Nortel Networks NN46225-300 manual New in this release, Features, Other Changes

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New in this release

The following sections detail what’s new in Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Fundamentals — Using Device Manager (NN46225-300).

•"Features" (page 7)

•"Other Changes" (page 7)

Features

The following features are new in Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Fundamentals — Using Device Manager (NN46225-300) for this release:

•Default properties dialog box (see "Setting the Device Manager properties" (page 31))

•Per device properties dialog box (see "Viewing and customizing per device properties" (page 34))

•Option to use the default community strings on open (see "Opening a device" (page 36))

•View the status of a controlled software upgrade (see "Viewing controlled software upgrade status" (page 70))

•QoS menu bar options for the MERS 8600 for configuring QoS color-aware policing; egress traffic management using subport queue set shapers and Weighted Random Early Detection (WRED) thresholds; and Drop Trap profiles (see "Device Manager menu bar descriptions, Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600" (page 43))

•VPN menu bar options for the MERS 8600 for configuring Performance Monitoring (PM) profiles and viewing PM connection metrics (see "Device Manager menu bar descriptions, Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600" (page 43))

Other Changes

There are no other changes to this document for this release.

Nortel Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600

Fundamentals — Using Device Manager

NN46225-300 02.02 Standard

4.21 October 2007

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