Nortel ERS 8600 Software 5.0.1.0 Available

ers8006_lo Nortel has released software 5.0.1.0 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. This software promises to bring forward all the fixes/changes introduced in the 4.1.8.2 code along with support for virtualization and the new RS modules.

You can find the release notes here at Nortel’s website.

I’ve been running 5.0.1.0 in a testlab environment betweeen a cluster of ERS 8600 switches (IST/SMLT) for the past 30+ days without any issues or problems.

Cheers!

ERS8600 SOFTWARE RELEASE

This entry was posted by Michael McNamara on April 19, 2009 at 11:00 pm, and is filed under EthernetRtngSwitch, Nortel. Follow any responses to this post through RSS 2.0.You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

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#1 written by hackez 2 years ago
Just installed it today on one box and enabled the HA. Seems it passed the 3 hour crash that happened with 5.0.0.1 and JDM is fixed and its FAST!!!! Haven’t had time to setup a cluster with SMLT yet.
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#2 written by SoNix 2 years ago
Just Installed The 5.0.1.0 on my 2 8600 Boxes.
Anyone tried the RSMTL-EDGE Support ? ( Square Topololy with 2 x 8600, and 2 x 1624 ). I’m having strange problems… (8600-4 links-IST – 1624 2 link IST, each 1624 is connected to each 8600.)
Some weirds problems occurs with the RSMTL Enabled… Anyone Noticed problems? Unable to ping some IP(s) inside the VLAN.
Thing that i need to test out :
– With 5.0.0.1, i was unable to change the password RWA on my 8600.
And Yep Finally the JDM is FAST!!! VRF Switch is now Fast, Get IP from VLAN(s) is FAST…
Thanx for your reply.
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#3 written by hackez 2 years ago
Nope. But all I know is that HA works fine. It’s been up for about a week now and hasn’t gone down. Yeah It’s sweet to see JDM work correctly on 5.0.1.0. I know that if you use the out-band mgmt on the CPU itself. JDM works fine in 5.0.0.1. Hahha go figure.
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#4 written by Neil 2 years ago
Thanks for the comments – I’m setting up two 8600 chassis in an IST config using HA. The positive comments are good to hear. We’re on our way to a square topology with 4×8600 (2 server – 2 core) and would appreciate any further info about RSMLT behaviour.
Kindest Regards!
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