Nortel Passport 8600 Series Operator's manual
Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Documentation Roadmap
NN46220-101 (323150-B Rev 01)
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Document status: Standard
Document version: 02.01
Document date: 3 August 2007
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Contents
New in this release 5
Features 5
Other changes 5
New documents 5
Renamed documents 5
Reorganized documents 6
Introduction 7
Applicability 9
Roadmap 11
Product Fundamentals 11
Installation and Commissioning 12
Upgrades and Patches 13
Operations 13
Information quality 15
Text conventions 17
Switch numerical ranges 18
Modular task-based information 21
Work flows and task flows 21
Structure of work flows, task flows, and procedures 21
Purpose statements 22
Prerequisites 22
Work flows and task flows 22
Procedure steps 22
Variable definitions 22
Job aids 22
Examples 22
Copyrights and trademarks 23
Legalisms 23
Customer service 29
Hard-copy technical manuals 29
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How to get help 29
Getting help from the Nortel Web site 29
Getting help over the phone from a Nortel Solutions Center 30
Getting help from a specialist by using an Express Routing Code 30
Getting help through a Nortel distributor or reseller 30
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New in this release
The following sections detail what’s new in Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing
Switch 8600 Documentation Roadmap (NN46220-101), Release 4.2.
•"Features" (page 5)
•"Other changes" (page 5)
Features This document contains no feature updates.
Other changes
See the following sections for information that is not feature-related:
•"New documents" (page 5)
•"Renamed documents" (page 5)
•"Reorganized documents" (page 6)
New documents
Release 4.2 includes the following new document:
•Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Troubleshooting
(NN46220-701)
Renamed documents
The following documents are renamed in release 4.2.
Release 4.1 document title Release 4.2 document title
Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch
8600 Upgrading — Software Release 4.1
(NN46220-402)
Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch
8600 Upgrades — Software Release 4.2
(NN46220-402)
Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Configuration — Quality of Service and Traffic
Filters (NN46220-508)
Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Configuration — Quality of Service and Traffic
Management (NN46220-508)
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Release 4.1 document title Release 4.2 document title
Nortel Metro Ethernet Services Routing Switch
8600 Configuration — IP VLAN (NN46220-507) Nortel Metro Ethernet Services Routing Switch
8600 Configuration — Multiple Spanning Tree
Protocol (NN46220-507)
Important Notice — Enterprise Enhanced CPU
Daughter Card (NN46205-309) Installation — Enterprise Enhanced CPU
Daughter Card Important Notice (NN46205-309)
Reorganized documents
The content of the following documents has been moved into the listed
4.2 documents.
Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 4.1 Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 4.2
Nortel Metro Ethernet Services Routing Switch
8600 Diagnostics (NN46220-700) Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Troubleshooting (NN46220-701)
Nortel Fundamentals — Digital Diagnostic
Monitoring (NN46225-300) Nortel Installation — SFP, XFP, and GBIC
Hardware Components (NN46220-301)
Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600
Troubleshooting (NN46220-701)
(314832-C) Installing a CPU Memory Upgrade Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch
8600 Upgrades — Software Release 4.2
(NN46220-402)
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Introduction
This document explains the organization of the technical documentation for
Release 4.2 of the Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600. Use this
document to understand where specific types of information are located in
the customer documentation suite.
Navigation
•"Applicability" (page 9)
•"Roadmap" (page 11)
•"Information quality" (page 15)
•"Text conventions" (page 17)
•"Modular task-based information" (page 21)
•"Copyrights and trademarks" (page 23)
•"Customer service" (page 29)
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Applicability
This documentation suite is applicable to Release 4.2 of Nortel Metro
Ethernet Routing Switch 8600.
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