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Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Documentation Roadmap Release: 5.0 Document Revision: 01.01 www.nortel.com NN46205-103 323615-A Rev 01 .[...]

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Release: 5.0 Publication: NN46205-103 Document status: Standard Document release date: 19 May 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks All Rights Reserved. Printed in Canada, India, and the United States of America LEGAL NOTICE While the information in this document is believed to be accurate and reliable, except a[...]

3 . Contents Software license 5 New in this release 9 Features 9 Other changes 9 Information quality 9 Modular task-based information 9 New documents 10 Renamed documents 10 Reorganized documents 13 Discontinued documents 13 Introduction 17 Roadmap 19 Customer documentation packaging 19 Product Fundamentals 20 Planning and Engineering 21 Installati[...]

4 Vertical bar 35 cr convention 35 Modular, task-based information 37 Task-based documentation 37 How is task-based documentation used? 38 Task flow overview 38 Work flows, task flows, and procedures 39 Purpose statements 39 Prerequisites 39 Work flows or task flows 39 Procedure steps 39 Example procedures 40 Variable definitions 40 Job aid 40 Task[...]

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 8600 Documentation Roadmap NN46205-103 01.01 Standard 19 May 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks .[...]

9 . Ne w in this release The following section details what’s new in Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Documentation Roadmap, NN46205-103 for Release 5.0: • “Features” (page 9) • “Other changes” (page 9) Features This document describes no feature changes. Other changes For information about changes that are not feature-related, see[...]

10 New in this release New documents Release 5.0 includes the following new documents: • Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Terminology, NN46205-102 • Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Documentation Roadmap, NN46205-103 • Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Commissioning, NN46205-319 • Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Configuration ?[...]

Other changes 11 Table 1 Renamed documents (cont’d.) Previous document title Release 5.0 document title Installing a Fan Tray in a Ethernet Routing Switch 8000 Series Chassis, 312752-E Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Installation — Cooling Module, NN46205-302 Installing the Breaker Interface Panel for the 8010co Chassis, 312755-G Nortel Eth[...]

12 New in this release Table 1 Renamed documents (cont’d.) Previous document title Release 5.0 document title Installing and Using Device Manager, 316341-D Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 User Interface Fundamentals, NN46205-308 Configuring Internet Group Membership Authentication Protocol (IGAP), 316343-D Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 [...]

Other changes 13 Reorganized documents Configuring VLANs, Spanning Tree, and Link Aggregation, 314725-E is divided into the two following documents for Release 5.0: • Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Configuration — VLANs and Spanning Tree, NN46205-517 • Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Configuration — Link Aggregation, MLT, and SMLT,[...]

14 New in this release Table 2 Discontinued documents (cont’d.) Previous release document Content covered in Important Security Information for the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600, 314997-E Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Quick Start, NN46205-310 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Security, NN46205-601 Using the Packet Capture Tool (PCAP), 3150[...]

Other changes 15 Table 2 Discontinued documents (cont’d.) Previous release document Content covered in Configuring the Web Switching Module using Device Manager, 314995-C Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Web Switching Module Fundamentals, NN46205-314 Managing Platform Operations, 315545-E Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Planning and Engine[...]

16 New in this release Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Documentation Roadmap NN46205-103 01.01 Standard 19 May 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks .[...]

17 . Intr oduction This document explains the organization of the technical documentation for Release 5.0 of the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. Use this document to understand where you can find specific types of information in the customer documentation suite. Navigation • “Roadmap” (page 19) • “Information quality” (page 31) •[...]

18 Introduction Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Documentation Roadmap NN46205-103 01.01 Standard 19 May 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks .[...]

19 . Roadmap This section is a roadmap for the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 documentation. Use this section to find the correct document for the task you need to perform. Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 technical documents are structured with an emphasis on the tasks you perform. Navigation • “Customer documentation packaging” (pag[...]

20 Roadmap Figure 1 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 documentation packaging Product Fundamentals The Product Fundamentals job function is a package of documentation that includes overview information about the product and product documentation. Information that applies to all areas of the product is also included in the Product Fundamentals job[...]

Planning and Engineering 21 Table 3 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 product fundamentals documents Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Firewall and Intrusion Sensor Fundamentals, NN46205-100 This document provides procedures and conceptual information to administer and configure the Service Delivery Module Firewall 1,[...]

