Xirrus AOS

Version 8.3.4-7092 MAINLINE

Release Notes

About This Release

This release is compatible with all versions of XMS-E. If you are using XMS-E 8.1.0 or later then AOS 8.3.2 or
above is required. This AOS 8.3.4-7092 Release Notes covers resolved issues, known issues and limitations.
8.3.4-7092 is suitable for deployment in production networks.
Supported Hardware
• AOS 8.3.4-7092 supports the following products:
o Indoor Access Points XR-520, XR-6xx, XR-1xxx, XR-2xxx, XR-4xxx, XR-6xxx, XR-7xxx, XA4-240,
XD2-240, XD4-130 and XD4-240.
o Outdoor Access Points & Arrays: XR-520H, XR-1230H, XR-2425H, XH2-120
o Radio Modules: XI-N300, XI-N450, XI-AC867, XI-AC1300 and XI-AC3470

(Note: (1) 11ac Wave 2 products are XA4-240, XD2-240 & XD4-240 plus the XI-AC3470)

Resolved Issues from 8.3.3-7084 to AOS 8.3.4-7092

PR Description of Issue

32480 Prevent APs with Kingston eMMC from downgrading below 8.3.3, where support for it was introduced.

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Known Issues in 8.3.4-7092

PR Description of Issue

Internal-Radius and Active Directory did not start after a reboot. If the Internal Radius SSID is disabled
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and you then reboot, Active Directory will start.

20296 Rogue AP – 11ac Wave 1 Radios are seeing rogue APs at higher RSSI levels than 11n radios.

Standby Mode – Enabling standby mode on an SSID could cause a General Error. It is not
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recommended to use this feature with this release.
In noisy environments, clients may be slow connecting to 80MHz bonded channels. A workaround is to
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avoid using 80 MHz channels in noisy environments.
Admin RADIUS is not working with IPv6 when logging on to the Web Management Interface or the
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Command Line Interface

26222 No RADIUS packets are sent to server from PEAP client when primary server is using IPv6.

Attempting to login to AP using IPv6 address via Admin RADIUS with WMI does not work and causes
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WPA Authentication Engine restart. Workaround would be to avoid Admin RADIUS logons with IPv6.
L3 Roaming – Layer 3 roaming using Spectralink 8440 and WPA2-PSK is not working. However, L3
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roaming works properly with WPA2 Enterprise.

Radio assurance feature is not functional on 802.11ac Wave 2(1) products. Please refrain from using
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this feature.
Loss of IP connectivity on 11ac Wave 2(1) radios after a station associates to TKIP encryption only.
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Changing the encryption to AES works.

WPR SSL Redirect - Chrome does not allow the user to accept the SSL Certificate. Use alternative
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browsers such as Safari or Internet Explorer.
Upstream traffic on the same clients is, in general, slower on 802.11ac Wave 1 APs than it is on
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802.11ac Wave 2(1) APs – this has been observed infrequently on Intel 7625-based client chipsets.

On 11ac Wave 2(1) APs, the QoS UP bit in QoS Control Field is always set to whatever QoS setting is
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set on the SSID.
Occasionally during boot-up AP sends out a couple of XRP packets with the default IP address of
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192.168.1.3. Administrators can safely ignore this debugging message.

29675 An Application Control deny filter for the application hotspot shield is unable to block the app traffic.

29728 XR600 CRC error reporting numbers may not be accurate.

Wave 2(1)-capable APs sometimes show incorrect RSSI, SNR and Silence values when a station is first
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detected. This problem goes away and can be safely ignored.

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Limitations & Conditions of AOS 8.3.4-7092

PR Description
24598 RADIUS – must use quotes “” to add the word “secret” as a password.

The Console timeout value is not respected. Workaround is to set the XirCon timeout and the Console
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timeout to the same value. Working as designed.

Packet Counts for a DNS redirect filter may sometimes be less than the actual number of DNS packets
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modified.

29454 Deleting/Adding over 500 MAC addresses in Security/Access Control will give an error.

Bonjour – AppleTV is not able to service a client on SSID with VLAN when AppleTV is on the Bridged
wired network. It is not recommended that you place AppleTV on the Bridged Management LAN
30392 segment. This will cause a lot of multicast traffic to be processed by the Array on the Management
VLAN and can affect performance of the Array. Isolation of Multicast Traffic is recommended to be
handled in VLAN’s that are not part of the Array Management VLAN.

