Cisco IOS Release 11.2(10)WA3(4a) Release Notes

This release note describes the features and caveats for Cisco IOS Release 11.2(10)WA3(4a) for the LightStream 1010 Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) switch software. The LightStream 1010 ATM switch software is based on Cisco IOS Release 11.2(10). This release includes enhancements for the LightStream 1010 ATM switch.

Introduction

New Release 11.2(10)WA3(4a) Features

New Release 11.2(8)WA3(3) Features

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E.164 Enhancement

The number option has been added to the atm route command.

atm route addr-prefix atm card/subcard/port [.vpt#] [internal] [scope org-scope]
[e164-address address_string] [number-type {international | national | subscriber | local} ]
no atm route addr-prefix atm card/subcard/port [.vpt#] [internal]

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System defaults to no clock
The clock priority default has changed to "no clock". See the Modifications For Release 11.2(8)WA3(3) section on the next page.

The following new hardware is supported in the LightStream 1010 ATM switch, release 11.2(8)WA3(3):

See the section "Documentation" for a list of documents describing these features.

New Release 11.2(5)WA3(2b) Features

The following features have been added to the LightStream 1010 ATM switch software:

See the section " Documentation" for a list of documents describing these features.

New Release 11.2(2)WA3(1a) Features

The following features have been added to the LightStream 1010 ATM switch software:

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UNI 4.0 features (ABR Signaling, PCR negotiation, Frame Discard, Anycast, and incremental QoS parameters)

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The LightStream 1010 IISP software image is no longer available as a separate image. Instead both the ATM routing modes, PNNI and IISP, functionalities are available in the LightStream 1010 PNNI software image. The default routing mode is PNNI. To restrict the routing mode to static (analogous to 11.1 release IISP image) configure the routing mode to static by using the atm routing-mode static global configuration command. Please refer to the LightStream 1010 ATM Switch Software Configuration Guide for more information.

The following new hardware is supported in the LightStream 1010 ATM switch release 11.2(2)WA3(1a):

Modifications For Release 11.2(8)WA3(3)

Releases before this assumed that in each priority level the default clock (if none was configured) was the system clock (ASP reference). With this release no defaults are assumed. If a clock at a priority is not configured that will be reflected by the "no clock" option. Decision on the which priority to use during clock switch over will skip priorities that are not configured.

Modifications for Release 11.2(2)WA3(1a)

The following clock selection changes listed in apply to release 11.2(2)WA3(1a).


Clock Mode	Release 11.1	Release 11.2
Network Derived	Derives clock from the port selected as the network clock at the highest priority. This can be the ASP if all clocks are bad or there was no selection.	If no selection for network-clock-select has been made the clock defaults to the ASP (default).
Free-running	Uses the ASP clock (default).	Uses the port local oscillator on the PAM when available.
Loop-timed	Uses the clock derived from the receive side.	Uses the clock derived from the receive side.

In the 11.2 release, the default clock selected on any port was changed. The default mode is network-derived. If no port is selected as the source of the network clock, the default is the system clock supplied by the ASP. In the 11.1 release, if no clock source was specified for a port, the clock mode default was free-running, internally equivalent to selecting the system clock supplied by the ASP. The defaults are not saved in the configuration.

If you changed the default in 11.1 to network-derived when upgrading to release 11.2 because network-derived is the default, the clock mode remains the same. However, if you move back to release 11.1, that port reverts to the free-running (with ASP) clock default configuration. If you want network-derived clock you must reconfigure the port.

Documentation

For documentation of Cisco IOS Release 11.2 LightStream 1010 ATM switch software features, refer to the following publications, available as printed manuals or electronic documents:

Cisco documentation and additional literature are available in a CD-ROM package, which ships with your product. The Documentation CD-ROM, a member of the Cisco Connection Family, is updated monthly. Therefore, it might be more up to date than printed documentation. To order additional copies of the Documentation CD-ROM, contact your local sales representative or call customer service. The CD-ROM package is available as a single package or as an annual subscription. You can also access Cisco documentation on the World Wide Web at http://www.cisco.com, http://www-china.cisco.com, or http://www-europe.cisco.com.

Platform Support

Cisco IOS Packaging

The LightStream 1010 supports the routing of ATM signaling requests across a network of switches using the ATM routing protocols. Two standard routing protocols have been developed by the ATM Forum—Interim InterSwitch Signaling Protocol (IISP) and the Private Network-to-Network Interface (PNNI) Protocol, version 1.0. Both protocols are supported by the LightStream 1010.

Table 2 lists the feature set for the Cisco IOS Release 11.2(10)WA3(4), 11.2(8)WA3(3), and 11.2(5)WA3(2b) of the LightStream 1010 ATM switch software.

