly after The “show interfaces transceiver Addressed this N30XX
upgrading to firmware version to 6.3.2.7 properties” command shows incorrect issue in new
with CPLD v15 [CS3085430, FIELD-2377, optics details with CPLD version 15. CPLD version 17.
FIELD-2463]
IPv6 Ping output misaligned [CS3283915, Carriage return character is missing while Modified IPv6 All
FIELD-2427] printing the responses for IPv6 ping. ping output Platforms
Switch console unresponsive when When trying to access dynamic host name Addressed All
removing NTP server via WebUI with DNS mapping table from UI with some set of corrupted Platforms
config exists. [CS3103027, FIELD-2380] entries, it results in a switch console character string in
unresponsive. the web data.
Switches reporting "fan failure" logs/alarms Switches are reporting fan fauilure Modified fan N15XX
periodically [CS3168883, FIELD-2399, alarms/logs at 5500 RPM with lower speed mapping
FIELD-2414, FIELD-2432, FIELD-2443] temperature.

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With port security configured, multiple Higher operational dynamic count than the Corrected All
MAC addresses appears as dynamically number of entries actually learned in FDB retrieval of FDB Platforms
learned but not all of them listed on that interface causing issue. dynamic entry
[CS3294887, FIELD-2426] counter
BGPV6 Route Installation issue Next hop not installed for routes received Addressed iBGP All
[CS3300818, FIELD-2428] from Quagga iBGP peer. error. Platforms
OSPF Route table resets after uplink port- STP states are not converging properly on Addressed RSTP All
channel member interface goes down partner switch with MLAG on the uplink convergence Platforms
[CS3598463] side when redundancy link fails. issue.
No multicast S,G entry built after link Multicast traffic stops forwarding to the end Addressed route All
failover [CS3350349, FIELD-2446] clients upon link fail-over. adding problem Platforms
during failover

Release 6.3.3.8
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
VoIP Phones, PCs & APs connectivity lost IP packets sent out with all zeros DST Added code to All
with NULL MAC as destination address. MAC resulting in connectivity issues. check IDs for Platforms
[CS3416999] duplicate egress
entries before
install.
"nim_t" crashes on stack members with Lot of RPC calls adds delay to the Modified code to All
flooding of IGMP join/leave messages. processing of messages and causing NIM send RPC calls Platforms
[CS3495434] timeout crashes. only for affected
ports in the
VLAN.
Stack master crashes with Stack master crashes when snooping and Addressed by All
“tap_monitor_task" and multicast message queue are full. reducing multiple Platforms
"hapiMcAsyncTask" [CS3545592] RPC calls.
Slow management access with “bcmRX” Switch crashes due to NIM timeout in Modified code to All
task consuming high CPU. [CS3534848] Snooping task. generate calls Platforms
only for changed
ports.
Stack member’s ARP table is not updated End devices like., VoIP Phones, PCs & Addressed ARP All
occationally for dot1x authenticated clients. Access-Points connected across stack sync up issue Platforms
[CS3416999, FIELD-2460] members are lost connectivity. across stack
members.
Stack master crash with task “dot1xTask”. Stack master crashes with the task Replaced SDK All
[FIELD-2378, FIELD 2340] “dot1xTask” RPC calls with Platforms
HPC RPC.
Stack master crash with task “nim_t” Stack master crashes with the task “nim_t” Use different All
[CS3223556, FIELD- semaphore to Platforms
2405,2406,2407,2413,2420,2425] create correlator
for posting
messages from
different
components to
NIM task.
Stack master crash with task “udldTask”. Stack master crashes with the task Replaced SDK All
[FIELD-2429] “udldTask” RPC calls with Platforms
HPC RPC to
avoid memory
corruption.
TACACS auth failover to local takes longer TACACS auth failover to local takes longer Corrected socket All
without honoring the timeout. without honoring the timeout configuration Platforms
[FIELD-2096] problem
SNMPSet is not removing the port from the Unable to remove interface VLAN Corrected MIB All
vlan with dot1qVlanStaticEgressPort mib. tag/untag configuration via SNMP MIB error Platforms
[FIELD-2208] OID Set.
Duplicate ICMPv6 packets when VLAN ICMPv6 redirects are always enabled by Corrected All
interface has two IPv6 addresses. default and no way to disable them. ICMPv6 redirect Platforms
[FIELD-2087] problem
BGP password shows as raw string in show Encrypted password need to be shown in all Corrected BGP N30XX
commands output. BGP show commands. password display
issue.

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Unable to configure port speed 10,100 to Error when attempt to set the speed 10,100 Corrected error in All
any port through WebUI. from WebUI. setting port speed Platforms
[FIELD-2210, 2359] via WebUI.
Support-Assist application is still running Support-Assist application is not stopping Corrected All
even when "eula-consent support-assist even with "eula-consent support-assist support-assist stop Platforms
reject" is present in the configuration. reject" in the running-config. check error.
Duplicating VRRP ADV when egress out of VRRP packets are getting duplicated when Corrected VRRP All
the stack [FIELD-2232, 2475] it egresses out from the switch stack. issue when IGMP Platforms
snooping is
enabled
Corrupted PIM packet when sending large Corrupted PIM packet when sending large Corrected packet All
multicast packets [CS2502879] multicast packets egress problem Platforms
IPv6 routing table is not populating Kernel routes are getting installed for the Corrected IP All
correctly intermittently after switch reload. connected routes after switch reload and the Stack error Platforms
[CS2502853] ipv6 interfaces are in tentative state.
Start-of-block heap corruption Problem resulting in heap memory Corrected All
corruption memory Platforms
allocation issue.
Loss of multicast packets in PIM-SM Traffic loss when IGMPv2 Join and Leave Corrected data All
network [CS2502882] messages are sent continuously in quick endian issue Platforms
succession.
DHCP snooping entries not getting Binding entry is getting removed if a Corrected infinite All
populated for intervlan scenario DHCP ack packet with infinity lease time is lease time error. Platforms
[PSE036800] received
Removed IP Interface VLAN 1 is recovered If service-port is not available on a switch, Corrected default All
after switch reload [FIELD-2247] the default VLAN is created overriding the VLAN startup Platforms
user configuration in startup-config problem
Switch crash after overnight traffic stress Switch crashes after traffic stress test Corrected All
test [CS2502861] overnight. IPv6MapProcessi Platforms
ng deadlock
Add "show spanning-tree active" command Add "show spanning-tree active" command Added requested All
as part of show tech-support as part of show tech-support command Platforms
Default power-management mode is class Customers are experiencing issues Changing default N15XXP
instead of dynamic [FIELD-2273] powering up PDs with the Class mode power
management
mode to dynamic
Storm-control action trap logs are displayed Storm-control action trap logs are shown Corrected a All
for several hours even after shutdown for several hours even after respective storm-control Platforms
interface. [FIELD-2271] interface is shutdown. counter polling
problem
The “show system power” and cpldTest - The “show system power” output shows Corrected PSU N20XX
outputs for power supply status needs to be PSU details as "RPS" description and N30XX
corrected. [FIELD-2257] - Debug command shows incorrect status CPLD output.
for power supply status register (0x09)
Radius-server "usage" command option not The dot1x requests are being sent to a Check the usage All
working as expected [FIELD-2285] radius server even though the switch is not of a radius entry Platforms
configured for dot1x usage. before sending the
radius packet.
Multicast hardware entries are not cleared Snooping application is applying Corrected All
after initiate failover checkpointed data on non-existent checkpointed data Platforms
interfaces after a failover. This is resulting check
in stale entries in hardware
Power inline detection "dot3at" option is The PoE controller only supports two type - Include "dot3at" N15XX
missing [CS2503222] of detetcion, namely "dot3at" and detection option
"dot3at+legacy" - Remove
"legacy-only"
option
Radius dynamic-author Server-key is not Radius dynamic-author Server-key is Corrected All
encrypted [FIELD-2303] always shown in clear-text. encryption check Platforms
OSPF route removed from routing table but OSPF database and Route table are not in Corrected OSPF All
not from OSPF database causing routing Sync causing routing loops route flush error Platforms
loop [FIELD-2300]
10Gbe link staying down after peer-switch 10Gbe link staying down after peer-switch Corrected port N1548P
reload [FIELD-2274] reload addressing issue.

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1G SFP fiber link issue [FIELD-2276] 10Gbe link staying down after peer-switch Corrected port N1548P
reload addressing issue.
Switch crash while adding config Switch crashes during bootup Corrected All
[PSE036711 / FIELD-2322] uninitialized data Platforms
Continous OSPFv3 Proto Crash on stack Continous OSPFv3 Proto Crash on stack Corrected OSPF All
master [CS2708936] master race condition Platforms
The log messages "support only for single "support only for single asic boxes" Corrected All
asic boxes" upon executing "show interface messages logged on executing "show message display Platforms
utilization" command [FIELD-2331] interface utilization" issue
Switch goes unresponsive with traffic Unresponsive switch when running-config Corrected running All
impact [FIELD-2374] file created and propagated across stack on config file usage Platforms
every config change across the stack
Unable to configure key if accounting server The server name and type (V4 or DNS) Corrected key All
is configured as hostname instead of IP were not accounted for properly handling error Platforms
address.
Issue adding IPv6 ACL prefix longer then Issue adding IPv6 ACL prefix longer then Corrected Max All
15 characters [FIELD-2345] 15 characters character length Platforms
Add 10G SFP+ BiDi Optics (SFP-DELL- Add 10G SFP+ BiDi Optics (SFP-DELL- Added 10G BiDi All
BIDI-D/U-10GB-60KM) support BIDI-D/U-10GB-60KM) support optics support Platforms
[PSE029562]
Support for Finisar 40G-SM4 optics Support for Finisar 40G-SM4 optics Added SM4 All
[CS2500950] QSFP support Platforms
Stack master "nim_t" crash after overnight NIM crash observed with long run tests. Corrected All
script [CS2919302] deadlock Platforms
Switch crashes due to nim_t [FIELD-2336] Switch crashes due to NIM timeout. Corrected All
deadlock Platforms
OSPF stuck in Exstart state after sonicwall If OSPF neighborship with same router-id Corrected OSPF All
firewall(HA mode) failover [FIELD-2362] moved from one router to another without issue when Platforms
link flap (using a switch), the switch gets moving neighbor
stuck in Exstart state and discards DDB
packets from neighbor.
NAND flash fix for ECC issues NAND fix for different issues like erased Patched boot code N20XX
page with bitflips problem, ECC correction and kernel N30XX
status etc.
Multicast Error logs in the switch Candidate-RP advertisements are failing Tx Corrected NULL All
due to NULL dest-addr causing error logs value error Platforms
on the console
Stack master crash with kernel panic Stack master crash with kernel panic after Add Kernel All
[CS2874301] overnight traffic stress test. patches Platforms
MAC Learning is failed when the try to MAC address needs to be present in Corrected MAC All
learn the MAC on a port for the first time hardware while adding it back with address table Platforms
which is already learned on another port modified parameters. handling
Wrong FTP password sent when $ symbol Linux shell provides command substitution Corrected shell All
are part of password typed. [FIELD-2354] for these $ and $$ shell variables. substitution issue. Platforms
DCB - TSA Strict Priority [CS3064905] Storage controller is expecting to see a TSA TSA default set to N40XX
of "Strict Priority" when a Traffic Class has Strict Priority
a 0% bandwidth definition
Stack crashed with Task Name: dot1xTask Stack crashed with Task Name: dot1xTask Corrected NULL All
[FIELD-2378] pointer problem Platforms
Invalid card index in "show supported CPU card is displayed as the first entry Corrected display N40XX
cardtype”
Random stack members become 'dot1qTask' crash seen stack after random Corrected RPC All
unresponsive [CS3101544] reboots & failovers performed on stack data corruption Platforms
units issue
Number of entries in FDB are not matching FDB entry for the client mac on port pvid Corrected FDB All
with number of clients in dot1x. gets deleted indexing error Platforms
Couldn't get WRED stats "show interfaces WRED is not supported on N15XX Corrected N15XX
traffic" output. [CS3127065] platform. message to reflect
unsupported
Delay in write Operation [FIELD-2255] Flash access for saving the config on Added All
master and to stack members causing slow improvements in Platforms
response times observed on CLI. configuration
propagation

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Switch crashes with task “dnsRxTask” Invalid fd value for FD_SET leads to Corrected by skip All
[FIELD-2355] switch crash with task “dnsRxTask” processing invalid Platforms
fd value.
Radius Attribute 27 not being used during The re-auth timer configured from the Corrected endian N20XX
dot1x [FIELD-2306] RADIUS server will not be used. issue. N30XX

Stack master goes unresponsive with dot1x, Observed kernel panic while running script Applied N20XX
port-security enabled [CS3175417] to do shut/no-shut interfaces with traffic applicable kernel N30XX
and dot1x clients connected. patch

Patch Release 6.3.2.7

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Null MAC entries in the ARP table with Null MAC entries in the ARP table Corrected error in N40XX
PFC config [CS2502701] causing traffic drop for affected end hosts. packet forwarding
rule when multiple
paths exist.
Switch hangs after neighbor-switch reloads Switch goes unresponsive when peer- Corrected All
manually [FIELD-2286] switch reloads at certain condition. deadlock between Platforms
ARP and PBR
components.
Multicast frame is being looped on MLAG Multicast traffic flood on MLAG peer link Corrected All
peer link [FIELD-2310] multicast flooding Platforms
rule.
Stack member crashes with task Switch crashes with task “tRpcsrv.01000” Corrected All
“tRpcsrv.01000” [FIELD-2193] and reboots eventually. deadlock condition Platforms
MLAG primary unit crashes with the task MLAG Primary unit crashes with Port- Corrected MLAG N40XX
“emWeb” [FIELD-2319] channel number greater than 64 in MLAG port numbering N30XX
configuration. problem. N20XX
Fan speed oscillations causing more noise Default fan speed of 7000 RPM at lower Set default fan N15XX
with no-change in temperature [PSE036984, temperature causing more fan nosie. speed to 5500
FIELD-2299] RPM to reduce the
noise.
Issue learning MAC addresses dynamically Dynamic MAC addresses are not learnt Corrected problem All
in certain vlan [FIELD-2261, FIELD-2323, under certain VLAN occasionally. with stale MAC Platforms
FIELD-2327] addresses

Patch Release 6.3.2.6

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
K- Kernel route listed under 'show ip route' Kernel routes are installed as the default Restricted the All
output. [FIELD-2214] route occationally. default routes to Platforms
not include kernel
routes
Invalid transceiver logs for "10GBASE-ZR" Invalid transceiver logs are generated for Corrected the error All
optics with Dell P/N "TY5FM" Dell qualified valid SFP+ TY5FM. traversing valid Platforms
[FIELD-2206] transceiver table.
PC doesn't receive IP address from DHCP Unable to generate IP address on windows Corrected the error All
after boot when DVA is enabled desktop client which is configured with when flushing stale Platforms
[FIELD-2215] dot1x authentication and DHCP. data.
Switch is not handling dot1x authentication Dot1x authentication is occationally Corrected session All
everytime when configured with MAB auth. failing when configured with MAB. termination so next Platforms
[FIELD-2088] attempt will work.
Problems with OSPF on devices attached to Problems with OSPF on devices attached Corrected error All
N-Series switches with K-route present. to N-Series switches with K route present when OSPF data is Platforms
[FIELD-2214] transferred across a
stack.
Continous multicast table errors although Continous multicast table errors although Corrected error in All
there are only 66 entries [FIELD-2264] there are only 66 entries. handling VLAN Platforms
ID when IGMP
Snooping timer
expires.
Traffic loss through port-channel when Traffic loss through port-channel when Corrected error in N40XX
DCB configured [FIELD-2242] DCB/PFC is configured packet forwarding

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rule when multiple

paths exist.

Patch Release 6.3.2.4

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
DHCP doesn't work properly when IP Phones are not getting IP address from Corrected LAG All
portchannel is in place [PSE037997] DHCP server via port-channel interface. membership issue Platforms
Failed to power up spare pair Gi1/0/1 error Continuous logs when uPoE capable PD Added check for N30XXP
message every few seconds [CSP1126873] connected to the switch interface: four pair PoE and N20XXP
188> Feb 7 07:12:07 DellSwitchN3024p-1 not advertising N15XXP
POE[poeAppTask]: poe_control.c(3468) PSE four pair as
530 %% Failed to power up spare pair supported via
Gi1/0/1 LLDP.
Null MAC entries in ARP table at the core- ARP packets drop for VLAN tagged Corrected LAG All
switch for end hosts reachable via port- traffic from/to end hosts with priority 3 membership issue. Platforms
channel interface. [CSP1135150] received on an interface which is a
member of LAG.
PSU failures reported on multiple switches Reporting PSU failures without any Added retry logic N30XXP
[FIELD-2234, 2249,2205, 2284] functional impact. to reset PSU
failure HW flag.
New PoE FW Update for N15XXP switch Require new firmware version 188_1 to Updated PoE N15XXP
[CSP1132203] support new PoE controller. controller FW
version to 188_1.

