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Brocade Mobility Software Release
v5.5.5
Release Notes v1.0
November 19, 2014

Document History
Document Title
Brocade Mobility Software
Release v5.5.5 – Release Notes
v1.0

Summary of Changes
New document

Publication Date
November 2014

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Contents
Quick Look ...............................................................................................................5
Supported Devices ....................................................................................................5
Supported Wireless WAN cards .......................................................................................... 7
Supported Web Browsers..................................................................................................... 7
ADSP Software Compatibility ............................................................................................. 7

Introduction to New Features .................................................................................8
Controller Licensing ................................................................................................8
Virtual Controller Capability .................................................................................9
Upgrading and Downgrading the Software...........................................................9
Controller/AP Upgrade/Downgrade Matrix .................................................................... 10
Mobility Wireless Controllers ............................................................................................ 11

Controller Upgrade/Downgrade between v5.x Versions ...........................11
Controller Upgrade from v4.3.x (or Higher v4.x)......................................12
Controller Downgrade to v4.3.x (or Higher v4.x) .....................................12
Configuration Restoration ..........................................................................12
Access Point Upgrade Options ........................................................................................... 13

Manual Upgrade .........................................................................................13
Scheduling AP Firmware Upgrade ............................................................13
Upgrade through RF Domain Manager .....................................................14
Auto Upgrade ...................................................................................................................... 14
Mobility 300 / 650 Dependent Access Points .................................................................... 14

Dependent AP Upgrade from v4.x .............................................................14
Dependent AP Downgrade to v4.x.............................................................15
Dependent AP Adoption after Upgrade .....................................................15
Mobility Independent/Adaptive APs ................................................................................. 15

Adaptive AP Upgrade/Downgrade Between v5.x versions .......................15
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Mobility 7131/7131N Upgrade from v4.x .................................................16
Mobility 7131/7131N Downgrade to v4.1.5 ..............................................17
Mobility 7131/7131N Limited Configuration Restoration ........................17
AutoInstall ........................................................................................................................... 17
ADSP Virtual Machine Installation on RFS9510 ............................................................ 18

Technical Support ..................................................................................................18
Getting Help or Reporting Errors ..................................................................................... 19

Additional Resources .............................................................................................19
Important Notes .....................................................................................................19
New Notes for Release v5.5.4 ............................................................................................. 21
New Notes for Release v5.5.3 ............................................................................................. 21
New Notes for Release v5.5.2 ............................................................................................. 22
Notes for Release v5.5.1 ...................................................................................................... 23
Notes for Release v5.5 ......................................................................................................... 23
Notes From v5.4.x Releases ................................................................................................ 25
General and Multi-Platform Notes From Previous v5.x Releases .................................. 28
Mobility RFS7000 Notes ..................................................................................................... 33
Mobility RFS6000 Notes ..................................................................................................... 33
Mobility 650 Notes .............................................................................................................. 33
Mobility 7131/7131N Notes ................................................................................................ 34

Defects .....................................................................................................................35
Closed Defects...................................................................................................................... 35
Open Defects ........................................................................................................................ 36

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Quick Look
Mobility is an architecture that encompasses wireless controllers and associated Access Points (AP). The
Mobility software runs on the Brocade Mobility wireless controllers and the Brocade Mobility APs.
These release notes apply to version v5.5.5.0 of the Mobility software. This software is fully described in
the manual titled: “Brocade Mobility v5.5 System Reference Guide” dated January 2014 and available on
the Knowledge Portal and at my.Brocade.com.
Mobility v5.x provides an innovative architecture across the Brocade 802.11n Enterprise WLAN
portfolio. This maintenance software release provides critical fixes and enhancements for customerreported issues. See the Introduction to New Features section below for more details.

Supported Devices
Most devices require their own unique software image. Images from a different product will be rejected
during any installation attempt. These images are consistent in release numbering, supported capabilities
whenever possible, as well as look and feel.
Mobility v5.5.5 supports the following products using the following image file names:
Product

Image File Name
Controllers

Mobility RFS4000
Mobility RFS6000
Mobility RFS7000
Mobility RFS9510

BR-RFS4000-5.5.5.0-018R.img
BR-RFS6000-5.5.5.0-018R.img
BR-RFS7000-5.5.5.0-018R.img
BR-NX9510-5.5.5.0-018R.img
Dependent APs

Mobility 300
Mobility 650

(Image is bundled in the controller images)
(Image is bundled in the controller images)
Independent/Adaptive APs

Mobility 6511
Mobility 7131 and
Mobility 7131N
Mobility 1220
Mobility 1240

BR6511-5.5.5.0-018R.img
BR71XX-5.5.5.0-018R.img
BR1220-5.5.5.0-018R.img
BR124X-5.5.5.0-018R.img

Notes:
(1) The Mobility 5181 access points are not supported by the Mobility v5.x software releases.
(2) The software images for the dependent access points are embedded within the controller images
and do not require any specific installation step.
(3) Virtual Machine capability is supported on Mobility RFS9510 controllers only.

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Adaptive APs are configured by a controller but retain their configuration and survive the loss of
connectivity to their parent controller.
Dependent APs are configured by a controller but must maintain connection to their parent controller (or
be adopted by a standby controller) to remain operational.
Independent APs are Adaptive APs that operate without a wireless controller.
The following table provides a software compatibility matrix for deployments of the Mobility RFS
controller with the adaptive APs:
Mobility RFS
Controller (and
Dependent APs)

Mobility 5181
802.11 a/b/g AP

Mobility
7131/7131N
802.11 a/b/g/n
APs

Mobility 6511
802.11 a/b/g/n
AP

Mobility 1220
and 1240 802.11
a/b/g/n APs

5.5.5.0-018R

N/A

5.5.5.0-018R

5.5.5.0-018R

5.5.5.0-018R

5.5.4.0-018R

N/A

5.5.4.0-018R

5.5.4.0-018R

5.5.4.0-018R

5.5.3.0-041R

N/A

5.5.3.0-041R

5.5.3.0-041R

5.5.3.0-041R

5.5.2.0-011R

N/A

5.5.2.0-011R

5.5.2.0-011R

5.5.2.0-011R

5.5.1.0-017R

N/A

5.5.1.0-017R

5.5.1.0-017R

5.5.1.0-017R

5.5.0.0-090R

N/A

5.5.0.0-090R

5.5.0.0-090R

5.5.0.0-090R

5.4.4.0-008R

N/A

5.4.4.0-008R

5.4.4.0-008R

5.4.4.0-008R

5.4.3.0-018R

N/A

5.4.3.0-018R

5.4.3.0-018R

5.4.3.0-018R

5.4.2.0-030R

N/A

5.4.2.0-030R

5.4.2.0-030R

5.4.2.0-030R

5.4.1.0-020R
(4000/6000/7000 only)

N/A

5.4.1.0-020R

5.4.1.0-020R

N/A

5.4.0.0-047R
(4000/6000/7000 only)

N/A

5.4.0.0-047R

5.4.0.0-047R

N/A

5.3.1.0-009R
(4000/6000/7000 only)

N/A

5.3.1.0-009R

5.3.1.0-009R

N/A

5.2.13.0-015R
(4000/6000/7000 only)

N/A

5.2.13.0-015R

5.2.13.0-015R

N/A

5.2.12.0-010R
(4000/6000/7000 only)

N/A

5.2.12.0-010R

5.2.12.0-010R

N/A

5.2.0.0-069R
(4000/6000/7000 only)

N/A

5.2.0.0-069R

5.2.0.0-069R

N/A

5.1.0.0-074R
(4000/6000/7000 only)

N/A

5.1.0.0-074R

5.1.0.0-074R

N/A

4.4.2.0-003R
(4000/6000/7000 only)

2.6.3.0-002R

4.4.2.0-003R

N/A

N/A

4.4.0.0-034R
(4000/6000/7000 only)

2.6.0.0-034R

4.4.0.0-034R

N/A

N/A

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4.3.4.0-014R
(4000/6000/7000 only)

2.5.3.0-003R

4.1.4.0-002R

N/A

N/A

4.3.1.0-018R
(4000/6000/7000 only)

2.5.1.0-016R

4.1.1.0-018R

N/A

N/A

4.3.0.0-059R
(4000/6000/7000 only)

2.5.0.0-041R

4.1.0.0-072R

N/A

N/A

4.2.1.0-006R
(6000/7000 only)

2.4.1.0-006R

4.0.3.0-006R
(7131 AP only)

N/A

N/A

4.0.2.0-012R
(6000/7000 only)

2.3.2.0-011R

3.2.2.0-011R
(7131 AP only)

N/A

N/A

Supported Wireless WAN cards
The 3G wireless WAN feature is available on the Mobility RFS4000 and RFS6000 controllers, and
Mobility 7131N access point (via the ExpressCard™ slot). Selection of an ExpressCard™ 3G wireless
WAN card is dependent on the offerings of the local service providers in the area of operation of the
controller. Driver support is provided for one of the following wireless cards:


AT&T (NALA) – Option GT Ultra Express, Sierra Wireless Aircard 890



Verizon (NALA) – Verizon Wireless V740, PC770 Express Cards



Sprint (NALA) - Sprint Novatel Merlin C777 Express card



Vodaphone (EMEA) – Novatel Merlin XU870



Vodaphone (EMEA) – Vodaphone Mobile Connect E3730 3G Expresscard



Telstra (Australia) – Telstra Turbo 7 series Expresscard (Aircard 880E)



General Use (NALA/APAC) – Novatel Merlin XU870, Sierra Wireless Aircard 503, 504

Supported Web Browsers
The Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the devices requires the browser to be capable of running Adobe
Flash Player v10. The following browsers have been validated:


Internet Explorer 6.0 to 10.0



Firefox 3.5 to 21.x



Chrome 10.0 to 27.x



Safari 5.0 to 6.0

ADSP Software Compatibility
Motorola’s AirDefense Services Platform (ADSP) is a system designed to manage, monitor and protect
WLAN networks. ADSP has tight out-of-the-box integration with the Mobility software. It combines the
information collected from your network of sensors or access points with the analytical power of an
intelligent central console to provide network monitoring, automate security, and enable regulatory
compliance, multi-vendor management, remote troubleshooting and locationing services.
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Mobility v5.5.x is compatible with the Motorola Air Defense Services Platform (ADSP) software v9.1
and later releases.