Table 2 Cisco IOS Release 11.2(10)WA3(4), 11.2(8)WA3(3), and 11.2(5)WA3(2b) for LightStream 1010 ATM Software Features


Type	Feature
Cisco IOS Base Features	SNMP
	Asynchronous support (RS232)
	PPP (SLIP/PPP)
	IP
	NTP
	TACACS+
	Telnet
ATM Features	Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Permanent VCCs and VPCs
	Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Switched VCCs and VPCs (UNI 3.0)
	Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Switched VCCs and VPCs (UNI 3.1)
	Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Switched VCCs and VPCs (UNI 4.0)
	Soft VCCs and VPCs
	VP Tunneling
	PNNI version 1.0
	ILMI version 4.0
	IISP
	LANE client (LEC) and LANE Services (LES/BUS/LECS) on ASP
	ATM ARP server on ASP
	ATM ARP client on ASP
	Port snooping
	OAM F4 and F5
	E.164 Address Translation
	Circuit Emulation
	ATM Access lists
	ATM Accounting
	ATM RMON

Table 3 lists the feature set for the Cisco IOS Release 11.2(2)WA3(1a) of the LightStream 1010 ATM switch software.

Table 3 Cisco IOS Release 11.2(2)WA3(1a) for LightStream 1010 ATM Software Features


Type	Feature
Cisco IOS Base Features	SNMP
	Asynchronous support (RS232)
	PPP (SLIP/PPP)
	IP
	NTP
	TACACS+
	Telnet
ATM Features	Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Permanent VCCs and VPCs
	Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Switched VCCs and VPCs (UNI 3.0)
	Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Switched VCCs and VPCs (UNI 3.1)
	Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Switched VCCs and VPCs (UNI 4.0)
	Soft VCCs and VPCs
	VP Tunneling
	PNNI version 1.0
	ILMI version 4.0
	IISP
	LANE client (LEC) and LANE Services (LES/BUS/LECS) on ASP
	ATM ARP server on ASP
	ATM ARP client on ASP
	Port snooping
	OAM F4 and F5
	E.164 Address Translation
	Circuit Emulation
	ATM Access lists

Memory Requirements

The system Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) resides on a SIMM module on the ATM Switch Processor (ASP). The default DRAM configuration is 16 MB. The amount of DRAM required on the ASP module is determined by the number of active physical and logical ports (virtual path tunnels) and the expected number of active switched virtual channels (SVCs) through the switch.

provides an approximate guide to use when determining the amount of DRAM required for a switch with 32 physical ports.


SVCs Required	DRAM Required
Less than 4000 active SVCs	16 MB DRAM
Between 4000 and 16,000 active SVCs	32 MB DRAM
Between 16,000 and 32,000 active SVCs	64 MB DRAM

Release 11.2(10)WA3(4a) Caveats Corrected

This section describes caveats that have been corrected by Release 11.2(10)WA3(4) for the LightStream 1010 ATM switch.

Workaround: Use the following URL for further information: http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Support/Bugtool/onebug.pl?bugid=CSCdw65903

Release 11.2(10)WA3(4a) Caveats

This section describes unsupported features and limitations, caveats, and some potentially unexpected behavior by the LightStream 1010 ATM switch for Release 11.2(10)WA3(4).

The following caveats have been identified for this release of the LightStream 1010 ATM switch software.

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The maximum number of ELAN LES/BUS pairs that the ASP ATM interface supports is 10.

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You can create VBR, ABR, and UBR VCs across the switch with PCR values greater than interface line rate. Currently, the actual allocated bandwidth is as follows:

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Using the copy flash bootflash command causes a power-supply failure message when there are two power supplies installed and one of them is turned off. Normally both power supplies are turned on for redundancy.
[CSCdj01757]

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A DS-3 PAM interface connected to a Cisco BPX might go down and come back up after a no shutdown command. Operation is normal after it comes back up for the second time.
[CSCdj03229]

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If a T1/E1 port is configured as the clock source for the system, and that port receives transitions in link status that affect the clock, other interfaces that derive their clock from that clock source may go down for a moment. This situation only occurs when transitions are less than 1 second.
[CSCdj03281]

The call attempt counters for PortSelectGroups might not count the outgoing calls on its NNI interfaces due to switch crankback attempts. This might cause a discrepancy between the call attempt counters shown on the following:

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PortSelgroup representing the interface over which an attempt was made to forward the call

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To change connection-type for the selection entry, first use the shutdown command on all interfaces where ATM accounting is enabled. The interfaces can be brought back up after the connection type for the selection entry is changed using the no shutdown command.

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To enable or disable ATM accounting globally, first use the shutdown command on all the interfaces where ATM accounting is enabled. The interfaces can be brought up after the enable and disable operation is complete using the no shutdown command.

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To enable or disable ATM accounting on an interface, first use the shutdown command on that interface. The interface can be brought up after the enable/disable operation is complete using the no shutdown command.

Support for ATM accounting background notifications is provided in the next maintenance release.
[CSCdj13326]

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ATM-RMON data collection cannot be configured on subinterfaces or tunnels. The atm rmon collect command is accepted for hardware interfaces only, and ignored for subinterfaces. SNMP and NVGEN support (via the portSelTable) is not possible until Interfaces MIB (RFC 1573) entries are added for tunnel subinterfaces. ATM-RMON counters for a hardware interface do not include any of the traffic through tunnels configured on that interface.
[CSCdj13565]

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The cell counts on a snooped interface are double the actual number of cells transmitted.
[CSCdj18430]

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For the 25-Mbps PAM, SNMP support is not fully available. The "ciscoAtmIfPhysEntryData" table and LED information will be supported in a future release.
[CSCdj18678]

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The "no shut" command causes the system to reset when a PAM is not present.
[CSCdj24272]

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Using an OC12 PAM on LightStream 1010 as a network clock source results in bad clock quality.
[CSCdj25769]

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An LightStream 1010 could experience cell loss during hot swapping one of its power supplies.
[CSCdj25772]

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The fail over time for the LightStream 1010 CES soft VC on a redundant link could be inconsistent, with a range from less than a second to 15 seconds.
[CSCdj28496]

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A tftp download to the LightStream 1010 could fail, due to an ARP table corruption problem. This problem only affects the tftp download.

