Nortel 1750 User manual

Version 7.05.300
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318022-C Rev 01
November 2007
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USA requirements only
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Compliance Notice: Radio Frequency Notice
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when
the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy. If it is not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, it may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which
case users will be required to take whatever measures may be necessary to correct the interference at their own expense.

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European requirements only
EN 55 022 statement
This is to certify that the Nortel Networks VPN Router 1750 is shielded against the generation of radio interference in
accordance with the application of Council Directive 89/336/EEC, Article 4a. Conformity is declared by the application
of EN 55 022 Class A (CISPR 22).
Warning: This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which
case, the user may be required to take appropriate measures.
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interférences radioélectriques, il appartiendra alors à l’utilisateur de prendre les mesures spécifiques appropriées.
EC Declaration of Conformity
This product conforms (or these products conform) to the provisions of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC.
Japan/Nippon requirements only
Denan statement
Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement

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Taiwan requirements
Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) statement
Canada requirements only
Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations
This digital apparatus (VPN Router 1750) does not exceed the Class A limits for radio-noise emissions from digital
apparatus as set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.
Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique du ministère des Communications
Cet appareil numérique (VPN Router 1750) respecte les limites de bruits radioélectriques visant les appareils
numériques de classe A prescrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique du ministère des Communications
du Canada.
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Contents
New in this release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
How to get help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Finding the latest updates on the Nortel Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Getting help from the Nortel Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Getting help over the phone from a Nortel Solutions Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Getting help from a specialist by using an Express Routing Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Getting help through a Nortel distributor or reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Text conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Printed technical manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 1
Cabling the VPN Router and turning the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Connecting communications cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Connecting the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Verifying a successful installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Understanding the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Front panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
LEDs on the system 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
10/100BASE-TX Ethernet interface card LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
1000BASE-T (1000 MT) Ethernet interface card LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
1000BASE-SX Ethernet interface card LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
56/64K CSU/DSU WAN interface card LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
ADSL WAN interface card LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Quad T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Single V.35/X.21 WAN interface card LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SSL VPN Module 1000 LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 2
Installing the Nortel VPN Router 1750 chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Description of the Nortel VPN Router 1750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Preparing to install the Nortel VPN Router 1750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Shipment contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Additional equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Hardware for mounting the chassis in an equipment rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Site requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Installing the chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Installing the chassis on a flat surface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Installing the chassis in an equipment rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rack-mount recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Attaching the shelf in the equipment rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Mounting the chassis in the equipment rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 3
Installing option cards and DIMMs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Shutting down the system to add or replace hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Removing the front bezel and top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Attaching the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Installing and replacing option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Installing the SSL VPN Module 1000 with other option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Installing and replacing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Installing and replacing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 4
Configuring the management IP interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Required information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Configuring the management IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Testing the configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Appendix A
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chassis specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
System ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
10/100BASE-TX Ethernet LAN ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Serial port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Modem cable specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Hardware option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
VPN Router Security Accelerator card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
SSL VPN Module 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
10/100BASE-TX Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
1000BASE-T (1000 MT) Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
1000BASE-SX Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
56/64K CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
ADSL WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
ISDN BRI interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Quad T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
V.90 modem interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Single V.35/X.21 WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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HSSI WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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Figures
Figure 1 Rear view of the Nortel VPN Router 1750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Figure 2 Front panel LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 3 LEDs on the system 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 4 LEDs on the 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 5 LEDs on the 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 6 LEDs on the 1000BASE-T (1000 MT) Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 7 LED on the 1000BASE-SX Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 8 LEDs on the 56/64K CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Figure 9 LEDs on the ADSL WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 10 LEDs on the T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 11 LEDs on the quad T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 12 LEDs on the single V.35/X.21 WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 13 LEDs on the SSL VPN Module 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 14 Front view of the Nortel VPN Router 1750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 15 Placement of rubber feet on the bottom of the chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 16 Attaching the cage nuts to the rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figure 17 Installing the shelf in the equipment rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Figure 18 Removing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Figure 19 Replacing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Figure 20 Removing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 21 Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 22 Location of option card and DIMM slots on the system board . . . . . . . . . 56
Figure 23 Location of the grounding jack for the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 24 Installing and removing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 25 Replacing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 26 Installing and removing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Figure 27 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 28 Modem cable (9-pin D-sub plug to RS-232-C modem plug) . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 29 Modem cable (9-pin D-sub plug to RS-232-C modem plug) . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Figure 30 VPN Router Security Accelerator card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 31 SSL VPN Module 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Figure 32 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 33 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 34 1000BASE-T (1000 MT) Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 35 1000BASE-SX Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 36 56/64K CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Figure 37 ADSL WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Figure 38 ISDN BRI S/T interface card or ISDN BRI U interface card . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Figure 39 T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card (half-height card) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 40 T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card (full-height card) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Figure 41 Quad T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Figure 42 V.90 modem interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Figure 43 Single V.35/X.21 WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Figure 44 HSSI WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

