Nortel VPN Router Installation — Hardware Options

Version 7.05.300
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302283-R Rev 01
November 2007
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USA requirements only
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Compliance Notice: Radio Frequency Notice
(Class A)
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to

Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when
the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy. If it is not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, it may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which
case users will be required to take whatever measures may be necessary to correct the interference at their own expense.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Compliance Notice: Radio Frequency Notice
(Class B)
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
• This device may not cause harmful interference.
• This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try
to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
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• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
European requirements only
EN 55 022 statement (Class A)
This is to certify that the Nortel VPN Router 600, 1700, 1740, 1750, 2600, 2700, 4500, 4600, and 5000 are shielded
against the generation of radio interference in accordance with the application of Council Directive
89/336/EEC, Article 4a. Conformity is declared by the application of EN 55 022 Class A (CISPR 22).
Warning: This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which
case, the user may be required to take appropriate measures.

Achtung: Dieses ist ein Gerät der Funkstörgrenzwertklasse A. In Wohnbereichen können bei Betrieb dieses Gerätes
Rundfunkstörungen auftreten, in welchen Fällen der Benutzer für entsprechende Gegenmaßnahmen verantwortlich ist.
Attention: Ceci est un produit de Classe A. Dans un environnement domestique, ce produit risque de créer des
interférences radioélectriques, il appartiendra alors à l’utilisateur de prendre les mesures spécifiques appropriées.
EN 55 022 statement (Class B)
This is to certify that the Nortel VPN Router 1010/1050/1100 and Nortel VPN Router 1600 are shielded against the
generation of radio interference in accordance with the application of Council Directive 89/336/EEC, Article 4a.
Conformity is declared by the application of EN 55 022 Class B (CISPR 22).
EC Declaration of Conformity
These products conform to the provisions of the R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC.
Japan/Nippon requirements only
Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement (Class A)
Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement (Class B)
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Denan statement
Canada requirements only
Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations (Class A)
This digital apparatus (VPN Router 600, 1700, 1740, 1750, 2600, 2700, 4500, 4600, or 5000) does not exceed the Class
A limits for radio-noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian
Department of Communications.
Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique du ministère des Communications (Classe A)
Cet appareil numérique (VPN Router 600, 1700, 1740, 1750, 2600, 2700, 2750, 4500, 4600, ou 5000) respecte les
limites de bruits radioélectriques visant les appareils numériques de classe A prescrites dans le Règlement sur le
brouillage radioélectrique du ministère des Communications du Canada.
Canadian Department of Communications Radio Interference Regulations (Class B)
This digital apparatus (VPN Router 1010/1050/1100 or VPN Router 1600) does not exceed the Class B limits for
radio-noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian
Department of Communications.
Règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique du ministère des Communications (Classe B)

Cet appareil numérique (VPN Router 1010/1050/1100 ou VPN Router 1600) respecte les limites de bruits
radioélectriques visant les appareils numériques de classe B prescrites dans le Règlement sur le brouillage
radioélectrique du ministère des Communications du Canada.
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Contents
New in this release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
How to get help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Finding the latest updates on the Nortel Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Getting help from the Nortel Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Getting help over the phone from a Nortel Solutions Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Getting help from a specialist by using an Express Routing Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Getting help through a Nortel distributor or reseller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Text conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Printed technical manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 1

