Cabletron Systems Cabletron CyberSWITCH CSX5500 Release note

Brand: Cabletron Systems

Model: Cabletron CyberSWITCH CSX5500

Type: Release note

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CSX Central Site CyberSwitch

Software Version UAA 7.4

June, 1999

INTRODUCTION:

This software provides the CyberSWITCH modular remote access platforms with maximum flexibility in central

site environments. It supports a wide variety of communication technologies – including ISDN (primary and

basic rate interfaces), Frame Relay, X.25 and Dedicated Services (PPP, ML-PPP). The software supports

bridging as well as IP, IPX, and AppleTalk routing standards. Security features include Device Authentication

(PAP, CHAP, Calling Line ID), User Authentication, and off-node Authentication via Radius, TACACS, ACE, or

Cabletron’s Connection Services Manager (CSM) . (CSM replaces the former SecureFast

Virtual Remote

Access Manager - or SFVRA - available with previous releases).

It is recommended that one thoroughly review this release note prior to the installation or upgrade

of this product.

SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION:

Status Version No. Type Release Date

Current Version UAA 7.4 Customer 6-99

Previous Version UAA 7.3 Customer 6-98

HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY:

Platforms supported for UAA Release 7.4 are:

* 9W006

* 9W007

* CSX7000

* CSX6000

* CSX5500

* NE7000

* NE5000

* NE4000

* NE2000-II

Note that there is a four WAN card limitation for the CSX6000 and CSX5500 platforms.

BOOTPROM COMPATIBILITY:

N/A

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NETWORK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SUPPORT:

NMS Platform Version No. Module No

SPECTRUM N/A

SPMA (Spectrum Portable Management Application) N/A

SPEL (Spectrum Element Manager) N/A

If you install this image, you may not have control of all of the latest features of this product until the next

version(s) of network management software. Please review the software release notes for your specific network

management platform for details.

SUPPORTED FUNCTIONALITY:

Supported Features

(New features in

bold italics

)

Physical Resource Features

Digital Modem 24 Support

Digital Modem 24+ Support

Digital Modem 30+ Support

V.90 Modem Firmware Support

CSXBRI-4 Support (Four Port BRI Interface); North America

only

CSXV35 Support (V.35 Interface)

CSX232 Support (RS-232 Interface)

Single Port Ethernet Interface (10Mbit) Support

Dual Port Ethernet Interface (10Mbit) Support

DMS500 Switch Type Support

Accesses

ISDN Primary Rate

ISDN Basic Rate

H0 Call Support

RFC 1490 Compliance

Frame Relay Connections (using PPP)

X.25 Connections (RFC 877)

X.25 over the D-channel (RFC 877)

Software Capacities Serialization

High Speed Dedicated Connections

Dedicated Connections with Combinet Devices

Robbed-Bit Signaling

Digital Modem Dial-Out

Semi-Permanent ISDN Connections

Terminal Mode Connections

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Bridging

Full Bridge Dial-Out

Proxy ARP

Combinet Support for Ordered and Compression Protocol

Spanning Tree Protocol

AppleTalk Routing

AppleTalk RLAN

IP Routing

IP Host Mode

UnNumbered IP Network Interface

255 Static IP Routes Definable

IP RIP

IP RLAN

Static ARP Entries for IP Routing

25-bit Subnet Masks

IP Address Pool

IP Filters

DHCP Relay Agent/Proxy Client

DHCP Filtering to allow Telnet

NBNS and DNS Name Server Address Support

IPX Routing

IPX Routing and Spoofing

IPX Triggered RIP/SAP

IPXWAN

IPX RemoteLAN (RLAN)

IPX Configurable Routes/Services Tables

IPX NetWare Connect Client

PPP Features

PPP-BCP Support

PPP-IPCP Support

PPP-IPXCP Support

PPP-ATCP Support

Compression Control Protocol (CCP)

CCP Stac LZS Extended Mode

PPP Link Failure Detection

Multi-Link PPP

EID Sentry (Multilink PPP for User Authenticated devices)

