Avaya G350 User Manual

Avaya G350

Manager

User Guide

October 2003

Avaya G350 Manager User Guide

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.

Avaya™, G350™, and SMON™ are trademarks of Avaya Inc.

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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

The Purpose of This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Who Should Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Organization of This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Chapter 1 — Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Avaya G350 Manager Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Starting the Avaya G350 Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Avaya G350 Manager as Part of Avaya Network Management .3

Avaya G350 Manager via Web Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

The User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Application Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Status Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Managing Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Chapter 2 — Device Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Application Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Get/Set Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Tree View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Desktop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Chassis View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Dialog Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Avaya G350 Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Refreshing Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Using Dialog Boxes and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Using Avaya G350 Device Manager Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Opening the Help to the Contents Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Opening the Help to a Topic of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Chapter 3 — Device Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Viewing Device Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Device Information - General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Viewing Module Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Module Configuration - General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Viewing Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Port Configuration - General Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

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Port Configuration - Advanced Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Resetting the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Chapter 4 — Power Over Ethernet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

PoE Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Viewing PoE Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Viewing PoE Port Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Viewing PoE Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Chapter 5 — Media Gateway Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Media Gateway Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Media Gateway Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Viewing Media Gateway Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Viewing Media Module Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Avaya Site Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Chapter 6 — VoIP Engine Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

VoIP Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

VoIP Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

VoIP Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Chapter 7 — WAN Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

WAN Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

WAN Expansion Module Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

E1/T1 Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Viewing Channel Group Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Channel Group - PPP Session Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Channel Group - Frame Relay Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Managing Channel Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Viewing the Channel Groups Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Creating, Editing, and Deleting Channel Groups . . . . . . . . . . .77

The Channel Group Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

USP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

USP - PPP Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

USP - Frame Relay Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Backup Interface Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Viewing the Backup Interfaces Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

The Backup Interface Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Chapter 8 — VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

VLAN Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

VLANs Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Master VLAN List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

VLAN Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Viewing the VLAN Configuration Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

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VLAN Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Selection List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Port Configuration Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Managing VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Creating VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Renaming VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Synchronizing VLAN Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Deleting VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Managing Port VLAN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Selecting Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Viewing Port VLAN Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Using the Port Configuration Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Drag-and-Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Updating the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Chapter 9 — Port Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Port Mirroring Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Configuring Port Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

The Port Mirroring Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Port Mirroring Wizard - Create Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Port Mirroring Wizard - Edit/Delete Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . .125

Port Mirroring Wizard - Source Port Selection . . . . . . . . . . . .126

Port Mirroring Wizard - Destination Port Selection . . . . . . . .127

Port Mirroring Wizard - Frames Direction Selection . . . . . . . .128

Port Mirroring Wizard - VLAN Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Port Mirroring Wizard - Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Chapter 10 — Port RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Displaying the Port RMON Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

The Pie Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

The Traffic Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Traffic Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Chapter 11 — Port Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Overview of Port Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Viewing the Port Redundancy Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Adding a Port Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Port Redundancy Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Port Redundancy Wizard - Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Port Redundancy Wizard - Primary Port Selection . . . . . . . . .141

Port Redundancy Wizard - Secondary Port Selection . . . . . . .142

Port Redundancy Wizard - Name and Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Port Redundancy Wizard - Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Deleting Port Redundancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Updating the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

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Chapter 12 — Switch Connected Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Switch Connected Addresses Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Viewing the Switch Connected Addresses Window . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Sorting the List of Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Chapter 13 — Trap Managers Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Trap Manager Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Viewing the Device Trap Managers Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Editing the Trap Managers Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Adding and Removing Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Editing Trap Reporting Statuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Chapter 14 — Routing Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

The User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Tree View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Table Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Form Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Editing Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Saving Table Information in a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Saving Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Running Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Committed Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Resetting a Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Using Avaya G350 Routing Manager Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Opening the Help to the Contents Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Opening the Help to a Topic of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Chapter 15 — Layer 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Layer 2

Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Chapter 16 — IP Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

IP Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

IP Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Routing Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

ARP Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169

DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

DHCP/BOOTP Global Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

DHCP/BOOTP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

RIP Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

RIP Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175

OSPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

OSPF Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

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OSPF Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

OSPF Area Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

OSPF Link State Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

OSPF External Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

OSPF Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

VRRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

VRRP Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

VRRP Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

CRTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

CRTP Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Appendix A — Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Device Manager Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Configure Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Actions Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Tools Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Routing Manager Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Action Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Appendix B — Web Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Web Management Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Configuring the Avaya G350 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

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Preface

Welcome to Avaya G350 Manager. This chapter provides an introduction to the structure and assumptions of this guide. It includes the following sections:

• The Purpose of This

guide.

• Who Should Use This

guide.

• Organization of This Guide

contained in the various sections of this guide.

