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Avaya Configuration Guide A VAYA P460 M ULTILAYER M ODULAR S WITCH S OF TWAR E V ERSION 1.0 February 2003[...]

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Contents List of Tables .............. ...................... ....................... ...................... ...................... v List of Figures .............. ....................... ....................... ...................... ................ vii Chapter 1 A vaya P460 Product Overview ...................... ....................... .......[...]

Table of Contents Flow Control ........................ ....................... ......................... ...... . 16 Duplex Mode ... .............. ....................... ....................... .............. . 16 Spe e d ........... ...................... ....................... ...................... ............ . 16 MAC Addres s . ...... ...[...]

Table of Contents Chapter 5 A vaya P460 L a yer 3 Features ........ ....................... ......................... ................. 39 Introduction ....................... ....................... ......................... ....................... ........ 39 What is Routing? .............. ....................... ...................... .........[...]

Table of Contents Policy Configuration CLI Com m ands ... .......................... ................. . 64 Policy Configuration Ex ample ......................... ......................... ......... . 65 Chapter 6 Swi tch Monitoring Features . .......................... ......................... ....................... 67 SNMP Configuration . . ..[...]

List of Tables Table 3.1 A CT and O P R LED Summar y . ........... .......................... ........... . 11 Table 4.1 P ossible LAG Configurations .. .................... ...................... ...... . 28 Table 5.2 D iffer e nces Between RIP and RIP2 .................. ....................... . 47 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide v[...]

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List of Figures Figur e 1.1 The Avaya P460 Switch – Front View ........... ......................... ... 1 Figure 2.1 M 460ML-SPV Supervisor M o dule Serial Console Por t . ......... 3 Figure 2.2 M46 0ML-SPV Supervi sor Module Fast Ethernet C onsole Port . ........... ....................... ...................... .......................... .....[...]

List of Figures vii i Ava y a P460 Configu r ation Guide[...]

Chapter 1 Avaya P460 Product Overview Introduction The Av aya P460 is a high-performance multilayer modular switch with two Super v isor module slots, four I/O slots and up to three Power Supply Units. It fe atures full re dundancy f r om s w itchi ng fabric to port l e vel. Figur e 1.1 T he A v aya P460 Switch – Front V i ew 1 2 3 4 Ke y 1 Super[...]

Chapter 1 A vaya P46 0 Product Overview Avaya P460 Main Components Note: For information on Installation, T r ou bleshooting and Maintenance of the se components, refer to the “A vaya P460 Insta l lation and Maintenance Guide.” Supervisor Modules The P460 S u pervisor mod u les f o rm the core of the P460. Their functions include: • C has sis[...]

Chapter 2 Establishing Switch Access Introduction This chapter descr i bes how to access th e A v aya P460 CLI from the following devices : • A termina l to the serial port on the Supervisor M o dule • A workstation running a Telnet sessio n c o nnected via an I/O module (Inband) • A workstation running a Telnet session co nnected to the Cons[...]

Chapter 2 Est ablishing Switch Access Note: If you connect your termina l to the St andby SP V, you can get access to all the CLI commands b y opening a S e ssion to the Active S PV . Establishing a Telnet Connect ion with the Switch (Inband) Perform the following steps to establish a Telnet co nnection to the P460 for configuration: L You need to [...]

Chapter 2 E stabl ish ing Swi tch Access In order to. .. U se the fo llowing command.. . Send an ICMP echo request packets to another node o n the network. ping Note: For m o re detailed information on the CLI commands, please refer to the Avaya P460 Refer e nce Guide Establishing a Telnet Connecti on with the Switch (Outband) Figur e 2.2 M 460ML-S[...]

Chapter 2 Est ablishing Switch Access Outband Interface Con nection CLI Commands In order to.. . Use the following command... Configure the management interface set interfa ce out b and Enable th e outband interfa ce e nable interface outband Disable the outba n d int e rface d isable interface out b and Enabl e or disable the l i nk negotiation pr[...]

Chapter 2 E stabl ish ing Swi tch Access Redundant Outband Co nnections You can cre a te a redundant outband managemen t connection by conne cting both Super v isor modules to the NMS via the Fas t Ethernet interface by a switch (see F igure 2.3). Figur e 2.3 R edundant Ou tband Connections Swi t ch Workstation In t h is configuration, the Active S[...]