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Tables
Table 1 Interfaces and cables for the Nortel VPN Router 1750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Table 2 Power cord requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Table 3 Front panel LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Table 4 LED indicators on the system 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet ports . . . . . . . . 31
Table 5 LED indicators on the 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . 32
Table 6 LED indicators on the 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card . . 33
Table 7 LED indicators on the 1000BASE-T (1000 MT) Ethernet interface card . 33
Table 8 LED indicator on the 1000BASE-SX Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 9 LED indicators on the 56/64K CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . 35
Table 10 LED indicators on the ADSL WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Table 11 LED indicators on the T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . 37
Table 12 LED indicators on the quad T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . 38
Table 13 LED indicators on the single V.35/X.21 WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 14 LED indicators on the SSL VPN Module 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Table 15 Items shipped with the Nortel VPN Router 1750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table 16 Supported option cards for the Nortel VPN Router 1750 1750 . . . . . . . . . 58
Table 17 Physical, electrical, and environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Table 18 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet port pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Table 19 Multiple DB9 and DB25 connector pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Table 20 Modem cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Table 21 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Table 22 1000BASE-T (1000 MT) Ethernet port pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Table 23 56/64K CSU/DSU cable pinouts for crossover connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Table 24 56/64K CSU/DSU cable pinouts for straight-through connection . . . . . . . 89
Table 25 ADSL Annex A cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Table 26 ADSL Annex B cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Table 27 ISDN BRI S/T cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Table 28 ISDN BRI U cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Table 29 T1/E1 CSU/DSU cable pinouts for crossover connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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Table 30 T1/E1 CSU/DSU cable pinouts for straight-through connection . . . . . . . . 95
Table 31 MV.90 modem cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Table 32 V.35 cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Table 33 X.21 cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Table 34 T3 cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

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New in this release
The following section details what’s new in Nortel VPN Router Installation—
VPN Router 1750 (NN46110-316) for Release 7.05.300:
Features
See the following section for information about feature changes:
1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet card
The 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet card replaces the 10/100BASE-TX
Ethernet card. See “1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card LEDs” on
page 32 and “1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card” on page 83.

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How to get help
This chapter explains how to get help for Nortel products and services.
Finding the latest updates on the Nortel Web site
The content of this documentation was current at the time the product was
released. To check for updates to the latest documentation and software for VPN
Router 1750, go to:
www.nortel.com/support
Select Security & VPN and then, in the section called Virtual Private Networking
(VPN), IPSEC, and SSL, click the appropriate VPN Router product.
Getting help from the Nortel Web site
The best way to get technical support for Nortel products is from the Nortel
Technical Support Web site:
www.nortel.com/support

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This site provides quick access to software, documentation, bulletins, and tools to
address issues with Nortel products. From this site you can:
• download software, documentation, and product bulletins
• search the Technical Support site and the Nortel Knowledge Base for answers
to technical issues
• sign up for automatic notification of new software and documentation for
Nortel equipment
• open and manage technical support cases
Getting help over the phone from a Nortel Solutions
Center
If you do not find the information you require on the Nortel Technical Support
Web site, and you have a Nortel support contract, you can also get help over the
phone from a Nortel Solutions Center.
In North America, call 1-800-4NORTEL (1-800-466-7835).
Outside North America, go to the following Web site to obtain the phone number
for your region:
www.nortel.com/callus
Getting help from a specialist by using an Express
Routing Code
To access some Nortel Technical Solutions Centers, you can use an Express
Routing Code (ERC) to quickly route your call to a specialist in your Nortel
product or service. To locate the ERC for your product or service, go to:
www.nortel.com/erc

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Getting help through a Nortel distributor or reseller
If you purchased a service contract for your Nortel product from a distributor or
authorized reseller, contact the technical support staff for that distributor or
reseller.

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