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1. Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 17 Important notices N O On A 12 13 During the boot process press CTRL C until the following menu is displayed Press a to run Agent code Press d to download the agent diag bootloader code Press e to display Errors Press i to initialize config flash Press p to run POST tests Press r to reset the switch moop Press d Choose option 3 Bootloader Choose option 1 Download via TFTP Enter the filename along with its extension for example ERS3500_b1_0_0_3 bin Enter the TFTP server IP address Enter the switch IP address 10 11 Enter the subnet mask Enter the port in which the cable is connected The download of the DIAG image begins Press y to program flash when prompted after download Once the download and programming completes you can either additionally download the Diags or Agent image or press y to reboot the switch Supported software and hardware capabilities The following table summarizes the known capabilities for the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series software release 5 1 Table 2 Supported capabilities for the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Feature Maximum number supported QoS egress queues 4 QoS filters per precedence 256 QoS precedence 4 Total QoS filters 4 x 256 1024 MAC addresses 16000 18 Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 Comme2. 1215 SNMP Traps Definition e RFC 1271 1757 2819 RMON e RFC 1361 1769 Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP e RFC 1493 Bridge MIB e RFC 1573 2863 Interface MIB e RFC 1643 2665 Ethernet MIB e RFC 1905 3416 SNMP e RFC 1906 3417 SNMP Transport Mappings e RFC 1907 3418 SNMP MIB e RFC 1945 HTTP v1 0 e RFC 1981 Path MTU Discovery for IPv6 e RFC 2011 SNMP v2 MIB for IP e RFC 2012 SNMP v2 MIB for TCP e RFC 2013 SNMP v2 MIB for UDP e RFC 2131 DHCP Client e RFC 2132 DHCP Options 6 43 amp 60 e RFC 2138 RADIUS e RFC 2236 Internet Group Management Protocol v2 IGMPv2 e RFC 2460 Internet Protocol v6 IPv6 Specification e RFC 2461 Neighbor Discovery for IPv6 Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 21 Important notices e RFC 2462 Auto configuration of link local addresses e RFC 2474 Differentiated Services Support e RFC 2570 3410 SNMPv3 e RFC 2571 3411 SNMP Frameworks e RFC 2572 3412 SNMP Message Processing e RFC 2573 3413 SNMPv3 Applications e RFC 2574 3414 SNMPv3 USM e RFC 2575 3415 SNMPv3 VACM e RFC 2576 3584 Co existence of SNMP v1 v2 v3 e RFC 2616 HTTP e RFC 2660 HTTPS Secure Web e RFC 2665 Ethernet MIB e RFC 2674 Q Bridge MIB e RFC 2737 Entity MIBv2 e RFC 2819 RMON MIB e RFC 2863 Interfaces Group MIB e RFC 2866 RADIUS Accounting e RFC 2869 RADIUS Extensions interim updates e RFC 3046 amp 5010 DHCP option 82 Relay Agent Information Option e RFC 3058 RADIUS Authentication e RFC 3361 DH
3. RMON events 400 RMON Ethernet statistics 128 per unit RMON Ethernet history 196 per unit Supported standards RFCs and MIBs Standards The standards in the following list are supported on the switch e IEEE 802 1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol LLDP and LLDP Media Endpoint Discover LLDP MED e IEEE 802 1Q VLANs e IEEE 802 1p Priority Queues e IEEE 802 1D Spanning Tree IEEE 802 1w Rapid Spanning Tree e IEEE 802 1s Multiple Spanning Tree Groups e IEEE 802 1X Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP e IEEE 802 3 10BASE T 100BASE TX e IEEE 802 3u 100BASE T ANSI Auto Negotiation e IEEE 802 3x Pause Frames Flow Control e IEEE 802 3z 1000BASE X e IEEE 802 3ab 1000BASE T e IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP e IEEE 802 3af Power over Ethernet PoE 15 4W e IEEE 802 3at Power over Ethernet plus PoE 82W 20 Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 Comments infodev avaya com Supported standards RFCs and MIBs RFCs and MIBs For more information about networking concepts protocols and topologies consult the following RFCs and MIBs e RFC 783 Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP e RFC 791 950 Internet Protocol IP e RFC 792 Internet Control Message Protocol ICMP e RFC 826 Address Resolution Protocol ARP e RFC 854 Telnet Server and Client e RFC 951 1542 BOOTP e RFC 1112 Internet Group Management Protocol v1 IGMPv1 e RFC 1213 MIB II e RFC
4. command Variable Value the format XXX XXX XXX XXX lt A B C D gt Enter the IP address of the TFTP server in lt WORD gt The filename of the diagnostic image 16 Release Notes 5 1 Comments infodev avaya com February 2013 Updating the Diag image from the Boot menu Updating the Diag image from the Boot menu Use this procedure to update the Diagnostics image from the Boot menu Procedure 1 Connect a default switch to a TFTP server 2 Reboot the switch either a soft or hard reset 3 During the boot process press CTRL C until the following menu is displayed Press a to run Agent code Press d to download the agent diag bootloader code Press e to display Errors Press i to initialize config flash Press p to run POST tests Press r to reset the switch 2290p Press d Choose option 2 Diagnostics Choose option 1 Download via TFTP Enter the filename along with its extension for example 3500_1008_diag bin Enter the TFTP server IP address Enter the switch IP address O O ON O oO A Enter the subnet mask 11 Enter the port in which the cable is connected The download of the DIAG image begins Updating the Bootloader image from the Boot menu Use this procedure to update the Bootloader image from the Boot menu Procedure 1 Connect a default switch to a TFTP server 2 Reboot the switch either a soft or hard reset
