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Release Notes for Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router for Cisco IOS Release 15.3(3)S2

Introduction

System Specifications

Memory Details

Determining the Software Version

New and Changed Information

New Hardware Features in Release 15.3(3)S2

New Software Features in Release 15.3(3)S2

Modified Software Features in Release 15.3(3)S2

Supported Hardware

Supported MIBs

Caveats

Bug Search Tool

Open Caveats

Resolved Caveats

Troubleshooting

Related Documentation

Services and Support


Release Notes for Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router for Cisco IOS Release 15.3(3)S2


January 2014

OL-31464-01

This release notes is for the Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router for Cisco IOS Release 15.3(3)S2 and contains the following sections:

Introduction

System Specifications

New and Changed Information

Supported Hardware

Caveats

Troubleshooting

Related Documentation

Services and Support

Introduction

The Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router is a cell-site access platform specifically designed to aggregate and transport mixed-generation radio access network (RAN) traffic. The router is used at the cell site edge as a part of a 2G, 3G, or 4G RAN.

The Cisco ASR 901 router helps enable a variety of RAN solutions by extending IP connectivity to devices using Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Node Bs using High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) or Long Term Evolution (LTE), base transceiver stations (BTSs) using Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), CDMA-2000, EVDO, or WiMAX, and other cell-site equipment.

It transparently and efficiently transports cell-site voice, data, and signaling traffic over IP using traditional T1 and E1 circuits, as well as alternative backhaul networks such as Carrier Ethernet and DSL, Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM), and WiMAX. It also supports standards-based Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Internet protocols over the RAN transport network, including those standardized at the Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) for IP RAN transport. Custom designed for the cell site, the Cisco ASR 901 router features a small form factor, extended operating temperature, and cell-site DC input voltages.

Table 1 lists the Cisco ASR 901 router model versions.

Table 1 Cisco ASR 901 Router Models

TDM + Ethernet Version
Ethernet Version

A901-12C-FT-D1

A901-4C-FT-D1

A901-6CZ-FT-D1

A901-6CZ-FT-A2

A901-12C-F-D1

A901-4C-F-D1

A901-6CZ-F-D1

A901-6CZ-F-A2

1 DC power

2 AC power



Note Some of the Cisco ASR 901 models have port based licensing. For more details, see the Licensing chapter in Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Software Configuration Guide.


System Specifications

Table 2 lists the supported system configurations for the Cisco ASR 901 router:

Memory Details

Table 2 lists the memory available for Cisco ASR 901 router.

Table 2 Cisco IOS Release 15.3(3)S2 Memory Details

Platform
Software Image
Flash Memory
DRAM Memory
Runs From

Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router TDM version

asr901-universalk9-mz

128 MB

512 MB

RAM

Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router, Ethernet version

asr901-universalk9-mz

128 MB

512 MB

RAM


Determining the Software Version

To determine the image and version of Cisco IOS software running on your Cisco ASR 901 router, log in to the router and enter the show version command in the EXEC mode:

Router> show version
Cisco IOS Software, 901 Software (ASR901-UNIVERSALK9-M), Version 15.3(3)S2, RELEASE 
SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2014 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 27-Jan-14 11:36 by prod_rel_team
ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(20130507:031852), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)

New and Changed Information

New Hardware Features in Release 15.3(3)S2

New Software Features in Release 15.3(3)S2

Modified Software Features in Release 15.3(3)S2

New Hardware Features in Release 15.3(3)S2

There are no new hardware features in Cisco IOS Release 15.3(3)S2.

New Software Features in Release 15.3(3)S2

There are no new software features in Cisco IOS Release 15.3(3)S2.

Modified Software Features in Release 15.3(3)S2

There are no modified features in Cisco IOS Release 15.3(3)S2.

Supported Hardware

Table 3 and Table 4 shows the SFP modules supported on the Cisco ASR 901 routers:

