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Release Notes for the Cisco Edge 300 Series Switch, Release 1.4
Central Management and Configuration
Applying and Upgrading Images and Configuration Files
Recovering from a Software Failure
New Software Features in Release 1.4
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Release Notes for the Cisco Edge 300 Series Switch, Release 1.4
First Published: December 14, 2012
These release notes include important information about Cisco Edge 300 Software Release 1.4 and any limitations, restrictions, and caveats that apply to this release.
Central Management and Configuration
The Cisco Edge 300 series switches function exclusively in a Smart Install network. Smart Install is a plug-and-play configuration and image-management feature, which means that you can ship a switch to a location, place it in the network, and power it on with no local configuration required.
Smart Install Network
A network using Smart Install includes a group of networking devices, known as clients, that are served by a common Layer 3 switch or a router that acts as a director.
All Cisco Edge 300 series switches function as Smart Install client switches in a Smart Install network. End users do not configure the client switches; all switches are centrally configured through a GUI that is installed on a TFTP server and managed by the director.
NoteFor more information, see the “Configuring the Smart Install Network” chapter in the software configuration guide for this release. For detailed information about Smart Install and the Smart Install director, see the For more information, see the “Configuring the Smart Install Network” chapter in the software configuration guide for this release. For detailed information about Smart Install and the Smart Install director, see the Smart Install Configuration Guide, Release 12.2(58)SE.
Applying and Upgrading Images and Configuration Files
Caution Before upgrading from software release 1.2 to release 1.4, remove the Factory Mode OS Version and Fonts selections from the GUI and apply the changes. See the "Configuring the Smart Install Network" chapter in the software configuration guide for this release.
When the switch starts up, it connects to the director. If the switch detects any new images or configuration files, it automatically restarts in factory-default mode and then downloads and installs the new images or configuration files.
These are the supported types of image and configuration upgrades:
- Upgrade initiated by the user—For a single client switch that is in the network and connected to the director. The user can turn the switch off and on or can press and hold the Reset button for 5 seconds to start from factory-default mode. In either case, the switch connects to the director and can detect any new images or configuration files.
- Upgrade initiated by the administrator—For a single client switch that is in the network and connected to the director. The administrator initiates the upgrade by connecting to the switch, for example, over a Telnet connection.
For more information, see the “Configuring the Smart Install Network” chapter in the software configuration guide for this release.
NoteOn-demand upgrades and scheduled downloads are not supported. You cannot upgrade switches from the director by using the On-demand upgrades and scheduled downloads are not supported. You cannot upgrade switches from the director by using the write erase and reload, vstack download-image, vstack download-config, or archive download-sw privileged EXEC commands.
New Software Features in Release 1.4
Release 1.4 introduces the following new software features:
- VLAN—VLAN configuration is supported in both local command line interface and smartinstall server. Both trunk configuration and access configuration are supported on all the ports of the switch. Native trunk and native VLAN modification are supported. Single SSID map to any VLAN feature is supported for WIFI. CPU VLAN is also variable on the Cisco Edge 300 Series Switch.
- QoS—QoS of frame forwarding is supported. Priority of incoming frame (dot1p COS, IPv4 DSCP, and IPv6 TC) can be specified in the QoS setting in ingress classification. Port priority can be specified on a per port basis. This feature enables a monitor located in a sensitive location that requires higher QoS treatment for better quality of video than the usual ones.
- Radius Authentication—802.1x and WPA2-enterprise authentications are supported. Backup server for Radius server is supported.
- VPN Client—Support multiple connection modes such as IPSec over L2TP with pre-shared key, RSA signature, PPTP, pure IPSec and pure L2TP. In the IPSec over L2TP mode, NAT traversal, MTU setting and idle disconnect threshold time setting are supported. Automatic connection status notification, event logging and configuration file emigration are supported.
- Local web GUI—customer can monitor system status, configure basic system information, Ethernet, Wi-Fi and VLAN in the local web GUI.
