Re: [Testbed-admins] Using a Nortel switch that is not officially supported

[Robert Ricci <ricci@cs.utah.edu>]

Keith Sklower (who's on this list) is the author of the Nortel code, so
I can't comment on whether the model you have is close enough to one of
the supported ones or not. But what I'd do is try setting the type to
one of the supported type, and just check to see if it works - switch
vendors vary a lot in whether their SNMP support differs much between
different models. There's a distinct possibility that Nortel is
consistent enough that it'll just work. If not, take a look at
tbsetup/snmpit_nortel.pm in the source code to get an idea of how hard
it would be to support your model.

On 4/28/10 5:18 PM, Chris Benninger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have several Nortel Networks Layer2-3 GbE Switch Module (Model:
> EL4512011) units and I would like to use them for experiment switches. I
> am trying to "Create node types for switches" in the database as
> mentioned in the documentation. None of the nortels mentioned seem
> similar to these units. Is it possible that one of the models mentioned
> ( nortel1100, nortel15510, foundry1500, foundry9604) are similar enough
> that emulab will work with them? 
> 
> If not, is there a place where all the scripts are located allowing me
> to write my own scripts for controlling the switches? 
> 
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
> 
> Chris Benninger
> http://www.csc.uvic.ca/~cbenning
> 
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