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Upgrading Avaya ERS 8600

March 29, 2011

Avaya VENA Now! Upgrade Promotion The Avaya VENA Now! Upgrade Promotion gives significant discounts on select Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800 hardware (as well as upgrading from 8600 to 8800), software and management components to enable ERS 8600 and ERS 8800 customers to migrate to the most current release (v7.1) – which includes support for [...]

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Avaya ERS 8600 Software 7.0 Draft Release Notes

May 3, 2010

Avaya ERS 8600 Software 7.0 Draft Release Notes.

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With the ERS 8600, what are the differences between an R and RS module?

April 6, 2010

The main difference between the two types of modules is that the RS modules use new hardware and software to provide enhanced QoS and port mirroring capabilities.

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Nortel Avaya – 5.1.1.1 Release notes – Upgrading pair of IST Core peer switches

March 8, 2010

Some things learned, READ the release notes, don’t assume anything even if you have done it a thousand times before! #1  (From 5.1.1.1 release notes) [singlepic id=32 w=320 h=240 mode=web20 float=left]When upgrading a pair of IST Core peer switches, special care must be taken due to SMLT architectural change. Unlike previous upgrades, when moving from [...]

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Nortel – Avaya – Resilient Multicast Routing Using Split-Multilink Trunking for the ERS 8600

February 22, 2010

[singlepic id=32 w=320 h=240 float=left]Description: This Technical Configuration Guide (TCG) describes the supported network designs and configurations for Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) over Nortel’s Split Multi-Link Trunking for the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. All configuration examples are based on the minimum software and hardware level as shown below. Switch Software Level ERS8600 4.1. [...]

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Jumbo Frames… Is bigger better?

December 21, 2009

Jumbo frames are like a double quarter pounder, more meat with less bun overhead. (Jumbo frames typically refer to Ethernet frames with larger than the standard 1500 byte payload and are a feature of Gigabit Ethernet.) It sounds great in principle but there are caveats.   For jumbo frames to work without issues the end devices [...]

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