Use the ip host-routing command in the general configuration mode.
[CSCdj32484]

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If the LightStream 1010 memory is almost or completely exhausted, soft PVCs that go down might not come up and will remain in RELEASING or INACTIVE state.
[CSCdj42967]

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With the multiple LES/BUS pairs configured on a LightStream 1010 and about 20 LECs configured to join the ELANs, repeated shut/noshut of the interface for an extended period could produce the "ATMS2000_add_party_to_output_only_errors".
[CSCdj50627]

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Consider a scenario in which two LightStream 1010s are connected over ATM, with classical IP running over ATM. One of the LightStream 1010s is also connected to an Ethernet backbone. With ip host-routing turned on, disconnecting the ATM connection (physically removing the connection), causes the LightStream 1010 to flood the Ethernet backbone with ARP packets, affecting the Ethernet backbone's performance. The problem occurs only if ip host-routing is turned on (it is off by default) and the ATM connection is physically removed.

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The remote defect identification (RDI) cells sent by an end point in response to the Alarm Indicator Signal (AIS) are not propagated beyond that intermediate switch. Once the fault on one interface is detected, the switch removes the connection leg entries for both interfaces, even though the other interface might be up. As a result, the RDI cells are dropped at the switch.
[CSCdi55937]

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When you configure LES/BUS LANE service on the cpu port of the LightStream 1010, the following caveat exists.Under heavy signalling traffic, usually when the switch resets and tries to come back with a large number of clients for each LES/BUS, a warning message "CPUHOG - atmsig_output" appears on the console. This has no real impact on the system functionality or performance.
[CSCdj57479]

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Numerous interface resets on the LightStream 1010 might generate the following error message.

Correct the physical layer, which is usually the cause of the problem.
[CSCdj61842]

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The traffic that can go through an E3 board for one PVC is limited to 65535 cells per second independent of the framing type used. There is no benefit configuring G832 framing.
[CSCdi72255]

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When a large number (more than 1000) of SVC s are present on a specific interface and a shutdown command is executed, "%SYS-3-CPUHOG:" message might appear. All the SVCs on that interface are released as expected. This message indicates that the process has run for a long time before it returns the control to the kernel which then can schedule other tasks.
[CSCdi74229]

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Under very heavy traffic conditions the switch can experience temporary queue cell failures. This should clear up once the traffic congestion clears up.
[CSCdi75584]

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Due to sensitive Receiver circuitry, noise can be interpreted as a valid signal. This condition causes the DS-3 controller to interpret the condition as a bad signal, turning the RX LEDs red on that port.
[CSCdi82954]

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Under heavy signaling activities when a large number of LANE clients come up and down constantly, over extended periods of time, it is possible that the system might run out of AAL5 buffers and the following message appears on the console:

The system continues to function, in most instances, but might stop accepting any more calls from the end systems.

If the switch does not bring up more calls, toggling an interface might help to reinitialize all the connections and bring the system back to working condition.

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When an AddParty message is sent across an E.164 interface, and the message does not include the CallingPartyAddress information element, the AddParty request is rejected on the first attempt. The second attempt will be successful.

The normal mode of operation is to include the CallingPartyAddress information element in the AddParty message.
[CSCdi83567]

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Logical multicasting is not supported in this LightStream 1010 release.
[CSCdi85540]

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A LAN Emulation Configuration Server (LECS), using Cisco IOS Version 11.2(X), expects all LAN Emulation Servers (LESs) to establish an individual control VC to the LECS in order to validate clients.

If different Emulated Local Area Networks (ELANs), using Cisco IOS Version 11.1(X), are configured on multiple subinterfaces of the same physical interface, then all LES(s) multiplex the control messages (which validate the clients) into a single VC.

This configuration of an LECS sends the following warning messages to the console stating that an LES of one ELAN is attempting to obtain information about another ELAN.

The clients are still allowed to join the ELAN. Disregard the warning message.
[CSCdi92142]

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A DS-3 PAM AIS is not sent from a shutdown port when reloading the switch software. This might cause one side of the link to appear up and the other side of the link to appear down. It only occurs if one side of the link is shutdown during a power-up cycle. If the interface is brought up, both sides of the link resume correct operation.

Ensure that the interface is not shut down during a switch software reload.
[CSCdi93291]

Release 11.2(10)WA3(4) Caveats Corrected

This section describes caveats that have been corrected by Release 11.2(10)WA3(4) for the LightStream 1010 ATM switch.

