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Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Documentation Roadmap Release: 4.2 Document Revision: 01.01 www.nortel.com NN47215-103 .[...]

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Release: 4.2 Publication: NN47215-103 Document release date: 27 October 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks All Rights Reserved. Printed in Canada and the United States of America LEGAL NOTICE While the information in this document is believed to be accurate and reliable, except as otherwise expressly a[...]

3 . Contents Software license 5 New in this release 9 Features 9 Other changes 9 New documents 9 Introduction 11 Roadmap 13 Customer documentation packaging 13 Product Fundamentals 14 Installation and Commissioning 15 Upgrades and Patches 16 Operations 16 Administration and Security 17 Fault and Performance Management 18 Documentation file formats [...]

4 Work flows, task flows, and procedures 27 Purpose statements 27 Prerequisites 27 Work flows or task flows 27 Procedure steps 28 Example procedures 28 Variable definitions 28 Job aid 28 Task-based documentation terms 28 Customer service 29 Updated versions of documentation 29 How to get help 29 Express Routing Codes 29 Additional information 30 No[...]

5 . Software license This section contains the Nortel Networks software license. Nortel Networks Inc. software license agreement This Software License Agreement ("License Agreement") is between you, the end-user ("Customer") and Nortel Networks Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates ("Nortel Networks"). PLEASE[...]

6 Software license of this Agreement. Customer shall not a) use, copy, modify, transfer or distribute the Software except as expressly authorized; b) reverse assemble, reverse compile, reverse engineer or otherwise translate the Software; c) create derivative works or modifications unless expressly authorized; or d) sublicense, rent or lease the So[...]

Nortel Networks Inc. software license agreement 7 software documentation and, in the event Software is licensed for or on behalf of the United States Government, the respective rights to the software and software documentation are governed by Nortel Networks standard commercial license in accordance with U.S. Federal Regulations at 48 C.F.R. Sectio[...]

8 Software license Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Documentation Roadmap NN47215-103 01.01 27 October 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks .[...]

9 . Ne w in this release The following section details what’s new in Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Documentation Roadmap (NN47215-103) for Release 4.2: • “Features” (page 9) • “Other changes” (page 9) Features This document describes no new features. Other changes See the following sections for information about changes t[...]

10 New in this release Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Documentation Roadmap NN47215-103 01.01 27 October 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks .[...]

11 . Intr oduction This document explains the organization of the technical documentation for the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Release 4.2. Use this document to understand where you can find specific types of information in the customer documentation suite. Navigation • “Roadmap” (page 13) • “Information quality” (page 19)[...]

12 Introduction Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Documentation Roadmap NN47215-103 01.01 27 October 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks .[...]

13 . Roadmap This section is a roadmap for the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series documentation. Use this section to find the correct document for the task you need to perform. Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series technical documents are structured with an emphasis on the tasks you perform. Navigation • “Customer documentation pac[...]

14 Roadmap Figure 1 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series documentation packaging Product Fundamentals Product Fundamentals documentation includes product overview and information that applies to all areas of the product. Table 1 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series product fundamentals documents Document title Description Nortel Etherne[...]

Installation and Commissioning 15 Table 1 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series product fundamentals documents (cont’d.) Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series — Fundamentals (NN47215-102) This document provides instructions to use the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series user interfaces, including Nort[...]

16 Roadmap Table 2 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series installation and commissioning documents (cont’d.) Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Installation — SFPs (NN47215-301) This document provides instructions to install small form factor pluggable transceivers, 10 Gigabit small form factor pluggable t[...]

Administration and Security 17 The following table describes Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series operations documents. Table 4 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series operations documents Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration — VLANs, Spanning Tree, and Multi-Link Trunking (NN47215-501) This[...]

18 Roadmap Table 5 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series administration and security documents Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration — Security (NN47215-505) This document provides procedures and conceptual information to administer and configure security features for the Nortel Ethernet Routing [...]

19 . Inf ormation quality Nortel technical documents are tested by subject matter experts (SMEs) throughout the product development lifecycle. SMEs from Design, Product Verification (PV), Product Line Management (PLM), Verification Office (VO), and Global Network Product Support (GNPS), all contribute to document quality. Nortel releases technical [...]

20 Information quality Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Documentation Roadmap NN47215-103 01.01 27 October 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks .[...]

21 . T e xt con ventions This chapter describes the text conventions used in the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series documentation. Navigation • “Angle brackets” (page 21) • “Bold or Bold Courier text” (page 21) • “Braces” (page 22) • “Brackets” (page 22) • “Ellipses” (page 22) • “Italic text” (page 22) ?[...]

22 Text conventions Example: Protocols , IP identifies the IP command on the Protocols menu. Braces Braces ({ }) indicate required elements in syntax descriptions where more than one option is available. You must choose only one option. Do not type the braces when you enter the command. Example: If the command syntax is show ip {alerts|routes} , yo[...]

cr convention 23 V er tical bar A vertical bar ( | ) separates choices for command keywords and arguments. Enter only one choice. Do not type the vertical line when you enter the command. Example: If the command syntax is show ip {alerts|routes} , you enter either show ip alerts or show ip routes , but not both. cr con vention In NNCLI procedures, [...]

24 Text conventions Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Documentation Roadmap NN47215-103 01.01 27 October 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks .[...]

25 . Modular , task-based inf ormation Modular, task-based information (MTBI) is a quick reference for using the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series task-based documentation. MTBI describes the structure of task-based information and how it can be used most effectively. Navigation • “Task-based documentation” (page 25) • “How to us[...]

26 Modular, task-based information How to use task-based documentation In task-based documentation, procedural information is included in the document. Conceptual and reference information is provided, and the user is guided on how to use conceptual and reference material by identified prerequisites or direct links and references. The user navigate[...]

Work flows, task flows, and procedures 27 The task flows guide you through activities to use the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series, whether it is configuration, upgrading, installation, maintenance, or troubleshooting. Each flow provides the prerequisites and links to the tasks or procedures. To perform or refer to a procedure, always foll[...]

28 Modular, task-based information Procedure steps Procedures provide numerical steps that help you perform the procedure. Each step is a single action. Example procedures Some procedures use examples to show how to correctly perform the procedure with realistic settings. V ariable definitions Variable definitions provide the possible values, rang[...]

29 . Customer service Visit the Nortel Web site to access the complete range of services and support that Nortel provides. Go to w ww.norte l.com or go to one of the pages listed in the following sections. Navigation • “Updated versions of documentation” (page 29) • “How to get help” (page 29) • “Express Routing Codes” (page 29) ?[...]

30 Customer service Additional inf ormation Use the information in the following table to access other areas of the Nortel Web site. For information about Contact Contact Us h ttp://www.nortel.com/contactus Documentation feedback h ttp://www.nortel.com/documentfeedback Products (marketing) h ttp://www.nortel.com/product Partner Information Center ([...]

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Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Documentation Roadmap Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks All Rights Reserved. Printed in Canada and the United States of America Release: 4.2 Publication: NN47215-103 Document revision: 01.01 Document release date: 27 October 2008 To provide feedback or to report a problem in this document, go to www.nortel[...]