Avaya Configuring BayStack and Business Policy Switches with the Preside Network Configuration System User's Manual
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1. 2 Use the Configuration Data Palette to create new standalone switch and stack configurations The Palette lists switch templates by product group Adding stack units and media dependent adapters MDAs NOTE You can add switch units to a stack and MDAs to a unit configuration using Preside NCS Then export that configuration to a stack or unit to which you added the corresponding hardware Alternatively you can install the new unit or MDA in the stack or unit and re import the configuration through Preside NCS Re import will then discover the newly installed unit or MDA It is recommended that you follow this latter method because it is less error prone 1 In the navigation pane select the switch stack 2 Select the unit type that is to be added to the stack from the Palette tab 3 Click the Paste button or double click the unit type that is to be added to the stack 4 Select the newly created unit in the navigation pane and adjust the unit number in the Basic tab in the Properties area 5 Select the newly created unit in the navigation pane and then select the MDA type that is to be added to the new switch unit from the Palette tab 6 Click the Paste button or double click the MDA type that is to be added to the switch 7 Expand the added unit in the navigation pane and then expand the MDA 8 Select a port under the MDA object in the navigation pane 9 Configure Basic VLAN STP and IGMP parameters2. tab configure the VLAN port properties Click the VLAN tab to display the VLAN port properties Click Task list to return to the list of tasks Page 4 Configuring a multilink trunk MLT You can configure from one through six multilink trunk MLT groups 1 In the navigation pane expand the switch and select two three or four Ethernet ports 2 Create shortcuts from the ports to one of the six MLT templates 3 Copy the ports and then paste them as shortcuts on the MLT 4 In the navigation pane select the MLT 5 In the Properties tab type a descriptive name to identify the trunk 6 From the Status list choose Enabled Configuring an Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP trap receiver 1 In the navigation pane expand the switch and select SNMP 2 In the Properties tab click the green plus sign to add an item to the Trap Receivers table 3 Enter the IP address and community string for each trap receiver Configuring an Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN EAP 1 In the navigation pane expand the switch and select EAP 2 In the Properties tab click the Administrative State Value Click Task list to return to the list of tasks Page 5 Configuring media access control MAC security 1 In the navigation pane expand the switch and select MAC Address Security 2 In the Basic tab of the MAC Address Security pane click the MAC Security Value 3 Enter the property value
3. Page 1 Configuring BayStack and Business Policy Switches with the Preside Network Configuration System This card summarizes how to get started using the Preside Network Configuration System Preside NCS to configure the BayStack and Business Policy Switches BPS in your network This document is intended for network engineers who have some familiarity with Nortel Networks Layer 2 switches The Business Policy Switch 2000 requires version 1 1 software The BayStack 350 410 and 450 switches require versions 1 3 3 1 software Task list The following summarizes an example of the configuration tasks you can complete using Preside NCS Configuring the switch IP address Importing or creating a switch configuration Adding stack units and media dependent adapters MDAs Configuring ports Configuring VLANs Configuring a multilink trunk MLT Configuring an Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP trap receiver Configuring an Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN EAP Configuring media access control MAC security Configuring QoS parameters Creating interface groups Accepting default mapping values Setting up filters Configuring actions Configuring meters Configuring policies Assigning mapping values If you are familiar with the BayStack Console In
4. e Defaults 7 In the Update Priority box select Priority 1 Priority 1 specifies a low priority Click Task list to return to the list of tasks Page 8 Configuring meters 1 In the navigation pane expand the switch and select QoS gt Meter Table 2 Click the Properties tab 3 Enter the properties values Configuring policies 1 In the navigation pane expand the switch and select QoS gt Policy Table 2 Click the Properties tab 3 In the Index box enter IPpolicy NOTE You cannot have spaces in the naming field This entry is a unique name to identify this target 4 In the Filter Group ID box enter IP Filter Group This entry is the filter group that will be associated with this policy 5 In the Filter Group Type box select an entry for example choose IPacket This entry is the filter group you created in the IP Classification Group page IP Filter Group Table 6 In the Role Combination box select a roll combination This entry is the unique Role Combination that you created 7 In the Order box enter 1 NOTE Nortel Networks recommends that you consider an order numbering strategy for the values in the Order field as you configure policies The policies in the Policy Table are arranged in ascending order according to value in the Order column By establishing a policy ordering scheme in multiples of for example 10 Order 10 Order 20 Order 30 Order 40 and so on you are able to inser