Introduction to New Features
Support for ETSI EN 300 328 v1.8.1 and ETSI EN 301 893 v1.7.1
ETSI EN 300 328 v1.8.1 and ETSI EN 301 893 v1.7.1 have an effective date of December 31, 2014.
Therefore APs shipped, deployed and installed in Europe as of January 1, 2015 need to be compliant with
new regulations. Do not change the firmware to a non-compliant version.
The following APs will comply with new ETSI regulations in WiNG 5.5.5 release:
AP 6511, AP 1220, AP 1240.
The following WiNG APs will not comply with new ETSI regulations:
AP 650, AP 7131.

Vulnerability updates:
WiNG 5.5.5 includes updated GNU bash program for NX series of controllers that fixes the Shellshock
family of security vulnerabilities outlined in CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-7186, CVE2014-7187, CVE-2014-6277 and CVE-2014-6278.
WiNG 5.5.5 includes ability to disable/enable sslv3 for https module under management policy context.
This is to address CVE-2014-3566 aka Poodle attack. New command is “ https sslv3”. Default setting is
“no https sslv3”

Controller Licensing
The supported licenses on the controllers in Mobility v5.5.5.0-018 are:
Mobility RFS4000
“Adaptive
Up to 144
AP” licenses
Applicable
to Mobility
650,
7131/7131N,
6511, 1220,
1240
“AP”
6
licenses
Applicable
to Mobility
300, 650,
7131/7131N,
6511, 1220,
1240

Mobility RFS6000

Mobility RFS7000

Mobility RFS9510

Up to 256

Up to 1024

Up to 10,240

Up to 48

Up to 256

N/A

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Advanced
Security
(for Role
Based
firewall)
Advanced
IDS/IPS

Included in the
software

On/Off license – not shareable in a cluster

On/Off license – not shareable in a cluster
(license is applied on controller to enable functionality on both
controller and adopted APs)

Please note that that the Mobility 300 continues to require the AP license type and follows the AP license
capacity. It is only supported by the RFS4000/6000/7000 controllers.
A key difference with v5.x from prior v4.x releases is that the Mobility 650 Dependent Access Points also
follow the maximum capacity per controller as the Adaptive APs (Mobility 7131/ 7131N, 6511, 1220,
1240) since it can now locally bridge and locally forward traffic securely. However, the Mobility 650 APs
are not site-survivable APs, i.e. they will stop operation if they lose connection to the controller.

Virtual Controller Capability
Independent Access Points (BR7131/BR7131N, BR6511, BR1220, and BR1240) can be deployed in
controller-less environments with one Access Point being configured as the “Virtual Controller” (VC) for
the others APs. The maximum capacity of a Virtual Controller Access Point to be able to manage other
APs is 24 APs of the same model.
Virtual controller provides controller-like features such as:


Firmware Updates for the other like APs on that location



Configuration Management for the other APs



Statistics collection and aggregation



Troubleshooting for all the other APs on that location.

In addition to the above, an AP acting as a virtual controller supports all the features of an Independent
AP. Enabling VC mode on an AP does not require a license. An AP when in VC mode can have one RF
Domain and one profile. Any AP specific configurations that do not conform to that common profile will
need to be configured as “device overrides” for that particular AP.

Upgrading and Downgrading the Software
This section outlines the upgrade procedure applicable if the controller had a prior release or a beta image
version installed. The sections below cover installation from the CLI or GUI from controllers or APs.
Additional information may be found in the “Brocade Mobility v5.5 CLI Reference Guide” for CLI
installation and the “Brocade Mobility v5.5 System Reference Guide” for GUI installation.




Upon upgrade to v5.5.3 – AP 6511, AP 1220 will have a new web UI.
Upgrading WiNG v4.x networks to WiNG v5.5.x will not retain the 4.x configuration. Please use the
configuration migration utility to convert a 4.x configuration to a 5.5 based configuration. This is an
offline tool that assists with config migration.
When downgrading from WiNG 5.5.x to a version prior to WING 5.4.x through rf-domain, the user
needs to downgrade without reloading APs and then do a manual reload on the rfdomain. The
following are the CLI commands for this procedure:

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device-upgrade rf-domain  all no-reboot … this downgrades all APs
(including the RF domain manager) without rebooting them reload on  …
this reboots the entire RF domain.
Staggered reboot option is not supported in this downgrade scenario.
Firmware upgrades can take several minutes; aborting an update by removing power may damage the
AP or controller. Please allow time for devices to complete the upgrade. Where APs are powered
through PoE connections to WLAN controllers, the controller needs to stay up during the upgrade
process.
Both the controller and the AP should be upgraded to the same versions – a firmware mismatch can
cause network disruptions and should be avoided. When upgrading, the controllers should be
upgraded first and then the APs. When downgrading, the APs should be downgraded first, and then
the controller.
Upgrade for AP 650 from WiNG 4.x to WiNG 5.4.x or later is NOT seamless and requires additional
steps. AP should first be updated to any WiNG 5.2.x or 5.3.x image. Please set in the controller profile
“service wireless ap650 legacy-auto-update-image  to point to WiNG 5.2.x or WiNG
5.3.x AP 650 image. For example:
o Copy AP 650 5.2 image on the RFS flash rfs4000-22A1B8#copy tftp:///AP6505.2.0.0-069R.img flash:/AP650-5.2.0.0- 069R.img
o User the below command to first upgrade the AP650s to a 5.2 image rfs400022A1B8#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
rfs4000-22A1B8(config)#self
rfs4000-22A1B8(config-device-XXX)#service wireless ap650 legacy-auto-update-image
flash:/AP6532-5.2.0.0-069R.img
 If auto upgrade is enabled AP650 will get upgraded to 5.4.x once it adopts to the
controller, else use the below command to upgrade the AP650 to 5.4.x or later rfs400022A1B8#device-upgrade ap650 
In Virtual Controller deployments, APs running version 5.4.x will not adopt to a virtual controller
running version 5.5.x. First upgrade APs to version 5.5.x (manually) and then upgrade the Virtual
Controller. New APs need to be upgraded to 5.5.x manually before connecting to a WiNG 5.5.x
Virtual Controller network.
Downgrade to WiNG 4 is not recommended in countries following ETSI regulations as WiNG 4 is not
compliant with current ETSI DFS regulations.
o











Note: Users are strongly cautioned against upgrading any Mobility device from the Boot OS
prompt at the serial console. Upgrading from the Boot OS prompt is not a recommended and
supported upgrade methodology.

Controller/AP Upgrade/Downgrade Matrix
Following is the supported Upgrade/Downgrade Matrix for the various platforms:
Controller and AP Combination

Upgrade from

Downgrade to

Mobility RFS controller + Mobility
650/300

v4.3.1 onwards on
the controller

Downwards to
v4.3.3 on the
controller

Mobility RFS controller + Mobility
7131/7131N

v4.1.1 onwards on
the AP
v4.3.1 onwards on
the controller

Downwards to
v4.1.5 on the AP
Downwards to

Notes
Mobility 300 and 650
images are contained
within the controller
image
Mobility
7131/7131N image
is not contained
within the controller

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Mobility RFS controller + Mobility
6511

Mobility RFS controller + Mobility
1220

v5.1 onwards, on
the AP
v4.3.x onwards on
the controller
v5.4.2 onwards, on
the AP and
controller

v4.3.3 on the
controller
Downwards to v5.1
on the AP and
controller
Downwards to
v5.4.2 on the AP and
controller

Mobility RFS controller + Mobility
1240

v5.4.2 onwards, on
the AP and
controller

Downwards to
v5.4.2 on the AP and
controller

Independent/Adaptive AP

Upgrade from

Downgrade to

Mobility 6511

v5.1 onwards

Downwards to v5.2

Mobility 7131/7131N

v4.1.1 onwards

Downwards to
v4.1.5

Mobility 1220

V5.4.2 onwards

Downwards to
v5.4.2

Mobility 1240

V5.4.2 onwards

Downwards to
v5.4.2

image
Mobility 6511 image
is not contained
within the controller
image
Mobility 1220 image
is not contained
within the controller
image
Mobility 1240 image
is not contained
within the controller
image
Notes
BR6511 v5.1 is not
supported for the
independent mode of
operation

When operating with controllers, please ensure that the controller and APs are running the same Wireless
Mobility version after the upgrades are complete.
When upgrading a Mobility 300 access port (BR300 or AP300) from old Mobility v4.x to v5.x, please
make sure to upgrade to v4.3 or later prior to upgrading to v5.x.

