1. Ruckus Wireless ZoneFlex™ Version 9.6
Release Notes
(FlexMaster™, ZoneDirector™ and ZoneFlex Access Points)
June 6, 2013
2. Ruckus Wireless® ZoneFlex version 9.6 Release Notes
Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION 3
2. WHAT’S NEW IN THIS RELEASE 3
3. SUPPORTED PLATFORMS 3
4. UPGRADING TO THIS VERSION 5
4.1. ZONEDIRECTOR 5
4.2. ZONEFLEX ACCESS POINTS 5
4.3. FLEXMASTER 5
5. ENHANCEMENTS AND RESOLVED ISSUES 7
5.1. ZONEDIRECTOR 7
5.1.1. Enhancements 7
5.1.14. Resolved Issues 8
5.2. ZONEFLEX ACCESS POINTS 9
5.2.1. Enhancements 9
5.2.8. Resolved Issues 10
5.3. FLEXMASTER 10
5.3.1. Enhancements 10
5.3.9. Resolved Issues 11
6. CAVEATS, LIMITATIONS AND KNOWN ISSUES 11
6.1. ZONEDIRECTOR 11
6.1.1. Web Interface 11
6.1.3. Spectrum Analysis 12
6.1.4. Multicast Filter 12
6.1.5. BYOD Onboarding Portal 12
6.1.6. 64 SSIDs per AP 12
6.1.7. 7761-CM and 7781CM 12
6.1.8. Statistics Enhancements in 9.5.1 12
6.1.9. 802.11d Defaults 13
6.2. ZONEFLEX ACCESS POINTS 13
6.3. FLEXMASTER 13
6.3.1. Web Interface 13
6.3.4. General 13
7. INTEROPERABILITY INFORMATION 14
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3. Ruckus Wireless® ZoneFlex version 9.6 Release Notes
1. Introduction
This document provides release information on FlexMaster, ZoneDirector and
supported ZoneFlex Access Point platforms, along with known issues, caveats,
workarounds, upgrade details, and interoperability information for version 9.6.
2. What’s New in This Release
For a list of features that have been added in this release, see the “What’s New
in ZoneFlex 9.6” document, available from the Ruckus Wireless support website.
Please refer to Release Notes for prior releases for information on previously
documented caveats, limitations, enhancements and resolved issues. These
documents can be found at:
https://support.ruckuswireless.com/
A login and valid support contract is required to access the documents on the
support site.
3. Supported Platforms
Release 9.6 supports the following platforms:
• FlexMaster version 9.6.0.0.17 supports the ZoneDirector and ZoneFlex AP
models listed below. FlexMaster also supports the MediaFlex product line
(not included in Release 9.6).
• ZoneDirector 1100 version 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneDirector 3000 version 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneDirector 5000 version 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 2741 802.11g Outdoor Access Point build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 2942 802.11g Access Point build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7025 802.11n Wired/Wireless Wall Switch build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7055 Dual Band 802.11n Wired/Wireless Wall Switch build
9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7321 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi Access Point build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7321-U 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi Access Point build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7341 2.4GHz 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi Access Point build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7343 2.4GHz 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi Access Point build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7363 Dual Band 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi Access Point build
9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7351 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi Access Point build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7352 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi Access Point build 9.6.0.0.267
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• ZoneFlex 7372 Dual Band 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi Access Point build
9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7372-E Dual Band 802.11n Smart Wi-Fi Access Point with External
Antenna build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7761-CM Dual Band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point with integrated
Cable Modem build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7762 Dual-band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7762-S Dual-band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point with Sector
Antenna build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7762-T Dual-band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point with Omni
Antenna build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7762-AC Dual-band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point build
9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7762-S-AC Dual-band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point with Sector
Antenna build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7781CM 802.11n Dual-band Outdoor Access Point with Cable
Modem build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7782 Dual Band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point for Service
Provider WiFi; Omni-directional BeamFlex adaptive antenna build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7782-S Dual Band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point for Service
Provider WiFi; 120 degree sector BeamFlex adaptive antenna build
9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7782-N Dual Band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point for Service
Provider WiFi; 30 degree narrow sector BeamFlex adaptive antenna build
9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7782-E Dual Band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point for Service
Provider WiFi; external antenna build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7962 Dual-band 802.11n Access Point build 9.6.0.0.267
• ZoneFlex 7982 Dual-band 802.11n Access Point build 9.6.0.0.267
• SmartCell 8800-S Dual Band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point with Sector
Antenna build 9.6.0.0.267
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5. Ruckus Wireless® ZoneFlex version 9.6 Release Notes
4. Upgrading to This Version
This section lists important notes on upgrading FlexMaster, ZoneDirector and
ZoneFlex Access Points to this version.
