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[ad name="ad-articlebodysq"]In part 1 of this post I provided a pretty simple example of an LACP LAG between two Nortel switches. In this post I'll provide another example with a small twist thrown in; we'll terminate the LAG on two ERS 8600 switches … [Continue reading]
I thought I would take a few minutes and outline a few quick LACP configuration examples using Nortel Ethernet Switch 470s, Ethernet Routing Switch 5520s and Ethernet Routing Switch 8600s. Nortel's LACP implementation conforms to the IEEE 802.3ad … [Continue reading]
Nortel has released software 5.1.1 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. Here some the SMLT/IST fixes from the release notes;In RSMLT edge support enabled mode, the creation of a new RSMLT enabled VLAN interface only on one aggregation box will … [Continue reading]
HP's Virtual Connect supports a feature called Smart Link, a network enabled with Smart Link automatically drops link to the server ports if all uplink ports lose link. This feature is very similar to the Uplink Failure Detection (UFD) that is … [Continue reading]
You've just installed a 8630GBR into your Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 and you observe the following on the serial console;CPU5 [08/04/09 11:54:53] SW INFO R-Module inserted: Slot=7 Type=8630GBR, waiting to bootup... CPU5 [08/04/09 11:54:59] … [Continue reading]