[f-nsp] Netiron 5.6 feedbacks

Thu Jul 31 15:13:34 EDT 2014

Hi all,

560d is out :-)

Y.

2014-07-18 15:47 GMT+02:00 Skylar MacMinn <skylar at crissic.net>:

>  Thanks for that update J
>
>
>
> We updated to 5.6.0.c and have been fine with sflow since. Thanks again to
> everyone who helped point out the issue J
>
>
>
> Cordially Yours,
>
>
>
> Skylar MacMinn
>
> www.crissic.net
> Crissic Solutions, LLC
>
>
>
> *From:* foundry-nsp [mailto:foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr
> *Sent:* Friday, July 18, 2014 8:43 AM
> *To:* Josh Galvez
>
> *Cc:* foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* Re: [f-nsp] Netiron 5.6 feedbacks
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Little update as 56d GA was postponed until July 31st.
>
> Best regards.
>
>
>
>  2014-06-20 21:29 GMT+02:00 Josh Galvez <josh at zevlag.com>:
>
>  Just an FYI, I've ran in to two rather annoying bugs it the 5.6 line of
> code, this on the XMR.
>
>
>
> in 5.6b (but fixed in 5.6c):
>
>
>
> Defect ID: DEFECT000502305
>
> Technical Severity: Medium Probability: High
>
> Product: Multi-Service IronWare Technology: Management
>
> Reported In Release: NI 05.6.00 Technology Area: SFLOW
>
> Closed In Release(s): NI 05.6.00c(Fixed)
>
> Symptom: An incorrect raw packet header length in the sFlow protocol is
> observed.
>
> Condition: Issue is seen while running L3 traffic along while enabling
> sFlow on an interface. sFlow enabled
>
> interfaces send sFlow data packets to an sFlow collector. At the collector
> the raw packet header
>
> length is less than what was originally sent.
>
>
>
> In 5.6c (not in 5.6b, no fix yet):
>
> Defect 505978
> BGPv6 neighborship not coming up over loopback interfaces as the ipv6 TCP
> cpnnection is in SYN-SENT state.
> It will occur if you peer using loopback address with /128 mask.
> It will be fixed in 5.6d which is not released yet.
> Current workaround would be to not use /128 mask or to downgrade your code.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 7:48 AM, James Braunegg <
> james.braunegg at micron21.com> wrote:
>
>  Will be interesting to hear your feedback in a few months !!
>
>
>
> Was about to upgrade to 5.5 but maybe it’s worth the wait to see how 5.6d
> is !!
>
>
>
> Kindest Regards
>
>
>
>
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> *From:* foundry-nsp [mailto:foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On
> Behalf Of *Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr
> *Sent:* Monday, May 26, 2014 6:48 PM
>
>
> *To:* Wouter de Jong
> *Cc:* <foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [f-nsp] Netiron 5.6 feedbacks
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I hope this one will be more mature and stable :-)
>
> Y.
>
>
>
> 2014-05-26 10:26 GMT+02:00 Wouter de Jong <wouter at widexs.nl>:
>
> Hi Youssef,
>
> OK, that is the same date I received :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Wouter
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr [mailto:youssef at 720.fr]
>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2014 22:16
> > To: Wouter de Jong
> > Cc: <foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> > Subject: Re: [f-nsp] Netiron 5.6 feedbacks
> >
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Answering my own post. Just heard from my SE, 56d GA is targeted for
> > July 16th.
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> >
> >
> > > Le 25 mai 2014 à 20:34, Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr <youssef at 720.fr> a
> écrit
> > :
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Interesting... Did TAC give you 56d GA release date ?
> > >
> > > Y.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> Le 25 mai 2014 à 12:57, Wouter de Jong <wouter at widexs.nl> a écrit :
> > >>
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> (Apologies for not quoting, etc as I don't have the original email in
> my
> > >> mailbox)
> > >>
> > >> Too bad that 5.6 seems 'buggy' ... some of it's new features look
> nice,
> > and
> > >> I was planning to put it on a new box...
> > >> now I'm not so sure about that any longer...
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Also interesting that you seem to run 5.5d without problems, as we
> > came
> > >> across a bug in 5.5 with regards
> > >> to the IPv6 route cache - DEFECT000500944
> > >>
> > >> Due to it's characteristics, my guess would be that we really can't be
> > the
> > >> only one that faced that problem ? :)
> > >>
> > >> The issue is that after a link between 2 MLXe's fails and the IGP
> selects a
> > >> different path ... it fails to update the IPv6 cache.
> > >> However, it updates the RIB, etc correctly .... so IPv6 traffic
> transiting
> > >> through the router appears to keep working without issue and
> > >> everything _seems_ correctly (even from looking at CAM), only traffic
> > >> originated from the router itself (eg. loopback) is still pointing
> > >> to the wrong interface, which for example affected IPv6 iBGP sessions
> > in our
> > >> case.
> > >>
> > >> The provided method to resolve it is to manually clear the IPv6 cache
> > by
> > >> running "clear ipv6 cache"
> > >> (Note that 'cache' is hidden in the outout from "clear ipv6 ?" ...
> > >> DEFECT000503937)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> According to TAC, this issue occurs in both 5.5.x and 5.6.x ... and
> both
> > >> with IS-IS and OSPF.
> > >> In our case, this was on MLXe-4's with 4x10G X-blades, running IS-IS,
> with
> > >> v5.5d and v5.5e
> > >> Fix should come in 5.6d .. not sure in what version 5.5 will be fixed.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Just wondering if anyone else faced this as well ?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Best regards,
> > >>
> > >> Wouter
> > >>
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