Release 6.3.2.3
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Switch crash with tasks “cmgrInsertTask” Switch crash observed on clear config. Corrected data All
on master and “umWorkerTask” on write race Platforms
member. [PSE034317] condition.
Link-dependency feature not working as link-dependency is not working properly Corrected event All
expected in a stack. [PSE035092] in a stacked environment handling error. Platforms
SNMP OID value of "lldpLocPortDesc" & Value returned does not follow RFC Corrected format. All
"ifDescr" [PSE036193] standards. As per LLDP mib description, Platforms
the value of "lldpLocPortDesc" should be
the same as "ifDescr".
Removal of Weak Ciphers in 6.3.0.3 Disabled RC4 for secure HTTP connection Removed weak All
[PSE031242] and not (arcfour) in SSH. ciphers namely Platforms
arcfour,arcfour128,
arcfour256 and all
CBC related
ciphers.
Switch crashed while configuring syslog via Switch crashed while configuring syslog Corrected GUI All
WebUI. [PSE037321] via web user interface. data error. Platforms
DHCPv6 is not working properly if “ipv6 DHCPv6 clients are not getting the address Corrected packet All
dhcp snooping” is enabled. [PSE035352] if “ipv6 dhcp snooping” is enabled parsing error. Platforms
Ports are not learning MAC addresses when Ports are not learning MAC addresses Corrected error All
port-security is enabled. [PSE033964] when port-security is enabled. state handler Platforms
Hiveagent & SupportAssist applications are Hiveagent & SupportAssist applications Corrected error in N30XX
running even though the respective eula- are running even though the respective eula-consent check N20XX
consent is rejected. [PSE035155] eula-consent is rejected. N15XX
Pruned error logs seen after upgrading the Once the file size limit is reached, the Changed the log All
switch. [PSE034571] switch shows the prune messages with message level to Platforms
"WARNING" log level. “Debug”
Executing CLI commands 'clear ip mroute Executing CLI command 'clear ip mroute Corrected N30XX
*' and ‘show ip igmp proxy-service’ causes *' and ‘show ip igmp proxy-service’ multicast data N20XX
switch crash. [PSE037213] causes switch crash. initialization issue.
Issues with File Upload via HTTP Files cannot be uploaded using HTTP Corrected HTTP All
[PSE035447] transfer method when the session to the session permission Platforms
switch GUI is via a hostname instead of error.
switch IP address

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Switch crashes upon executing 'write' nvStoreSave calls Corrected function All
command. [PSE035721, PSE034299] unitMgrPropagateOpenApps multiple call error. Platforms
times causing the switch crash.
Switch crashes with task “tCkptSvc”. Switch crashes pointing to authmgr, Corrected endian All
[PSE036051] endian issue in Authmgr checkpoint code issue with encoded Platforms
length.
“show interfaces traffic” command output The output of CLI command “show Added All
shows “Couldn't get WRED stats". interfaces traffic” shows “Couldn't get functionality to Platforms
[PSE035952] WRED stats". retrieve WRED
stats.
Laptop connected behind the phone fails to After configuring "authentication enable" Corrected error in All
get authenticated after a shut/no-shut. globally, authentication order is mandated authentication Platforms
[PSE034363] to interface level. With the default order, order list.
the dot1x process is not going on.
Stack memeber (standby) drop leading to While performing initiate failover, the Corrected an error All
split brain scenario [PSE036490] manger rebooted when writing the Platforms
Config across the
stack.
Next hop of a N2 route is incorrectly Next hop of a N2 route is incorrectly Corrected problem All
pointing to the Self VLAN IP address pointing to the Self VLAN IP address in router LSA Platforms
[PSE037910] creation.
Passwords aging 365 makes the user to Passwords aging 365 makes the user to Corrected All
change the pwd in every login sequence change the pwd in every login sequence timezone defect Platforms
[FIELD-2083] when calculating
expiration time.
Stack master crashes with "bcmATP-RX" Stack master crash "bcmATP-RX" when Corrected problem All
when joining member units [FIELD-2084] joining stack member units with local variable. Platforms
Poor VOIP quality due to VLAN and Port- The Dot1s Helper does not kick in on Corrected timing All
channel interface flap [PSE036595] stack member units resulting in a STP problem with Platforms
convergence issues and port flaps Dot1s events.
Management access-class console-only Th in-band management access via Corrected active All
command doesn't block Telnet/SSH/HTTP Telnet/SSH/HTTP is not blocked when check error Platforms
access [PSE036794] management access-class console-only
configured.
Issue with SSH OpenAPIs - "openapiUserDelete" unable to delete the Corrected All
"openapiUserDelete" unable to delete first user entry using openAPI processing error on Platforms
[CSP1116686] "openapiUserSet", but it is able to delete User Delete.
second user onward
Logging email alert doesn't work when Logging email alert doesn't work when Changed default All
Mercury server is used as email server Mercury server is used as email server advertisement to Platforms
[PSE034689] HELO until EHLO
is fully
implemented.
Edge port going to discarding state Port enters PVID Inconsistent state and Corrected All
[PSE037712] stays in that state forever until a correct processing of port Platforms
SSTP BPDU is received. restoration paths.
Ports1 to 8 goes down abruptly Ports are going down randomly when I2C Corrected I2C N30XX
[PSE028608] transaction fails transaction abort N20XX
handling
Stack master crashes with “nim_t” task Stack master crashes with “nim_t” task Corrected All
every 2-3 days [PSE037976] every 2-3 days deadlock between Platforms
IPMAP and DHCP
component
Did not delete NHOP egress object msg LOG message did not convey the action to Change the log All
[CSP1076263] be taken and the state of the switch message. Platforms
'USL Control Task' Crash observed on 'USL Control Task' Crash observed on Corrected error in All
member unit when performed clear config member unit when performed clear config saving Platforms
after configuring DHCP [CSP1090884, after configuring DHCP configuration.
CSP1098977]
Port-security violation mac details not Port-security violation mac details not Corrected error All
flushing after shut/no shut [CSP1080432] flushing after shut/no shut flushing violation Platforms
database.
Stack member lockup after overnight script Lockup in vr_agent causing stack member Corrected memory All
[CSP1096342, CSP1116686] unresponsive. leak in Platforms
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PVST shows some vlans in forwarding state PVST shows some vlans in forwarding Corrected error All
and port in disable role [CSP1076467] state and port in disable role freeing PVST Platforms
instances when a
VLAN is removed.
Switch console unresponsive while running Handling in emWeb task leads to switch Corrected timeout All
regression testing in Test Automation Suite console unresponsive. handling in Platforms
[CSP1108714] emWeb
"show ip route static" CLI command output Unable to get the unit/slot/port for the Corrected output All
shows Invalid flag [CSP1102785] statically configured routes for this command Platforms
Stack shows Config Change immediately Stack shows Config Change immediately Corrected error in All
after Reload eventhough there is no change after Reload eventhough there is no resetDataChanged Platforms
[CSP1076721] change handler.
Interface utilization correct until near 90 to "Percent_Utilization Counters" Corrected All
100 percent line rate [CSP1085701] incrementing is not in sync with utilization counter Platforms
configured load interval.
Switch does not encrypting the BGP Switch does not encrypt the BGP Corrected display N30XX
password, it shows raw string in its running password, it shows raw string in its of encrypted N40XX
configuration [CSP1082744] running configuration passwords
IPv6 address family added to bgp dynamic IPv6 address family added to bgp dynamic Corrected problem N30XX
neighbor configuration incorrectly. neighbor configuration incorrectly with checking adv- N40XX
[CSP1081569] intervals based on
root-AS
The switchdrv process in uninterruptible The switchdrv process in uninterruptible Corrected invalid All
sleep state followed by SIGSEGV sleep state followed by SIGSEGV(crash). iSCSI packet Platforms
[CSP1091845] check.
Client printing wrong SupportAssist server The message printed out contains the Corrected error All
variable [CSP1085257] wrong variable name message Platforms
TTL vlaue for iBGP message is being set to As per industry standards, TTL value for Corrected BGP N30XX
64 instead of 255 [CSP1092251] iBGP should be 255. TTL value N40XX
Error message seen in the log upon reload of Remove the string "icos" in the log Corrected error All
switches. [CSP1120145] message. message Platforms
'spanning-tree mst 0 cost 30400' doesn't The 'spanning-tree’ mode is not displaying Corrected output All
change the cost for instance 0. properly in the show spanning tree output. Platforms
[CSP1066547, CSP1098932]
HiveAgent and SupportAssist applications HiveAgent and SupportAssist applications Corrected error in All
doesn’t start up by default because of temp are not starting by default. installation process Platforms
folder in user-apps directory.
[CSP1090247, CSP1113096]
PBR stops working after reload PBR stops working after reload Corrected rule All
[CSP988812] affecting PBR Platforms
Mac address table entries do not age After sending random source/dest mac Corrected All
[CSP1098562] addresses through looped ports, the contention when Platforms
command clear MAC address command the same MAC
did not clear all the MAC addresses. address is sent in
through two ports
SNMP Logs the following message: Log messages appear on the console Corrected string All
“MGMT_ACAL[SNMPTask]: during SNMP walk on length error. Platforms
macal_api.c(872)1264%%macalRuleAction dellLanMngIfGroup.
Get():List" during SNMPWalk.
[FIELD-2202]
SVI doesn't come up if you give a static IP SVI doesn't come up if you give a static IP Corrected problem All
if it previously had DHCP configuration if it previously had DHCP configuration. setting static IP Platforms
[CSP1112324] address
OSPF_APP Crash [CSP1115193] Memory leak in OSPF causing the Corrected OSPF All
‘OSPF_APP’ process crash memory leack Platforms
Logging email alerts getting "Failed to Removes the “to-address” for both Corrected error All
remove to-addr" error while removing the message urgent and non-urgent message assigning to-addr Platforms
to-address for both message type types.
[CSP1123535]
Serviceability improvements for debugging Serviceability improvements for Serviceability All
dead-lock conditions.[CSP1110979] debugging dead-lock with stack traces. improvements Platforms
service-acl config is not retained after save There is a limitation in CLI to allow the Corrected CLI All
and reload. [CSP 1110979] service-acl command to be invoked only error Platforms
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The transceiver type plugged-in is not The transceiver type plugged in is not Corrected I2C All
detected properly due to i2c errors and detected properly due to i2c errors and error handling for Platforms
affects dynamic port programming affects dynamic port programming this issue.
[CSP1123536]
"ipMapForwardingTask" crash when route "ipMapForwardingTask" crash when route Corrected route All
table is filled with max routes and spanning table is filled with max routes and table semaphore Platforms
tree is enabled/disabled. [CSP1123541] spanning tree is enabled/disabled. block.
Help string missing for Help string missing for Corrected help All
DAPI_CMD_SYSTEM_MIRRORING_RS DAPI_CMD_SYSTEM_MIRRORING_R string. Platforms
PAN_VLAN_MODIFY DAPI command SPAN_VLAN_MODIFY DAPI command
[CSP 1123539] used during debug.
Crash with "OSPFv3 Proto" task, while Crash with "OSPFv3 Proto" task, while Corrected OSPF All
performing the clear config with 5k IPv4 performing the clear config with 5k IPv4 route table error. Platforms
and 3k IPv6 routes [CSP1123538] and 3k IPv6 routes.
Crash observed when DHCPS tracing is Crash observed when DHCPS tracing is Corrected Conflict All
enabled [CSP1123537] enabled Table clear issue. Platforms
IPv6 route table header has duplicate fields. IPv6 route command shows duplicate Corrected header All
[CSP1111578] headers error. Platforms
Observed endian Issue on The group address and static rp address Corrected endian All
pimStaticRPRPAddress MIB having endian issues. issue. Platforms
[CSP1123478]
Implement Get New port status request to Implimented two debugging commands New PoE N30XX
PoE controller to get counter values for for PoE controller. debugging N20XX
debugging purpose [CSP1123542] commands N15XX
After upgrading, receiving user application Message “ Unable to stop SupportAssist Changed message All
errors on stack members [PSE037225] application”. No functional impart. level to debug Platforms
PoE stopped working on unit-2 in the stack. When PD detection failed for a particular Corrected trap N30XXP
[CSP1115942] interface, trap is not generated with the generation issue. N20XXP
interface details. N15XXP
LAG interface config via WebUI doesn't WebUI shows an error while trying to Corrected WebUI All
take effect in running-config [PSE035159] remove LAG from the trunk after script error. Platforms
configuring the promiscuous mode on any
port

Patch Release 6.3.1.13

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Switch crashes at lldpTask when it receives Switch crashes at lldpTask when it Corrected packet All
LLDP packet with TLV length of 75. receives LLDP packet with TLV length of length check Platforms
[PSE036768] 75.
Switch crashes with "ARP Timer" task Switch crashes with “ARP Timer” task Corrected the All
[PSE036473] mirrioring Platforms
configuration issue
Switch crashes with “ARP Timer” & Switch crashes with “ARP Timer” and Corrected the All
“emWeb” tasks. [PSE037185] “emWeb” tasks. mirroring config. Platforms
Missing SNMP OIDs. [CSP1085660] Missing OID elements in Added OIDs in All
Dell_ITA.Rev_1_1.my mib: SNMP MIB Platforms
envMonSupplyCurrentPower,
envMonSupplyAveragePower,
envMonSupplyAvgStartTime
VLAN Configuration is missing after save VLAN configuration ("interface vlan <id> Corrected the All
and reload. [PSE032494, PSE035915] <index>") in the running-config with the design so that the Platforms
internal index maintained by DOT1Q index was not
component causing this issue. needed.
Unable to copy files from tftp server to Destination file copy option is not Added All
application area of the switch. available. <destination-file> Platforms
[CSP1071696] option to
application file
option in copy
command
SSH stops responding after few weeks Large number of DNS lookup failures Corrected error in All
[PSE037453, PSE037246, PSE036993, leads to console and/or open-apps like DNS lookup Platforms
PSE037018, PSE037343, PSE037375, SSH hang. counter.
PSE037439, PSE037613]

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Stack master crashes with "SNMPTraptask" Switch crashes with “SNMP Traptask” Corrected error All
and “TrapTask” when flapping interface for and “Traptask” in the stacked accessing shared Platforms
few minutes [CSP1108189, CSP1108121] environment. data.
Switch lockup after 10 days of runtime on Switch locks up and split from the stack Implemented XLP N4XXX
the 12 unit stack. [CSP1111824, after few days of system uptime. errata fix for PCIe
CSP1111885, CSP1108518, CSP1107646] bus data errors.
Username "hivemanager" shows in the HiveAgent application is adding the user- Fixed by updating N3XXX
running config after upgrading the switch account "hivemanager" in the running to new HiveAgent N2XXX
from 6.2.6.6 to 6.3 [PSE037200] configuration after FW upgrade to 6.3. version 1.0.2 N15XX
Out of band interface takes an incorrect The gateway address of the out-of-band Corrected N4XXX
gateway IP address. [PSE036522] interface is taking the next hop of default interference from
route. GDB.

Patch Release 6.3.1.11

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Global Health Status is abnormal Incorrect status when PSU’s are in various Changed PSU All
[PSE023158, PSE031417, PSE029457, stats of use (with Single and 2 PSUs update function to Platforms
PSE026063, PSE030951] insert/remove, ON/OFF condition) provide the correct
status.
SSH vendor code debug enabled. Serviceability for SSH with additional Added All
[CSP1105757] debugging enabled. serviceability for Platforms
SSH
6 unit stack, reloading any member causes Occasionally on a large stack, stack Corrected PFC All
topology errors and stack freeze. members can fail when DCB/PFC is routes across the Platforms
[PSE036686] enabled. stack
40G interface is negotiating at 1G speed Occasionally the fixed 40G interface links Corrected auto- N4XXX
after upgrading from 6.2.7.2 to 6.3.1.8. up at 1G speed with QSFP expansion card negotiation for
[PSE036550] installed. 40G port.
NCP81111 register initialization changes Occasional power loss to the switching Adjusted power N4XXX
[CSP1096029] fabric. threshold
iSCSI traffic is getting routed out of the iSCSI traffic is getting routed out of the Corrected iSCSI All
layer 2 interfaces. layer 2 interfaces. routing problem Platforms
[PSE036261, PSE036958]
Switch is not assigning the IP addresses for Switch is not assigning the IP addresses Corrected DHCP All
a particular DHCP pool. [PSE036155] for a particular DHCP pool due to DHCP table allocation Platforms
table space exhausted. issue.

IP Address Conflict issue on VRRP failover. Linux stack generates grat_arp for Corrected All
[PSE034760] VRRP_IP with physical interface MAC gratuitous ARP Platforms
address, which is incorrect and causes problem in the
forwarding issues on hosts. Linux stack

Stack master unresponsive and required Switch console hangs due to errors on the Changed the N4XXX
power-cycle. [CSP1097867] PCIe bus. configuration of
PCIe bus to
remove the errors

Release 6.3.1.8
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Console hang when trying to access "mac Console hang when trying to access "mac Corrected error on All
addresses table” page after adding an entry addresses table” page after adding an entry "mac addresses platforms
in "bridge multicast group" from in "bridge multicast group" from GUI. table" page
GUI.[PSE030280]
Switch is showing error messages for Switch is showing the error messages for Corrected error in All
OpenFlow groups when issued “Clear OpenFlow groups when issued “Clear deleting OpenFlow platforms
config” command [CSP1065546] config” command. groups

Error “SSH server error: (22) out of range User is not able to set SSH port number as Corrected port All
for 'SSH Port'” [PSE031066] 22 from CLI. validation error. platforms

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OSPFV3 Stack Master crash [CSP1069156] OSPFv3 causes the switch to crash in Corrected node All
certain cases if OSPFv3 routes have the address check platforms
same binary pattern for addresses with
different prefix lengths.
Unable to add IPV6 route with multiple next Unable to add IPV6 route with multiple Corrected issue All
hops.[CSP1041429] next hops. when adding new platforms
next hop route
Stack member drop Allowing devshell command from Corrected All
[PSE031167,PSE031778] connect mode causing switch crash at restriction platforms
certain scenarios handling
SFP-100M-FX part number 9DN5J does not Dynamic port programming is not enabled Corrected issues N3xxF
activate link in N Series [PSE030727] on ports 1 to 22 (Non-combo ports) with ports 1-22
Unable to configure day-light savings for Selecting refresh button displays an error Corrects retrieval All
EU/USA timezone. [PSE031862] instead of populating the values. of start and end platforms
values
Error when enabling the non-recurring Error when enabling the non-recurring Corrects retrieval All
summer time status if start and end values summer time status if start and end values of start and end platforms
are same [PSE029984] are same values
Add a cli command which will allow Added new CLI commands: Added CLI All
checking for “Service type” from RADIUS commands platforms
messages optional [PSE034082] {no}radius attribute 6 mandatory in global
mode and

{no}attribute 6 mandatory in radius config

mode
Ports are down with "Detach" state after Switch ports in detached state when a RPC Corrected handling All
boot-up. [CSP1033379] error occurred between master and of RPC error platforms
member
Interfaces are down and detach state after Switch ports in detached state when a RPC Corrected handling All
stack failover. [CSP1065160] error occurred between master and of RPC error platforms
member after failover
Stack member crash with dot1xTask Stack member crash with dot1xTask Corrected issues All
[PSE032508] when copying zero platforms
length data.
Stack member (standby) keeps crashing. DNS code can crash when adding or Corrected All
[PSE032552, PSE034076] deleting internal timers threading issue in platform
accessing time
Packet loss observed on 1G port-channel Port channelmember interfaces are not Corrected speed All
and member interfaces are inactive after behaving in an NSF like manner change problem platforms
stack failover [PSE032560]
Monitor session configuration stops If more than 1 monitor sessions are created Corrected in All
working after switch reload [PSE030984] and the switch is rebooted, only 1 session monitor database platforms
works after reload.
Storm-control doesn't work without Receive Packets Discarded does not Added the All
applying action command [PSE027441] increment when storm control rate is set “Increment counter platforms
for multicast,broadcast and unicast. for policy
Discards” to the
counter
IPv6 sFlow Malformed packets Malformed packets in sflow datagram with Corrected packet All
[CSP1047773] ipv6 length calculation platforms
Front panel temperature LED randomly Front panel Temperature LED for the unit Corrected issue in N15XX
showing RED (over temperature) randomly gives RED ALARM thermal update
[PSE032998] function
Switch console "ATP RX: Failed to alloc" Observed "ATP RX: Failed to alloc" Corrected output All
messages [PSE033238] messages on switch console of unneeded platforms
message
Error in CLI 'show supported cardtype' CID begins with 2 in CLI 'show supported Corrected N4XXX
command output [CSP1045245] cardtype' command output instead of 1 numbering of CID
MSTP not converging because not able to Error while adding non existed vlan to Corrected error All
add non-existent vlan to MSTP instance MST instance and the error displayed is message to be platforms
[PSE033630] not appropriate accurate
CVE-2016-0777 & CVE-2016-0778 Roaming vulnerabilities Applied patch to All
[PSE033733] specific platforms
vulnerabilities

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Support Assist memory leak [CSP1052619] Support Assist memory leak Corrected release All
of memory platforms
Exponential-backoff algorithm doesn't work The switch will not respond properly to Corrected problem All
when KoD packet is received [PSE033791] KoD packets with kiss codes "INIT", in backoff platforms
"STEP", "DENY", RSTR" and "RATE". algorithm

and implementationing 'retry after poll

interval' for kiss code "NULL"
High CPU Usage when LLMNR packets Observed high CPU Usage when LLMNR Corrected system All
received from Windows hosts [PSE033754] packets reaching switch CPU from rule for LLMNR Platforms
Windows hosts packets
Switch crash with emWeb task emWeb crash when executing show snmp Corrected string All
[PSE033806] command. length issue in Platforms
SNMP command
OSPF interface cost is not recalculated after When VLAN interface bandwidth is Corrected error in All
interface bandwidth is changed changed,the OSPF cost doesn't change, assigning OSPF Platforms
[PSE033777] unless switch is reloaded or interface is cost after change.
flapped.
Removing power from ports connecting two If any other PSE is connected to the PoE Corrected PoE N3XXXP
PoE switches back to back. [PSE033179] switch and PSE is injecting voltage to controller setting. N2XXXP
ports, then switch will deny power to PDs N15XXP
if new PDs are connected to the switch.