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6. number of seconds at which traps are sent the switch sends a trap and logs a message to syslog and restarts the trap sending timer The syslog message is not repeated unless the stack configuration changes After you enable the stack monitor on a stack the stack monitor captures the current stack size and uses it as the expected stack size You can choose a different value and set it after you enable the feature In Release 5 1 the Avaya ERS 3500 series switch also enables the viewing of diagnostic and statistical information For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Configuration System Monitoring NN47203 501 Storm Control This feature provides granular control of Broadcast Multicast and Unicast traffic rates ona per port basis Broadcast Multicast and Unicast traffic rates can be individually or collectively controlled on a switch or switch stack by setting the following low watermark and high watermark values in packets per second pps polling interval value action type and SNMP traps When a high watermark is exceeded an action of None Drop or Shutdown can be applied to the traffic type A defined action is reversed or ceases when the traffic rate in pps falls below the low watermark setting When an action of drop is used traffic is dropped when traffic exceeds the high watermark and will not resume forwarding until the traffic rate falls below the low watermark When the action of
7. 00 Series Diagnostic software Diagnostic software 3500 _1008_diag bin 2184785 version 1 0 0 8 for the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Software Release Management Ethernet_Routing_Switch_35 1362955 5 1 MIB definition Information Base xx_MIBs_5 1 0 zip files MIB definition files EDM Help file zip A downloadable zip ers3500v510_HELP_EDM zip 3480569 file containing Help information for Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 15 Important notices Enterprise Device Manager EDM Module or file type Description File name File size bytes Enterprise Device Manager EDM COM Plug in file zip COM Plug in for ers3500v5 1 0 0 zip 4245839 Upgrading the Diag image using ACLI Perform the following procedure to upgrade the Diag image using ACLI Procedure 1 Connect a default switch to a TFTP server 2 Set a valid IP address and subnet mask 3 Configure the TFTP server address using the following command from Privileged EXEC mode tftp server lt A B C D gt 4 Verify the connection to the TFTP Server 5 At the command prompt enter the download command with the following parameters download diag lt WORD gt The Diag image is downloaded and then the switch is rebooted To avoid rebooting the switch after the download add the option lt no reset gt to the download command Variable definitions The following table describes the parameters for the download
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10. CII config file There is a difference between ACLI and EDM in how an ASCII config file is executed on all platforms When encountering an error EDM stops the execution and the operation fails whereas ACLI moves to the next command wi00988195 sftp syslog Saving the binary configuration to an external TFTP or SFTP server will generate a bsnConfigurationSavedToNvram message in the Syslog as the configuration is saved in the NVRAM prior sending it wi00990895 IPSG Do not enable IP Source Guard IPSG on trunk ports wi00984443 Fan Failure If an ERS 3510GT PWR fan fails during diagnostics the Status LED should flash Amber but the Power LED lights Amber instead Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 27 Known issues and limitations 28 Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 Comments infodev avaya com
11. CP option 120 SIP Servers e RFC 3376 Internet Group Management Protocol v3 IGMPv3 e RFC 3576 RADIUS Change of Authorization e RFC 4007 Scoped Address Architecture e RFC 4193 Unique Local IPv6 Unicast Addresses e RFC 4252 SSH e RFC 4291 IPv6 Addressing Architecture e RFC 4301 Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol e RFC 4432 SSHv2 RSA RFC 4443 Internet Control Message Protocol ICMPv6 Update to RFC 2463 e RFC 4675 RADIUS Attributes for VLAN and Priority Support e RFC 5859 TFTP Server DHCP option 22 Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 Comments infodev avaya com Chapter 4 Resolved issues Use the information in this section to learn more about issues that have been resolved Resolved issues in Release 5 1 The following table lists the issues resolved in the current software release Reference Description number From Release 5 0 wi00986612 IGMP Snooping A maximum of 59 IGMP groups is supported by the hardware not 240 groups as previously reported wi00990398 Port Mirroring Packets generated by the CPU such as BPDU SONMP and LLDP packets are not mirrored wi00988662 ssh The default SSH parameters cannot be modified from a SSH session using ASCII configuration wi00990836 ACG file download from EDM At this time users should download the configuration using ACLI only Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 23 Resolved issues 24 Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 Comments i
