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(ASCEND) 1.3Ap24 for the MAX TNT



A bit of old news for some, but just to be formal:

1.3Ap24 for the MAX TNT has been given to support.  This release contains
the following corrections and enhancements.

Corrections in 1.3Ap24:
*  TR 1754: Old IP route entries were not cleared under some conditions.
*  TR 2110: Connections/Session count was not accurate.
*  TR 2257: Digital call routing could sometimes stop on MP+ calls.
*  TR 2324: Shelf-controller reset with Warning 191 but no FE.
*  TR 2383: Formatting both flash cards could sometimes cause a reset with
FE 104.
*  TR 2443: MAX TNT now supports up to 15 FrameLine cards.
*  TR 2456: RADIUS authentication could fail after sustained dialin/dialout
traffic.
*  TR 2473: MAX TNT did not grab all outgoing routes and profiles from RADIUS.
*  TR 2483: Modems reset with FE 2.
*  TR 2502: ISDN users could not connect and Ifmgr output showed incorrect
names.
*  TR 2504: Second flash card could be unavailable.
*  TR 2506: SNMP traps now report loss of communication to slave shelf.
*  TR 2521: A write error occurred when loading code to flash.
*  TR 2522 / 2822: FE 3001 on Ethernet cards is now reported correctly as a
warning.
*  TR 2537: MAX TNT sometimes sent packets to the wrong WAN interface.
*  TR 2552: 56K- modem cards showed high CRC errors during JPEG file down
load.
*  TR 2571: Ascend MIB  did not report second slot of modem cards as Occupied.
*  TR 2582: Calls nacked via DNIS did not return User Busy.
*  TR 2619: Ethernet, HDLC, and modem cards could generate FE 2 under heavy
load.
*  TR 2625: System sometimes reset with FE 2 after several days of heavy load.
*  TR 2628: RADIUS accounting records could replace names with modem numbers.
*  TR 2629: MAX TNT could lose its configuration following a system crash
or reset.
*  TR 2630: V.32 modems had difficulty connecting to 56K modems due to
V.8bis tone.
*  TR 2647: V34 modems reset with FE2.
*  TR 2648: RADIUS accounting could report incorrect information for async
PPP calls.
*  TR 2662: Abnormal tone before V.8 56K tone blocked some modem callers.
*  TR 2666: After 7 to 24 hours, E1 channels using R2 signaling became
inoperative.
*  TR 2685: 56K modem cards showed low sync rate ("dead air") on heavily
loaded systems.
*  TR 2688: The shelf-controller could crash following a Warning 108 when
receiving a small bus *  packet from a slot card.
*  TR 2696: Network Management option was not enabled with the update hash
code.
*  TR 2711: OSPF could cause FE 29 on the shelf-controller.
*  TR 2714: HDLC card sometimes wouldn't load when unit is busy.
*  TR 2715: HDLC cards appeared to fail with Timeout Failure error messages.
*  TR 2718: Ethernet slot card crashed when Proxy ARP was enabled.
*  TR 2720: ISDN users could fail to connect due to erroneous RADIUS timeouts.
*  TR 2723: Second channel was sometimes dropped on a two-channel permanent
switched MP+ *  connection.
*  TR 2732: FE 1s were sometimes observed on the shelf-controller.
*  TR 2733: Ethernet card could sometimes generate a FE 8.
*  TR 2735: Multishelf system couldn't load more than 16 slot card
simultaneously.
*  TR 2736: Modem card reported "WANSESS: newSession: Out of Sessions."
*  TR 2739: FE 8 or FE 104 could occur during external authentication of
PPP sessions.
*  TR 2744: IP port caching enabled.
*  TR 2745: Coredump fixes.
*  TR 2758: K56 Modem cards could reset after a fatal error and not attempt
to reload.
*  TR 2768: TCP ISN generation is now more secure.
*  TR 2798: When an MP call dropped a channel, the MAX TNT could stop
routing to the far-end *  device under certain conditions.
*  TR 2808: Userstat command sometimes did not report the actual number of
users.
*  TR 2834: Slot cards reset when trying to log Warning 104.
*  TR 2841: Modem transmits level incorrect for K56 modems.
*  TR 2843: End-of-packet character did not work properly for TCP-Clear calls.
*  TR 2897: Invalid emergency log message seen on console.
*  TR 2969: Call connect rate could degrade under heavy call volume.
*  TR 2972: Encapsulation method was  not enforced in local Connection
profile.
*  TR 2983: Ethernet card could reset without generating a fatal log message.
*  TR 3023: FE 36 was observed when MP calls spanned multiple HDLC cards.
*  TR 250036: Security problem with CLID authentication.
*  TR 250050: System Up diagnostic was not logged after a reset.
*  TR 250071: RADIUS accounting packet octet counts were inaccurate.
*  TR 250075: The system did not refresh RADIUS routes if dialout-poison
was enabled.
*  TR 250078: RADIUS address pools were not deallocated properly.
*  TR 250080: The Expect Callback feature did not work.
*  TR 250102: HDLC cards ran out of memory intermittently.
*  TR 250108: Call rejected with more modems in use than callers.
*  TR 250117: Call-Filters applied in a Connection profile did not  work.
*  TR 250127: CIDR routing caused low memory conditions.
*  RADIUS initialization on slave-shelf 56K modem cards failed intermittently.
*  N/A  HDLC cards sometimes operated slowly under light load.
*  N/A  User names could be reported inaccurately in SNMP accounting events.
*  N/A  TCP-clear sessions could generate extra SNMP name or service change