Chapter 2 Est ablishing Switch Access Establishing a PPP via Modem Con nection with t he P460 (Sideband) Overview The Point-to-Po i nt Protocol (PPP) provides a Layer 2 met h od f o r trans p ort i ng mult i- proto c ol datagrams over point-to-point li nks . Here onl y IP data gr ams will be exchanged, over a RS232 serial connectio n, between th e [...]

Chapter 2 E stabl ish ing Swi tch Access Setting Up Sideband (PPP) Connection Co nfiguratio n L You need to configure an IP address and netmask for the sideband interface before you can establish a ppp link. 1 C onnect a ter m inal to the Serial console port. 2 W hen you are prompted for a Login Name, enter the default name root . 3 W hen you are p[...]

Chapter 2 Est ablishing Switch Access 10 Avaya P460 Configu r ation Guid e[...]

Chapter 3 Avaya P460 Supervisor Module Features Introduction The A v aya P460 Supervisor module p r ovides the following funct i onality: • C hassis-wide control • I /O m o dule ini t ia lizati on • Fab ric ini t ialization • S witching that also u s es al so th e fabric of the second SPV • L ayer 3 functionality i n clud i n g routi ng ?[...]

Chapter 3 A vaya P46 0 Su pervisor Module Features Table 3.1 A CT and OPR LED Summ a ry ACT LED i s .. . O PR LED is .. . M 460ML - SPV Modul e mode ON Blinking Active No fan mo dule p r esen t OFF ON S tandby OFF B linking H alted or booting Supervisor Synchronization Configuring the Supervisor M odules fo r Ac tive / Standby Operati on In order t[...]

Chapt e r 3 A vaya P460 Supe rvisor M o dule Features — E mbedded W e b image — Pre ferr ed boot ban k — C hassis synchronization L The trans f er proces s can take up to 90 seconds. L The following screen capture shows the process: P460-1(super)# sync sp v This command may overwrite the neighbor SPV software and reset both SPVs *** Confirmat[...]

Chapter 3 A vaya P46 0 Su pervisor Module Features • Layer 2 configuration changes are saved in bo th S u pervi s or modules wh en you press Enter. L The Super vis or module Ethernet ou tba n d i n terface configura t ion is not synch r onized between the modules . • Layer 3 startup configuration is saved in the Standby SPV when you execute the[...]

Chapter 4 Avaya P460 Layer 2 Features Ethernet Ether n et is one of the most widel y implem ented L A N standards. It uses the Carrier Se nse Multipl e A cces s w i th Collision Det e ction (CS MA/ CD) access method to handle simultaneous demands. CSMA/ CD is a multi-us er network allocat i on procedure in w h ich every stat ion can recei ve th e t[...]

Ch apter 4 A vaya P 4 60 Layer 2 Features The A vaya P460 su pport s au to -ne g otia ti on enab ling/disabling on a per-port basis. Flow Con trol€ Flow Control ensures that the receivi n g d e vice can handle all the i n coming d a ta. Flow control does this by ad jus tin g the data flow fr om one device to another. This is particularly importan[...]

Cha p ter 4 A vaya P460 Layer 2 Features CAM Tab le€ It mi ght be inefficient if the Avaya P460 could not “remember” which MAC add r ess was a cces si ble f r om w h ich port, that is , wh ere a sp ecific device is attached . Therefore, th e P460 stores a mapping of learned MA C addresses t o port and VLA Ns in the CAM table. The switch then [...]

Ch apter 4 A vaya P 4 60 Layer 2 Features In order to.. . Use the following command... Dis p lay the CAM table entrie s for a sp ecific port show cam Clear all the CAM entries. clear cam Send ICMP echo request packets to another node on the network. ping 18 Ava y a P460 Configu r ation Guide[...]

Cha p ter 4 A vaya P460 Layer 2 Features Ethernet Configuration Ex amp l es Thi s ex ample s h ows basic E t hernet conf ig ur ation for port 40 on I/O m o dule 6: 1 D isabling p ort negotiation P460-1(super)# set port negotiation 6/40 disable Link negotiation protocol disabled on port 6/4 0 2 S etting port duplex to full P460-1(super)# set port du[...]

