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Table 13

Job aid: Setup utility prompt descriptions (cont’d.)

Prompt

Description and action

 

 

Do you want to enable

Description: Specifies if you want to enable

enhanced operation mode

enhanced operation mode. Enhanced

support [n] (y/n)?

operation mode increases the maximum

 

number of VLANs when you use MultiLink

 

Trunking (MLT) (1980) and Split MLT (SMLT)

 

(989). This mode requires 8600 E- or

 

M-modules.

 

 

ATTENTION

 

 

 

If you enable enhanced operation mode and

 

 

 

you use a mixed configuration of modules,

 

 

 

you disable the Pre-E modules.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Action: Enter y to enable enhanced operation

 

 

 

mode. Accept the default (n), to not enable

 

 

 

enhanced operation mode.

 

 

 

 

 

Do you want to enable CPU

 

Description: Specifies if you want to enable

 

High Availability mode [n]

 

CPU high availability (HA) mode. Use CPU

 

(y/n)?

 

HA mode to recover switches with two CPUs

 

 

 

quickly from a failure of one of the CPUs. In

 

 

 

HA mode (hot standby), you synchronize and

 

 

 

configure the two CPUs in the same mode, so

 

 

 

they are compatible.

 

 

 

Action: Specify y to enable CPU high

 

 

 

availability (HA) mode. Accept the default (n),

 

 

 

to not enable CPU HA mode.

 

 

 

 

 

Do you want to enable

 

Description: Specifies if you want to enable

 

vlan-optimization-mode support

 

support for the VLAN optimization mode.

 

[n] (y/n) ?

 

 

 

 

 

Action: Specify y to enable VLAN

 

 

 

optimization mode support. Accept the

 

 

 

default (n) to not enable VLAN optimization

 

 

 

mode support.

 

 

 

 

 

Do you want to enable r-mode

 

Description: Specifies if you want to enable

 

support [n] (y/n) ?

 

support for the R mode support.

 

 

 

Action: Specify y to enable R mode support.

 

 

 

Accept the default (n) to not enable R mode

 

 

 

support.

 

 

 

 

 

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600

Commissioning

NN46205-319 01.01 Standard

30 May 2008

Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks

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