MSTP not converging because not able to MSTP not converging because not able to Corrected check All
add non-existent vlan to MSTP instance add non-existent vlan to MSTP instance for non-existent Platforms
[PSE033909] VLAN.
CLI command “show interfaces switchport” “show interfaces switchport” CLI Corrected Buffer All
does not display proper output command does not display proper output issue in formatting Platforms
[PSE029714,PSE033986] output.
Routing issue, null address in ARP table Routing issue, null address in ARP table Corrected VLAN All
after VLAN manipulation [PSE033945] after VLAN manipulation configuration issue Platforms
on stack failover
Switch crashes due to out of system buffers Switch crashes with NIM component Corrected data All
[PSE033559] timeout. locking issue. Platforms
Switch crashes due to VRRPdaemon & Switch crashes with NIM component Corrected data All
nim_t tasks [PSE033862] timeout. locking issue. Platforms
Stack crashes with "hapiRxTask" while Stack crashes with "hapiRxTask" while Corrected data All
routing unicast and multicast traffic routing unicast and multicast traffic locking issue. Platforms
Stack member dropping tagged packets Stack member dropping tagged packets Corrected System All
destined to HSRP virtual IP destined to HSRP virtual IP multicast rule. Platforms
OpenSSL vulnerabilities [PSE034144] CVE-2016-2107, CVE-2016-2105, CVE- Applied Patches All
2016-2106, CVE-2016-2109, CVE-2016- for specific Platforms
2176 vulnerabilities.

Configuring speed under interface causes Configuring speed under interface causes Corrected data All
switch to lockup [CSP1066600] switch to lockup locking issue. Platforms
Executing “dev binsh” from connect mode Executing “dev binsh” is not supported in Corrected check to All
is crashing the switch in certain scenarios connect mode not allow in Platforms
[PSE031167,PSE031778] connect mode.
Static routes are not getting loaded to Configured static routes are not getting Corrected route All
routing table[PSE034340] loaded if the router is in Host mode. validation to allow Platforms
static routes
Default hashing algorithm (7) in [port- Packet drops with default hashing on port- Corrected hash N2XXX
channel leads to packet drop issue channel interface with members across control for default N3XXX
[PSE033587] stack units algorithm 7
System LED in GUI is RED [PSE033872] System LED in GUI is displayed as RED. Corrected LED N15XX
initialization issue.
RSA Public keys failed to load after switch RSA Public keys failed to load after Corrected All
reboot with “key” comment at the end switch reboot with “key” comment at the comment handling Platforms
[PSE034511] end problem
HiveAgent v2.78 Upgrade to HiveAgent v2.78 Upgraded N15XX
HiveAgent N2XXX
N3XXX

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Stack port not joining intermittently upon Occasionally 10G ports configured as Corrected local N15XX
reload and failover [PSE034096] stack- –ports (Te1/0/3-4) do not link up fault handling error
during reload and failover during
initialization
SSH session being locked for brief period The SSH session lockup is causing issues Correct session All
causing issue in config push via in config push from Hive-Manager. close issue. Platforms
hivemanager [CSP1046713]
Switch crash with “emWeb” task when emWeb crash when configuring ip Corrected loop All
configuring ip unnumbered loopback unnumbered loopback interfaces if there back interface Platforms
interfaces [CSP1078885] is an existing MCAST configuration on numbering issue
the interface
Port not participating in default vlan after Port not participating in default vlan after Corrected VLAN All
deleting existing vlan [CSP1057643] deleting existing vlan delete issue. Platforms
Switch console log "2/0/47 Port Switch console log "2/0/47 Port Corrected issue N2XXX
programming failed with error 0x1...." programming failed with error 0x1...." using 100M N3XXX
[CSP1076720] transcievers.
Corrected remote
procedure call
timeout issue
which caused this
message.
Support-Assist: System Uploads occurring Support-Assist: System Uploads occurring Corrected Support- All
every 7 hours, not 7 days. Check is every every 7 hours, not 7 days. Check is every Assist upload Platforms
hour; not every Day [CSP1076720, hour; not every Day intervals
CSP1080126]
SSH stops working after some time Occastionaly SSH session would lock up Corrected access All
[PSE035315,PSE034624,PSE035139, and not allow access. method to user Platforms
PSE035707,PSE035839] manager.
Stack firmware upgrade and downgrade fail When upgrading firmware stack would Corrected SNTP N2XXX
[CSP1071258] split or firmware would not be propagated system clock N3XXX
to member units update while FW
is being upgraded.
Slow switch response and slowness in A lot of SFPs do not have the Diagnostic Checking for Diag N2XXX
attaching ports after initiating fail over EEPROM implemented. Due to this issue, EEPROM. If not N3XXX
[PSE034236, PSE034774] the performance of the access to those available will not N4XXX
SFPs will be very poor. read.
nim-t & cmgrInsertTask crash observed NIM trask crashes seen when toggling Corrected All
while enabling spanning tree [CSP1075333] spanning-tree on the stack spanning tree Platforms
message issue
across the stack.
Traffic is forwarded out of PVST blocked Traffic is learnt across the PVST blocked Corrected issue All
port [PSE034751] and non-blocked ports, due to network re- setting PVST Platforms
convergence leading to disruption in blocked port.
traffic.
Stack member dropped leading split brain In the stacking environment, when HG Corrected stack All
scenario [PSE035510] cables are removed and reinserted unit is port lock issue. platforms
not joining the stack. It is acting as
individual unit.

Stack member crash (Stk Mgr Task) Crash due to invalid memory access Corrected memory All
[CSP1088107] exceptions. corruption issue. platforms

Stack member crash with continuous master Crash due to invalid memory access Corrected memory All
failover. [CSP1088103] exceptions. corruption issue. platforms

Member interface failed to join Port-channel After basic port channel operations or unit Corrected port N20XX
after stack failover [PSE034668] reload, sometimes the members do not speed issue on N30XX
get attached back to the pc like they stack failover. N40XX
should.

10G interface with "speed 1000" After basic port-channel operations or Corrected port N20XX
configuration fails to join port-channel unit reload, the members do not get speed issue on N30XX
interface. [PSE035724] attached back to the port-channel stack failover. N40XX
interface occasionally.

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Full memory dump is not generated for Full memory dump is not generated for Corrected memory All
Coredump [CSP1093029] Coredump dump issue for platforms
coredump.
Improve packet RX processing on Stackable Stack communication were occationally Increased the N40XX
platforms. [CSP1093028, PSE035358] starved for buffers. number of Stack
communication
buffers.
Kernal patch for "fix cipso packet validation IP Stack can hang when packets with an Corrected packet N40XX
when !NETLABEL" [CSP1086050 ] invalid destination address are directed to validation issue.
the OOB port.

Switch crashed multiple times [PSE034996] Switch crashed due to memory corruption Corrected memory All
corruption issue. platforms

UDLD-root ports are moving to UDLD-root ports are moving to Corrected BPDU All
Bidirectional with non-udld enabled root Bidirectional with non-udld enabled root validation issue. platforms
bridge [CSP1076927] bridge

Switch goes unresponsive at certain Switch goes unresponsive at certain Tuned system N40XX
initialization
scenarios on both stack and standalone scenarios and split from the stack. values HW Rev.4

setup.[PSE035457,PSE035574,PSE035579,P Requires power-cycle to recover from

SE035622,PSE035721,PSE035809,PSE03584
3,PSE035848,PSE035862,PSE035869,PSE03 issue state.
5871,PSE035953,PSE035984,PSE036016,PS
E036033,PSE036034]

Switch crash loop with “fp_main_task” Switch crashes with the task Tuned system N40XX
initialization
[PSE034177,PSE034367,PSE034968,PSE0 “fp_main_task” until manual power-cycle. values HW Rev.4

35189,PSE035487,PSE035511,PSE035624,

PSE035710, PSE035751, PSE035795]

Patch Release 6.3.0.19

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
1G Copper SFP link failure (on 10G 10G Ports with 1G SFP optics (without EEPROM Added a check N40XX
port) [PSE035371] diagnostics implemented) fails to link UP on bootup. for diagnostic N30XX
Also, the switch performance with those SFPs are EEPROM. N20XX
affected.

Enabling RSPAN monitor session RSPAN does not correctly monitor VLANs Corrected All
affects traffic over reflector-port RSPAN platforms
[PSE035259] mirrored traffic
handling.

Patch Release 6.3.0.18

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
ACL Wildcard Mask Issue Configured wildcard mask for ACL reverted in Corrected issue All
[PSE034858] opposite order like a subnet mask affecting the with wildcard platforms
traffic. mask order.

Patch Release 6.3.0.16

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Packet loss observed on 1G port- 1G interfaces can experience packet loss when a Corrected issue N4XX
channel. [PSE032560] stack member reloaded or after a stack failover. with dynamic
port config of
1G port

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Interfaces are down and detach state Interfaces can experience an down or detached state Corrected issue N4032
after stack failover when a stack member is reloaded or after a stack with dynamic and
failover. port N4064
configuration of
1G port
SSH session being locked for brief SSH session being locked for brief period causing Corrected a All
speriod causing issue in config push issue in config push via hivemanager problem in the platforms
via hivemanager channel close
operation.
Setting port to access mode vlan 1 Setting port to access mode vlan 1 causes the switch Corrected All
causes the switch to lose default to lose default gateway problem in platforms
gateway configuring
VLAN setting
Configuring the speed settings causes Appling any speed settings on an interface causes Corrected issue All
switch to lockup the switch console to hang. with port platforms
configuration.

Patch Release 6.3.0.15

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Switch may randomly experience a loss When these ports go down, flapping is required to Corrected an I2C N2XXX
in link state on sets of 8 ports. For get the ports up. In some cases, reloading is write cycle for N3XXX
example, ports 1 to 8 or ports 9 to 16, required. the CPLD.
and so on. [PSE028608]
In certain scenarios, the default In certain scenarios, the default hashing algorithm Corrected a All
hashing algorithm (7) for port-channel (7) for port-channel leads to packet drop. VLAN tag issue platforms
leads to packet drop. in the RTAG7
[PSE033587,PSE033632] hash.

Switch displays the following message Switch displays the following message on the Corrected an N2XXXP
on the console in a stacked console in a stacked environment: Unable to get issue with N3XXXP
environment: Unable to get access to access to POE controller. terminating the
POE controller. [PSE033448] PoE read task.

Unable to change the port speed using On the WebUI the Switching-> PortConfiguration- Corrected list All
the WebUI. [PSE033416] > Port Detail-> "Admin Port Speed" pull down handler for that platforms
menu has all options missing. page.
Interfaces go to D-Down state instead Loop-protect and STP running concurrently causes Disabled the All
of STP BLK state. [PSE033357] this issue. loop-protect platforms
feature by
default.

The iSCSI configuration option is The iSCSI configuration option is missing from the Corrected an All
missing from the Web GUI. Web GUI. issue with platforms
[PSE033235] enabling iSCSI.

When portfast and BPDU-protection When portfast and BPDU-protection are used on Corrected a race All
are used on edge ports, excessive TCNs edge ports, excessive TCNs and MAC address condition during platforms
and MAC address flush happen. flush happen. topology
[PSE033089] changes.

Traffic does not resume after Reflector port should continue to run STP and Corrected an All
upgrading the OS and removing RSPAN other protocols, and VLAN membership should issue in platforms
configuration. [PSE032515] exist for the reflector port. But when port identifying
mirroring configuration is restored during startup, reflector port.
VLAN membership is removed from the reflector
port

When loopguard feature is enabled, Port state transitions are still being honored when Corrected issue All
the system learns MAC addresses and the port is in loop inconsistent state. during port platforms
passes traffic when in discarding state. transitions.
[PSE032982]

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A DHCP client receives a different IP Existing lease is not re-used when the Client-ID Corrected an All
address from the DHCP server after option is used, resulting in a NAK. issue with option platforms
PXE boot process. [PSE032914] 61.

The "terminal monitor" does not work The “terminal monitor” command does not have Corrected an All
on the first Telnet/SSH session. any effect on the first Telnet/SSH session. issue when platforms
[PSE033702] selecting
between the
serial port and
telnet session.
In certain scenarios, the first IGMP IGMP traffic is delayed on the member of the Adjusted the All
membership report from IPTV is stack. CoSQ priority platforms
dropped. [PSE029342] for multicast
traffic.
RSPAN mirrored packets are double While RSPAN VLAN tag should be removed at the Added remove- All
tagged at the destination port. destination port, it is not removed. rspan-tag option platforms
for monitor
[PSE032515] session
destination port.

SNMPWalk Response for MIB SNMPWalk Response for MIB Corrected an All
“1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10895.3000.1.2.100.6” “1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10895.3000.1.2.100.6” shows issue with platforms
shows “0.0.0.0” address. “0.0.0.0” address. SNMPWalk.

[PSE032484]

Green ethernet does not respond to Green ethernet does not respond to network Corrected an All
network interface manager (NIM) interface manager (NIM) causing NIM timeout and issue in green platforms
causing NIM timeout and crash. crash. Ethernet
checkpoint.
When the IP address lease time expires VLAN 1 goes down until manual intervention. Corrected an All
on VLAN 1, the system stops sending issue in request platforms
DHCP requests if the DHCP server is for lease
not reachable. [PSE032357] renewal.

Under certain scenarios, fan modules The “show system fan” command shows fan status Corrected an N4XXX
fail. as “OK” even if one of the fan goes to failure state. issue in fan
status state
machine

Patch Release 6.3.0.10 (Only applicable for N1500 Series switches)

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
HiveAgent application is not running HiveAgent application is not running after Corrected the hiveagent N15xx
on N1500 Series switches switch boot-up binary

Patch Release 6.3.0.9

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Dot1x clients fail to access the This issue happens in a stacked Corrected data overwrite All
network after re-authentication. environment when a dot1x client is re- issue in a stacked platforms
[PSE032563] authenticated. environment.
The switch experiences a The switch occasionally crashes during an Corrected an SNMP race All
spontaneous reboot. [PSE032544] SNMP walk if a trap is generated. condition. platforms

Under certain scenarios, the switch is Lost switch management access Corrected by protecting All
non-responsive to management (SSH/Console). the affected area using platforms
access (SSH/Console). [PSE032994] semaphore.

The "show port-security all" Columns on the “show port-security all" Corrected column labels All
command does not display the output command are not correct. platforms
properly.

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The last violation MAC address is not The "switchport port-security violation Enhanced the "switchport All
listed in the “show port-security all" shutdown" command is enhanced to include port-security violation platforms
command output when the port is the last violation MAC address. shutdown" command
shutdown. [PSE033087]

PVST debug logs are not displayed PVST TCNs and state change logs are not Corrected output from All
after upgrading to 6.3.[PSE033049] displayed after upgrade to 6.3. these commands. platforms

Patch Release 6.3.0.6

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
The nim_t task process crashes the The nim_t task process crashes the stack Corrected Semaphore All
stack member when the snooping member when the snooping component block issue that caused Platforms
component does not respond to NIM. does not respond to NIM. NIM to detect a blocked
[PSE032481,PSE031499,PSE031171] component.
Stack master unit crashing issuing "show ip igmp snooping groups" show Corrected the issue, The All
some 'show' CLIs [PSE031255] command throw exception when displaying command now platforms
long list of ports. successfully displays
large number of ports.
User cannot modify the existing non- 1) Cannot select Non-default configuration Corrected issue indexing N2XX
default Captive Portal configuration from the drop-down. web page tables. N3XX
using the GUI.
[PSE030762] 2) Unable to edit the default configuration.

3) Unable to create new configuration from

the add page.
In certain scenarios, the switch The system displays the following two error Corrected the error. N4XX
reports "Failed to find requested messages in the console:
group data in check point DB,family
1" error. [PSE030553] 1.Invalid uport calculated from the BCM
uport.

2. Failed to find requested group data in

check point DB,family 1.

GVRP is flushing the dynamic Dynamic VLANs learned through GVRP Corrected GVRP All
VLANs every few seconds. are deleted every few seconds. initialization error in platforms
[PSE031203] learned VLANs.
In certain scenarios, enabling UDLD In certain scenarios, enabling UDLD shuts Corrected the race All
causes the interfaces to move to the down interfaces on boot up. condition during UDLD platforms
D-Down state within a span of few initialization.
minutes. [PSE029168]
In a stack environment, the system System displays the following error Corrected the issue in All
experiences connectivity issues when message in the console :“failed to set the LAG port initialization. platforms
the member ports get detached from DTAG mode”. System also experiences
or attached to the port channel connectivity issues on Port channel
interface. [PSE027667 ,PSE031449] interface.
In certain scenarios, PVST does not After a port flap event, the state of the port Corrected the port data All
work properly on some ports after changes to the disabled state even if the issue when the port flaps. platforms
reload. [PSE030302] port is up.

After a stack failover, the static routes After a stack failover, the static routes fail Corrected an issue during All
fail to install properly. [PSE031737] to install properly. DHCP initialization after platforms
stack failover.
10G SFP+ BiDi optics operates only Unqualified 10G SFP+ BiDi optics operates Allow unqualified 10G N4XX
with 1Gb speed. [PSE029562] only with 1Gb speed. optics to link at 10G rate.
System response to the show System response to the show commands is Moved transceiver static All
commands is slow due to i2c access slow due to i2c access present in the data reads to the platforms
present in the SFP/QSFP optics. SFP/QSFP optics. initialization sequence.
[PSE026498, PSE027362]
Switch hangs after executing the Switch hangs after executing the reload Corrected the power N4XX
reload command from GUI or CLI. command from GUI or CLI. controller initialization.
[PSE029568, PSE031120]
Switch crashed during SNMP walk. Switch crashes when the snmp-bulkget Corrected the error in All
[PSE032191] command is executed. SNMP. platforms

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Switch crashes when IPv6 OPSF is Switch crashes when IPv6 OPSF is enabled Corrected the new route All
enabled and acts as an ABR. and acts as an ABR for more than two areas. add initialization error. platforms
[PSE032096]
Fan failures are reported on the Fan failures are reported on the switch. Corrected the issue with N2XX
switch. [PSE031998] driver to read the fan N3XX
status accurately.
The stack member reboots and the The stack member reboots and the RLINK Corrected buffer All
RLINK Tunnel Src: alloc failed error Tunnel Src: alloc failed error appears. allocation for stack platforms
appears. messages.