Mobility Wireless Controllers
The methods described in this section use the Command Line Interface (CLI), the Graphical User
Interface (GUI) or the Auto-Install procedure. To log into the CLI, either SSH, Telnet or serial access can
be used. A TFTP/FTP network upgrade scenario with the RFS4000 controller is used in the examples
below. Additional protocols or mass storage options are supported by the CLI upgrade command or the
GUI.
Important: Always create a backup of your configuration prior to upgrade.

Controller Upgrade/Downgrade between v5.x Versions
1. Copy the BR-RFS4000-5.5.5.0-018R.img controller image to your TFTP/FTP server.
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2. Use the ― upgrade ftp://:@/, or upgrade tftp:/// command from CLI or Switch->Firmware->Update Firmware option from the GUI. You
may need to specify the username and password for your FTP server.
3. Restart the controller. From CLI the command is: reload.

Controller Upgrade from v4.3.x (or Higher v4.x)
1. Copy the BR-RFS4000-5.5.5.0-018R.img controller image to your TFTP/FTP server.
2. Use the ― upgrade ftp://:@/, or upgrade tftp:/// command from CLI or Switch->Firmware->Update Firmware option from the GUI. You
may need to specify the username and password for your FTP server.
3. Restart the controller. From CLI the command is: reload.
Note: When upgrading from v4.x to v5.x, the configuration is not retained or converted. All
configuration items will be set to factory defaults. You may use the offline CFGCV configuration
migration tool to convert a v4.x configuration to a v5.4.x configuration. The configuration must otherwise
be rebuilt.
Note: Please use FTP to upgrade to v5.x on a Mobility RFS6000, and not TFTP, if using the “ge1” port.

Controller Downgrade to v4.3.x (or Higher v4.x)
1. Copy the BR-RFS4000-4.3.X.X-XXXR.img controller image to your TFTP/FTP server.
2. Use the ― upgrade ftp://:@/, or upgrade tftp:/// command from CLI or Switch->Firmware->Update Firmware option from the GUI. You
may need to specify the username and password for your FTP server.
3. Restart the controller. From CLI the command is: reload.
On downgrade from v5.x to v4.x, any saved v4.x configuration file (if available from an earlier upgrade
from v4.x to v5.x) is restored back.
Note: Due to necessary hardware refresh changes on the Mobility controllers, older versions of software
may not support the newer hardware revisions. Downgrade/upgrade to a version that does not support the
new hardware components on the unit will be automatically prevented. Any version of software prior to
v5.2.12 may not support the newest controller revisions.

Configuration Restoration
On upgrade from v4.x to v5.x, the controller will save the v4.x configuration file in another file on flash
(in ‘nvram:/startup-config-wing4’) and the ‘startup-config’ will then point to the v5.x default startupconfig. The password encryption file is also moved to /etc2/encrypt-passwd-WiNG4. No v4.x
configuration is automatically migrated. Please use the off-line CFGCV configuration migration tool to
convert a v4.x configuration to a v5.4.x configuration.
On downgrade from v5.x to v4.x, any previously saved v4.x config if present is restored back.

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Access Point Upgrade Options
Mobility v5.x supports AP firmware upgrade from the controller. With the AP firmware image loaded on
a controller, the same AP image can then be used for the upgrade of all the corresponding APs.
Available firmware on the controller can be checked using the below command:
br-rfs4000-22A1B8#show ap-upgrade versions

If the AP image is not already part of the controller image, a new image can be uploaded to the controller
using following command:
br-rfs4000-22A1B8#ap-upgrade load-image ?
br650

Upgrade an BR650 device

br6511

Upgrade an BR6511 device

br1220

Upgrade an BR1220 device

br71xx

Upgrade an BR71XX device

br124x

Upgrade an BR124X device

Once AP firmware is loaded on the controller, different options are available for AP firmware upgrade:

Manual Upgrade
Firmware upgrade can be initiated on a single AP or a list of APs using the following command:
br-rfs4000-22A1B8#ap-upgrade br71xx-16C7B4 ?
no-reboot

No reboot (manually reboot after the upgrade)

reboot-time

Schedule a reboot time

upgrade-time

Schedule an upgrade time

or
br-rfs4000-22A1B8#ap-upgrade ap71xx all ?
no-reboot

No reboot (manually reboot after the upgrade)

reboot-time

Schedule a reboot time

upgrade-time

Schedule an upgrade time

Scheduling AP Firmware Upgrade
AP firmware upgrade can be scheduled on a controller, that is upgrade time and reboot time can be
configured. The controller performs the firmware upgrade on the APs following the configured upgrade
time.
br-rfs4000-22A1B8#ap-upgrade all ?
no-reboot

No reboot (manually reboot after the upgrade)

reboot-time

Schedule a reboot time

upgrade-time

Schedule an upgrade time

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Upgrade through RF Domain Manager
A firmware upgrade can be initiated from a controller to be performed through an RF domain manager.
The RF domain manager is a Mobility device that is elected within each RF domain to assist with some
statistics data collection and some management or control tasks at a local level. Upgrading via the RF
domain manager results in pushing a firmware image once from the controller to the RF domain manager
and then having the RF domain manager further push this image to the appropriate devices for that image
within its RF domain.
br-rfs4000-22A1B8#ap-upgrade rf-domain default ?
all

Upgrade all access points in rf domain

br650

Upgrade an BR650 device

br6511

Upgrade an BR6511 device

br1220

Upgrade an BR1220 device

br71xx

Upgrade an BR71XX device

br124x

Upgrade an BR124X device

Auto Upgrade
Auto firmware upgrade can be enabled on the controller to force any AP that is being adopted by the
controller to be updated to the version present on the controller if its firmware version is different. The
following CLI command should be used:
br-rfs4000-22A1B8(config-device-XXX)#ap-upgrade auto

The number of concurrent firmware upgrades can be configured using the below command based on the
bandwidth available between the controller and the APs.
br-rfs4000-22A1B8(config-device-XXX)#ap-upgrade count ?
<1-20>

Number of concurrent AP upgrades

Note: Auto upgrade on the APs always happens from the controller.

Mobility 300 / 650 Dependent Access Points
Upgrade/Downgrade for Mobility 300 and Mobility 650 access points from/to v4.x-compatible firmware
to/from v5.4-compatible firmware is seamless, and done automatically by the controller.

Dependent AP Upgrade from v4.x
Upgrade for Mobility 650 from v4.x to v5.x prior to v5.4 release is seamless, and done automatically by
the controller as described in the next paragraph. However, upgrade from v4.x to v5.4.x or later is NOT
seamless and requires that the Mobility 650 be first updated to any v5.2.x or v5.3.x image.
The v5.x controller can upgrade the Mobility 650 from v4.x to v5.2.x or v5.4.x using the WISPe protocol
upgrade facility. This capability is enabled using "legacy-auto-update" command for the
controller, either in the device or profile configuration files. The controller will first adopt the access point
using the WISPe protocol messages (just as a v4.x controller would do) and then download the new
image to it, which upgrades the AP firmware to v5.x.
Legacy-auto-update is enabled by default. If legacy-auto-update is disabled, use the following CLI
instructions to enable the Legacy-auto-update feature:
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br-rfs4000-22A136#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
br-rfs4000-22A136(config)#profile br-rfs4000 default-br-rfs4000
br-rfs4000-22A136(config-profile-default-br-rfs4000)#legacy-auto-update
br-rfs4000-22A136(config-profile-default-br-rfs4000)#commit
br-rfs4000-22A136(config-profile-default-br-rfs4000)#
Note: The FTP server on the controller must be enabled for successful operation of this feature.
The BR650 v5.2.x or v5.3.x image should be available on the RFS controller:
br-rfs4000-22A136#copy tftp:///BR650-5.2.0.0-069R.img
flash:/BR650-5.2.0.0-069R.img

In the controller profile context, set the legacy auto-update image pointer to the v5.2.x or v5.3.x image
Mobility 650 image:
br-rfs4000-22A136(config-profile-default-br-rfs4000)#service wireless
br650 legacy-auto-update-image flash:/BR650-5.2.0.0-069R.img

With auto update enabled, BR650 will get upgraded to the designated image upon adoption to the
controller. Without auto update enabled, use the ap-upgrade command to upgrade individual Mobility
650 devices:
br-rfs4000-22A136#ap-upgrade br650 

Dependent AP Downgrade to v4.x
The Mobility 650 can be automatically downgraded to a v4.x version of the AP firmware by connecting it
to a controller running the desired v4.x version. The AP tries to discover both v4.x as well as v5.x
controllers by default, and if it does not find a v5.x controller, but does find a v4.x controller, it will
initiate adoption to it. As part of the adoption process, the v4.x controller will download a corresponding
v4.x image to it.

Dependent AP Adoption after Upgrade
If the Access point was adopted at layer 2 or was using DHCP options to get adopted by the controller,
there is no change in the adoption process following the upgrade. The AP connects back to the controller
in the same way.

Mobility Independent/Adaptive APs
Independent APs include Mobility 7131, 7131N, 6511, 1220, and 1240 APs. A Mobility 7131 AP is used
in the examples below.