Ch apter 4 A vaya P 4 60 Layer 2 Features VLAN Configuration VLAN Ov erview A VLAN is made up of a group of devices on one or more LANs that are configured so the devices operate as if they form an independent LAN. Thes e devic e s can, in fact, be located on s e veral di ffe r ent LAN segments. VLANs can be us ed to group tog e ther de partments a[...]

Cha p ter 4 A vaya P460 Layer 2 Features In Figure 4.2, the sw itch has three s e parate VLA Ns: Sa les , Engineeri n g, and Mar k eting. Ea ch VLAN has several phys ical ports ass ign ed to it with PC’ s connected to those ports . Wh en traffi c flows from a PC on the Sa les VL AN, for example, that traffic is only forwa r ded out the other port[...]

Ch apter 4 A vaya P 4 60 Layer 2 Features Multi VLAN Binding Multi VLAN binding , al so k n own as Mult iple VLANs per port, allows access to shared r e sources by stations that belon g to diff erent VLANs through the same port. Thi s is us eful in applica t ions such as mu lti-tenant networks, whe r e each user has his or her ow n VLAN fo r privac[...]

Cha p ter 4 A vaya P460 Layer 2 Features P460 VL AN Tabl e The P460 VLAN table includes two types of VLANs: • U ser-configured VLANs • D yna m ically learnt from the incoming traffic on the “Bind to A ll” ports When the VLAN list r e ach e s i t s maximum capacity it is lo cked. No V L ANs are dynamicall y learned and i t is not be possible[...]

Ch apter 4 A vaya P 4 60 Layer 2 Features In order to.. . Use the following command... Dis pla y d y namically learne d VLAN s show dynamic vlans Clear VLAN entrie s c lear vlan Clear a VL AN stat ic ally confi g ur ed on a port cle ar port static- v lan Clear dynamic vlans Only the VLANs learned by the switch from i nco ming tr affi c on t h e “[...]

---- --------- ----- ---- ---- --------------- --------------------- ----------- ------- Cha p ter 4 A vaya P460 Layer 2 Features VLAN Configu r ation Example This exa m ple show s VLAN configurat ion for p ort 40 on I/O module on I/O module 6: 1 D efining VLAN 10 (switch-level) P460-1(super)# set vlan 10 VLAN ID 10 created 2 A ssigning V LAN 10 to[...]

Ch apter 4 A vaya P 4 60 Layer 2 Features Spanning Tree Confi g uration Spanning T r ee Overvi ew With out Spanning Tr ee a Network might expe rience packet storms when the r e are mul tip le bridges and paths through the network. In ad dition, loops mi ght be forme d in the network. When there are loops in the network B r id ges see more than one [...]

Cha p ter 4 A vaya P460 Layer 2 Features Spanning Tree CLI Comman ds In order to. .. U se the fo llowing command.. . Enable/Disable the spanning-tree protocol for the switch set spantree enable/disable Set the bridge priority f o r ST A s et port s p antree priority Enable/Disable the spanning tree for swi t ch port s set port spantre e Set the por[...]

Ch apter 4 A vaya P 4 60 Layer 2 Features LAG Configurati on LAG Overview A L A G uses multipl e ports to create a high bandwidth connection with another devic e . F o r e x ampl e, assigni n g f o ur 100BAS E-T port s to a LA G on a n M4 648ML- T I/O module , allows the module to communica te at an effectiv e rate of 400 Mb ps with another switch.[...]

Cha p ter 4 A vaya P460 Layer 2 Features Table 4. 1 Po ssible LAG Configurations Module Maximum number of LAGs Base por t is... Additional por ts must be. .. Log i cal port num bers M4612ML-G 6 G BI C G BIC Part of the s a me group of six ports (1-6; 7-1 2) 101-103 (port s 1-6) 104-106 (port s 7-12) Logical Port Numbers The logical port n u mber is[...]

Ch apter 4 A vaya P 4 60 Layer 2 Features LAG CLI Commands In order to.. . Use the following command... Enabl e or disable a Link Ag grega t ion Group interface on the swi t ch set por t channel Dis pla y L i nk Aggre g ati o n Group information for a speci f ic s w itch or port show port channel LAG Configuration Examp le This example shows defini[...]

