Nortel 8003AC Installation Manual

Also see for Passport 8600 Series: Reference guide Product brief Installing Commissioning Fundamentals

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24 Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 modules• All modules installed in the chassis must minimally support 128 000table entries. M modules (8632TXM, 8648TXM, 8608GBM, 8608GTM,8683POSM, 8672ATME, 8672ATMM, 8681XLR, and 8681XLWmodules) support 128 000 table entries.• M mode must be enabled.If you enable M mode and one or more of the modules installed in thechassis is an E module (32 000 table entries), the E modules becomedisabled. This protects the system forwarding tables from losing entries.For information about enabling or disabling M mode, see ManagingPlatform Operations (315545-E).If your system has M modules, E modules, or pre-E modules, see ManagingPlatform Operations (315545-E) for information about how to configure theswitch to boot in the desired mode.R mode configuration requirementsR mode supports the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 R module featureset. Full support of R mode requires the following configuration conditions:• The system must include only R modules. You can have a system with amix of R, M, E, or pre-E modules configured in R mode. However, the M,E, or pre-E modules are not enabled. For information about configuringR modules in R mode, see Managing Platform Operations (315545-E).• The system must include at least one 8692omSF CPU module.R modules do not boot with the 8691omSF CPU module.• R modules require Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Release 4.0or later.• R mode must be enabled. For information about enabling R mode, seeManaging Platform Operations (315545-E).If the system is currently in default mode or M mode with CPU/SF 1 asthe master and CPU/SF 2 as the standby, and you enable R mode onCPU/SF 1, save the configuration and reboot, CPU/SF 2 comes up asthe master and CPU/SF 1 as the standby. If you then enable R modeon the new master (CPU/SF 2), the standby (CPU/SF 1) goes offlineand remains offline.For information about how to configure QoS, Filters, Policing, and Shapingon R modules, see Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Configuration— QoS and Traffic Filters (NN46220-508).Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600Installation — ModulesNN46220-306 02.02 Standard4.2 7 July 2008Copyright © 2005-2007, Nortel Networks.