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Table Of Contents
Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15530
8-Port FC/GE Aggregation Card
Functional Image Release 2.30Determining the Release of Your 8-Port FC/GE Aggregation Card Functional Image
New Features in Functional Image 2.30
New Features in Functional Image 2.29
New Features in Functional Image 2.27
Caveat Symptoms and Workarounds
Obtaining Technical Assistance
Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
Release Notes for Cisco ONS 15530
8-Port FC/GE Aggregation Card
Functional Image Release 2.30
September 28, 2004
Cisco ONS 15530 8-port FC/GE aggregation card (15530-FCGE-8P) functional image release 2.30
Text Part Number: OL-5024-03
This document describes the features and caveats for the functional image, release 2.30, 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:
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New Features in Functional Image 2.30
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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.
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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:
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For FC and FICON traffic, the Cisco ONS 15530 monitors the following conditions on the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card:
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For ISC compatibility mode traffic, the system monitors the following conditions on the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card:
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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:
Example
The following example shows the hardware version and 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 :0x110AOn-Board Description :ONS 15530 8-port Fibre Channel/Gigabit Ethernet LinecardOrderable Product Number:15530-FCGE-8P=Board Part Number :73-7840-03Board Revision :03Serial Number :CAB06310X8QManufacturing Date :08/12/2002Hardware Version :4.6
RMA Number :0x00RMA Failure Code :0x00Function-ID :0Updating 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.
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New Features in Functional Image 2.30
The following new feature is available for functional image 2.30:
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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, when combined with Cisco IOS software Release 12.2(18)SV or later:
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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, "O" indicates an open caveat, and "NC" indicates the caveat is not applicable to the release.
Table 1 8-port FC/GE Aggregation Card Functional Image Release Caveat Reference
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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.
Symptom: Certain types of link defects such as a broken fiber from the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card to 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.
Resolution: Upgrade the functional image to version 2.30 or later.
Symptom: When an interface on the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card is configured for FC with flow control enabled, and a link event such as a link reset from the FC client causes flow control to go from an active state to a non-active state, data errors may temporarily be transmitted from the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card causing the client FC device to record transmission word errors.
Workaround: None.
Resolution: Upgrade the functional image to version 2.30 or later.
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: None.
Resolution: Upgrade the functional image to version 2.30 or later.
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: None
Resolution: Upgrade the functional image to version 2.29 or later.
Symptom: CRC error frames, dropped frames, out-of-order frames, or duplicated frames may be transmitted by 8-port FC/GE aggregation card ports with flow control configured and active, if the client device connected to the remote port is actually operating in asymmetric credit mode.
Asymmetric credit mode means the client FC device with lower buffer credit capability transmits bursts up to the full size of the peer's credit buffers rather than the lower of the two credit capabilities advertised at FC login. Most client FC devices burst up to the lower value only.
If the peer aggregation card is a 4-port 1-Gbps/2-Gbps FC aggregation card, an EXCESS_FRAME_ALM alarm message may be logged by the remote Cisco ONS 15530 when errors are transmitted from the 8-port FC/GE aggregation card.
This is applicable only if all of the following conditions are true:
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Workaround: When feasible, configure equal buffer credit size on the client devices at both ends of the FC/FICON link.
Resolution: Upgrade the functional image to version 2.30 or later, at both ends of the link.
Limitations and Restrictions
This section provides limitations and restrictions for Cisco ONS 15530 hardware and software.
8-Port FC/GE Aggregation Card
This section contains limitations and restrictions that apply to 8-port FC/GE aggregation cards.
The 8-port FC/GE aggregation card with functional release version 2-29 or higher will not inter operate with an 8-port FC/GE aggregation card with an earlier version of the functional image at the peer Cisco ONS 15530 for GE traffic, because of an incompatible data format at both ends.
Related Documentation
Refer to the following documents for more information about the Cisco ONS 15530:
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Obtaining Documentation
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