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Release Notes for Catalyst 5000 Family ATM Module Release 12.0W5
August 4, 2000
These release notes describe the Catalyst 5000 family ATM module release 12.0(10)W5(18a).
Note The Catalyst 5000 family includes the Catalyst 5002, the Catalyst 5000, the Catalyst 5505, the Catalyst 5509, and the Catalyst 5500 switches. Throughout this publication and all Catalyst 5000 family documents, the phrase Catalyst 5000 family switches refers to all Catalyst 5000 family switches, unless otherwise noted.
The following modules are supported in this release:
- ATM dual PHY OC-3 modules (WS-X5153, WS-X5154, WS-X5155, WS-X5156, WS-X5157, and WS-X5158)
- ATM dual PHY OC-12 modules (WS-X5161 and WS-X5162)
- ATM dual PHY OC-3 modules (WS-X5167 and WS-X5168)
- ATM Fabric Integration Module (WS-X5165)
The ATM dual PHY OC-3 modules (WS-X5153, WS-X5154, WS-X5155, WS-X5156, WS-X5157, and WS-X5158) use the c5atm-wl-mz image. These modules do not support Multiprotocol over ATM (MPOA). This image supports LAN Emulation (LANE) and RFC 1483 non-traffic-shaping permanent virtual connections (PVCs). If you want traffic-shaping PVC functionality, use the c5atm-wt-mz image.
The ATM dual PHY OC-12 modules (WS-X5161 and WS-X5162), the ATM dual PHY OC-3 modules (WS-X5167 and WS-X5168), and the ATM Fabric Integration module (WS-X5165) use the c5atm-lc-mz image. These modules support MPOA, LANE, and RFC 1483 with traffic shaping. The same software image supports all three features.
This document consists of these sections:
The Catalyst 5000 family ATM LANE modules are Year 2000 compliant in ATM software release 3.1 and later.
For more information on Cisco's Year 2000 compliance, visit this URL:
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/752/2000/
The modules supported by the c5atm-wl-mz, c5atm-lc-mz, and c5atm-wt-mz images are supported on two release trains:
Table 1 lists the features and the applicable Cisco IOS train that supports each feature.
Table 1: Supported Cisco IOS Trains by Feature
| Product Number
| LANE
| PVC Traffic- Shaping
| Token Ring
| MPOA
| FSSRP
| Fast PHY
|
WS-X5153 WS-X5154 WS-X5155
| 11.3 and 12.0
| 11.3 and 12.0
| 70.2(1)
| Not supported
| 12.0
| 12.0
|
WS-X5156 WS-X5157 WS-X5158
| 11.3 and 12.0
| 11.3 and 12.0
| 70.2(1)
| Not supported
| 12.0
| 12.0
|
WS-X5166
| Not supported
| 11.3 and 12.0
| Not supported
| Not supported
| Not supported
| Not supported
|
WS-X5161 WS-X5162
| Not supported
| 11.3 and 12.0
| 11.3
| 11.3 and 12.0
| 12.0
| 12.0
|
WS-X5167 WS-X5168
| 11.3 and 12.0
| 11.3 and 12.0
| 11.3
| 11.3 and 12.0
| 12.0
| 12.0
|
WS-X5165
| 11.3 and 12.0
| 11.3 and 12.0
| Not supported
| 11.3 and 12.0
| 12.0
| 12.0
|
Note The 12.0-based image has new features, such as fast-PHY switchover and FSSRP. If you are not interested in these new features, we recommend that you use the 11.3 images.
For a list of IOS software caveats that apply to this release, refer to the Caveats for Cisco IOS Release 12.0 publications. For IOS release notes that apply to this release, refer to the Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 12.0. These documents are located on the Documentation CD-ROM and CCO. For more information, see the "Cisco Connection Online" section.
For information on ATM module releases prior to 12.0(7)W5(15b), refer to the online documentation located at WWW: http://www.cisco.com at
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat5000/c5krn/atm_rns/index.htm
Table 2 lists the current release image names on CCO for the Catalyst 5000 family ATM modules.
