Paradyne Firmware/Software/Hardware Release Notes

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Release Number: 03.01.09

Date: April 17, 2000

Release Type: Initial

Country Type: All

Release History

Affected Product Models

Release

Type

Date

Model

Description

03.01.09

Initial

03/23/2000

6321-A1-XXX

6322-A1-XXX

Initial Release

 

  1. Feature Enhancements / Functional Changes

The DSL router provides endpoint router networking capabilities in support of the 8323 and 8324 IDSL line cards. This can be configured to function in a variety of network environments. The sections below provide descriptions of some of the DSL router features:

New manuals support this product:

  1. Resolved Customer Issues
  2. N/A - Initial release

  3. Hardware Co-Requirements
  4. For proper operation with an 88xx/86xx DSLAM, this release requires an 8000 IP Conservative MCC, MCC Plus, or MCP with appropriate firmware:

    Card Type

    CCA #

    DSLAM

    8323 IDSL 24 Port Card

    868-4551-8000

    8610, 8810, 8820

    8324 IDSL 24 Port Card

    868-4551-8000

    8820 Only

    8000 IP Conservative MCC

    868-3362-80xx (xx = 00, 01, 02, …)

    8810

    8000 IP Conservative MCC Plus

    868-3882-80xx (xx = 00, 01, 02, …)

    8810

    8000 IP Conservative MCP

    868-3883-80xx (xx = 00, 01, 02, …)

    8610 and 8820

  5. Software Co-Requirements
  6. Card Type

    CCA #

    Firmware

    8323 IDSL 24 Port Card

    868-4551-8000

    03.01.25

    8344 IDSL 24 Port Card

    868-4551-8000

    03.01.25

    8000 IP Conservative MCC

    868-3362-80xx (xx = 00, 01, 02, …)

    04.01.21

    8000 IP Conservative MCC Plus

    868-3882-80xx (xx = 00, 01, 02, …)

    04.01.21

    8000 IP Conservative MCP

    868-3883-80xx (xx = 00, 01, 02, …)

    04.01.21

  7. Compatibility With Other Released Models

The following are known problems/limitations with this release:

1. An upstream ping generated by a user from the ASN with a source IP address of an e0 interface and with Basic NAT or NAPT enabled will fail if the ping size is greater than 1472 data bytes. The failure is due to packets 2 through n of a fragmented data packet stream not being translated. This would result in the e0 interface IP address being transmitted onto the global network.

2. The global network address for Basic NAT is limited to a Class C network address.

3. Basic NAT and NAPT do not translate or forward the following ICMP packets received from the global network:

• Destination Unreachable

• Source Quench

• Redirect

• Parameter Problem on a Datagram

These packets will be discarded by the ASN. However, there is no indication in the statistics that they were discarded.

4. Basic NAT and NAPT do not successfully translate packets with IP options. Packets received containing IP options will become corrupted by the ASN.

5. The GlobeSpan IDSL transceiver and reference circuit do not fully meet the ANSI T1.601 standard for ISDN transport and interoperability. This limits the release as follows:

• This release interoperates with the following BRITE cards.

Conklin Model 326 I2 L3 BRITE card (using Motorola MC145572 transceiver)

Adtran Model U-BR1TE IV List 2 card (using Motorola MC145572 transceiver)

Pulsecom Model ISDN-U/2 BRITE card (using Lucent T7264 transceiver)

• The following BRITE cards are known not to interoperate with this release.

AT&T AHG18 BRITE Channel Unit (NT)

AT&T AHG28 BRITE Channel Unit (LT)

• The interoperability between this release and any BRITE card not listed above is unknown.

• This release operation with ISDN repeaters has been spot checked with negative results. Thus, operation with repeaters is not supported.

• Owing to T1.601 noncompliance, reach is limited to 12,000 feet of 26-gauge twisted pair when used with BRITE cards.

6. The GSI transceiver supports BERT in non-framed mode only. IDSL must run framed through BRITE cards. Thus, this release does not support BERT.