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Contents
Preface 13
Who should use this book 13
How this book is organized 13
Part 1: Getting started 13
Part 2: Command reference 14
Part 3: Appendices 14
Related documentation 15
Typographic conventions 15
How to get help 16
Getting help from the Nortel web site 16
Getting help over the telephone from a Nortel Solutions Center 17
Using an Express Routing Code to get help from a specialist 17
Getting help through a Nortel distributor or reseller 17
Chapter 1: Introduction 21
Feature summary 22
What’s new in NSF 2.3.3? 22
Software support 22
Reliability and redundancy 22
Management 22
Usability enhancements 23
Supported hardware 24
Performance 25
Nortel Switched Firewall basics 25
Network Elements 25
The networks 26
The Firewall 26
The management interfaces 26