Adaptive AP Upgrade/Downgrade Between v5.x versions
1. Copy the BR71XX-5.5.4.0-018R.img controller image to your TFTP/FTP server.
2. Use the ― upgrade ftp://:@/, or upgrade tftp:/// command from CLI or Switch->Firmware->Update Firmware option from the GUI. You
may need to specify the username and password for your FTP server.
3. Restart the controller. From CLI the command is: reload.

Mobility 7131/7131N Upgrade from v4.x
Please use the special "migration image" BR7131-5.5.5.0-018R.bin when upgrading from v4.x (v4.1.1.0018R or later) to v5.4. After upgrade with this migration image, the access point will reload, running the
v5.4 software.
For automatic upgrades from the controller, the migration image must first be copied to flash:/ on the v5.4
controller which must be configured with the ‘legacy-auto-update br71xx image flash:/’
CLI command (see example above for Mobility 650).
For a manual upgrade of the AP from its v4.x Graphical User Interface (GUI), follow these steps:
1. On the Mobility 7131/7131N running v4.1.1.0-018R (or later), open the GUI and log in as
“admin”.
2. Select ‘System Configuration’ > ‘Firmware Update’ from the BR7131 menu tree of the GUI.
3. Specify the name of the target firmware file within the ‘Filename’ field: BR71XX-5.5.2.0011R.bin
4. If the target firmware file resides within a directory, specify a complete path for the file within the
‘Filepath (optional)’ field.
5. Enter an IP address for the FTP or TFTP server used for the update.
6. Select either the FTP or TFTP button to define whether the firmware file resides on a FTP or
TFTP server.
7. Set the following FTP parameters if applicable:
a. Username - Specify a username for the FTP server login.
b. Password - Specify a password for FTP server login.
8. Click the ‘Perform Update’ button to initiate the update.
9. Click ‘Yes’ to confirm. The update may take several minutes.
Alternatively, for a manual upgrade of the AP via its Command Line Interface, follow these steps:
1. Log in as “admin” into the BR7131 running v4.1.1.0-018R (or later).
2. Go to the firmware update context and enter file name “BR7131-5.5.4.0-018R.bin” for upgrade:
admin(system.fw-update)>set file BR7131-5.5.5.0-018R.bin
admin(system.fw-update)>sh
automatic firmware upgrade
automatic config upgrade

: disable
: enable

firmware filename
firmware filepath
ftp/sftp/tftp server ip address
ftp/sftp user name
ftp/sftp password

:
:
:
:
:

BR7131-5.5.5.0-018R.bin
192.168.0.5
lap
********

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admin(system.fw-update)>
3. Start the upgrade with the below command.
admin(system.fw-update)>upgrade tftp

Mobility 7131/7131N Downgrade to v4.1.5
To downgrade a Mobility 7131/7131N access point running v5.4.x to v4.1.5 the reverse migration image
BR7131-5.5.5.0-018R-04010500004R.img must be used. This image is installed on the AP just as a
regular v5.x image is installed using the controller CLI (ap-upgrade) or the AP CLI (upgrade).
After this downgrade the AP runs v4.1.5; further upgrade/downgrades may be required if a different v4.x
version is required.
When adopted by a controller, first downgrade all APs to v4.1.5. Then downgrade the controller to the
corresponding v4.x and the APs come back and get adopted.
All configurations from v5.x are lost as the AP is downgraded to v4.1.5. However the original v4.x
configuration file, if any was left over from a prior v4.x to v5.x migration, is automatically restored.

Mobility 7131/7131N Limited Configuration Restoration
Some of the configuration items from a v4.1 BR7131/7131N are translated and migrated over to the v5.x
version of the config during update. These help ensure connectivity back to the controller. The items of
configuration that are migrated are:


Hostname



Port PHY configuration (speed, duplex)



Port L2 configuration (trunking information)



IP address of controller (translated to ‘controller host’ in v5.x)



WAN interface IP addressing



LAN interface /subnet1 IP address

If the v4.x configuration could not be read properly (bad blocks, any exceptions while reading the flash
memory, etc) then the AP will come up with the default v5.5.x configuration and create a log file called
‘legacyapn_.dump.tar.gz’ in ‘flash:/crashinfo’ indicating what was translated and additional
details on the error for post-analysis.

AutoInstall
AutoInstall works via the DHCP server. This requires the definition on the DHCP server of a Vendor
Class and three sub-options that can be either sent separately, or under option 43:
Option 186 - defines the TFTP/FTP server and FTP username, password information (IP address and
protocol need to be entered as a string. For example: ‘ftp://admin:admin123@192.168.1.10’)
Option 187 - defines the firmware path and file name
Option 188 - defines the configuration file path and file name
The DHCP vendor class parameters for the various platforms are:

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Mobility Device

DHCP Vendor Class Parameter

Mobility RFS7000

BrocadeRFS.br-rfs7000

Mobility RFS6000

BrocadeRFS. br-rfs6000

Mobility RFS4000

BrocadeRFS. br-rfs4000

Mobility RFS9510

BrocadeRFS.br-rfs9510

Mobility 7131/7131N BrocadeAP. br7131
Mobility 650

BrocadeAP. br650

Mobility 6511

BrocadeAP. br6511

Mobility 1220

BrocadeAP. br6522

Mobility 1240

BrocadeAP. br1240

Autoinstall of firmware and autoinstall of configuration can be enabled or disabled. Ensure to enable “ip
dhcp client request options all” on the vlan interface which is being used to perform the
above autoinstall.

ADSP Virtual Machine Installation on RFS9510
The ADSP VM can be installed on RFS9510 controllers; it does not come pre-installed with Mobility 5.5.
The installation procedure is as follows:
1.

Download the ADSP image and place it onto an FTP/TFTP server or USB key.

2.
Using the upgrade CLI command or Firmware Upgrade option in the Web-UI, download the
ADSP image onto the RFS9510. Note if using the CLI it is recommended that you transfer the ADSP
image to the RFS9510 using the background option! This will install the image in the /vmarchive
partition.
3.
Using the CLI (“virtual machine install”) or App Center Install ADSP. The
installation will take approximately 20 minutes to complete. Once installed the ADSP Virtual Machine
will automatically start!
To upgrade a VM (instead of a first time install), you need to uninstall the currently installed VM and
then install the new one. i.e. replace step (3) above with
#virtual-machine uninstall adsp

# Uninstalls the ADSP-VM

#virtual-machine install adsp

# Installs the new ADSP-VM

Note: “uninstall” will cause the VM configuration and database entries to be erased. Please be sure
to export and save the configuration and database prior to uninstalling.

Technical Support
Contact your supplier for the hardware, firmware, and software support, including product repairs and
part ordering. To expedite you call, have the following information immediately available:
General Information:
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

Technical Support contract number, if applicable



Device model



Software release version



Error numbers and messages received



Detailed description of the problem, including the controller or network behavior immediately
following the problem, and specific questions



Description of any troubleshooting steps already performed, with the results



Controller Serial Number

Getting Help or Reporting Errors
Brocade is committed to ensuring that your investment in our products remains cost-effective. If you need
assistance, or find errors in the manuals, contact Brocade. Go to http://www.brocade.com/servicessupport/index.page for e-mail and telephone contact information.

Additional Resources
For more information about the products supported in this software release, refer to the following
publications.


Brocade Mobility RFS4000 Installation Guide



Brocade Mobility RFS6000 Installation Guide



Brocade Mobility RFS7000 Installation Guide



Brocade Mobility RFS9510 Installation Guide



Brocade Mobility 7131/7131N Installation Guide



Brocade Mobility 650 Installation Guide



Brocade Mobility 6511 Installation Guide



Brocade Mobility 1220 Installation Guide



Brocade Mobility 1240 Installation Guide



Brocade Mobility v5.5 CLI Reference Guide



Brocade Mobility v5.5 System Reference Guide

Important Notes
New in v5.5.5
1. When upgrading to WiNG 5.5.5 – AP statistics will not be available on the controller until APs
have also been upgraded to WiNG 5.5.5.
2. CPLD images on AP 7131have been updated. AP 7131N CPLD image is without change.

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3. When upgrading to WiNG 5.5.5 with ADSP VM installed - due to ADSP MAC address fix for
SPR 26107 and memory fix, you first you need uninstall ADSP VM, upgrade and then install
again on WiNG 5.5.5.
4. “No service” page for captive portal enhancements:
WiNG 5.5 has introduced support for “no service” page support. However - the failure page was
ONLY displayed if the Access Point (or Wireless Client) can reach a DNS server. WiNG 5.5.5
addresses the issue with DNS reachability and provides option to configure "service monitor dns
crm  vlan ". This service command will monitor DNS server
reachability. When DNS server is not reachable, the clients are moved to failover-vlan. In the
failover-vlan every time DNS request comes from captive portal clients, they are redirected to
No-service page since DNS server is not reachable.
In case of extended VLAN, CRM for service monitor should be configured on the controller with
sync-adoptees option. Any CRM state changes would be forwarded to the adopted devices which
would redirect the wireless clients on the WLAN to no-service page in case the monitored CRM
is down.
5. Roaming assist changes: WiNG 5.5.5 adds new configuration options for controlling the
aggressiveness of roaming assist functionality.
6. AP 1220 enhancement for radio 1 – New configuration option to improve receive sensitivity of
Radio 1 (2.4GHz) on AP1220 platform. Useful for deployments with low AP density, high
ceilings (warehouses), VOIP services etc.
Under radio configuration (profile/device  interface radio 1):
service radio-lna ms
Default is “service radio-lna ang”.
7. WiNG 5.5.5 includes updated GNU bash program for NX series of controllers that fixes the
Shellshock family of security vulnerabilities outlined in CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169, CVE2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187, CVE-2014-6277 and CVE-2014-6278.
8. WiNG 5.5.5 includes ability to disable/enable sslv3 for https module under management policy
context. This is to address CVE-2014-3566 aka Poodle attack. New command is “ https sslv3”.
Default setting is “no https sslv3”.
9. MCD devices with Jedi radios can have connectivity issues when 5.5 and 11 mpbs rates
configured on infrastructure. Impacted devices are: MC1790, MC5590, MC7590, MC7594,
MC9590, MC9596, MC3190, MC75, MC9190, MC55, VC6090, VC6096, MT2090, MK3900,
MK4900, MK590.
If SSID/band is used exclusively for 802.11g or 802.11gn devices (i.e. no 802.11b devices),
configure the data-rates on the SSID/radio to be “g-only” or “gn” or custom with 5.5 and 11
Mbps excluded from the basic rate set.
If SSID/band is used by 802.11b-only devices as well, configure the data-rates on the SSID/radio
to be custom with 1 Mbps and/or 2 Mbps as basic and exclude 5.5 Mbps and 11 Mbps from the
supported rates.

