Aggregation 10G Switch MES5316A

Firmware Version 6.6.5.4

Added:

• Ability to configure OOB interface as a source-interface for SNMPv2;
• Ability to configure OOB interface as a source-interface for SNMPv3;
• SNMPv2 support in VRF;
• SNMPv3 support in VRF;
• GRE tunnel support;
• Hardware BFD implemented;
• Support for multihomed connections for EVPN/VxLAN scenario with Ingress Replication.

Fixed:

• Improved stability of peer-detection functionality in VPC;
• Erroneous removal of voice vlan from interface by timeout in the presence of port security settings;
• SSH session hangs due to an error in calculating Message authentication code in SSH packet.

Firmware Version 6.6.5

Added:

• Added support for BGP Route Map, Community List and AS-Path List in VRF;
• Added BFD support for BGP in VRF;
• Added BFD support for OSPF in VRF;
• Added support for encryption of the user's password using the SHA512/md5 algorithm;
• Added BFD support for IS-IS;
• Added the ability to change the ipv4 gateway address in EVPN type 5 routes;
• Added support for the RADIUS client in VRF;
• Added the ability to configure the source-interface OOB for SYSLOG;
• Added the ability to configure the OOB source-interface for TACACS+;
• Added BFD support for OSPF;
• Added support for VCT cable diagnostics for SFP-T;
• Added support for an extended number of UDBs in the ACL;
• Increased the number of ACEs in ACL to 512;
• Added support for filtering routes by the value of the as-path attribute in BGP;
• Added community support in BGP;
• Added the ability to configure the source-interface OOB for SNTP;
• Added support for SNTP operation in VRF;
• Added support for SYSLOG operation in VRF;
• Added support for the TACACS+ client in VRF;
• Added support for SSH server operation in VRF;
• Added ARP suppression support for EVPN/VXLAN.

Fixed:

• Fixed the process of removing the VRF setting from the OOB interface;
• Fixed the behavior in which STP root BPDU packets did not pass through the VPC peer-link;
• Fixed a reboot that occurred when the number of ACL rules with port-range was exceeded;
• Fixed L3VNI collaboration with VXLAN in multicast replication mode;
• Fixed incorrect operation of PBR with VRRP;
• Fixed device freeze when configuring SNMPv3;
• Fixed a behavior where a MAC-flapping storm started in a VPC;
• Fixed incorrect isolation of VPC groups from peer-link;
• Fixed a issue with OSPF neighbours breaking when CPU utilisation is high;
• Fixed issue with sending BGP update EVPN Type-2 when MAC address re-learning in a different ethernet-segment;
• Fixed issue with traffic switching via VRRP backup;
• Fixed problem with parasitic ICMP Redirect from VRRP backup when pinging a VRRP IP;
• Fixed a critical error occurring when CPU utilisation is high;
• Fixed critical error occurring when adding OUI for VOICE VLAN;
• Fixed critical error occurring when configuring sflow in stack;
• Fixed a critical error occurring when stack links are broken;
• Fixed critical errors occurring when building STP tree or VPC neighborhoods;
• Fixed L3VNI collaboration with VXLAN in multicast replication mode;
• Fixed PBR collaboration with VRRP;
• Fixed device freeze when removing ACL;
• Fixed device reboot related to the operation of the BGP protocol;
• Fixed device reboot when adding ACLs with UDP and TCP port ranges to the interface;
• Fixed device reboot when deleting VLAN bound to VXLAN;
• Fixed mac flapping between LAG when using VPC;
• Fixed incorrect addition of outgoing VRRPv2 protocol packets;
• Fixed a behavior in which STP root BPDU packets did not pass through the VPC peer-link.

Firmware Version 6.6.4

Added:


Added:

• FEC operation support for 25G ports.

Fixed:

• Fixed switching part of the links to the UP status when using the FH-DP4T26QS05 40G QSFP/4 SFP+ Fang Zhang Copper Twinax Cable 5M cable.