Table 2: Current Release Image Names for ATM Modules
| ATM Module
| Product Number
| LANE SW Release
| PVC Traffic-Shaping SW Release
| Token Ring
| LANE/MPOA/ Traffic-Shaping SW Release
| Latest
Supervisor Engine SW Release
|
LANE Single PHY OC-3
| WS-X5153 WS-X5154 WS-X5155
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-wl-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-wt-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| 70.2(1) c5atm-trlane.70-2-1.bin
| Not applicable
| 5.5(1)
|
LANE Dual PHY OC-3
| WS-X5156 WS-X5157 WS-X5158
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-wl-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-wt-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| 70.2(1) c5atm-trlane.70-2-1.bin
| Not applicable
| 5.5(1)
|
Dual PHY DS3
| WS-X5166
| Not applicable
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-wt-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| Not applicable
| Not applicable
| 5.5(1)
|
Dual PHY OC-12
| WS-X5161 WS-X5162
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-wl-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-wt-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| 11.3WA4(14b) 5atm-wtoken.113-11.WA4.14b.bin
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-lc-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| 5.5(1)
|
Dual PHY OC-3
| WS-X5167 WS-X5168
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-wl-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-wt-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| 11.3WA4(14b) 5atm-wtoken.113-11.WA4.14b.bin
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-lc-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| 5.5(1)
|
Fabric Integration
| WS-X5165
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-wl-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-wt-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| Not applicable
| 12.0W5(18a) c5atm-lc-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| 5.5(1)
|
Table 3 lists the software versions and applicable ordering information for the Catalyst 5000 a ATM module software.
Table 3: Software Version/Orderable Product Number Matrix
| Software Version
| Filename
| Orderable Product Number Flash on System
| Orderable Product Number Spare Upgrade (Floppy Media)
|
3.2(4)
| c5000-atm.3-2-4.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-3.2.4
| SWC5K-ATM-3.2.4=
|
3.2(5)
| cat5000-atm.3-2-5.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-3.2.5
| SWC5K-ATM-3.2.5=
|
3.2(6)
| cat5000-atm.3-2-6.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-3.2.6
| SWC5K-ATM-3.2.6=
|
3.2(7)
| cat5000-atm.3-2-7.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-3.2.7
| SWC5K-ATM-3.2.7=
|
3.2(8)
| c5atm-wblane.113-2.5.WA4.4m.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-3.2.8
| SWC5K-ATM-3.2.8=
|
3.2(9)
| c5atm-wblane.113-4.WA4.7a.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-3.2.9
| SWC5K-ATM-3.2.9=
|
3.2(10)
| c5atm-wblane.113-6.WA4.9b.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-3.2.10
| SWC5K-ATM-3.2.10=
|
3.2(11)
| c5atm-wblane.113-6.WA4.9c.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-3.2.11
| SWC5K-ATM-3.2.11=
|
3.2(12)
| c5atm-wblane.113-8.WA4.11.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-3.2.12
| SWC5K-ATM-3.2.12=
|
3.2(13)
| c5atm-wblane.113-8.WA4.11a.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-3.2.13
| SWC5K-ATM-3.2.13=
|
3.2(14)
| c5atm-wblane.113-8.WA4.12a.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-3.2.14
| SWC5K-ATM-3.2.14=
|
12.0W5(10)
| c5atm-wblane.120-4a.W5.10.bin
| SFC5K-ATML-5.10
| SWC5K-ATML-5.10=
|
12.0W5(15b)
| c5atm-wblane.120-7.W5.15b.bin
| SFC5K-ATML-5.15B
| SWC5K-ATML-5.15B=
|
12.0W5(17)
| c5atm-wblane.120-9.W5.17.bin
| SC5K-ATML-5.17
| SC5K-ATML-5.17=
|
12.0W5(17a)
| c5atm-wblane.120-9.W5.17a.bin
| SC5K-ATML-5.17A
| SC5K-ATML-5.17A=
|
12.0W5(18a)
| c5atm-wl-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| SC5AWL-12.0.10W
| SC5AWL-12.0.10W=
|
4.3
| cat5atm-wtall.113-2.WA4.3.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-4.3.0