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New Notes for Release v5.5.4
1. New event was added to track down IP address of associated client. All events are enabled
by default in the system.
Rfs4000(config-event-policy)#event dot11 client-info
2. One can now configure SNMP community strings for SNMP traps. Previously it was using
default community string – public.
Rfs4000(config-management-policy-default)#snmp-server host   
changed to
Rfs4000(config-management-policy-default)##snmp-server host   
community ?
WORD Enter Trap Community Name
Host and Version is mandatory parameters while port (default 162) and community (default
public) is optional parameters. Default community string is public.

New Notes for Release v5.5.3
1. The command - "device-upgrade load-image  URL" changed to "deviceupgrade
load-image   ". When on device or
domain name is given then the image will be loaded on remote device or RF domain
manager respectively. If URL is missing then location of the image will be images loaded on
the self device.
2. The command - "show device-upgrade versions on rf-domain-manager" changed to "show
device-upgrade versions on ".
3. New web UI:
a. When upgrading existing installations of controller managed AP 1220,
AP 6511 – it’s not recommended to use new UI on the APs.
b. When using new web UI to configure Aps – use of CLI at the same time is not
recommended as it can lead to configuration corruption.
c. New web UI configuration can't be done though Nexus 7 chrome browser as all
the fields are misplaced in UI.
d. New web UI doesn’t have option to configure MCX feature.
4. Currently device upgrade on multiple rf-domains does not work from NOC controller when
the RFDs are all controller managed. Each domain needs to be upgrade separately.
5. Smart-rf calibration has been removed in this release.
6. NX 9xxx controller will not reboot correctly if USB flash drive is mounted. Please remove the
USB when rebooting the controller.
7. CDP and LLDP protocols are enabled by default on WiNG devices. If the wired infrastructure
is not CDP protocol aware, then CDP protocol needs to be disabled on AP profiles to avoid
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the L2 switch flooding the packets to all ports.
WiNG 5.5.x release introduced an enhancement to learn the APs wired side connected port
through CDP or LLDP packet processing, so the CDP packet flooding needs to be avoided to
eliminate the excessive packet flooding from the APS to controller.
8. WiNG 5.5.4 does NOT include support for ADSP unified mode for NX 7500 series. WiNG 5.4.4
adds support for Analytics feature on NX 7500.

New Notes for Release v5.5.2
1. Change in behavior for “show wireless xxxxx” cli commands and techsupport for centralized
controller deployments: For centralized controller deployments (multiple RF-Domains across
distributed locations), all “show wireless xxxxx” commands will resolve only to the local rf-domain.
This will prevent a “show wireless xxxxx” cli command without any rf-domain specified or a
techsupport dump operation initiated on the centralized controller from collecting statistics
information from all the distributed locations (rf-domains). New mechanisms have been added to
collect rf-domain specific statistics individually or globally.
2. New Display Mode in the CLI to view RF-Domain specific or global (across all rf-domains) wireless
statistics: From the CLI (in EXEC mode/privileged EXEC mode):
“on rf-domain ” sets the display mode for wireless statistics show
commands to resolve to a particular rf-domain, all “show wireless xxxxx” commands
executed in this mode will automatically return the output corresponding to that rf-domain without
the user specifying the “on ” extension to every command.
“on rf-domain all” sets the display mode for wireless statistics show commands to run in
global mode – i.e. for each “show wireless xxxxx” command that you run, the controller will
display statistics across all rf-domains.
3. Ability to generate wireless stats summary report on a per rf-domain basis or globally (across all rfdomains): From the CLI (in privileged EXEC mode) –
“service copy stats-report rf-domain  ”
“service copy stats-report global ”
[Note: The above option could be utilized for generating inventory/reporting at a system level]
4. Deprecating the usage of TKIP Encryption:
From January 1st , 2014, the WPA TKIP is no longer allowed for Wi-Fi Alliance product
certification. For AP/STA products wishing to support a legacy device that is capable of supporting
only TKIP encryption, they are required to implement mixed mode with WPA/WPA2.
Following changes are enforced from Mobility v5.5.2 release onwards to comply with the above WiFi Alliance requirement:
a) Configuring encryption type as TKIP for a wlan will no longer be supported; wlans requiring
to support TKIP clients should use tkip-ccmp as the encryption type.
b) Upgrading from a prior v5.x release to v5.5.2 will automatically modify the configurations
for wlans using ‘tkip’ as encryption type to ‘tkip-ccmp’ and will add “service wpa-wpa2
exclude-ccmp” command to avoid any post upgrade incompatibility issues.

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For new configurations, to handle certain legacy/non-Wi-Fi compliant client situations where the
client driver is incompatible or does not operate properly in a mixed mode TKIP-CCMP
configuration, add the following command “service wpa-wpa2 exclude-ccmp” to the wlan
configuration. This configuration allows the wlan to operate in TKIP only mode until the noncompliant wireless clients are phased out of the network.
5. Change in terminology for adoption/upgrade related action commands/events/traps:
With Mobility v5.5 OneView deployment scenarios that support controllers adopted and managed by
a centralized controller cluster, existing “ap-xxxxx” action commands have been replaced with
“device-xxxxx” action commands. For example: ap-upgrade xxxx will now be referred to as deviceupgrade xxxxx.
All adoption related events and traps are modified to reflect the “device” terminology instead of “ap”.
6. Ability to optionally include ‘dhcp client-identifier’ as part of DHCP Discover/Request packets:
If your DHCP server uses dhcp client identifier for static bindings (dhcp lease reservations) and
responds only to DHCP Discover/Requests with dhcp client identifier present, then the client
identifier can be included by configuring the following command “dhcp client include clientidentifier” under the SVI (interface vlan X) which is configured as DHCP client.
7. Auto-provisioning policy: ‘reevaluate-everytime’ command is modified to ‘evaluate-always’ and
moved to ‘auto-provisioning-policy’ from device/profile context. Upgrade from v5.5.1 to v5.5.2 or
later versions should work in accordance with location and syntax changes. However, downgrade
from v5.5.2 to former versions would cause the command to disappear from all contexts.
8. Advanced WIPS feature is deprecated in this release.

Notes for Release v5.5.1
1. NIST SP 800-131A regulation made 1024 bit certificates obsolete as of January 1, 2014. All selfsigned on-board certificates which are 1024 bits will be regenerated upon upgrade. Customers need to
upgrade all third party certificates to be compliant to new regulations.
2. “show global domain managers” will show incorrect values for number of APs if domain has APs on
version below v5.5.

Notes for Release v5.5
3. ONEVIEW – Site Controller and access points must be in the same RF domain.
4. New notation has been introduced for channel width for all APs in Mobility v5.5. The new model is
to specify the primary channel followed by ‘w’ or ‘ww’ to indicate 40MHz or 80MHz. Please see the
product documentation for details.
5. Mobility allows users to download the ADSP toolkit. The link to this toolkit is
http://docs.symbol.com/downloads/AirDefense/MotorolaADSP-install.exe. Downloading of this
toolkit is a one-time process. This requires internet connectivity.
6. Mobility-ADSP integration:


The ADSP release 9.1 Unified mode image (from Motorola Solutions) that corresponds with
Mobility 5.5 supports 2000 sensors by default. The administrator can run ADSP with fewer
sensors per the table below to free resources, if required.

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Sensor
Count

CPU
(vCPUs)

RAM

HDD

Total WLAN
devices
(BSS/Station)

Total Active
WLAN
devices

2000

12

16
GB

400GB

400,000

70,000

1500

8

12
GB

300GB

270,000

60,000

1000

6

10
GB

200GB

200,000

40,000

500

4

8 GB

100GB

200,000

20,000



When ADSP is in Unified Mode, it periodically synchronizes with Mobility tree hierarchy. If
there are no Areas or Floors under an RF-domain it will create an Area and Floor under that
RF-domain automatically in the ADSP scope tree. If later, an Area and Floor are created
under that RF-domain within Mobility, they are automatically synchronized into ADSP
(including synchronization of device placements).



