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DELL POWERCONNECT 3324 and 3348 v1.1.0.42 FIRMWARE README

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NOTE: This ReadMe provides information for PowerConnect 3324 and 3348 
v1.1.0.42 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 v1.1.0.42 for the Dell PowerConnect 3324
and 3348 networking switch.

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

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


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FIXES/ENHANCEMENTS
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* When Multicast traffic is transmitted via one of Static/LACP LAG one
 of the LAG members is physically disconnected, all the traffic is 
transmitted via the second LAG port member, but it is not forward to a 
client. 

* DVMRP frame is unidentified by IGMP Snooping. 

* PowerConnect 3348 does not support port mirroring from/to ports 1-24 
and G1 to/from any port of another PowerConnect 3324/3348. Mirroring is 
also not supported to/from G1 to/from G2 in the same PowerConnect 3348. 

* PowerConnect 3324/3348 storm control may practically operate with 
lower rate value than defined or, in some cases, rate fluctuations may 
be experienced. 

* The negate command no port storm-control enable broadcast fast 
Ethernet does not set the configured port back to wire speed 
capability. 

* An untagged general port which is a member of more than one VLAN 
changes its PVID after reboot. The new PVID will always be the PVID 
of the first VLAN (lowest number). 

* DHCP client may not work after reboot followed by massive VLAN 
configuration (massive VLAN configuration means all ports added to 
all 248 VLANs). 

* Error may occur while attempting to bind an ACE to a MAC-based ACL. 

* The last remaining rule in the Profile Rules Table in Access 
Profiles cannot be removed. Possible workaround is to remove it by 
removing the entire management ACL from the access profiles screen. 

* When using the AAA authentication command, each authentication 
method can only be used once however, there are no errors if this 
is attempted. 

* In ACL Bindings Table screen, performing copy from port to other 
selected ports creates a refresh error. After the refresh error, all 
stack ports get the result of the ‘copy’ action and not ports per 
Unit. 

* PowerConnect 3324/3348 does not allow for configuring Copper 
gigabit port to 1000 / half duplex using the embedded web management 
however, it is possible from CLI. 

* When creating a community in web, by default the Management 
Station button is set. The web-based management allows defining 
community with IP. The result is that although an error message 
(“You must enter a management address”) is prompted the community 
is still added to the community list. 

* When configuring via the Web-based Management Switch/Network 
Security/MAC Based ACL, the new screen is “Add ACE to MAC-Based ACL”, 
assuming an ACL name exists, select ‘ Show All’. This will take you to 
‘ACEs associated with MAC-ACL’ screen. Assuming an ‘ACE No’ exists, 
the “ACTION” selectable pull down menu is ‘grayed out’ and is not a 
usable feature. 

* A MAC address, which was learned on a reserved VLAN (VID 4089-4094, 
VLAN that cannot be created by a user) is written to configuration 
when locking this port (can be seen by the show running config 
command). Consequently, when attempting to download this configuration 
file, the device does not allow to configure reserved VLANs and the 
download process fails. 

* Although the SSH is enabled by default, PowerConnect 3324/3348 do 
not automatically generate and store keys. 

* Show startup config command shows the commands in the order in which 
they were entered. 

* PowerConnect 3324/3348 devices are unable to download configuration 
file to remote computer when interface ports range is bigger than 512 
characters (line length). 

* Copying extremely long configuration file using TFTP may not copy 
the entire configuration contents of specific VLANs. 

* Also, performing the command Show startup config after the 
configuration file has been copied to startup also generates the 
following error: "%LCLI-E-MIB2CLI: Illegal Configuration, process 
valid commands only". 

*While rebooting, PowerConnect 3324/3348 sends error packet on the 
1000Gbps uplink port.  


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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 
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May 2005