Dell PowerConnect 3424 Owner's Manual

Dell™ PowerConnect™ 3424/3448/3424P/3448P

PowerConnect 3424/3448/3424P/3448P
Release Notes

Date: November 2006
System Firmware Version 2.0.0.20

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1

GLOBAL SUPPORT 1

Firmware Specifications 1

Added functionality in this release 1

Issues resolved 2

Configuration file with PVLAN cannot be copied to startup.......................................................................................2

Native VLAN display..................................................................................................................................................2

Display of configured LACP Channels. .....................................................................................................................2

WBI Stacking Port Information.................................................................................................................................. 2

Known Restrictions and Limitations 2

Broadcast Storm Control Ranges..............................................................................................................................2

Queue Settings on Cascaded/Stacked Ports ............................................................................................................2

Management Station Loses Communication to Stack after Master Unit Failure........................................................3

SNTP Interface Polling..............................................................................................................................................3

Migration of hosts from one device port to another. ..................................................................................................3

Documentation updates 4

Introduction ...............................................................................................................................................................4

Corrections and Additions to the System Information Guide 4

Corrections and Additions to the User’s Guide and CLI Reference
Guide 4

Corrections and Additions to the User’s Guide 4

Configuring Switch Information -> Configuring VLANs -> Defining VLAN Ports Settings..........................................4

Configuring Switch Information Æ Configuring Network Security Æ Configuring Port Security.................................4

Configuring Switch Information Æ Configuring VLANs Æ Defining VLAN Membership Æ Defining VLAN Port

Settings Æ Defining VLAN LAG Settings ..................................................................................................................4

Viewing Statistics Æ Viewing RMON Statistics Æ Viewing RMON Statistics Group.................................................4

Viewing Statistics Æ Viewing RMON Statistics Æ Viewing RMON History Table.....................................................5

Corrections and Additions to the CLI Reference Guide 5

Copy..........................................................................................................................................................................5

spanning-tree pathcost method................................................................................................................................. 5

spanning-tree portfast ...............................................................................................................................................5

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service cpu-utilization................................................................................................................................................5

switchport access vlan ..............................................................................................................................................5

switchport general allowed vlan ................................................................................................................................5

switchport general pvid..............................................................................................................................................5

show vlan..................................................................................................................................................................5

show vlan mac-to-vlan...............................................................................................................................................5

power inline...............................................................................................................................................................5

show rmon statistics..................................................................................................................................................6

show rmon history.....................................................................................................................................................6

System Usage Notes 6

Non-Present Ports.....................................................................................................................................................6

Ports are not removed automatically from an IGMP group by removing them from the VLAN. .................................6

36216........................................................................................................................................................................6

Only management stations with super community access can set rndAlarmEnabling..............................................6

End of Release Notes 6

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