Cha p ter 4 A vaya P460 Layer 2 Features Port Redundancy Configuration Port Redundancy Overview Redundancy invol v es the dupl ic atio n of devi ces, services, or connections, so, in the event of a failure, the redundant duplicat e can take over for the on e that failed. Since compute r networks are critical for busine ss operations , it is vital t[...]

Ch apter 4 A vaya P 4 60 Layer 2 Features Redundancy CLI Commands In order to.. . Use the following command... Define/de l ete a redundancy entry. set p ort redundancy (on/off) Enable port redundancy on the swi t ch set p o rt redundancy enable Dis a ble port r e dundancy on the swi t ch set por t redundancy dis a bl e Set the minimum time that is [...]

--------------- -- -------------- ------ ---------- Cha p ter 4 A vaya P460 Layer 2 Features Port Redundancy Configu r ation Example This exa m ple show s configura t ion of a po rt redunda n cy pair called “p460red” between ports 40 and 48 on I/O module 6 and its configu rat ion. P460-1(super)# set port redundancy 6/40 6/48 on p460red p460red:[...]

Ch apter 4 A vaya P 4 60 Layer 2 Features IP Multicast Filtering Configuration Overview IP Multicast is a met h od of se ndi n g a s i ng le copy of an IP packet to multiple dest ina t ions . Different applica t ions inclu d ing vi de o s t reaming and vi deo conferencing can use IP mu ltica s t. The Multicas t packet is for w arded from the se nde[...]

Cha p ter 4 A vaya P460 Layer 2 Features • The Group Filtering Delay time is t he tim e that the switch should wait b etw een becoming awa r e of a Mult ic ast grou p on a certai n VLAN and st arti ng to filter traffic for this group. IP Mu ltica s t C L I C omm and s In order to. .. U se the fo llowing command.. . Enabl e or dis a ble IP multica[...]

Ch apter 4 A vaya P 4 60 Layer 2 Features Broadcast Storm Con t rol Broadcast Sto rm Control Ove r vie w This feature allows you to protect the network or s w itch f r om e x cessive Broadcast or Unknown traffic. When the Broadcas t Storm Control is en abl e d, the s w itch d i scard s broadcast, multicast and unknown pac k ets when the Broadcast T[...]

Chapter 4 Avaya P460 Layer 2 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 37 Broadcast Storm Control CLI Command s Broadcast Storm Control Configu ration Example s This example shows configura tion of broa dcast storm control with a threshold of 100,000 pps. In order to... Use the foll owing command... Enable or disable broadcast storm control. set broa[...]

Chapter 4 Avaya P460 Layer 2 Features 38 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide Priority Configuration Overview By its nature, network traffi c varies greatly over time, so short-term peak loads might exceed the switch capacity. When this occurs, the switch must buffer frames until there is enough capacity to fo rward them to the appropriate ports. This, h[...]

Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 39 Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Introduction What is Routin g? Routing allows transfer of a data packet from sour ce to destination by a device called a router. Routing involves two basic acti vities: determination of optimal routing paths and transmissi on of inform ation packets through an internetwork. Rou[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 40 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide Figur e 5.1 Routing The routers obtain the relation between th e destination host’s protocol address and its physical address using the ARP request/reply mechanis m.The information is stored within the ARP table in the router. Se e “The ARP Table“ on page 55. Within an en[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 41 Routing Configuration Forwarding The P460 forwards IP packets be tween IP ne tworks. When it receives an IP pack et through one of its interfaces, it forwards the packet through one of its interfaces. The P460 supports multinetting. This allows it to forward packets between IP [...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 42 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide IP Configuration IP Configuration CLI Comman ds In order to... Use the following command... Enable IP routing ip routing Set ICMP error messages ip icmp-errors Specify the format of netmasks in the show command output ip netmask-format Create an inter face or enter the Interfac[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 43 Basic Router Configuration L You need to install the Layer 3 license before you can configure La yer 3 parameters. The following example shows configuration of a basic IP interface and the routing protocol over this interface. It is not intended to provide comprehensive configu[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 44 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 3 Configure a VLAN for the specific IP interface Marketing: 4 Define an interface called Marketing, assign an IP address and the VLAN: 5 Display the settings: 6 Enable the r equired pr otocols: or 7 Start the operation to copy the ru nning configuration to the startup configura[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 45 L This is necessary to retain the configuration after a reset Router-1(configure)# copy running-config startup-config[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 46 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide RIP (Routing Interchange Protocol) Configuration RIP Overview RIP is one of the two main groups of routin g protocols - the other is OSPF (refer to "OSPF Overview" on page 49 for details). It is a “distance vect or protocol” – the router decides which path to us[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 47 RIP2 RIP2 overcomes some of the shortcomings of RIP. Table 5.2 summarizes the differences between RIP and RIP2. RIP CLI Commands Table 5.2 Differences Between RIP a nd RIP2 RIP2 RIP Multicast addressing Broadcast Addressing Event-driven Timer-based – update every 30 seconds V[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 48 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide Enable split-horizon mechanism ip rip split-horizon Specify the type of authentication used in RIP Version 2 packets ip rip authentication mode Set the authentication string used on the interface ip rip authentication key In order to... Use the following command...[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 49 OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) Configuration OSPF Overview OSPF is a routing protocol developed for IP networks based on the shortest path first or link-s tate algorithm. It was introduc ed to overcome the limi tations of RIP in increasingly complex network desig ns. OSPF is b[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 50 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide Configure router identity ip ospf router-id Redistribute routing inf ormation from other protocols into OSPF redistribute (RIP) Configure the delay between runs of OSPF’s SPF calculatio n timers spf Configure interface metric ip ospf cost Specify the time interval between hel[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 51 Static Routing Configuration Static Routing Overview When dynamic routing protocols – RIP or OSPF – are not approp riate, you can manually configure static routes to indicate the next hop on the path to the final packet destination. A static route becomes inactive if the in[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 52 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide Route Preferences The routing table can contain routes from different sources . Routes to a certain destination can be learned independently from RIP and from OSPF. At the same time, a static route can also be configured to the same destination. While metrics are used to choose[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 53 Route Redistribution Route redistribution is the interaction of multiple routing protocols. OSPF and RIP can be operated concurrently in the P460. In this case, you can configure the P 460 to redistribute routes learned from one protocol into the domain of the other routing pro[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 54 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide ARP (Address Resolution Prot ocol) Table Configuration ARP Overview IP logical network add resses are independent of physical ad dresses. The physical address must be used to convey d a ta in the form of a frame from one device to another. Therefore, a mechanism is required to [...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 55 The ARP Table The ARP table stores recently used pairs of IP/MAC addresses. This storage saves time and communication costs, since the host looks in the ARP cache fir st when transmitting a packet. If the information is not there, then the host sends an ARP Request. See Figure [...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 56 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide BOOTP/DHCP (Dynamic Host Co nfiguration Protocol) Relay Configuration BOOTP/DHCP Overview BOOTP Short for Bootstrap Protocol, BootP is an In ternet protocol that allows a diskless workstation to discover the following: • Its own IP addre s s • The IP addres s of a BOOTP ser[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 57 When the DHCP/BOOTP server is configured to allocate addresses only from a single subnetwork a mong the different subnetworks de fined on the VLAN, you might need to configure the P460 with th e relay addres s on that subnet so the DHCP/BOOTP server can accept the request. DHCP[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 58 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide NetBIOS Re-broadcast Configuration NetBIOS Overview Short for Network Basic Input Output System, an application programming interface (API) that augments the DOS BIOS by adding special functions for local- area networks ( LANs). Almost all LANs for PCs are based on the NetBIOS.[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 59 VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) Configuration VRRP Overvi ew VRRP is an IETF protocol designed to su pport redundancy of routers on the LAN, and load balancing of traffic. VRRP is transp arent to host stations, m aking it an ideal option when redundancy, load balancin[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 60 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide VRRP Configuration Example 1 Figur e 5.4 VRRP Configuration Example Case#1 One main router on IP subnet 20.20.20.0, su ch as a P333R, P460 or any router tha t supports VRRP, and a redundant router. You can configure more backup routers. • The P460 itself must have an interfac[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 61 00.00.5E.00.01.V RID as a response to the stations ARP requests. • In the meantime, the redundant router will use a VRRP polling protocol to check the Main router integrity at one second intervals ( default). Otherwise, it is idle • If the Main router fails, the redundant r[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 62 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide Set the primary address used as the source address of VRRP packets for the virtual router ID ip vrrp primary Accept or discard packets addressed to the IP address(es) associated wit h the virtual router, such as ICMP, SNMP, and TELNET. Use this command if the virtual router is [...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 63 Policy Configuration Policy Configuration Overview The P460 supports QoS (Quality of Service) by using multiple priority levels and IEEE 802.1p priority tagging. This QoS ensur es that data and voice receive the necessary levels of se rvice. The Avaya P460 can enforce QoS polic[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features 64 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide Figur e 5.5 A vaya P460 Poli cy Policy Configura tion CLI Commands In order to... Use the following command... Configure the DSCP-802.1p mapping set qos dscp-cos-map Configure the DSCP entry name set qos dscp-name Configure which of the incoming packet's priority parameter[...]