22 Roadmap Table 4 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 planning and engineering documents Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Planning and Engineering — Network Design, NN46205-200 This document provides information to help you build robust, efficient Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 networks. The document describes [...]

Installation and Commissioning 23 Table 5 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 installation and commissioning documents (cont’d.) Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Installation — SFP, XFP, GBIC, and OADM Hardware Components, NN46205-320 This document provides procedures to install small form factor pluggable transcei[...]

24 Roadmap Upgrades and P atches Upgrades and Patches documentation includes information to upgrade software and hardware components. The following table shows the documents for this job function. Table 6 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 upgrades and patches documents Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Upgrades — So[...]

Operations 25 Table 7 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 administration and security documents Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Security, NN46205-601 This document provides procedures and conceptual information to administer and configure of security features for the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. Nortel Etherne[...]

26 Roadmap Table 8 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 operations documents (cont’d.) Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Configuration — Ethernet Modules, NN46205-503 This document describes how to configure and monitor the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Ethernet modules. Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Conf[...]

Operations 27 Table 8 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 operations documents (cont’d.) Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Configuration — IGAP, NN46205-512 This document describes the IGMP for Internet Group Membership Authentication Protocol and how it is implemented in the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. Nor[...]

28 Roadmap Table 8 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 operations documents (cont’d.) Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Configuration — OSPF and RIP, NN46205-522 This document provides procedures and conceptual information to administer and configure Open Shortest Path First and Routing Information Protocol. Nortel [...]

Documentation file formats 29 Table 9 Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 fault and performance management documents (cont’d.) Document title Description Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Troubleshooting, NN46205-703 This document describes common problems and error messages with the techniques to resolve them as well as information about traps[...]

30 Roadmap Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Documentation Roadmap NN46205-103 01.01 Standard 19 May 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks .[...]

31 . Inf ormation quality The Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 customer documentation uses three designations to indicate the quality verification level for the information. Each designation indicates the quality testing level that the documentation passed. The quality designation also indicates how the documentation is released. The three quali[...]

32 Information quality Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Documentation Roadmap NN46205-103 01.01 Standard 19 May 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks .[...]

33 . T e xt con ventions This section describes the text conventions used in the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 documentation. Navigation • “Angle brackets ” (page 33) • “Bold or Bold Courier text” (page 33) • “Braces” (page 34) • “Brackets” (page 34) • “Ellipses” (page 34) • “Italic text” (page 34) • “P[...]

34 Text conventions Example: Enter show ip {alerts|routes} . 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 comma[...]

cr convention 35 Example: Protocols , IP identifies the IP command on the Protocols menu. 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 aler[...]

36 Text conventions Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Documentation Roadmap NN46205-103 01.01 Standard 19 May 2008 Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks .[...]

37 . Modular , task-based inf ormation Modular, task-based information (MTBI) is a quick reference for using the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 task-based documentation. MTBI describes the structure of task-based information and how it can be used most effectively. Navigation • “Task-based documentation” (page 37) • “How is task-base[...]

38 Modular, task-based information Figure 2 Work flows, task flows, and procedures in task-based documentation How is task-based documentation used? In task-based documentation, procedural information is included in the document. Supporting conceptual and reference information is provided, and the user is guided on how to use conceptual and referen[...]

Work flows, task flows, and procedures 39 The task flows guide you through activities to use the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600, 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 follow the [...]

40 Modular, task-based information Example procedures Some procedures use examples to show how to correctly perform the procedure with realistic settings. Variable definitions Variable definitions provide the possible values, ranges, or definitions of variables used in the procedure steps. If variables are not used in the procedure, then the variab[...]

41 . Customer service Visit the Nortel Web site to access the complete range of services and support that Nortel provides. Go to w ww.nortel.com , or go to one of the pages listed in the following sections. Navigation • “Updated versions of documentation” (page 41) • “Getting help” (page 41) • “Express Routing Codes” (page 41) •[...]

42 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 w ww.nortel.com/contactus Documentation feedback w ww.nortel.com/documentfeedback Products (marketing) w ww.nortel.com/products Partner Information Center (PIC) www.nortel.com/[...]

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Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Documentation Roadmap Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks All Rights Reserved. Printed in Canada, India, and the United States of America Release: 5.0 Publication: NN46205-103 Document status: Standard Document revision: 01.01 Document release date: 19 May 2008 To provide feedback or to report a problem in this doc[...]