Cisco Switching/Routing :: What To Replace Nortel 8600s With
Mar 26, 2013
We have 2 x Nortel 8600s (now Avaya) that are 6-7 years old. They have 96 1GB ports on each and we only use about 30 and the CPU average is around 2% and memory is 40% (256mb). Going into 8600s we have 8 x Nortel 5520 48port gig switches.
We want to replace the 8600s at some point and I wondered roughly what Cisco device would possible suit us. We are not after the best high end switches that we will never utilise, but ones that will aid us grow for the next 5 years.
We have 3 Nortel RG 9150 remote PBXs installed at a branch location, and they have been functioning well for years plugged into 3Com 4500 10/100 switches. These switches have a very basic configuration; nothing special. We are transitioning over to Cisco 2960 switches with very basic configurations. The problem is that when we plug the 9150 into the 2960 switch, the RX light flashes like it should, but the TX light only flickers intermittently. We cannot ping it from the switch or local router. Everything in this building is in VLAN 1. I've tried turning on full duplex on the 9150 and/or hard-setting the speed/duplex on the 2960 switch. The company that maintains our 9150 sent a guy out who was completely puzzled by this too. In some ways this seems too basic to be a problem, but it is. The twist on this problem is that the 3Com switch, which the 9150s are plugged into, is connected directly into the Cisco 2960 that I can't make them work on. Plug them into the 3Com, they work; move them upstream to the Cisco, and they stop, even after I reboot them.
Here are the port configs of the 3Com and Cisco switches.
I have a customer that wants to change their Nortel 5520 switches to a Cisco solution, and I wanted to ask what would be a good solution for this customer. presently they have 4 48 port PoE and 2 24 port PoE stackable 5520, and they are interested in redundant power supplies for the switches. I was thinking that the 3750 is good for this site.
I've just completed a port security project at a site on numerous Cisco switches and all works well, however they have 2 Nortel 5520 switches (which I left until the end) which they would like to lock down. I have logged a message on the Nortel forums and I have heard nothing for days. I just need to lock 2 ports down to the Mac address of 2 computers stopping any other computer being plugged in.
I have a Cisco 3560 connected via fiber to a Nortel 1612G. The connection is up/up, the V LAN's on the switch work as needed, but I can not ping the switch from the Nortel, and as a result I can not remote into the Cisco for management. I see in the configuration for the trunk that it is configured for a native v LAN, but I don't see it defined which v LAN's are allowed, could this be the issue? I will provide some of the config information for the Cisco side, I understand the issue may be on the Nortel end but if the Cisco part looks OK?
Port config for the trunk:
interface GigabitEthernet0/49 description port_6_1612G switch port trunk encapsulation dot1q switch port trunk native v LAN 120 switch port mode trunk
Connecting a legacy Nortel switch (425/450/470/BPS) to a Nexus 7000 via gigabit fiber? I have a customer trying to do it and they say that the connection never comes up. The support on the Nortel stuff is long since expired, so Avaya is not being particularly useful. Apparently Cisco says the issue is "fast link pulse to the BayStack to determine the capabilities of the uplink and the BayStack is returning all zeros." I have not verified this and actually have not yet gotten my hands on the Nexus side of things
I have problem with the standby supervisor in 6500 vss and need to replace the supervisor. I have follow how-to on the cisco web site url...
But when i boot the new standby sup720 it comes active and both supervisors is rebooting. I wonder if i can do the replacement without rebooting both active and standy supervisor.
We purchased a cisco 1921 router to replace a software firwall not long ago. The router was sold as a firewall with the suggestion that an ASA would be unnecessary.Unfortunately a router does not replace/do the jobs a firewall does, so I looked online and noticed that Cisco do offer firweall security features in one of their IOS.How do I tell if this is implemented on my router?If not, does my IOS support this, or do I need to buy an extension/another version of the IOS?,The version of the IOS I have is: c1900-universalk9-mz.SPA.151-4.M4.bin.
I am replacing our 2 3750s which are in a stack and are running in VTP server mode for the domain with 2 new 3750Gs. There are 4 trunks to other switches which bare in client mode and 2 trunks to 2 ASAs which are in active/standby mode (one in each switch). Anyway what will happen to the VTP clients when I replace the stack as the revision number will be 1 on the server? The clients will ignore any VTP updates from the server ?
I have been tasked to replace a failed sup on a 6500 Sup32 running IOS. Now, the primary sup doesnt have a compact flash. I don't have any CF on me. The replacement sup i received also doesnt have a CF.From the cisco website it says that the moment I insert the secondary sup into the chassis. it will automatically download the IOS and boot details from the primary to the secondary sup.
I urgently want to replace a faulty line card WS-X6748-SFP with a new one. The switch concern is a 5609-V-E operating in Virtual Switching System mode.How long do you suggest the down time will be?
I want to replace an existing 3560 Switch with another switch of the same exact model and IOS. However, this switch that needs to be replaced is the VTP Server of my LAN at this location. When I replace the switch I will just use the same exact running config but I'm concerned about the vlan.dat file. Do I need to copy that file over to the new replacement switch and if so, what is the best way to do that?
I have a 2651 that has an adsl1-wic that I am using as my DSL router. I recently acquired a 2801 that I want to replace the 2651 with. I configured the 2801 the same way as the 2651 but on a reload I get the statement that says
Setup: New interface NVIO placed in shutdown state
When I do a show interface all of the interfaces show up except the NVIO and I don't have any connectivity to the outside world. I am using Nat since I have a /29 and using nat pool overload. What am I missing? I am running IPVOICEK9-M 12.4.25c on the 2651 and adventerprise 12.4.24.T on the 2801
We currently have a WS-C6506 chassis with a line-card WS-X6408A-GBIC. Currently we need to replace the chassis by a Ws-6504-E and also the line-card. My question is: What must buy line-card and meets the same specifications of WS-X6408A-GBIC?.