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The Ethernet port on the LightStream 1010 is sometimes found in a frozen state. "show interface ethernet2/0/0" shows the interface as up but the output queue full. Issuing a "clear interface ethernet2/0/0" command clears this state.
[CSCdj02004]

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The Receive cell counter on the virtual circuit VPI=0, VCI=32 shows erroneous cell counts.
[CSCdj03621]

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The SNMP agent on the LightStream 1010 switch always returns "Slot empty" value even if a flash card is present in the PCMCIA slot.
[CSCdj04898]

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The Ethernet interface might fail to respond when the input queue is wedged, 40/40 in the LightStream 1010.

Issue the "clear int e2/0/0 command" to bring the interface back up.
[CSCdj15388]

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LightStream 1010 may log %SYS-3-MGDTIMER:Uninitialized timer, timer stop, timer = [hex]. This message may not cause traffic or network problems.
[CSCdj22451]

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T1/E1 PAMs when hot swapped by oc3 PAM could lock up the switch. This effect is seen only if oc3 is hot swapped into a slot where T1/E1 was residing.

Make sure oc3 is not hot swapped in the slot that was used by T1/E1. If an oc3 card needs to be hot swapped in place of T1/E1, remove the T1/E1 card, reload, and then insert oc3 PAM.
[CSCdj41665]

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The TTB length bit is not set for G832 framing. The TTB messages, which check for the continued presence of the intended transmitter, must be enabled for G832Adm framing.
[CSCdj41709]

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The ATM Accounting periodic collection writes more records than the number of VCs it is monitoring.
[CSCdj48371]

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The command "clear counters" can caused a T1 frame slip on the CES ports. The workaround is to not clear the counters.
[CSCdj48158]

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For the PVPs, VPI=0 is not allowed. This restriction has been relaxed for the hard transit PVPs.
[CSCdj49255]

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For ATM25 cards, the command "show atm vc" can potentially cause the switch to crash.
[CSCdj50142]

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The SSCOP layer sequence number wraparound condition leads to memory leaks and memory fragmentation problems. The problem occurs when the SSCOP's send sequence number reaches a maximum value of 16777215. The switch needs to be reset to continue normal functionality.
[CSCdj63058]

Release 11.2(10)WA3(4) Caveats

This section describes unsupported features and limitations, caveats, and some potentially unexpected behavior by the LightStream 1010 ATM switch for Release 11.2(10)WA3(4).

The following caveats have been identified for this release of the LightStream 1010 ATM switch software.

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The maximum number of ELAN LES/BUS pairs that the ASP ATM interface supports is 10.

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You can create VBR, ABR, and UBR VCs across the switch with PCR values greater than interface line rate. Currently, the actual allocated bandwidth is as follows:

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A DS-3 PAM interface connected to a Cisco BPX might go down and come back up after a no shutdown command. Operation is normal after it comes back up for the second time.
[CSCdj03229]

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PortSelgroup representing the interface over which an attempt was made to forward the call

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Support for ATM accounting background notifications is provided in the next maintenance release.
[CSCdj13326]

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The cell counts on a snooped interface are double the actual number of cells transmitted.
[CSCdj18430]

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For the 25-Mbps PAM, SNMP support is not fully available. The "ciscoAtmIfPhysEntryData" table and LED information will be supported in a future release.
[CSCdj18678]

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The "no shut" command causes the system to reset when a PAM is not present.
[CSCdj24272]

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Using an OC12 PAM on LightStream 1010 as a network clock source results in bad clock quality.
[CSCdj25769]

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An LightStream 1010 could experience cell loss during hot swapping one of its power supplies.
[CSCdj25772]

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The fail over time for the LightStream 1010 CES soft VC on a redundant link could be inconsistent, with a range from less than a second to 15 seconds.
[CSCdj28496]

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A tftp download to the LightStream 1010 could fail, due to an ARP table corruption problem. This problem only affects the tftp download.

Use the ip host-routing command in the general configuration mode.
[CSCdj32484]

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If the LightStream 1010 memory is almost or completely exhausted, soft PVCs that go down might not come up and will remain in RELEASING or INACTIVE state.
[CSCdj42967]

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Numerous interface resets on the LightStream 1010 might generate the following error message.

Correct the physical layer, which is usually the cause of the problem.
[CSCdj61842]

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The traffic that can go through an E3 board for one PVC is limited to 65535 cells per second independent of the framing type used. There is no benefit configuring G832 framing.
[CSCdi72255]

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Under very heavy traffic conditions the switch can experience temporary queue cell failures. This should clear up once the traffic congestion clears up.
[CSCdi75584]

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The system continues to function, in most instances, but might stop accepting any more calls from the end systems.

If the switch does not bring up more calls, toggling an interface might help to reinitialize all the connections and bring the system back to working condition.

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The normal mode of operation is to include the CallingPartyAddress information element in the AddParty message.
[CSCdi83567]

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Logical multicasting is not supported in this LightStream 1010 release.
[CSCdi85540]

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A LAN Emulation Configuration Server (LECS), using Cisco IOS Version 11.2(X), expects all LAN Emulation Servers (LESs) to establish an individual control VC to the LECS in order to validate clients.

This configuration of an LECS sends the following warning messages to the console stating that an LES of one ELAN is attempting to obtain information about another ELAN.