12. aya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Getting Started NN47203 301 Service Level Agreement SLA Monitor 5 0 2 Release 5 1 adds support for the SLA Monitor agent You can use SLA Monitor to monitor and analyze performance issues in the network infrastructure For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Troubleshooting NN47203 700 Show UTC Timestamp 5 0 2 The show UTC timestamp feature enables you to display the UTC timestamp after issuing any show command in ACLI By default the timestamp state is disabled For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Getting Started NN47203 301 Stack Forced Mode Stack Forced Mode primarily provides management IP continuity of a two unit stack if one unit fails in the stack This extends to a two unit stack that may both become stand alone switches if the stacking mechanism between both units fails You can manage the units from the broken stack in Stack Forced Mode depending on the location of uplink s If you enable Stack Forced Mode on a stack you enable Stack Forced Mode on both units in the two unit stack Stack Forced Mode becomes active only if the stack fails For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Getting Started NN47203 301 12 Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 Comments infodev avaya com Features Stack Health Check The Stack Health Check feature provides at a glance information of the s
13. be kept on during the procedure For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Getting Started NN47203 301 Diagnostics Auto Unit Replacement DAUR As part of Auto Unit Replacement functionality Diagnostic Auto Unit Replacement DAUR is used to update the diagnostic image on a non base unit with the diagnostic image saved in the base unit of a switch stack if the images differ When you enable or disable Agent Auto Unit Replacement AAUR you automatically enable or disable DAUR in conjunction with AAUR The default setting for AAUR and DAUR is enabled For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Getting Started NN47203 301 DHCP Server If you require local provision of TCP IP addresses and have no separate Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP Server or other device available to provide the service to local hosts a DHCP Server is included and embedded on the switch You can use the DHCP Server feature to provide and manage client IPv4 addresses in your network and eliminate manual TCP IP configuration The DHCP Server is disabled by default 10 Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 Comments infodev avaya com Features Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Release 5 1 provides support for DHCP Server Option 241 and 242 as well as the ability to view DHCP Server leases in EDM For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Configuration IP Routing and Multicas
14. cated a heritage Nortel IP Phone via its DHCP signature then such authentication results in accounting messages being generated If different servers are configured for EAP NEAP servers then the accounting messages go to the respective servers No additional CLI MIB or EDM configuration is required for this feature NEAP accounting is enabled when RADIUS accounting is enabled For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Security NN47203 504 Agent Auto Unit Replacement AAUR As part of Auto Unit Replacement functionality Agent Auto Unit Replacement AAUR is used to ensure that all units in a stack have the same software image by inspecting units joining a stack and downloading the stack software agent image to any unit that has a dissimilar image AAUR is enabled by default For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Getting Started NN47203 301 Auto Unit Replacement AUR The Auto Unit Replacement AUR feature enables users to replace a unit from a stack while retaining the configuration of the unit This feature requires the switch stack to remain powered on during the unit replacement The main feature of AUR is the ability to retain the configuration CFG image of a unit ina stack during a replacement of a failed unit in the stack The CFG image from the old unit is restored to the new unit Because retained CFG images are kept in the DRAM of the stack the stack power must
15. detect power on the stacking ports in 20 seconds after it comes up ports forward the traffic For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Getting Started NN47203 301 IP blocking IP blocking is a feature of the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series that provides safeguards for a stack where VLANs enabled with an IP address and Layer 3 forwarding contain port members across multiple stack units IP blocking is used whenever a unit leaves a stack or is rebooting inside the context of a stack Depending on the setting in use Layer 3 functionality is either continued or blocked by this feature For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Configuration IP Routing and Multicast NN47203 502 LLDP configurable MED nework policy 5 0 1 You can configure 802 1AB MED network policies to dynamically configure voice VLAN DSCP priority and VLAN tagging on the switch for voice traffic received from an IP phone When you enable LLDP and configure the MED network policies on the switch the switch sends the network policies to the IP Phone The IP phone processes the data in the LLDP PDU and transmits the voice traffic with the appropriate VLAN ID VLAN tagging DSCP and priority information Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 11 New in this release You can configure MED network policies on a switch port that has ADAC enabled The network policies have priority over the ADAC configuration o