Running configuration is not being Running configuration is not being Corrected buffer All
propagated to the stack units under propagated to the stack units under certain allocation for stack platforms
certain stack fail over scenarios. stack fail over scenarios. messages.
[PSE032305]
Stack member crashes due to the Stack member crashes due to the bcmATP- Corrected the invalid All
bcmATP-RX software exception. RX software exception. memory access issue. platforms
OMNM reports SNMP ifTable issue. The ifTable data returned has ifType 'other' Corrected ifTable type All
for port channels and VLAN interfaces. This values platforms
results in these interfaces not being picked
up by OMNM.

SSH session does not close on exit at After closing the CLI SSH session the Corrected the issue with All
client side (MAC and Linux devices). connection to the Web server is lost. closing socket. platforms

Release 6.3.0.3
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Switch unresponsive with "speed auto" If the speed is set to auto under the ten Corrected auto- All
config under ten gigabit interface. gigabit interface and when link comes up, negotiation issue Platforms
[PSE030350] switch goes unresponsive while executing
CLI commands
Switch does not send ETS DCBX - some devices require Added capability to send All
Recommendation TLV when in Recommendation TLV in addition to Recommendation TLV Platforms
DCBX version IEEE or Auto mode. Configuration TLV for successful
[BITS257876] negotiation
Link does not activate with SFP- Link does not activate with SFP-100M-FX Added validation All
100M-FX part number 9DN5J. part number 9DN5J Platforms
[PSE030727]
OSPF routes are not added to routing Switch is not updating the routing table if Corrected validation issue All
table if nbr rtr-id is Class-D or Class- the routes are received from the neighbor Platforms
E. [PSE029932]
with class-D or class-E router-id
CPU spikes with invalid BPDU type CPU spikes when processing a BPDU with Corrected issue in BPDU All
errors. [PSE030050] a port id of 0 validation. Platforms
Destination port of a monitor session Show command is displaying zero as Corrected Display to not All
becomes a member of vlan 0. VLAN membership. show VLAN information Platforms
[PSE030126] which is invalid for
monitor ports.
PBR stops working after reload. PBR stops working after reload when the Corrected HW rule for All
[PSE029635] default route is added the default route Platforms
Master-unit learns the MAC address Mac addresses are being learnt on the port Corrected issue in All
on a STP-blocked port of the Standby- even though it is in disabling state. syncing MAC address Platforms
unit. [PSE030226] tables across the stack
Bridge Multicast Group Add produces The switch may return error: Failed to set Corrected error in All
error message at times. [PSE030280] 'NLS ERROR' with 'Add' error occured validation MAC address Platforms
FILTER_MISSING types
OSPF wrong DR and BDR info Command show ip ospf neighbor does not Corrected error in All
displayed on neighbors. [PSE030279] show the correct state on Broadcast Multi- displaying neighbor state Platforms
access Network

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Patch Release 6.2.7.6

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
When a dot1x client is reauthenticated, When a dot1x client is re-authenticated, Final fix that is scalable All
supplicants fail to access the network. supplicant is deleted from the list. to large installations will Platforms
be available in the 6.3.x.x
The destination port of a monitor The show interfaces tengigabitethernet and Corrected the display of All
session becomes a member of VLAN show interfaces status command outputs VLAN information. Platforms
0. display incorrect VLAN information if port
mirroring is configured on a port as
destination.
PBR stops working after reload. PBR stops working after reload when a Corrected an issue All
default route is deleted or added. modifying default route. Platforms
CPU usage goes high when the device CPU usage goes high when the device Corrected issue in All
receives invalid BPDUs from a server. receives BPDUs with port ID as 0. validating port ID. Platforms
The master stack unit learns MAC The master stack unit learns MAC Corrected MAC address All
addresses on an STP-blocked port of addresses on an STP-blocked port of the flush when a port is Platforms
the standby unit. standby unit. disabled.
The system may display an error The system may display the following error Corrected an error when All
message when a bridge multicast message when a bridge multicast group is formatting MAC address. Platforms
group is added using the web GUI. added using the web GUI.

Failed to set 'NLS ERROR' with 'Add' error

occured FILTER_MISSING

The system displays "Unable to get The system reports the PSU status shows as Corrected the issue. N2XX
Max Power Value" error message "Failure" even though switch is running N3XX
frequently. properly.

The show ip ospf neighbor output The system displays the interface state Corrected the issue when All
displays wrong OSPF DR and BDR instead of the neighbor state. displaying the neighbor Platforms
details. state.
The system does not add the routes Router IDs with Class D and Class E IP Provided support for class All
advertised by other routers having address are not supported. D and class E. Platforms
router IDs with Class D or Class E IP
addresses.
Under certain scenarios, the stack The unit is not accessible through console, Fixed the kernel issue. N4XX
failovers randomly and the stack unit but traffic is unaffected.
is not accessible through Console.
The system displays an error message Unable to configure 22 as the SSH port Added port 22 as a valid All
when trying to configure the SSH port number. port. Platforms
as 22.
In a dot1x MAB setup, dynamic vlan In a dot1x MAB setup, dynamic vlan Corrected a VLAN issue. N15XX
assignment is not learned by the assignment is not learned by the upstream
upstream router. router.

Patch Release 6.2.7.4

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Under certain scenarios, the system When the system performs authorization Corrected an issue in All
experiences a software exception when using a RADIUS server, the system validating the accounting Platforms
Accounting is configured. experiences a software exception. This server.
happens only when the system has already
tried to access the secondary RADIUS
accounting server which is not configured.

The show interfaces switchport When more than 18 entries are added to the Corrected the formatting All
command does not display the output allowed VLAN list, the “show interfaces issue. Platforms
properly. switchport" command output is garbled.
Under certain stacking scenarios, the Under certain stacking scenarios, the Corrected the parameter All
RADIUS task experiences a software RADIUS task experiences a software error in the RADIUS Platforms
exception when dot1x is used. exception when dot1x is used. configuratiuon task.
Under certain dot1x and MAB Under certain dot1x and MAB scenarios, Corrected a RADIUS All
scenarios, EAP-MD5 authentication EAP-MD5 authentication fails occasionally attribute issue. Platforms

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fails when Clear Pass Policy Manager when Clear Pass Policy Manager is used as
is used as RADIUS server. RADIUS server.
The summer time configuration does The summer time configuration does not Corrected an error when All
not take effect when the start and the take effect when the start and the end years checking for recurring Platforms
end years are different. are different. summer time.
The system displays the following The system displays the following error Corrected an initialization All
error message: message: error. Platforms
radius_api.c(1941) 444 radius_api.c(1941) 444
radiusServerSourceIPGet(): Failed to radiusServerSourceIPGet(): Failed to find
find server server
The device does not learn the MAC The device does not learn the MAC address Corrected the LLDP- All
address of the voice vlan when LLDP of the voice vlan when LLDP MED MED TLV policy flag. Platforms
MED Network Policy is applied on Network Policy is applied on Polycom
Polycom phones. phones.
When trying to download the image When trying to download the image using Corrected an error in text All
using the GUI , download fails. the GUI , download fails. termination at the end of Platforms
file.
Fiber link with SFP transceiver When an SFP tranceiver is used on a 10Gbe Corrected an error in N4XXX
between N4032F and N1548 flaps port between N1524 and N4032F, the link populating the SFP data.
with autonegotiotion enabled. flaps continously with autonegotiotion
enabled.
PFC packets get duplicated when PFC packets get duplicated when exiting a Corrected an error in N4XXX
exiting a device connected in a ring device connected in a ring topology. identifying the PFC-
topology. selected port.

Release 6.2.7.2
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Packet loss is observerved while When initiating ping traffic to an OOB Updated Kernel with N4XXX
pinging an OOB interface. interface from a Linux PC, around 1% to OOB port update.
3% of packet loss is observed.
The "show supported switchtype" The "show supported switchtype" command Corrected validation N3XXX
command lists N2000 as a supported lists N2000 as a supported switch in an check for supported and
switch in an N3000 stack. N3000 stack. switches. N2XXX
While unconfiguring IPv6 hop-limit, While unconfiguring IPv6 hop-limit, the Corrected an error in hop- All
the system displays an error message. system does not accept the configuration limit calculation. Platforms
and displays an error message.
When TACACS timeout is configured When TACACS timeout is configured as Corrected the error in All
as one second , login timeout occurs. one second , login timeout occurs. resetting timeout. Platforms
After a stack failover, configuration When a member unit is removed from a Corrected the All
loss occurs. stack immediately after the management configuration update. Platforms
unit is removed, configuration loss occurs.
Enabling UDLD shuts the ports down Enabling UDLD shuts the ports down and Corrected data exchange All
and changes port state to D-Disable. changes port state to D-Disable. between partners. Platforms
The switch crashes when the "do show The switch crashes when the "do show Corrected the display of All
running-config interface te x/y/z all" running-config interface te x/y/z all " large command paging. Platforms
command is used. command is used.
DHCP Relay uses incorrect source DHCP Relay agent incorrectly uses 68 as Changed All
port number. the source port. source/destination ports Platforms
to 67/67.
N-series goes to u-boot after The boot-menu “option 13” reformats the Removed the boot menu All
customers select “Option 13” from flash but does not restore the firmware files “Option 13” untill the Platforms
Boot-Menu. causing the switch to stop at “uboot” on firmware restore feature
reset. is fixed.
The power management mode is The default power management mode causes Changed the default N3XXP
Class by default. issues in powering up certain PoE devices. power management mode N2XXP
from Class to Dynamic.
The system displays the following The system displays the following error Applied the change N4XX
error message: message: bassed on hardware
"broad_hpc_drv.c(4428) 1396 %% " broad_hpc_drv.c(4428) 1396 %% unit 0 errata.
unit 0 PORT_CBL_TABLE entry 0 PORT_CBL_TABLE entry 0 parity error"
parity error"
Under certain circumstances, the Under certain circumstances, the system Corrected a data All
system crashes when PVST is enabled. crashes when PVST is enabled. corruption issue. Platforms

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Patch Release 6.2.6.9

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Device does not forward the DHCP The stack does not forward the DHCP Corrected DHCP binding All
offer to the clients with Intel NIC. offers to the clients with an Intel NIC . error. Platforms
MAC errors and jabbers reported on "Received packets dropped > MTU" and Corrected counts for the All
all active switch ports. "Internal MAC Rx Errors" counters are not "Received packets Platforms
correctly counting packets > MTU size. dropped > MTU" and
"Internal MAC Rx
Errors" counters
Terminal monitor command doesn't Terminal monitor command doesn't have Corrected SSH session N20XX
have any effect for the first telnet/ssh any effect for the first telnet/ssh session index problem. N30XX
session

Stack member crash Stack member crash in the “pimsmMap” Corrected buffer free All
"pimsmMapTask" task error. Platforms
Discrepency in displaying show ip "show ip ospf database external <ls-id>" Corrected search for N20XX
ospf database output command output shows only one LSA even additional ls-ids. N30XX
though there are multiple LSA's (with
different paths) available.
ATP RX: Failed to alloc for reassem Observed "ATP RX: Failed to alloc for Corrected buffer All
error messages after upgrading switch reassem" errors in stacking enviornment. overwrite issue. Platforms
firmware
IP Helper not forwarding all DHCP Switch drops dhcp discover packets with Corrected DHCP packet All
DISCOVER packets to the Server. stale value in the packet buffer of relay drop issue Platforms
task.

Stack set up as DHCP relay and clients Switch drops dhcp discover packets with Corrected DHCP packet All
takes long time to get an IP address. stale value in the packet buffer of relay task. drop issue Platforms
Switch is logging Invalid uport LOG messages are displayed on the console Corrected error logging All
messages for the severity level Informational level for these messages Platforms
SNMP queries crashes the switch CLI stops responding when "show running" Corrected error in All
management, but traffic unaffected command is executed after the snmpget evaluation of this OID. Platforms
operation on OID
"1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10895.3000.1.2.100.6.0"
do1qVlanStaticTable not being SNMP Requests do1qVlanStaticTable Corrected error in All
populated correctly (1.3.6.1.2.1.17.7.1.4.3) not being populated reporting MIB values Platforms
correctly.
Switch has periodic routing issues Switch has periodic routing issues after Corrected priority issue All
after every reload. every reload. between the default route Platforms
and the service port
Client do not get the IP address if the Client does not get the IP address if DHCP Corrected VLAN check All
DHCP snooping is enabled on the snooping is enabled on the server vlan on incoming DHCP Platforms
server vlan packets
Packet drops over port-channel During failover, PVST reconciliation error Corrected BPDU check All
interface on stack failover logs are observed in the new Manager unit after failover Platforms
causing the check pointed data to be flushed
and dropped

Patch Release 6.2.6.8

Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Switch freezes when reboot function While using reboot option from boot menu Corrected reboot logic. N4XXX
from boot menu is used the switch can freeze requiring a power on
reset.
Stack reboots continuously with port- Occasionally the stack will reload when a Corrected buffer overrun N20XX
channel in general mode port-channel is configured in general mode when general mode is set. N30XX
Storm-control does not work without Receive Packets Discarded does not Corrected issue with All
action command increment when storm control rate is set for receive packet counter Platforms
multicast,broadcast and unicast.
"show isdp neighbors" output shows "show isdp neighbors" command output Corrected error in ISDP All
all downstream switches as neighbors shows downstream neighbor switches as event handler. Platforms
ISDP neighbors instead of showing only the
directly connected neighbors.

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Switch becomes unreachable after Switch becomes unreachable after receiving Corrected error in rule for All
receiving an ICMP redirect packet an ICMP redirect packet from a different next-hop. Platforms
sub-net.
Encrypted string is shown for simple Encrypted string is shown for simple mode. Corrected condition on All
mode.aAlso, encrypted string should It should be shown in clear text. displaying clear text. Platforms
be shown only when mode is encrypt.

VLAN ID is added to the allowed VLAN ID is added to the allowed vlans list Corrected VLAN removal All
vlans list after it is removed after it is s removed from the configuration issue. Platforms

SSH locks up every 2 days Occasionally, SSH will achieve a condition Corrected a race All
where it will lock up every 2 days when condition in SSH Platforms
accessed by a Dell OME Server.
Switch drops RIP routes with .255 RIP component drops subnet zero and all- Modified RIP to support All
final octet and /32 mask ones subnet routes learned from neighbor. subnet zero and all-ones Platforms
subnet routes.

Some SFPs fail to link UP Fiber transceivers that report as unknown Fiber transceivers that All
won’t link-up report as unknown will be Platforms
considered 1G SFP.
ISDP neighbors are not updated even ISDP neighbors are not updated due to Corrected error in packet All
if packets are received packet length validation failure, even if receive function. Platforms
packets are received
Switch is not sending snmp trap When a loopback interface status changes, Enabled SNMP traps for N20XX
notifications for UP/DOWN status on SNMP traps are not being sent loopback interfaces.
loopback interfaces

Release 6.2.6.6
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
web timeout (HTTPS) does not https web sessions are getting logged- Corrected use of All
depend on exce-timeout configuration out/timed-out even though web sessions are configured timer values Platforms
active.
SNMP MIB Walk OID snmpwalk allways gives the URL as Corrected retrieval of All
"1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10895.3000.1.2.100" http://0.0.0.0 OID value. Platforms
returns URL http://0.0.0.0
dot1x mac based authentication,clients When phone moved to another port dot1x Corrected issue with All
behind phones can't forward traffic lost track of it. adding new port Platforms
information
MLAG/LACP issue "Error allocating Port channel flapping after some up-time, Corrected MLAG packet N40XX
buffer pools for the received dot3ad when multiple VPC's are enabled on the format error. N30XX
data message" switch. N20XX
Switchport is not removed from After switchport is authenticated, the port Corrected port All
unauth VLAN even after passing still remains in the list of unauthenticated authentication update. Platforms
dot1x authentication. ports
IPv6 Multicast not filtered by MLAG IPv6 Multicast (mDNSv6) not filtered by Corrected conflicting N40XX
Peer-Link MLAG Peer-Link rules for MLAG peer-link N30XX
egress N20XX
Front panel 10G SFP ports are Hot swapping the plug-in module results in Updated the WC40 driver N30XX
flapping while inserting the plug-in a front panel port flap
module
Front 10G ports goes down when 10G Hot swapping the plug-in module results in Corrected port probe N30XX
SFP extension module is removed the loss of the front panel ports error
from the slot
Ports flapping when port-channel Ports flapping when port-channel Corrected update of port- All
membership is being modified via membership is being modified via WebUI channel information when Platforms
WebUI using the WebUI
dot1x unauth-vlan not working with When connected client on switch interface Corrected internal index N30XX
authentication order enabled fails authentication, the port is not put in error. N20XX
UNAUTH-VLAN but it keeps trying to
authenticate endlessly.

Aastra 6725IP phone not getting Aastra 6725IP phone not getting power Updated PoE controller N30XXP
power when connected to switch when connected to switch firmware N20XXP

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PoE interoperability issue with D-Link Unable to power on D-Link POE splitter Updated PoE controller N30XXP
PoE Splitter due to under load firmware N20XXP
Dot1x authentication issues Occasionally, the he radius communication Corrected buffer overflow N30XX
will fail, resulting in failure of issue. N20XX
authentication mechanism, and network
connectivity.
CDC RX FIFO entry 45 ECC error Erroneous ECC errors seen because Changed HW N40XX
seen SolarFlare PHYs insert an additional configuration to make
preamble byte into the stream switch more tolerant to
PHY errors.
Ping to VRRP Virtual IP with payload Ping to VRRP Virtual IP with payload size Allow fragmented ping All
size more than 1473 is failing more than 1473 is failing because of packets. Platforms
fragmented Ping packets.

stack when issuing 'show' CLI causing On a stack when issuing a ‘show’ CLI Corrected routing in CPU All
his ping to timeout command the ping timesout when ip when IP routing is turned Platforms
routing is turned off. off.

Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2011- Presence of weak and vulnerable ciphers Applied patches for these All
3389, CVE-2013-2566 and CVE- causing the vulnerabilities to be reported reported issues Platforms
2015-2808) during the Nessus Scan.