Nortel VPN Router 600 option installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Shutting down the system to add or replace hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Opening the Nortel VPN Router 600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing or replacing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Chapter 2
Nortel VPN Router 1100 option installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Installing or replacing option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 3
Nortel VPN Router 1700 and 1600 option installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Shutting down the system to add or replace hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Removing the front bezel and top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Attaching the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Installing or replacing option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing or replacing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 4
Nortel VPN Router 1740 option installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Shutting down the system to add or replace hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Removing the front bezel and top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Attaching the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Installing or replacing option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Installing the SSL VPN Module 1000 with other option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Installing or replacing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Installing or replacing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Chapter 5
Nortel VPN Router 1750 option installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Shutting down the system to add or replace hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Removing the front bezel and top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Attaching the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Installing or replacing option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Installing the SSL VPN Module 1000 with other option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Installing or replacing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing or replacing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Chapter 6
Nortel VPN Router 2700 and 2600 option installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Shutting down the system to add or replace hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
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Removing the front bezel and top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Attaching the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Installing or replacing option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Installing or replacing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Chapter 7
Nortel VPN Router 2750 option installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Shutting down the system to add or replace hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Removing the front bezel and top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Attaching the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Installing or replacing option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Installing or replacing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Installing or replacing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Chapter 8
Nortel VPN Router 4600 option installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Opening the VPN Router 4600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Nortel VPN Router 4600 system board layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Installing or replacing option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Installing or replacing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Replacing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Chapter 9
Nortel VPN Router 5000 option installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Preparing to install hardware options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Option cards, DIMMs, and fan trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Power supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Shutting down the system to add or replace hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Removing the front bezel and top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Attaching the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Installing or replacing option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Considerations for installing option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Support for 16 I/O ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
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Installing or replacing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Installing or replacing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Considerations for installing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Installing DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Replacing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Replacing a fan tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Appendix A
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
VPN Router Security Accelerator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
SSL VPN Module 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
10/100BASE-TX Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
1000BASE-T (1000 MT) Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
1000BASE-SX Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
56/64K CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
ADSL WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
ISDN BRI interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Quad T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
V.90 modem interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Single V.35/X.21 WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
HSSI WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
External modem adapter for the Nortel VPN Router 1010/1050/1100 . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
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Figures
Figure 1 Removing the screws from the bottom of the VPN Router 600 . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 2 Removing the chassis from the steel enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Figure 3 Nortel VPN Router 600 system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Figure 4 Removing the blank bracket from the option card slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Figure 5 Inserting the option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 6 Securing the option card in the slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 7 Replacing the chassis in the steel enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Figure 8 Installing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 9 Nortel VPN Router 1100 system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Figure 10 Removing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Figure 11 Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Figure 12 Location of option card slots and DIMMs on the system board . . . . . . . . 54
Figure 13 Location of the grounding jack for the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 14 Removing an option card or a filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Figure 15 Installing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 16 Replacing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 17 Installing or removing a DIMM in a Nortel VPN Router 1700 or 1600 . . . 63
Figure 18 Removing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Figure 19 Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Figure 20 Location of option card and DIMM slots on the system board . . . . . . . . . 69
Figure 21 Location of the grounding jack for the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Figure 22 Installing or removing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 23 Replacing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Figure 24 Installing or removing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 25 Removing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 26 Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 27 Location of option card and DIMM slots on the system board . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 28 Location of the grounding jack for the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Figure 29 Installing or removing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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Figure 30 Replacing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Figure 31 Installing or removing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Figure 32 Removing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Figure 33 Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Figure 34 Location of option card slots and DIMMs on the system board . . . . . . . 101
Figure 35 Location of the grounding jack for the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . 102
Figure 36 Installing or removing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Figure 37 Replacing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Figure 38 Installing or removing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Figure 39 Removing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Figure 40 Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Figure 41 Location of option card and DIMM slots on the system board . . . . . . . . 118
Figure 42 Location of the grounding jack for the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . 119

Figure 43 Installing or removing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Figure 44 Replacing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Figure 45 Installing or removing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Figure 46 Removing the Nortel VPN Router 4600 front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Figure 47 Nortel VPN Router 4600 front components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Figure 48 Sample Nortel VPN Router 4600 system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Figure 49 Installing Nortel VPN Router 4600 option cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Figure 50 Installing Nortel VPN Router 4600 DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Figure 51 Removing a Nortel VPN Router 4600 power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Figure 52 Removing a Nortel VPN Router 4600 hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Figure 53 Removing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Figure 54 Removing the top cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Figure 55 Location of option cards, DIMMs, and fan trays on the system board . . 150
Figure 56 Location of the grounding jack for the antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . 151
Figure 57 Nortel VPN Router 5000 option card slots and buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Figure 58 Flowchart for option card installation in the Nortel VPN Router 5000 . . . 156
Figure 59 Installing or removing an option card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Figure 60 Replacing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Figure 61 DIMM memory banks on the Nortel VPN Router 5000 motherboard . . . 160
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Figure 62 DIMM label: Example 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Figure 63 DIMM label: Example 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Figure 64 Installing or removing a DIMM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Figure 65 Location of the Nortel VPN Router 5000 and Nortel VPN Router
5000E power supplies (rear of the chassis) 166
Figure 66 Removing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Figure 67 Inserting a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Figure 68 Location of the Nortel VPN Router 5000 hard disk drives . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Figure 69 Removing a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Figure 70 Inserting a hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Figure 71 Location of the Nortel VPN Router 5000 fan trays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Figure 72 Removing a fan tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Figure 73 Installing a fan tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Figure 74 VPN Router Security Accelerator card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Figure 75 SSL VPN Module 1000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Figure 76 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet interface card (all models except VPN Router
1100) 183
Figure 77 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet interface card (for the VPN Router 1100 only) 183
Figure 78 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card (all models except VPN
Router 1100) 186
Figure 79 VPN Router 1100 full-height 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Figure 80 VPN Router 1100 half-height 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Figure 81 1000BASE-T (1000 MT) Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Figure 82 1000BASE-SX Ethernet interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Figure 83 56/64K CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Figure 84 56/64K CSU/DSU WAN interface card (for the VPN Router 1100 only) . 190
Figure 85 ADSL WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Figure 86 ADSL WAN interface card (for the VPN Router 1100 only) . . . . . . . . . . 193
Figure 87 ISDN BRI S/T interface card or ISDN BRI U interface card . . . . . . . . . . 194
Figure 88 ISDN BRI S/T interface card (for the VPN Router 1100 only) . . . . . . . . . 194
Figure 89 ISDN BRI U interface card (for the VPN Router 1100 only) . . . . . . . . . . 194
Figure 90 T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card (half-height card) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Figure 91 T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card (full-height card) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
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Figure 92 T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card (for the VPN Router 1100) . . . . . 196
Figure 93 Quad T1/E1 CSU/DSU WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Figure 94 V.90 modem interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Figure 95 V.90 modem interface card (for the VPN Router 1100 only) . . . . . . . . . . 200