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17. ir respective owners and Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Downloading Documentation For the most current versions of Documentation see the Avaya Support website http support avaya com Contact Avaya Support See the Avaya Support website http support avaya com for product notices and articles or to report a problem with your Avaya product For a list of support telephone numbers and contact addresses go to the Avaya Support website http support avaya com scroll to the bottom of the page and select Contact Avaya Support Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 3 4 Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 Comments infodev avaya com Contents Chapter 1 Purpose of this COCUMEND eceeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeneneeeeeeeeeeseeneeeeeeeeseeseeeneeeees 7 Chapter 2 N w in this release snoin aaa 9 aE DEEE e N ee E O AE O EE yee ven EE EE AE E E E E ET 9 Fon Beara i E a a ante tonesanuauaatenes 9 SU E U e E E A E E E E E A E E A E 14 Ghapier 3 Important NOCE Saiid ai annisa aaa aa a iaai 15 USER WRONG ccc E E E E A E EE E 15 T U rss A E E T T T E E E E R 15 Upgrading the Diag image siho ACL liseidi a A a ened 16 Upda ng the Diag image irom ihe Bool MOU sccsiisacs detracted a Reheat 17 Updating the Bootloader image from the Boot MENU s sisssrsisissssrresinraarssssrinasrnessisnaannssnnnaarssaarnaddn nania 17 Supported software and hardware CapabilitieS eeccceeccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeee
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19. n the port For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Configuration Layer 2 NN47203 500 Run IP Office Script 5 0 1 This feature introduces an ACLI script that configures parameters for the ERS3500 switch according to Avaya best practices for converged solutions The script can be executed in automatic mode where the configuration set with pre determined parameters or in verbose mode where the installer can enter parameters when prompted by ACLI The script configuration setup is optimized for solutions with IP Office supporting approximately 2 to 22 users so that a technician can quickly and easily set up an ERS3500 switch in a best practices solution with Avaya IP Office In Release 5 1 with stacking support the script can now support up to 192 switch ports The script sets VLAN IDs IP addresses QoS rules and tagging modes on switch ports to specific values and PoE priorities for PWR units LLDP for IP Phone detection is set automatically and switch ports are configured to which the IP Office call server can connect The script executes the set of CLI commands using the ACLI command run ipoffice fully automated configuration or run ipoffice verbose user prompted configuration The script settings can be displayed using the show running config command The script is available in both standalone and stacking mode In stacking mode you must execute the script from the Base Unit For more information see Av
20. nfodev avaya com Chapter 5 Known issues and limitations Known issues and limitations Use the information in this section to learn more about known issues and limitations Where appropriate use workarounds provided for the known issues Known issues The following table lists and describes known issues and limitations for Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Software Release 5 1 Where available and appropriate workarounds are provided Reference Description number wi01070932 3526T and 3526T PWR NVR Sw Exception critical logs On the ERS3526 models exceptions with the Unknown type may appear when the power is cut No actual exceptions occur the device functionality and its configuration are not affected wi01066463 Autosave The use of the autosave command is not recommended for large stacked environments unless an uninterruptable power supply UPS is also present If the autosave command remains enabled then configuration information can be lost under several unexpected stack power down scenarios The command no autosave enable should be applied to all stacks lacking a UPS that also have user applied configuration settings i e multiple VLAN You must then manually save changes every time the configuration is altered by the user using the save configcommand Theno autosave enable setting needs to be manually saved using thesave config wi01079880 Flow Control Setting the flow control of a 1G por
