	ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Firmware		
		Customer-Level Release Notes
			Version 2.1.0
			  3/22/2005

A. Description -

	This version of ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Firmware
	contains changes made to the previous firmware version.

B. Upgrade Requirement -

	Not-Critical

C. New Features -
	
	RMON Version 1. The supported RMON groups are: 
		1 (Statistics)
		2 (History)
		3 (Alarm)
		9 (Event)

D. Problems Fixed -

	1) The CLI commands, "/info/link" and "/info/trunk", show consistent
	information when these commands are performed on a port in a trunk:

		/oper/port # disable
		/cfg/port # disable
		apply
		/oper/port # enable

	2) STP port costs in the "/i/stp" CLI command correctly reverts after a 
	"revert apply" command.

	3) BBI login succeeds when using TACACS+.

	4) Port mirroring is now supported between all port combinations.

	5) Dynamic port cost allocation (setting port cost to zero) is
	supported in STP and MSTP/RSTP mode.

	6) The MAC addresses in the SNMP dot1dTPFdbTable labeled "trunk" are 
	given correct status in dot1dTpFdbStatus.


E. Known Problems -

	1) The SAN cube option number displayed in both the CLI and BBI is 
	"321745- 21" but should be "321745-B21".

	2) Under some circumstances the "/i/igmp/dump" CLI command may include 
	ports that are no longer valid.  A port that has been blocked by STP
	will no longer transmit/receive the igmp packets and will eventually
	time out and be dropped from the group.

	3) The default /cfg/igmp/snoop/mrto timeout is 255, but the User Guide, 
	Appendix D-6, says 60.

	4) Contrary to the CLI, when the user assigns an address for IP
	interface 1 through the BBI, BOOTP is automatically disabled.

		How Bootp works: 
		--------------- 
		1. Bootp is enabled by default. It is expected that user will 
		configure their BOOTP/DHCP server to issue both IP interface and 
		gateway address upon request.

		2. Bootp assigned addresses will override IP interface 1 and 
		gateway 1. 

		3. Bootp assigned addresses will not be saved to the
		configuration dump. 

		4. If user manually configures an IP interface 1 or gateway 1
		through CLI, Bootp will NOT be automatically disabled; but the
		Bootp process will also be re-initiated when the apply is done.
		Note that if Bootp addresses become available, #2 and #3 above
		will still apply; otherwise, the configuration will be updated
		with the user assigned addresses as they become active.

		5. Bootp assigned addresses will be automatically applied while
		user assigned addresses will need to be applied.
 
		6. Bootp can be disabled manually. Any manually configured IP 
		interface and gateway addresses will be saved to the
		configuration.

		NOTES: 
		------- 
		- When Bootp addresses are assigned, if Bootp is then disabled,
		the current assigned addresses are still active 

		- When going from Bootp enabled/dynamic address assigned, to
		Bootp disabled/static addresses assigned, then doing a revert
		apply takes configuration back to Bootp enabled but the
		addresses must be reassigned by the Bootp server.

		- If Bootp is enabled, user assigned addresses get saved only
		if they haven't been overwritten by a dynamic BootP address yet
		(see #4 above) 

		- User assigned addresses cannot be the same as Bootp assigned 
		addresses. 
	
	5) The User Guide incorrectly states that the Putty terminal emulator
	is not supported.

	6) The switch appears to hang when a port is removed from a large number
	of VLANs (e.g., "/cfg/port tag dis"), but will eventually return.  Since
	some functions, such as STP, may fail and require a reboot if
	CPU-starved too long, it is not advised to perform this action on a port
	belonging to more than approximately 40 VLANs.

	7) IGMP empty groups may not be updated when making VLAN changes on
	server/data source ports.  When making VLAN changes to the data server
	ports for multicast (L3MC) traffic, flush the IGMP table after such a
	change so that the IGMP table can be updated with the correct VLAN.  The
	IGMP table can be flushed via the CLI command "/maint/igmp/clear".

	8) The commands IF and IFCLEAR under /stat should be under "port"
	according to RFC 1573.  This change has been incorporated into the CLI
	but is not yet incorporated into the BBI and SNMP.

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Caution:  Do not use the Browser-based Interface (BBI) to upgrade version 
	1.0.0 or 1.0.1 Firmware, since it may cause the switch to panic.
	Use the CLI, serial interface, or the Upgrade Tool.  The BBI may
	be used to upgrade version 1.1.0 and later firmware.

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Usage information can be obtained from the following documentation:

    HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch User Guide
    HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Application Guide
    HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Command Reference Guide
    HP ProLiant BL p-Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Browser-based Interface Reference Guide 

This documentation is downloadable from www.hp.com/support

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