Chapter 5 Avaya P460 Layer 3 Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 65 Policy Configuration Examp le The following shows configuration of Access List 100 1 Assigning priority 6 to all TCP traffic originat ing in network 149.49.0.0 – rule 1: 2 Assigning priority 3 to all TCP traffic going to the host 172.44.17.1 – rule 2: 3 Denying Tel net sess[...]

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Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 67 Chapter 6 Switch Monitoring Features SNMP Configuration SNMP Configuration Overview Managers and Agents SNMP uses so ftware en tities calle d ma nagers and agents to manage network devices: The manager monitors and controls all other SNMP-managed devices or network nodes on the network. There must be at least one S[...]

Chapter 6 Switch Monitoring Features 68 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide function, you do not need to know the ex a ct variable name you are looking for . The SNMP manager takes the variable yo u name and then uses a sequential search to find the desired variable. • Retrieve a number of values – a get-bulk action The SNMP manager performs the num[...]

Chapter 6 Switch Monitoring Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 69 Enable/Disable the sendin g of SNMP traps upon SNMP authentication failure set snmp trap a uth Set the number of retries i nitiated by the Device Manager application when it tries to send SNMP messages to the device set snmp retries Set the SNMP timeout set snmp trap Enable or d[...]

Chapter 6 Switch Monitoring Features 70 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide RMON RMON Overview RMON, the internationally recognized network monitoring standard, is a network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single workstation. You can use RMON probes to monitor and analyze a single segment only. When you deploy a s[...]

Chapter 6 Switch Monitoring Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 71 Display the RMON statist ics counters for a certain interface number according to the MIB-2 interface ta ble numbering scheme show rmon statistics Display the most recent RMON history log for a given History Index show rmon history Display the parameters set for a specific alarm[...]

Chapter 6 Switch Monitoring Features 72 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide SMON SMON Overview SMON is Avaya’s standard-setting switch monitoring technology that has now been adopted as IETF standard RFC 2613. SMON extends the RMON standard to provide the switch monitoring tools and fe atures you need to analyze the switched network and all its compon[...]

Chapter 6 Switch Monitoring Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 73 SMON CLI Commands See "Basic Switch Config uration" in the Avaya P460 Installation and Maintenance Guide .[...]

Chapter 6 Switch Monitoring Features 74 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide Logs Log Overview There are two logs are available for each Supervisor module – the System Log file and the Event Log file. • The System Log displays all the resets that took place in the supervisor with their time stamp and cause. • The Event Log di splays all the resets [...]

Chapter 6 Switch Monitoring Features Avaya P460 Configuration Guide 75 Port Mirroring Configuration Port Mirroring Overview Port Mirroring copies all received and tran smitte d packets (inclu ding local traffic) from a source port to a predefined dest ination port, in addition to the normal destination port of the packets. Port Mirrorin g , also kn[...]

Chapter 6 Switch Monitoring Features 76 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide Port Classification Port Classification Overvie w With the Avay a P460, you can class ify any po rt as “regular” or “valuable”. Setting a port to “valuable” classificati on means that a link fault trap is sent in the event of a link failur e. The trap is sent even wh[...]