21. nts infodev avaya com Supported software and hardware capabilities Feature Maximum number supported Layer 2 VLANs 256 Spanning Tree Groups in STPG and RSTP 1 modes Multiple Spanning Tree Instances MSTI in 8 MSTP mode MultiLink Trunking MLT Link Aggregation 6 LAG groups Links for each MLT or LAG 4 Layer 3 ARP entries local static amp dynamic 512 of which 32 are reserved for local ARPs Local ARP Entries local IP interfaces 32 Static ARP entries 256 Dynamic ARP entries max 480 shares 480 entries with dynamic ARPs IPv4 route entries local static amp dynamic 32 local 32 static 0 dynamic Static routes and Non local Static routes 32 Local routes 32 Management routes 4 UDP Forwarding entries 128 DHCP relay entries 256 DHCP relay forward paths 256 DHCP Server Pools 16 one per VLAN DHCP Server clients per pool 254 DHCP Server clients per switch stack 1000 Miscellaneous 802 1X EAP scaling clients for each port 32 ADAC IP Phones 16 Jumbo frame support 9 K bytes IGMP multicast groups up to 59 802 1X EAP clients per port running in MHMA 32 802 1X EAP clients per switch 384 Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 19 Important notices Feature Maximum number supported LLDP Neighbors 160 on ERS 3510GT 416 on ERS 3524GT 448 on ERS 3526T RMON alarms 400
22. on Stack cables AL3518001 E6 ERS 3500 46cm Stack Cable AL3518002 E6 ERS 3500 1 5m Stack Cable AL3518003 E6 ERS 3500 3m Stack Cable Features The following sections highlight the feature support provided in Release 5 1 802 1X EAP Separate enable disable This feature allows both EAP NEAP client types on the same port as distinct configuration options and with independent functionalities provided for each client type In Release 5 0 when EAP was enabled on a port by setting the port admin status to auto EAP clients were allowed on the port but NEAP clients were not allowed on the port The per port option allow non eap enable was required to enable the NEAP clients In Release 5 1 new global and per port configuration options have been added which allow EAP to be enabled globally default and then choose to enable and or disable EAP and NEAP clients on a port basis or have no client types enabled on a port For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Security NN47203 504 Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 9 New in this release 802 1X EAP and NEAP Accounting In Release 5 0 RADIUS Accounting supports switch login events and EAP authentication with RADIUS Interim Updates being supported for EAP clients In Release 5 1 Accounting support is extended to generate accounting messages and interim updates for EAP and Non EAP NEAP clients If a NEAP IP Phone is enabled which authenti
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24. perature sensor The Temperature sensor in the 35XX units is currently defined as a Metro1200ESM wi01062753 EDM DHCP Relay There is no DHCP Relay counter in EDM To show the count use the ACLI command show ip dhcp relay counter wi01073527 DHCP Snooping After the DHCP Snooping Binding Table is full DHCP Clients Discovery are not blocked from continuing to receive addresses wi01076616 DHCP Server IP host pools do not register the correct host when multiple IP pools are configured on the stack wi01079577 NEAP NEAP IP phone appears authenticated as NEAP client with state Unknown From Release 5 0 wi00966215 Precedence The ASIC has only four slices precedences for all the wi00966455 ports All these slices are occupied by default one used by ARP two by wi00968425 QoS and one by DHCP In order to enable ADAC IPSG UDP Fwd at least one precedence should be freed The precedences used by QoS can be freed by issuing the following commands config qos if group name lt GROUP_NAME gt class lt trusted unrestricted gt 26 Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 Comments infodev avaya com Known issues and limitations Reference Description number config qos if assign port all name lt GROUP_NAME gt The precedence used by DHCP can be freed by issuing the following command config if no ip dhcp relay Note that the precedence used by ARP cannot be freed wi00988287 AS
25. rnet Routing Switch 3500 Series Configuration Layer 2 NN47203 500 Related topics Other changes on page 14 Other changes Enterprise Device Manager EDM enhancements In Release 5 1 the navigation tree in EDM has the following changes e Serviceability folder the Rmon folder now resides under this new Serviceability folder under Configuration SLA Monitor can also be found under the Serviceability folder e Help folder additional information can be found under the Help folder which includes a Legend folder with port status and color meanings Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 Comments infodev avaya com Chapter 3 Important notices Important notices This section provides important software and hardware related notices File names for this release The following table describes the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Software Release 5 1 software files File sizes are approximate Module or file type Description File name File size bytes Standard non SSH Standard software 3500_510006 img 8308820 runtime image image for the Avaya software version Ethernet Routing 5 1 0 Switch 3500 Series Secure SSH Standard software 3500_510007s img 8542212 runtime image image for the Avaya software version Ethernet Routing 5 1 0 Switch 3500 Series Bootloader software Bootloader software ERS3500_b1_0_0_3 bin 315044 version 1 0 0 3 for the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 35
