Nortel Contivity 1000 GT Important Notice

Important notice about the VPN Router 1000BASE-T

(1000 GT) card

NN46110-406 01.01 (324318-A Rev 01)
November 2007

For the VPN Router 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) card enclosed in this package to be recognized by the
VPN Router system, the operating software must be at one of the following versions:

•5.05.330

• 6.05.140 and all subsequent versions

•7.00.062

• 7.05.100 and all subsequent versions (FIPS branch)

• 7.05.300 and all subsequent versions

The VPN Router 600, 1100, 1600 and 2600 only support 10/100 Mbit/s operation for the
1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet card. To ensure reliable speed/duplex operation on these
platforms, Nortel recommends that both the interface and the attached devices are hard-coded to the
appropriate matching 10/100 speed and duplex settings.

The 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet card supports 10/100/1000 Mbit/s operation in the VPN
Router 1700/1740/1750, 2700/2750, 4600, and 5000.

Note: The 1000BASE-T (1000 GT) Ethernet interface card can only
operate at 10/100 Mbit/s on the VPN Router 600, 1100, 1600, and 2600.