4.1. ZoneDirector
4.1.1. Official 9.6 upgrade paths supported:
• 9.4.2.0.29
• 9.4.3.0.12
• 9.5.0.0.156
• 9.5.1.0.50
If you are running an earlier version, you must first upgrade to version 9.4.2
or 9.5 before upgrading to 9.6.
There is a known issue with upgrading directly from a 9.4 build earlier than
9.4.2.0.29. Therefore, if you are running an earlier version (including
9.4.0.0.110), you must first upgrade to 9.4.2 before upgrading to 9.6.0.0.267.
(ID ZF-1328, ZF-2265, ZF-2468, ZF-2626)
4.1.2. AP VLAN settings may be reverted to original values when downgrading from
9.6 to an earlier version, resulting in inability to connect to ZoneDirector. (ID
ZF-2718)
Workaround: If VLAN settings were changed after upgrading to 9.6, revert
them to their original values before downgrading to 9.5.1 or earlier.
4.2. ZoneFlex Access Points
4.2.1. Standalone ZoneFlex 2741, 2942, 7025, 7321, 7341, 7343, 7363, 7762,
7762-S, 7762-T, 7761-CM, 7762-AC, 7762-S-AC and 7962 units running on
version 9.4.2 and later can be upgraded to this version.
4.2.2. Standalone ZoneFlex 2942 APs may become slow to respond after
performing upgrade/downgrade several times with more than four WLANs
enabled. (ID ZF-2717)
Workaround: Factory reset the AP to free up memory.
4.3. FlexMaster
4.3.1. FlexMaster must be installed on one of the following server platforms:
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (64-bit) or above
• CentOS release 6.3 (64-bit)
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6. Ruckus Wireless® ZoneFlex version 9.6 Release Notes
• Minimum hardware requirements: Core 2 Duo CPU, 8GB RAM.
Managed Population Min RAM Min CPU
ZoneDirector-Controlled
APs
Up to 1,000 ZD managed APs 8G 2.0G Quad core Intel (Xeon
E5606 equivalent or above)
Up to 5,000 ZD managed APs 16G 2.5G Six core (Intel Xeon
X5670 equivalent or above)
Up to 10,000 ZD managed
APs
32G 2* 2.5G Six core (Intel Xeon
X5670 equivalent or above)
Standalone APs: (http/https)
Less than 1,000 standalone
APs
8G 2.5G Six core (Intel Xeon
X5670 equivalent or above)
Up to 2,000 standalone APs 32G 2* 2.5G Six core (Intel Xeon
X5670 equivalent or above)
4.3.2. Officially supported upgrade path:
• 9.5.0.0.29 to 9.6.0.0.17
• 9.5.1.0.9 to 9.6.0.0.17
• 9.6.0.0.11 to 9.6.0.0.17
4.3.3. Beginning with release 9.5, the FlexMaster image does not contain the
ZoneDirector firmware as in previous releases. Users must upload the
ZoneDirector build manually using the Configure > Manage Firmware Files
page.
4.3.4. FlexMaster upgrade procedure:
Beginning with release 9.4, FlexMaster upgrade files are delivered in .tar
format to enhance upgrade process control. The new upgrade script and
patch files are contained in this tarball.
Please refer to following steps for the new upgrade procedure:
1. Upload the patch file (e.g. 9.6.0.0.17.patch.tar) to the FM server.
2. Copy the patch file (e.g. 9.6.0.0.17.patch.tar) to the FM folder (e.g.
/opt/FlexMaster/):
cp 9.6.0.0.17.patch.tar /opt/FlexMaster/
3. Untar the patch file with following command:
tar -vxf 9.6.0.0.17.patch.tar
4. Make sure the *.patch (9.6.0.0.17.patch) file has been extract from the tar
file and upgrade the FM with following command:
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7. Ruckus Wireless® ZoneFlex version 9.6 Release Notes
./upgrade.sh 9.6.0.0.17
4.3.5. There is a known issue that results in Hotspot airtime reports being deleted
when upgrading FlexMaster to version 9.6. (ID ZF-1609)
Workaround: Make sure that you export any reports needed before upgrading.