The clients are still allowed to join the ELAN. Disregard the warning message.
[CSCdi92142]

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Ensure that the interface is not shut down during a switch software reload.
[CSCdi93291]

Release 11.2(8)WA3(3) Caveats Corrected

This section describes caveats that have been corrected by Release 11.2(8)WA3(3) for the LightStream 1010 ATM switch.

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Networks with NNI interfaces and many SVC's (~2000) may experience buffer failures when all calls are released then setup quickly. This typically occurs when an interface is "shut" then rapidly "no shut". Also, the PNNI hops are limited to 10. It has now been raised to 20, per the PNNI specification.
[CSCdj05818]

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When a Soft-PVC flaps (goes down and comes up) after it is setup, CrossConnectIdentifier in the 1695 atmVclTable (or atmVplTable) is not set. This happens in the source and destination switches.
[CSCdj30548]

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On a VP Tunnel interface, if autoconfiguration is turned off and ILMI keep-alive is turned on and when the VP Tunnel status is marked as up, and autoconfiguration is off and ILMI keep-alive is on, ILMI keep-alive fails because the VP Tunnel status is still marked as up. Signaling and PNNI assume the VP Tunnel interface is active when it is down.
[CSCdj27688]

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Compatibility Instruction Indicator checks were not done correctly. As a result, some of the messages were ignored by the switch while running UNI 4.0.
[CSCdj27960]

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If you attempt to perform an SNMP SET on the ifAdminStatus of a virtual ATM port associated with a CES card, the switch agent stops working.
[CSCdj31762]

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The microcode for the DCU on the LightStream CES PAM (Port Adaptor Module) inserted CSI=1 in odd numbered AAL1 cells, whether or not SRTS was in use. The DCU microcode and the related driver macrocode now has the CSI bit set to the correct standards.
[CSCdj31991]

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The LightStream 1010 might crash if hostname is changed and the PNNI node is being deleted when using the no node ATM Router PNNI command.
[CSCdj34430]

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Memory allocated for progress information was not freed properly.
[CSCdj37401]

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After a no auto-summary is issued and saved in NVRAM, PNNI still summarizes the default summary address after a reboot.
[CSCdj38313]

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The vci: 0-31 is reserved for vpi >= 1. But the switch may give vci: 0-31 for vpi >= 1 in the network side of the switch during call-setup and the call is rejected by the adjacent switch. This restriction is now removed by giving only (vci value > 31) for any vpi.
[CSCdj39561]

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When changing framing from G832 adm to G751 adm, occasionally the framer goes out of frame on one side. You see a similar problem whenever the switch reloads in framing mode G751 adm.
[CSCdj37771]

Encoding of timestamp for data collection was incorrect for failed attempt records.
[CSCdj40236]

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The global system wide LECs address configuration, even though in the system, is not visible when you use the write terminal or show config command. However, it can be displayed by using the show atm ilmi-config command.
[CSCdj37678]

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Address registration will sometimes fail when the peer interface is quickly toggled.

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ILMI autoconfiguration advertises UNI 3.1 as the highest UNI version, even though the current software release supports UNI 4.0. In order to run UNI 4.0 signaling, the following steps are necessary.

Step 1

Autoconfiguration must be disabled using the following interface level command.

Step 2

The UNI version must be manually configured using the following interface level command.

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If the clock selection on both sides of a DS-3 link are configured as loop-timed mode, that interface goes down as expected because neither side is sourcing the clock for that link. Restoring a clock to this link does not automatically bring the interface up. A manual shutdown/noshutdown is needed on that interface to bring it back up.
[CSCdj05900]

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Soft-PVC configurations, with both originating and terminating legs on the same switch, might get cross-connected on the same switch.

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Calls that succeed are not counted against the total number of successful calls

Note that the Accounting management application does support Soft-PVC configurations.
[CSCdj21961]

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When a large number of SVCs are repeatedly connected and released, Accounting might retain some connection records, showing them as active connections, even though they were released.
[CSCdj23307]

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When a large number of SVCs are brought up across VP tunnels and an interface through which all of the SVCs pass is shut down, the switch might experience memory fragmentation that results in memory exhaustion.
[CSCdi76382]

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Address registration sometimes fails when the peer interface is quickly toggled. To fix this problem, remove the address from the peer and reestablish the connection.
[CSCdi79797]

Release 11.2(8)WA3(3) Caveats

This section describes unsupported features and limitations, caveats, and some potentially unexpected behavior by the LightStream 1010 ATM switch for Release 11.2(8)WA3(3).

The following caveats have been identified for this release of the LightStream 1010 ATM switch software.

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The Ethernet interface might fail to respond when the input queue is wedged, 40/40 in the LightStream 1010.

Issue the "clear int e2/0/0 command" to bring the interface back up.
[CSCdj15388]

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LightStream 1010 may log %SYS-3-MGDTIMER:Uninitialized timer, timer stop, timer = [hex]. This message may not cause traffic or network problems.
[CSCdj22451]

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The fail over time for the LightStream 1010 CES Soft-VC on a redundant link could be inconsistent, somewhere from less than a second up to 15 seconds.
[CSCdj28496]

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An LightStream 1010 could experience cell loss during hot swapping of one of its power supplies.
[CSCdj25772]

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If a tunnel that runs between two LightStream 1010s goes down, the ATM sub-interface will always show as up. Even with configuring ILMI keepalives or using OAM cells, the sub-interface always stays up. Some other show commands will show that the tunnel is down.
[CSCdj32290]

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A tftp download to an LightStream 1010 could fail, due to an ARP table corruption problem. This problem will only affect the tftp download.

