MeshOS 4.4. Release Notes

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1 MeshOS 4.4 Release Notes

2 Copyright 2012 Aruba Networks, Inc. Aruba Networks trademarks include, Aruba Networks, Aruba Wireless Networks, the registered Aruba the Mobile Edge Company logo, Aruba Mobility Management System, Mobile Edge Architecture, People Move. Networks Must Follow, RFProtect, Green Island. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Open Source Code Certain Aruba products include Open Source software code developed by third parties, including software code subject to the GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), or other Open Source Licenses. The Open Source code used can be found at this site: Legal Notice The use of Aruba Networks, Inc. switching platforms and software, by all individuals or corporations, to terminate other vendors VPN client devices constitutes complete acceptance of liability by that individual or corporation for this action and indemnifies, in full, Aruba Networks, Inc. from any and all legal actions that might be taken against it with respect to infringement of copyright on behalf of those vendors. Warranty This hardware product is protected by the standard Aruba warranty of one year parts/labor. For more information, refer to the ARUBACARE SERVICE AND SUPPORT TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Altering this device (such as painting it) voids the warranty Crossman Avenue Sunnyvale, California Phone: Fax MeshOS 4.4 Release Notes February 2012

3 Contents Chapter 1 Release Overview... 5 Release Note Overview...5 Contacting Support...6 Chapter 2 What s New in this Release... 7 Supports the Bootloader APBoot...7 Upgrading to MeshOS Identifying the Old and New Routers...7 Dual Flash Partitions...8 Manufacturing Information Changes in AirMesh Routers...8 Enhancements in CLI and WMI to display Product Information...8 WMI...8 CLI...9 show inventory...9 show version...10 New MIBs and Traps for Product Information...10 Chapter 3 Fixed Issues Chapter 4 Known Issues MeshOS 4.4 Release Notes 3

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5 Chapter 1 Release Overview MeshOS 4.4 is a major software release that introduces enhancements and fixes to many known or outstanding issues. For details on all of the features described in the following sections, refer to the Aruba MeshOS 4.4 User Guide and the Aruba MeshOS 4.4 Command Reference Guide. Release Note Overview Chapter 2, What s New in this Release on page 7 describes the new features introduced in this release. Chapter 3, Fixed Issues on page 13 describes the issues that have been fixed in this release. Chapter 4, Known Issues on page 15 provides descriptions and workarounds for outstanding issues in MeshOS 4.4. MeshOS 4.4 Release Notes Release Overview 5

6 Contacting Support Table 1 Web Sites and s Web Site Main Site Support Site Software Licensing Site Wireless Security Incident Response Team (WSIRT) Support s Americas and APAC EMEA WSIRT Please details of any security problem found in an Aruba product. support@arubanetworks.com emea_support@arubanetworks.com wsirt@arubanetworks.com Table 2 Contact Phone Numbers Telephone Numbers Aruba Corporate +1 (408) FAX +1 (408) Support United States 800-WI-FI-LAN ( ) Universal Free Phone Service Number (UIFN): Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Taiwan, and the UK WIFI-LAN ( ) All other countries +1 (408) Release Overview MeshOS 4.4 Release Notes

7 Chapter 2 What s New in this Release The MeshOS 4.4 release includes the following new features and enhancements: Supports the Bootloader APBoot on page 7 Dual Flash Partitions on page 8 Manufacturing Information Changes in AirMesh Routers on page 8 Enhancements in CLI and WMI to display Product Information on page 8 New MIBs and Traps for Product Information on page 10 Supports the Bootloader APBoot MeshOS 4.4 includes support for the bootloader APBoot. The bootloader APBoot has been ported into the AirMesh platform. APBoot has been modified to boot both MeshOS and ArubaOS images, support single as well as dual flash partitions, and to use the Aruba flash layout. APBoot will be supported on the AirMesh routers MSR1200, MSR2000, MSR4000, and MST200 starting with MeshOS 4.4. NOTE All routers shipped after March 2012 will have the bootloader APBoot. Upgrading to MeshOS 4.4 The devices that are already in the market with the bootloader RedBoot and MeshOS versions 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.5, 4.2, 4.3, and x can be upgraded to MeshOS 4.4. NOTE Upgrading an existing router to MeshOS 4.4 does not upgrade the bootloader to APBoot. The router retains the bootloader RedBoot and upgrades only the MeshOS to 4.4. Identifying the Old and New Routers The following information on a router can be used to determine at first glance if the router includes bootloader RedBoot or APBoot: Product Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) The product SKUs of the routers shipping with the bootloader APBoot and MeshOS 4.4 have been changed to make them more consistent with other Aruba products. For example, the SKU for the PoE version of the MSR2000, MSR2K23N0 has been changed to MSR2KP ( P for PoE Version ). The SKU for the AC-powered version of the MSR2000, MSR2K23N1 has been changed to MSR2KAC. Serial number on the router The serial number on the new routers will follow the same format as the Aruba devices. The serial numbers will now comprise of 9 characters. The first two characters are alpha-numeric and the remaining 7 are numeric. The serial number of the old routers is 14 characters. For example, Serial Number for an old AirMesh router is 12A and a new AirMesh router is AM MeshOS 4.4 Release Notes What s New in this Release 7