5. Enhancements and Resolved Issues
This section lists enhancements that have been added and issues from
previous releases that have been resolved in this release.
5.1. ZoneDirector
5.1.1. Enhancements
5.1.2. BYOD Onboarding Portal
ZoneDirector version 9.6 introduces a consolidated portal for Guest Access
Registration and BYOD Device Registration using Zero-IT. The BYOD
Onboarding Portal is a mobile-friendly landing page that allows
smartphone/tablet users an easy and intuitive workflow to access the wireless
network without manually configuring their wireless client device.
5.1.3. SmartPoint USB Backhaul
Enabling the SmartPoint USB backhaul feature allows a service provider to
monetize unused spectrum by enabling backhaul connectivity over
3G/LTE/WiMax service using the USB port on special order access points.
This new feature enables carriers to easily deploy Wi-Fi and Hotspot services
to sites where wire line access is not cost effective. USB backhaul service
requires a tunneled connection to the ZoneDirector.
5.1.4. Spectrum Analysis
Spectrum analysis provides the ability to visualize the impact of Wi-Fi and
non-Wi-Fi interference sources on an AP from the ZoneDirector Web UI. A
real time sample view provides a power (dBm) vs. frequency (MHz) chart for
the entire 2.4 or 5 GHz spectrum. A Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF)
view highlights where most of the energy is being detected over time.
Spectrum analysis is available on the ZoneFlex 7321, ZoneFlex 7055,
ZoneFlex7982, ZoneFlex7782 and SmartCell8800.
5.1.5. Enhanced Alarm Details
Additional information is available in alarms, email alerts and SNMP traps to
help diagnose the causes of ZoneDirector restarts. For warm restarts, the
known reboot reason is displayed in the message. Cold restart messages will
return reason [unknown].
5.1.6. Tunnel QoS Configuration
In order to handle the needs of transporting LWAPP tunnels over a variety of
infrastructures, users can now specify how the LWAPP tunnel QoS
(ToS/DSCP) markings are applied. QoS markings for the LWAPP tunnel can
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8. Ruckus Wireless® ZoneFlex version 9.6 Release Notes
be copied from the inner IP packets, have a static marking or have no
marking.
5.1.7. Syslog Enhancements
The enhanced syslog functionality allows users to configure facility name and
priority logging level used by ZoneDirector when sending out syslog
messages. This ensures flexibility and easier integration into existing NMS
systems and allows controlling the volume of messages created.
5.1.8. ZD Ethernet Port Status Displayed on GUI, CLI, SNMP
ZoneDirector Ethernet port status is now displayed on the Web interface, CLI
and SNMP messages.
5.1.9. 64 WLANs per AP
ZoneDirector controlled access points can now support up to 32 WLANs per
radio, for a total of 64 per AP on dual-radio APs. 27 WLANs are available for
providing client access while 5 are reserved for system operation (two for
mesh, monitor, recovery, and scanning). The increased WLAN support
provides the ability for Ruckus access points to support the growing demands
of Wi-Fi Wholesalers to support MVNO (Mobile Virtual network Operator)
deployments.
5.1.10. Guest Access Authentication with Cookies Disabled
Guests can now access Guest Access WLANs using smartphones with
cookies disabled.
5.1.11. RADIUS Grace-Period and Idle-Timeout
In previous releases, the RADIUS attribute “Idle-Timeout” was interpreted as
inactivity timeout in 802.1X WLANs, but treated as grace period in Hotspot
WLANs. In Hotspot WLANs, there was no RADIUS attribute to specify
inactivity timeout.
In this release, the Ruckus VSA “Ruckus-Grace-Period” is used to explicitly
specify grace period, and the Idle-Timeout attribute is then used as inactivity
timeout in both 802.1X and hotspot WLANs.
5.1.12. Added Confirm/Cancel buttons for confirmation when initiating a manual scan.
5.1.13. Added 7761-CM cable modem status to AP, ZD, FM and SNMP displays.
5.1.14. Resolved Issues
5.1.15. ZoneDirector and AP power and channel availability tables are now more
consistent by country code (regulatory domain), resulting in more channel
and power schemes available for optimization features such as Background
Scanning and ChannelFly.
5.1.16. Authentication method “Shared” is no longer available. WEP encryption can
still be used with Open and 802.1X EAP authentication (dynamic WEP).
Existing WEP shared-key WLANs will be converted to “Open authentication
with WEP encryption” WLANs. Client devices connecting to these WLANs
may need to be reconfigured.