Use the ip host-routing command in the general configuration mode.
[CSCdj32484]

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The LightStream 1010 ATM switch rejects setup when the called Party address or the Calling party address length is more than 20 bytes.
[CSCdj38407]

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T1/E1 PAMs when hot swapped by oc3 PAM could lock up the switch. This effect is seen only if oc3 is hot swapped into a slot where T1/E1 was residing.

Make sure oc3 is not hot swapped in the slot that was used by T1/E1. If an oc3 card needs to be hot swapped in place of T1/E1, remove the T1/E1 card, reload, and then insert oc3 PAM.
[CSCdj41665]

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The TTB length bit is not set for G832 framing. The TTB messages, which checks for the continued presence of the intended transmitter, must be enabled for G832Adm framing.
[CSCdj41709]

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The command "clear counters" can caused a T1 frame slip on the CES ports. The workaround is to not clear the counters.
[CSCdj48158]

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The ATM Accounting periodic collection writes more records than the number of VCs it is monitoring.
[CSCdj48371]

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For the PVPs, VPI=0 is not allowed. This restriction has been relaxed for the hard transit PVPs.
[CSCdj49255]

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For ATM25 cards, the command "show atm vc" can potentially cause the switch to crash.
[CSCdj50142]

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The maximum number of ELAN LES/BUS pairs that the ASP ATM interface supports is 10.

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Due to sensitive Receiver circuitry, noise can be interpreted as a valid signal. This condition causes the DS-3 controller to interpret the condition as a bad signal turning the RX LEDs red on that port.
[CSCdi82954]

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The normal mode of operation is to include the CallingPartyAddress information element in the AddParty message.
[CSCdi83567]

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Logical multicasting is not supported in this LightStream 1010 release.
[CSCdi85540]

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A LAN Emulation Configuration Server (LECS), using Cisco IOS Version 11.2(X), expects all LAN Emulation Servers (LESs) to establish an individual control VC to the LECS in order to validate clients.

This configuration of an LECS sends the following warning messages to the console stating that an LES of one ELAN is attempting to obtain information about another ELAN.

The clients are still allowed to join the ELAN. Disregard the warning message.
[CSCdi92142]

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You can create VBR, ABR, and UBR VCs across the switch with PCR values greater than interface line rate. Currently, the actual allocated bandwidth is as follows:

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The traffic that can go through an E3 board for one PVC is limited to 65535 cells per second independently of the framing type used. There is no benefit configuring G832 framing.
[CSCdi72255]

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The Receive cell counter on the virtual circuit VPI=0, VCI=32 shows erroneous cell counts.
[CSCdj03621]

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The SNMP agent on the LightStream 1010 switch always returns "Slot empty" value even if a flash card is present in the PCMCIA slot.
[CSCdj04898]

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Ensure that the interface is not shut down during a switch software reload.
[CSCdi93291]

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A DS-3 PAM interface connected to a Cisco BPX might go down and come back up after a no shutdown command. Operation is normal after it comes back up for the second time.
[CSCdj03229]

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PortSelgroup representing the interface over which an attempt was made to forward the call

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The system continues to function, in most instances, but might stop accepting any more calls from the end systems.

If the switch does not bring up more calls, toggling an interface might help to reinitialize all the connections and bring the system back to working condition.

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Support for ATM accounting background notifications is provided in the next maintenance release.
[CSCdj13326]

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The cell counts on a snooped interface are double the actual number of cells transmitted.
[CSCdj18430]

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For the 25-Mbps PAM, SNMP support is not fully available. The "ciscoAtmIfPhysEntryData" table and LED information will be supported in a future release.
[CSCdj18678]

Release 11.2(5)WA3(2b) Caveats Corrected

This section describes caveats that have been corrected by the Release 11.2(5)WA3(2b) for the LightStream 1010 ATM switch.

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The following features were not supported in the previous release even though the commands might have been visible in the command-line interface.

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The no form for the service-category-limit command applies to all service categories instead of individual service categories.
[CSCdj01176]

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When ATM Signaling Error debugging is enabled, the following debug message might occur:

This message indicates that SSCOP passed a PDU to Signaling that is not recognized as a valid message. The message might occur when heavy signaling loads occur between the switch and other Cisco Systems routers. No failure of function results from this.
[CSCdi72727]

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The following message appears when a party times-out while waiting for an acknowledgment for an outgoing setup.

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Agent does not reject duplicate static routes from SNMP and does not give an error message.
[CSCdi91087]

As a result, the end system addresses are not automatically summarized using the 13-byte prefixes derived from the switch address. Use the following command sequence, which turns automatic summarization off and on, to correct this problem.

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When the switch receives a call-proceeding message, but does not receive a connect or release message, the switch should send a release message with cause # 102-- "recovery on timer expiry." Currently the switch sends a release message with cause # 27 -- "destination out of order."
[CSCdj01641]

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When building the Broadband Low Layer Information (BLLI) Element in an ATM Signaling message, per information provided by a client, the length of the contents of the information to insert into the BLLI are not checked for accuracy. Currently no client is known to provide an inaccurate length parameter, but you should check to avoid a severe problem if this situation should occur.
[CSCdj03169]

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When LES/BUS and LECS are both configured on the same LightStream1010 CPU port, the LECS is not able to distinguish the LES from an LEC.

