Avaya Configuring BayStack and Business Policy Switches User Manual

If you are familiar with the BayStack Console Interface (CI), use the following table to locate the Optivity NCS properties that you want to configure.

Mapping Switch Console Interface commands to Optivity NCS GUI properties

To configure the properties on this CI Screen...

IP Configuration/Setup Switch Basic SNMP Configuration Switch > SNMP Basic System Characteristics Switch Import/Export Switch Configuration > VLAN

Configuration menu > VLAN Configuration

Switch Configuration > VLAN Configuration menu > VLAN Port Configuration

Switch Configuration > VLAN Configuration menu > VLAN Display by Por t

Switch Configuration > Port Configuration

Switch Configura tion > Multili nk Trunk Configuration

Switch Configuration > IGMP Configuration

Switch Configuration > IGMP > port Switch > port IGMP Switch Configuration > ATM

Configuration Spanning Tree Configuration Switch > STG Group > Spanning Tree group Basic Spanning Tree Configuration > port Switch > port STG Software Download Switch Image Download Wizard

Select this ite m in th e Op tivity NCS navigation pane...

Switch > VLANs folder > VLAN Basic

Switch > port member of VLAN VLAN

VLANs folder > VLAN Basic

Switch > port Basic

Switch > MLT groups > MLT Basic

VLAN > IGMP tab and IGMP tab on ports Basic

Switch > ATM MDA port Basic

... and choose this Properties tab

Configuring BayStack and Business Policy Switches

with the Optivity Network Configuration System

This card summarizes how to get started using the Optivity Network Conf igu r ation System (Optivity NCS) to configu r e the BayStack and Business Policy Switches 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 1.0 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 Optivity NCS:

Configure the switc h IP addres s.

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Import or create a switch configuration.

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Add stack units and media dependent adapters (MDAs).

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Configure ports.

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Configure virtual local area networks (VLANs).

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Configure a multilink trunk (MLT).

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Configure a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap receiver.

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Each of these tasks is explained in more detail in the procedures that follow.

If you have a properly configured BootP server in your

Configure the switch IP address

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).

At the CI Main Menu, choose IP Configuration/Setup.

Type the in-band IP address or stack IP address, subnet

mask, and default gateway of the swit ch. Press [Return] after each entry.

Import or create a switch configuration

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.

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network, it detects the switch IP address automatically; you do not need to configure the IP address.

For a standalone switch, you enter the in-band IP address. For a stack configuration, you enter the stack IP address.

You can import existing configurations to the Optivity NCS database directly from the switch, or you can create configurations off-line.

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SNMP to transfer configuration data; they do not support Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) or serial import and export.

BayStack and Business Policy Switch devices use

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Use the Configuration Data Palette to create new

standalone switch and stack configurations. The Palette lists switch templates by product group.

Add stack units and MDAs

You can add s witch units to a stack and MDAs to a unit

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configuration using Optivity 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 reimport t he configuration through Optivity NCS. Reimport will then discover the newly installed unit or MDA. It is recommended that you follow this latter method because it is less error-prone.

In the navigation pane, select the switch stack.

Select the unit type that is to be added to the stack from the

Palette tab. Click the Paste button, or double-click the unit type that is to

be added to the stack. Select the newly created unit in the navigation pane and

adjust the unit number in the Basic tab in the Properties area.

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.

Click the Paste button or double-click the MDA type that is to

be added to the switch. Expand the added unit in the navigation pane and then

expand the MDA. Select a port under the MDA object in the navigation pane.

Configure Basic, VLAN, STP, and IGMP parameters in the

Properties tab as appropriate.

Configure ports

In the navigation pane, expand the standalone switch, stack

unit, or MDA to select switch ports. In the Properties tab, choose the Basic, VLAN, STP, or IGMP

configuration tab.

Selecting multiple ports (Ctrl-Click or Shift-Click) and

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then modifying parameters from the Properties tab changes those parameters for all selected 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.

In the Palette tab, choose a port-based, protocol-based, or

MAC source address (SA)-based VLAN type. In the navigation pane, select the VLAN. In the Properties

tab, type a descriptive name to identify the VLAN. In the navigation pane, expand the switch and select ports to

participate in the VLAN.

Create shortcuts from the port s to the VLAN. Copy the ports, and paste them as shortcuts on the VLAN.

In the navigation pane, select the VLAN ports. In the

Properties tab, configure the VLAN port properties.

Configure an MLT

In the navigation pane, expand the switch and select two,

three, or four Ethernet ports. Create shortcuts from the ports to one of the six MLT

templates. Copy the ports, and then paste them as shortcuts on the

MLT. In the navigation pane, select the MLT.

In the Properties tab, type a descriptive name to identify the

trunk. From the Status list, choose Enabled.

Click the VLAN tab to display the VLAN port properties.

You can configure from one through six multilink trunk (MLT) groups.

Configure an SNMP trap receiver

Configure VLANs

In the navigation pane, expand the device and select the device VLANs folder .

You can configure port-based, protocol-based, or MAC source address VLANs.

Use the device VLANs folder to create VLANs and to

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configure VLAN ports. The syst em VLANs folder shows the VLANs configured on all devices in the database.

In the navigation pane, expand the switch and select SNMP.

In the Properties tab, click the green plus sign (+) to add an

item to the Trap Receivers table. Enter the IP address and community string for each trap

receiver.