Table 3

CWDM-SFP-1470

CWDM-SFP-1490

CWDM-SFP-1510

CWDM-SFP-1530

CWDM-SFP-1550

CWDM-SFP-1570

CWDM-SFP-1590

CWDM-SFP-1610

DWDM-SFP-XXXX1

GLC-BX-U and GLC-BX-D2

GLC-EX-SMD

GLC-LH-SMD

GLC-LX-SM-RGD

GLC-SX-MMD

GLC-SX-MM-RGD

GLC-T

GLC-ZX-SM

GLC-ZX-SMD

GLC-ZX-SM-RGD

SFP-GE-L

SFP-GE-S

SFP-GE-T

SFP-GE-Z

1 40 wavelengths

2 These SFPs (GLC-BX-U and GLC-BX-D) should be connected back to back to bring the interface link up.


SFPs Supported on the Cisco ASR 901 1G and 10G Routers for 1G Mode

Table 4

SFP-10G-ER

SFP-10G-LR

SFP-10G-LR-X

DWDM-SFP+

SFP-H10GB-CU1M

SFP-H10GB-CU3M

SFP-H10GB-CU5M

SFP-10G-SR

SFP-10G-SR-X

SFP-10G-ZR

SFP-10G-LRM

SFP-H10GB-ACU7M

SFP-H10GB-ACU10M


SFPs Supported on the Cisco ASR 901 10G Router for 10G Mode


Note For information on how to configure SFPs, see the Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Software Configuration Guide.


Supported MIBs

The Cisco ASR 901 router supports the following MIBs:

BGP4-MIB

CISCO-STP-EXTENSIONS-MIB

BRIDGE-MIB

CISCO-SYSLOG-MIB

CISCO-ACCESSENVMON-MIB

CISCO-TC

CISCO-CAR-MIB

ENTITY-MIB

CISCO-CDP-MIB

ETHERLIKE-MIB

CISCO-CEF-MIB

HCNUM-TC

CISCO-CLASS-BASED-QOS-MIB

IANAifType-MIB

CISCO-CONFIG-COPY-MIB

IEEE8021-CFM-MIB

CISCO-CONFIG-MAN-MIB

IF-MIB

CISCO-DATA-COLLECTION-MIB

IMA-MIB

CISCO-DOT3-OAM-MIB

INT-SERVE-MIB

CISCO-EIGRP-MIB

IP-FORWARD-MIB

CISCO-ENHANCED-MEMPOOL-MIB

IP-MIB

CISCO-ENTITY-ASSET-MIB

MPLS-LDP-MIB

CISCO-ENTITY-VENDORTYPE-OID-MIB

MPLS-LSR-MIB

CISCO-ENVMON-MIB

MPLS-VPN-MIB

CISCO-FLASH-MIB

NOTIFICATION-LOG-MIB

CISCO-IETF-PW-MIB

OLD-CISCO-CHASSIS-MIB

CISCO-IETF-PW-TC-MIB

OLD-CISCO-FLASH-MIB

CISCO-IF-EXTENSION-MIB

OLD-CISCO-INTERFACES-MIB

CISCO-IMAGE-MIB

OLD-CISCO-IP-MIB

CISCO-IPSLA-ETHERNETMIB

OLD-CISCO-SYS-MIB

CISCO-MEMORY-POOL-MIB

OLD-CISCO-TS-MIB

CISCO-NETSYNC-MIB

OSPF-MIB

CISCO-NTP-MIB

OSPFv3-MIB

CISCO-OSPF-MIB

PerfHist-TC-MIB

CISCO-PING-MIB

RFC1213-MIB

CISCO-PROCESS-MIB

RMON2-MIB

CISCO-PRODUCTS-MIB

RMON-MIB

CISCO-PTP-MIB

SNMP-FRAMEWORKMIB

CISCO-QUEUE-MIB

SNMP-TARGET-MIB

CISCO-RESILIENT-ETHERNET-PROTOCOL-MIB

SNMPv2-MIB

CISCO-RTTMON-MIB

SNMPv2-SMI

CISCO-SENSOR-ENTITY-MIB

SNMPV2-TC

CISCO-SMI-MIB

TCP-MIB

CISCO-SNAPSHOT-MIB

UDP-MIB

CISCO-SNMP-TARGET-EXT-MIB

 

Caveats

Caveats describe unexpected behavior in Cisco IOS software releases. Severity 1 caveats are the most serious caveats, severity 2 caveats are less serious, and severity 3 caveats are the least serious of these three severity levels. Only select severity 3 caveats are listed.

This section contains the following topics:

Bug Search Tool

Open Caveats

Resolved Caveats

Bug Search Tool

The Caveats section only includes the bug ID and a short description of the bug. For details on the symptoms, conditions, and workaround for a particular bug you must use the Bug Search Tool.

Use the following link to access the tool: https://tools.cisco.com/bugsearch/search

You will be prompted to log into Cisco.com. After successful login, the Bug Search Tool page opens. Use the Help link in the Bug Search Tool to obtain detailed help.

Open Caveats

This section provides information about the open caveats for the Cisco ASR 901 router running Cisco IOS Release 15.3(3)S2.

Bug ID
Description

CSCtn18900

Service policy classification based on inner Virtual LAN p-bits is not working.