events.
*  N/A  Writing a T1 or E1 profile with an invalid index could generate a
FE 1.
*  N/A  RADIUS accounting ON and OFF packets sometimes timed out.
*  N/A  CLID and DNIS were not contained in some syslog messages.
*  N/A  SNMP accounting progress codes and disconnect reasons were
incorrect for immediate TCP *  sesN/A  sions.
*  N/A  Ethernet card failed to come up under certain conditions.
*  N/A  PPP and immediate TCP clear sessions invoked from the terminal
server now use memory *  more N/A  efficiently.
*  N/A  ICMP redirects were not sent in some instances.
*  N/A  VJ compression modem sessions now function with a smaller number of
slots.
*  N/A  Fatal Error 102 sometimes occurred on 56K-modem cards.
*  N/A  Out-of-memory error on the shelf-controller has been fixed.
*  N/A  HDLC cards could occasionally crash under heavy traffic.
*  N/A  T-Online: The MAX TNT can now dialout MP+ calls when T-Online is
enabled.
*  N/A  T-Online: Calling DTPT Connection profile made LAN inaccessible.
*  N/A  T-Online: Problem 503 has been fixed.
*  N/A  T-Online: Problem 30965 has been fixed.
*  N/A  Potential memory leaks were fixed.
*  N/A  Routes learned from RADIUS showed up twice in the routing table.
*  N/A  VJ compression could cause reduced throughput.
*  N/A  HDLC card failed to come up about 15% of the time.
*  N/A  RADIUS packet type 51 was not delivered from Ethernet cards.
*  N/A  IP pool addresses became unavailable when used for MP or MP+ calls.
*  N/A  A T3 card provisioned with PRI DS1s could crash.
*  N/A  Coredump was not supported on local Ethernet interfaces.
*  N/A  Slot cards in DIAG state remained UP if coredump failed.
*  N/A  HDLC card FE8 under heavy MP+ and MP traffic and dynamic addressing.
*  N/A  HDLC card could crash if a Ping packet arrived during call setup.
*  N/A  T1 interfaces could come up as unavailable.
*  N/A  Users were not disconnected via SNMP request.
*  N/A  HDLC cards could crash receiving LCP frame from a slave MP or MP+
channel.
*  N/A  Outbound calls used the first DSL regardless of a line's state.
*  N/A  Host cards could generate a FE 8 under heavy MP+ load.
*  N/A  MAX TNT could stop accepting calls.
*  N/A  Data transfer to client over SLIP/CSLIP sessions could hang.
*  N/A  Shelf-controller could crash when a T3 card went down with a fatal
error.
*  N/A  HDLC cards in slave shelves could sometimes fail to load.
*  N/A  NFAS fixes.
*  N/A  Outgoing MPP calls for a second channel could sometimes fail
authentication.
*  N/A  Slot card profile requests could time out on very busy multishelf
systems.
*  N/A  Slave shelves didn't log RESET to master's fatal log.
*  N/A  All channels of MP and MP+ connections were sometimes not cleared.
*  N/A  Data corruption could occur if a host card when down in a
multishelf system.
*  N/A  RIP could send duplicate packets to the multicast/broadcast
address on Ethernet.
*  N/A  IGMP query packets could keep  an idle connection alive.
*  N/A  Increases in memory efficiency for slot-card route caches.
*  N/A  Dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) sometimes did not work.
*  N/A  Slot cards could time out or generate FE2 under high traffic
conditions.
*  N/A  The IPcache cache command did not display one page of output at a
time.
*  N/A  Modem card  FE 1 following a Warning 106 or 104.
*  N/A  T3 card could sometimes crash the shelf when dumping core.
*  N/A  HDLC card could time out when trying to load many RADIUS routes
after a reset.
*  N/A  RADIUS external routes could cause host card memory leak.
*  N/A  Warning 191 & 192 and other TCP fixes for TCP-clear sessions.
*  N/A  Incoming PPP session brings up several DTPT sessions.
*  N/A  RADIUS  accounting  no longer records  DTPT sessions.
*  N/A  Interface could be stuck in Pending state if dialout call failed.
*  N/A  HDLC and modem cards could periodically reset.
*  N/A  Excessive CRC errors on some multishelf systems.
*  N/A  100Base-T port  could lose sync with a GRF switch on Ethernet.
*  N/A  Client-Default-Gateway should not allow a netmask specification.
*  N/A  Memory leak fixed for incoming modem calls.
*  N/A  100Base-T interface was displayed in UP state when card is downed
or removed.
*  N/A  Changes to Netstat command output
*  N/A  Slot cards could take several minutes to come up in a loaded
multishelf system.
*  N/A  Change in router behavior when buffers are full
*  N/A  TCP-Clear traffic on a slot card did not use the IP route cache.
*  N/A  NasPortID (5) and NasPortType (61) were reported in Accounting
On/Off packets.
*  N/A  Modem slot card FE2 with RADIUS authentication.
*  N/A  Warning 140 observed under heavy load.
*  N/A  Ethernet controller could overwrite current packet.
*  N/A  System did not respond with message when second Setup message was
received.
*  N/A  RADIUS authentication did not work unless the system address was set.
*  N/A  Intermittent problems with digital connections.
*  N/A  RIP could sometimes send unnecessary updates.
*  N/A  FE 175 amd FE 8 was observed with heavy TCP-Clear traffic.
*  N/A  FE 179 was observed related to UDP event queues.
*  N/A  Could not establish SLIP connection using IP Pools.
*  N/A  Phantom interfaces prevent subsequent calls.

