Driver Support Document

Extreme switches, Black Diamond 8000 & 10000 series, OS version 11.x & 12.x

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SYSOID Mapping
SYSOID MODEL OS VERSION
 1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.2.56 Black Diamond 10808 11.3.3.7, 11.4.4.7, 11.4.0.19, 11.5.2.10, 11.6.1.9, 12.3.3.6
 1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.2.62 Black Diamond 8810 12.4.2.17
 1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.2.65 x450-24x unknown
 1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.2.74 Black Diamond 8806 12.4.2.17
 1.3.6.1.4.1.1916.2.77 Black Diamond 12804 11.6.3.5

Driver Features Support Grid

Driver FeaturesAccess Methods
(X signifies feature support)CLISNMPTFTPCLI+TFTPSNMP+TFTPFTPCLI+FTPSNMP+FTPCLI+SFTPSCPCLI+SCPSNMP+SCPHTTP/HTTPS
X Driver Discovery   X X                      
X General Access  
(CLI protocols: telnet, ssh1, ssh2, console)
X                        
Configuration
X Retrieve Running Configuration   X                        
X Retrieve Startup Configuration   X                        
  Retrieve Binary Configuration                            
X Device information parsing  
X Enhanced Layer2 Basic IP information parsing  
X Configuration Deployment to Running   X                        
  Configuration Deployment to Startup                            
  Binary Configuration Deployment                            
Diagnostics
X Routing Table   X                        
X OSPF Neighbors   X                        
X Interfaces   X                        
  Modules and Inventory release notes                          
  Flash Storage Space                            
X File System   X                        
X Uptime     X                      
X ICMP Test release notes X                        
X Topology Parsing   X                        
  Duplex Parsing                            
  Enhanced VLAN Parsing  
Features
X Software Center         X                  
  Software Image Synchronization                            
X Password Management release notes
(Can modify: limited username, limited password, full username, full password, read-only community strings, read/write community strings)
X                        
X Syslog Configuration and Change Detection   Syslog patterns X                        
X Custom Scripts and Diagnostics  
X                        
X ACL Parsing  
X ACL Provisioning   X                        
  VLAN Provisioning                            
X Configlet Parsing  
  QoS Parsing  
  VRF Parsing  
  Context Management                            

Modules and Inventory

Release Notes

Extreme BlackDiamond 10000 series do not support hardware information diagnostic

The Extreme BlackDiamond 10000 series devices do not support the commands used by the hardware information diagnostic, and attempts to run this diagnostic against these devices will result in a failure. For this reason this functionality has been disabled.

Configuration deployment uses CLI to send one command at the device

The configuration file is in xml format and the driver does not support this type, for this reason we can't upload text configuration using tftp.

Some deployed commands may fail which will result of warning but the task won't fail

Some configuration settings cannot be changed if it is already been set, this results of an error or invalid command message. The driver detects these as failures and set warning messages, the task deploys the configuration to the end despite the error messages and flag the task to failed.

Configuration commands shuffled and reformatted during deployment

After you deploy a configuration, it is common for Extreme devices to shuffle or change the format of commands in the configuration file. Afterwards, it appears that numerous lines were added, removed or modified when comparing configurations. You must inspect the configuration manually to determine which commands were moved and which were actually changed by the deploy task.

Ensure two blank lines follow banner when deploying configuration

Extreme devices support multi-line banners. Two blank lines following a banner definition indicate that the banner is complete. If there are less than two blank lines following the banner, the Extreme will interpret the remainder of the configuration as part of the banner. It is important to ensure that these blank lines are always in the correct place, and not to insert in-line comments in a manner that might disrupt this.

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Password Management

Release Notes

Changing user name via Password Management will delete previous account

The limited access username and password in Password Mangement relate to a "user" account on Extreme devices. Similarly the full access username and password relate to an "admin" account. If you change the name of either of these accounts, the existing account will be deleted to ensure that old usernames do not remain on the device as a "back door".

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ICMP Test

Release Notes

Ping results vary in number of attempts

Extreme devices run the ping test until manually cancelled. NAS handles this by initiating the ping test, waiting five seconds, then interrupting the test and capturing the results. A typical ping test will therefore show the results of between two and eight cycles.

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Modules and Inventory

Release Notes (inherited)

Extreme Summit 200 and 400 series do not support hardware information diagnostic

The Extreme Summit 200 and 400 series devices do not support the commands used by the hardware information diagnostic, and attempts to run this diagnostic against these devices will result in a failure.

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Syslog Triggering

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