Figure 96 Single V.35/X.21 WAN interface card (full-height card) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Figure 97 Single V.35/X.21 WAN interface card (half-height card) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Figure 98 Single V.35/X.21 WAN interface card (half-height card for the
VPN Router 1100 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Figure 99 HSSI WAN interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Figure 100 Serial cable adapter for connection to modem (DB9-to-DB25) . . . . . . . 210
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Tables
Table 1 Supported option cards for the Nortel VPN Router 600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Table 2 Supported option cards for the Nortel VPN Router 1100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Table 3 Supported option cards for the Nortel VPN Router 1600 and 1700 . . . . . 56
Table 4 Supported option cards for the Nortel VPN Router 1600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Table 5 Supported option cards for the Nortel VPN Router 1740 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Table 6 Supported option cards for the Nortel VPN Router 1750 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Table 7 Supported option cards for the Nortel VPN Router 2600 and 2700 . . . . 103
Table 8 Installing other option cards with the SSL VPN Module 1000 . . . . . . . . 104
Table 9 Supported option cards for the Nortel VPN Router 2600 . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Table 10 Base and maximum memory for the Nortel VPN Router 2600 and 2700 109
Table 11 Supported option cards for the Nortel VPN Router 2750 . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Table 12 Installing other option cards with the SSL VPN Module 1000 . . . . . . . . 121
Table 13 Supported option cards for the Nortel VPN Router 4600 . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Table 14 Supported option cards for the Nortel VPN Router 5000 . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Table 15 Optimal placement of option cards in the Nortel VPN Router 5000 . . . . 154
Table 16 Model number for each chassis that supports either the 350-watt or
500-watt power supply 165
Table 17 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet port pinouts (all models except VPN Router 1100)
184
Table 18 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet port pinouts (VPN Router 1100 only) . . . . . . 184
Table 19 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Table 20 1000BASE-T Ethernet port pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Table 21 56/64K CSU/DSU cable pinouts for crossover connection . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Table 22 56/64K CSU/DSU cable pinouts for straight-through connection . . . . . . 192
Table 23 ADSL Annex A cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Table 24 ADSL Annex B cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Table 25 ISDN BRI S/T cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Table 26 ISDN BRI U cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Table 27 T1/E1 CSU/DSU cable pinouts for crossover connection . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
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Table 28 T1/E1 CSU/DSU cable pinouts for straight-through connection . . . . . . . 198
Table 29 V.90 modem cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Table 30 V.35 cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Table 31 X.21 cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Table 32 RS-232 DTE cable pinout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Table 33 RS-232 SDLC cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Table 34 V.35 SDLC cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Table 35 T3 cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Table 36 Null modem adapter cable pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
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New in this release
The following sections detail what’s new in Nortel VPN Router Installation —
Hardware Options (NN46110-317) for Release 7.05.300.
Features
See the following section for information about feature changes.
1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card
Release 7.05.300 supports the 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet card. For
specifications, see “1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card” on
page 185.

