Nortel ERS 5500 Software 6.1.2 Available

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 RADIUS. Here is a list of the new features;

Dynamic VLAN assignment from RADIUS server for EAP and non-EAP authenticated devices
802.1X Authentication, NEAP / MAC-based Authentication, and Guest VLAN functionality on the same port
802.1X Authentication and NEAP functionality with Radius, but with Radius response using VLAN names instead of VLAN ids
802.1X Authentication and NEAP with Fail-Open functionality
Support for DDI SFPs

As always I would strongly suggest you review the release notes for yourself.

Cheers!

ERS5500 SOFTWARE RELEASE

This entry was posted by Michael McNamara on December 28, 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 svl0r 2 years ago
Kinda not worth upgrading until they release 6.1.3. At least for me it would nice to have the IST problem fixed. This way I can upgrade my DMZ core and switches.
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#2 written by Dan 1 year ago
I upgraded to 6.1.2.029 and now I get all of my switches trying to use the user name “nortel” to login using window IAS. I had radius set up on these switches but I’ve had to remove it because of this upgrade. It’s flooding our logs with bad logins. Any ideas why?
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- #3 written by Michael McNamara 1 year ago
  Hi Dan,
  I’ve noticed that as well but haven’t had time to dig into the problem. I’m wondering if the port based EAPoL process is trying to authenticate to the IAS/RADIUS server in preparation for authenticating EAPoL connections?
  Thankfully I only have a few lab switches setup testing RADIUS.
  If you can a support case to Avaya/Nortel might help. If I discover anything I’ll post back here.
  Good Luck!
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#4 written by Dan 1 year ago
Michael,
Great site. I used it to setup my SNMPV3 settings. I went on Nortel’s ERS forum and got this answer from a guy there:
http://community.nortel.com/go/thread/5309?tstart=0
Hi Dan,
this “feature” cant currently disabled. In version 6.2.x it will be changed from Radius-Request to ICMP-Ping, but this will be also not be disabled.
This feature must/will be available for EAPoL-FailOpen.
The workaround is to configure the radius-server to accept that request.
good luck
matthias.neumann
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- #5 written by Michael McNamara 1 year ago
  Thanks for the feedback Dan!
  I always get excited when folks come back and help add to the discussion and/or topic if they learn something new.
  Cheers!
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#6 written by Todd 1 year ago
Is it possible to set up an IST on a 5xxx (namely, 5632) with the base license? Or is the Advanced License required for IST?
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