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These notes summarizes PICOS 4.4.4 new features, new hardware, known bugs, and bug fixes. Best practices recommend that you read all the content before upgrading to this release. For more detailed feature information, refer to the configuration guides.

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  • PICOS 4.4.4.2 is only released for FS switches 5850-48S6Q, N8550-48B8C, N8550-32C, S5870-48T6BC-U and S5870-48T6BC.
  • PICOS 4.4.4.4 is only released for FS switches N5850-48S6Q, N8550-48B8C, N8550-32C, S5870-48T6BC-U, S5870-48T6BC and N5850-48X6C.

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Ticket IDReleaseDescription
-4.4.4.4Support FS Model N5850-48X6C
-4.4.4.2

Support FS Models S5870-48T6BC-U and S5870-48T6BC

-4.4.4

Support FS Models S5860-24MG-U, S5860-24XMG, S5860-48XMG-U, S5860-48XMG, S5860-48MG-U and N8560-32C

PICOS 4.4.4 release for FS models S5860-24MG-U, S5860-24XMG, S5860-48XMG-U, S5860-48XMG, S5860-48MG-U and N8560-32C.

S5860-24MG-U has 24x5G copper ports, 4x25G SFP28 ports.

S5860-24XMG has 24x10G copper ports, 4x10G SFP+ ports and 4x25G SFP28 ports. 

S5860-48XMG-U/S5860-48XMG has 48x10G copper ports, 4x25G SFP28 ports and 2x40G QSFP+ ports. 

S5860-48MG-U has 48x5G copper ports, 4x25G SFP28 ports and 2x40G QSFP+ ports.

N8560-32C has 32x100G QSFP28 ports.

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The N8560-32C, which has the back-to-front fans, shows a fan speed of 0 after installing PICOS 4.4.4.1. This bug is fixed in 4.4.4.7.
Ticket IDReleaseDescription164284.4.4.7
4424.4.4.1

PICOS Reboots Automatically when Stop PICOS or Restart PIOCS

[S5860]: sometimes PICOS reboots automatically when stop PICOS or restart PIOCS, with return 'Job for picos.service canceled'. This bug only occured on the lower-performance switch, such as S5860 Series switch, when stop PICOS switch will be reboot sometimes. This bug is fixed in 4.4.4.1.

4084.4.4.1

[AS5835-54T]: Restart Switch Needs so Long Time

[AS5835-54T]: restart switch needs so long time for 10min on AS5835-54T. This bug only occured on AS5835_54T, sometimes PICOS boots up time will be 10 minutes. This bug is fixed in 4.4.4.1.

-4.4.4

ERPSv2 Enhancement

ERPSv2 supports sub-ring, revertive and non-revertive mode, WTB timer, FS (Force Switch) and MS (Manual Switch) mode in PICOS 4.4.4.

-4.4.4

GVRP Enhancement

PICOS switch supports to selectively advertise specific VLANs through GVRP in version 4.4.4. GVRP VLAN registration typically occurs without the need for manually configuring VLANs on the access interfaces of the switches on both end of the network.

-4.4.4

Add Password for Entering Linux Shell 

Superuser can set shell password in CLI with the command set system start-shell-sh password <password>, which is used when entering shell with the command run start shell sh <password>.

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Ticket IDReleaseDescription
164284.4.4.7
The N8560-32C, which has the back-to-front fans, shows a fan speed of 0 after installing PICOS 4.4.4.1. This bug is fixed in 4.4.4.7.
162324.4.4.2

Modify Pre-Emphasis (Signal Integrity) Port Settings

 [FCS error] Pre-emphasis's value on physical port is wrong, result in FCS errors. Because of the pre-emphasis settings are incorrect in some switches, packets loss occurs when all ports of the switch forward traffic at line speed. It is fixed in PICOS 4.4.4.2.

160894.4.4

System Hang Due to CLI in an Infinite Loop

[AS5835_54T/4.4.0] Program enters loop and keeps printing 'local0.err : tcgetattr error' when the sub-process pica_sh exits. This bug is fixed in 4.4.4.

160704.4.4

S5232F-ON Should Support to the No-Me Configuration

On S5232F-ON, by default, management-port-mapping set is Front-Panel which leading the port xe-1/1/32 cannot be breaked out. If using command 'picos_boot management-port-mapping No-Me ' modify the mode as No-Me,  then the port xe-1/1/32 can be breaked out. This bug is fixed in 4.4.4.

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Ticket IDReleaseDescription
-4.4.4

In 4.4.4, AS4625-54P/AS4625-54T is not Released.

Do not release PICOS 4.4.4 image for AS4625-54P/AS4625-54T.

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