Enhancements in 1.3Ap24:
*  Support for Rockwell K56flex code version 1.160T
*  Distinct ID sequences for RADIUS authentication and accounting
*  Unique RADIUS accounting IDs based on source port number
*  Command for displaying WAN session data
*  Support for 64K and 56K calls over channels using R2 signaling
*  Slot card and system uptime information
*  Terminal server login timeout
*  Fatal crash information on console
*  Multiple NFAS groups on T1 and T3 cards
*  MP and MP+ bundled channels span HDLC cards and shelves
*  IP port caching
*  ATMP attributes in RADIUS accounting Stop records
*  New disconnect code (210-slot card down)
*  Finger (RFC 1288) support and Userstat enhancements
*  Inactivity timers for ATMP tunnels
*  TCP-timeout parameter enabled
*  New Local-Profiles-First setting
*  Userstat -k to terminate user sessions
*  New call-routing sort method for digital calls
*  IP-Pools command
*  Configurable cause element in ISDN Disconnect packets
*  Separate transmit and receive data rates reported
*  Shelf-controller proxy RADIUS accounting
*  V.34 setting for 56k modem cards
*  Local DNS table
*  Turn on multishelf trap by default
*  DTPT sessions to the ZGR identified in Session MIB
*  Performance enhancements for TCP-Clear calls

Known problems in 1.3Ap24:
* To route heavy OSPF traffic on large networks, the MAX TNT may require
the additional memory provided by the 32MB JDEC DRAM card (Model
TNT-SP-DRAM32, Part Number 0800-0489-001).
* In this release, Stac compression support on HDLC cards is turned off. 
* In this release, output of the OSPF Database diagnostic command does not
display link state entries of type ASE (Type-5). However, as a workaround,
administrators can still view the Type-5 link states by using the following
form of this command: admin> ospf database ase 

-- Patti


Kevin


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