IPv6 neighbor solicitation multicast Traffic Loss is seen on IPv6 Neighbor Increased the COS All
not distributed to non-management solicitation packets on the member of the priority for ICMPv6 Platforms
stack members stack traffic

Switch crashes or hangs after multiple Switch crashes or hangs after multiple SSH Corrected internal data All
SSH session retries on switch session retries on switch issue when SSH session Platforms
is retried.
BGP AS Number Range (Unassigned IANA reserved AS Numbers can be used. Updated range of IANA N40XX
by IANA) IANA has revised the reserved AS numbers reserved AS numbers. N30XX
range.

show buffers command shows show buffers command shows incorrectly Corrected formatting All
incorrectly spaced or garbled output spaced or garbled output via telnet/SSH issue Platforms
via telnet/SSH
Observed "LLDP entry delete failed" Expecting more verbose information of Added the MAC address All
log messages LLDP error messages. and interface number to Platforms
the existing log message

Switch stack unresponsive with Switch crash in mcastMapTask process Corrected internal data All
mcastMapTask crash logs error. Platforms
Layer3 interface (vlans) stays down Layer 3 interfaces are not in sync between Corrected master and unit All
when stack master is powered off the units and the master when the master sync issue Platforms
abruptly is powered off

RSTP BPDU packet dropped if hello RSTP BPDU packet dropped if hello timer Corrected hello timer All
timer mismatch mismatch mismatch by honouring Platforms
the peer switch
configuration in the range
of 1 to 2 seconds.
Stacked and running RPVST is often Stacked and running RPVST is often unable Corrected internal stale All
unable to learn GARP address after to learn GARP address after failover. data check Platforms
failover.
ip ospf and rip authentication encrypt ip ospf and rip authentication encrypt Encrypted authentication All
string is showing in clear-text string is showing in clear-text string Platforms

UNH-IPv6-USGv6 Interoperability Conformance failures will result in Applicable kernel patches N30xx
and Basic Conformance failures interoperability issues with other vendor applied and MTU N40xx
equipment changes done

Preflix-list command does not permit The ability to use "/" notation to quantify CLI command enhanced All
use of "/" slash notation -error the number of consecutive bits in the mask to accept prefix length Platforms
message text for prefix lists is missing. and network mask

Packet drop when removing default Traffic loss for about 5millisecond duration Excluded host entry All
route cleanup for default route Platforms

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Radius thru SSH line fails the 1st User need to enter the credentials twice Corrected a deadlock on All
connection socket resource platforms
"show spanning-tree active" does not Information displayed is not consistent for Corrected the display root All
say this is the root all instances info for each instance Platforms

Disable SSL Version 2 and 3 Protocols SSL2.0 & SSL3.0 suffer from several CLI Command "ip http All
and user TLS1.0 or higher cryptographic flaws. An attacker may be secure-protocol" allows Platforms
able to exploit these flaws to configure the desired
protocol.
Incorrect info in 'show port-security The number of dynamic addresses learned Checks were added to All
dynamic <infc>' CLI Command are reported erroneously prevent unconditional Platforms
couner increments.
USL error messages making switch This issue is seen when ARP cache is full at Corrected mass ARP All
console unresponsive when ARP high ARP reply rate entries aged out process Platforms
cache tests are run
Issues with Port-Security (Sticky Sticky MAC entry for Voice VLAN is not Issue with packet padding All
MAC) with voice VLAN when added is fixed Platforms
connected to phone and PC
Supported 1G optics are reported as Some supported Dell part numbers are Supported list of 1G All
Not Supported reported as not supported transceivers are now Platforms
considered as supported
parts.
Port-security violation is not logged No notification about the Violation Violation trap is now All
for ports with Sticky MAC enabled logged Platforms
switch stack takes a very long time to The command which retrieves optics data Removed The commands All
respond for any sh commands requires too much dedicated CPU cycles. which retrieve optics data Platforms
from the show tech-
support command
Switch crashes or hangs after multiple Switch crashes or hangs after multiple SSH Corrected web handling All
SSH session retries on switch session retries on switch of SSH sessions. Platforms

Incorrect Dynamic MAC Address- Ssource MAC address from LLDP frames Corrected internal LLDP All
table entry for Data-VLAN learned in bridge address table policy issue. Platforms

Banner is not displayed in running Banner is not displayed in running Corrected check for All
configuration after a reboot configuration after a reboot system reload. Platforms

Auth doesn't fails when wrong/no Auth doesn't fail when wrong or no Corrected password All
password entered at enable prompt password is entered at the enable prompt initialization parameter Platforms
error.
Stack member crash Stack member crash "hapiMcAsyncTask" Corrected table index All
"hapiMcAsyncTask" and and "hapiRxTask" problem. Platforms
"hapiRxTask"

Release 6.2.1.6
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
WebUI timeout (HTTPS) does not WebUI (HTTPS) sessions are getting Added CLI commands to All
depend on exce-timeout logged-out/timed-out even though web allow the hard timeout to Platforms
configuration sessions are active because of hard timeout. be changed.
Port-Security VoIP/PC issue The source MAC address from LLDP frames Corrected issue that All
learned in bridge address table caused learning Platforms
VoIP phones assigned to wrong VoIP phones will be assigned to wrong Corrected an issue All
VLAN VLAN, as the search for the ISDP entry for searching for VLAN tree. Platforms
the interface index will yield incorrect
results.
IPv6 connectivity failure after stack When switch failover, IPv6 Neighbor Corrected IPv6 Neighbor N40XX
member failure on N4064F stack solicitation(NS) packets are dropped solicitation packet drop
issue.
Routing issue, null address in ARP NULL MAC entries being present in ARP Corrected ARP hand-off All
table after VLAN manipulation table learned on a wrong VLAN after failover Platforms
ARP entries with 0000.0000.0000 NULL MAC entries being present in ARP Corrected ARP hand-off All
mac-address table learned on a wrong VLAN after failover Platforms

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Stack master unit crashing issuing "show ip igmp snooping groups" command Corrected page pagination All
some 'show' CLIs throws an exception when displaying long issue. All Platforms Platforms
list of ports.
ARP resolution not happening for ARP response packets are being dropped for Corrected control traffic All
iSCSI traffic when iSCSI iSCSI traffic. identification issue. Platforms
optimization is enabled
Ports on VLAN with PVST/RPVST Ports on a VLAN where PVST/RPVST is Corrected VLAN All
disabled not learning MAC addresses disabled are not learning MAC addresses initialization issue. Platforms
after reboot after a switch reboot
SNMP MIB Walk OID SNMP get of productIdentificationURL is Corrected data retrieval All
"1.3.6.1.4.1.674.10895.3000.1.2.100" zero IP address issue for this OID. Platforms
returns URL http://0.0.0.0

Switch not sending snmp trap UP/DOWN trap events on loopback Removed associated CLI N20XX
notification for UP/DOWN status on interfaces are not supported on the N2XXX commands on the
loopback interfaces switch. N2XXX switch.
Receive and transmit packets VLAN tagged frames size(1519 to 1522) are Corrected counter bug. All
dropped > MTU counters increasing reported as dropped on trunk ports Platforms
Interop issues found during testing User may run into few interop issues and Added MTU All
for USGv6 Basic, Address non-conformances configuration and Platforms
Architecture, SLAAC and upgraded kernel to
IPv6 Ready Logo Core support the interop
Dot1x mac based authentication, Dot1x application and hardware maintains Corrected dot1x All
clients behind phones can't forward different MAC entries when PCs moved application issue. Platforms
traffic after clients moved between from one port to the other behind phones
ports. and this in turn leads to traffic loss
N3000 - Front 10G ports goes down 10G ports on front-pannel of N3000 switch Corrected port N30xx
when 10G SFP extension module is goes down when SFP+ module is hot initialization issue.
removed from the slot plugged out.
Dell 1G SFP LX Optics (PN# Dell 1G LX Optics is showing as N/A when Added transceiver to table N40XXF
FTRJ1319P1BTL) is showing as ran “show interfaces transceiver” CLI of supported transceivers. N20XXF
N/A in CLI command output. command. N30XXF
"show vlan" output does not match Inconsistent information displayed in show Corrected the processing All
"show dot1x clients" for assigned commands of COA messages and Platforms
vlan vlan assignment on the
logical interfaces.

Release 6.2.0.5
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
VLAN 1 IP address/mask from easy VLAN configuration is not applied Corrected error with data All Platforms
setup wizard not saved in with CLI wizard. being over written.
configuration.
Global Health Status is abnormal SNMP MIB Corrected check for All Platforms
(productStatusGlobalStatus) - System power supply status.
with a single Power Supply, which is
powered up, should be reported as OK
rather than NON-CRITICAL.
User password length is not checked User could enter password that ends Corrected check for All Platforms
when using the Easy Setup Wizard. up being truncated. password length
port-channel goes down when When the 10G port is shutdown, other Updated error in pre- All N30XX
primary link is restored 10G port flaps. emphasis setting. All N20XX
Temperature sensor read failure, Temperature sensor read failure, POE Corrected timing issue N30XXP
POE Controller X error message in Controller X log message only appears during system boot-up. N20XXP
log. during reboot/reload process and will
not appear again once box is stable
Debug logs prints a wrong message. Says the "New user has been added" Corrected user creation All Platforms
when it is not. error.
Inconsistent error message b/w Web The GUI is producing a different Corrected the error All Platforms
GUI and CLI for GARP Join Timer message from the CLI. message to be the same as
the CLI.
OpenSSH vulnerability OpenSSH vulnerability Applied OpenSSH All Platforms
patches

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Unable to enable/disable HTTPS Unable to enable/disable HTTPS from Corrected web page error All Platforms
from web. web. Error is thrown.
Port display & config error when Problem when navigating "Switching Corrected multicast All Platforms
configuring bridge multicast group >Multicast Support>Bridge Multicast display function.
with Web UI Groups"
MLAG SNMP MIB Walk result is MLAG SNMP MIB Walk result is Corrected error in All Platforms
incomplete for incomplete for reporting status table
"agentVpcPeerMember "agentVpcPeerMemberStatusTable" information.
StatusTable"
Port security CLI output error "Dynamic Address Count" of port Corrected error in All N30XX
security configured interface won't updating this count. All N20XX
reduce.

Strange behavior on VLAN 1 Host interfaces are flooding unicast Corrected check for entry All Platforms
traffic in VLAN even if FDB entry is in FDB.
learned.
VRRP issue The switch does not appear to be Corrected error in All Platforms
updating ARP table when switching updating ARP entry status
back to standby
PCI DSS Compliance medium strength SSL ciphers and Applied patches for both All Platforms
insecure renegotiation of TLS / SSL these issues.
Ports down with PHY status as Not Randomly ports are showing not Corrected CPLD reset All N40XX
Supported supported and debug output shows that function.
external PHYs are not getting attached
to the switch
Console LED issue Console LED green in GUI even with Corrected function All N30XX
no console cable attached to it. returning console cable All N20XX
status
IP address range issue with DHCP When configuring static DHCP Corrected range check on All N30XX
Snooping snooping entries, if IP address fourth IP address All N20XX
octets were higher than 223 then it is
not accepting and it throws invalid
parameter error.
GVRP issues GVRP registration-forbid is not Corrected error in check All Platforms
working if there are two interfaces b/w for forbidden interfaces
GVRP client and Server
SNMP traps with wrong agent- SNMP agent address is not shown in Corrected error in All Platforms
address the SNMPv1 trap. The agent-addr retrieving address
field value shows zeroes in trap PDU.
SSH public key authentication Once a user logs-in via SSH service, Corrected public key All Platforms
doesn't work CLI falls back to unprivileged mode. initialization error.
SNTP server address issue Error shown while adding SNTP Corrected range check on All N30XX
server address if fourth octet address IP address All N20XX
range is from 224-239 from web.
Static IP Routing Issue Route is not added in the ip stack and Corrected error in All N40XX
hence the route lookup leads to the updating the route.
default route.
Switch stops responding to Serial User will not have access serial Corrected error in All Platforms
console, Telnet, SSH and WebUI console, SSH, telnet sessions releasing management
access.
IPv6 DHCP address assignment IPv6 DHCP address assignment Corrected packet length All Platforms
doesn't work while IPv6 MLD doesn't work while IPv6 MLD check.
snooping is enabled snooping is enabled
Firmware upgrade failure with "can't New Firmware is not being saved in Corrected error in saving All N30XX
write fw_env to flash" error flash memory FW update to flash All N20XX
message. memory.
Port-channel misconfigured after Upon firmware update, Port-channel Corrected port channel All Platforms
firmware update does not include all interfaces. validation check.
Port-channel misconfigured after Upon reload update, Port-channel does Corrected port channel All Platforms
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Release 6.1.2.4
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Wrong "Bind IP subnet All VLANs showing as "1" when performing any Corrected VLAN data All 6.1
to VLAN" mapping sorting or navigating to the next page on: update issue. supported
displayed via GUI Switching > VLAN > Bind IP to Subnet: Show platforms
All
WebUI displays only 64 WebUI displays only 64 port-channels for VLAN Corrected problem All 6.1
port-channels for VLAN membership. More than 64 Port-channel ID’s displaying VLAN IDs supported
membership, even though exist in the switch configuration. with port-channel IDs platforms
Port-channel IDs over 64 over 64.
configured.
Private VLAN Private VLAN association configuration is not Corrected issue applying All 6.1
association breaks after retained after reboot PVLAN configuration supported
reboot platforms
Tagged frames are VLAN tagged frames sizes from 1519 to 1522 are Corrected the calculation All 6.1
reported as dropped on reported as dropped on trunk ports of dropped counter for supported
trunk ports trunk ports. platforms
SNMP walk returned in SNMP OID Walk of the object Corrected Endian issue All 6.1
reverse order “lldpRemManAddrIfSubtype” is returned in with this OID. supported
reverse order platforms
"Dependent port cannot When using WebUI to "add" a port or configure Corrected link All 6.1
be a member port of "depends-on" port on an existing link- dependency conflict supported
another group" error dependency group, an error message will pop up issue. platforms
when configuring a and the entire link-dependency group is deleted
dependency group
IF-MIB ifSpeed OIDs N20XX/N30XX platform is not handling the Corrected speed status N20XX/N30XX
populated only for master interface speed status correctly for the ifSpeed error for member ports in
unit ports OID the stack.

PoE interface power Error "TRAPMGR[122383956]: traputil.c(740) Corrected “Main Power N20xxP/N30xxP
down condition when 506162 %% PoE: Gi1/0/24 power down Supply Absent”
connected to another PoE (Overload Condition)" when N30xxP/N20xxP informational message as
switch. switch connected to another PoE switch. “Main Power Signature
Absent"
Logs are filled with the Logs are filled with "Copy of running Corrected issue when All 6.1
output stating "Copy of configuration to backup unit complete" saving the DHCP supported
running configuration to configuration. platforms
backup unit complete"
Stack not able to enable Issue with OSPF area 0 configured on loopback Corrected checks for All 6.1
OSPF interfaces after save and reload. loopback interface supported
platforms
STP status of a physical After adding a VLAN, the STP status of the Corrected check for LAG All 6.1
port bound to a port- interfaces. supported
channel interface changes physical interfaces bound to the port-channel platforms
from DSC to Forward
after adding VLAN interface is transitioned from discarding to
forwarding state

ifSpeed table shorter than ifSpeed object returns entries only for physical Corrected problem which All 6.1
the rest of IF-MIB tables interfaces. Logical interfaces are not included. prevented logical supported
interfaces from being platforms
included.
'show passwords result' When passwords with errors were entered, the Corrected issue when All 6.1
causes switch to crash ‘show passwords result’ command would crash. retrieving the password supported
value. platforms
SVI down after stack After stack failover the SVI is down Corrected check for All 6.1
failover. VLAN interfaces on supported
stack failover. platforms
VoIP & 802.1x issue The phones are being placed in the wrong VLAN Corrected race condition All 6.1
occasionally while the phone is being booted and between VoIP and supported
going through the authentication process 802.1x authentication platforms
“dot1x timeout supp- “dot1x timeout supp-timeout” option is missing Corrected issue that All 6.1
timeout” option is for N-Series platform. caused the “dot1x supported
missing. timeout supp-timeout” platforms

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command to not be
available.
PVST/R-PVST mode Disabling STP on a port and then changing the Corrected port state All 6.1
sends BPDUs on STP mode globally causes BPDUs to be sent on check supported
spanning-tree disabled spanning tree disabled ports. platforms
ports
startup-config backup via Script to transfer “startup-config” file from the Corrected file type error. All 6.1
SNMP switch to the TFTP server fails. supported
platforms
SNMP Requests not While trying to retrieve the MIB object Corrected port display All 6.1
working as expected “dot1qVlanStaticUntaggedPorts” with default value error. supported
configuration, the switch is returning all zero's for platforms
VLAN 1 for all ports.

CDC/ECC Errors on the When a burst of 81 byte packets are presented to Changed RX FIFO N20XX/N30XX
switch console the switch the RX FIFO which is 4 bytes deep can timing.
overflow causing packet drops and the CDC RX
FIFO error message.

VOIP phone not VOIP Phones are not getting a correct IP address Corrected handling of All 6.1
receiving IP from correct for the Voice VLAN from the DHCP server. Endianness issues which supported
VLAN L2Relay not working correctly with the error caused the drop of DHCP platforms
displayed in the log file "<187> Sep 11 04:38:16 discover packets.
172.22.0.70-1 IP_HELPER[138717076]:
relay_main.c(576) 62652 %% Received an invalid
udp relay pkt from interface Vl5 Src ip 0.0.0.0:
Src port 68 Dst ip 0.0.0.0: Dst port67 len 312"
Certificate fields Certificate fields populated with previous Provided checks for All 6.1
populated with cached certificate values on Web UI required fields. supported
values on Web UI platforms
Cannot add SNTP server Cannot add SNTP server if fourth octets IP Corrected error in All 6.1
if fourth octets IP address address is in the range of 224-239. validating IP address. supported
is range of 224-239. platforms
IPv6 DHCP address IPv6 DHCP address assignment doesn't work Corrected check for All 6.1
assignment doesn't work while IPv6 MLD snooping is enabled DHCP address packet supported
while IPv6 MLD length. platforms
snooping is enabled
Clearpass Filters are not If a filter is defined using Class Maps, Corrected filter update All 6.1
applied to switch Policy Maps and Service Policies on a issue on dot1x re- supported
interface(s) occasionally. ClearPass RADIUS server, the filter on the switch authentication. platforms
for the specific authentication port is not applied.
Radius communication Radius source-ip parameter causes authentication Corrected “radius source- All 6.1
issues when switch to fail. ip” address validation supported
configured with the error. platforms
radius source-ip address.
Error when trying to add DHCP server option 42 support was not available Added DHCP server All 6.1 platforms
dhcp option 42 when DHCP server was integrated. option 42 support.
RADIUS authorized RADIUS authorized clients were removed from Corrected Dot1x re- All 6.1
clients were removed authorized VLAN. authentication issue on supported
from authorized VLAN. stacked switches platforms
POODLE vulnerability in The Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Disabled SSLv3. TLS All 6.1
SSLv3 Encryption (POODLE) vulnerability allows a support is available supported
man-in-the-middle attacker to decrypt cipher-text. platforms

Release 6.1.1.7
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
When applying ACL to Route-maps are taking higher priority than Corrected ACL priority All 6.1supported
VLAN interface PBR ACL's when applied on the same interface. platforms
stops working
Random FAN and PMBUS Write failure and FAN state change Corrected power monitor bus All 6.1supported
PMBUS errors related logs are flooding the console. communication issue platforms

During initiate stack Loss of multicast traffic during stack failover. Corrected Multicast sync All 6.1supported
failover, multicast traffic error platforms

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loss is seen for longer

time and also few log
messages are observed on
the console
IGMP snooping/flooding When a static mrouter is defined and the link Corrected flooding issue All 6.1supported
implementation across goes down, flooding occurs. regardless of link state platforms
the range
Power negotiation fails Cisco 9971 IP Phone fails to power up Corrected error in Power All 6.1supported
with Cisco 9971 IP attached devices like USB camera when using TLV handling. platforms
Phone PoE power negotiation.