Firmware Version 6.6.3

Added:

• Added sending a bgp update when retraining a mac address from the evpn-vxlan type to static;
   
• Added sending a bgp update when retraining a mac address from the evpn-vxlan type to dynamic;
• Added the ability to configure the number of telnet/ssh authorization attempts before the TCP session is terminated;
• Added support for MAC-mobility mechanisms;
• Added information about the current MTU to the output of the show ports jumbo-frame;
• Added the ability to filter traffic by S-VLAN tags between ports, with Double QinQ configured;
• Added the ability to configure private-vlan in trunk mode;
• Added the ability to configure fast convergence timers for the OSPF protocol;
• Increased the number of OSPF processes to 20.

Fixed:

• Fixed a bug that caused the device to reboot when receiving a Join/Leave packet from RP for S,G records;
• Fixed traffic degradation in the EVPN/VXLAN + symmetric IRB scheme when Spine-Leaf links are broken;
• Fixed an error that caused the device to reboot when removing the ACL from the vlan interface;
• Fixed a bug that caused the device to reboot when storm-control was set up;
• Fixed CLI hangup when configuring multicast group in Vxlan;
• Fixed an error that caused the device to reboot when the show ip ospf command was output with a certain device configuration;
• Fixed a bug that caused the private-vlan primary configuration to disappear from the configuration after a reboot;
• Fixed a bug that caused the backup switch in the stack to restart again after the first reboot;
• Fixed the problem of filtering stp BPDUs on ports with STP disabled and pvid other than default vlan;
• Fixed a situation where erps and flex-link were not activated due to a conflict with the already disabled STP protocol;
• Fixed an error that caused the device to reboot when repeatedly displaying information of show commands in a telnet session using scripts;
• Fixed an error copying files from the device via scp if there are directories in the file path;
• Fixed an error that caused the device to reboot when connected via SSH;
• Fixed errors that cause the device to reboot when connecting via SSH using the 3des encryption algorithm;
• Fixed errors that cause the device to reboot when connected via SSH.

Firmware Version 6.6.2.9

Fixed:

• Fixed an error disabling hardware routing in VRRP;
• Fixed the error of selecting the Endpoint address of the tunnel when rebuilding the IGP;
• Fixed a peer-link blocking error when receiving PVST bpdu;
• Fixed the SFP-T status error;
• Fixed the error of processing OSPF Hello packets;
• Fixed the collision of MAC addresses of VRRP processes;
• Fixed MD5 error for BGP neighbor's;
• Changed the MAC address of the OOB interface to the system one;
• Fixed the RPVST problem that causes SVI interfaces to be Down;
• Fixed a problem that leads to stack collapse with high traffic load on the CPU;
• Fixed a problem that causes ports to drop out of LAG when there is a high traffic load on the CPU.

Firmware Version 6.6.2

Added:

• Added the option to select the checksum calculation method for VRRPv3;
• Added support for IP-MAC EVPN routes Type 2;
• Added the ability to change Administrative Distance for static routes and for OSPF routes;
• Added support for authentication in BGP;
• Added the ability to change the privilege level for commands;
• Added VRRP authentication;
• Added support for FangHang FH-DP10T30QQ03 100G QSFP28 Copper 3M DA module;
• The MTU size has been increased to 10240 bytes for transit routed traffic.
   

Fixed:

• Fixed behavior blocking the passage of a client ARP packet through a multicast VXLAN tunnel;
• Improved the stability of the ERPS sub-columns;
• Fixed a problem when copying configuration from BGP;
• Fixed the reboot of the backup unit in the stack when there is a negotiation bypass setting;
• Fixed an issue that causes the switch to reboot when polling it in the first seconds of booting via SNMP with OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.35265.41.1.1.1.1.4.0.5.
• Fixed the problem of detecting link drop on a neighboring device using SFP-T;
• Fixed a possible hang when configuring VxLAN Multicast replication;
• Fixed SSH server freezing when receiving a package with an empty SSH version;
• Fixed a reboot that occurred when re-creating a VPC group;
• Fixed incorrect status of VPC groups after rebooting one of the devices in a VPC pair;
• Added support for joint operation of the VRRP and VPC protocols.

Firmware Version 6.5.2.1

Added:

• Added the ability to authorize input commands via the TACACS+ protocol;
• Added support for the NAS-ID (32) RADIUS attribute in Access-Request;
• IGMP snooping table size increased;
• Increased the number of LAG interfaces to 128;
• Added binding of Dying Gasp to OAM.

