Release Notes for PicOS 2.4

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1 January, 2015 Version: 25 Pica8, Inc Elwell Court, Suite 105 Palo Alto, CA (650) Copyright 2015 Pica8 Inc. Pica8 is a registered trademark of Pica8 Incorporated, PicOS is a trademark of Pica8 Incorporated. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

2 Contents Hardware 4 Hardware Compatibility 4 New Software Features 5 Deprecated/Added/Changed Commands 5 Configuration System, Management and Automation 5 OVS Mode and Crossflow Mode 5 Layer 2 and Layer 3 Modes 5 Known Issues 7 Fixed Issues 8 GNU General Public Licenses 9

3 These notes summarizes PIcOS 2.4 new features, new hardware, known bugs, and bug fixes. Best practices recommend that you read all the content before upgrading to this release. For more detailed feature information, refer to the configuration guides. Important! PicOS 2.3 and PicOS 2.4 Crossflow mode Configurations are NOT compatible. Before upgrading to PicOS 2.4, you must delete your 2.3 crossflow mode configuration, upgrade to PicOS 2.4, and then reconfigure your Crossflow mode configuration. 3

4 Hardware Two switches, which were previously announced, are now generally available. These new switches are using the Broadcom Trident2 chipset (Large FIB and VXLAN support). The model numbers are: P-5101 (48 x 10G with 6 x 40G, Trident-2) P-5401 (32 x 40G, Trident-2) Hardware Compatibility PicOS 2.4 adds two EdgeCore and two Quanta switches to Pica8's hardware compatibility list (HCL). ONIE image installation is supported on the switches listed in the table below. Model Description Minimum PicOS Version EdgeCore Switches AS5600_52X 48x10GE+4x40G 2.4 AS5610_52X 48x10GE+4x40G 2.4 Quanta Switches T3048_LY2 48x10GE+4x40GE 2.4 T1048_LB9 48x1G-T+4x10GE 2.4 4

5 New Software Features Deprecated/Added/Changed Commands With this release, several commands are deprecated and replaced wi t h new command. Deprecated Command Replaced Command set interface management-ethernet set system management-ethernet set system syslog host set system syslog server-ip <IP address> set system syslog port-number set system syslog server-ip <IP address> port <port number> set system syslog port-protocol set system syslog server-ip <IP address> protocol [tcp udp] Configuration System, Management and Automation Software License Activation for added security and painless upgrade, Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) 40GE Breakout to 10GE (2.3) OVS Mode and Crossflow Mode VXLAN, L2GRE and NVGRE Hardware NAT LAG Resilient Hashing and congestion avoidance (WRED) Multiple GRE per port Upgrade improvements FIB Controlled by Openflow Parity between OVS mode features and Crossflow mode features Layer 2 and Layer 3 Modes Control Plane Security Upgrade Improvements BGP Improvements (Clear neighbors, troubleshooting commands) 5

6 OSPF Improvements (OSPF loopback) LAG Resilient Hashing and congestion avoidance (WRED) 6

7 Known Issues Bug ID Description IGMP Snooping 2363 A link utilization command to set the minimum number of operational links in a LAG is not available as expected. LAG 2022 A link utilization command, to set the minimum number of operational links in a LAG, is not available as expected. Layer 2 / Layer Help (?) pagination is not displayed as expected on all commands The switch CPU is not receiving ACL match entry packets as expected. OVS/OpenFlow 2259 There is no command to display available TCAM space for allocated IP, MAC, or ARP regions The system does not discard packets that may block traffic or otherwise cause congestion as expected. 7

8 Fixed Issues Bug ID Description BGP 2024 Configuration and show commands now adhere to the /Mask notation standard. For example: XorPlus# run show route forward-route ipv4 all Destination NextHopMac Port /24 C8:0A:A9:AE:0A:66 connected /24 C8:0A:A9:AE:0A:66 connected /24 C8:0A:A9:AE:0A:66 connected Total route count:3 Layer 2 / Layer Added a command, set system dns-server-ip ip_address, to configure DNS Typos and other inconsistencies in some commands and command outputs have now been resolved Support to configuring more syslog server A new command, set cli screen-length 0, disables the default pagination function of the command line The show interface command now displays accurate packet rate statistics. OVS/OpenFlow 2650 IPv6 is now supported on Trident 2 platforms. 8

9 GNU General Public Licenses Pica8 uses the following General Public Licenses (GPL) in PicOS. OVS version 2.0 for PicOS release 2.3 and release 2.4 Linux release , release and release sflow release 1.10 IPFIX release SNMP++ release