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Nortel has announced the successor to the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. It's their next generation data center switch which promises to be truly ahead of it's time geared specifically at virtualization.The VSP 9000 will provide PLSB (Provider Link … [Continue reading]
Nortel has released software 5.1 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. This new software release promises the following new software features; • Multicast virtualization for VRF-Lite (IGMP, PIM-SM, and PIM-SSM) • Multicast Source Discovery Protocol … [Continue reading]
Nortel has released software 5.1.4 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series switches. While there are a number of bug fixes in this software release the one feature added involves and 802.1 AB MED enhancement. The purpose of this feature is to … [Continue reading]
Yes I'm admitting that I need to post some new content here...I've literally been wrapped up in a large (400+ handset) Nortel IP Telephony deployment not to mention dozens of other projects including such topics as virtualization and managed data … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]