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Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15530
8-Port FC/GE Aggregation Card
Functional Image Release 2.29

Contents

Introduction

Determining the Release of Your 8-Port FC/GE Aggregation Card Functional Image

Updating to a New Release

New Features in Functional Image 2.29

New Features in Functional Image 2.27

Caveats

Caveat Symptoms and Workarounds

Related Documentation

Obtaining Documentation

Cisco.com

Ordering Documentation

Documentation Feedback

Obtaining Technical Assistance

Cisco TAC Website

Opening a TAC Case

TAC Case Priority Definitions

Obtaining Additional Publications and Information


Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15530
8-Port FC/GE Aggregation Card
Functional Image Release 2.29


June 22, 2004

Cisco ONS 15530 8-port FC/GE aggregation card (15530-FCGE-8P) functional image release 2.29

Text Part Number: OL-5024-02

This document describes the features and caveats for the functional image, release 2.29, for the 8-port FC/GE aggregation cards used with the Cisco ONS 15530 DWDM multiservice aggregation platform.

Contents

This release note includes the following sections:

Introduction

New Features in Functional Image 2.29

Related Documentation

Obtaining Documentation

Documentation Feedback

Obtaining Technical Assistance

Obtaining Additional Publications and Information

Introduction

The Cisco ONS 15530 supports a line card specifically for FC (Fibre Channel), FICON (Fibre Connection), GE (Gigabit Ethernet), and ISC (InterSystem Channel) link traffic. The 8-port FC/GE aggregation card accepts up to eight SFP (small form-factor pluggable) optics for client traffic. Each SFP optic supports FC, FICON, GE, or ISC, depending on how the interface is configured in the CLI.


Note The 8-port FC/GE aggregation card only supports FICON, FC, and ISC traffic at 1 Gbps.


The 8-port FC/GE aggregation card converts client signals from two adjacent port pairs (0-1, 2-3, 4-5, or 6-7) from optical form to electrical form, and then aggregates them into four 2.5-Gbps signals. These aggregated signals pass through the backplane and the switch fabric on the active CPU switch module to a 2.5-Gbps ITU trunk card, a 10-Gbps ITU trunk card, or a 10-Gbps uplink card. The cross connections between the two cards through the backplane and switch fabric is configured using the CLI. The 8-port FC/GE aggregation card has redundant connections over the backplane to the switch fabrics on the active and standby CPU switch modules.

The 8-port FC/GE aggregation card provides buffer credit based flow control functionality for Fibre Channel distance extension and autonegotiation for Gigabit Ethernet.

For GE traffic, the Cisco ONS 15530 monitors the following conditions on the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card:

CVRD error counts (8b10b only)

Tx/Rx frame counts

Tx/Rx byte counts

Tx/Rx CRC counts

Rx giant packets

Rx runt packets

5-minute input/output rates

Loss of Sync

Loss of Light

For FC and FICON traffic, the Cisco ONS 15530 monitors the following conditions on the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card:

CVRD error counts

Tx/Rx frame counts

Tx/Rx byte counts

Rx CRC errors

Link failures

Sequence protocol errors

Invalid transmission words

5-minute input/output rates

Loss of Sync

Loss of Light

For ISC compatibility mode traffic, the system monitors the following conditions on the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card:

CVRD error counts

Loss of Light

Determining the Release of Your 8-Port FC/GE Aggregation Card Functional Image

This section describes the process you use to determine the existing functional image version installed on your 8-port FC/GE aggregation card.

To display the functional image version in an 8-port FC/GE aggregation card, use the following command in privileged EXEC mode:

Command
Purpose

show hardware linecard slot

Displays the functional image information.


Example

The following example shows the functional image information for the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card in slot 7:

Switch# show hardware linecard 7

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Slot Number :7/*
Controller Type :0x110A
On-Board Description :ONS 15530 8-port Fibre Channel/Gigabit Ethernet Linecard
Orderable Product Number:15530-FCGE-8P=
Board Part Number :73-7840-03
Board Revision :03
Serial Number :CAB06310X8Q
Manufacturing Date :08/12/2002
Hardware Version :3.6
RMA Number :0x00
RMA Failure Code :0x00
Functional Image Version:2.29
Function-ID :0

Updating to a New Release

For detailed functional image upgrade instructions, refer to the Cisco ONS 15530 Software Upgrade Guide. To download the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card functional image, go to the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/ons15530-fpga.


Caution A functional image download cannot revert once the download is started. Do not interrupt the download procedure. Wait until it has finished before attempting any commands on the switch. Confirm that the download is done in binary mode and check file sizes before and after the download. A failure during reprogramming can result in the card being unusable.

New Features in Functional Image 2.29

No new features are available for functional image 2.29.

New Features in Functional Image 2.27

The following new features are available for functional image 2.27:

Buffer credit functionality for Fibre Channel distance extension

Autonegotiation for Gigabit Ethernet

IBM coupling facility aggregation (Sysplex compatibility mode)

Caveats

This section lists the caveats for the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card functional image.

Use Table 1 to determine the status of a particular caveat and its relevancy to your functional image release. In the table, "C" indicates a fixed caveat, and "O" indicates an open caveat.

Table 1 8-port FC/GE Aggregation Card Functional Image Release Caveat Reference 

DDTS Number
Release 2.29
Release 2.27

CSCed28094

O

O

CSCee01855

O

O

CSCee22677

O

O

CSCee52145

C

O


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Caveat Symptoms and Workarounds

This section describes the open and resolved caveats for this release of the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card functional image.

CSCed28094

Symptom: Certain types of link defects such as a broken fiber between the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card and the client device are not propagated to the client at the far end because the autonegotiation feature on the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card is not end-to-end. This may cause upper layer processes that depend on bidirectional defect detection and propagation at the transport level to fail.

Workaround: None.

CSCee01855

Symptom: The 8-port FC/GE aggregation card does not support 1-Gbps ISC links other than ISC-1 and ISC-3 compatibility mode. Certain types of 1-Gbps ISC-3 links (RPQ 8P2197) operate in peer mode.

Workaround: None.

CSCee22677

Symptom: If a Cisco ONS 15530 is connected to a Catalyst 4500 Series platform through the gigabitethernet interface of an 8-port FC/GE aggregation card that has FLC enabled and autonegotiation disabled, the link may not come back up after going down.

Workaround: Enable autonegotiation on the gigabitphy interface of the Catalyst 4500 Series platform using the no speed nonegotiate command and on the gigabitphy interface of the Cisco ONS 15530 using the negotiation auto command.

CSCee52145

Symptom: If an 8-port FC/GE aggregation card is cross-connected to a 10-Gbps ITU trunk card or 10-Gbps uplink card, CVRD errors (bit errors) may occur on the portgroup interface of the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card if the portgroup interface is carrying Gigabit Ethernet service for certain payload length, pattern, and rate.

Workaround: Upgrade the functional image to version 2.29 or later.

Related Documentation

Refer to the following documents for more information about the Cisco ONS 15530:

Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco ONS 15500 Series

Cisco ONS 15530 Planning Guide

Cisco ONS 15530 Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco ONS 15530 Cleaning Procedures for Fiber Optic Connections

Cisco ONS 15530 Optical Transport Turn-Up and Test Guide

Cisco ONS 15530 Configuration Guide

Cisco ONS 15530 Command Reference

Cisco ONS 15530 TL1 Commands

Cisco ONS 15530 System Alarms and Error Messages

Cisco ONS 15530 Troubleshooting Guide

Network Management for the Cisco ONS 15530

MIB Quick Reference for the Cisco ONS 15500 Series

Cisco ONS 15530 Software Upgrade Guide

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