The list of option cards that can be installed in the various VPN Router models is
updated to include the 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet card.
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How to get help
This chapter explains how to get help for Nortel products and services.
Finding the latest updates on the Nortel Web site
The content of this documentation was current at the time the product was
released. To check for updates to the latest documentation and software for the
VPN Router, go to:
www.nortel.com/support
Select Security & VPN and then, in the section called Virtual Private Networking
(VPN), IPSEC, and SSL, click the appropriate VPN Router product.
Getting help from the Nortel Web site
The best way to get technical support for Nortel products is from the Nortel
Technical Support Web site:
www.nortel.com/support
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This site provides quick access to software, documentation, bulletins, and tools to
address issues with Nortel products. From this site you can:
• download software, documentation, and product bulletins
• search the Technical Support site and the Nortel Knowledge Base for answers
to technical issues
• sign up for automatic notification of new software and documentation for
Nortel equipment
• open and manage technical support cases
Getting help over the phone from a Nortel Solutions

Center
If you do not find the information you require on the Nortel Technical Support
web site, and you have a Nortel support contract, you can also get help over the
phone from a Nortel Solutions Center.
In North America, call 1-800-4NORTEL (1-800-466-7835).
Outside North America, go to the following web site to obtain the phone number
for your region:
www.nortel.com/callus
Getting help from a specialist by using an Express
Routing Code
To access some Nortel Technical Solutions Centers, you can use an Express
Routing Code (ERC) to quickly route your call to a specialist in your Nortel
product or service. To locate the ERC for your product or service, go to:
www.nortel.com/erc
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Getting help through a Nortel distributor or reseller
If you purchased a service contract for your Nortel product from a distributor or
authorized reseller, contact the technical support staff for that distributor or
reseller.
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Preface
The Nortel VPN Router product family supports secure, reliable IP VPNs in a
single, integrated hardware device. In this guide, all Nortel VPN Router models
are referred to generically as the gateway. This guide provides instructions about
how to install or replace the following field-replaceable units (FRU) in the VPN
Router gateway:

• LAN, WAN, and serial interface cards
• VPN accelerator cards (VPN Router Security Accelerator card and Hardware
Accelerator card)
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN Module 1000
• dual inline memory modules (DIMM)
• power supplies (VPN Router 5000, 4600, and 4500)
• hard disk drives (VPN Router 5000, 4600, and 4500)
• fan trays (VPN Router 5000)
Warning: Some VPN Router models must be returned to Nortel
Manufacturing via your Customer Service Representative for repair. Do
not attempt to make any changes to these models; if you are untrained,
you can cause personal injury, you can invalidate your warranty, or you
can cause irreparable damage to the equipment.
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Before you begin
This guide is intended for qualified service personnel who need to install or
replace a field-replaceable unit (FRU) in the gateway chassis. A qualified service
person must have appropriate technical training and experience and be aware of
the hazards involved in installing or replacing FRUs.
Text conventions
This guide uses the following text conventions:
Acronyms
This guide uses the following acronyms:
Warning: If you improperly handle internal components or assemblies,
with the power connected, you can cause severe personal injury.
bold Courier text
Indicates command names and options and text that
you need to enter.
Example: Use the

show health
command.
Example: Enter
terminal paging {off | on}
.
italic text Indicates new terms and book titles.
plain Courier
text
Indicates system output, for example, prompts and
system messages.
Example:
File not found.
separator ( > ) Shows menu paths.
Example: Choose Status > Health Check.
ADSL asymmetric digital subscriber line
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
CSU/DSU channel service unit/digital service unit
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Related publications
For more information about using the Nortel VPN Router, formerly known as the
Contivity Secure IP Services Gateway, refer to the following publications:
• Release notes provide the latest information, including brief descriptions of
the new features, problems fixed in this release, and known problems and
workarounds.
• Nortel VPN Router Configuration — Basic Features (NN46110-500)
introduces the product and provides information about initial setup and
configuration.
• Nortel VPN Router Security — Servers, Authentication, and Certificates
(NN46110-600) provides instructions for configuring authentication servers

and services, as well as digital certificates.
DES Data Encryption Standard
DIMM dual inline memory module
DTE data terminal equipment
FRU field replaceable unit
GUI graphical user interface
I/O input/output
IPSec IP Security
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
LAN local area network
LED light emitting diode
MAC media access control
PCI peripheral component interconnect
POST power-on self-test
SSL Secure Sockets Layer
VPN virtual private network
WAN wide area network