5. following a Enter 0x20 b Choose Ignore For packets with a DSCP of 0x20 The DSCP value in the packet is ignored NOTE A DSCP of 0x20 equals 32 decimal 7 In the Protocol field choose TCP When you select TCP you specify that only TCP packets be matched If you select RSVP all IP protocols are matched If you select Match All all IP protocols listed are matched 8 In the Destination L4 box enter 0 9 In the Source L4 box enter 0 Click Task list to return to the list of tasks Page 7 Setting up filter groups 1 In the navigation pane expand the switch and select QoS gt IP Classification 2 Click the IP Table Filter tab 3 In the Filter Group ID box enter a label for example IPacket NOTE Do not leave spaces in your naming entry This unique identification label distinguishes this filter group from other filter groups 4 In the Filter Order box enter a number for example 1 This number establishes the evaluation order of filters in the group 5 Define the Layer 2 filter 6 Define the Layer 2 filter group Configuring actions 1 In the navigation pane expand the switch and select QoS gt Actions 2 Click the Properties tab 3 In the Index box enter Generic 4 In the Drop box choose True or False 5 In the Update DSCP field enter 47 0x2F This entry changes the DSCP value to the decimal value 47 in the match packet 6 In the Set Drop Precedence box select Us
6. in the Properties tab as appropriate Click Task list to return to the list of tasks Page 3 Configuring ports By default all unconfigured ports are untagged links in the default port based VLAN VLAN 1 participate in normal learning STP and autonegotiate line speed 1 In the navigation pane expand the standalone switch stack unit or MDA to select switch ports 2 In the Properties tab choose the Basic VLAN STP IGMP EAP or MAC Security tab NOTE Selecting multiple ports Ctrl Click or Shift Click and then modifying parameters from the Properties tab changes those parameters for all selected ports Configuring VLANs You can configure port based protocol based or MAC source address VLANs 1 In the navigation pane expand the device and select the device VLANs folder NOTE Use the device VLANs folder to create VLANs and to configure VLAN ports The system VLANs folder shows the VLANs configured on all devices in the database 2 In the Palette tab choose a port based protocol based or MAC source address SA based VLAN type 3 In the navigation pane select the VLAN In the Properties tab type a descriptive name to identify the VLAN 4 In the navigation pane expand the switch and select ports to participate in the VLAN 5 Create shortcuts from the ports to the VLAN Copy the ports and paste them as shortcuts on the VLAN 6 In the navigation pane select the VLAN ports In the Properties
7. onfiguration Switch gt MLT groups gt MLT Basic Switch Configuration gt IGMP Configuration VLAN gt IGMP tab and IGMP tab on ports Basic Switch Configuration gt IGMP gt port Switch gt port IGMP Spanning Tree Configuration Switch gt STG Group gt Spanning Tree group Basic Spanning Tree Configuration gt port Switch gt port STG Software Download Switch Image Download Wizard Switch Configuration gt EAPOL Switch gt Port EAP Switch Configuration gt MAC Address Security Switch MAC Security Basic Click Task list to return to the list of tasks Copyright November 2001 Nortel Networks All rights reserved Printed in the USA The information in this document is subject to change without notice The statements configurations technical data and recommendations in this document are believed to be accurate and reliable but are presented without express or implied warranty Users must take full responsibility for their applications of any products specified in this document The information in this document is proprietary to Nortel Networks NA Inc 312061 B