Fixed:

• Delays in switching traffic in the scheme with a VPC have been eliminated when one of the switches of the pair is rebooted;
• Fixed a bug with raising the link to SFP-T after the shutdown/no shutdown command;
• Fixed a bug in RPVST where the RPVST tree is built for a VLAN that is missing on the port;
• Fixed a reboot of the switch at the time of switching on the ERPS if there is an ACL binding to any port;
• Fixed switch reboot when arp table overflow;
• Fixed the appearance of Link flapping when using various DAC and SFP+ modules to connect to servers with an Intel X722 adapter;
• Fixed the hang of one device in the VPC pair after rebooting the second device;
• Fixed a bug in learning the mac address of a neighbor of a VPC pair on a peer link;
• Fixed incorrect cleaning of the arp table and output of the corresponding messages to the console.

Firmware Version 6.5.1.4

Fixed:

• Fixed incorrect disconnection of SFP-T when the port is turned off;
• Fixed non-connection of the link to the SFP-T after turning off/on the port;
• Fixed the problem of retraining MAC addresses on VPC devices of the pair.

Firmware Version 6.5.1.1

Added:

• Added the ability to configure the DHCP Option 82 format by templates;
• Added the possibility of simultaneous relabeling of VLAN ID, COS and DSCP via service policy;
• Added the ability to monitor the parameters of power supplies;
• Added the ability to configure storm control, rate-limit and policer in pps;
• Added the possibility of relabeling DSCP to COS traffic;
• Added Root guard for individual instances in mst;
• Added the ability to set 802.1p priority for VLAN management;
• Added the ability to configure SNMP trap to change the state for each port;
• Added support for Ethernet OAM;
• Added support for STP TC Protection;
• Added the ability to configure supported Ethertype for LAG;
• Added the ability to configure Lookup Length for the disposal of FDB for MES53xxA switches;
• Added logging when receiving STP BPDU with the Topology Check flag;
• Added information about the interface with the last accepted Topology code in the output of show spanning-tree;
• Added support for IGMP Snooping per-port Fast Leave.

Fixed:

• Fixed a problem with traffic transfer to VRF for stack units with backup and slave roles;
• Fixed the behavior in which the RPVST tree is built in VLANs forbidden on the port;
• Fixed hanging of one device from a VPC pair when rebooting;
• Fixed device reboot while using ERPS and binding the ACL to the physical interface at the same time.

Firmware Version 6.5.0.2

Added:

• Added show-commands for displaying EVPN/VXLAN information;
• Added the ability to select algorithms for the SSH server;
• Added sending SNMP trap and syslog messages when the device is rebooted using the reload command;
• Added MSDP support;
• Added support for EVPN multihoming;
• The number of loopback interfaces has been increased to 64;
• Added support for Multicast VXLAN;
• Added support for IGMP static groups for PIM and IGMP-Proxy;
• Added support for Route Target Community;
• Added support for Symmetric IRB;
• Added support for PIM snooping;
• Added support for BGP in VRF;
• Added support for OSPF in VRF;
• Added support for static routes in VRF;
• Added display of BGP Community and Extended Community;
• Added the ability to configure the default route announcement condition in the BGP protocol.

Fixed:

• Fixed possible incorrect restart when the device is booting;
• Fixed error when ACL is deleted from vlan interface;
• Fixed displaying "Security level" field in the WEB interface;
• Fixed a problem with learning ARP for IP interfaces on Port-Channel;
• Fixed a critical error after the closed of a remote SSH session;
• Fixed error when viewing show inventory;
• Fixed error when loading configuration via TFTP;
• Fixed error when connecting to a device via SSH;
• Fixed local user authorization error when the Radius server is unavailable and the break method is enabled.

Firmware Version 6.4.1.3

Added:

• SFP+ Intel FTLX8571D3BCV-IT tranceivers are now supported;
• Added ability to ignore auto-negotiation on the ports.

Fixed:

• 8008 TCP port is now closed.
   

