C L I R E F E R E N C E M A N U A L U P D A T E; K N O W N I S S U E - Dell PowerConnect 6224 Release Note

PowerConnect 6224/6224F/6224P/6248/6248P Release Notes
Known Issues
Summary User Impact
Non-configuration file When the switch reboots and attempts to
getting loaded to read an invalid start-up configuration file, it
startup-config through will give up and create a default startup
HTTP. configuration.
TACACS operation User cannot enter Privileged EXEC mode
without using the enable command.
Ping fails with 33% to Using a Windows 7 client and pinging with a
100% packet loss 59900 byte packet will result in packet loss.
OSPF Dead interval In a large stack with an unusually large
expires on neighbor, configuration, it is possible that during an
when the DUT stack unplanned failover, the control plane may
manager restarts with not issue OSPF grace LSAs before the dead
large configuration. interval expires on neighbors. When this
happens, neighbors report the router down
and other routers in the area recomputed
OSPF routes to avoid the restarting order.
VLAN configuration is The issue is that any VLAN configuration
not successful on applied to a physical port while it is a
ports after detaching member of a LAG will not be applied when
them from LAG. the port leaves the LAG.
Issue with PBVLAN The command vlan protocol group expected
configuration a string in earlier versions; now it expects a
migration. number.
Read/write user is The user always gets Read-Only access if
getting read only using TACACS as a means for HTTP
access when authentication, even if the TACACS user is
authentication Read/Write capable.
method is used as
TACACS.
TFTP gives no Generic failure message.
reason for file
download failures.
CLI command stack- If a user enters an invalid interface, a
port config rejection generic error message will be generated:
does not display the ERROR: Invalid input.
cause.
Banner MOTD: The The current implementation of the MOTD
switches Console and acknowledgement results in all user
Web sessions are interface sessions being inaccessible until
inaccessible until the the user enters a response or the 30-second
user acknowledges timeout occurs. While the acknowledge
the banner of the day. process is pending, it cannot process the
other UI sessions. Once the timeout occurs,
then the MOTD acknowledgement ends the
connection and resumes processing of the
other sessions.
DHCP server has If DHCP server is enabled, then the user
data changed flag set may be prompted to save configuration
after booting from changes even though no configuration
saved config. changes have been made.
System Firmware Version 3.2.0.6
Workaround
It is recommended that all users keep
backups of their configuration files.
None.
None.
Increase the dead internal timer.
This is not a problem if VLAN configuration
is performed while the port is not a member
of a LAG. If the configuration is saved and
the switch is reset, the configuration is
applied correctly.
The software recognizes if the group name
is alphanumeric, however it will not work
when the name of the group is numeric (for
example 2, 3, etc.)
User can configure the same TACACS user
locally and use LOCAL authentication
method for HTTP. The user will be able to
get access based on this local user access
level (Read-write or Read-only).
None.
None.
Acknowledge the message to avoid the
session timeout.
None.
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