- Wireless access authentication—support 802.1x authentication for wireless access, including WPA2 enterprise version.
- HTTPS—support HTTPS transport between SmartInstall server and the Cisco Edge 300 series switch to enhance security.
- Dynamic MAC address learning—Dynamic MAC address learning and aging time can be configured.
- Clish enhancement—add no command to undo configuration, including configuration of NFS, NTP, hosts and hostname.
Limitations and Restrictions
The Cisco Edge 300 Series switches only support the following 3G dongle models:
Open Caveats
After playing the online media, all the applications on the desktop were not able to be launched, and the system prompted "cannot allocate memory".
The workaround is manual power cycle of the system.
Chrome failed to be launched after changing the host name.
The workaround is to delete the singletonlock file and relaunch Chrome.
When you upload and download files from the FTP server simultaneously, the download progress will hang, and console will print an error message: gvfsd-ftp[3126]: segfault at 20202020 ip 20202020 sp b73ac28c error 14.
Mouse cursor did not move after changing its control to keyboard.
Online media got stuck on the desktop after the browser was minimized.
The workaround is to stop playing the online media.
RDP reports “failed to open key map en-us” then quits.
Flash player can't work properly.
It will take a long time to access web when video conference is activate.
The workaround is to close the video conference connection.
Mosaic shows “No Camera” even the connection is active.
The workaround is to re-connect the B with A.
When the switch connects an Ethernet LAN to a wireless LAN, the data throughput is less than 80 Mbps.
From Mosaic, if you click the Jump to Client setting and enter the IP address for a specific page 10 times, there is no audio.
When you use the VLC application to view a video file and then establish a video conference, the CLI might display “DSP host buffer allocate fail” error messages.
The workaround is to reboot the switch.
When you open multiple applications, the mouse might become unresponsive.
The workaround is to press the Ctrl and Tab keys.
WiFi clients might disconnect after 7 hours.
The workaround is to reboot the switch.
When you log in to a switch after configuring it with a system language other than Simplified Chinese, the switch displays the Simplified Chinese input method.
When at least 100 switch IP addresses appear in the IP list window in the Mosaic application, an X-Window displays a segmentation fault after you perform this sequence of actions ten times:
– Use the left and right arrow keys to navigate between the listed switches.
– Activate monitoring of all the listed switches.
– Deactivate monitoring of all the listed switches.
– Add at least two more switch IP addresses.
The workaround is to power-cycle the switch.
Following the first software upgrade on a switch, the Mosaic GUI does not open.
The workaround is to reboot the switch.
The switch fails to join the VLC media player multicast group when the source video is looped, and you cannot close the VLC media player GUI.
The workaround is to reboot the switch.
If the VLC application receives a multicast video stream from the VLC server, the VLC application might become unresponsive after several minutes and cannot be closed.
Video overlay on mosaic function if exceed two video
One Sunbird was broken after connecting the video conference
Appilication icons were disappear on the tray after changing the language
The workaround is to rebuild the launcher after changing language.
Can't add new applicaion shortcuts for keyboard settings.
Can't login the system with old password by SMI.
VPN connection failed against Cisco VPN server
DUT runs into DSP buffer allocate fail status while running Mosaic.
The workaround is to reboot the DUT manually.
The error message appears when the system is verifying DNS settings.
Radius server were failed by SMI.
Resolved Caveats
Resource was occupied even after the video conference application was closed.
The workaround is manual power cycle of the system.
Video conference failed to be established sometimes.
Video Conference does not work after first software upgrade.
The workaround is to close the video conference and then reopen it.
After launching the window of Keyboard, the window is not fit to the screen.
Sometimes video conference connection between two DUTs was dropped
After you exit and reconnect a video conference session, the video conference cannot reconnect and the GUI displays a "Play resource occupied" error message.
The workaround is to close the video conference GUI.
Related Documentation
These documents provide complete information about the switch and are available from this Cisco.com site:
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