8. s 4 Perform the steps in Configuring the security table next Configuring the security table NOTE You manually assign ports Port 1 Port 24 to an entry S1 S32 You enter the allowed source as an entry For example S1 1 In the Security Table tab of the MAC Address Security pane do the following a Click Add row icon b Enter the source MAC address 2 In the navigational pane expand MAC Address Security 3 Expand a unit for example Unit 1 4 Do the following a Right click a port b Select Copy from the popup menu c Right click Entry S1 d In the popup menu click Paste As Shortcut For example Port 1 5 In the Security Table tab of the MAC Address Security pane enter the allowed source For example S1 6 To use the Learn by Port feature do the following a In the navigational pane expand MAC Address Security b Click Learn by Port c In the Properties tab select the Current Learning Mode property value d Expand a unit for example Unit 1 e Right click a port f Select Copy from the popup menu g Right click Entry S1 h In the popup menu click Paste As Shortcut 7 In the popup menu click Paste As Shortcut Click Task list to return to the list of tasks Page 6 Creating interface groups NOTE Nortel Networks does not allow this action from NCS because to complete the configuration the switch must be reset If the swi
9. t policies in the appropriate filter precedence location and still retain the precedence of the remaining policies 8 In the Action Index box enter a value Click Task list to return to the list of tasks Page 9 Mapping Switch Console Interface commands to Preside NCS GUI properties If you are familiar with the BayStack Console Interface CI use the following table to locate the Preside NCS properties that you want to configure Assigning mapping values NOTE Nortel Networks does not allow this action from NCS because to complete the configuration the switch must be reset If the switch is reset the SNMP connection to the switch is dropped In this case export of the configurations is interrupted To configure the properties on this CI Screen Select this item in the Preside NCS navigation pane and choose this Properties tab IP Configuration Setup Switch Basic SNMP Configuration Switch gt SNMP Basic System Characteristics Switch Import Export Switch Configuration gt VLAN Configuration menu gt VLAN Configuration Switch gt VLANs folder gt VLAN Basic Switch Configuration gt VLAN Configuration menu gt VLAN Port Configuration Switch gt port member of VLAN VLAN Switch Configuration gt VLAN Configuration menu gt VLAN Display by Port VLANs folder gt VLAN Basic Switch Configuration gt Port Configuration Switch gt port Basic Switch Configuration gt Multilink Trunk C
10. tch is reset the SNMP connection to the switch is dropped In this case export of the configurations is interrupted Accepting default mapping values To manually configure the mapping among 802 1p priority values priority and DSCP mapping you must use with the following QoS Advanced pages Assigning 802 1p priority queue assignment Verifying DSCP mapping Assigning 802 1p user priority mapping Verifying DSCP queue assignments NOTE Nortel Networks does not allow this action from NCS because to complete the configuration the switch must be reset If the switch is reset the SNMP connection to the switch is dropped In this case export of the configurations is interrupted Setting up filters 1 In the navigation pane expand the switch and select QoS gt IP Classification 2 Click the IP Table Filter tab 3 In the Indices box enter the value 4 For the destination network address do the following a In the Dest Addr box type the destination network address b In the Dest Addr Mask box type the subnet mask This address is used to match the destination IP address in the packet s IP header 5 For the source network address do the following a In the Src Addr box type the source network address b In the Src Addr Mask box type the source network subnet mask This is the IP address to match against the packet s source IP address 6 In the DSCP field do one of the
11. terface CI see the Mapping Switch Console Interface commands to Preside NCS GUI properties table to locate the Preside NCS properties that you want to configure Each of the above tasks is explained in more detail in the procedures that follow Configuring the switch IP address NOTE If you have a properly configured BootP server in your network it detects the switch IP address automatically you do not need to configure the IP address 1 Connect a serial console and apply power to the switch After the Nortel Networks logo screen appears press Ctrl Y to access the Console Interface CI 2 At the CI Main Menu choose IP Configuration Setup 3 Type the in band IP address or stack IP address subnet mask and default gateway of the switch Press Return after each entry For a standalone switch you enter the in band IP address For a stack configuration you enter the stack IP address Page 2 Importing or creating a switch configuration You can import existing configurations to the Preside NCS database directly from the switch or you can create configurations off line 1 Use the Configuration menu Import commands to import configuration data directly from a switch To import data you specify the switch IP address and community string NOTE BayStack and Business Policy Switch devices use SNMP to transfer configuration data they do not support Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP or serial import and export
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