CSCtn71094

The no interface vlan 1 command deletes VLAN 1.

CSCtn79746

The show ethernet service instance statistics command is not displaying any statistics.

CSCto96840

A command restriction is required for Dual Rate Three Color (2R3C) on parent class in Hierarchical Quality of Service (HQoS).

CSCtq26793

Some ports are not getting bundled with the port channel because of attribute mismatch, such as flow-control.

CSCtr05566

The Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) traffic fails when port channel encapsulation is not equal to the bridge domain on the core.

CSCtr70228

High CPU utilization is observed while performing save or copy operation.

CSCts66081

Ingress VLAN translation failure occurs when entries exceed 3000.

CSCts80090

The reserved VLANs are not blocked on the router.

CSCts84679

The circuit emulation (CEM) interface displays wrong configuration in the show running-configuration command output, when pw-class is configured.

CSCts85484

Traceback occurs after executing rep preempt segment segid command.

CSCts92808

Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED) counters are not working for discard class 0.

CSCtw52497

The interface drops all ingress packets when you reload the router with write, erase, and copy the saved configuration to the running configuration.

CSCtw69021

Maximum bandwidth guarantee for Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (MLPPP) interface is not working for 64-byte size frames in Low Latency Queuing (LLQ).

CSCtx12366

The servo is accepting more than 64PPS Sync in static unicast.

CSCtx22010

SyncE is not supported for the Copper SFPs: GLC-T and SFP-GE-T

CSCtx54735

High CPU utilization and traceback is observed while doing copy and paste of 16 E1 controllers unconfigurations.

CSCtx77374

Input errors are increasing when serial interface flaps. This issue is observed on a serial interface that is part of a multilink interface, when keepalive is disabled.

CSCty04070

Traffic fails and continuous traceback is observed, when xconnect is configured on an untagged EVC.

CSCty95886

The file copy function is not detecting errors properly.

CSCtz16522

The Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP) session-reflector packet truncation fails.

CSCtz38207

Router is rebooting continuously due to failed fans.

CSCtz48755

The write operation triggers the flaps for Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP). We recommend the use of minimum 1 sec (or above) hello timer for HSRP and Virtual Redundancy Router Protocol (VRRP). With this configuration, we support a maximum of 50 sessions.

CSCtz69403

IPv6 traffic is not getting dropped with link-local as source address.

CSCtz81384

The Layer 2 ATM/IMA interface and its permanent virtual circuits (PVCs) are not coming up when operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) is configured.

CSCua19178

Packet drops are seen with IPv6 fragmentation.

CSCua34320

The OSPFv3 keeps old router-id even after changing the loopback address.

CSCua34389

Manual tunnel having MPLS configuration with dynamic option in the following sequence does not set up targeted ldp session resulting in tunnel staying down. shut/no shut of the tunnel brings back the targeted Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) session up.

interface Tunnel108
ip unnumbered Loopback0
mpls label protocol ldp
mpls ip
tunnel source Loopback0
tunnel destination 36.36.36.36
tunnel mode mpls traffic-eng
tunnel mpls traffic-eng path-option 1 dynamic

The issue is not observed when tunnel mode is configured ahead of tunnel destination,

CSCua40707

The commands related to MPLS and MPLS-TE/FRR are applicable only to SVI interfaces though they can be enabled globally.

Thus configuring the MPLS commands on the GigabitEthernet interface or port-channel is not supported.

CSCua49491

The MPLS traffic engineering counters are not supported.

CSCua51628

The OSPFv3 bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) flaps after an interface is shut in a port-channel bundle.

CSCua81678

The following error message is displayed for /128 prefix: "Reached Maximum Number of IPv6 Hosts".

CSCua82917

In remote LFA FRR, the recovery takes more than 80 ms.

CSCua84571

Load balancing is not working with different streams having symmetrical addresses.

CSCua88693

The verify command is not supported for the USB flash in the Cisco ASR 901 10G router.

CSCua98165

The IPv6 BFD packets should be mapped to Queue 6 on egress interface.

CSCua99910

MAC address table (MAC learning) failures can be seen with more than 31000 MAC Addresses in certain conditions. So it is safe to assume the platform supports 31000 MAC addresses.

CSCub12715

The "pura_cef_ipv6_route_create_update:Reached Maximum Number of Prefixes supported by platform.Additional Prefixes will not be programmed" message is displayed when the primary path is shut/unshut in a redundant convergent setup.

CSCub71746

Alarm Indication Signal (AIS) is visible momentarily at T1 controller of CE1 while reverting back to primary.