Guide - A description of the goals of this

The Purpose of This Guide

The Avaya G350 Manager guide contains information needed to use the management system efficiently and effectively.

Who Should Use This Guide

This guide is intended for network managers familiar with network management and its fundamental concepts.

Guide - The intended audience of this

- A brief description of the subjects

Organization of This Guide

This guide is structured to reflect the following conceptual divisions:

• Avaya G350 Manager - Information pertaining to the entire

Avaya G350 Manager application and all of its aspects.

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Preface - This section describes the guide’s purpose, intended audience and organization.

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Introduction - An introduction to the Avaya G350 Manager, including instructions on starting the Avaya G350 Manager.

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• Avaya G350 Device Manager - Information pertaining to

Avaya G350 Device management.

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Device Manager - An introduction to the Avaya G350 Device Manager including a description of the user interface.

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Device Configuration - Viewing and modifying the different device configurations.

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Power Over Ethernet - An overview of Power over Ethernet (PoE) and instructions on viewing and configuring PoE parameters.

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Media Gateway - An overview of the Media Gateway and information on viewing and configuring Media Gateway components.

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VoIP Engine Configuration - An overview of VoIP Engine functionality and information on viewing and configuring VoIP Engine parameters.

Preface

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WAN Configuration - An overview of and information on viewing and configuring WAN parameters.

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Port RMON - Viewing graphical representations of the traffic on the ports of the Avaya G350 Device.

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VLANs - Viewing and editing VLAN information.

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Port Redundancy - Configuring port redundancy for ports in an Avaya G350 Device.

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Port Mirroring - Setting up port mirroring for ports in an Avaya G350 Device.

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Trap Managers Configuration - Viewing and modifying the Trap Managers table.

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Switch-Connected Addresses - Viewing information on addresses connected to the device.

• Avaya G350 Routing Manager - Information pertaining to

Avaya G350 routing management.

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Routing Manager - An introduction to configuring routing and a description of the Avaya G350 Routing Manager user interface.

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Device - Detailed descriptions of routing device configuration that enable you to display and modify global parameters, reset the module, and upload or download configuration parameters.

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Layer 2 - Detailed descriptions of layer 2 configuration that enable you to view layer 2 interfaces at the management station.

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IP Route - Detailed descriptions of IP route configuration that enable you to display and update IP interfaces, the IP routing table, the ARP table, DHCP/BOOTP parameters, RIP interfaces, OSPF interfaces, area parameters, link-state database and neighbors, the IP access control table, and redundancy parameters.

• Appendices - Additional information about the Avaya G350

Manager.

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Menus - The full structure of the menus in the Avaya G350 Manager.

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Web Management - Instructions on how to manage Avaya G350 devices via the Internet.

x Avaya G350 Manager User Guide

Introduction

This chapter provides an introduction to the Avaya G350 Manager. It includes the following sections:

• Avaya G350 Manager Overview

different aspects of Avaya G350 Device management.

• Starting the Avaya G350 Manager

access Avaya G350 Manager from your management platform.

• The User Interface

common to all applications in the Avaya G350 Manager.

• Managing Tables

table rows.

- Detailed descriptions of the user interface

- An explanation of the symbols used to label

- An overview explaining the

- Instructions on how to

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Chapter 1

Avaya G350 Manager Overview

The Avaya G350 Manager provides full management capabilities for Avaya G350 Devices. This includes the ability to view three aspects of device management:

• Device Manager - Provides a view of the configuration of the

device, including VLAN configuration, port redundancy, port mirroring, switch connected addresses and traps. For information specific to the Avaya G350 Device Manager, refer to chapters 2-13.

• Routing Manager - Provides a view of the Layer 3 routing and

forwarding functions of the device. For information specific Avaya G350 Routing Manager, refer to chapters 14-18

• Device SMON - Provides advanced monitoring capabilities for the

device. For information specific to Avaya G350 SMON, refer to Avaya G350 SMON User Guide.

For information on switching between the different views, refer to

“

Application Tabs” on page 5.

to the

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Starting the Avaya G350 Manager

This section provides instructions for starting Avaya G350 Manager.

Avaya G350 Manager as Part of Avaya Network Management

If you installed the Avaya G350 Manager as part of Avaya Network Management, the following sections provide instructions for starting Avaya G350 Manager.

Introduction

Running Avaya G350 Manager from Avaya Network Management Console

Running Avaya G350 Manager from HP NNM

From the management platform map:

1. Select the label representing the Avaya G350 Device you want to

manage.

2. Click .

Double-click the Avaya G350 Device.