26. shutdown is used the switch port is administratively shutdown Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 13 New in this release when traffic exceeds the high watermark and requires administrator intervention to re enable the switch port to resume traffic forwarding The Storm Control feature includes logging of watermark crossings and sending of traps for the low and high watermark crossings Traps for high watermark exceeded may be sent repeatedly at a user specified interval For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Security NN47203 504 Unit Stack Uptime The Avaya ERS 3500 series switch displays the stack uptime for each unit in a stack and reports when requested For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Configuration System Monitoring NN47203 501 Voice VLAN Integration Voice VLAN Integration provides centralized creation and management of up to 6 voice VLANS using VLAN specific commands With Voice VLAN Integration each application e g ADAC or EAP will use these voice VLANs For ADAC this means you must configure a VLAN as Voice type and be present on the switch before you can configure the ADAC to use that VLAN As the ADAC VLAN is no longer dynamic this brings additional benefits in that VLAN membership and configuration can be customized and retained across reboots and that if required Layer 3 can also be enabled on the ADAC VLAN For more information see Avaya Ethe
27. t NN47203 502 Distributed LAG 802 3ad LACP Distributed Link Aggregation Group D LAG supports up to six link aggregation trunk groups with a maximum of four active members per group using the Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP over point to point links in each group Link members can be ports from a local unit or from any other unit in a switch stack For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Configuration Layer 2 NN47203 500 Distributed MLT DMLT Distributed Multi Link Trunking DMLT supports up to six link aggregation trunk groups with a maximum of four members per group using either a basic or advanced load balancing algorithm Link members can be ports from a local unit or from any other unit in a switch stack For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Configuration Layer 2 NN47203 500 Identify Units Blink LEDs With the blink leds command you can set the LEDs on the display panel of each ERS 3500 Switch to blink to identify a particular unit in a switch stack Following a reset or power up if the switch detects power on its stacking cables and is connected to another unit the switch shuts down all its local ports When the ports are disabled the port LEDs blink similar to ports that are shut down The ports are reenabled when the unit finishes entering the stack formation or after a 60 second timeout whichever comes first If the unit does not
28. t to Symmetrical will display the following message although the QoS does not support the lossless mode Flow Control can only be set to Symmetric when QOS agent buffer is set to Lossless mode wi01034083 MIB walk EDM Occasionally the walk performed on 1 3 from EDM may fail due to the EDM timeout Release Notes 5 1 February 2013 25 Known issues and limitations Reference Description number wi01041815 Image file download If an image checksum is incorrect the system returns the following message o Invalid image wi01048337 EAP Advance EDM The options situated in the last columns of the EDM cannot be changed for a random port due to the scroll returning automatically to the first columns As workaround please use the multiple port selection wi01049621 LACP mrouter LACP and mrouter ports are mutual exclusive It is recommended to use mrouter ports with MLT wi01056255 DHCP Server Leases The IP address of a host type pool is always shown as a leased address in show leases table no matter if the client actually requested the address or not wi01059140 DHCP Snooping ACLI The following error message may appear when enabling the IP DHCP Snooping per VLAN Cannot modify settings Error setting VLAN DHCP snooping o wi01059318 Web Telnet Console EDM You can only change the authentication type in Web Telnet Console tabs in EDM for a single unit wi01079448 MIB Tem
29. tacking state on rear cascade ports of each switch It is used to run a test to monitor the rear cascade port status for each unit confirm the number of switching units in stack detect if a cable is broken or missing detect if the stack is operating with a temporary base unit and to summarize the stack operational health For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Configuration System Monitoring NN47203 501 Stack IP Address You can assign an IP Address to the base unit switch in a switch stack using ACLI For more information see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series Getting Started NN47203 301 Stack Monitor amp Statistics The Stack Monitor uses a set of control values to enable its operation to set the expected stack size and to control the frequency of trap sending The stack monitor if enabled detects problems with the units in the stack and sends a trap The Stack monitor sends a trap for the following events e The number of units in a stack changes e The trap sending timer expires Each time the number of units in a stack changes the trap sending timer resets and the stack monitor compares the current number of stack units with the configured number of stack units If the values are not equal the switch sends a trap and logs a message to syslog The stack monitor sends traps from a stand alone unit or the base unit of the stack After the trap sending timer reaches the configured
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