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5.1.17. Resolved an issue that could cause ZoneDirector to fail to push all the
WLANs to the AP resulting in the AP not advertising some/all WLANs when
an AP leaves and rejoins under certain race conditions. (ID ER-530)
5.1.18. Resolved an issue that could cause Access Points in a mesh configuration to
experience excessive logging and subsequent memory depletion resulting in
a restart after upgrading to version 9.6.0.0.264. This issue has been resolved
as of build 267 (version 9.6.0.0.267). (ID ER-764)
5.1.19. Two SNMP MIB nodes for CPU utilization and memory utilization that were
deprecated in previous releases have been restored in this release. The
following OIDs are now available for use again (ID ZF-3902):
• ruckusZDSystemCPUUtil 1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.1.1.1.5.58
• ruckusZDSystemMemoryUtil 1.3.6.1.4.1.25053.1.2.1.1.1.5.59
5.2. ZoneFlex Access Points
5.2.1. Enhancements
5.2.2. ZoneFlex 7055 802.11n Dual-band Wall Plate Indoor Access Point
The ZoneFlex 7055 is the industry’s first dual-band wall-plate switch and WiFi
access point designed for installation into a standard electrical outlet box. The
ZoneFlex 7055 features dual 802.11n radios (2.4 GHz/5 GHz) each capable
of 2x2:2 spatial streaming, for a theoretical total WLAN capacity of 600 Mbps.
It also provides a Gigabit Ethernet uplink port plus four front-facing Fast
Ethernet ports providing wired access for guests, IPTV systems, and other
networked in-room devices such as minibars, IP thermostats etc. The
ZoneFlex 7055 is able to supply up to 6.5 Watts to an 802.3af Power-over-
Ethernet compliant device, such as a VoIP phone, over one of its front-facing
Ethernet ports, and includes a pass-through port for devices that need to
bypass the switch altogether. The ZoneFlex 7055 supports Ruckus Wireless
SmartMesh, and can mesh with other dual-band ZoneFlex APs.
5.2.3. ZoneFlex 7321-U
The ZoneFlex 7321-U is the first Ruckus Wireless AP to support the
SmartPoint feature for USB backhaul. It provides a USB port for connecting a
3G/4G/LTE/WiMAX dongle and is a single band switchable (2.4/5GHz)
802.11n access point. Designed for carrier deployments, the 7321-U is a
special order access point available with a minimum order quantity.
5.2.4. ZoneFlex 7352, 7372 and 7372-E support
The ZoneFlex 7352 and 7372 802.11n Indoor Access Points are two new
enterprise 2x2:2 APs capable of up to 300Mbps per radio. The ZF 7352 is a
single band 2.4 GHz AP, while the ZF 7372 is a dual band concurrent (2.4/5
GHz) AP. The ZF 7352 and 7372 support new features including chip-level
transmit beamforming (TxBF), polarization diversity (PD-MRC), LDPC, ML
Decoding, Advanced Packet aggregation and Spectrum Analysis. Both APs
feature Ruckus BeamFlex adaptive antennas and include one GbE port and
one Fast Ethernet port. The ZoneFlex 7372-E is an external antenna only
version of the 7372. It features two dual band RP-SMA antenna connectors
and requires external dual-band (2.4 & 5 GHz) antennas for operation.
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5.2.5. Ethernet jumbo-frame support for ZoneFlex 7782 and SmartCell 8800 access
points
Ethernet jumbo frames (greater than 1518 bytes) are now supported on the
ZoneFlex 7782 and SmartCell 8800 outdoor access points. This enables
support for Small Cell Ethernet PoE powered radios requiring jumbo frame
support. Ethernet interfaces can support jumbo frames up to 9578 bytes and
WLAN interfaces can support jumbo frames up to 2290 bytes.
5.2.6. Changes to IGMP Multicast Forwarding Logic
Changes have been made to the IGMP multicast forwarding logic. Prior to 9.6,
once a multicast client was identified, the AP used a periodic IGMP/MLD
Query message to determine if there were active clients requesting multicast
streams. This has been replaced with a simpler approach of tracking the
multicast client connectivity state. For tracking wireless clients, the wireless
station disassociation or inactivity timer is monitored and for wired clients the
bridge forwarding database state is tracked. Once the AP determines the
multicast client is disconnected the AP's IGMP / MLD table entry is aged out
to stop the multicast flow for the specific client.
