Dell S3100 User Manual

Rev. A01

February 2021

Dell EMC Networking S3100 Series Release

Notes, OS Version 9.14(2.9P1)

This document contains information about open and resolved issues, and operational information specific to the Dell EMC Networking operating software (OS) and the S3100 Series platform.

Current Release Version: 9.14(2.9P1) Release Date: 2021-02-18

Previous Release Version: 9.14(2.9)

Topics:

•Document Revision History

•Requirements

•New Dell EMC Networking OS Version 9.14(2.9) Features

•Restrictions

•Changes to Default Behavior and CLI Syntax

•Documentation Corrections

•Deferred Issues

•Fixed Issues

•Known Issues

•Upgrade Instructions

•Support Resources

NOTE: This document may contain language that is not consistent with current guidelines of Dell Technologies. There are plans to update this document over subsequent releases to revise the language accordingly.

Incorrect behavior or unexpected caveats are listed as the Problem Report (PR) numbers within the appropriate sections.

NOTE: You can subscribe to issue update reports or use the BugTrack search tool to read current information about open and closed software issues. To subscribe or use BugTrack, visit iSupport at: https://www.force10networks.com/ CSPortal20/BugTrack/SearchIssues.aspx. All Release Notes are available on the Software Center tab of iSupport. The link to the relevant Release Notes for each software version is next to the link for that version: https:// www.force10networks.com/CSPortal20/Software/Downloads.aspx.

For more information on hardware and software features, commands, and capabilities, refer to the Dell EMC Networking support website at: https://www.dell.com/support

Document Revision History

Table 1. Revision History

Date	Description


2021-02	9.14.2.9P1 - Added Fixed Issues for the release.

2020–12	Initial release.

Requirements

The following requirements apply to the S3100 Series.

Hardware Requirements

The following table lists the Dell EMC S3100 Series hardware requirements:

Table 2. System Hardware Requirements

Platforms	Hardware Requirements


S3124 chassis	●	Twenty-four Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports that
		support auto-negotiation for speed, flow control, and duplex.
	● Two SFP 1G combo ports.
	● Two SFP+ 10G ports.
	● 20G expansion slot that supports an optional small form-factor
		pluggable plus (SFP+) or 10GBase-T module.
	● Two fixed mini Serial Attached SCSI (mini-SAS) stacking ports
		HG[21] to connect up to twelve S3100 series switches.

S3124F chassis	●	Twenty-four Gigabit Ethernet 100BASEFX/1000BASE-X SFP ports.
	● Two 1G copper combo ports.
	● Two SFP+ 10G ports.
	● 20G expansion slot that supports an optional small form-factor
		pluggable plus (SFP+) or 10GBase-T module.
	● Two fixed mini Serial Attached SCSI (mini-SAS) stacking ports
		HG[21] to connect up to twelve S3100 series switches.

S3124P chassis	●	Twenty-four Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports for
		copper that support auto-negotiation for speed, flow control, and
		duplex.
	● Two SFP 1G combo ports.
	● Two SFP+ 10G ports.
	●	Supports PoE+.
	● 20G expansion slot that supports an optional small form-factor
		pluggable plus (SFP+) or 10GBase-T module.
	● Two fixed mini Serial Attached SCSI (mini-SAS) stacking ports
		HG[21] to connect up to twelve S3100 series switches.

S3148P chassis	●	Forty-eight Gigabit Ethernet 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
		RJ-45 ports that support auto-negotiation for speed, flow control,
		and duplex.
	● Two SFP 1G combo ports.
	● Two SFP+ 10G ports.
	●	Supports PoE+.
	● 20G expansion slot that supports an optional small form-factor
		pluggable plus (SFP+) or 10GBase-T module.
	● Two fixed mini Serial Attached SCSI (mini-SAS) stacking ports
		HG[21] to connect up to twelve S3100 series switches.

S3148 chassis	●	Forty-eight Gigabit Ethernet 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
		RJ-45 ports that support auto-negotiation for speed, flow control,
		and duplex.
	● Two SFP 1G combo ports.
	● Two SFP+ 10G ports.
	● 20G expansion slot that supports an optional small form-factor
		pluggable plus (SFP+) or 10GBase-T module.
	● Two fixed mini Serial Attached SCSI (mini-SAS) stacking ports
		HG[21] to connect up to twelve S3100 series switches.

Software Requirements

The following table lists the Dell EMC S3100 Series software requirements:

Table 3. System Software Requirements

Software	Minimum Release Requirement


Dell EMC Networking OS	9.14(2.9)

New Dell EMC Networking OS Version 9.14(2.9) Features

The following features are integrated into the Dell EMC Networking 9.14.2 branch through this release:

None

Restrictions

●Prerequisite steps to upgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS from earlier version to 9.14.2.0 or later:

1.Uninstall the older version of the Open Automation (OA) package

2.Upgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS to 9.14.2.0 or later version

3.Install the following OA packages from the respective upgraded version:

a.SmartScripts

b.Puppet

c.Open management infrastructure (OMI)

d.SNMP MIB

Prerequisite steps to downgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS from 9.14.2.0 or later to the earlier version:

1.Uninstall the OA package of 9.14.2.0 or later version

2.Downgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS to an earlier version

3.Install the respective OA package from an earlier version

For more information about installing, uninstalling and upgrading the Dell EMC Networking OS and OA package, refer the respective Dell EMC System Release Notes.