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Connection Management

Global Call Control Settings

Connection Throughput Monitor

Configurable Call Interval

Bandwidth Reservation

Bandwidth Agility

Digital Modem Inactivity Timer

Call Detail Recording for both ISDN and Terminal devices

RADIUS Accounting Support

NET5 D-Channel Callback

Modem Callback

V.90 Modem Support

Security Features

PPP PAP Support

PPP CHAP Support

IP Host Authentication

AppleTalk User Level Security

Calling Line ID Authentication

Radius Support

TACACS Support

Static Route Information via Radius Server

PPP Authentication via Radius Server

IP Routing without Security Options

ACE Client with DES Encryption

User Session Authentication

CSM Off-Node Authentication Support

Platform Management Features

Runtime Configuration Editor

SNMP Support

Remote Upgrade

Local Management via Console

Telnet Client

Local Management via TELNET

Telnet Call Monitor

Telnet Server Support

TFTP Client/Server Support

Dynamic Management Support

Packet Capture

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User Management Features

User Based Network Protocol Enable/Disable

8 CLIDs / 8 TNs per User Entry

CCP per User

INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION NOTES:

In general, the CSX platform will be shipped to you pre-configured with this version of software. If you would like

to upgrade an existing CSX platform please follow these TFTP download instructions:

1. From your PC or workstation, Telnet to the CyberSWITCH and login as

admin

2. If you are upgrading from UAA 7.2 or 7.3 software, skip this step. If you are upgrading from a release prior to

UAA 7.2 software, you must first transfer the following files:

• TFTP the file PKUNZIP.EXE to the \

admin

directory of the CyberSWITCH.

• TFTP the file RUGRADE.BAT to the \(root) directory.

• TFTP the file AUTOEXEC.BAT to the \(root) directory.

3. TFTP the file UPGRADE.OSW to the CyberSWITCH’s \(root) directory.

4. Telnet to the CyberSWITCH and issue the

restart

command.

SOFTWARE CHANGES AND ENHANCEMENTS:

• NET5 D-Channel Callback

• Modem Callback

• V.90 Firmware

• Modem Firmware revision reported on VER command

• DMS500 phone switch support

• CSX-Y2K-SW-UGK support

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KNOWN RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS:

Bridging Software:

• Bridge Dial-Out is not provided for IP Host (RFC 1294) devices

IP Routing Software:

• Under very special circumstances, an IP address from the IP address pool could be assigned to

two different devices. If a device calls in with a static address that is within the WAN interface’s

subnet, and then the DHCP proxy client is enabled in manage mode and receives addresses in

the same range as the one in use by the currently connected device, another device could

connect and request an address from the IP address pool and receive the one which is in use by

the first device.

Solution:

This problem can be circumvented by proper static address configuration of remote devices and

can also be corrected by disconnecting remote device connections after enabling the DHCP

client from manage mode.

• When IP Routing is disabled and you try to configure an IP address for a user, a meaningless

warning message may be displayed. Please ignore this message as the IP address will not be

used when IP Routing is disabled.

• IP Dial-Out is not provided for IP broadcast packets.

• Dial-Out on a Direct Host WAN interface is not supported.

• When the CSX is configured to operate with IP Routing enabled and no security options, multiple

connections can be combined into a channel group only if the remote device supports PPP

Endpoint Discriminator Option.

IPX Routing Software:

• Triggered RIP/SAP devices are not always learning Routes/Service.

Solution:

Configure the remote device for periodic RIP/SAP.

• NetWare Link Services Protocol (NLSP) is not supported.

AppleTalk Routing Software:

• Intermittently, AppleTalk routing may fail to remote devices.

Solution:

Validate that duplicate addresses do not exist in the CSX system.

• AppleTalk support does not yet exist for CSM.

Frame Relay Software: (no notes)

X.25 Software: (no notes)

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H0 Calls:

• H0 Calls are not supported on NET5 switches.

