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Some of the issues addressed in this Release Note include a level number. This
number reflects the importance of the issue that has been resolved. The levels
are:
This issue will cause significant interruption to network services, and
Level 1
there is no work-around.
Level 2
This issue will cause interruption to network service, however there
is a work-around.
Level 3
This issue will seldom appear, and will cause minor inconvenience.
This issue represents a cosmetic change and does not affect network
Level 4
operation.
Enabling and installing this Release
To use this maintenance release you must have a base release license for
Software Release 2.7.3. Contact your distributor or reseller for more
information.
To enable this release and install it as the preferred release, use the commands:
enable rel=89273-02.rez num=2.7.3
set install=pref rel=89273-02.rez
Features in 89273-02
Patch 89273-02 includes the following enhancements and resolved issues:
Level 1
CR00005227
Module: SWI, RSTP, SWMX,
SWCX, SW56
A heavy processor load could lead to queuing RSTP BPDUs, which in turn
could lead to even more processor load, resulting in more queued BPDUs.
This issue has been resolved by improving the efficiency in the interaction
between RSTP TCN BPDUs and the hardware tables.
This issue has been resolved. (PCR number: 40672)
CR00006609
Module: LB
When failover occurred between a redundant pair of Load Balancing
devices, host ARP caches were not updated with the new Master's MAC
address, thus causing the hosts to lose connectivity until their ARP caches
timed out the stale entry.
CR00007034
Module: Firewall
A reboot could occur while ageing out Firewall sessions when the device
was under heavy load and had many active Firewall sessions.
This issue has been resolved. (No PCR number.)
This issue has been resolved.
Software Maintenance Release note for Software Release 2.7.3
Patch Release Note
Level: 1
Level: 1
(No PCR number.)
Level: 1
C613-10443-00 REV A
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