8 Dual Flash Partitions MeshOS 4.4 supports an additional 16MB flash. This second partition can be used for backup purposes in case the primary image is corrupted. NOTE MeshOS image on the backup partition cannot be upgraded. Manufacturing Information Changes in AirMesh Routers AirMesh routers running MeshOS 4.4 and later will follow Aruba s manufacturing information format. The baud rate and OUI parameters (such as the Serial Number) have been changed to be in line with the Aruba APs. However, MeshOS 4.4 also supports the old baudrate ( bps). Table 3 lists the terminal communication settings for the AirMesh devices along with their baudrates. Table 3 Terminal Communication Settings Serial Number Baud Rate Data Bits Parity Stop Bits Flow Control 14 characters (for example, 26A ) 9 characters (for example, AZ ) None 1 None None 1 None Enhancements in CLI and WMI to display Product Information MeshOS 4.4 includes enhancements in the WMI and the CLI to display additional product and software information such as power type, flash size, manufacture date, bootloader, running image, and software status. WMI Additional information such as power type, flash size, manufacture date, bootloader, running image, and software status is now available on the WMI homepage as shown in Figure 1. 8 What s New in this Release MeshOS 4.4 Release Notes

9 Figure 1 WMI Enhancements to Display Product Information CLI The CLI commands show inventory and show version can be used to view the product information. The output of the CLI commands is shown below: show inventory host# show inventory Model: MSR1200 S/N: AMABCC005 SW Version: Running image: Primary Boot loader: APBoot ver Manufacture date: CPU: AR Mhz MAC: d8:c7:c8:ab:cc:05 Power type: AC Flash size: 16M*2 MeshOS 4.4 Release Notes What s New in this Release 9

10 Factory Default: No CPU Usage: 17% Mem Total: KB Mem Usage: 60% Storage Total: 2496KB Storage Free: 668KB Uptime: 7636s Temperature: 34C Board: BOARD PB44 Radio card0: ar mw Radio card1: ar mw show version host# show version The Running Image Partition: Primary Version: Create Time: 2012/02/15 11:18 Type: Official Release Partition Primary Status: [Running] Version: Create Time: 2012/02/15 11:18 Type: Official Release Partition Backup Status: [Inactive] Version: Create Time: 2012/02/15 11:18 Type: Official Release New MIBs and Traps for Product Information MeshOS 4.4 includes new MIB objects and traps to support additional product information. Table 4 lists the new MIB objects added to agentinventorygroup and azaleaflashmgmtmib to support additional product information. Table 4 New MIB Objects in MeshOS 4.4 for Product Information Object Object ID Description agentinventorymainboardname Main board name agentinventorypowertype Power type: PoE AC DC N/A agentinventoryflashnumber Flash chip number agentinventoryflashtotalmb Flash total size (M) 10 What s New in this Release MeshOS 4.4 Release Notes

11 Table 4 New MIB Objects in MeshOS 4.4 for Product Information Object Object ID Description agentinventorymanufacturedate Manufacturing date of the device. azlbootloadername Bootloader name: RedBoot ver x.x.x APBoot ver x.x.x.x azlrunningpartition Image type: 1- primary 0 - backup In addition to the above, two new traps as listed in Table 5 have been added to agentinfogroup. Table 5 New Traps in MeshOS 4.4 for Product Information Object Object ID Description azalearunningimagetrap Trap for the device running image. azaleabackupimagetrap Trap for the device backup image. MeshOS 4.4 Release Notes What s New in this Release 11

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13 Chapter 3 Fixed Issues This release of MeshOS contains all fixes up to and including MeshOS 4.2. The following issues and limitations have been fixed in the MeshOS 4.4 release:. Table 6 Fixed in MeshOS 4.4 Bug ID Description Kernel crash reported if more than 128 clients are connected Mesh radio subsystem fails with the error NIS information not available The station HH:HH:HH:HH:HH:HH A.B.C.D/M command is not recognized by the MCV template. MeshOS 4.4 Release Notes Fixed Issues 13

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15 Chapter 4 Known Issues The following are known issues and limitations for this release of MeshOS. Applicable bug IDs and workarounds are included: Table 7 Known Issues and Limitations Bug ID Description Workaround Cross VLAN roaming is not supported. A client has to stay within the same VLAN MOTRIX may take a supplicant, which is brought online after a while, offline every minute, when the AP is working in VPLM mode with Motrix enabled, the supplicant is working in bridge mode, and DHCP in VLAN interface If the channel-list on both sides of the WDS are not alike, mesh links may not form The show mesh route command fails to get mesh route via Ethernet link if Ethernet is working on backhaul mode Management VLAN may not be reachable in the VPLM network when the VLAN number is more than 16 in each node Google Chrome and Apple Safari browsers cannot work with the WMI>troubleshooting>tools page Access issues encountered while using iphone (with ios 5) as a client in the mesh network An error is reported during an upgrade of partition 1 on the first flash even though the upgrade process was successful. None Disable MOTRIX in Layer 2 network. In the case of cross IP subnet Layer 3 roaming, a clientlist is helpful to avoid this issue. Set same channel-list on both sides. None Restart VPLM. Use either Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. None None. This issue is also found in the mainline APBoot version Station roaming fails in some cases. None Kernel crashes observed during Multicast which causes the MSR routers to reboot. The routers reboot automatically after the kernel crash Mesh link recovery fails after uptime of 21 days. Reboot the AP Import of configuration from a WMI export file into a device with factory default settings does not work properly The user should be prompted with an error message when an invalid channel is configured. Execute the write memory operation before Import. None MeshOS 4.4 Release Notes Known Issues 15

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