New In This Document
Key Features and Enhancements in FastIron 09.0.10d
| Feature | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| VXLAN Remote Site Redundancy | You can configure primary and secondary IP addresses for the remote endpoint of a VXLAN tunnel. In addition, you can configure a keep-alive timer and retry counter to check whether the active endpoint connection is up. | Failure Detection and Redundant Remote Connections |
| VXLAN Routing In and Out of Tunnels (RIOT) | The ability to route traffic into and out of L2 VXLAN tunnels. | |
| VXLAN Scale Enhancements | A number of enhancements have been introduced for VXLAN: | |
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Updates to address defects |
Minor updates on content throughout to address defects. |
All chapters. |
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Minor editorial updates |
Minor editorial updates were made throughout the Configuration Guide. |
All chapters. |
Key Features and Enhancements in FastIron 09.0.10b
Key Features and Enhancements in FastIron 09.0.10a
| Feature | Description | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| MACsec over VXLAN | MACsec over VXLAN is an end-to-end security protocol that provides a secured environment to protect Ethernet frames traveling over IP networks. Although VXLAN provides Layer 2 extension across LAN/WAN, connections between sites are not secured. MACsec over VXLAN addresses this and achieves secured Layer-2 extension across LAN/WAN using cross-connect VNIs. | MACsec over VXLAN |
| MCT-Stacking | ICX 7850 stacks can be configured as cluster peers in a Multi-Chassis Trunking (MCT) configuration. An ICL traffic forwarding timeout is introduced. LACP LAG capacity increases from 256 to a maximum of 300. | Multi-Chassis Trunking |
| MCT Hitless Sequential Upgrade | MCT protocol version check is introduced to achieve MCT hitless upgrade. The new solution allows two units running 09.0.10a and higher software releases to form MCT peers, as long as their MCT protocol versions match and both peers are from the same model family. | MCT Hitless Sequential Upgrade |
| Multicast Routing PIM Enhancements over MCT | The following are supported on MCT clusters: | |
| Unknown Unicast Flood Block (UUFB) | UUFB blocks unknown unicast traffic on ports, including Link Aggregation Group (LAG) ports. | Unknown Unicast Flood Block |
| Flexlink | Flexlink is a link redundancy feature that provides Layer 2 resilience. It is an alternative solution to Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) as it provides link redundancy at a faster network convergence rate than STP and its variants RSTP/MSTP. | Refer to Flexlink Overview |
| VXLAN | VXLAN support is extended to RUCKUS ICX 7550. | Refer to VXLAN. |
| Unsupported hardware | This release and future releases do not support ICX 7750 devices. | References have been removed throughout the guide. |