5.2.7. RADIUS Acct-delay-time Attribute
Standalone APs now support the “acct-delay-time” RADIUS attribute for
Hotspot WLANs. This attribute is now added and updated in accounting
retransmit packets. (ZF-2395)
5.2.8. Resolved Issues
5.2.9. Added checks to prevent corrupted LWAPP packets from causing kernel
panic in some APs. (ID ER-540)
5.3. FlexMaster
5.3.1. Enhancements
5.3.2. Threshold Crossing Alerts
New options are available for alert settings customization. These settings
allow the operator to create two levels of severity for existing metrics, and to
more closely track usage of the network. In addition, two additional fields are
introduced; the number of AP Channel Changes in an hour and the number of
times per hour that the AP rebooted.
5.3.3. VMware support for FlexMaster
Customers can now acquire FlexMaster as a VMware virtual image and
instantiate images on a virtual server running VMware ESXi without requiring
dedicated hardware for FlexMaster. This allows customers to leverage native
VMware capabilities while retaining a full featured FlexMaster installation.
5.3.4. FlexMaster now supports installation on CentOS version 6.3 64-bit.
5.3.5. ZoneDirector Ethernet port status information is now available on the Web
interface.
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5.3.6. Improved Timeline Graphs and Usability
The AP Trends monitoring page now provides an improved charts widget,
provides links to reports by clicking the AP’s MAC address, and the SSID
Report has been reorganized by report type and provides a composite of all
timeline reports into one graph.
5.3.7. Data storage capacity and Purge Policy
Beginning with version 9.5, FlexMaster can store up to 31 days of historical
data. Setting a longer data purge policy results in reduced maximum and
recommended number of APs.
Purge Policy Max Capacity Recommended Capacity
2 days 15k APs 10k APs
7 days 10k APs 6k APs
31 days 1500 APs 1000 APs
These capacity limits are for FlexMaster installed on its own (RedHat or
CentOS) server. If FlexMaster is hosted on a VMWare Virtual Machine, a 7
days Purge Policy supports maximum 4k APs.
5.3.8. Beginning with version 9.6.0.0.17, FlexMaster allows storing more than 10
template files per ZoneDirector, configurable from the Web interface.
Operators should set this number according to their partition size since
storing a large number of ZoneDirector templates will increase the database
size.
5.3.9. Resolved Issues
5.3.10. FlexMaster now allows additional special characters that ZoneDirector
supports.
6. Caveats, Limitations and Known Issues
This section lists the caveats, limitations, and known issues for FlexMaster,
ZoneDirector and ZoneFlex Access Points in this version. Please also refer to
previous (e.g., 9.4, 9.5) Release Notes documents for previously documented
caveats and limitations.
6.1. ZoneDirector
6.1.1. Web Interface
6.1.2. ZoneDirector release 9.6 supports the following Web browsers:
• Firefox 3.0 and later
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• Internet Explorer 7, IE 8, IE 9
• Chrome 5.0 and later
6.1.3. Spectrum Analysis
Spectrum analysis graphs may fail to display certain elements in Firefox v15.
Upgrading Firefox to v16 or later should resolve this problem. (ID ZF-1788)
Changing the Country Code while spectrum analysis is running may cause
ZF 7372 APs to reboot. (ID ZF-2002)
6.1.4. Multicast Filter
Multicast filter does not block all IPv6 multicast traffic. If both IPv6 addressing
and multicast filter are enabled, certain IPv6 traffic must still be allowed to
pass; for example, ICMPv6 neighbor discovery packets. (ID ZF-1930)
6.1.5. BYOD Onboarding Portal
iOS 6 devices may be unable to authenticate to a Hotspot WLAN with an
HTTPS login page using Safari browser, if the SSL certificate is not a third-
party certificate or the certificate is expired. This is due to a change in the way
iOS handles SSL certificates. (ID ZF-2392)
6.1.6. 64 SSIDs per AP
Deploying a large number of WLANs per AP radio can have a significant
performance impact due to excessive beaconing. Ruckus recommends
deploying no more than eight SSIDs per AP radio in most situations.
iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S clients may encounter difficulty associating to
802.1X WLANs when the maximum number of service WLANs is deployed on
an AP. (ID ZF-2135)
When max WLANs are deployed on an AP, clients may disconnect frequently
when ChannelFly is enabled. (ID ZF-2430)
Workaround: Disable ChannelFly and Background Scanning if more than 8
WLANs are deployed on an AP radio.