Firmware Version 6.4.1.2

Added:

• Added the ability to configure the default BGP route announcement;
• Added the ability to bind track to static routes;
• Added simplex communication mode for physical ports.

Fixed:

• Fixed reboot of the stack unit when PVST is enabled;
• Fixed incorrect output of information about CPU load;
• Fixed frequent change of port states in RPVST.

Firmware Version 6.2.2.1

Added:

• Added the ability to disable transmitting icmp-unreachable packets;
• Added MTU feature on SVI-interface;
• Added support for exec-user RADIUS attribute exec-user.

Fixed:

• Fixed ignition of the port indication in the absence of a link in the SFP-T module;
• Fixed switch slowdown when polling DDM parameters;
• Fixed switch reboot when SSH session crashes;
• Fixed backup unit reboot when SNMP polling DDM parameters of the stack;
• Fixed CLI freezing when polling via snmp-bulk;
• Fixed changing LACP link status to UP when there is no LACP-BPDU from the opposite side;
• Fixed high stack CPU utillization bug when polling via SNMP;
• Fixed switch reboot when sending SNMPv3 Inform;
• Fixed filtering by IP address in SNMP community settings.

Firmware Version 6.2.2

Added:

• Supported operation of the OSPF protocol in point-to-point networks;
• Supported operation of option 43 DHCP server;
• Added ability to configure poll timer to synchronize with sntp server;
• Added the ability to disable the reception of BPDUs with the TCN flag;
• Added support for MVR;
• Added the ability to filter unregistered multicast in a specific VLAN;
• Added ability to set 802.1p priority for IGMP frames;
• Extended set of load balancing methods in Port-Channel;
• MLAG/VPC work supported;
• Implemented Flex-Link function;
• Added monitoring (logging + trap) and thresholds (thresholds) for fan speed and temperature sensors;
• Added monitoring (logging + trap) and thresholds (thresholds) for utilization of CPU, RAM and flash memory;
• Added the ability to monitor port utilization for various time intervals;
• Implemented support for Port-Based QinQ with TR-101 mode;
• Implemented L2PT function;
• The function of filtering incoming tagged traffic on access ports has been implemented;
• Added the ability to set a password to enter U-Boot;
• Added ability to view threshold ddm information;
• Added maintenance of statistics on protection against TCP-SYN attacks.

Fixed:

• Fixed error displaying and saving the setting "ip ospf mtu-ignore";
• Fixed reboot of the device after entering the command "show ip ospf database router";
• DHCP client on port OOB is now enabled by default;
• Removed the ability to configure interfaces that are not on the device;
• Increased the number of remote control sessions to 5;
• Fixed reboot of the device due to overflow of buffers for receiving packets on the CPU in the jumbo-frame switch mode;
• Fixed CLI hang during SNMP polling via OOB port;
• Fixed switch reboot when trying to log OSPF events about a neighbor if its router-id has the maximum character length;
• Fixed switch reboot when intercepting ultra-long frames on the CPU.

Firmware Version 6.1.2

Added:

• Added the ability to upload configuration files via HTTP protocol;
• USB-interface is now supported;
• Increased the size of the System Name column in the show lldp neighbors command output up to 30 characters;
• Increased displayed part of hostname up to 35 characters;
• Added the ability to restrict multicast, TCP-SYN and SFLOW traffic on the CPU;
• Added encryption for SNMP community, RADIUS and TACACS+ key in configuration;
• Increased the number of MSTP instances up to 64;
• Increased the number of local users up to 30;
• PVST+/RPVST+ is now supported;
• Added the ability to select source IP address for DHCP packets and DHCP server IP address for DHCP Relay;
• Added chain authentication mode;
• Added the ability to configure 31 and 32 bit masks on IP interfaces;
• Added the ability to configure 31 and 32 subnet masks on IP interfaces;
• Added the extra information to the show interface status command output;
• Default settings have been changed. Now IPv6 on VLAN 1 interface is disabled by default;
• Default settings have been changed. Now ip ssh password-auth command is enabled by default;
• Added the ability to change the IP address to another one from the same subnet;
• The number of L3 interfaces has been increased up to 2050;
• IP unnumbered is now supported.