Mobility auto-provisioning rules have been expanded to include auto-placement of generic
non-Mobility v5 devices. These rules are consumed by ADSP running in Unified mode to
auto-place non-Mobility v5 and third party devices.

7. Make use of “Level 2 MINT links” when building out large multi-site deployments. This
recommendation (not new with v5.5) is important when scaling to large deployments. Mobility v5
uses Level 1 MINT links by default. There is direct communication between all Level 1 MINT
neighbors increasing network traffic and database sizes on the Mobility nodes. Using Level 2 MINT
links summarizes this information, thereby creating a more efficient network design. Please see the
NOC deployment guide for details.
8. The WLAN controller does not retain the saved auto upgrade configuration when downgrading from
v5.5 to pre-v5.5 release. This is because “ap-upgrade” commands were renamed to “device-upgrade”
in v5.5. When upgrading to v5.5, the conversion happens automatically, however, when downgrading
from v5.5 the previous firmware release does not understand “device-upgrade”. The workaround is to
manually fix the configuration.
9. Mesh Connex Migration – With the introduction of Auto Channel Select, Mesh Connex
Configuration will be migrated when the WLAN controller reboots. The following parameters get
migrated:


Channel list from smart-rf is copied on to the rf-domain.



Priority meshpoint name and root recovery parameters are copied to the meshpoint-device
configuration under device context or profile of the APs.



For Per-Area Smart RF, the channel list configured for that “Area” is directly configured to
the device context of the APs which are part of that area.

10. Open management access only to those subnets that the administrator will access the devices from.
Leaving the management access open in general poses a risk to the network. This will also help
eliminate known (medium/ low) vulnerabilities and unknown vulnerabilities that may be discovered
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in the future. At the time of the release there are no known high vulnerabilities (tested with Nessus/
Qualys Guard/ Tripwire-Purecloud).
11. Analytics:


When working in cluster – following firewall ports need to be opened:
tcp - 8020, 50010, 50020, 60000, 60020, 2181 (proprietary protocol)
tcp - 50070, 50090 (http is used on these ports)
tcp - 50075, 60010, 60030 (also via http, carry debug related traffic)



The nodes in a cluster must be configured to use NTP. The skew must be not less than 15
seconds



Take a backup of the analytics database on each controller before upgrade and on a regular
basis. If for any reason data becomes corrupted – it can be restored from last back up.
To back up everything including database:
service copy analytics-support ftp:///
To restore database:
archive tar /xtract ftp:/// /



When upgrading from Mobility v5.4.x to v5.5, data from v5.4.x is migrated over to v5.5.
When downgrading from v5.5 to v5.4.x, the system does NOT bring back data from v5.5 to
v5.4.x. This means the user will revert to the previous v5.4.x backup data.



To configure your new Mobility RFS9510 systems after the upgrade:
 On the Primary controller
o service analytics stop (if analytics was configured and running previously)
o service analytics primary 
o service analytics start
 On the Standby controller:
o service analytics stop (if analytics was configured and running previously)
o service analytics clear-data
o service analytics secondary  
o service analytics start
Note: If you do not enter the above CLI commands, then Analytics starts as Standalone on
both systems.

12. Maximum number of WLANs and RF domains supported per controller:
Controller Platform
Mobility RFS9510
Mobility RFS7000
Mobility RFS6000
Mobility RFS4000

WLAN capacity
1024
256
32
24

RF Domains
4096
1024
256
144

Notes From v5.4.x Releases
13. AP300 default setting changed to ACS instead of SMART which is not supported on AP300
platform.
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14. Transmit power adjustments for following platforms:
Mobility 1240 – Adjustments to FCC, ETSI, and Japan
Mobility 1220 – Adjustments to FCC & ETSI
15. When upgrading from prior versions – new profiles for newly supported platforms will not be present
in the startup-config. User can either create a default profile or do “erase startup-config”.
16. Mismatch in controller and AP version (5.4.2 and below) will cause extended VLANs not to work
properly.
17. Interoperability with Samsung S2 devices: A Samsung Galaxy S2 device sometimes fails to connect
using EAP-MAC authentication and WEP64 encryption. It’s recommended to reduce the number of
attempts (authentication eap wireless-client attempts) from default 3 to 2.
18. With 802.11r enabled WLAN – some clients might have problems associating. Please create a
different WLAN for non 802.11r enabled clients.
19. ADSP Spectrum Analysis doesn’t work over a mesh connection.
20. MCX mesh max range feature – the maximum range is 25 km except for 5Ghz 40Mhz channels
where range is 24km.
21. Mobility v5.4 and above enforce the limit of policies on standalone APs. Current limit for DHCP,
L2TPv3 policy etc. is one policy per AP. When upgrading from v5.3 where the limit was not
enforced, only one policy will be maintained.
22. It is recommended to disable IP DoS attacks in the firewall policy when configuring IGMP snooping.
23. 10 GbE support on the RFS9510 is limited to SFP+ SR interfaces that are included in the controller.
LR or XR SFP+ are not supported.
24. The Firewall has been enhanced in v5.4 to a per-VLAN firewall which can be enabled or disabled on
a per-VLAN basis. Per VLAN Firewall is enabled by default. It can be enabled using “firewall” cli
command and disabled using the “no firewall” command.
25. Following is the DFS support for the supported radio platforms:

Product

Master
DFS FCC

Master
DFS
ETSI

Master
DFS
Japan

Client
DFS FCC

Client
DFS
ETSI

Client
DFS
Japan

BR650

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

BR7131/BR7131N

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

BR6511

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

BR1220

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

BR1240

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

26. Maximum number of clients per AP platform is as follows:
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AP Platforms

Client Association Capacities

Dependent APs
Mobility 300
Mobility 650

256
256

Independent APs
Mobility 6511
Mobility 7131/7131N
Mobility 1220
Mobility 1240

128
256
256
256

The client association capacities are the same per radio and per AP.
27. Air Defense sensor capabilities are supported on all the 802.11n APs in this release, and are available
for enabling the WIPS functionality as well as the Network Assurance Capabilities. There are some
caveats on managing the AP directly via the Air Defense ADSP appliance, for certain AP platforms:
Network Assurance
Toolset when Radio
is dedicated as a
sensor

Spectrum Analysis
Advanced Spectrum
Analysis
Live RF
Live View
AP Testing
Connectivity Testing

Mobility 6511

Mobility
650

Mobility
7131/7131N

Mobility
1220, 1240

Note: GUI is disabled
and number of SSH
sessions is limited to
1
Yes
Yes

Yes
No

Yes
No

No
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

28. Radio Share functionality (allows for enabling the Network Assurance toolkit in ADSP, without
dedicating a radio as a sensor) is available on all the 802.11n APs with some caveats – please see
details below:

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Network Assurance
Toolset with Radio
Share

Mobility 6511

Mobility
650

Mobility
7131/7131N

Mobility
1220, 1240

Note: GUI is
disabled when Radio
Share is enabled

Spectrum Analysis

No
AP needs to be
dedicated to Spectrum
Analysis

No
AP needs to
be dedicated
to Spectrum
Analysis

No
AP needs to
be dedicated
to Spectrum
Analysis

Advanced Spectrum
Analysis
Live RF
Live View
AP Testing
Connectivity Testing

Yes

No

No

No
BR1220
needs to be
dedicated to
Spectrum
Analysis
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

29. Customers migrating from multi-hop STP mesh in Mobility v4.x to MeshConnex with Mobility v5.x
using auto-channel must enable Smart RF. Smart RF must be appropriately configured in this case.
The Firewall has been enhanced in v5.4 to a per-VLAN firewall which can be enabled or disabled on
a per-VLAN basis. Per VLAN Firewall is enabled by default. It can be enabled using the
“firewall” cli command and disabled using the “no firewall” command.
30. The number of Critical Resource Monitoring (CRM) policies is limited to 1 for the Mobility 6511 AP
and to 4 for the other APs.
31. Due to memory limitations, Telnet is disabled on the Mobility 6511 AP.
32. On the Mobility 6511 AP, when adopted by a controller, the GUI is disabled to make the memory
available for other core functions. It is assumed that when an AP is adopted to a controller the
controller GUI will be used for its configuration. To re-enable the GUI on these APs - use the
“memory-profile” CLI command. Note that when an adopted BR6511 is separated from a
controller to operate in standalone mode, the GUI will remain disabled due to this feature, unless the
above command is used. If APs are already separated from the controller: connect to the AP CLI, and
set the memory profile to ‘standalone’ under device override or profile context.
If APs are currently adopted to controller, then the memory profile configuration change can be
applied from controller CLI: connect to Controller CLI, and set the memory profile to ‘standalone’
under AP profile context. Changing the memory profile reboots the AP which then comes up with
GUI. e.g.
CONTROLLER(config-profile-default-br6511)#memory-profile (adopted | standalone)

General and Multi-Platform Notes From Previous v5.x Releases
33. Wireless controller or AP access protocols are:


HTTPS/SSHv2/SNMP -- enabled by default



HTTP/Telnet – disabled is by default

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34. Important Default Configuration Changes from v4.x to v5.x
Description

v4.x

Controller “me1” port
default IP address
Auto upgrade enabled

10.1.1.100 or 192.168.0.1
depending on device
On

HTTP enabled
802.1X AP authentication

On
On

v5.x
192.168.0.1 for all devices
Off for RFS9510, On for all
other devices
Off
Off