Client connection speed will be reduced when sending upstream data and 64
SSIDs are deployed on an AP. (ID ZF-2433)
6.1.7. 7761-CM and 7781CM
When a ZoneFlex 7761-CM or 7781CM Mesh AP is in one subnet and its
wired link is in another subnet, the mesh role is not rolled back after coax
uplink recovery. (ID ZF-1618)
6.1.8. Statistics Enhancements in 9.5.1
ZoneFlex version 9.5.1 includes statistics improvements to add further
granularity to measurements of network traffic and several bug fixes to
address irregularities in statistics collection and reporting. Due to timing
issues in releasing the code to the field, these changes have not been
included in 9.6, but they will be included in future releases. Most customers
will not notice these issues, but if you believe they would be of interest,
please refer to the 9.5.1 Release Notes for a list of statistics enhancements
made in that maintenance release.
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6.1.9. 802.11d Defaults
Some client devices may require 802.11d to be enabled for optimum
performance (iOS devices, for example), while others may require it to be
disabled (wireless barcode scanners, etc.). This option is enabled by default
for any WLANs created on ZoneDirector version 9.6 or later, and disabled by
default for any WLANs created running earlier versions. If upgrading from a
previous version to 9.6 or later, existing WLANs will retain their original
settings.
6.2. ZoneFlex Access Points
6.2.1. ZoneFlex 7782 Access Points may experience low uplink throughput
performance on the 5 GHz radio when sending 256 byte packets at low
attenuation levels compared to 128 byte packets. This issue does not affect
downlink performance and only occurs at lower attenuation levels. (ID ZF-
3439)
6.2.2. There is a known issue that may result in memory leaks on certain AP models
in specific configurations involving IPv6 in DHCP mode. For any IPv6
configuration, Ruckus recommends using the auto-configuration mode. (ID
ZF-3976)
6.3. FlexMaster
6.3.1. Web Interface
6.3.2. FlexMaster release 9.6 supports the following Web browsers:
• Firefox 3.0 and later
• Chrome 5.0 and later
• Safari 5.1.7 and later
• Internet Explorer 8 and 9
6.3.3. Internet Explorer 7 is not supported due to a critical compatibility issue. (ID
ZF-736, ZF-738)
6.3.4. General
6.3.5. Reports for APs with no user connectivity do not display correctly. (ID ZF-
1816)
6.3.6. FM incorrectly displays an error message when email is sent successfully. (ID
ZF-2081)
6.3.7. Connectivity graph data missing during backup and restore. (ID ZF-2058)
6.3.8. Event page does not display event when an AP’s WLAN number exceeds the
maximum. (ID ZF-2043)
6.3.9. ZD CPU cleared traps may be resent multiple times. (ID ZF-2027)
6.3.10. Inconsistency between graph and report when standalone AP is changed to
ZD-controlled AP. (ID ZF-1827)
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6.3.11. SpeedFlex report status shows 'Success' when SpeedFlex test fails. (ID ZF-
1630)
6.3.12. The roles defined by privilege levels in ZD & Standalone AP are inconsistent
with FM roles. (ID ZF-1377)
6.3.13. When exporting SSID Reports to a PDF file, the Query Time Line and Top-
Bar graphs may contain formatting errors if printing from Internet Explorer
browser. (ID ZF-1357)
6.3.14. On the Time Line graph, the parameter in the right Y-axis displays abnormally
in Internet Explorer browser. (ID ZF-1341)
6.3.15. Creating a ZoneDirector template may fail when logged into FlexMaster via
IPv6. (ID ZF-2278)
7. Interoperability Information
ZoneDirector and ZoneFlex APs use standard protocols to interoperate with third-
party Wi-Fi devices. Ruckus Wireless qualifies its functionality on the most
common clients.
The following client operating systems have been tested for compatibility with this
release, including Zero-IT activation to Ruckus Wireless WLANs:
• PC OS:
Windows XP Pro
Windows XP pro SP2
Windows XP Pro SP3
Windows 7 Ultimate
Windows 7 Home
Windows 7 Pro
Windows 8
Mac OS 10.6.8
Mac OS 10.8.3
• Smart Phone/Tablet OS:
iOS (4.3.3, 5.0.1, 5.1.1, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1.3)
Android (1.5, 2.1, 2.3.5, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1.1, 4.2.2)
Windows Phone (7.5)
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