Avaya P550R Multiservice Switch User Guide, Version 5.3.1
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Avaya P550R, P580, P880, and P882 Multiservice Switch User Guide, Version 5.3.1 Document Revision 2.0 August 2002 I:\P550-880-882\v5.3.1\CIAndGA\UserGuide\Rev2.0\Cover.fm — August 28, 2002 4:34 pm Avaya P550R®, P580, P880, and P882 Multiservice Switch User Guide, Version 5.3.1, Document Revision 2.0 © Copyright Avaya Inc., 2002 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Produced in USA, August, 2002 The products, specifications, and other technical information regarding the products contained in this document are subject to change without notice. All information in this document is believed to be accurate and reliable, but is presented without warranty of any kind, express or implied, and users must take full responsibility for their application of any products specified in this document. Avaya disclaims responsibility for errors which may appear in this document, and it reserves the right, in its sole discretion and without notice, to make substitutions and modifications in the products and practices described in this document. P550R is a registered trademark of Avaya Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Internet Explorer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Netscape and Netscape Navigator are registered trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation in the United States and other countries. Sybase is a registered trademark of Sybase, Inc. Novell, NDS, Netware, and Novell Directory Services are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. Solaris is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. ALL OTHER TRADEMARKS MENTIONED IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE PROPERTY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OWNERS. Table of Contents Preface . xiii Overview of the Contents . xiii Technical Support . xv Avaya Technologies Products and Services . xv Conventions . .xvi Using Notes, Cautions, and Warnings . xviii Related Documentation . xviii Online Documentation . xviii Online Help. .xix Installing Online Documentation and Help Files . .xix Documentation . xxii Terminology . xxii Documentation Feedback . xxiii Chapter 1 — Introduction. 1-1 Overview. 1-1 Switch Descriptions. 1-1 Hardware Components . 1-2 Chassis . 1-2 Avaya P550R and P580 Multiservice Switch Chassis. 1-3 Avaya P880 and P882 Multiservice Switch Chassis . 1-5 50-Series Modules . 1-7 Redundant Supervisor . 1-9 Media Modules. 1-10 80-Series Modules . 1-13 Software Features . 1-14 Virtual Bridging Functions . 1-14 Flood Pruning Using VLANs. 1-15 Hunt Groups. 1-16 OpenTrunk Technology . 1-16 Load MIB . 1-17 Spanning Tree Modes. 1-17 Extensive Fault Tolerance . 1-21 Buffer and Queue Management . 1-21 New Software Features . 1-22 5.3.1 Software Features . 1-22 v5.3 Software Features. 1-22 v5.2.10 Software Features . 1-25 v5.2.6 Software Features . 1-26 Avaya P550R, P580, P880, and P882 Multiservice Switch User Guide, v5.3.1 i Table of Contents v5.2.2 Software Features. 1-27 v5.2.0 Software Features. 1-27 Routing Overview . 1-28 Compatibility with Layer 2 Modules . 1-29 Routing with Layer 2 and Layer 3 Modules . 1-29 Chapter 2 — Initialize and Setup . 2-1 Overview . 2-1 Setting Up Your Laptop or PC Monitor . 2-2 Managing the Avaya Multiservice Switch using Telnet . 2-2 Viewing Active Telnet Sessions . 2-3 Telnet session expiration timer . 2-4 Configuring the Supervisor Module Using the CLI . 2-4 Configuring the Switch Using the Web Agent . 2-9 Opening the Web Agent . 2-9 Moving through the Web Agent . 2-11 Configuring Custom Access Types . 2-12 Opening the Custom Access Types Web Page . 2-13 Creating a Custom Access Type. 2-14 Modifying a Custom Access Type . 2-15 Deleting a Custom Access Type . 2-16 Setting Up User Accounts . 2-17 Disabling User Accounts . 2-19 Setting Up SNMP Communities . 2-20 Configuring User Accounts. 2-23 RADIUS Client Support . 2-24 Changing the Console Serial Port Settings . 2-32 Configuring the Serial Console Port as a TTY Console . 2-32 Configuring the Serial Console Port as a PPP Console . 2-35 Configuring Dial-Up Networking . 2-40 Changing the TCP Ports for HTTP and Telnet. 2-43 Overview . 2-43 Changing the TCP Port Number for HTTP and Telnet Requests . 2-43 Starting a Telnet Session . 2-45 Opening the Web Agent . 2-46 Managing Configuration Files . 2-46 Viewing Your Running Configuration . 2-46 Viewing Your Startup Configuration. 2-47 Viewing Your Script Execution Log File . 2-47 Copying Configuration Files . 2-47 Copying Files . 2-49 Viewing the Status of a TFTP Transfer. 2-53 Chapter 3 — Configuring System Information . 3-1 Overview . 3-1 Entering General System Information . 3-1 Enabling the Simple Network Time Protocol . 3-2 Setting Summer Time Hours . 3-4 ii Avaya P550R, P580, P880, and P882 Multiservice Switch User Guide, v5.3.1 Table of Contents Setting Recurring Summer Time Hours . 3-5 Setting One-Time Summer Time Hours. 3-10 Setting the System Clock . 3-11 Setting the Temperature System. 3-13 Displaying the Power System Statistics . 3-15 Displaying Cooling System Statistics. 3-16 Performing a Reset . 3-17 Chapter 4 — Using VLANs, Spanning Tree, Hunt Groups, and VTP Snooping . 4-1 Overview. 4-1 VLAN Introduction . 4-1 What is a VLAN? . 4-2 Ingress Rules . ..