Alcatel-Lucent VitalQIP DNS/DHCP & IP MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE | LUCENT DHCP RELEASE 5.4 BUILD 45 RELEASE NOTES ALCATEL-LUCENT PROPRIETARY This document contains proprietary information of Alcatel-Lucent and 190-409-113R5.4 is not to be disclosed or used except in accordance with applicable NOVEMBER 2008 agreements. ISSUE 12 Alcatel, Lucent, Alcatel-Lucent and the Alcatel-Lucent logo are trademarks of Alcatel-Lucent. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. The information presented is subject to change without notice. Alcatel-Lucent assumes no responsibility for inaccuracies contained herein. Copyright © 2008 Alcatel-Lucent. All Rights Reserved. Alcatel-Lucent – Proprietary See notice on first page Contents About this document vii Reason for reissue..........................................................................................................vii Conventions used............................................................................................................ ix Typographical conventions............................................................................................. ix Technical Support............................................................................................................ x How to comment............................................................................................................. xi 1 Overview 1-1 2 Release components 2-1 Software deliverables..................................................................................................2-2 Software included in this release ..................................................................................2-2 How to obtain software.................................................................................................2-2 Documentation deliverables.......................................................................................2-4 Documentation available for this release......................................................................2-4 To obtain documentation from OnLine Customer Support..........................................2-4 3 New features 3-1 Windows 2008 support with VitalQIP 7.1 PR2........................................................3-3 RFC 4833 time zone options support ........................................................................3-3 Client Class support at the subnet level....................................................................3-4 Vendor and User Class exclusions at the scope level...............................................3-4 DHCP last known good configuration support........................................................3-5 DHCP failover configuration verification ................................................................3-6 DHCP release API callout..........................................................................................3-6 ACKRENEWFORUNUSEDADDRESS DHCP server policy................................3-7 OFFERONLYAPIREQUESTEDADDRESS DHCP server policy........................3-7 LOGDHCPMSGTRAFFIC DHCP server policy functionality extended.............3-8 190-409-113R5.4 Alcatel-Lucent – Proprietary iii ISSUE 12 October 2008 See notice on first page Contents Enhanced DHCP API callout libraries for VA Extension Service failover...........3-8 DHCP server differentiates between vendor classes in many to one failover environment.................................................................................................................3-9 Reduction in the number of duplicate messages sent to database..........................3-9 Supports RFC 3361 SIP server option....................................................................3-10 Supports RFC 4280 broadcase and multicast service (BCMCS) options............3-10 New policies for LDRM support..............................................................................3-11 Conditional processing of DHCPINFORM packets..............................................3-12 Ping response received trap .....................................................................................3-12 Dynamic DNS override options ...............................................................................3-13 Option 82 support in active lease file ......................................................................3-13 Option 82 Support for device class suboption........................................................3-14 Option 82 support for subnet (LINK) section suboption ......................................3-14 Enhanced debug level control..................................................................................3-15 SNMP trap enhancements........................................................................................3-15 Wildcard support for user and vendor classes.......................................................3-16 RFC 3396 support.....................................................................................................3-16 RFC 3442 support.....................................................................................................3-17 RFC 3397 support.....................................................................................................3-17 RFC 3495 support.....................................................................................................3-18 New server policies....................................................................................................3-18 New configuration policies .......................................................................................3-19 4 Changes to interfaces, alarms, and messages 4-1 5 Resolved issues 5-1 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B45.................................................................5-2 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B42.................................................................5-2 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B39.................................................................5-3 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B34.................................................................5-3 iv Alcatel-Lucent – Proprietary 190-409-113R5.4 See notice on first page ISSUE 12 October 2008 Contents Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B28.................................................................5-5 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B22.................................................................5-6 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B21.................................................................5-7 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B11.................................................................5-7 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B10.................................................................5-8 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B5...................................................................5-9 6 Known issues 6-1 Known issues and workarounds in Lucent DHCP 5.4 ............................................6-2 Known vendor issues ..................................................................................................6-2 7 System requirements 7-1 Supported platforms...................................................................................................7-2 System patches..............................................................................................................7-3 Software requirements ...............................................................................................7-3 Hardware requirements.............................................................................................7-4 Compatibility restrictions ..........................................................................................7-4 Third-party or other hardware/software requirements..........................................7-5 VMware support policy ................................................................................................7-5 Solaris 10 Container support policy..............................................................................7-5 8 Installation and upgrade notes 8-1 Upgrade to Lucent DHCP 5.4 B45 on Windows......................................................8-2 Upgrade procedure for Windows..................................................................................8-2 Upgrade to Lucent DHCP 5.4 B45 on UNIX............................................................8-2 UNIX only: pre-upgrade requirement...........................................................................8-2 Upgrade procedure for UNIX.......................................................................................8-2 190-409-113R5.4 Alcatel_lucent – Proprietary v ISSUE 12 October 2008 See notice on first page List of tables Table 2.1 Software deliverables...................................................................................................2-2 Table 2.2 Documentation deliverables ........................................................................................2-4 Table 5.1 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B45 ..................................................................5-2 Table 5.2 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B42 ..................................................................5-2 Table 5.3 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B39 ..................................................................5-3 Table 5.4 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B34 ..................................................................5-3 Table 5.5 Resolved issues in Lucent DHCP 5.4 B28 ..................................................................5-5