●If you downgrade the Dell EMC Networking OS version from 9.14.2.9 to 9.11.0.0 or any older versions, the system displays the following error message even though there is no functional impact:

CDB boot error: C.cdb file format

Before downgrading, save the current configuration and then remove the CDB files (confd_cdb.tar.gz.version and confd_cdb.tar.gz). To remove the files, use the following steps:

DellEMC#write memory

DellEMC#delete flash://confd_cdb.tar.gz.version

DellEMC#delete flash://confd_cdb.tar.gz

DellEMC#reload

● While deploying the system in the normal-reload mode in BMP configuration, use the ip ssh server enable command at the beginning of the startup configuration if the write memory command is used at the end of the configuration.

●REST API does not support AAA authentication.

●The following features are not available in the Dell EMC Networking OS from version 9.7(0.0):

○PIM ECMP

○Static IGMP join (ip igmp static-group)

○IGMP querier timeout configuration (ip igmp querier-timeout)

○ IGMP group join limit (ip igmp group join-limit)

●Half-Duplex mode is not supported.

●When FRRP is enabled in a VLT domain, no flavor of Spanning tree should concurrently be enabled on the nodes of that specific VLT domain. In essence FRRP and xSTP should not co-exist in a VLT environment.

Changes to Default Behavior and CLI Syntax

●From 9.14(2.4P1) onwards, a new nand chip ships on the S3100 series switch. This chip supports the new UBoot version 5.2.1.10.

Documentation Corrections

None.

Deferred Issues

Issues that appear in this section were reported in a previous version of Dell Networking OS version as open, but have since been deferred. Deferred issues are the issues that are found to be invalid, not reproducible, or not scheduled for resolution.

Deferred issues are reported using the following definitions.

Deferred S3100 series 9.14(2.0) Software Issues

Issues that appear in this section were reported in Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.0) as open, but have since been deferred. Deferred caveats are those that are found to be invalid, not reproducible, or not scheduled for resolution.

None.

Fixed Issues

Fixed issues are reported using the following definitions.

Category	Description
PR#	Problem Report number that identifies the issue.
Severity	S1 — Crash: A software crash occurs in the kernel or a running process that requires a restart of AFM,
	the router, switch, or process.

Category Description

Synopsis

Release Notes

Work around

S3 — Major: An issue that affects the functionality of a major feature or negatively effects the network for which there exists a work-around that is acceptable to the customer.

S4 — Minor: A cosmetic issue or an issue in a minor feature with little or no network impact for which there might be a work-around.

Synopsis is the title or short description of the issue.

Release Notes description contains more detailed information about the issue.

Work around describes a mechanism for circumventing, avoiding, or recovering from the issue. It might not be a permanent solution.

Issues listed in the “Closed Caveats” section should not be present, and the work-around is unnecessary, as the version of code for which this release note is documented has resolved the issue.

Fixed S3100 Series 9.14(2.9P1) Software Issues

NOTE: Dell EMC Networking OS 9.14(2.9P1) includes fixes for caveats addressed in the previous 9.14 releases. Refer to the respective release notes documentation for the list of caveats fixed in the earlier 9.14 releases.

The following caveats are fixed in Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.9P1):

PR# 169575
Severity:	Sev 2
Synopsis:	In certain scenarios, port configuration does not take effect and you
	may see the IFMGR-3-IFA_COMM_FAIL syslog error.
Release Notes:	In certain scenarios, port configuration does not take effect and you
	may see the IFMGR-3-IFA_COMM_FAIL syslog error.
Workaround:	None
PR# 169816
Severity:	Sev 2
Synopsis:	10G optional module ports go down randomly.
Release Notes:	10G optional module ports go down randomly.
Workaround:	None
PR# 170018
Severity:	Sev 1
Synopsis:	Ethernet packet type 0x888e is not handled, leading to a memory leak.
Release Notes:	Ethernet packet type 0x888e is not handled, leading to a memory leak.
Workaround:	None
PR# 170024
Severity:	Sev 2

Synopsis:	On a fully scaled switch, with all ports fanned out, some ports fail to
	OPER UP after reload.
Release Notes:	On a fully scaled switch, with all ports fanned out, some ports fail to
	OPER UP after reload.
Workaround:	None
PR# 170029
Severity:	Sev 3
Synopsis:	Certain configurations are lost after reload, when alias configuration is
	used.
Release Notes:	Certain configurations are lost after reload, when alias configuration is
	used.
Workaround:	None
PR# 170041
Severity:	Sev 2
Synopsis:	In certain scenarios, in a VLT environment, the switch may encounter
	an exception during VLT failover.
Release Notes:	In certain scenarios, in a VLT environment, the switch may encounter
	an exception during VLT failover.
Workaround:	None

Fixed S3100 Series 9.14(2.9) Software Issues

NOTE: Dell EMC Networking OS 9.14(2.9) includes fixes for caveats addressed in the previous 9.14 releases. See the respective release notes documentation for the list of caveats fixed in the earlier 9.14 releases.

The following caveats have been fixed in the Dell EMC Networking OS version 9.14(2.9):

PR# 169919
Severity:	Sev 3
Synopsis:	The switch may encounter a software exception due to invalid memory
	access on bootup.
Release Notes:	The switch may encounter a software exception due to invalid memory
	access on bootup.
Workaround:	None
PR# 169921
Severity:	Sev 2
Synopsis:	Static routes are not restored when BFD is disabled at interface level.
Release Notes:	Static routes are not restored when BFD is disabled at interface level.
Workaround:	None

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