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Release Notes for CE1 Frame Relay Port Adapter Functional Image Release 3.1

June 7, 1999

Catalyst 8540 MSR channelized E1 Frame Relay port adapter functional image name fi-c8540-4e1.A.3.1

This document describes the features and caveats for Cisco functional image, fi-c8540-4e1.A.3.1, for the 4CE1 channelized E1 Frame Relay port adapters used with the Catalyst 8540 MSR.

This version of functional image fixes the DDTS listed in the section "Caveats" later in this release note.

Contents

This release note includes the following sections:

• Introduction
  
  
• Caveats
  
  
• Service and Support
  
  
• Cisco Connection Online
  
  
• Documentation CD-ROM
  
  

Introduction

The Catalyst 8540 MSR provide switched ATM connections to individual workstations, servers, LAN segments, or other ATM switches and routers using fiber-optic, unshielded twisted-pair (UTP), and coaxial cable.

The channelized E1 Frame Relay port adapter facilitates interworking between a Frame Relay network, an ATM network, and network users. Existing Frame Relay users can also migrate to higher bandwidth ATM using channelized Frame Relay port adapters. Additionally, these port adapters extend the ATM network across a wide area over a frame-based serial line or intervening Frame Relay WAN.

Determining Your CE1 Frame Relay Port Adapter Functional Image Release

This section describes the process you use to determine the existing functional image version installed on your channelized E1 Frame Relay port adapter.

To display the functional image version in a channelized E1 Frame Relay port adapter, use the following command in privileged EXEC mode:

Example

The following example shows the firmware functional image information in the controller for the Frame Relay port adapter in subslot 4/0:

switch# show functional-image-info subslot 4/0

##HardwareRequired   : B8(3.1)


  
##FunctionalVersion  : 3.1
##Sections           : 1
##Section1Format     : BINARY, length = 303016
# PUMA-4CE1 Firmware image


  
# Firmware Image       : fi-c8540-4e1.A.3.1
#
# EPLD config file  : C85MS-4E1-FRRJ48.jcf
# Chain description:
# Part type   Bits  Config file
# EPM7256S    10    /auto/projects/cougar/custom/puma/pld/testbench/PROG_FILES/4
CE1/PLD/DB/7256.pof
# EPM7064S    10    /auto/projects/cougar/custom/puma/pld/testbench/PROG_FILES/4
CE1/PLD/DB/7064.pof
# EPM7064S    10    /auto/projects/cougar/custom/puma/pld/testbench/PROG_FILES/4
CE1/PLD/MB/7064.pof
# Number devices    = 3
# Number of instruction bits = 30
#
# FPGA config file information:
###End-of-header

Updating to a New Release

For detailed functional image upgrade instructions, see the "Maintaining Functional Images" section in the "Managing Configuration Files, System Images, and Functional Images" chapter of the ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide.

	Caution Functional image download can not be reverted back once the download is started. Do not interrupt the download procedure. Wait until it has finished before attempting any commands on the switch. Confirm that the download is done in binary mode and check file sizes before and after download. A failure during reprogramming can result in the card being unusable.

Caveats

This section contains listings of the caveats for this channelized E1 Frame Relay port adapter firmware functional image.

Use the table to determine if a particular caveat applies to your firmware functional image release, or if a particular caveat was corrected in your firmware image release. These caveats are described in detail in the following section "Open Caveats."

Table 1 lists the known caveats and corrected caveats for this channelized E1 Frame Relay port adapter functional image.

Open Caveats

This section describes the open caveats for this channelized E1 Frame Relay port adapter firmware functional image:

• CSCdm25343
  
  

  Discarded byte counters not incremented correctly. When transmitting traffic with an illegal header and all the frames are discarded at the serial interface, the discarded frames counters display the correct values, but the discarded byte counters do not increment. This problem does not always occur and happens even if only the first few bytes of the header are invalid.

  Workaround: None.

Service and Support

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