35. Only two (2) controllers in a cluster are supported in v5.x. Cluster creation has changed in v5.4 as
compared to v5.1. To create a cluster in v5.4, please do the following:
a. Controller 1 needs to be fully configured and functional
b. For controller 2 to be added:
Login to Controller 1. Configure “cluster name” if not already configured.
Log in to Controller 2, setup an SVI with a static IP address and make sure you can ping
Controller 1 IP address. DHCP is not recommended for clustering since the IP address may
change later on and the cluster may not form.
From Controller 2, execute the join-cluster  CLI command with username
“admin” and the admin password:
br-rfs4000-22A3DE#join-cluster 10.10.1.1 username “admin”
password “”
Joining cluster at 10.10.1.1... Done
Please execute “write memory” to save cluster configuration.
The requirement that the user has to know the admin username and password of Controller 1
makes sure that only the admin can add new controllers to the cluster. To make sure the cluster
configuration persists across reboots, enter “write mem” explicitly after cluster is formed. The
command “join-cluster” changes only running-config, not startup-config.
36. APs have a shadow IP address that allows gaining access to the AP if the normal IP address of the AP
is not known. To derive the shadow IP address of an AP, use the last two hex bytes of the AP’s MAC
address to determine the last two octets of the IP address. For example:
AP MAC address - 00:04:96:00:F0:0A  AP IP address equivalent – 169.254.240.10
To convert hexadecimal to decimal, you may use the Windows calculator as follows:
Open the Windows calculator by selecting Start>All Programs>Accessories>Calculator. This
menu path may vary slightly depending on your version of Windows.
With the Calculator displayed, select View>Scientific. Select the Hex radio button.
Enter a hex byte of the AP’s MAC address. For example, F0.
Select the Dec radio button. The calculator converts the F0 to 240. Repeat this process for the
last AP MAC address octet.
37. The default mode for a WLAN is tunnel. For local bridging, please change the configuration to “local
bridging”.
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38. If using an 802.3af 10/100 power injector to power up the 802.11n APs, when plugged into a Gigabit
Ethernet wired switch, use a Gigabit Ethernet Power Injector; else, set the link speed to 100 full.
39. WLANs created using Initial Setup Wizard are not applied to the AP300 devices. Workaround: User
needs to subsequently map these WLANs for AP300 devices.
40. When experiencing high number of handshake failures with AP300s, it is recommended to set “wpawpa2 handshake priority normal” in the WLAN.
41. Features available/not available on a Mobility 300 AP, when in a v5.x deployment:
a. It is not a site survivable Access Point, and will operate as a thin port without any mesh, local
bridging or forwarding capabilities- similar to Mobility v4.x.
b. Roaming will work in a mixed AP environment – should be on the same L2 segment.
c. To make bulk changes to adopted Mobility 300 APs, please use config-ap300 {} from the CLI.
d. Multi-country support is available for the Mobility 300.
e. AP300 is not seen as a device in the tree hierarchy, but under the controllers, when the controller
is the RF Domain Manager. The AP300 cannot be an RF Domain Manager.
f.

Sensor conversion from the controller is not support. However, if the deployment is being
upgraded, and the APs were previously converted to dedicated WIPS sensors for Air Defense
WIPS, then they will continue to function as sensors.

g. AP license type is required for AP 300 adoption, with the following capacities per controller:
RFS 4000: 6
RFS 6000: 48
RFS 7000: 256
h. Features not supported:
i.

Unlike the .11n APs in Mobility v5, AP300 continues to be a thin port with all traffic
being tunneled through the controller. It is not able to forward traffic locally.

ii.

L3 Mobility

iii.

SMART RF/ Self Healing

iv.

SMART Band Control will not be available

v.

No Secure WiSPe

vi.

Dual Image bank

vii.

Does not have a profile

viii.

Does not have the L2/L3 firewall on the AP, it resides on the controller.

ix.

Sensor conversion is not available through the controller. However, if upgrading an
existing installation where the AP300 was a sensor, it would continue to be sensor, as
long as it is not plugged into controller for adoption.

x.

Will not support the remote packet capture like the .11n APs in Mobility v5

42. AP adoption: APs are adopted based on valid SKU identification strings, once discovered under the
Auto-provisioning policy. The SKU identification string is a manufacturing-programmed string that
most typically is a combination of the model number and authorized regulatory domain. An AP with a
mismatched identification string still gets adopted by the controller, but its radio(s) are not enabled.
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43. If the system flash is full (from either packet traces, crash files or ap-images), there may not be
enough space left on the device to create hotspot pages. In this case, users must clear enough space
from flash to allow hotspot pages to be created. Use the ‘service clear crash-info’ or
‘delete ’ CLI commands.
44. RADIUS authentication of management users uses a different configuration model from v5.0. So if
upgrading from 5.0 to 5.2 or higher and radius authentication for management access is used, you
need to either change it to local authentication before upgrade, or make the mode 'fallback' and then
reconfigure after upgrade using the new config model (configuring under aaa-policy).
45. Client load balancing makes decisions based on the average load in a band, in a channel within a band
and average AP load. Client load balancing ignores differences in what WLANs APs are beaconing.
Running client-load-balancing amongst APs with different WLAN configurations may lead to
decisions that could cause clients to NOT associate on a certain WLAN.
46. The controller install wizard is available only on the Mobility RFS4000 controller.
47. Multi-cipher support: Some clients keep on sending de-authentication requests when associated to
WEP security WLAN in multi-cipher configuration. Please use different BSSIDs for different ciphers
with the same WLAN.
48. Commit is not allowed with a radio configuration having two WLANs mapped with different data
rates, as this is not a supported configuration.
49. Mesh and SMART RF – please exclude the Mesh APs from the SMART RF domain, as there may be
channel changes due to RF interference that could disrupt the mesh link.
50. AP radios will not beacon unless a country code setting is provided. Please use the GUI wizard, the
GUI, or the CLI of the controller, if any, or of the AP to enable country code and change password.
51. When using the 3G WWAN functionality on the Mobility RFS4000 or Mobility 7131N (via an
Express Card adapter):


Hot-swapping of the 3G cards, once plugged in and operational is not recommended, as it may
cause a system panic.



Before unplugging the card, please make sure you "shutdown".



If you encounter a panic doing hotplug, power off the device for one minute.



To troubleshoot 3G issues from the AP CLI:



o

Enter “debug nsm all” to see more detailed debugging messages about 3G.

o

If the card does not connect within a couple of minutes after "no shutdown", check
syslog for "detected ttyUSB0 No such file". If that's the case, reseating the card
should clear the issue.

o

If the card has difficulty connecting to the ISP, i.e. syslog shows that it retries LCP ConfReq
for a long time: Check if the SIM card is still valid and is plugged in correctly.

To configure:
Verizon PC770 & Sprint C777:

at$nwautoinstall=0

Option Ultra Express & Vodafone 3730: at_oifc=3,1,1,0


To query/verify:
Verizon PC770 & Sprint C777:

at$nwautoinstall?

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Option Ultra Express & Vodafone 3730: at_oifc?
52. Role Based Firewall configuration is not available on the Standalone APs or on the Virtual Controller
APs.
53. The VPN feature has been re-implemented in Mobility v5.3 to provide a common, more optimized
implementation on controllers and APs. Please use the offline CFGCV configuration migration utility
when upgrading from a v4.x release to v5.4.x. It is recommended that you save your old VPN
configuration to assist in possible downgrades. Please see the follow-on note on which VPN
configurations cannot be converted using the migration utility, as they are not supported in v5.3. In
particular, note that configurations containing AH and DES as IKE encryption algorithm cannot be
migrated. For upgrades from v5.1.x or v5.2.x to v5.4.x, the VPN configuration migration is
performed automatically – the offline configuration migration tool is not required.
54. IPsec VPN – The primary VPN implementation differences in comparison to controllers on v4.x or
v5.2.x are:
a. Authentication Header (AH) is not supported in v5.3.x, but was supported in v4.x VPN. Use ESP
instead of AH.
b. L2TP over IPsec is not supported in v5.3.x, but was supported in v4.x VPN. v5.3.x supports
XAUTH and can be used with IPsec VPN clients. XAUTH has been tested with Cisco and
Safenet VPN clients.
c. IKEv2 was not supported in v4.x, but is now supported in v5.3.x.
d. Transport mode is only supported for host-to-host rule, in other cases it will fall back to Tunnel
mode.
e. Transport mode NAT-Traversal is not supported for IKEv1 and IKEv2 in v5.3.x. This is
supported in tunnel mode.
f.

