Alcatel Unleashed

Hi,
I am a new in Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent devices (I have some experience in Cisco devices) but I need to connect my branch and Data Center using Nokia 7210 SAS MxP. Can someone give me example of configuration ?
My network will be like this?

Cisco Catalyst 9500 -> Nokia 7210 -> Fiber -> Nokia 7210 -> Cisco Cisco 3850
or
Cisco Catalyst 9500 -> firewall fortinet FG601F -> Nokia 7210 -> Fiber -> Nokia 7210 -> firewall fortinet FG601F -> Cisco Cisco 3850

I cannot manage in building configuration between FG601F/Cisco 9500 and Nokia 7210 and between Nokias.
Now I have only Fiber between locations

Regards,
Remigiusz

Hi,

I think we will need to know a little more about how you are trying to do this.

Is the 7210 expected to run at layer 2 or layer 3?
Is it one physical port in and one out?
Do you already have CLI access to the 7210, is it under management?

Thanks
Paramount

1. Is the 7210 expected to run at layer 2 or layer 3?
2. Is it one physical port in and one out?
3. Do you already have CLI access to the 7210, is it under management?

1. The idea is to have encrypted data flow between the locations so I think it will be L3 (on both sides there will be firewalls), but the easiest and the most secure way is the best (May I do it on L2 with dot1q?)
2. I think so but in the future there will be 2 ports on both sides.
3. No, I have not. I have two boxes and a fiber from ISP (Metro Ethernet) and nothing more. I suppose the boxes are new with initial configuration. And I can , of course prepare the console cable.

Hi,

Sorry didn't get an alert for some reason that you had responded.

If you are doing via layer 2, then you will need something similar to the following.

/configure port 1/1/1
description "port description"
ethernet mode access
ethernet uncap-type dot1q
no shutdown

/configure port 1/1/2
description "port description"
ethernet mode access
ethernet uncap-type dot1q
no shutdown


/configure service vpls 1000 customer 1 create
sap 1/1/1:1000 create
exit
sap 1/1/2:1000 create
exit
no shutdown

This will enable ports 1/1/1 and 1/1/2. It will add them to a local layer 2 VPLS service with service ID of 1000.
It will then enable VLAN 1000 on ports 1/1/1 and 1/1/2 and this will be joined together in this VPLS service.

Paramount

Great thank you for your help. I will try this configuration.
But now I have the next problem.
I connected to Nokia 7210 via console and I tried to build any configuration using "config manual". I didn't do it - I had an error - (screenshot attached)

I tried to add CF card from Cisco but of course it did not work. So now , I need help how to start to configure this box and how to break the boot sequence ? or how to upload any boot.tim

Regards, Remi

Hi,
Apologies for delay, again for some reason no notifications for this thread.

Best way would be to use USB stick - only certain ones work. Let me know if you still are stuck on this bit.

Cheers
Paramount

Hi,
don't know if this has already been solved, but I am trying more or less the same. Using a Nokia 7210 SAS Dxp as an unmanaged switch behind a Cisco 3850 12xs on SFP port. I have used the configuration as paramount suggested but no luck. Both ports are enabled and linked but nothing is coming through, also no DHCP. Can anyone help?
Cheers, Stefan