CSCuc15639

Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) is not supported with 100 ms interval.

CSCuc22630

The router fails to recognize USB when its removed immediately after insertion.

CSCuc25878

The UBR transmits at a lower rate when all five class of service (CoS) Private Virtual Circuits (PVCs) are configured.

CSCuc39560

IPv6 traffic drop occurs globally when IPv4 VRF is configured on the same SVI with ip vrf definition.

CSCuc85033

The untagged Ethernet Virtual Circuit (EVC) port is not supported for spanning tree.

CSCuc95900

Traffic is receiving two VLAN tags, instead of three for QinQ with pop 2.

CSCud04703

In Zero Touch Provisioning, the Cisco ASR 901 series router is not able to connect to the CE server using option-43 template, when source interface is passed as a parameter.

CSCud05125

In traffic generator, the receiver (Rx) counter is incrementing even after the EVC mismatch.

CSCud14278

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) flap is observed between PEs when traffic from CE side is oversubscribed towards PE.

CSCud16558

High convergence time is observed when "shut" operation is performed on fast re-route (FRR) configured with port channels. This issue can be resolved with BFD.

CSCud20997

The Ethernet Over MPLS (EoMPLS) pseudowire redundancy fails when backup pseudowire is active in TE-FRR backup path.

CSCud21775

In Zero Touch Provisioning, the Cisco ASR 901 10G router is using wrong Unique Device Identifier (UDI) event-id to make connection to the CE.

CSCud24655

CPU hog is observed when primary path is "shut" in an LFA FRR set up with 1000 prefixes.

CSCud29184

The show version command is not giving the image name when the boot system variable is set as: boot system flash image-name.

CSCud32961

Error occurs when any label entry is crossing the 3500 range.

CSCud33913

In Zero Touch Provisioning, the VLAN discovery is not supported for encapsulation dot1ad.

CSCud37655

The xconnect MTU is not used for traffic filtering.

CSCud71334

The mac-address flap control is putting all ports into "err-disabled" state, in some cases.

CSCud75293

The show rom-monitor command is not showing upgraded ROMMON version in IOS mode.

CSCud79202

The show inventory command is displaying the PID of SFP-SX-MM as GLC-SX-MM.

CSCud89083

The router displays "soc_counter_sync: counter thread not responding" error, under heavy CPU usage.

CSCue11410

The incremental-SPF configuration is causing micro loops during convergence, in IGP IS-IS.

CSCue11688

The VRF routes are leaked from the adjacent VRF with a particular IP:nn pattern.

CSCue18282

CPU hog and traceback is observed when scale configuration is pushed from CE server to the router.

CSCue54634

Traffic outage and pstorm errors are observed when port channel is configured and unconfigured multiple times.

CSCue91862

Peering is not working for untagged EVC when service instance is configured with default encapsulation.

CSCue94536

The port channel interface flaps when lacp max-bundle is configured and unconfigured.

CSCuf21682

High reconvergence is observed for global traffic in Remote Loop Free Alternate (RLFA).

CSCuf48503

Higher latency is observed for middle priority queue.

CSCuf49860

Configuration of backup peer on primary xconnect, after bringing up remote peer backup results in flap.

CSCug61006

Auto-select is not working on the Gigabit Ethernet (0/4) port.

For combo ports, shutdown or no shutdown on the interface is mandatory while changing the media type from RJ45 to auto-select and auto-select to RJ45 respectively.

CSCug91477

Strom control filter for the port channel does not show the discarded counters.

CSCue27148

Console hangs when verify command is executed on two telnet sessions.

CSCue45003

ASR 901 strom control filter does not support current counters value in show storm output.

CSCuh64499

Cisco ASR 901 series router crashes while defaulting the interface.

CSCug92777

On Layer 3, multicast traffic are punted to CPU even when storm control drops all the packets.

CSCuh37393

100M SFP support is not available for auto-select medium feature.

CSCuh91973

After reload, incorrect error message is displayed for unsupported SFPs.

CSCui59984

REP flaps with low LSL timers with the scale of MAC address, scale of bridge-domain, repeated/multiple REP topology changes, or CPU intensive activities.

CSCum93153

IPV4 ACL does not block OSPF multicast packets that are punted to CPU.

CSCul41152

Layer 3 traffic drops after preempting the REP sessions with VLB configuration.


Resolved Caveats

This section provides information about the resolved caveats for the Cisco ASR 901 router running Cisco IOS Release 15.3(3)S2.