I have two like switches in a stack (WS-C3750G-48PS 15.0(1)SE2 C3750-IPBASEK9-M). Switch#1 is the master and is the one that needs to be replaced. Can I force Switch #2 to be the master, then power down switch#1, remove switch#1, insert the replacement, and then power on the newly added switch without shutting down or rebooting switch#2?
I have a stack of 2960S (c2960s-universalk9-mz.122-55.SE2.bin) and the master has failed (used to have a priority of 14). The second switch has become master (priority 1) as can be seen below: [code]
If I connect a new blank 2960S (same IOS) through the stack ports, will the master sync its config to the new one without causing problems?As I understand the new blank switch will also have a priority of 1 and will by default be numbered as 1. So if the config is correctly synced and I later on want to make switch 1 the master, I need to set the priority: [code]
I have a question. I have a 6500 with two supervosrs and they both have CATOS. One of them failed and I need to replace. As long as the hardware is the same does the CATOS have to be indentical or can this be different.
we have Supervisor Engine 720 10GE (VS-S720-10G) in slot 5 on Catalyst 6509-E. Slot 6 is free. We need to replace VS-S720-10G. Is it possible the following scenario
1. we will insert new VS-S720-10G into the slot 6 2. then we will remove the faulty VS-S720-10G from the slot 5
Will everything work without interuptions. Is any document where I can find step-by-step procedure how to replace VS-S720-10G ?
I need to replace a faulty fan unit on the catos WS-6509 switch. this Catos switch does not support show inventory so any other catos commands which will show me this part id?
I have a small network (10 computers) with 1 SBS 2003 domain controller.There are 3 cables plugged into the Cisco PIX...
>One ethernet cable to our switch
>One console cable plugged into our server
>And of course the power cable
I need to , but I noticed something I've never seen before.... When I unplug the CONSOLE cable our Internet shuts off.I would expect that of the ethernet cable, but not of a console cable.I'm an experienced network tech, but not a Cisco guy. Am I missing something? Is this type setup typical of a Pix?
For the moment we run a Nortel VPN server at work and I have on my laptop the Nortel VPN client. While I could connect through when I had my Linksys E2000 connected up now I can't after I replaced it with the 5505. (running 8.4(1).) what I should do on my 5505 so I can allow the nortel client to connect out?
I'm trying to establish a site to site ipsec tunnel between an ASA 5520 and a Nortel Connectivity box. Despite trying a number of different transform sets and IKE setups it keeps failing at phase 1 with:
Information Exchange processing failed Received an UN-encrypted INVALID_ID_INFO notify message dropping.
I have worked on cisco switches only..I want to configure nortel5510 have configured vlan.but Switch Ip address is changing when I am giving ip address to port. and i cant see port ip configuration in show runn also i want to configure loopback.I am configuring switch ip address 192.168.123.1/24 but when I give ip address to port 192.168.120.17/29(PORT IN DEFAULT VLAN) switch ip address changes automatically.I have port 1-4 configured in vlan 1 other ports are in L3 vlan.I want see port ip address details Like we see in cisco (SHOW IP INTERFACE BRIEF ) what is command in NORTEL??
We are a business partner of a larger company that gives us a VPN access to connect to one website. It's the Nortel VPN so it's old but it's set to disconnect our Internet when we connect which is really inefficient. I understand why it does that but right now we use two computers, we have one as our main one then another sitting here just for VPN.Does the Nortel VPN work system wide when it disconnects the Internet? Or is there a way to use Ethernet and Wifi and just have the VPN connect over Ethernet and just disconnect the Internet there but keep my local network on Wifi? Or is that not possible? I'm assuming it's not just wondering if there's any alternatives.
We have discovered Nortel/HP C-GbE2 switches on our network are sending spanning tree Topology Change Notifications (TCN). The HP switches only have servers connected and no other switches leading to any other network segment so we are not clear why the switches are sending spanning tree TCNs every second. We do not have a support contract. Can anyone on the Cisco side speak to what's referenced on page 5-6 of the attached document? I found the attached document which talks about diabling spanning-tree (page 5-6) in Cisco environment but wanted to consult with an expert before proceding. Document (Configuring Nortel Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter in a Cisco Environment Solution Brief.
Currently using Cisco ISE 1.1 to authentication both dot1x and mab from Cisco switches. Both features are authenticating properly.When we use a Nortel/Avaya switch for the authenticator, we are unable to authenticate using mac bypass (non-eap (or neap) in Avaya talk..). The correct authentication policy is found in the ISE, but the mac address is not found in the database. We know it is there because the same mac is authenticating with the Cisco switch. Dot1x authenticates properly from both the Cisco and Avaya authenticators. Could this be an issues with the username/password format in the Radius packet from the Cisco?
How to build dhcpd pools for nortel phones on an asa 5505. This is the config that I'm trying. The results I'm getting are that the pc and the phone both pull addresses from the data pool. If I switch the vlans on the trunk port, both devices pull from the voice port.
We are having one HP core switch and VLAN is configured on it. Four Nortel BES1010(24port) switches will be connected to this HP switch. We need to configure the VLAN tagging in the Nortel switches in order to make deices connected to nortel switches can communicate with devices in the VLAN.
I’m intending to establish a VPN connection between Nortel 1140E phone behind a ADSL router and a Cisco ASA 5520.can any one confirm to me if the vpn client on the Nortel 1140E phone is compatible with Cisco ASA
