Brocade Communications Systems PowerConnect B-RX Release Note page 6

Enhancement
Multi-device Port
Authentication
Enhanced show arp
command to display ARP
entries for a particular
virtual interface (VE)
Enhanced command to
display STP, RSTP, and
MSTP information for a
particular Ethernet interface
Copy software image from a
flash card to the flash
memory
Continuous System
Monitoring (Sysmon)
IronWare Software Release 02.8.00a for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches
Release Notes v 1.0
Table 1: Enhancements for Release 02.8.00
Description
Multi-device port authentication is now
supported on the BigIron RX tagged and
untagged ports.
The show arp command has been enhanced to
support the display of ARP entries for the
specified virtual interface (VE).
The show xstp command is newly added. It
displays STP, RSTP, and MSTP protocol
information for a particular Ethernet interface.
In Release 02.8.00 of the Multi-Service
IronWare software, a new copy command has
been added to copy the software image from a
flash card to the flash memory.
Continuous system monitoring (Sysmon) is
implemented in BigIron RX to monitor the
overall system operation. It monitors different
system components of a router or a switch to
determine if those components are operating
correctly.
Described in
Book: BigIron RX Series Configuration
Guide
Chapter: Configuring Multi-Device Port
Authentication
Section: How multi-device port
authentication works
Book: BigIron RX Series Configuration
Guide
Chapter: Configuring IP
Section: Displaying the ARP cache
Book: BigIron RX Series Configuration
Guide
Chapter: Configuring Spanning Tree
Protocol
Section: Displaying STP information for
the specified Ethernet interface
Chapter: Configuring Rapid Spanning
Tree Protocol
Section: Displaying RSTP information for
the specified Ethernet interface
Chapter: Multiple Spanning Tree
Protocol (MSTP) 802.1s
Section: Displaying MSTP information
for the specified Ethernet interface
Book: BigIron RX Series Configuration
Guide
Chapter: Using a Redundant Management
Module
Section: Copying software image from a
flash card to the flash memory
Book: BigIron RX Series Configuration
Guide
Chapter: Continuous System Monitor
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