Arrays with large numbers of VLANs (12 – 16+) may occasionally experience the log message
“Process Restart Required: WPA Authentication Engine, restarting process” which indicates that the
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ability of clients to associate using WPA is being affected. The recommended workaround is to reduce
the number of VLANs.
Active Directory will not join Domain when Remote Recovery is enabled and flash is disabled. When
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you disable flash, - Active Directory, Internal RADIUS, SNMP & HTTP proxy will not run.

• To manage the AP via IPv6 please contact Xirrus Support.

• XI-AC3470 is equipped with 4 Tx chains, Rx chains and 4 spatial streams. Depending on the Access Point
capacity, the AOS will automatically configure each radio module to obtain optimal functionality. The table
below lists different operating modes based on the HD modular AP and number of radios installed.
Wave 2 Radio Module Operating Modes

Tx Rx
Model Streams Tx power per radio
Chains Chains

XR-2247 4 4 4 No Tx power restrictions

Mon + 5G + 5G + 2.4G 13 dBm(default)

5G + 5G + 5G + Mon 12 dBm
5G + 5G + 5G + 5G 12 dBm
XR-2447 3 4 3
5G + 5G + 5G + 2.4G 13 dBm
5G + 5G + 2.4G + 2.4G 14 dBm
5G + 2.4G + 2.4G + 2.4G 15 dBm

XR-4447 4 4 4 No Tx power restrictions

XR-4847 4 4 4 No Tx power restrictions

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Tx Rx
Model Streams Tx power per radio
Chains Chains

Mon + 2 2.4G + 5 5G 18 dBm (default)

XR-6847 4 4 4 All configurations + Mon 18 dBm
All radios with no Mon No Tx power restrictions

Mon + 3 2.4G + 8 5G 18 dBm (default)

XR-7247 4 4 4 All configurations + Mon 18 dBm
All radio with no Mon No Tx power restrictions

Mon + 3 2.4G + 12 5G 12 dBm (default)

Mon + 2 2.4G + 13 5G 10 dBm
XR-7647 4 4 4
Mon + 1 2.4G + 14 5G 8 dBm
Mon + 15 5G 6 dBm

• The table below summarize power requirements and configurations for installing XI-AC3470 radios in an XR
modular AP.
Wave 2 Radio Module Upgrade Configurations
# Radios
Model Upgraded Which Slots to Use (RF
after Watts / Injector Models
Series Model No Slot #s)
Upgrade

30W, PoE+
XR-2000 XR-2247 2 0, 2 XP1-MSI-30, XP1-MSI-75M, XP8-MSI-
70M, XT-5024/5048
40W
XR-2000 XR-2447 4 All slots XP8-MSI-70M,
XP1-MSI-75/75M
75W
XR-4000 XR-4447 4 1, 3, 5, 7 XP8-MSI-70M,
XP1-MSI-75/75M
75W
XR-4000 XR-4847 8 All slots
XP1-MSI-75/75M
95W
XR-6000 XR-6847 8 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12,14
XP2-MSI-95M (one port)
0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9,10, 95W
XR-7000 XR-7247 12
12,13,14 XP2-MSI-95M (two ports)
95W
XR-7000 XR-7647 16 All Slots
XP2-MSI-95M (two ports)

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Customer Support Contact Information

The Xirrus Customer Support Website provides online documents and tools for troubleshooting and resolving
technical issues with Xirrus products and technologies. Access to all tools on the Xirrus Customer Support
Website requires a login user ID and password. If you have a valid service contract but do not have a user ID or
password, you can register at http://support.xirrus.com.

To request additional assistance, please contact Xirrus Customer Support via

• Our Support Community at support.xirrus.com

• Email at support@xirrus.com
• Live chat with one of the Xirrus Customer Support Representatives at Login
• Call Xirrus at one of the following numbers

Region Phone Numbers

+1.800.947.7871 (US Toll Free) or

United States and Canada
+1.805.262.1600 (Direct)

Europe, Middle East and Africa +44.20.3239.8644

Australia and New Zealand 1.300.947.787 (Within Australia)

Asia and Oceania +61.2.8006.0622

Latin, Central and South America +1.805.262.1600

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