New in This Document

The following tables include descriptions of new information added to this guide for the FastIron 10.0.20 software release.

Summary of Enhancements in FastIron Release 10.0.20b_cd6

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Description

Reference

Interface-level Port Profile Exclusion You can configure a specific interface to be globally excluded from all dynamic port-profile assignments. This provides more granular control over critical ports, such as uplinks. Refer to Excluding an Interface from Dynamic Port-Profile Assignments
Port Profile Restrictions Port profiles are now strictly limited to individual physical Ethernet ports. They are not supported on Link Aggregation Group (LAG) interfaces, secondary LAG member ports, or management ports. Refer to Port Profile
Updates to address defects Updated: Minor updates on content throughout to address defects. All chapters
Minor editorial updates Minor editorial updates were made throughout the Configuration Guide. All chapters.

Summary of Enhancements in FastIron Release 10.0.20b_cd2

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Description

Reference

ICX-Management in SmartZone SmartZone and RUCKUS One now supports the following models: ICX 7550-24XZP, ICX 8200-24PV, and ICX 8200-C08PFV.

In this release, SmartZone supports the following new features, including support for QoS self-generated traffic, Selective Q-in-Q, PPPoE Intermediate Agent, Dynamic Breakout, DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 Snooping, Port DSCP Trust options, and Port MAC Security.

Supported ICX Models
Updates to address defects Updated: Minor updates on content throughout to address defects. All chapters
Minor editorial updates Minor editorial updates were made throughout the Configuration Guide. All chapters.

Summary of Enhancements in FastIron Release 10.0.20b_cd1

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Description

Reference

Introduction of RUCKUS ICX 8100 support

Support for RUCKUS ICX 8100 devices is introduced.

Throughout the guide
Dynamic Breakout Dynamic Breakout allows breakout configurations to be applied without requiring a device reload. Breakout
Precision Time Protocol The two-step PTP compliant devices include ICX 7550, ICX 7650, and ICX 7850. PTP Clock Types
Managing ICX Switches from Unleashed RUCKUS ICX 8200-24PV, ICX 8200-48P, ICX 8200-48PF, ICX 8200-48PF2, and ICX 8200-C08PFV devices support the Audio-Visual (AV) profile feature. ICX Management in Unleashed
ICX-Management in the RUCKUS Cloud This release adds RUCKUS One support on ICX 8200-24PV and ICX 8200-C08PFV AV switches. ICX-Management in RUCKUS One
ICX-Management in SmartZone SmartZone does not support ICX 7550-24XZP devices. Supported ICX Models
Special consideration for ICX 7850-48F and ICX 7550-4x25GF module. Added a subsection, Special Consideration for ICX 7850-48F and ICX 7550-4x25GF module Port speed and duplex mode modification
Updates to address defects Updated: Minor updates on content throughout to address defects. All chapters
Minor editorial updates Minor editorial updates were made throughout the Configuration Guide. All chapters.

Summary of Enhancements in FastIron Release 10.0.20a

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Description

Reference

Port Profile Enhancement New options have been added to the lldp-device command to enhance filtering capabilities for system names and descriptions.

The protected-port command has been integrated into the port-profile configuration.

Support for breakout has been added in port-profile feature.

Port Profile Overview
Geo Redundancy Active-Active Mode Support for SmartZone Geo redundancy Active-Active mode is introduced. Manually Configuring the SmartZone IP Address on an ICX Switch
Time Profile Time Profile is a configuration tool designed to automate the execution of CLI commands on an ICX device based on predefined schedules. Time Profile
Minor editorial updates Minor editorial updates were made throughout the Configuration Guide. All chapters.

Summary of Enhancements in FastIron Release 10.0.20

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Description

Reference

NTP Server Start Delay

The NTP server response from an ICX switch can be delayed until the ICX switch itself has synchronized with an external NTP server. This can be used when an ICX switch is being used as both an NTP server as well as a client.

Refer to:
Time Zone Enhancement Update: Once the start and end day of the month are configured, the recurring summer-time settings are automatically applied each year. Refer to:
CLI Banner Support for Unicode Characters Update: The banner can now include French Unicode characters. Refer to:
Point-to-point protocol over Ethernet intermediate agent (PPPoE IA) New: Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet Intermediate Agent (PPPoE IA) acts as another level of security between the host and the broadband remote access server by intercepting all PPPoE Active Discovery (PAD) messages on a per-port basis. Refer to:
1-Gbps Support on 10-Gbps Copper GBIC '1000-full' support is added on 10-Gbps Copper GBIC optics. Refer to:
4x10G Breakout support 4x10G breakout support is added on RUCKUS ICX 7550 24ZP and ICX 7550 24F devices. Refer to:
Precision Time Protocol Precision Time Protocol (PTP-TC) support has been added for RUCKUS ICX 8200 devices. Refer to:

Precision Time Protocol Overview

Updates to address defects Minor updates on content throughout to address defects. All chapters.
Minor editorial updates Minor editorial updates were made throughout the Configuration Guide. All chapters.