Solution:

The initial configuration to enable H0 calls for users must be done in CFGEDIT. Subsequent

changes may be made in either Manage Mode or CFGEDIT.

Any other problems than those listed above should be reported to our Technical Support Staff. See section titled

Global Call Support

for contact information.

MEMORY USAGE:

Memory Requirements for UAA Release 7.4:

The UAA 7.4 software release requires a minimum 8 Mbytes of DRAM in the NE2000-II/4000/5000, and

32 Mbytes of DRAM in the NE7000 and CSX5500/6000/7000 platforms.

Notes:

1. The NE2000-II/4000/5000 platforms come equipped with 8 Mbytes of DRAM from the factory but

accept up to 12 Mbytes.

2. New CSX5500/6000/7000 platforms come equipped with 32 Mbytes of DRAM from the factory.

3. Older CSX6000/7000 platforms come equipped with either 8 or 32 Mbytes from the factory

depending on the date of shipment. Owing to the increased feature content, enhanced multi-protocol

support and increased connection capacity of UAA 7.4, customers planning to upgrade their existing

8 Mbyte platforms to UAA 7.4 may require a memory upgrade. Contact your Cabletron

representative for more information about 32 MByte upgrade kits.

4. The SmartSwitch 9W006 and 9W007 Remote Access Modules for the SmartSwitch 9000 come

equipped with 32 Mbytes of DRAM from the factory.

COMPLIANCE SUPPORT:

Compliance Issue Approved

Year 2000 Yes

Leap Year Yes

Millennium No

IETF STANDARDS AND/OR RFC SUPPORT:

RFC No. Title

768 User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

791 Internet Protocol (IP)

793 Transport Control Protocol (TCP)

877 X.25

1157 SNMP

1321 MD5 Message Digest

1334 PPP Authentication

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1378 AppleTalk Control Protocol (ACP)

1490 Multiprotocol Interconnect over Frame Relay

1492 TACACS

1570 PPP LCP Extensions

1573 MIB-II (evolution of the Interfaces Group)

1634 IPXWAN

1638 Bridge Control Protocol (BCP)

1661 Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)

1717 Multi-link Point-to-Point Protocol (MLPPP)

1812 Requirements for IP Version 4 Router

1825 Security Architecture for Internet Protocol

1827 IP Encapsulation Payload

1829 ESP DESC CBC Transform

1853 IP and IP Tunneling

1877 Dynamic Name Server (DNS) address negotiation

1962 PPP Compliance

1968 PPP Encryption (ECP)

1969 PPP DESE

1974 PPP Stack LZS Compression Protocol

2003 IP within IP

2011 SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol using SMIv2

2012 SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the Transmission Control Protocol

2013 SNMPv2 Management Info. Base for the User Datagram Protocol using SMIv2

2138 Radius

CABLETRON PRIVATE ENTERPRISE MIB SUPPORT:

Title Version No.

CT-CONTAINER-MIB 10/97

CT-WAN-MIB 12/97

CTMIB2-EXT-MIB 12/97

Network Express ih000 N/A

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STANDARD IETF TRAP SUPPORT:

Title

coldStart Trap

warmStart Trap

linkDown Trap

linkUp Trap

authenticationFailure Trap

CABLETRON PRIVATE ENTERPRISE TRAP SUPPORT:

Title

authenticationServerTimeoutTrap

callingLineIdDisconnectTrap

isdnUsageHighTrap

isdnUsageNormalTrap

cdrOutOfBufferTrap

GLOBAL CALL SUPPORT:

If you have any questions or require any assistance contact Cabletron Systems Global Call Center :

By phone: (603) 332-9400

By CompuServe®: GO CTRON from any ! prompt

By Internet mail: support@ctron.com

By Fax: (603) 337-3075

By BBS: (603) 335-3358

By mail: Cabletron Systems, Inc.

P.O. Box 5005

Rochester, NH 03867-0505

Cabletron Systems Cabletron CyberSWITCH CSX5500 Release note

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