8300 v4.2.3.3 default config with default QoS settings.

[Paul L]

more 8300 questions.

when I default a 8300 running v4.x .  (remove config.cfg and reboot) it always comes back with this entry.

filter act 36 ethernet ip vlan-mask 0x0fff name "nsna ip"
filter act 36 ip ip 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 protocol 0xff tos 0xff src-port 0xffff dst-port 0xffff
filter act 36 ethernet non-ip src-mac ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff ether-type 0xffff vlan-mask 0x0fff name "nsna nonip"

its not applied anywhere, but its there each time you default the switch. I have not tried to delete it. 
I have searched the Nortel/avaya docs and there is no mention of it.  Does anyone know what it is suppose to do?

thanks

P

[Johan Witters]

Hello Paul,

I've noticed this myself... I think it's something built into the agent and gets written into the config automatically.

[Uncle John]

The filter is a default filter for running NSNA (Nortel Secure Network Access).  This allows our SNAS (Secure Network Access Switch) to be able to control the ports on the switch.  We do this for visualization of switches in a large deployment.  The ACT is an Access Control Template, that defines within the frame what information that I will gather to use with ACL/ACE's (Access Control Lists/Access Control Entry's).  Instead of grabbing all of the information in a frame, it is more efficient to just grab the stuff that the ACE's will be using.  Line #2 is for IP (0800) traffic, and line #3 is for non-IP traffic.

Since these are not configured you are not implementing NSNA.  You don't need to delete these as there is no ACL/ACE using them, thus it is not active.

Cheers, Uncle John.