Factory Reset Nortel Ethernet Switch
There can be times when you need to factory reset a switch. This process can be accomplished through the CLI but if you’ve lost the switch password you’ll need to follow a special process. This process...
View ArticleFactory Reset Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch
I’ve received a few inquires about how to reset the password and configuration on a Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. In a previous article I showed everyone how to reset the configuration (and...
View ArticleDefault Nortel Ethernet Switch Usernames
If you’ve ever tried to connect to the web interface of a Nortel Ethernet Switch 460/470 or Ethernet Routing Switch 5510/5520/5530 you might have found that you need to provide a username. In software...
View ArticleHow to set passwords from the CLI?
There have been quite a few comments posted to the Factory Reset Nortel Ethernet Switch article. One of those comments requested some help in how to set the passwords from the CLI (command line...
View ArticleNetwork Time Protocol (NTP)
I’m sometimes amazed at how many large organizations don’t have a centralized Network Time Protocol (NTP) server setup and devices configured appropriately. When troubleshooting a problem it’s vital...
View ArticleExpect Script – Daylight Saving Time
In one of my previous posts entitled, Network Time Protocol (NTP), I discussed how to setup a network time protocol sever and how to configure the Nortel Ethernet Switch and Ethernet Routing Switches...
View ArticleReload command on Nortel Switches
In today’s demanding business environments a lot of changes need to be made remotely and sometimes even the best laid plans go south. Thankfully Nortel offers the “reload” command in their Ethernet...
View ArticleChanging SNMP Community Strings
In this day and age it’s not a very good idea to leave the default SNMP community strings configured in any network electronics. The general default configuration uses public for read-only and private...
View ArticleEthernet Routing Switch 4500 Software Release v5.4
Avaya has released software 5.4 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 series switch. New features; 802.1AB (LLDP) MED Network Policy CLI 802.1D Compliancy Support ADAC and Auto QoS Interoperability ADAC...
View ArticleAvaya Technical Configuration Guide for IPFIX
Avaya has released an updated technical configuration guide detailing how to configure IPFIX on the Ethernet Routing Switch 4500, 5000, 8300 and 8600. The document goes into detail documenting how to...
View ArticleAvaya Enterprise Device Manager – Help Files
Over the past few days I’ve been working with an Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 (v5.4.1) and an Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 5520 (v6.2.1) which both utilize Avaya’s new Enterprise Device Manager...
View ArticleRIP on an Ethernet Routing Switch
In this post I’m going to continue to explore the stackable Avaya Ethernet Routing Switches. I’m going to demonstrate how to configure RIP between an Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4548GT-PWR and an...
View ArticleEthernet Routing Switch 4500 Software Release v5.5
Avaya has released software 5.5 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 series switch. 802.1AB customization 802.1AB integration 802.1X non-EAP Accounting 802.1X non-EAP re-authentication 802.1AB new...
View ArticleAvaya Ethernet Routing Switches and non-ADAC VLANs
I recently stumbled across this little tidbit and thought I would share it with everyone here. Up until recently if you wanted to change the default VLAN (the data VLAN for the IP phones) on a port...
View ArticleEthernet Routing Switch 4000 Software Release v5.6
Avaya has released software 5.6 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 4000 series switch. In combination with this software release Avaya is releasing six new switch models; Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch...
View ArticleuntagAll vs tagAll on Avaya Ethernet Routing Switches
This is probably the most often referred to topic both on the forums and here on my blog. After finding it in the top 10 keyword searches to my blog this morning I decided to try and write up a new...
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Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4800 Series – Configuration Template
This is a follow-up post to my wildly popular article entitled, Nortel ERS 5520 PwR Switch which I posted back in October 2007 providing a working configuration for an Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch...
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