Fixed:

• Fixed behavior when VLAN name could not be configured in vlan database context;
• Fixed behavior when there was a break in traffic transmission when the ARP timeout expired;
• Fixed behavior when SSH-Server required re-entering login when connecting;
• Fixed long output of show ipv6 interface brief command;
• Fixed the incorrect output of the GVRP enable command;
• Fixed port blocking when non-existent access-list was triggered;
• Fixed the incorrect output of the speed of aggregated channels;
• Fixed no mac address-table learning command not beeing displayed in show running-config.

Firmware Version 6.1.1

Added:

• WEB-interface is now supported;
• Show tech-support output is expanded;
• Increased DHCP snooping binding table size to 10240 entries;
• Added automatic configuration backup feature;
• Added QoS statistics output to interface statistics output;
• Added logging for MAC addresses flapping;
• Added IGMP proxy-report feature;
• Added port status display to show interfaces description command output;
• Added support for ECMP technology;
• Implemented protection against downloading a firmware file from another series of devices;
• Added ability to customize ethertype field;
• Provider bridge group address supported in STP BPDU;
• Added the ability to programmatically disable the F button;
• Added the ability to log commands executed in the CLI;
• Added the ability to reset the settings of physical and logical interfaces;
• Added ability to view ports uptime via CLI;
• Added support for IGMP Radius authentication;
• Added support for host-based IGMP snooping fast leave mode;
• Added the ability to limit multicast traffic using profiles;
• Added the ability to spoof the source IP address in igmp report packets from the client;
• Added support for BGP protocol;
• Added support for BGP protocol extension - Multicast BGP;
• Added support for IS-IS protocol;
• Added license management feature;
• Added support for Filter-List feature in OSPF protocol;
• Enabled the collection of statistics on processes on the CPU in the factory settings of the switch;
• Added the switchport trunk allowed vlan command, which sets the list of allowed VLANs for the interface;
• Added support for 64-bit packet counters on interfaces.

Fixed:

• Fixed switch reboot when deleting zone in OSPF;
• Changed the construction of the content of the configuration file;
• Fixed extra console output when the PIM protocol is running;
• Fixed incorrect display of the size of flash memory when loading the device;
• In the default configuration, all VLANs are unreserved for internal use;
• It is forbidden to export SSH keys when unloading a configuration;
• Increased the maximum possible number of learned MAC addresses for the port security function to the size of the MAC table;
• Fixed switch reboot when receiving an invalid packet on the OOB port;
• Eliminated the need to assign IP addresses from the same subnet to the switch interface and client equipment for correct igmp report processing;
• Fixed mirroring of CDP protocol packets when transferring via LAG;
• Fixed behavior where a link periodically dropped out of the LAG;
• Fixed incorrect display of LAG utilization when adding / removing ports from it;
• Fixed tagged PVST BPDU blocking;
• Fixed incorrect display of LAG bandwidth.

Firmware Version 6.0.2

Added:

• Qos tail-drop profile is now supported;
• Added 'show interfaces" command';
• Added command for managing the list of allowed VLANs in Trunk mode;
• Added 'switchport forbidden default-vlan' command;
• SFP transciever's power level output in dBm is now supported;
• Added 'switchport default-vlan tagged'command;
• The number of IPv4-interfaces in OSPF has been increased to 512.

Fixed:

• Fixed unavailability of the full RAM space;
• Fixed Link-Flapping on SFP transcievers operating on long distances (about 20 km);
• Fixed the incorrect display of DDM information;
• Fixed the incorrect work of OOB port;
• Fixed switch reboot after displaying STP information in MSTP mode;
• Fixed freezing of the switch after the query of a non-existent interface via SNMP.

Firmware Version 5.5.4.2

Added:

• The size of the ARP table has been increased to 7K.
   

Firmware Version 5.5.4

Added:

• ERPS support.

Fixed:

• Fixed problem with duplication of 802.1q header during PVST bpdu transit.

Firmware Version 5.5.2

Added:

• Support for copper 1G SFP;
• Disabling an interface that is a member of Port-Channel.

Fixed:

• Error while polling via SNMP, leading to a reboot;
• Reflect CDP and PVST + packets back to port.