| SWC5K-ATM-4.3.0=
|
4.4(b)
| c5atm-wtall.113-2a.WA4.4b.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-4.4B
| SWC5K-ATM-4.4B=
|
4.5
| c5atm-wtall.113-3a.WA4.5.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-4.5
| SWC5K-ATM-4.5=
|
4.7a
| c5atm-wtall.113-4.WA4.7a.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-4.7
| SWC5K-ATM-4.7=
|
4.8a
| c5atm-wtall.113-5.WA4.8a.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-4.8
| SWC5K-ATM-4.8=
|
4.9a
| c5atm-wtall.113-6.WA4.9a.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-4.9
| SWC5K-ATM-4.9=
|
4.9b
| c5atm-wtall.113-6.WA4.9b.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-4.9B
| SWC5K-ATM-4.9B=
|
4.9c
| c5atm-wtall.113-6.WA4.9c.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-4.9C
| SWC5K-ATM-4.9C=
|
4.11
| c5atm-wtall.113-8.WA4.11.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-4.11
| SWC5K-ATM-4.11=
|
4.11a
| c5atm-wtall.113-8.WA4.11a.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-4.11A
| SWC5K-ATM-4.11A=
|
4.12a
| c5atm-wtall.113-8.WA4.12a.bin
| SFC5K-ATM-4.12A
| SWC5K-ATM-4.12A=
|
12.0W5(10)
| c5atm-wtall.120-4a.W5.10.bin
| SFC5K-ATMLM-5.10
| SWC5K-ATMLM-5.10=
|
12.0W5(15b)
| c5atm-wtall.120-7.W5.15b.bin
| SFC5K-ATMLM-5.15B
| SWC5K-ATMLM-5.15B=
|
12.0W5(17)
| c5atm-wtall.120-9.W5.17.bin
| SC5K-ATMLM-5.17
| SC5K-ATMLM-5.17=
|
12.0W5(17a)
| c5atm-wtall.120-9.W5.17a.bin
| SC5K-ATMLM-5.17A
| SC5K-ATMLM-5.17A=
|
12.0W5(18a)
| c5atm-lc-mz.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| SC5ALC-12.0.10W
| SC5ALC-12.0.10W=
|
51.1(1)
| cat5000-atm-pvcshape.51-1-1.bin
| SFC5K-ATMPV-51.1
| SWC5K-ATMPV-51.1=
|
51.1(2)
| c5atm-wbpvc.113-2.5.WA4.4m.bin
| SFC5K-ATMPV-51.1.2
| SWC5K-ATMPV51.1.2=
|
51.1(3)
| c5atm-wbpvc.113-4.WA4.7.bin
| SFC5K-ATMPV-51.1.3
| SWC5K-ATMPV51.1.3=
|
51.1(4)
| c5atm-wbpvc.113-6.WA4.9a.bin
| SFC5K-ATMPV-51.1.4
| SWC5K-ATMPV51.1.4=
|
51.1(5)
| c5atm-wbpvc.113-6.WA4.9d.bin
| SFC5K-ATMPV-51.1.5
| SWC5K-ATMPV51.1.5=
|
12.0W5(18a)
| c5atm-wt-mc.120-10.W5.18a.bin
| .SC5AWT-12.0.10W
| SC5AWT-12.0.10W=
|
This section describes the usage guidelines and restrictions for the Catalyst 5000 family release 12.0W5.
- If you download a configuration that creates more than 4000 PVCs with OAM enabled to a Catalyst 5000 OC-12 ATM line card using the copy tftp running command, the ATM card may reset.
- Due to cell-rate granularity, the actual PCR value may differ from the value you specify. Only certain values of output rate are supported. The output rate is (line-rate)/N {where N is an integer}, a value that is less than or equal to the rate you specified.
- The LE_ARP cache entry reverification process requires supervisor engine release 3.2(2) or later, but is not available in supervisor engine release 4.1(x). If the supervisor engine software does not meet these requirements, reverification is performed by sending actual LE_ARPs.
- To fully support the ATM Fabric Integration Module (WS-X5165), the Catalyst 5500 switch must run supervisor engine release 4.3 or later and the LightStream 1010 ASP must run Cisco IOS Release 12.0(1)W5(5) or later.
- The show version command displays different release numbers depending on which command-line interface (CLI) you use. For example:
- From the Catalyst 5000 family supervisor engine CLI (prior to supervisor engine release 4.1), this ATM release is displayed as follows:
- 3.2(14) for the ATM dual PHY OC-3 modules (WS-X5153, WS-X5154, WS-X5155, WS-X5156, WS-X5157, and WS-X5158)
- 4.12 for the ATM dual PHY OC-12 modules (WS-X5161 and WS-X5162), the ATM dual PHY OC-3 modules (WS-X5167 and WS-X5168), and the ATM Fabric Integration module (WS-X5165)
- From the Catalyst 5000 family supervisor engine CLI (supervisor engine release 4.1 and later), the IOS software version displayed is 12.0(4a)W5(10).
- From the Catalyst 5000 family ATM module CLI, the IOS software version displayed is 12.0(4a)W5(10).
- All three versions are identical.
- The minimum peak-cell rate (PCR) is 64 kbps. If you specify a PCR greater than 0 and less than 64 kbps, the rate specified is 64 kbps.
