Nortel 2500 Seriess Operator's manual

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series
Documentation Roadmap
Release: 4.2
Document Revision: 01.01
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Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series
Release: 4.2
Publication: NN47215-103
Document release date: 27 October 2008
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Contents
Software license 5
New in this release 9
Features 9
Other changes 9
New documents 9
Introduction 11
Roadmap 13
Customer documentation packaging 13
Product Fundamentals 14
Installation and Commissioning 15
Upgrades and Patches 16
Operations 16
Administration and Security 17
Fault and Performance Management 18
Documentation file formats 18
Information quality 19
Text conventions 21
Angle brackets 21
Bold or Bold Courier text 21
Braces 22
Brackets 22
Ellipses 22
Italic text 22
Plain Courier text 22
Separator 22
Vertical bar 23
cr convention 23
Modular, task-based information 25
Task-based documentation 25
How to use task-based documentation 26
Task flow overview 26
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Work flows, task flows, and procedures 27
Purpose statements 27
Prerequisites 27
Work flows or task flows 27
Procedure steps 28
Example procedures 28
Variable definitions 28
Job aid 28
Task-based documentation terms 28
Customer service 29
Updated versions of documentation 29
How to get help 29
Express Routing Codes 29
Additional information 30
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Software license
This section contains the Nortel Networks software license.
Nortel Networks Inc. software license agreement
This Software License Agreement ("License Agreement") is between
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related licensed materials including all whole or partial copies. Nortel
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where you acquired the Software. You obtain no rights other than those
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obtained from the Software.
1. Licensed Use of Software. Nortel Networks grants Customer a
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anyone who uses the Software does so only in compliance with the terms
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of this Agreement. Customer shall not a) use, copy, modify, transfer
or distribute the Software except as expressly authorized; b) reverse
assemble, reverse compile, reverse engineer or otherwise translate the
Software; c) create derivative works or modifications unless expressly
authorized; or d) sublicense, rent or lease the Software. Licensors of
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Upon termination or breach of the license by Customer or in the event
designated hardware or CFE is no longer in use, Customer will promptly
return the Software to Nortel Networks or certify its destruction. Nortel
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provided by Nortel Networks with respect to such third party software.
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writing between Nortel Networks and Customer, Software is provided
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NETWORKS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES (CONDITIONS) FOR THE
SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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NON-INFRINGEMENT. Nortel Networks is not obligated to provide support
of any kind for the Software. Some jurisdictions do not allow exclusion
of implied warranties, and, in such event, the above exclusions may not
apply.
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NETWORKS OR ITS AGENTS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
OF THE FOLLOWING: a) DAMAGES BASED ON ANY THIRD PARTY
CLAIM; b) LOSS OF, OR DAMAGE TO, CUSTOMER’S RECORDS,
FILES OR DATA; OR c) DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,
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YOUR USE OF THE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF NORTEL NETWORKS,
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developer and/or supplier of the Software. Such developer and/or supplier
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4. General
1. If Customer is the United States Government, the following paragraph
shall apply: All Nortel Networks Software available under this License
Agreement is commercial computer software and commercial computer
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software documentation and, in the event Software is licensed for
or on behalf of the United States Government, the respective rights
to the software and software documentation are governed by Nortel
Networks standard commercial license in accordance with U.S. Federal
Regulations at 48 C.F.R. Sections 12.212 (for non-DoD entities) and
48 C.F.R. 227.7202 (for DoD entities).
2. Customer may terminate the license at any time. Nortel Networks
may terminate the license if Customer fails to comply with the terms
and conditions of this license. In either event, upon termination,
Customer must either return the Software to Nortel Networks or certify
its destruction.
3. Customer is responsible for payment of any taxes, including personal
property taxes, resulting from Customer’s use of the Software.
Customer agrees to comply with all applicable laws including all
applicable export and import laws and regulations.
4. Neither party may bring an action, regardless of form, more than two
years after the cause of the action arose.
5. The terms and conditions of this License Agreement form the complete
and exclusive agreement between Customer and Nortel Networks.
6. This License Agreement is governed by the laws of the country in
which Customer acquires the Software. If the Software is acquired in
the United States, then this License Agreement is governed by the
laws of the state of New York.
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New in this release
The following section details what’s new in Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch
2500 Series Documentation Roadmap (NN47215-103) for Release 4.2:
•“Features” (page 9)
•“Other changes” (page 9)
Features This document describes no new features.
Other changes
See the following sections for information about changes that are not
feature-related:
•“New documents” (page 9)
New documents
Release 4.2 includes the following new documents:
•Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Terminology
(NN47215-101 )
•Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Fundamentals
(NN47215-102)
•Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Documentation Roadmap
(NN47215-103)
•Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series Configuration — IP
Routing and Multicast (NN47215-503)
For more information about new documents, see “Roadmap” (page 13).
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