Select

From the management platform map:

1. Select the Avaya G350 Device you want to manage.

2. Click in the OpenView toolbar.

Select

Tools > Avaya Device Manager

Tools > Avaya > Device Manager

1. Right-click the Avaya G350 Device you want to manage.

2. Select

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Avaya > Device Manager

Chapter 1

Avaya G350 Manager via Web Management

To start Avaya G350 Web Management:

1. Point your web browser to http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, where

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address of the Avaya G350 Device

you want to manage. The Enter Network Password dialog box opens.

Figure 1-1. Enter Network Password Dialog Box

2. Enter root in the

Password

field. (Use a valid CLI password.)

User Name

field and the correct password in the

3. To save the password on your computer, check the

in your password list

4. Click

—

. The Avaya G350 Welcome page opens.

If the required Java plug-in is installed on your computer, the

checkbox.

Java Plug-in Security Warning dialog box opens after a few seconds.

—

If the required Java plug-in is not installed, the plug-in is automatically downloaded to your computer. Follow the instructions on the Avaya G350 Welcome page to install the plug-in.

Save this password

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The User Interface

The Avaya G350 Manager user interface is different for each of its management applications. However, the following elements of the user interface are common to all views:

Introduction

Application Tabs

You can access the three main components of device management using the following Application Tabs in the Avaya G350 Manager:

• Application Tabs

Routing Manager, and SMON applications for the Avaya G350 Device.

• Application Area

opens.

• Status Line

Avaya G350 Manager and the Avaya G350 Device.

• Device Manager - View the Avaya G350 Device Manager for

device configuration and Port RMON.

• Device SMON - View SMON (Switch Monitoring) information

for the Avaya G350 Device.

• Routing Manager - View the Avaya G350 Routing configuration.

- Displays the communication status between the

- Tabs for accessing the Device Manager,

- An area where the selected application

To switch to a different view, click the appropriate Application Tab. The selected application opens.

* Note: When the Avaya G350 Manager is installed as a standalone

manager and when running the Avaya G350 Manager via Web Management, the Device SMON tab does not appear.

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Chapter 1

Status Line

The Status Line shows the communication status between the application and the Avaya G350 Device. The Status Line displays a status message and an appropriate graphic. The table below shows the possible statuses with their corresponding graphics, and provides an explanation for each status.

Table 1-1. Communication Statuses

Status Graphic Description

Ready The application is ready to

communicate with the Avaya G350 Device.

Communicating The application is currently

communicating with the Avaya G350 Device.

Communication Error

The last attempted communication with the Avaya G350 Device was not successful.

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Managing Tables

The Avaya G350 Manager interface displays the status of each row in a table. The following table shows a list of symbols that can appear at the start of a table row, with their corresponding explanations.

Symbol Explanation

Introduction

Table 1-2. Table Symbols

The row is a new entry.

The row is to be deleted.

The information in the row has been changed by the user.

To undo all the changes made to a table, click

Undo

made to a selected row, click

Apply

to update the device.

. When all changes are finalized, click

Refresh

. To undo changes

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Device Manager

This chapter provides an introduction to the Avaya G350 Device Manager. It includes the following sections:

• The User Interface

Manager user interface, including instructions for selecting elements and using the toolbar buttons.

• Avaya G350 Modes

configuration and Port RMON modes in the Avaya G350 Device Manager.

• Refreshing Device Information

refresh the information in the Avaya G350 Manager.

• Using Dialog Boxes and Tables

found in the dialog boxes and tables in the Avaya G350 Device Manager.

• Using Avaya G350 Device Manager Help

the options for accessing on-line help in the Avaya G350 Device Manager.

The User Interface

The Avaya G350 Device Manager user interface consists of the following elements:

- An introduction to the Avaya G350 Device

- Instructions on switching between the

- Instructions on how to

- An explanation of the icons

- An explanation of

• Menu Bar - Menus for accessing Avaya G350 Device

management functions. Refer to Appendix A,

• Application Toolbar - Toolbar buttons for accessing

Avaya G350 Device management functions.

• Get/Set Toolbar

configuration of ports.

• Tree View

representation of the modules and ports of the Avaya G350 Device.

• Desktop

floating and minimized dialog boxes and tables are displayed.

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- A resizeable window containing a hierarchical

- A resizeable window where the Chassis View and all

- Toolbar buttons for viewing and changing the

Menus

Device Manager

• Chassis View - A graphical representation of the Avaya G350

Device.

• Dialog Area

- A resizeable window where all dialog boxes and

tables first open.