In the case of IKEv1, if PFS option for IPSec SA (under crypto map entry) is configured on both
peers, then the value requested by the initiator is used for the tunnel. If the configured PFS value
on the initiator end is lower than that configured on the responder, the lower value is used. If PFS
is required, please configure the same PFS value in both the peers.

g. The value of Kilobyte expiry of an IPSec SA (security-association lifetime kilobytes) can be
configured to be as low as 500KB. This has to be used with caution. If there is a lot of traffic on
the tunnel and the value is set to a very low value, the tunnel will end up in an indefinite rekeying
IPSec SA state. This value has to be determined based on the maximum traffic that is expected on
the tunnel and set such that there is an interval of at least a few minutes between rekeys. It is
recommended that this value be set to a minimum of 512000 (500MB).
Impact from lack of the above v4.x features is expected to be minimal.
55. IPsec VPN statistics: The following SNMP tables are not available for VPN statistics via SNMP –
they will be implemented in a future release – wingStatsDevVpnIpsecSaTable,
wingStatsDevVpnIpsecSaTrafficSelectorTable, wingStatsDevVpnIkesaTable
56. Auto-tunnel for VPN:
a. A single group id/PSK is supported on controllers. All APs use same group id/ PSK.
b. When APs are behind NAT (e.g. two remote sites), it is required that the AP IP address
are different.
c. Auto IPsec tunnel termination has been verified on Cisco Gateways with PSK/RSA
authentication.
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57. VRRP:
a. VRRP version 3.0 (RFC 5798) and 2.0 (RFC 3768) are supported. Default is version 2 to
support interoperability. Please note that only version 3 supports sub-second failover.
b. Services like DHCP, RADIUS, NAT, and VPN running on the virtual IP are supported
c. For DHCP relay, you can point to the DHCP server as virtual IP
d. For VPN, on the initiator side, remote peer can be configured as virtual IP
58. If using TFTP to upgrade a Mobility 6511, please configure the following settings on the TFTP
server:
a. Per packet timeout in seconds: 15
b. Maximum retries: 20
59. When using iPods as clients, you may see WPA2 group key rotation handshake failures while MUs
are idle (2.4GHz band). Change the handshake timeout to 2 sec to correct this problem. From the
WLAN config, the cli command is: wpa-wpa2 handshake timeout X (where X is the
timeout in ms, within a range of 10-5000)
60. Auto assign sensor is not available for BR6511 – since this feature requires a reboot on low memory
devices, which cannot be done with Smart RF enabled.
61. For IGMP Snooping version v2, v3, source specific multicast is not supported; this will be addressed
in a future release.
62. To safeguard against unknown attacks, it is recommended that management access be restricted to
authorized hosts/ subnets. This can be done using the restrict-mgmt-access host/subnet cli command
under management-policy.
63. When AP gets adopted by a controller, the clock is not getting synchronized with the controller clock
immediately. It happens over period of time which may vary based on time difference.

Mobility RFS7000 Notes
64. The CF card slot of the Mobility RFS7000 controller is enabled for controllers with a hardware
revision that is Rev C or later and disabled for earlier hardware revisions. The two USB ports on the
controller can be used for directly attached external storage devices with all revision of the controller
hardware.

Mobility RFS6000 Notes
65. A license key is no longer required to enable the Express Card 3G WWAN radio support on the
controller.

Mobility 650 Notes
66. The antenna power table has been updated. Users should confirm power settings.
67. After upgrade to v5.4, both the amber and green LEDs of the Mobility 650 will be ON solid while the
AP is adopted and not yet configured.

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Mobility 7131/7131N Notes
68. The Mobility 7131 family features upgraded Gigabit Ethernet (GE) ports. These ports are labeled as
follows:
GE1/ PoE: GE1 is the LAN Port and supports 802.3af, 802.3at (draft) PoE.
GE2: GE2 is the WAN port.
69. For the Mobility 7131/7131N, the ge1 and ge2 ports are mapped to vlan1 and vlan1 has its primary IP
configured for DHCP and its secondary IP configured for zeroconfig. In addition, unlike with v4.x, a
Mobility 7131/7131N with v5.x can bridge traffic between ge1 and ge2. Other important default
configuration changes from v4.x to v5.x for Mobility 7131/7131N are:
Description

4.x

5.x

GE2(WAN) default IP address
GE1 (LAN)
Auto upgrade (Upgrade f/w, apply
config)
.1x authentication

10.1.1.1
DHCP client
Enabled

Zeroconfig with DHCP client
Zeroconfig with DHCP client
Enabled

Enabled

Firewall
Link Aggregation

Enabled
N/A

Disabled. Enabled once
username/password are configured.
Disabled for L2 and L3
Disabled

70. Single radio models can operate fully with 802.3af power sources. Dual radio models and tri-radio
models can also power up two radios and GE1 interface with 802.3af power sources. At higher power
levels, 2 radios and both Ethernet interfaces are fully functional in the dual and tri-radio models.
Single, dual and tri- radio models can also operate using an A/C power supply. The third radio
(dedicated WIPS sensor radio or a future modular off-the-shelf 3G WAN Express Card) on the triradio model requires 802.3at, A/C power supply or a Gigabit Ethernet PoE+ injector.
The following table shows the radio and LAN resources available under various power configuration
modes for the dual radio models:
Available Power Radio

Resources

Power Status: 3af (12.95W)
Power Status: Mid Power (18W)

2 Radios
2 Radios

Power Status: Full Power (24W)

2 Radios

Ethernet Port Configuration
GE1 10/100/1000
GE1 10/100/1000
GE2 10/100
GE1 10/100/1000
GE2 10/100/1000

The following table shows the radio and LAN resources available under various power configuration
modes for the tri-radio models:

Available Power
Power Status: 3af (12.95W)
Power Status: 3at (24W)

Radio Resources
2 Radios
3 Radios (Express Card
option supported with

Ethernet Port Configuration
GE1 10/100/1000
GE1 10/100/1000
GE2 10/100/1000

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Power Status: Full Power (30W)

radios at lower power)
3 Radios (with Express
Card)

GE1 10/100/1000
GE2 10/100/1000

Defects
Closed Defects
SPR #
26060
26107
26119
26126
26238
26245
26247
26337

Description
Cisco ISE posture validation and provisioning with eap as authentication
MAC address of the VM installed on primary NX95XX is the same as the Base MAC
of the secondary NX9510 in cluster.
Mobile users will not be redirected to the captive portal "no service page" if DNS
server is unreachable.
Failure to configure critical resource with space in the name thru GUI
Override-wlan wpa-wpa2-psk command under RF-domain will not accept pre-shared
key in clear text format
Add for Controller Hostnames under AP profile is not present, unless "allow adoption
of this controller" is enable
Rim process memory leak on a standalone AP7131 (no mint links), when at least 9
MUs roam from a particular AP to 9 different APs.

26361

Receiving AP is failing to install the migrated snoop entries on client roaming.
When AP has more than 16 aliases configured – CFGD process on the AP fails to
start and AP can’t adopt fully.

26383

SWiFT UI: not able to edit WLAN

26426
26440

command http_analyze doesn't accept URL with more than 64 characters
With the me1 link up, when the controller boots - me1 interface by default shows a
high value of output

26443

Active-Standby LED state change is not in sync with the cluster status

26444

AP 6511 is showing large output unicast statistics.

26448

ID Theft Out of Sequence alarm on AP sensor after upgrade to 5.5.x

26470

Corrupted bonjour packets are leading to a reboot of controller.

26479

26524

When modifying Alias ACL statement, unmodified ACLs gets corrupted
Factory defaulting NX 95xx controller does not delete unified mode ADSP VM
instance.
Multicast frames going out before beacon with DTIM 0 goes out due to which clients
fail to get all multicast frames
Random RIM cores on the AP when processing bad DHCP request/renew with illegal
option fields.

26582

AP 71xx: Maximum radio power not tied to radio band but tied to radio number

26592

WEP 128 legacy pre-share key authentication fails

26594

POODLE SSL v3 exploit in WING WEB interface

26595
26649

Unauthorized access to captive portal.
When interesting traffic is defined by a network using VLSM, on the NX controllers,
the tunnel comes up with a wrong subnet value.

CQ 203140

NX controllers: Remote exploit vulnerability in bash program.

26481
26484

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Description

CQ 203158

MiNT packet corruption in AP discovery can prevent AP from adopting to the
controller

CQ 203136

When WLAN is removed and added - data is not forwarded to external analytics.

CQ 201666

Roam-assist policy enhancements - added roaming aggressiveness

CQ 203362

CQ 202977

"show wireless meshpoint neighbor statistics rf" causes rim core
Introduce device list confirmation for the exectution of command 'service clear
wireless dns-cache on '
Captive portal: no service page AP doesn't need direct connection to the DNS, CRM
can be on the controller

CQ 203156

When radio 1 on AP 1220 configured as WLAN and radio 2 as sensor - sensor only
scans on 2.4Ghz.

CQ 202259

CQ 201757

CQ 201222

Smart-rf report should include interfering AP and neighbor information.
Windows 7/8 when acting as 802.1x clients has 20 minute hold time which can cause
AP not finish authentication
Device upgrade issued for a site through rf-domain, selects only APs when the site
controller image is not present.

CQ 201135

Date and time options added to reload command

CQ 201834

Acct-session-time drifts during roaming.

CQ 203050

Wipsd core dump when sensor frequently is re-connecting to appliance.

CQ 203262

Open Defects
While these defects are still formally “open”, they are unlikely to impede Brocade customers in their
deployment of this release, and have been deferred to a later release.
CQ/ SPR

Headline

25851

FREE_RAM_DISK Free system: file system
space, 8.9% is less than limit 90.0%

26180

AP 1240 fails to boot properly off Cisco POE
only switch like 3560G when LLDP is configured

CQ 203477

GUI can’t read default event policy values

Comments
No operational impact. Added
additional information for tech
support dump in WiNG 5.5.5 to
better understand the issue.
Disable LLDP on Cisco ports,
allow APs to boot and then
disable LLDP in AP profile as
well as set the power to 3af mode.
When creating modifying events
in the event policy – mark state
for each event as most events are
enabled by default.

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