- If you install an ATM module using Release 12.0(4a)W5(10) or later and a Route Switch Module (RSM) in the same chassis, you must use RSM software version 11.2(12a)P1 or later.
- Octet counters are supported on a per-physical-interface basis only. Octet counters per virtual LAN (VLAN) or per LEC are not supported.
- When you use the Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) with the Catalyst 5000 family ATM module, we recommend that you also use the standby use-bia command when configuring the routers. This command speeds up the HSRP switchover time. (CSCdj32249)
- If system time synchronization is not supported, this message is displayed during the ATM module startup time: "ATM_INSTANCE message does not contain timestamp info." If you receive this message, use the set clock command to set the system clock. (CSCdk22518)
Note The set clock command is not supported by the ATM Fabric Integration module.
- If you have a LAN Emulation Configuration Server (LECS), LES, or BUS configured on an ATM module, and you replace the supervisor engine module or move the ATM module from one slot to another, you will modify the default ATM address network service access points (NSAPs). Be sure to update the LECS database configuration with the new NSAP values.
- When you insert or replace ATM modules, enter the clear config mod_num command to clear the ATM module configuration information in the supervisor engine and to obtain the correct spanning-tree parameters for the modules. Enter this command from the supervisor engine command prompt.
Software release 12.0(10)W5(18a) supports PVC traffic shaping on the Catalyst 5000 ATM modules. Software release 12.0(10)W5(18a) is the first maintenance release for the PVC traffic-shaping feature supported on the Catalyst 5000 ATM modules since software release 11.3(6)WA4(9d).
No new features were introduced in software release 12.0(9)W5(17a).
No new features were introduced in software release 12.0(9)W5(17).
No new features were introduced in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b).
This section contains new feature information, usage guidelines, and restrictions for release 12.0(4a)W5(10).
Release 12.0(4a)W5(10) supports these new features:
- Fast Simple Server Redundancy Protocol (FSSRP)
- Fast physical sublayer (PHY) switchover
FSSRP differs from the current Simple Server Redundancy Protocol (SSRP) in that all configured LAN Emulation Servers (LESs) (master LES as well as the secondary LESs) of an Emulated LAN (ELAN) can accept join requests from any FSSRP-aware client. The benefit of establishing connections with all the LES and Broadcast and Unknown Server(BUS) pairs is that a LEC can switch over to a new LES/BUS, in the event of a failure, without any noticeable delay. The fast switchover is made possible by handing out all the configured LES addresses (in the order in which they are configured) to the LAN Emulation Clients (LECs) in the configuration response through a Cisco proprietary type-length-value (TLV). Note that the list of configured LES addresses includes the LES address that is also returned in the configuration response. This list includes all the FSSRP-capable LES addresses and an old-style LES (if that is the master LES). This list includes a maximum of four addresses.
Note Third-party LANE clients or FSSRP-unaware (Cisco) clients cannot take advantage of the multiple LES addresses. In the 11.3 software train, release 11.3(8)WA4(11a) or later is compatible with FSSRP.
LECs are allowed to join an FSSRP LES by including the FSSRP TLV in the join request, which uniquely identifies the capability of the client to the LES. The master LES also keeps track of any FSSRP-unaware clients that have joined the ELAN and redirects these clients to a new master LES in the event of a switchover (a preempt configuration). With FSSRP implemented, only FSSRP-unaware clients need to go to LECS to get the new (master) LES address and rejoin the ELAN. All LESs know if they are the master LES or a secondary LES.
There is only one new command for this feature. Use the lane fssrp to enable FSSRP.
Description
Use the lane fssrp command from the major interface configuration level to enable all LES, LEC, and BUS on the subinterfaces configured on that major interface.
lane fssrp
Default
By default, FSSRP is not enabled.
Command Type
IOS ATM command.
Command Mode
Interface configuration.
Usage Guidelines
When you enable FSSRP on a major interface, all LECs and LES/BUS pairs configured on the subinterfaces of that major interface become FSSRP enabled.
Example
This example shows how to enable FSSRP on the major interface:
ATM#config term
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
ATM(config)#interface atm0
ATM(config-if)#lane fssrp
ATM(config-if)#
ATM#
There are also modifications to the show lane client display output:
- If the LEC is in the active state, information for the active LES/BUS is displayed; otherwise, information for the master LES/BUS is displayed.
- The display is extended with a keyword, show lane client detail, to display all the LES/BUS information.
