User Guide

78 Chapter 3 Managing the network access devices
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Manually adding a switch
To add a network access device and configure it manually, use the following
command:
/cfg/domain #/switch <switch ID>
where switch ID is an integer in the range 1 to 255 that uniquely identifies the
network access device in the Nortel SNAS 4050 domain.
When you first add the network access device, you are prompted to enter the
following information:
• switch name — a string that identifies the switch on the Nortel SNAS 4050.
The maximum length of the string is 255 characters. After you have defined a
name for the switch, you can use either the switch name or the switch ID to
access the Switch menu.
• type of switch — valid options are
ERS8300 and ERS5500. The input is case
sensitive.
• IP address of the switch.
• NSNA communication port — the TCP port for communication between the
Nortel SNAS 4050 and the network access device. The default is port 5000.
• Red VLAN ID — the VLAN ID of the Red VLAN configured on the switch.
• username — the user name for an rwa user on the switch (required for
Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 only).
The SSH fingerprint of the switch is automatically picked up if the switch is
reachable. If the fingerprint is not successfully retrieved, you receive an error
message (
Error: Failed to retrieve host key). After you have added
the switch, you must add or import the SSH public key for the switch (see
“Managing SSH keys for Nortel SNA communication using the CLI” on page 88).
The Switch menu displays.
Figure 4 on page 79 shows sample output for the
/cfg/domain #/switch
command and commands on the Switch menu. For more information about the
Switch menu commands, see “Configuring the network access devices using the
CLI” on page 80.