Nortel Networks Stackable Switches

Diving into these Nortel Networks Business Policy Switch 2000s, a pair of switches from 2001. They have the cascade modules installed, we'll give it a shot at stacking them but software is going to thwart us along the way.

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00:00 Intro
01:30 Physical and market position overview
03:51 Powering up the first one
06:04 Web Interface
08:08 Power up the second one
08:48 Getting them setup with a terminal server
09:25 Taking a look at the second one
11:27 Learning how Nortel stacking works
13:20 Stack Attempts
16:01 A look at the MRV CLI
18:55 Outro