In previous releases, when switching from the active PHY to the redundant PHY, the link went down on all the LECs and a message was sent to the Catalyst 5000 family supervisor engine for every VLAN configured on the module. This operation updated the spanning tree in the supervisor engine. After the redundant PHY became the active PHY, new LECs were created and a message was sent to the supervisor engine for every VLAN. While these changes were taking place, traffic was stopped.
With Release 12.0(4a)W5(10), fast PHY switchover reduces the time to restore traffic flow when traffic switches from the active PHY to the redundant PHY in the Catalyst 5000 dual PHY ATM modules.
There are no new or modified commands for this feature.
These sections describe the open and resolved caveats in Software Release 12.0(10)W5(18a):
This section describes the open caveats in Release 12.0(10)W5(18a).
- PVC performance may decrease below the 176Kpps line rate to 131Kpps under heavy traffic with more than one Fast Ethernet stream on the OC-3 MMF and SMF modules (WS-X5167 and WS-X5168). (CSCdm84276)
- For the ATM dual PHY OC-12 module, when the (nonactive) redundant PHY is connected to a LightStream 1010 OC-12 PAM, that LightStream 1010 OC-12 PAM's port may show a red alarm LED. This is because at any time there is only one PHY active in the ATM dual PHY OC-12 module. This red alarm LED does not indicate a loss-of-frame condition.
- When you have a large number (more than 100) of LECs on the ATM Fabric Integration module, downloading a Flash image to multiple ATM Fabric Integration modules can increase the time it takes the modules to come online. For this reason, we recommend that you perform single downloads to the ATM Fabric Integration modules if there are about 100 LANE clients.
- When a large number of VLANs are configured on the ATM Fabric Integration module, doing a fast switchover of the supervisor engines can cause the LANE servers and clients to go down and come up.
- The following applies to the ATM Fabric Integration module in Release 12.0(4a)W5(10) and later:
- The set clock command is not supported.
- The set sonet mode command is not supported.
- The set preferred phy command is not supported.
- The show controller command output does not display the PHY error counters for the internal ATM port.
This section describes the open caveats in Release 12.0(10)W5(18a).
- The current VC counters value displayed by the show interface atm0 and the show atm interface atm0 commands are incorrect. Use the show atm vc command instead. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(10)W5(18a). (CSCdj57154)
- The WS-X5167 module resets after a writeNet SNMP request is entered. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(10)W5(18a). (CSCdr26349)
- The CLI does not allow users to disable the LEC LE-Flush mechanism. The new [no] lane client flush command has been added in software release 12.0(10)W5(18a) to resolve this problem. (CSCdr06796)
These sections describe the open and resolved caveats in Software Release 12.0(9)W5(17):
This section describes the open caveats in Release 12.0(9)W5(17a).
- PVC performance may decrease below the 176Kpps line rate to 131Kpps under heavy traffic with more than one Fast Ethernet stream on the OC-3 MMF and SMF modules (WS-X5167 and WS-X5168). (CSCdm84276)
- For the ATM dual PHY OC-12 module, when the (nonactive) redundant PHY is connected to a LightStream 1010 OC-12 PAM, that LightStream 1010 OC-12 PAM's port may show a red alarm LED. This is because at any time there is only one PHY active in the ATM dual PHY OC-12 module. This red alarm LED does not indicate a loss-of-frame condition.
- When you have a large number (more than 100) of LECs on the ATM Fabric Integration module, downloading a Flash image to multiple ATM Fabric Integration modules can increase the time it takes the modules to come online. For this reason, we recommend that you perform single downloads to the ATM Fabric Integration modules if there are about 100 LANE clients.
- When a large number of VLANs are configured on the ATM Fabric Integration module, doing a fast switchover of the supervisor engines can cause the LANE servers and clients to go down and come up.
- The following applies to the ATM Fabric Integration module in Release 12.0(4a)W5(10) and later:
- The set clock command is not supported.
- The set sonet mode command is not supported.
- The set preferred phy command is not supported.
- The show controller command output does not display the PHY error counters for the internal ATM port.
- The current VC counters value displayed by the show interface atm0 and the show atm interface atm0 commands are incorrect. Use the show atm vc command instead. (CSCdj57154)
This section describes the open caveats in Release 12.0(9)W5(17a).
- A defect in multiple versions of Cisco IOS software will cause a Cisco router or switch to stop and reload if the Cisco IOS http service is enabled and an attempt is made to browse to http://<router-ip. This defect can be exploited to produce a denial of service (DoS) attack. This defect has been discussed on public mailing lists and should be considered public information.