Bug ID
Description

CSCud74577

The CPU process for IP SLA continues to run even after stopping the traffic generator.

CSCuh51097

Error disable recovery state does not persist for the second time on fiber port even after the error recovery interval.

CSCuh11698

When more than four ports are connected to a peer where the ports are administratively up, the interface which detects a link up event takes the license first. Hence, the behavior of ports is non predictable. The first port which detects the link up will take the license and the other port may not get a valid license.

CSCuh77658

When the router boots up, the Gigabit Ethernet port flaps multiple times.

CSCuh21746

Double drop counter rate is observed for hierarchical QoS (HQoS) egress policy-map.

CSCuj20172

Stale drop entries are observed on application of policy-map on port without any traffic.

CSCug91444

Strom control on port channel does not display blocking or forwarding state for both the member links.

CSCuj87842

IP connectivity fails on combo ports with copper link, after reload.

CSCui32301

Re-routing in the core affects Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) sessions on the peer device.

CSCuh21317

IPv4/IPv6 ping is not 100 percent successful on enabling layer 2 cache.

CSCue84224

Layer 2 cache needs to be enabled in Cisco ASR 901 router.

CSCuh51117

CFM scaling should be extended upto 1000LMEP and 5000RMEP.

CSCul05383

Router crashes when CEM PW head-end loses connectivity to both remote PEs on core isolation and recovery.

CSCui68701

GLC-LH-SMD port goes down when CWDM or avago type fibers are inserted adjacent to it.

CSCuh88353

Memory leak is observed in the PSTORM FRR chunk process.

CSCuh88960

FRR link and AC port flaps due to incorrect egress object in pseudowire redundancy DVP.

CSCui40162

Output drops are found in the alternate port (the port in blocked state) with REP configuration.

CSCuh77658

On reload, GigabitEthernet 0/11 port on Cisco ASR 901 router flaps multiple times when GigabitEthernet 0/11 port with untagged service instance configuration is connected to GigabitEthernet port on a 7600 device.

CSCul03502

Autoinstall gets into a loop when a tagged layer 2 packet is received before the display of setup dialogue.

CSCul24345

IMA pseudowire traffic may fail with many Winpath WP_INVALID_IW_EMC_FLOW_EXISTS_IN_HASH errors and tracebacks.

CSCul56014

ROMMON code change is done in Cisco IOS Release 15.3(3)S2.

CSCul86931

Layer 2 cache is supported in Cisco IOS Release 15.3(3)S2.

CSCuh35390

ToP interface is not selected as network-clock when PTP reaches Normal/phase_aligned state

CSCua62753

License boot level Advanced message is displayed thrice on using the show running-configuration command.

CSCue91495

FP entries are exhausted after using set mpls exp imposition command in policy-map.

CSCul52790

SyncE fails in Cisco ASR 901 router when 10G port operates as 1G mode.

CSCuj77364

Configuring set discard-class 2 command under ingress policy of an ingress interface breaks Layer 3 VPN connection.

CSCul61828

Router crashes while unconfiguring and configuring port level MEPs.

CSCui94513

QoS Class Drop counters rollback to zero when polling from SNMP server.

CSCui91575

MTU behavior differs from other IOS platforms.

When using Cisco ASR901 router with TenGig interface and bridge-domain, although the L3 MTU of the SVI is set to 1500 bytes, the effective non-fragmented MTU size is 1486 bytes (the L2 MTU). This differs from other platforms in which the L3 MTU is the actual L3 MTU configured on the interface.

CSCuh24421

Memory leak occurs after applying and removing a policy-map on the output of the interface.

CSCuf86285

Broken Counters (counters that are not operational) are displayed in the output of show interface Vlan command.

CSCul46986

When enabling VLAN counters in one VLAN, other VLAN counters are updated without enabling the vlan-counter command.


Troubleshooting

The following sections describe troubleshooting commands you can use with the Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router.

Collecting Data for Router Issues

To collect data for reporting router issues, issue the following command:

show tech-support—Displays general information about the router if it reports a problem.

Collecting Data for ROMMON Issues

To collect data for ROMMON issues, issue the following command while in the EXEC mode:

show rom-monitor—Displays currently selected ROM monitor.


Note If you contact Cisco support for assistance, we recommend that you provide any crashinfo files stored in flash memory. For more information about crashinfo files, see http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps167/products_tech_note09186a00800a6743.shtml.


Related Documentation

Documents related to the Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router include the following:

Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Software Configuration Guide

Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Routers

Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Series MIB Specifications Guide

To access the related documentation on Cisco.com, go to:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/ps12077/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

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