Nortel Networks 4050 User Manual

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Chapter 3 Managing the network access devices 115
Nortel Secure Network Access Switch 4050 User Guide
 
Controlling communication with the network access 
devices using the SREM
To stop communication between the Nortel SNAS 4050 and a network access 
device, disable the switch. Click Apply and Commit to apply the change 
immediately.
To restart communication between the Nortel SNAS 4050 and a network access 
device, enable the switch. Click Apply and Commit to apply the change 
immediately.
When you first add a network access device to the Nortel SNAS 4050 domain, the 
switch is disabled by default. Do not enable the switch until you have completed 
configuring it. In particular, do not enable the switch until you have mapped the 
VLANs (see 
) and exchanged 
the necessary SSH keys (see 
Note: If the switch is not going to be used in the Nortel SNA network, 
Nortel recommends deleting the switch from the Nortel SNAS 4050 
domain, rather than just disabling it.