- The vulnerability, identified as Cisco bug ID CSCdr36952, affects virtually all mainstream Cisco routers and switches running Cisco IOS Release 11.1 through Release 12.1. The vulnerability has been corrected and Cisco is making fixed versions available to replace all affected Cisco IOS releases. Customers are urged to upgrade to releases that are not vulnerable to this defect.
- Workaround: Nullify the vulnerability by disabling the Cisco IOS HTTP server, by preventing access to the port in use by the HTTP server on the affected router or switch, or by applying an access-class option to the service itself. The IOS HTTP server is not enabled by default except on a small number of router models in specific circumstances.
- Please see http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/ioshttpserver-pub.shtml for the latest complete version of this security advisory. (CSCdr36952)
These sections describe the open and resolved caveats in Software Release 12.0(9)W5(17):
This section describes the open caveats in Release 12.0(9)W5(17).
- PVC performance may decrease below the 176Kpps line rate to 131Kpps under heavy traffic with more than one Fast Ethernet stream on the OC-3 MMF and SMF modules (WS-X5167 and WS-X5168). (CSCdm84276)
- For the ATM dual PHY OC-12 module, when the (nonactive) redundant PHY is connected to a LightStream 1010 OC-12 PAM, that LightStream 1010 OC-12 PAM's port may show a red alarm LED. This is because at any time there is only one PHY active in the ATM dual PHY OC-12 module. This red alarm LED does not indicate a loss-of-frame condition.
- When you have a large number (more than 100) of LECs on the ATM Fabric Integration module, downloading a Flash image to multiple ATM Fabric Integration modules can increase the time it takes the modules to come online. For this reason, we recommend that you perform single downloads to the ATM Fabric Integration modules if there are about 100 LANE clients.
- When a large number of VLANs are configured on the ATM Fabric Integration module, doing a fast switchover of the supervisor engines can cause the LANE servers and clients to go down and come up.
- The following applies to the ATM Fabric Integration module in Release 12.0(4a)W5(10) and later:
- The set clock command is not supported.
- The set sonet mode command is not supported.
- The set preferred phy command is not supported.
- The show controller command output does not display the PHY error counters for the internal ATM port.
- The current VC counters value displayed by the show interface atm0 and the show atm interface atm0 commands are incorrect. Use the show atm vc command instead. (CSCdj57154)
This section describes the open caveats in Release 12.0(9)W5(17).
- Fast Simple Server Redundancy Protocol (FSSRP) does not scale well when there are more than 30 LES/BUS pairs configured on a LANE module. In a configuration with over 30 LES/BUS pairs, some LECs might fall if there is a LES/BUS switchover.
- The workaround is to limit the number of LES/BUS pairs per LANE module to 30. This problem is resolved in release 12.0(9)W5(17). (CSCdp11306)
- Catalyst 5000 ATM modules WS-X5161, WS-X5165, and WS-X5167 running 12.0(7)W5(15b) are sometimes unable to send or receive traffic on a data direct VC. This problem is resolved in release 12.0(9)W5(17). (CSCdp96261)
- In Catalyst 5000 ATM modules WS-X5161,WS-X5165, and WS-X5167, packets smaller than 64 bytes sent over RFC 1483 PVCs are forwarded to the backplane without being padded for the minimum length (64 bytes). This problem is resolved in release 12.0(9)W5(17). (CSCdp82703)
- When a getmany operation is performed on SNMP Version 2C variables supported in the Catalyst 5000 ATM modules, a memory leak is observed. This problem is resolved in release 12.0(9)W5(17). (CSCdr25351)
These sections describe the open and resolved caveats in Software Release 12.0(7)W5(15b):
This section describes the open caveats in Release 12.0(7)W5(15b).
- If you download a configuration that creates more than 4000 PVCs with OAM enabled to a Catalyst 5000 OC-12 ATM line card using the copy tftp running command, the ATM card may reset. (CSCdk41799)
- PVC performance may decrease below the 176Kpps line rate to 131Kpps under heavy traffic with more than one Fast Ethernet stream on the OC-3 MMF and SMF modules (WS-X5167 and WS-X5168). (CSCdm84276)
- Fast Simple Server Redundancy Protocol (FSSRP) does not scale well when there are more than 30 LES/BUS pairs configured on a LANE module. In a configuration with over 30 LES/BUS pairs, some LECs might fall if there is a LES/BUS switchover.
