The following sections describe what is new in this release:
In previous releases, you could not change the administrative state of an IP interface on a VLAN or brouter port, which meant you had to remove the IP address from the interface before you could make an IP-Layer-related configuration change. Now, you can enable or disable an IPv4 interface. By default, the switch enables an IP interface after you configure the primary IP address.
For more information, see Fabric Engine User Guide.
SPBM requires that every switch in the fabric have a unique nickname. In previous releases the nickname was either preconfigured or assigned by a nickname server on a seed node to all devices in the fabric.
This release removes the requirement for a seed node or statically preconfigured nickname. Each device that joins the fabric can now automatically self-assign a random nickname from a fixed range.
For more information, see Fabric Engine User Guide.
Starting with this release, you can configure the wait interval time, in seconds, for a specific interface. A per-port configuration offers the flexibility to accommodate devices that send Link Layer Discovery Protocols (LLDPs) packets with high delays together with devices that transition to UNI or other states quickly on the same switch.
For more information, see Fabric Engine User Guide.
This release introduces OSPFv3 neighbor advertisements without R-bit. If an OSPFv3 neighbor does not provide the R-bit in the Network Discovery (ND) packet, the system enables R-bit for every OSPFv3 neighbor with dependent routes to avoid deletion resulting from inactivity. An OSPFv3 neighbor without R-bit that experiences a timeout can now trigger the Network Unreachability Detection (NUD), instead of being deleted.
For more information, see Fabric Engine User Guide.
This release introduces support for Multi-area SPB on 5520 Series and 5720 Series switches.
The Multi-area SPB feature enables building a scalable Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) network, consisting of multiple Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) areas that connect to each other through the boundary nodes. The Multi-area SPB feature provides flexible network design through which you can group the nodes in the areas on a need basis.
Note
Multi-area DvR Backbone Redistribution is not supported on 5520 Series.
For more information, see Fabric Engine User Guide.
In previous releases, you could only specify an IPv4 or IPv6 address when you configured an NTP server. Now, you can use an FQDN, such as host.example.com, for the server address.
For more information, see Fabric Engine User Guide.
Extreme-Dynamic-Config adds support for port bounce on an EAP port. Use this feature to restart the DHCP process and obtain a new IP address in the RADIUS VLAN.
For more information, see Fabric Engine User Guide.
Layer 2 VLANs can use Secondary IP Interfaces to support multiple IP subnets, which increases the number of hosts that connect on a single Layer 2 VLAN. Prior to this release, you could only configure a single Layer 2 VLAN to a single Layer 3 IP subnet.
A further enhancement, DHCP Smart Relay, makes DHCP Relay aware of Secondary IP Interfaces. DHCP Smart Relay can also work with a subset of VRRP addresses.
For more information, see Fabric Engine User Guide.
Support for RFC 7627 was introduced in VOSS 8.3.200 for Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS 140-3) compliance. This release adds support for an extended master secret extension for TLSv1.2 as defined in RFC 7627.
On 5420 Series switches, you can use Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) to test Ethernet copper ports for defects, such as short pin and pin open. The TDR detects the state of the port or ports, the status of the cable pairs, and the length of the cable.
For more information, see Fabric Engine User Guide.
This software release provides support for the following features for ExtremeCloud IQ ‑ Site Engine 23.4:
Enable DvR leaf without requiring a reboot.
Configure global Auto-sense parameters, including port Auto-sense data I-SID.
Create and assign a VRF to a VLAN.
For more information, see Fabric Engine User Guide.