NNCLI COTD (Nortel Cli Command of the Day)

[aks]

Passports get hardware info:
sh sys inf ?
card             = show card info in details
asic             = show asic info in details
mda              = show mda  info in details
gbic             = show gbic info in details
i.e.: sh sys inf card will tell you what cards you have in which slots
      sh sys inf gbic will list the gbics you have installed (vendor and part number) etc.

[pgatt62]

Hi All
I'm a Nortel device virgin and can only ask that the COTD page is rejuvenated.
Getting access to useful commands is the bread and butter of any network engineers life.
So come on, let's see some more
Regards etc
pgatt62

[normski]

Hi

Here goes. I had a bit of an issue with sustained high CPU usage (90%+) over 2 days. I used the trace command for the first time - it indicated a loop somewhere. Heres the command list:

race clear
trace screen off
trace level 9 3

wait a bit
 
trace off
trace info

I captured a log of what out to screen. I then pasted it into the tools found here http://www.sharontools.com/tools/NortelDiagnostic/NortelDiagnostic.php

Which indicated a loop.

Does anyone know of a way to delete a single mac address from the bridging tables of an access switch (eg a 4500 or 5510)?

Normski

[Michael McNamara]

trace clear
trace screen off
trace level 9 3

wait a bit
 
trace off
trace info

Just a word or warning... the commands above could overwhelm the CPU/SF and leave you dead in the water. You should only perform those commands from the CLI/TI interface and you should only during off (non-busy) hours.

[Peter Nguyen]

ERS8600-1:5# show port info state port 4/13
=================================================================
                         Port State
=================================================================
PORT NUM   ADMINSTATUS  PORTSTATE   REASON     DATE
-----------------------------------------------------------------
4/13           up                  down            SLPP        11/02/10 15:41

In this example, "Simple Loop Prevention Protocol" has saved my day by turning off the SLT port to a stack of 5500s which was looped.

[Michael McNamara]

If you want to write something to the log for later reference;

config log write "clearing the ARP tables via script"

Let's see what that looks like in the log;

ERS-8610:5# show log file tail
CPU5 [11/19/10 18:28:13] SW INFO clearing the ARP tables via script

Cheers!

[Jon Hurtt]

NNCLI equivalent of "Config Cli more false".

no boot config cli more     --> Disable the "Press Space for next screen"
boot config cli more          --> Re-Enable the "Press Space for Next Screen"
show boot config cli          --> Show the current status of the "More" option.

For the equivalent command for "config cli more false" ERS Stackables (ERS 5000, ERS 45000 and ERS 2500)

terminal length 0

[M]

This is quite good post, maybe it is worth compiling a list of common configuration commands or troubleshooting commands for the small time network admim or people coming over from Cisco.

M

[telecom116]

ERS 5500, v6.x

Get the serial numbers and MAC addresses of each individual switch in a stack:

show system verbose

Get the status of fans and the chassis temperature for individual switches in a stack:

show environmental

[Peter Nguyen]

Did you know ERS 5000 version 6.0 is more Cisco cli?  You can use “sh”

To "show environment" you can:
SW5#sh env
Unit# PSU1      PSU2      PSU3      FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 FAN4 FAN5 FAN6 Temperature
----- --------- --------- --------- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -----------
1     Primary   N/A       N/A       OK   OK   OK   OK   OK   OK   OK   38C
2     Primary   N/A       N/A       OK   OK   OK   OK   OK   OK   OK   36.5C

[TonsOfSteel]

ERS-8600:5# config diag mirror-by-port 1
ERS-8600:5/config/diag/mirror-by-port/1# create in-port 2/48 out-port 2/1 mode both enable true
ERS-8600:5/config/diag/mirror-by-port/1# info

Sub-Context:
Current Context:

                           create :
                           enable : true
                    mirrored-port : 2/48
                   mirroring-port : 2/1
                             mode : both
                           delete : N/A
            remote-mirror-vlan-id : 0


ERS-8600:5# show diag mirror

================================================================================
                         Diag Mirror-By-Port
================================================================================
ID   MIRRORED_PORT   MIRRORING_PORT  ENABLE     MODE       REMOTE-MIRROR-VLAN-ID
1    2/48            2/1             true       both       0

[Dominik]

For investigating stacking problems you can use the command:

show stack port-statistics unit <ID>

You will get an output that shows the stats of your stacking ports:

Code: [Select]

                             UP          DOWN
---------------------------  ----------  ----------
Received
    Packets:                 192433556   1004758177
    Multicasts:              191542692   191543337
    Broadcasts:              887084      887084
    Total Octets:            909953753   2381803850
    Packets 64 bytes:        76          1505731
            65-127 bytes:    126884297   628323111
            128-255 bytes:   11650672    116970373
            256-511 bytes:   45583398    83137532
            512-1023 bytes:  7487925     43837273
            1024-1518 bytes: 335522      25065954
                 Jumbo     : 491666      105918203
    Control Packets:         0           0
    FCS Errors:              0           0
    Undersized Packets:      0           0
    Oversized Packets:       0           0
    Filtered Packets:        0           2
    Pause Frames:            0           0
Transmitted
    Packets:                 1398455010  2078794484
    Multicasts:              811279902   620933600
    Broadcasts:              521795770   520908686
    Total Octets:            1444689889  4225147935
    FCS Errors:              0           0
    Oversized Packets:       0           0
    Pause Frames:            0           0
    Dropped On No Resources: 0           0

[Peter Nguyen]

A stack of 5500s is usually not in the same order as you view with DM, how you know what the order of a switch in the stack.  If you are at the switch use “show stack-info”, and observe the first 8 LEDs, the solid LED lights indicate the order of the switch

[Straphlinger]

While not really a command of the day, I found this in ver 7.1.1.0 for the 8800's.

DEV-N88CC1:5#sho run module ip ?
  mode  Select cli/ncli mode
  <cr>

DEV-N88CC1:5#sho run module ip mode ncli ?
                                    ^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.
DEV-N88CC1:5#sho run module ip mode ?
  acli  Display configurations in acli format
  cli   Display configurations in cli format

[Peter Nguyen]

SW5#sh interfaces gbic-info
Unit 1
        Port  Number     25
        GBIC   Type      LR
        Vendor Name      NORTEL
        Vendor OUI       00005F
        Vendor Part #    SXP3101NV-N5
        Vendor Revision  N/A
        Vendor Serial    EXLGJP8930210025
        HW Options       N/A
        Date Code        09/24/2008-E1
        Vendor Data      N/A
        Order Code       AA1403001-E5