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DELL POWERCONNECT 5324 v1.0.0.47 FIRMWARE README

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NOTE: This ReadMe provides information for PowerConnect 5324 v1.0.0.47 
firmware.


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CRITICALITY
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Recommended - Dell recommends applying this update during your next 
scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature enhancements or 
changes that will help keep your system software current and compatible 
with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers and software). 


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DESCRIPTION
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* This is the firmware release v1.0.0.45 for the Dell PowerConnect 5324 
Ethernet switch.

* This firmware is transferable to the switch via a TFTP server. 

* Please read the documents in the zip file for further information.     


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FIXES/ENHANCEMENTS
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Issues Resolved:
- Logging events (e.g., port up and down) causes memory loss   
- Support for Microsoft IAS RADIUS server added.

Known restrictions and limitations:
Web-based Management
- Presenting a full ARP table may take several minutes if the ARP table 
has a significant number of entries.  Workaround: Use CLI to show full 
ARP table.
- When deleting an ACE from an ACL using the web interface, the page 
refresh may take several minutes.
- Repeated authentication of Username and password window may be 
presented while using the navigation tree on the right hand side of 
the embedded web management. This system exhibits itself when the 
embedded web management is in the middle of presenting a requested 
management page and is interrupted by the user’s clicking on a different 
page.
- When managing the device using Mozilla Browser in Linux OS and 
changing Flow Control (System->Switch->Ports->Port Configuration->Show All) 
from "Disable" to "Enable" and vice versa in one of the dropdowns, all 
other dropdowns under it change their values too.

Telnet
- When connected to a PowerConnect 5324 and the user connects to 
another switch (“second switch”) using the “Telnet” command, a fatal 
error message will be displayed after: 1) the second switch's telnet 
exec timeout period transpires and 2) the user resumes the operation 
of the terminated telnet session.
- When a web-based browser running on Unix/Linux, clicking the Telnet 
button in the web-based management does not open a Telnet session.

SSH
- An attempt to open a forth SSH session will cause the serial 
connection to the device to become inactive.  Workaround: Do not 
open more than three concurrent SSH sessions.
- Once a key is generated (RSA or DSA), a key cannot be removed.
Workaround: Erase the flash image and reload.

802.1x
- When 802.1x packets are transmitted with VLAN tag = 0, port cannot 
authenticate.  Workaround: Do not use VLAN 0 for network configurations. 
Switch default VLAN is 1.
- Incorrect information displayed in "Authenticated Users" Web-based 
management page with no relevancy to 802.1x status (enabled or disabled) 
Workaround: Use CLI for “Authenticated Users” status.

Ping
- Ping packets that are sent from network using a 10Mbps hub are lost.

Flow Control
- When Flow Control is disabled per interface, flow control will be 
disabled per device not per Interface.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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NOTE: Perform the upgrade procedure from the console interface via an 
RS232 serial port. When using a telnet session or web interface alone, 
your connection to the switch is not available until the switch has 
entered forwarding mode. This takes approximately three minutes.  


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IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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**Please read the Adobe PDF documents enclosed in the ZIP download.**   


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Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
(C) 2005 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.

Reproduction in any manner whatsoever without the written permission 
of Dell Inc. is strictly forbidden.

Trademarks used in this text: "Dell", "Dell OpenManage",
"PowerConnect", and "PowerEdge" are trademarks of Dell Inc.;
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May 2005