about 1 week ago - 3 comments
Avaya has released software 6.2.0.200/201 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500/5600 series switches. The following issues were identified and resolved in this release; SMLT – IST/SMLTs may bounce every 2-3 hours (Q02161349) Issue was present on 56XX devices when used as IST peers. Issue not present on 55XX devices. ERS5600 vt6.2-trials: ARP table timeout (Q02162399).
about 2 weeks ago - 11 comments
Avaya has released software 6.1.4.0 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500/5600 series switch. New Features Ability to set password, username and type of security for any switch in stack (Q02132910, Q02143365) The 6.1.4 release includes the ability to set password, username and type of authentication for any switch in stack. I can’t really see (right
about 1 month ago - 12 comments
Avaya has released software 6.2.0 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500/5600 series switches. In order to upgrade to 6.2 software the switch will already need to be running 6.x software along with firmware (diagnostic software) 6.0.0.6. Switches that are running older software will need to first be upgraded to 6.0 and then to 6.2 software.
about 3 months ago - No comments
Avaya has released software 6.1.3.0 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500/5600 series switch. New Features Stack Health Monitoring and Recovery Modify 802.1ab detection mechanism in ADAC to ensure full compatibility with the Avaya IP handsets (Q02109202). Problems Resolved After upgrading from 6.0 to 6.1, interface names for the non-base unit were lost (Q02024643, Q02019044) Using
about 5 months ago - No comments
Nortel has released software 6.0.5 for the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 series switches. Here’s the list of added features; Total system uptime in days since first power up Support for DDI SFPs Improved 802.1AB detection to work with Avaya Ip Handsets (Q02109202) Shared port enhancement Here’s the list of bug fixes; Radius Accounting Configuration
about 5 months ago - No comments
Avaya/Nortel has released a technical support bulletin documenting an issue that may arise regarding the NVRAM (flash memory) on the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500. Apparently the auto-save feature may be exhausting the number of writes that the physical flash memory is capable of. If the switch is configured with MAC address security, a feature that
about 6 months ago - 1 comment
You’ll recall that back in December 2009 I wrote a post about the upcoming release of 7.0 software the the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. At that time the software was in Controlled Availability (CA) and wasn’t expected to transition to General Availability (GA) until March 2010. It seems that Nortel/Avaya are starting to get their
about 8 months ago - 6 comments
Nortel has released software 6.1.2 for the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 series switches. This includes the Ethernet Routing Switch 5510/5520/5530/5698/5650/5632. While there are a number of fixes in this software release there are some very interesting new features primarily concerned with VLAN assigned through 802.1x authentication (both EAP and non-EAP clients) in conjunction with
about 8 months ago - 23 comments
This week I took on the task of upgrading a pair of Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600s from 4.1.8.0 to 5.1.1.1 software. I used the opportunity to ‘test’ out the upgrade process and procedure for a much larger site that I will be upgrading next week. The site that I upgraded has two ERS 8600
about 10 months ago - 8 comments
Here’s a quick tutorial on how to configure SNMP v3 for the ERS8600,ERS1600, and ERS5500. In this day and age it is becoming more and more paramount to secure the network infrastructure and SNMP v3 is just another evolution in that process. The commands documented below are fairly straight forward and while the syntax might
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