QinQ feature does not QinQ feature is not working on LAG ports Corrected LAG initialization All 6.1supported
work after reload of after reload of individual units or Stack problem platforms
individual units or Stack Reload or Stack unit reload.
Reload.
Switch crash with Occasionally switch crashes with Corrected memory leak All 6.1supported
emweb_main task emweb_main task issue. platforms
No way to enable IGMP IGMP is enabled by the switch when needed. Removed the option from the All 6.1supported
globally from CLI, can The option to enable it on the GUI is an error. GUI. platforms
only enable IGMP
globally from GUI.
traffic-shape minimum Traffic-shape minimum bandwidth is 64 kbps Corrected traffic-shape N4032/N4032F
bandwidth configuration but CLI displays the traffic shape minimum minimum bandwidth value
issue bandwidth as 0 kbps
“show ip igmp There is no such command “ip igmp” Corrected the message. N20XX/N30XX
membership” command
shows incorrect
messaging about "ip
igmp" command
Customer complaints on Current fan/temperature table runs fans at Changed fan speed profile. N20XX/N30XX
N2000 fan noise speeds higher than necessary resulting in more
noise.
Switch crashes Occasionally switch crashes with Corrected IP header length All 6.1supported
intermittently with tArpCallback & IpHelperTask tasks due to check. platforms
tArpCallback & corrupted packets
IpHelperTask tasks
VLAN1 down after When try to assign a static IP address to dhcp Corrected static IP address All 6.1supported
assigning static IP enabled interface and giving “no ip address”, check platforms
address the interface state goes down.
GS_REFCLK Input Switching fabric GS_REFCLK Input Applied Errata fix for N20XX/N30XX
termination is not termination issue GS_REFCLK Input
enabled termination
Stack's management IP Loss of stack’s management IP address after Corrected static and dynamic N20XX/N30XX
can't be pinged after failover route initialization.
stack failover
SNMP MIB for Power The power-supply and fan info should be Added index to allow unit All 6.1supported
Supply and Fan Tray info shown for all stack members while executing selection. platforms
of all units in the stack SNMP MIB Walk and not just the master.
Port Channel member Dynamic Port Channel member links are Corrected LACP BPDU All 6.1supported
links are flapping up and flapping frequently issue platforms
down

OpenSSL SSLTLS OpenSSL vulnerability CVE-2014-0224 Applied OpenSSL suggested All 6.1supported
MITM vulnerability fix platforms
CVE-2014-0224
Switch crashes when Switch crashes when PBR with MAC ACL is Corrected ACL processing All 6.1supported
PBR with MAC ACL is applied on the VLAN routing interface issue platforms
applied on the VLAN
routing interface
PBR: ACL associated to ACL associated to a VLAN interfaces displays Corrected ACL error All 6.1supported
a VLAN interfaces the message below: "<188> Jun 27 06:47:29 message processing issue platforms
display the message on 10.130.178.162-1 ACL[105366052]:
the console. acl_mac_api.c(2533) 4631 %% Access groups
are not supported when configured on the
same interface as a PBR route map. ", when

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the VLAN interface is already associated with

the route-map.
Hapi dvlan notification In legacy DVLAN mode, some ports are Corrected legacy mode issue. All 6.1supported
handler is trying to getting configured as neither customer nor platforms
configure customer ports service provider ports which is not supported
in legacy mode in legacy mode.

Dell 1G SFP PN# GF76J Dell 1G SFP PN# GF76J is showing as N/A Added transceiver to table of N40XXF
is showing as N/A in CLI when ran “show interfaces transceiver” CLI supported transceivers. N20XXF
command output. command. N30XXF
Continuous LACP flap User might see the LACP SM not converging Corrected secondary MLAG All 6.1supported
on Dell Force10 switches for ports connected to secondary MLAG device issue platforms
when used with N-series device
MLAG implementation
PBR: IP Precedence is There is a chance that route-map might not be Corrected ACL validation All 6.1
not working when we applied properly on vlan interface if vlan acl is issue supported
delete and re-configure present on the same interface. platforms
route-map
Console hang on User might observe console hang on enabling Corrected VLAN validation All 6.1
enabling "ip routing" "ip routing" with PBR rule and ACL rule for route-map. supported
with PBR rule and ACL applied on same VLAN interface. platforms
rule applied on same
VLAN interface.
Traffic is forwarding to a Traffic is forwarding to a routing interface Corrected PBR rule error All 6.1supported
routing interface even even though PBR rule is not applied on that platforms
though PBR rule is not interface
applied on that interface
Switch DTL crash Observed switch DTL crash Corrected DTL memory All 6.1supported
problem. platforms
Stack showing memory Observed “ATP RX: Failed to alloc for Increased the ATP buffers All 6.1supported
errors on members 8-11 reassem" in stacking environment. size. platforms
When default route is PBR policy fails due to group allocation Correct group allocation All 6.1supported
present, the default next- failure. error. platforms
hop option of PBR fails

Configured 10G ports Irrespective of 10G port is configured as Corrected configuration All 6.1supported
return to default 1G+forced or 1G+auto, after reload or hot initialization issue. platforms
configuration after power plugin, port is getting set to 1G + auto.
on reboot.

Release 6.1.0.6
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Issues powering up POE When dot13af and legacy mode is enabled and Fixed high port powering N2xxxP/N3xxxP
devices on certain switch the first 12/24 switch ports are in error status, issue by updating the PoE
port interfaces. the last 12/24 ports are stay off. controller firmware version
to 263_75.
Please wait for few minutes
for PoE controller firmware
update to complete on switch
boot-up.
You will see the below log
messages on switch boot-up
after switch firmware
upgrade.
<187> Jun 17 04:51:57
172.25.136.215-1
POE[144021428]:
hpc_poe_pwrdsne.c(6733) 582
%% PoE firmware controller
upgrade started. PoE will be re-
enabled when upgrade
completes. Note: this could take
a few minutes.
<187> Jun 17 04:53:44
172.25.136.215-1
POE[144021428]:
hpc_poe_pwrdsne.c(6852) 623

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%% PoE firmware upgraded to

263_75
<187> Jun 17 04:53:44
172.25.136.215-1
POE[144021428]:
hpc_poe_pwrdsne.c(6854) 624
%% PoE firmware controller
upgrade completed. PoE is
enabled and ready for use
Fan noise level User experiences high fan noise level with Optimized the fan noise N2000/N3000
improvements N2000 and N3000 series switches. level.

Release 6.1.0.1
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Switch fails to load If user makes changes to configuration, saves Startup-configuration file is N2xxx/N3xxx
startup-configuration configuration to startup-configuration file and saved immediately when copy
after hard power cycle then within a short period of time (60 seconds command is issued and
or so depending on configuration file size) console prompt does not
removes power from the system, the startup- return until save is complete.
configuration file will be empty and
configuration will be lost.
Multicast traffic loss at Traffic loss for few groups at random interval Fixed the timing issue where All 6.1.0
irregular interval for two of time the expiry is processed before supported
group ranges the timer is updated. platforms
Auto-negotiation Combo ports on a stack member will not link Error codes are handled All 6.1.0
capabilities of combo up after rebooting the member in a stack. correctly while getting auto- supported
ports were getting reset negotiation capabilities platforms
to '0'
Need support for dot1q When user configures dvlan tunnel mode on a When user configures dot1q All 6.1.0
tunnel mode port, that port gets configured as service tunnel mode on an interface, supported
configuration per port provider port and all other ports would only that interface would be platforms
and per port ether type become customer ports set as customer port
configuration
DOT3AD helper sending Dynamic LAG will be up on partner, even stop sending LACP PDUs for All 6.1.0
LACP PDUs even though though it does not exist in DUT. LAG interface upon receipt of supported
LAG is down detach event platforms
"Login time" stamp does “show users login-history” doesn't show the Modify CLI to convert the All 6.1.0
not match the switch correct login time given raw time to UTC supported
clock platforms
802.1x authentications Authentication fails for 802.1x users using EAP packet length N2xxx/N3xxx
fails for EAP type EAP type PEAP computation corrected and
PEAP(protected EAP) on used only for first fragment
N2xxx/N3xxx platform while inserting the AVP's
Fiber Combo Port LED Wrong indication of the LED reporting port Fixed code such that LED N3024F
on partner switch reports down. microprocessor to react to
'DOWN' after an initiate linkscan callback only for
Failover on a stack ports that it manages.
Access list name is If the Access list name has a ‘-‘ character the Fixed the java script on web All 6.1.0
getting truncated in the name is not displayed properly page supported
web interface platforms
DCPDP packets are not MLAG Peer Detection continuously flaps Fixed the logic to send All 6.1.0
transmitted every one DCPDP packet every one supported
second second platforms
Web interface freezes VLAN membership web page cannot be Fixed the java script on web N4032/N4032F
when trying to view accessed. After accessing the VLAN page
VLAN membership membership web page, the browser will hang
and the browser must be restarted to access the
web interface again
VoIP VLAN reply not VOIP phones won't receive Voice VLAN Corrected Voice VLAN All 6.1.0
being sent via CDP\ISDP configuration from switch if there is an ISDP indexing problem. supported
entry on a port ID which is one port less from platforms
VOIP phone connected port.

OOB packet loss after After upgrading the switch firmware OOB Corrected timing issue with N4xxx
upgrading firmware port can occasionally experience packet loss. OOB port driver

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Certificate fields When entering SSL certificates via GUI the Corrected GUI initialization N4xxx
populated with cached second certificate values are populated from issue.
values cached values.

Unable to reconfigure User is not able to delete the configured SSH Corrected SSH port All 6.1.0
standard SSH port port number. validation. supported
platforms

SNTP KoD packet stops The switch will not respond properly to KoD Corrected back off time All 6.1.0
time synchronization packets with INIT or STEP codes. problem supported
platforms

Release 6.0.1.3
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
Traffic loss due to IGMP Periodic multicast packet loss when active lag Prioritizing the PIM All 6.0.1
join expiry for some of the port is on a member unit join/prune messages as they supported
groups over lag were dropped when bursts of platforms
messages were received
IPMC deletes fail which During failovers, when ports are down a Enhanced the lookup and All 6.0.1
can cause subsequent condition might cause subsequent IPMC delete procedures. supported
IPMC inserts to also fail. inserts to also fail platforms
MAC address learning There will be traffic loss if the port on which Primary to send proper STP All 6.0.1
fails after secondary the STP status is not updated properly is on updates to secondary. supported
MLAG Reboot on setup traffic path platforms
running MSTP
802.1p priority value Priority value in the vlan tag gets reset to Fixed the snooping N3000/N2000
discarded & reset to default value by snooping application application to retain the platforms
default value for ICMPv6 priority
packets
Failure to change the port- Port channel mode changes from MLAG port databases All 6.0.1
channel mode on MLAG dynamic/static may fail or port state may handling is corrected supported
(primary/secondary) move to discarding. platforms
device
On stack configured with There may not be traffic loss but the policy is Proper checks on ether types All 6.0.1
more than 2 units, the not applied. for mac acl and ip acls. supported
PBR traffic fails to fall platforms
back to immediate next-
hop after initiating
failover
LAG membership detail All the needed information is not displayed Fixed the javascript to N4000/PC-
page fails to display on the page. properly handle the XML tags 81xx switches
configured max 126
Dynamic LAGs
Fixed Speed 100 does not Link will not come up operationally. Corrected the MDIX setting for All platforms
work on combo ports combo ports that support
combo ports
Failure to revert to port Clear config should clear and revert to defaults. Order of the interface state checks All 6.0.1
default speed after clear corrected supported
configuration. platforms
Stack port numbering in Mismatch exists between the physical numbering unit and port data base reworked N3000
software was not and ports displayed in CLI. according to HW spec updates platforms
consistent with physical
numbering on the switch

Release 6.0.0.8
Summary User Impact Resolution Affected
Platforms
SCCP protocol Voice call clarity is poor if both data and Prioritization of data packets All 6.0
functionality is not voice data are going through the same link is based on layer 4 port of supported
working when you have data session. Updated protocol platforms
data and voice going to identify layer 4 port based
through the same link on SCCP based phone
models.

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H323 protocol Voice call clarity is poor if both data and Update code to install All 6.0
functionality is not voice data are going through the same link hardware rules properly supported
working when you have platforms
data and voice going
through the same link
Switch reports PSU/FAN Switch reports PSU/FAN failure because of Raise an error only if four N40xx series
failure because of under- under-Voltage Input power consecutive read cycles only
Voltage Input power indicate that there is an under
voltage input power.
Ping to VRRP master IP Ping to VRRP master IP fails. When it transitions to VRRP All 6.0
would fail when there is an Master, the Virtual IP and supported
unresolved data traffic Virtual MAC addresses need platforms
flooding the CPU to be added as a local host
entry to the hardware. These
results in prioritizing the
packets coming to CPU
destined to VRIP.
Incorrect statistics "No of email Failures so far" in command Added a check to All 6.0
displayed under "show "show logging email statistics" is communicate with the logging supported
logging email statistics" incrementing even if there are no failures. email server only if we have platforms
command any log messages to be sent.
The following fields in the User thinks that the packets are getting Rename the fields so that it All 6.0
output of "show interface dropped at the egress interface reflects the counter values supported
counters <interface-id>" against correct fields there by platforms
are misleading when you enhancing user experience.
have MTU set to non-
default value.
a) Received Oversize
Packets
b) Transmitted Oversize
Packets
Some special Characters Only alphanumeric characters can be used Enhanced validation to accept All 6.0
are not allowed for for TACACS keys while adding a TACACS all printable characters from supported
TACACS key while server from web interface. web interface. platforms
adding a TACACS server
in WEB.
Error message is Failed to configure SNMP community Delete SNMP community All 6.0
displayed, when through web using chrome browser, if related entries and target tags supported
configuring SNMP addition of SNMP community is followed by so that additional of SNMP platforms
community through web deletion of SNMP community community goes through.
using chrome browser
RP Group Mapping 1. "RP Group Mapping Summary: Detail" Updated web object handlers All 6.0
Summary: Detail is not page doesn't display the current to display the missing fields. supported
getting updated in configuration. platforms
webpage under both ip and 2. "Expiry Time" and "Next CRP
ipv6 pim. Advertisement" fields are not displayed for
non BSR entries.
Switch is seeing 2 query No functional impact, but switch sees two Updated switch settings so All 6.0
messages even though messages for every one message sent from that only one copy is sent to supported
partner has sent only one. partner, if the receiving port is on the stack CPU of the stack master platforms
This happens only if the member
receiving interface is on
the stack member
When maximum neighbor Unexpected routing behavior when Add validation such that no All 6.0
capacity is reached, it's maximum neighbor capacity is reached. new neighbors are entertained supported
picking up the old entry if the router maximum platforms
randomly and replacing it. neighbor capacity is reached.

IPMapForwardingTask Random crashes are occurring in the Resolved VRRP semaphore All 6.0
and Interrupt Thread IPMapForwardingTask deadlock. supported
crashing switch platforms

VRRP causing switch Same issue as: IPMapForwardingTask and Resolved VRRP semaphore All 6.0
crash and loss of Interrupt Thread crashing switch deadlock. supported
management platforms

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Stack member unit crash Random crashes are occurring in the Corrected failover issue with All 6.0
with task "hapiMcAsyncTask" multicast routes supported
"hapiMcAsyncTask" platforms

stack member reboots with Random crashes are occurring in the Corrected problem when all All 6.0
task bcmRPC bcmRPC task. RPC buffers are exhausted. supported
platforms

GUI showing medium GUI showing medium temp, while the CLI Corrected temperature value All 6.0
temp, while the CLI was was showing good temp issue when displaying supported
showing good temp temperature in the GUI. platforms

CLI Reference Guide Update

Release 6.7.1.1/ 6.7.1.31

 Added new CLI commands

o debug snmp packet

In privileged exec mode, this command enables to track SNMP packets received and transmitted by the
switch.

[no] debug snmp packet

The debug tracing is disabled by default and the command will restart the SNMP process running on the
switch.

o clear ip route counters

clear ip route counters [vrf vrf-name]

clear ipv6 route counters [vrf vrf-name]

In privileged exec mode, use the commands to clear the IPv4/IPv6 route counters useful for
debugging for a virtual router. With no vrf argument the counters for the default router is
cleared. The route counters are displayed under show ip route summary command.

o clear radius dynamic-author statistics

Use the clear radius dynamic-author statistics command to clear CoA statistics for dynamic-
author server and client.

clear radius dynamic-author statistics server | client [< ip-address | ipv6-address |

hostname> ]

Server : Specifying this parameter will clear all the DAS statistics
Client : Specifying this parameter will clear client statistics for all clients
Client <ip-address | ipv6-address| hostname : This will clear statistics to the client
identified by the parameter.

 Modified CLI commands

o show interfaces

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The existing display command is enhanced to display forward-error-correction and Physical FEC status as
additional fields

o show interfaces advanced firmware

The interface needs to be specified as a mandatory parameter to display the firmware version of the
PHY for a port with upgradable firmware

o show ip http server status

The java mode field has been removed from this display command

o show ip http server secure status

The display command now includes an additional field “DH Key Exchange” whether it is enabled or
disabled

o Show radius statistics

Command options to display CoA statistics are added to this existing command. CoA specific statistics
displayed under show aaa servers authentication name <server-name> have moved to this command
output.

Release 6.6.3.6
 Added new CLI commands for DHCP pinhole feature check

DHCP pinhole feature will allow the DHCP packet bypass the unauth port. This feature will allow the client to get the IP address
if needed before actual authentication. It is something like a 1st stage auth for some client which need IP to do basic config and
loading (like FW loading etc) and then go for actual authentication.

Interface Config Commands

{no}authentication allow-unauth dhcp

Default: no authentication allow-unauth dhcp

Release 6.5.1.1

Deprecated Commands
The following commands are deprecated:

Global Config Commands

The voice vlan command tree is deprecated in favor of switchport voice vlan (no other changes)

The radius-server command tree is deprecated in favor of radius server. Other changes are as listed below.

show iscsi sessions is deprecated from all switch models and the documentation.

iscsi target port is removed from all switch models and the documentation.

iscsi aging time is removed from all switch models and the documentation.

Interface Config Commands

The voice vlan … syntax is deprecated in favor of switchport voice vlan …

Voice vlan auth disable is deprecated in favor of switchport voice vlan override-authentication.

Voice vlan auth enable is deprecated in favor of no switchport voice vlan override-authentication.

power inline high-power is removed from all switch models and the documentation. The switch defaults to high-power mode.

dot1x mac-auth-bypass is deprecated in favor of the mab command.

