Enhancements In Release 02.2.00G; Enhancements In Release 02.2.00 - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

Enhancements in release 02.2.00g

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Enhancement
New Hardware Support

Enhancements in release 02.2.00

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Enhancement
Quality of Service (QoS)
Support
Rate-limiting Support
Hardware Forwarding of
Packets
802.1s Multiple Spanning
Tree Protocol (MSTP)
Switching and Routing
Packets
No Support for Core
Device to Copy the QoS
Priority
Trunk Support
BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide
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Summary of enhancements in 02.2.00g
Description
The following new hardware is supported with the 02.2.01
software release for the BigIron RX:
•
2-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet port module
•
DC Power Supply
Summary of emhancements in 02.2.00
Description
QoS support on the BigIron RX is different than for the
BigIron MG8.
Rate-limiting can be performed based on ACL matching of
flows and L2/L3 priority. It operates as on the BigIron
MG8 except:
•
Only Inbound rate limiting is supported.
•
802.1p packet priority is used by default
•
Rate limit accounting is available if WRED is not
enabled.
CLI changes required for these differences are described
in the page referenced on the next column.
Default behavior on BigIron RX is hardware unknown
unicast and multicast flooding.
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) as defined in IEEE
802.1s-2002 allows you to configure multiple STP
instances.
Operation of packet switching and routing have changed
with the BigIron RX. Details are described in the page
referenced on the next column.
This feature is not supported on BigIron RX.
On the BigIron RX, the switch, server, and per-packet
options for trunking are not supported.
See page
Book: Brocade BigIron RX
Series Installation Guide
See page
Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:"Configuring
Quality of Service"
Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:"Configuring
Traffic Reduction"
Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:"VLANs"
Section:"Hardware
flooding for Layer 2
multicast and broadcast
packets"
Book: BigIron RX Series
Configuration Guide
Chapter:"VLANs"
Section:"Unknown
unicast flooding on VLAN
ports"
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