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If a only a single LES is configured on the ELAN, then it functions normally. However, if a second LES is configured on the same ELAN for the purpose of redundancy (SSRP), it does not function correctly.

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Do not configure any LES/BUSs on the same LightStream 1010 CPU port as the LECS.

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When a physical port type is requested from SNMP for an OC3UTP PAM, the port type field returns "other."
[CSCdj04393]

Release 11.2(5)WA3(2b) Caveats

This section describes unsupported features and limitations, caveats, and some potentially unexpected behavior by the LightStream 1010 ATM switch for Release 11.2(5)WA3(2b).

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Compatibility Instruction Indicator checks were not done correctly. As a result, some of the messages were ignored by the switch while running UNI 4.0.
[CSCdj27960]

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If you attempt to perform an SNMP SET on the ifAdminStatus of a virtual ATM port associated with a CES card, the switch agent stops working.
[CSCdj31762]

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The LightStream 1010 might crash if hostname is changed and the PNNI node is being deleted when using the no node ATM Router PNNI command.
[CSCdj34430]

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Memory allocated for progress information was not freed properly.
[CSCdj37401]

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After a no auto-summary is issued and saved in NVRAM, PNNI still summarizes the default summary address after a reboot.
[CSCdj38313]

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On_Demand accounting data collection would sometimes get into a loop.
Connection_type checking for failed attempts was incorrect.
Encoding of timestamp for data collection was incorrect for failed attempt records.
[CSCdj40236]

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The maximum number of ELAN LES/BUS pairs that the ASP ATM interface supports is 10.

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Soft-PVC configurations, with both originating and terminating legs on the same switch, might get cross connected on the same switch.

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Calls that succeed are not counted against the total number of successful calls

Note that the Accounting management application does support Soft-PVC configurations.
[CSCdj21961]

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When a large number of SVCs are repeatedly connected and released, Accounting might retain some connection records, showing them as active connections, even though they were released.

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Address registration sometimes fails when the peer interface is quickly toggled. To fix this problem, remove the address from the peer and reestablish the connection.
[CSCdi79797]

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Due to sensitive Receiver circuitry, noise may be interpreted as a valid signal. This condition causes the DS-3 controller to interpret the condition as a bad signal turning the RX LEDs red on that port.
[CSCdi82954]

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The normal mode of operation is to include the CallingPartyAddress information element in the AddParty message.
[CSCdi83567]

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Logical multicasting is not supported in this LightStream 1010 release.
[CSCdi85540]

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A LAN Emulation Configuration Server (LECS), using Cisco IOS Version 11.2(X), expects all LAN Emulation Servers (LESs) to establish an individual control VC to the LECS in order to validate clients.

This configuration of an LECS sends the following warning messages to the console stating that an LES of one ELAN is attempting to obtain information about another ELAN.

The clients are still allowed to join the ELAN. Disregard the warning message.
[CSCdi92142]

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You can create VBR, ABR, and UBR VCs across the switch with PCR values greater than interface line rate. Currently, the actual allocated bandwidth is as follows:

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ILMI autoconfiguration advertises UNI 3.1 as the highest UNI version, even though the current software release supports UNI 4.0. In order to run UNI 4.0 signaling, the following steps are necessary.

Autoconfiguration must be disabled using the following interface level command.

The UNI version must be manually configured using the following interface level command.

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The traffic that can go through an E3 board for one PVC is limited to 65535 cells per second independently of the framing type used. There is no benefit configuring G832 framing.
[CSCdi72255]

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The Receive cell counter on the virtual circuit VPI=0, VCI=32 shows erroneous cell counts.
[CSCdj03621]

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The SNMP agent on the LightStream 1010 switch always returns "Slot empty" value even if a flash card is present in the PCMCIA slot.
[CSCdj04898]

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Ensure that the interface is not shut down during a switch software reload.
[CSCdi93291]

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A DS-3 PAM interface connected to a Cisco BPX might go down and come back up after a no shutdown command. Operation is normal after it comes back up for the second time.
[CSCdj03229]

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PortSelgroup representing the interface over which an attempt was made to forward the call.

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When disabling Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) on ATM interface 2/0/0.x configured as an LEC, the new configuration is not saved to nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM) and does not appear when using the show running-config command. CDP is disabled on the interface until you reload the software. After you reload the software, CDP is again re-enabled on the interface. This is caused by the new configuration not being saved to NVRAM prior to reloading the software.
[CSCdj11070]

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The system continues to function, in most instances, but might stop accepting any more calls from the end systems.

If the switch does not bring up more calls, toggling an interface might help to reinitialize all the connections and bring the system back to working condition.