The radius-server … syntax is deprecated in favor of radius server …

Release 6.3.1.8

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 Added new CLI commands for Radius Attribute-6 (Service-Type) check

{no}radius attribute 6 mandatory in global mode

{no}attribute 6 mandatory in radius config mode

Patch Release 6.3.0.15

 Added new option "remove-rspan-tag" to "monitor session 1 destination interface <intf num>
remove-rspan-tag" CLI command.

Patch Release 6.3.0.6

 Enterprise Voice VLAN Configuration With QoS

Step 5 - Configure the switch to tell the IP phone to use VLAN 25 and 802.1p
priority 5 for voice traffic.

console(config-if-Gi1/0/10)#voice vlan 25
or
console(config-if-Gi1/0/10)#voice vlan dot1p 5

The voice vlan 25 and the voice vlan dot1p 5 are currently mutually exclusive

Release 6.3.0.3
There is a new CLI Reference Manual for 6.3.0.3.

 switchport port-security

In the following interface configuration mode command, the maximum dynamic entries is 600 and
the maximum static entries is 100:

switchport port-security [mac-address { sticky | [sticky] mac-address vlan

{vlan-id}}] | dynamic value | maximum value | violation {protect |

shutdown}]

 enable password

“The ! character must be surrounded by double quotes so that it won’t be used as a comment
character.” should be added to the password description.

 tacacs-server key encrypted

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Requires a 256 character length encrypted key. Alternatively, use the corresponding unencrypted key
command to enter a pass phrase.

 key encrypted (TACACS server command mode)

Requires a 256 character length encrypted key. Alternatively, use the corresponding unencrypted key
command to enter a pass phrase.

 Document shows vrf maximum routes to be 4294967295 on page 1705. Should say 8160.
 On page 2014 “802.1AF” should be “802.3AF”.
 CLI Reference (page 1149) mentions “show ip route configured” command as deprecated but the command is
retained to view the inactive configured routes
 The following note has to be added to the “show power inline” command on page 1536 for additional clarity.
Get Power Supply Parameters API from the PoE controller returns the “Total Power Consumed” value in Watts.
For this reason, Total Power Consumption value displayed in the CLI might not exactly match the sum of power in
milliwatts consumed by various Power Devices.
The example command to display the power inline details for the single port also need to be corrected as below:
console#show power inline gigabitethernet 1/0/1 detailed

Port Powered Device State Priority Status Class Power[mW]

--------- ------------------------ ----- -------- ---------- ------- ---------

Gi1/0/1 auto Low Searching Unknown

Limit Power High Power

Port Type Limit Mode

--------- -------- -------- -----------

Gi1/0/1 User 32000 Enabled

Overload Counter............................... 0

Short Counter ................................. 0

Denied Counter................................. 0

Absent Counter................................. 0

Invalid Signature Counter...................... 131

Output Volts................................... 0

Output Current................................. 0

Temperature.................................... 39

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User’s Configuration Guide Updates

The following table lists issues found in the User’s Configuration Guide after publication:

Release 6.7.1.15
Form 6.7.1.1 release onwards, we mandate that if VoIP clients has partial tunnel attributes configured at server side
like "Tunnel-type" and "Tunnel-Medium-Type” but not all and switch has “authentication dynamic-vlan enable”
configured, then it will fail to authenticate even if it receives VLAN information via network TLV. This is because switch
expect VLAN assignment via radius and radius do not have all attributes configured (like "Tunnel-Private-Group-ID" is
missing here) for this client, so switch rejects it. If there is no tunnel attribute configured, then authentication will work
for VoIP clients if it receives VLAN information via LLDP network TLV exchange.

From 6.7.1.1 onwards, make sure that either all tunnel attributes are configured or none at server side. Partial tunnel
attributes configured at server side is considered configuration error at server side.

Release 6.6.2.9
An errata exists in the User Configuration Guide v6.6.3 pp. 593 and prior versions. The corrected text reads as follows:

For example, one might enter the following information:

• 00-00-02-A2— Enterprise number 674. It should be written from left to right. The number 674 in
hexadecimal notation is 00 00 02 a2
• 0a — Data Length (10 decimal)
• 05 — Sub option code 5
• 08 — Sub option length (08 decimal)
• Conversion of the file name from ACSII to hexadecimal "host.cfg" - 68-6F-73-74-46-63-66-67

Release 6.6.0.2/6.6.0.32
Port mirroring via ACL is not supported in the out-bopund direction. This is a limitation of the HW.

Mixed mode of 10GBaseT transceivers to RJ-45 port is not supported.

A number of scale parameters in Appendix A are incorrect for the N2000/N2100-ON Series switches. The correct
values are listed here:

Max physical units per stack 8

Max physical ports per stack 424

Number of MAC addresses supported 24576

Number of 802.1X clients per stack 1696

Number of sFlow samplers 424

Number of sFlow pollers 424

Voice VLAN number of devices 424

Release 6.3.1.11
The below temperature range, hysteresis and reporting needs to be documented in the user guide for N4000 Series.

 0 - 40 degree is Normal temperature range; After adding hysteresis as 4 degree, the range will be 0 to 44.
 45 - 70 degree is Warning temperature range;After adding hysteresis as 4 degree, the range will be 45 to 74.
 75 - 85 degree is Critical temperature.
 Above critical (85 and above), shutdown the switch due to high temperature.

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FAN speed settings are subdivided the NORMAL and WARNING levels as below:

 0 - 44 degree is normal range and there are two sublevel here:

- Below 30 degree temperature, the FAN runs on 7000 RPM
- From 30 to 44 degree temperature, the FAN runs on 10000RPM

 45 to 74 degree is warning range and there are below two sublevel :

- From 45 to 59 degree temperature, the FAN runs on 13000 RPM
- From 60 to 74 degree temperature, the FAN runs on 16000 RPM.

 75 to 85 degree is critical range and the FAN runs on 19000 RPM

 Above critical level (> 85 degree), the switch will shutdown.

Release 6.3.0.3
There is a new User’s Configuration Guide for 6.3.0.3,
 There is contradictory information on the requirement to reboot the switch after the insertion of an new module in
expansion slots:
"Hot-swap is supported on the N3000/N4000 switch modules. However, the switch must be rebooted for the new
module to be recognized after it is inserted.”
"Each plug-in module has two ports. The plug-in modules include hot-swap support, so you do not need to reboot
the switch after you install a new module."
Conclusion: The switch does not need to be rebooted unless a module has never been in the expansion module slot
or the module type has changed.
 On page 1685 - “SupportAssist Package XYZ or later to be installed” should be updated as “SupportAssist
Package to be installed”
 On pages 1271 and 1276 – In example configuration below, a wildcard mask of 0.0.0.255 should be used.
console(config)#router ospf vrf red
console(Config-router-vrf-red)#network 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255 area 0

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Known Issues
The following are all the outstanding known issues from the current and previous releases. The issues listed here may have been
discovered on any of the switches listed on the title page.

Release 6.7.1.21/6.7.1.51
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
If multiple radius servers are configured Server does not Use IP address instead of
with its hostname, the radius server does authenticate hostname (for at least one
not authenticate domain user access to the domain user access server out of 2). Or
switch to the switch Configure 'deadtime’
interval
MLAG - VPC Secondary Po interface Issue observed if Add vlan 1 to the Port
goes to "Disable" "Discarding" state when VLAN-1 is not part channel. Else workaround to
Po interface to ToR goes down on VPC of Port channel disable and enable global
Primary interface. VPC connection after issue
observed

Release 6.7.1.20/6.7.1.50
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
RPVST is running on secondary VLANs, Low: As in field After vlan delete (eg-159)
after removing and adding secondary customer will not we should use “no spanning
VLANS. remove and add tree vlan 159” and then
secondary VLAN create vlan 159 and
frequently configure secondary vlan
and then configure
“spanning tree vlan 159”.
Traffic not getting hashed across lag When Lag is across None: SDK issue, once fix
members when connected across stack in stack, PKTs will go for SDK is done, will add it
N15xx. through the ports in to the image. GH2 specific
master unit only. silicon issue.

Release 6.7.1.17/6.7.1.47
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
With Image 6.7.1.x, sometime OSPF was Sometime OSPF Adjacency should be
stuck in ExStart state. To recover from was stuck in flapped once using
such scenarios, adjacency should be ExStart state and command like clear
flapped once adjacency will not neighbor, OSPF
form correctly disable/enable etc.
With image 6.7.1.17, OSPF will not work Low impact: As in Use “clear config” and reply
after CLI command “clear ip ospf field, customer config instead of “clear ip
configuration” and reconfigure as OSPF, should not use ospf configuration”
adjacency will not form. Only work after “clear ip ospf command
“clear config” configuration”

Release 6.7.1.6/6.7.1.36
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
N2k/N4k/N2200/6.7.1.x/6.6.3.x/Show Low impact: Only display None: There is no
users login-history is not syncing with issue after one or two days functional impact
SNTP date & time [FIELD-7532] “user login history” output

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is getting rollover to few

minutes ahead of SNTP
time.

Release 6.7.1.4/6.7.1.34
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
Unable to configure PVLAN on all After 20 interfaces, we Use HOST mode
available interfaces in trunk mode will get error as resource instead of trunk
(private-vlan association trunk) limit. So, max. of 20 is mode.
[FIELD-7240]. supported.
snoopTask crash after clear config with Sometime, Clear config Avoid clear config.
static and dynamic mrouter port. will crash the HW with
static mrouter port created
and dynamic port learned.
Duplicate packets are flooded out of ports Duplicate PKTs received, Disable IGMP
in vlan, if we receive VRRP traffic from no user impact as such. snooping if not
port connected to member and mrouter is needed.
present.

Release 6.7.1.1 /6.7.1.31

Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
When SNMP walk is initiated with higher Low Recommend to use
repeat count some packets will run into a smaller repeat
fragmentation issue and may be dropped. SNMP Manager need to count in the SNMP
This will result in timeout. reinitiate with lower repeat request.
count when responses
timeout.
The number of ACLs are increased in this Low Recommend using
release and if there are more than 500 a larger timeout
ACLs configured and an SNMP walk with Walk need to be reinitiated value to avoid
default timeout is initiated, aclRuleStatus with higher non-default timeouts with the
object may timeout. timeout . walk on this object.
agentSwitchIntfArpEntry table doesn't Low Use
return all ARP entries on few platforms. Alternate MIB available. ipNetToPhysicalTa
ble standard MIB
instead of private
MIB.

Release 6.7.0.4 / 6.7.0.34

Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
Delay in display of command output for Low Where possible,
"show authentication clients all" when consider static
large number of rules (more than 64 ) are No functional impact, ACLs or static
being applied as part of DACL during delay in the display of the bindings for the
client authenticatation. Also, when the entries. client to avoid
client is assigned an IP address by DHCP churn.
and rules need to replace src ip “any” with
the IP address.
In the case of overlapping BGP neighbors Low None needed. The
(same neighbor configured across multiple session shall be
VRF instances) the passwords need to Typically, password is established.
match on both the ends. configured on both the
ends.

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In cases where the password is not

configured in one VRF, the session in Authentication is not
other VRF for the overlapping neighbor mandatory between the
will still come up even when password is network switches. Some
configured only on one end. protocols like VRRP
version 3 have stopped
The kernel patch for TCP_M5SIG on support for authentication
VRF mdev is available in latest kernels mechanisms between the
5.6 switches.
On N1500 series switches, show Low None. There is no
interfaces transceiver properties skips functional impact.
display of interfaces configured in stack This is legacy behavior
mode and trying to fetch these
properties have unwanted
side effects of display of
unwanted messages
On N1108 EP-ON switch, POE PD ports Low Use command
9 and 10 deliver power even when power inline never
administratively shutdown. This is HW behavior. The to stop delivering
MAC level shutdown does power.
not prevent delivering
power on the ports
There is a limit of Per VLAN spanning Low Use shut/no-shut on
tree (PVST) instances to 64. If the number the interfaces or
VLANs exceed this limit, RSTP is This is not very typical disable/enable
preferred. Where not feasible, spanning configuration to run spanning-tree.
tree is disabled on other VLANs. All those spanning tree selectively.
VLANs will be mapped to one instance
and ports part of those disabled VLANs
will be placed in manual forwarding.

In such configuration, port may not be

placed in forwarding after failovers.
Secondary address addition is not allowed Low Use static IP for
when there is no primary address. When both primary and
primary is configured as Dynamic, during Issue only seen with secondary IP. Or
reload the address is not available and secondary static IP reconfigure
hence the addition of static secondary IP configured when a secondary IP once
fails. dynamic method for the primary IP is
primary IP is opted. assigned on every
reload.
When BGP template is used with remote- Low Not to include
as configuration, the template config is remote-as config in
applied to the neighbor dynamically Issue seen only when the template or
learned. In this scenario, running config template are used and configure neighbor
captures this as additional line and in the dynamic neighbor learning activate for the
next reboot the neighbor comes up as is enabled and remote-as static config to full
static. in included in the template. take effect

Release 6.6.3.14/6.6.3.44
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
ARP packets are forwarded between Very Low Disable ARP
hosts in isolated VLAN after enabling inspection
ARP inspection

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Release 6.6.3.12/6.6.3.42
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
SNMP operations like BulkGet and Low Try the operation
snmpwalk when run with short timeout with larger timeout
values may result in operation timeout. value. Here
[FIELD-5530] increasing the
interval between
each request may
not help. Please
increase the timeout
on a query (around
20 seconds).
Sometime Log observed :Reconciliation None Just a log, no user
failed for db PORT_DB(2), error code - impact.
11' errors observed after stack failover.

Release 6.6.3.10/6.6.3.40
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
HW N3024 EP and N3048EP with flash No Functional impact None
MT29F8G08ABACA, observe ECC
error during reboot/reload during u-boot
phase.

Release 6.6.3.6
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
For some optics, N1148T-ON/6.6.0.24 - Medium If optics gets
10G port does not negotiate detected properly as
automatically with a 1G transceiver 1G, switch will
using. configure it as
"Speed auto 1000"
Issue is N11xx specific. automatically.
If there is any issue
with optics
detection/property-
read , it will
not do proper
config , so put it in
10G forced (as
default) and we
need to manually
configure it as
"Speed auto 1000"
as workaround.
Monitor session is not working after Low After reload, mirror
stack boot-up if source port is LAG, config initialization
required to disable and enable monitor is going first and
session mode then LAG config,
so mirror on LAG
is not working fine.
So it is required to
disable and enable

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monitor session
mode as
workaround.

Release 6.6.3.3
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
SNMP operations like BulkGet and snmpwalk Low Try the operation with
when run with short timeout values may result in larger timeout value
operation timeout. [FIELD-5530,
CS00011045572]
Mirrored traffic is tagged in the egress direction Medium Silicon limitation on N100
[FIELD-5737, CS00011261913] and N1500 switches. The
ingress packets – untagged,
the egress packets get tagged.

Switch is not sending VVID in LLDP network Low None

TLV when port is unauthenticated [Internal]

Release 6.6.3.0
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
The auto-negotiation is not supported on SFP28 Low Use forced 25G speed
ports for 25G DAC connections on N3248PXE for DAC connection

VRRP - Ping to Virtual Secondary IP drops Ping traffic to VRRP VIP drops None
[FIELD-5182, CS00010756062] when the secondary IP addresses
is configured
Unable to Ping/Telnet management IP (VLAN Unable to ping as MDNS/LLMNR Use appropriate CPU
154) with multicast traffic on the same VLAN packets are coming to CPU rate limits
[FIELD-3918, CS00008566096]
VLAN interface fails to complete the DHCP Low. Continuous execution of None
renewal process and stay at "Down" state When commands is not common.
performing a “renew dhcp vlan 1” and “relase
dhcp vlan1” continuously [DNSE,
CS00010632503]
Error log log "voip_control.c(181) 83930 %% Several log messages fill the None
INFO VOIP mode on interface Po1 is disabled. logging buffers.
Control frames will not be processed" [DNSE,
CS00010725088]
MAC addresses learned on blocker ports cause High. Results in traffic loss None
MAC MOVE and results in traffic loss [FIELD-
5207, CS00010600296]

Release 6.6.2.5 / 6.6.2.35

Summary User Impact Workaround Affected

Platforms
Firmware upgrade through TFTP may fail on the This limited to the N20xx switches. Use SCP to N20xx
N20xx switches after upgrade to 6.6.2.5 All other switches successfully download FW
upgrade through TFTP

Release 6.6.0.17 / 6.6.0.47

Description/Summary User Impact Workaround

Deprecated OIDs: Use OIDs: None
ipAddrTable ipAddressTable
ipNetToMediaTable ipNetToPhysicalTable
ipRouteTable inetCidrRouteTable

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Error when trying to configure sFflow on >5 To Avoid the burden on the CPU, None
interfaces. System can poll only 5 interfaces per
second. For every 1 second increment in
the polling interval that is to be
configured, the number of allowed
interfaces that can be configured
increases by 5.
Management access-list is not functioning with Port based routing is not supported in None
physical interface option PowerConnect platforms. SW
management ACLs won't work with
physical ports or port-channels. It will
only work on VLAN interfaces. Options
related to physical ports and port-
channels have been removed.
CoA feature is not working with "ERR Support for RFC 5176 was added. Due None
Timestamp issue. Packet discarded" to this enhancement, the time difference
should not be more than (+150 to -150)
between the switch and server as the
accepted window of
300 seconds (+/- 150) drift from the
local timestamp is accommodated.

Release 6.6.0.2 / 6.6.0.32

Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
ARP entries installed with default timeout There will be a delay before the devices clear arp-cache.
before IPDT is enabled need to age out for are tracked by IP device tracking To be fixed in future release
IPDT to start tracking component for ARP entries that exist
before the feature is enabled.
When VRRPv3 is enabled with IPv6 VR which No the message indicates failyre to add Enable log at INFO level gives
has a Link-local address a onetime unwanted route as it already exists. Unwanted information on failure to add
message is noticed on the console message on the console at default level. route that already exists.

Patch Release 6.5.3.6

Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
Radius server not selected based on usage type, When using one radius server with type None.
when Radius servers are configured with 802.1x and another with type login, To be fixed in a future release.
different group names authentication occasionally fails.
This is a legacy issue from previous
builds.

Patch Release 6.5.2.15

Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
Configuration load error "no switchport port- When upgrading to release 6.5.2.x, a When upgrading to 6.5.2.x
security violation protect" after upgrade configuration error may appear if the romove the command "no
command "no snmp-server enable snmp-server enable traps
traps port-security" was already part port-security" and readd it
of the config. after the upgrade is complete.

Release 6.5.2.5
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
show mac address-table count might not display Tracking the count of mac address-table Use the commands to display
correct value when several entries are learnt as a summary is limited. The and arrive at the count
across MLAG peer interfaces after clear commands to list the entries works fine.
counters

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Even upon disabling dot1x globally, the show No functional impact only cosmetic disable and enable dot1x client.
dot1x interface <> command output reflect the display issue. If dot1x clients are
operational mode as Authorized from previous transmitting EAPOL messages
log-on [CS5540491] periodically (with dot1x globally
disabled), the state of dot1x interface
stays at “Authorized” state. As soon as
dot1x client disabled or interface
shut/no-shut, the dot1x state is moved to
N/A from Authorized.

