(ASCEND) 7.2.3 for TNT

[Matt Holdrege <matt@ascend.com>]

MAX TNT TAOS 7.2.3 software has been given to Customer Support.
This release contains the following:

New features in MAX TNT TAOS 7.2.3:

* DLCI bundling in Multilink Frame Relay
* New SNMP trap for dropped call-logging packets

Notice of deprecated management features:

* command is now provided by READ, SET, and WRITE operations on the
Admin-State-Perm-If profile (for permanent interfaces such as a nailed
Frame-Relay interface) or the Admin-State-Phys-If profile (for physical
interfaces such as a T1 line). The other options of the if-admin command 
are not
supported.
* Use of the call-log-radius-compat parameter in the Call-Logging profile is
deprecated.

Corrections in MAX TNT TAOS 7.2.3:
* TR 3626, TR 3739, TR 4770 TFTP transfer could time out when loading a file.
* TR 3976 SNMP: Power restoration did not generate trap.
* TR 4210 ATMP Home Agent sent RIP traffic even when ATMP RIP was disabled.
* TR 4537 Ethernet-2 card reset when sending IPX frames on 100BT port.
* TR 4564, TR 1000206 Error message displayed indicating ambiguous field 
names.
* TR 4668 Frame Relay profile values were not case-sensitive.
* TR 4857 Call Number was not included in MAX-compatible Syslog messages.
* TR 4858 MAX-compatible syslog messages referenced line rather than 
controller
port.
* TR 4896 PPP calls could fail with Warning 179.
* TR 4922 Changes in disabling echo suppressor tone.
* TR 4950 Some profile names could contain spaces.
* TR 4996, TR 258831 L2TP endpoints did not perform CLID or DNIS
authentication.
* TR 5054 Some winmodems did not connect to Series56 II cards using PPP.
* TR 5109 Performance enhancement in Ethernet-2 firmware.
* TR 5115 Repeated resets with FE-29 if a large number of virtual routers were
configured.
* TR 5119 RADIUS standard tunneling attributes failed when VSAs were enabled.
* TR 5208 L2TP is now enabled on the MultiDSP card for V.110 and PHS calls.
* TR 5288 OSPF did not recover when 100Base-T port went down and up.
* TR 5305 Some TAs did not accept Code-Reject on an LCP Identification packet
* TR 5314 Stacking fixes.
* TR 5325 IP pool chaining did not work when specified locally.
* TR 258625 SNMP Accounting Event messages were not sent correctly.
* TR 258630 T-Online: Transparent (net-net) calls could fail on E1 cards.
* TR 258734 E1 D-channel incorrectly reported as active.
* TR 258738 Enhanced CLID security (octet 3a).
* TR 258749 Inverse ARP was not recognized as a valid protocol on the DS3-ATM
card.
* TR 258821 Ghost tunnels caused ATMP Home Agent to refuse tunnel requests.
* TR 258851 L2TP reported the wrong baud rates for analog modem calls.
* TR 258864 SNMP trap missing and incorrect ifOperStatus after D-channel
failure.
* TR 1000045 D-channel failure on E1 slot card.
* TR 1000079 FE-8 on E1 card incorrectly configured for Australia PRI.
* TR 1000211 AIS was not sent when E1 line was disabled.
* TR 1000214, TR 1000228 ATMP path MTU discovery fixed.
* TR 1000235, TR 1000236 E1/R2 did not send blocking when resources were
unavailable.
* TR 1000244 Frame Relay call was not reestablished.
* SDSL modem fixes for 144kbps operation.
* Duplicate session messages observed for calls on Series56-III card.
* Device-State parameter Reqd-State should be Up-Reqd-State by default.
* Dialout could become stuck when R2 digits were dropped.
* E1/R2 DNIS could be truncated when CLID was requested for New Zealand.
* Improved training in Autobaud and Singlebaud ADSL-DMT data rate modes.
* Can?t Open HDLC Channel diagnostics following card reset.
* DS3-ATM card reset with FE-1.
* Syslog end-of-call message was inconsistent for TCP-Clear calls.
* L2TP did not handle VSAs properly.
* SNMP: Slave-shelf serial number was not reported properly.
* SNMP: Link Down traps were not generated for all Ethernet interfaces.
* SNMP: Performance enhancements improve reliability of SNMP agent.
* Ethernet-1 card could reset under heavy load.
* Generating Syslog messages in bursts could cause Ethernet card to FE-2.
* MAX TNT did not send SSP Packets for MP and MPP calls
* Under heavy load, some cards did not send SSP packets consistently.
* Ghost sessions observed after cards reset when processing IP-Fax * calls.
* Ghost sessions observed after processing many IP-Fax calls.
* Fax Access Server (FAS) requires more precise FHNG return codes.
* Excessive TCP retransmissions.
* ARP implementation was not fully RFC-compliant.
* FE-15 was observed on termination of ARA calls.
* Problems fixed in the Ascend resource MIB.
* Change in effect of Ctrll-C during a terminal-server login.
* SNMP: Call logging dropped packet counts were not accurate.

Conexant modem firmware
* V.34 Digital Modem modules support V1.610G24-V34_DP firmware.
* Series56 Digital Modem modules (also called CSM/1, Model Number
TNT-SL-48MOD-S56) support V2.098-K56_2M_DLP_CSM firmware.
* Series56 II Digital Modem modules (also called CSM/3, Model Numbers
TNT-SL-48MOD-SGL and TNT-SL-48MOD-S-C) support V5.817 firmware.
* Series56 III Digital Modem modules (also called CSM/3V, Model Number
TNT-SL-48MODV3-S-C) support V5.817 firmware.

Known issues:
* In releases prior to 7.2, the format of call logging packets is identical to
the format of RADIUS Accounting packets. Starting with 7.2, however, call
logging is no longer compatible with RADIUS, although the NavisAccess product
fully supports call logging. The MAX and MAX TNT continue to support RADIUS
Accounting, SNMP and SYSLOG functionality. Because of the proprietary nature
of and potential modification to call logging packets, you should not use call
logging packets with any application other than Ascend?s NavisAccess.
* Before changing the VPI/VCI of an ATM connection on an ATM OC3/STM-1 card,
the ATM connection must be disabled.
* Use of this release is not recommended with Rev. B or lower of the 
Ethernet-2
card (TNT-SL-E10-100, part number 0800-0433-001). If you have a Rev. B or 
lower
Ethernet-2 card, contact your Ascend representative to obtain an upgrade to
Rev. C or higher. The Rev. B or lower cards continue to work with releases
earlier than 7.0.0.
* MP bonding of analog calls is supported, but some client modems and software
may have compatibility problems.
* Configurable receive and transmit data rate limits are not supported on the
DS3-ATM card. They are supported on the CAP-RADSL, SDSL, and unchannelized DS3
cards.
* If you replace an older Ethernet card with the new Ethernet-2 card, you must
write new Ethernet profiles for the new card. The old Ethernet profiles do not
carry forward. You must also write new profiles when you replace an HA192 card
with an HDLC2 card, or a Series56-I modem card with either a Series56-II modem
card or Series56-III card. For any card slot where the card type is being
changed, you should perform a slot -r command after downing (slot -d) or
removing the existing card prior to inserting a new card type.
* Connection profiles for ATMP mobile clients ignore the Shared-Profile
setting. Shared-Profile is implicitly set to Yes for all ATMP mobile client
Connection profiles.
* LAN-Modem profiles contain entries for 96 devices. For 48-port modem cards,
only the first 48 entries are used.


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