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ATM Accounting background notification is not supported and requires the following workarounds:

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Support for ATM accounting background notifications is provided in the next maintenance release.
[CSCdj13326]

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The cell counts on a snooped interface are double the actual number of cells transmitted.
[CSCdj18430]

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For the 25-Mbps PAM, SNMP support is not fully available. The "ciscoAtmIfPhysEntryData" table and LED information will be supported in a future release.
[CSCdj18678]

Release 11.2(2)WA3(1a) Caveats

This section describes unsupported features and limitations, caveats, and some potentially unexpected behavior by the LightStream 1010 ATM switch for Release 11.2(2)WA3(1a).

The following features are not supported in this release even though the commands might be visible in the command-line interface.

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The maximum number of ELAN LES/BUS pairs that the ASP ATM interface supports is 10.

The following caveats have been identified for this release of the LightStream 1010 ATM switch software.

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When ATM Signaling Error debugging is enabled, the following debug message might occur:

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Address registration sometimes fails when the peer interface is quickly toggled. To fix this problem, remove the address from the peer and reestablish the connection.
[CSCdi79797]

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Due to sensitive Receiver circuitry, noise might be interpreted as a valid signal. This condition causes the DS-3 controller to interpret the condition as a bad signal turning the RX LEDs red on that port.
[CSCdi82954]

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Under heavy signaling activities when a large number of LANE clients come up and down constantly, over extended periods of time, it is possible that the system would run out of AAL5 buffers and the following message appears on the console:

The system continues to function, in most instances but, on few occasions, it might stop accepting any more calls from the end systems.

In case the system does not bring up more calls, toggling the interface helps reinitialize all the connections and bring the system back to working condition.
[CSCdi83275]

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The normal mode of operation is to include the CallingPartyAddress information element in the AddParty message.
[CSCdi83567]

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Logical multicasting is not supported in the present LightStream 1010 release.
[CSCdi85540]

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The following message appears when a party times-out while waiting for an acknowledgment of an outgoing setup.

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When a PC running LINUX and LANE is attached to the switch as an endsystem with a LEC configured, the result might be a hanging half-leg on the switch. You can correct this situation by using the clear atm atm-vc command.
[CSCdi90543]

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Agent does not reject duplicate static routes from SNMP and does not give an error message.
[CSCdi91087]

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When SSRP and LECS LES/BUS are all configured on the ASP, the result can be an intermittent failure in LANE clients on the local switch and on the remote switch joining the ELAN.
[CSCdi91727]

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A LAN Emulation Configuration Server (LECS), using Cisco IOS Version 11.2(X), expects all LAN Emulation Servers (LESs) to establish an individual control VC to the LECS in order to validate clients.

This configuration of an LECS sends the following warning messages to the console stating that an LES of one ELAN is attempting to obtain information about another ELAN.

The clients are still allowed to join the ELAN. Disregard the warning message.
[CSCdi92142]

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The LEC becomes stuck in the waitingListen and the lecsConnect states and the ASP subinterface becomes stuck in waitingIlmi state. To bring the system back to initial state, use the shut/no shut command. Also, some of the clients might stick in the waitingIlmi state.
[CSCdj00646]

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You can create VBR, ABR, and UBR VCs across the switch with PCR values greater than interface line rate. Currently, the actual allocated bandwidth is as follows:

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The no form for service-category-limit command applies to all service categories instead of individual service categories.
[CSCdj01176]

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If a T1/E1 port is configured as the clock source for the system, and that port receives transitions in link status that affect the clock, other interfaces that derive their clock from that clock source might go down for a moment. This situation only occurs when transitions are less than 3 seconds.
[CSCdj03281]

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When LES/BUS and LECS are both configured on the same LightStream1010 CPU port, the LECS is not able to distinguish the LES from an LEC.

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If a only a single LES is configured on the ELAN, then LES functions normally. However, if a second LES is configured on the same ELAN for the purpose of redundancy (SSRP), it does not function correctly.

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Do not configure any LES/BUSs on the same LightStream 1010 CPU port as the LECS.

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When physical port type is requested from SNMP for an OC3UTP PAM, the port type field returns "other."
[CSCdj04393]

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ILMI autoconfiguration advertises UNI 3.1 as the highest UNI version, even though the current software release supports UNI 4.0. In order to run UNI 4.0 signaling, the following steps are necessary.

Step 1

Autoconfiguration must be disabled using the following interface level command.

Step 2

The UNI version must be manually configured using the following interface level command.

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Table Of Contents

Cisco IOS Release 11.2 Release Notes for LightStream 1010 ATM Switch Software

Introduction

New Release 11.2(10)WA3(4a) Features

New Release 11.2(8)WA3(3) Features

New Release 11.2(5)WA3(2b) Features

New Release 11.2(2)WA3(1a) Features

Modifications For Release 11.2(8)WA3(3)

Modifications for Release 11.2(2)WA3(1a)

Documentation

Platform Support

Cisco IOS Packaging

Memory Requirements

Release 11.2(10)WA3(4a) Caveats Corrected

Release 11.2(10)WA3(4a) Caveats

Release 11.2(10)WA3(4) Caveats Corrected

Release 11.2(10)WA3(4) Caveats

Release 11.2(8)WA3(3) Caveats Corrected

Release 11.2(8)WA3(3) Caveats

Release 11.2(5)WA3(2b) Caveats Corrected

Release 11.2(5)WA3(2b) Caveats

Release 11.2(2)WA3(1a) Caveats

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