Patch Release 6.5.1.6

Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
Radius server "attribute 25" non-default No functional impact. None.
configuration is not shown in running config To be fixed in the future release.

Patch Release 6.5.1.5

Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
N15XX CPLD image included in all releases is The will be fail to come to readiness and There is no need to update the
not correct. Do not update the CPLD. must the returned to correct. CPLD.
CPLD images shipped from the factory are To be fixed in the 6.5.2 release.
correct and current.

Patch Release 6.5.1.3

Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
Configuration error after upgrading N2128PX With the new switch types included, the Switch type values migrate from
stack from 6.5.0.2 to 6.5.1.1 and later. member unit types have been changed N2128PX: 1(old)===> 5(new)
in Release 6.5.1.1. This causes the N3132PX: 1(old) ===>7(new)
configuration of the stack to be
incorrect. Perform below steps before
upgrading the switch to 6.5.1.1:
Not fixed in 6.5.1.3 1) Load the 6.5.1.1 image to
backup
2) Activate the backup image
using "#boot system backup "
command
3) Edit the startup configuration
and edit the member/slot type
value as defined in 6.5.1.x as
below from Linux shell.
Below example to change the
switch type from 1 to 5 for
N2128PX-ON:
/**********
member 1 5 ! N2128PX-ON
member 2 5 ! N2128PX-ON
************
4) Steps to edit:
1) Go to Linux shell
Console#dev binsh
2) Edit the slot and member
command in the startup-
configuration and save the same.
# vi startup-config
# exit
value = 0 = 0x0
check again using "vi startup-
config" if all member/slot
configuration were updated
properly.

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3) Reload the stack and "do not

save the config before reload"
Console#reload
Management switch has unsaved
changes.
Are you sure you want to
continue? (y/n) y

Release 6.5.1.1
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
Session time is resetting during initiate fail over Low. Re-authentication or termination If the session needs to be
for client connected to stack member of client will be delayed terminated early, administrator
should consider CoA disconnect
Port is a member of both configured vlan and Low. This happens only when you Use make static and then remove
radius assigned vlan after removing the port create a VLAN, create a LAG and let it the VLAN using no vlan
from static lag participate on the radius created VLAN command
and then delete the LAG.
OID is not increasing while performing the Low: Walk itself will not fail but Use –Cc option when performing
snmpwalk operation on specific options of walk to have OIDs snmpwalk
agentSwitchIntfIpHelperDiscard incrementing will have problem.

Release 6.3.3.14
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
IPv6 PIM – S,G entry can occationally become Identified as a missing route when using Have redundant path, such as, if
corrupt when a port carrying Multicast traffic the “show ipv6 mroute summary" IPV6 multicast is configured,
flaps command with IPV6 configuration. If make the RP a LAG, so that one
port configured as RP flaps, S,G entry port flap will not cause the loss
will get missed, leading to traffic drop of the RP.

[Will be fixed in future release]

Release 6.3.3.8
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
N1500 – Periodic fan failure messages after After upgrading to 6.3.2.7, the fan- None.
firmware upgrade to 6.3.2.7. failure event logs are seen periodically
with system LED flashing RED and Required to clear logs manually
[FIELD-2432, FIELD-2414,FIELD-2399,FIELD- turning to the normal solid green. and no functional impact with
2443] these failure events. Will address
this issue in our upcoming
release.
[Fixed in version 6.3.3.9]
N3000 - Random 10G uplink ports failure 10G uplink ports (Te1/0/1-2) goes down Required switch reload to
[FIELD-2370] with DAC cable and/or optics at very recover the ports from failure.
rare circumstances (1 Out of 100 reloads
of the peer switch). [Fixed in version 6.3.3.11]

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Known Restrictions and Limitations

Release 6.7.1.17 / 6.7.1.47

Description User Impact
Maximum Rapid PVST interface instance in N11xx Customer if use/create more than 640 RPVST instance in
and N15xx is 640. Other HW variants support 1024 HW like N15xx or N11xx , they will observe side effect
PVST instance like role of some instance showing as Disable on some
vlan and spanning-tree will not working properly. Other
HWs supports 1024 instance
Workaround: None

Release 6.7.1.10 / 6.7.1.40

Description User Impact
Do not support both dot1x and GVRP work together VLAN learned via GVRP will have issues after the same
on same VLAN dynamic VLAN learned by dot1x on other ports.
Workaround: Use Different VLAN

Release 6.7.1.4 / 6.7.1.34

Description User Impact
MDNS/LLMNR traffic is not flooded in vlan if mrouter LLMNR packet may not get received on all ports in a VLAN if there
port is present in that VLAN, getting only forwarded to is IGMP query on same VLAN where LLMNR PKTs are getting sent
mrouter port on that VLAN. with snooping enabled.

Release 6.7.0.4 / 6.7.0.34

Description User Impact
The ping to local interface IP in another VRF, via Low.
leaked connected route does not work. This is current linux kernel limitation.
Workaround. None

Release 6.6.3.12 / 6.6.0.42

Description User Impact
Limitation: On a Switch access port in Multi-Auth
mode, Single-Host and Multi-Domain modes, data client
is allowed access only if it's VLAN matches the port's Low.
access VLAN. VLAN being assigned should be equal to the
access port's access VLAN". Else we will get error like HW Specific: ALL
below
ERR Gix/0/x is configured in access mode with VLAN 1. Workaround: Use general mode if you want radius assigned VALN
VLAN membership change to 100 is not allowed. differed from ports configured Access VLAN

Release 6.6.3.10 / 6.6.0.40

Description User Impact
Limitation: BGP Outbound Group max is
10 as

So customer may observe BGP Outbound routes not

advertised when more than 10+ neighbors established Low. When BGP configured, customer will not able to have more
with error log as than 10 Outbound route group
<147> Mar 17 16:16:12 PFO-TV-DSW-01-1
BGP[BGP_Protocol]: bgpupdgroup.c(1053) 74479 %% HW Specific : ALL BGP supported HWs
ERR [VRF ""] No more available BGP IPv4 outbound
update groups. Workaround: None
Known Behavior change: In 6.6 release onwards, None: user just need to configured force-authorized on ports
the “authentication enable” configured globally expects where auth is not needed if “authentication enable” globally
each interface to be authorized unless its set to “force-
authorized” mode. HW Specific : None

Workaround: None

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Release 6.6.3.3 / 6.6.0.33

Description User Impact
Mirrored traffic is tagged in the egress direction and it is Low. Tag will get added in packets mirrored in egress direction.
a silicon limitation with both N15xx and N11xx.
HW Specific : N11xx and N15xx

Workaround: None

Release 6.6.0.7 / 6.6.0.37

Description User Impact
When using the no form of the command "priority Medium. Large stacks will not be able to accommodate all 576
extend trust” command: “no priority extend trust”, the ports.
number of ports are restricted to 288 ports based on the
design of the hardware and it’s limiations. Workaround:
None

Release 6.6.0.2 / 6.6.0.32

Description User Impact
Enabling OSPF on VRRP enabled interface can result in Low
OSPF adjacency issues due to VRRP Master/Backup
transitions Workaround:
Disable OSPF on VRRP enabled interface
USB auto config takes a long time for 15XX platform due Low
to limitation with slower access communicating on SPI-
to-USB (MAX3421E) part Workaround
None

Release 6.5.2.15
Description User Impact
The N15XX was identified incorrectly in the Low
documentation as supporting ECN. This is not the case as
the HW for this switch does not support ECN Workaround:
None

Release 6.5.2.5
Description User Impact
After switch power up, some PoE ports may take longer
to start delivering power depending on the device
configuration and depending on need for LLDP messages Low
to be exchanged so that the final power can be applied Workaround:
to the port None

Release 6.5.1.1
Description/Summary User Impact Workaround
Non-mirrored traffic flows through RSPAN Unintended traffic is being forward via Clear mac-address-table and
reflector-port inspite of the VLAN explicitly RSPAN refelector-port as mac address avoid disassociating VLAN from
disassociated from the port. is not aging out with continuous traffic. the reflector-port.
RSPAN traffic mirroring stops after shut/no- Mirrored traffic stops forwarding via Disable and re-enable the
shut the reflector-port in RPVST mode. reflector-port. monitor session to restore the
mirrored traffic via reflector-
port.

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Release 6.3.3.14
Description User Impact
Switch displays insufficient memory error when High - Maximum number of supported VRF instances are
attempt to create more than 48 VRF instances on limited to 32 for N4000 Series and 12 for N3000 Series due to
N4000 Series and 12 VRF instances on N3000 Series. memory constraints. Updated 6.5.1.1 documentation with this
constraints.

Workaround:
None

Release 6.3.2.7
Description User Impact
If MLAG peer switches running two different firmware High
version, the processing of ACK messages via peer-link
could be different and it will be cause continuous Workaround:
switch reboot on its own. MLAG Primary and Secondary switches should be running the
same firmware version.

Release 6.3.2.3
Description User Impact
Terminal emulators (for example., SecureCRT,
PuTTY..etc) which supports ONLY arcfour and CBC related
ciphers, the SSH connection to the switch will not be
established with an error “Key exchange failed. No Medium.
compatible cipher. The server supports these ciphers:
aes128-ctr, aes192-ctr, aes256-ctr, chacha20- Workaround:
[email protected]” as these ciphers identified as Disabled all weak CBC & arcfour related ciphers to avoid the
weak. vulnerability CVE-2008-5161. So terminal emulators should be
updated to the latest version which supports strong ciphers.

Release 6.3.1.13
Description User Impact
The maximum limit of SSH-Public-key Users are 5. If we
attempt to configure more than 5 users with the public- Low
key authentication, it will show an error message
“Error:Could not set the SSH-Public Key Mode”. Workaround:
None.

Release 6.3.1.8
Description User Impact
“New root port elected (when UplinkFast feature is
enabled) would have its cost set to 1 which was not the
case earlier. And the feature would work as expected
when the ports' default costs are not altered” . so when
root port is shutdown, the next elected root port's cost is
set to 1.
Low
As FastUplink feature automatically changes the priority
to a higher value to prevent the switch from becoming
root bridge, changing spanning-tree priority on the switch Workaround:
for a specific VLAN when the feature is enabled results in None. This is a clarification of how the Uplinkfast feature
disabling the feature for that VLAN. functions.
Mixed Media over a port channel/LAG is not supported. Low

Workaround:
None. Using a mixture of copper and fiber links in a port-channel
or LAG will cause latency issues and packet drops. It’s allowed to
configure mixed media as members of port-channel, but it’s not
recommended.

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Release 6.3.0.15
Description User Impact
When one of the PoE switch ports is fed power from the
external source (mostly from other POE switch) and all
other ports in the same switch will not be powered UP. At Low
this condition, you can power the affected ports by setting
the mask 0x1F with the value 0. The default of that mask Workaround: Use debug command "dev
is 1, so to let the user know one of the ports is being fed hpcPwrdsinePoeMsgIndividualMaskSet(0,0x1f,0)" to set the mask
by external power source. 0 and then unplug & plug PD (Powered Devices).

Release 6.3.0.3
Description User Impact
Count of the number of routes advertised with RFC5549 Low
are not displayed in the ip route summary command
output Workaround
None.
As crash dump retrieval is not reliable on the front panel Low
ports, N20xx/N15xx series switches do not allow Workaround
configuring tftp server for the core dump via “exeception” Configuring USB for copying the coredump is recommended and
CLI command. documented.
“OFPBAC_BAD_OUT_PORT” error in reponse to Low
“OFPT_FLOW_MOD” message. If ports from slot cards are used in the flow additions the mapping
might result in improper index and user may notice BAD_PORT
in the error messages.

Workaround
Use front panel ports only.
Config-migration may fail across 2 different images for Low
N30xx switches
All the configuration may not be applied while switching between
BGP and non-BGP supported build combinations of N30xx.

Workaround
Save the required configuration before upgrading the build.
References to “hiveagent” may be noticed in log Low
messages and output of “show application” command.
This is a reference to a cloud manager feature to be enabled in
upcoming release.

Workaround
If debug hiveagent log messages are distracting, user can
permanently disable this application by using the “eula-consent
hiveagent reject” command and save configuration.
References to “Support-Assist” may be noticed in the log Low
messages and output of “show application” command. Workaround
If debug log messages are distracting, user can permanently
disable the application by using the “eula-consent support-assist
reject” command and save configuration.
DHCP Snooping binding database not populated Low
when feature enabled on one VLAN

Workaround
Recommend configuring DHCP snooping on both server and
The DHCP snooping table will not be updated
client side VLANs.
unless it is enabled on both the VLANs in the
topology. The reason being, the DHCP snooping
task will only snoop packets received on an
interface but not the packets transmitted out of
the interface.

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For example, when snooping is enabled only on

VLAN 2, it will only snoop DHCP_DISCOVER,
DHCP_REQUEST packets, as these are the only
packets received on the interface in VLAN 2 from
the client connected to that port. So the snooping
task will never know if a DHCP address was leased
to the client and hence the table will never get
updated. On the contrary, when it is enabled on
VLAN 1 as well, the DHCP snooping task will be able
to snoop both OFFER and ACK packets from the
server, and hence when ACK packet is received it
will update the snooping table appropriately with
the binding entry.

Hence the reason why user can notice the binding

entry only when it is enabled on both the VLANs

Message “TRAPMGR[122383956]: traputil.c(740) Low

506162 %% PoE: Gi1/0/24 power down (Overload
Condition)" is an information message and does Workaround
not indicate an error on the switch. Both messages are informational and not error messages.

Message “<189> Sep 4 15:02:51 192.168.11.84-1

TRAPMGR[112324196]: traputil.c(740) 434847 %%
PoE: Gi1/0/2 power down (Main Power Signature
Absent)” is an information message and does not
indicate an error on the switch.

Release 6.2.5.3
Description User Impact
When data traffic need to be routed by CPU are send at Low
higher rate, CPU can handle maximum of 50 packets per
second Workaround
None
HW link scan for fast detection of link failures is not Low
enabled in the firmware. The link scan is not user configurable parameter. Not able to
enable HW link scan will impact NSF metrics
Workaround
None.

Release 6.2.0.5
Description User Impact
Transceiver information is not available when a Fiber Low
Ethernet port is configured as a stack port. Fiber ports that are configured as Ethernet ports will provide
transceiver information. When the ports are configured as stack
ports there currently is no mechanism to reveal the transceiver
information for that port. This is working as currently designed.

Workaround
None. This will be considered for a future enhancement.
Erasing backup image takes 180-300 seconds on Low
N4000/8100 switches Normal copy commands only erase as much as is required for the
new image but "erase backup" takes longer as the entire partition
gets erased.

Workaround
Use copy commands and overwrite the old images

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When N4000/8100 switches are stacked using copper Low

stack link, PFC frames are not being received on the stack Issue seen only with PHY 84834.
link
Workaround
Fiber 10G/40G stack links

Release 6.1.0.6
Description User Impact
CPLD Update on Stacked switches. Low
CPLD update using the command (update cpld) will take at least 3
minutes to complete and then reboot the switch. Also, the CPLD
update command from Master unit in the stack will update the
CPLD code only in the Master switch. User has to update the
CPLD code on other members of the stack individually.
Workaround
None

Release 6.1.0.1
Description User Impact
When PBR route maps and ACLs are configured on the Medium
same interface, ACL rules are treated as lower precedence Even though ACLs are configured with higher priority, PBR
than PBR. rules are processed first.
Workaround:
None – PBR route maps and ACL access-groups should not be
configured on the same interface as they have potential to
interfere with each other.
PBR route map counters are not incremented Not all PBR route maps are configured in the hardware. The
system optimizes away route maps whose decision logic always
results in falling through to the next route map. This includes
deny ACLs in permit route maps and all ACLs in deny route
maps. PBR counters are not incremented for “fall-through”
ACLs in the above route maps.
Workaround:
None
The maximum detection limit for storm-control is 2Gbps. Low
Rates configured in excess of this limit will not detect traffc A 2 Gbps will cover a wide variety of situations where storm
exceeding for the configured type. This limitation applies to control is likely to be deployed (at the edge of the network),
all types of storm-control and includes broadcast, multicast including all 1G links.
and unknown unicast. Workaround
Add a rate-limit ACL with the appropriate limit. ACLs can be
configured to log or drop exceeds traffic.

Release 6.0.1.3
Description User Impact
The max packet size for traceroute is limited to 39936 and Low
size is limited to 13000 for ping. This applies to Ping and Traceroute are used only during trouble shooting
configuration from CLI, WEB and SNMP. Standard MIB as
per RFC 2925 specifies the value as 65507 but snmpset will Workaround
fail if a value above 39936 for traceroute and above 13000
for is configured. Use the values actually supported and not MIB specified max
values.
Legacy phones that support only 10BaseT without auto- Low
negotiation require a fixed speed 10BaseT connection. Recent IP phone designs support 10m/100m/1G speed with
When such phones are connected to POE interface of auto-negotiation.
switch, the device is powered up but the interface stays
down. Workaround
Use the speed command on the switch connecting the device
and set the interface to the required speed.

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Release 6.0.0.8
Description User Impact
Downgrade to 5.1 and prior versions of code may cause the Medium
5.1 code to crash if any EEE configuration is present in the Switch will reboot after downgrade.
startup configuration. This is a limitation of the 5.1 code.
Workaround
When the switch reboots after the crash, boot into the 6.0 code
contained in the backup image. Remove all non-default EEE
configurations from the startup configuration prior to
downgrade.
A link flap is observed on the partner if the link is connected Low
to OOB port of the switch and switch is reloaded. The link flap is observed once on the partner switch

The link is brought up during the U-boot stage in order to Workaround

load the image from U-boot prompt. Shutdown the link on the partner before reloading the switch, if
the partner switch is very sensitive to link flaps

Link up during U-boot stage observed when SFP+ DAC Low

cable is plugged into SFP ports. But, the port will enter diag- This is a negative scenario where SFP+ DAC cable is inserted in
disable state after console prompt up. SFP ports and link up is observed for a short duration during U-
boot state. SFP+ transceivers are NOT supported in SFP ports.

Workaround
Remove the SFP+ DAC cable and use the no shut command to
re-enable the port.
40G port on N40xx series switches fails to link up when you Moderate
insert the following transceivers along with cable into the QSFP ports on the switch are not operational.
switch (0MV31,RF2MY). This issue happens only when the
other end of cable is connected to the partner switch. Workaround
Reboot the switch to recover the failed QSFP ports.

Use of DCPDP is not recommended in 6.0 firmware. Upon Upon peer link failure DCPDP (if enabled) will transition the
peer link failure DCPDP (if Enabled) will transition the roles of MLAG peer devices to none and bring DOWN the
roles of MLAG peer devices to “none” and bring DOWN MLAG interfaces on both MLAG peer devices. This MLAG
the MLAG interfaces on both MLAG peer devices. peers recover once the peer link is UP.

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