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Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600

Administration
Release: 5.1 Document Revision: 02.05

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Contents
Software license New in this release
Features 19 Configuring the time zone 19 Feature licensing 19 SF/CPU High Availability mode 19 Memory size for secondary CPU 20 FTP, TFTP, and rlogin support for IPv6 addresses Other changes 20 Default parameters 20 Controlling link state changes 21 Enabling the high availability mode 21 Installing a license file 21 Customerservice 21 Record reservation 21 Viewing power supply parameters 21 Feature Licensing 22 Document update 22

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Introduction System startup fundamentals
Boot sequence 25 Stage 1: Loading the boot monitor image 26 Stage 2: Loading the boot configuration 26 Stage 3: Loading the run-time image 27 Stage 4: Loading the switch configuration file 27 Boot sequence modification 29 Bootprocess and run-time process 33 Boot image verification 33 Boot monitor 34 Run-time 34 System flags 35 Clock synchronization 37

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Bootparameter configuration using the CLI
Job aid 44 Accessing the boot monitor 47 Configuring the boot monitor 48 Modifying the boot sequence 51 Enabling or disabling remote access services 51 Accessing the boot monitor CLI 52 Modifying the boot monitor CLI operation 53 Modifying the boot sequence from the run-time CLI 54 Changing the boot source order 54 Example of changing the boot source order 56Configuring the standby-to-master delay 56 Configuring system flags 56 Configuring the remote host logon 64 Specifying the master SF/CPU 65 Configuring SF/CPU network port devices 66 Configuring SF/CPU serial port devices 69 Job aid 72 Configuring the time zone 76 Enabling remote access services from the run-time CLI 78 Displaying the boot monitor configuration 79

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Boot parameter configurationusing the NNCLI
Job aid 82 Accessing the boot monitor 85 Accessing the boot monitor from the run-time environment Configuring the boot monitor 86 Modifying the boot sequence 87 Enabling remote access services 88 Changing the boot source order 89 Example of changing the boot source order 90 Configuring the standby-to-master delay 90 Configuring system flags 91 Configuring the remote host logon 99Specifying the master SF/CPU 101 Configuring SF/CPU network port devices 101 Configuring SF/CPU serial port devices 103 Job aid 106 Configuring the time zone 111 Displaying the boot monitor configuration 114
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Run-time processmanagement using the CLI
Job aid 117 Configuring the date 121 Configuring the run-time CLI 122 Configuring the CLI logon banner 124 Configuring the message-of-the-day 125 Configuring command logging 125 Configuring individual system-level switch parameters 126 Example of configuring system-level switch parameters 130 Synchronizing the real-time and system clocks 131 Creating a virtual management port...