- The workaround is to limit the number of LES/BUS pairs per LANE module to 30. (CSCdp11306)
- For the ATM dual PHY OC-12 module, when the (nonactive) redundant PHY is connected to a LightStream 1010 OC-12 PAM, that LightStream 1010 OC-12 PAM's port may show a red alarm LED. This is because at any time there is only one PHY active in the ATM dual PHY OC-12 module. This red alarm LED does not indicate a loss-of-frame condition.
- When you have a large number (more than 100) of LECs on the ATM Fabric Integration module, downloading a Flash image to multiple ATM Fabric Integration modules can increase the time it takes the modules to come online. For this reason, we recommend that you perform single downloads to the ATM Fabric Integration modules if there are about 100 LANE clients.
- When a large number of VLANs are configured on the ATM Fabric Integration module, doing a fast switchover of the supervisor engines can cause the LANE servers and clients to go down and come up.
- The following applies to the ATM Fabric Integration module in Release 12.0(4a)W5(10):
- The set clock command is not supported.
- The set sonet mode command is not supported.
- The set preferred phy command is not supported.
- The show controller command output does not display the PHY error counters for the internal ATM port.
- The current VC counters value displayed by the show interface atm0 and the show atm interface atm0 commands are incorrect. Use the show atm vc command instead. (CSCdj57154)
This section describes the open caveats in Release 12.0(7)W5(15b).
- LECs lose the knowledge of already known LESs, when the LECS goes down
- When the LECS is brought down, some of the LECs lose their connections to some of the servers. This might result in the LECs going down when the LECS comes up again even if FSSRP is enabled. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b). (CSCdp25461)
- An LES may receive an FSSRP TLV not containing its address.
- In some situations an LES receives a configuration response with the FSSRP TLV not containing its address. This causes the LES to tear down all its connections, which might bring down a LEC. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b). (CSCdp66265)
- When PVCs are configured on a subinterface on the Catalyst 5000 family ATM module and you enter shutdown and no shutdown commands on that subinterface, all the PVCs configured in that subinterface stop transmitting and receiving packets.
- This happens because when the shutdown and no shutdown commands are performed on a subinterface, any configured PVCs are deleted and recreated. As a result, the PVCs lose their bindings to VLANs. The only workaround is to enter the atm pvc vlan command to manually create the PVC-to-VLAN bindings.
- We recommend that you configure PVCs on the major interfaces. If you configure PVCs on subinterfaces, we recommend that you do not perform shutdown and no shutdown commands on the subinterfaces. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b) (CSCdk76407)
- Unable to create PVCs using multi-step method in CISCO-ATM-PVC-MIB.
- On a Catalyst 5000 ATM line card, PVCs cannot be created using the multi-step process defined in CISCO-ATM-PVC-MIB. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b) (CSCdk63703) (CSCdp26510)
- OC-12 MPOA/LANE module failed to respond to an LE-ARP request.
- This problem is caused by Fast-PHY switchover. When LAN client is removed and then too quickly configured again, the port status change does not take place. The LEC comes up with spanning tree in blocked state, but the supervisor engine does not move the LEC port into forwarding state. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b) (CSCdm60158)
- Traffic is sent over the BUS VC even though a data direct VC is established.
- In some cases, an LE-ARP may be requested for a MAC address when a MAC address already exists. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b) (CSCdm61379)
- CPUHOG with 4000 cache entries.
- The following message may appear on the screen when there are more than 4000 ingress/egress caches:
%SYS-3-CPUHOG:Task ran for 3060 msec (0/0), process =
MPOA Client, PC = 40095C82.
- This message is just a warning. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b) (CSCdm87739)
- LEC is stuck in initialState after SSCOP failure.
- This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b) (CSCdp01039)
- MPC does not work correctly on the blocked VLAN.
- If a LEC is blocked, no data should be switched on this interface. But due to this bug, the MPC bound on this subinterface is still working and MPOA packets are still switched. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b) (CSCdp04835)
- The atm PVC bind configuration command reappears after reconnecting fiber.
- The atm PVC bind command reappears after it is deleted when the fiber connection is disconnected and then reconnected again. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b) (CSCdp07158)
- Error message in mpc_process_flow_t when cookie not found.
- When an MPS has been removed but packets are still arriving destined for that MPS, the following error message displays:
%MPOA-3-MPC_ERROR:mpc_process_flow_t:imac from cookie 258 not found
- This error message is generated because the transmit host is not aware that the MPS has been removed. The error message disappears after the transmit host learns of the MPS configuration change. (CSCdp80442)
- OC-12 LANE/MPOA module crashes after running out of memory.
- If only LANE is configured and if the LEC LECID is not zero, the system runs out of memory and crashes. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b) (CSCdp12241)
- The compare routine for egress cache dest_mac_t is not correct.
- A problem with the compare routine causes the egress cache to be out of order. This may cause the system to crash. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b) (CSCdp16491)
- IMLI does not exchange proper IP address with a neighbor ATM switch.
- The Catalyst 5000 ATM line card does not provide the ATM switch connected to it with the supervisor engine IP address. This problem is resolved in software release 12.0(7)W5(15b) (CSCdp34774)
This section describes open caveats in Release 12.0(4a)W5(10).
- PVC performance may decrease below the 176K packets per second line rate to 131K packets per second under heavy traffic with more than one Fast Ethernet stream on the OC-3 MMF and SMF modules (WS-X5167 and WS-X5168). (CSCdm84276)
- For the ATM dual PHY OC-12 module, when the (nonactive) redundant PHY is connected to a LightStream 1010 OC-12 PAM, that LightStream 1010 OC-12 PAM's port may show a red alarm LED. This is because at any time there is only one PHY active in the ATM dual PHY OC-12 module. This red alarm LED does not indicate a loss-of-frame condition.
- When you have a large number (more than 100) of LECs on the ATM Fabric Integration module, downloading a Flash image to multiple ATM Fabric Integration modules can increase the time it takes the modules to come online. For this reason, we recommend that you perform single downloads to the ATM Fabric Integration modules if there are about 100 LANE clients.
- When a large number of VLANs are configured on the ATM Fabric Integration module, doing a fast switchover of the supervisor engines can cause the LANE servers and clients to go down and come up.
- The following applies to the ATM Fabric Integration module in Release 12.0(4a)W5(10):
- The set clock command is not supported.
- The set sonet mode command is not supported.
- The set preferred phy command is not supported.
- The show controller command output does not display the PHY error counters for the internal ATM port.
- When PVCs are configured on a subinterface on the Catalyst 5000 family ATM module and you enter shutdown and no shutdown commands on that subinterface, all the PVCs configured in that subinterface stop transmitting and receiving packets.
- This happens because when the shutdown and no shutdown commands are performed on a subinterface, any configured PVCs are deleted and recreated. As a result, the PVCs lose their bindings to VLANs. The only workaround is to enter the atm pvc vlan command to manually create the PVC-to-VLAN bindings.
- We recommend that you configure PVCs on the major interfaces. If you configure PVCs on subinterfaces, we recommend that you do not perform shutdown and no shutdown commands on the subinterfaces. (CSCdk76407)
- Octet counters are not supported. (CSCdj81931)
- The current VC counters value displayed by the show interface atm0 and the show atm interface atm0 commands are incorrect. Use the show atm vc command instead. (CSCdj57154)
The following documents are available for the Catalyst 5000 family switch:
- Catalyst 5000 Series Quick Software Configuration
- Catalyst 5000 Series Installation Guide
- Catalyst 5000 Series Module Installation Guide
- Catalyst 5000 Series Software Configuration Guide--Catalyst 5000, Catalyst 4000,
Catalyst 2948G, and Catalyst 2926G Switches
- Catalyst 5000 Series Command Reference--Catalyst 5000, Catalyst 4000, Catalyst 2948G, and Catalyst 2926G Switches
- Catalyst 5000 Series System Message Guide--Catalyst 5000, Catalyst 4000, Catalyst 2948G, and Catalyst 2926G Switches
- Catalyst 5000 Series Release Notes
- Catalyst 5000 Series Supervisor Engine Installation Guide
- Enterprise MIB User Quick Reference (online only)
For information on how to install and configure the Catalyst 5000 family ATM modules, refer to the Catalyst 5000 Series Module Installation Guide.
For information on how to access the ATM module command-line interface (CLI) and customize the configuration from the terminal and from nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM), refer to these publications:
- Catalyst 5000 Series Software Configuration Guide--Catalyst 5000, Catalyst 4000,
Catalyst 2948G, and Catalyst 2926G Switches
- Catalyst 5000 Series Command Reference--Catalyst 5000, Catalyst 4000, Catalyst 2948G, and Catalyst 2926G Switches
For quick software configuration procedures for the Catalyst 5000 family switches, refer to the Quick Software Configuration Guide for your switch. For detailed software configuration information and procedures, refer to the Software Configuration Guide for your switch.
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