For information on other parts of the user interface, refer to “

The User

Interface” on page 5.

The figure below shows the user interface, with its various parts labeled.

Figure 2-1. The Avaya G350 Device Manager User Interface

pplication

Tabs

Bar

Application

Toolbar

Tree

View

Get/Set Toolbar

Chassis

View

Dialog

Area

Status

Line

To resize the three main areas of the user interface, the Tree View, the Chassis View, and the Dialog Area, use the splitter bars and their arrows.

Application Toolbar

The Application Toolbar provides shortcuts to the main Device Manager functions.

The table below describes the buttons on the Application Toolbar and gives the equivalent menu options.

Table 2-1. Application Toolbar

Button Description Menu Item

Sets the Device Manager to Configuration Mode.

Sets the Device Manager to Port RMON mode.

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View > Configuration

View > Port RMON

Chapter 2

Table 2-1. Application Toolbar (Continued)

Button Description Menu Item

Shows Switch-Connected Addresses.

Displays the VLAN window.

Displays the Port Redundancy table.

Starts the Port Mirroring wizard.

Displays the Trap Manager Table.

Commits configuration changes.

Launches Avaya Call Processing on the selected Media Gateway or Voice port.

Opens the on-line help.

View > Switch-Connected Addresses

Configure > VLAN

Configure > Port Redundancy

Configure > Port Mirroring

Configure > Trap Managers

Actions > Commit

Tools > Administer Station/Gateway

Help > Help On

When you place the cursor on a toolbar icon for one second, a label appears with the name of the button.

You can toggle the display of the application toolbar. To toggle the display of the application toolbar, select

Toolbar

Get/Set Toolbar

The Get/Set Toolbar provides buttons for getting and setting configuration parameters for selected ports. When a port is selected, its configuration is reflected on the Get/Set Toolbar. Each group of buttons represents the various possible states of a configuration parameter. For example, the first group of buttons represents the possible speed of a port - 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1000 Mbps. If the center button is depressed, the port is currently configured to operate at 100 Mbps.

Selects a VLAN. Ports that are not on the selected VLAN appear dark gray in the Chassis View.

View > Toolbars > Show Application

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Device Manager

Selected ports can be configured using the Get/Set Toolbar. To change the configuration of a port, click the button that represents the value of the

apply

parameter you want to apply to the port. Click with the changes. Click

cancel

to discard the changes. Options not

to update the device

applicable to the selected port are greyed out.

Multiple ports can be simultaneously configured using the Get/Set Toolbar. When multiple ports with non-identical configurations are selected, only the parameters whose settings are identical on the selected ports are reflected in the Get/Set Toolbar. For example, if a port operating at full duplex and a port operating at half duplex are selected, neither of the duplex mode buttons on the Get/Set Toolbar are depressed.

The table below displays the buttons on the Get/Set Toolbar and explains their functions and settings.

Table 2-2. Get/Set Toolbar

Button Description

Get and set the port’s speed: 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1000 Mbps.

Get and set the port’s status: Enabled, Disabled.

Get and set the port’s mode: Half duplex, Full duplex.

Get and set the port’s auto-negotiation status: Auto-negotiation Enabled, Auto-negotiation Disabled.

Get and set the port’s STP mode: Enabled, Disabled.

Get and set the port’s Power over Ethernet

Get and set the port’s priority. Select a priority level between 1 and 8 using the pull-down listbox.

Apply or cancel the configuration changes made with the Get/Set Toolbar.

* Note: The Apply/Cancel buttons only appear when changes are

made to the configuration.

You can toggle the display of the Get/Set toolbar. To toggle the display of the Get/Set toolbar, select

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View > Toolbars > Show Get/Set Toolbar

Chapter 2

Tree View

The Tree View shows a hierarchical representation of the structure of the Avaya G350 Device. To select ports, modules or media modules, click their icons in the Tree View. When an element is selected in the Tree View, the corresponding element is selected in the Chassis View.

The highest level of the Tree View represents the device. The second level shows modules. The third level shows ports. This includes ports on expansion modules.

To expand the view of a contracted element in the tree or to contract the view of an expanded element in the tree:

Double-click the element.

Click the handle next to the element you want to expand or contract.

Desktop

The central section of the application window is the Desktop. This area can be resized by dragging the vertical splitter bars with the mouse. Floating dialog boxes and tables can be resized. The Chassis View and floating dialog boxes and tables can also be minimized. Minimized windows appear at the bottom of the Desktop.

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Chassis View

Device Manager

The Chassis View is a graphical representation of the Avaya G350 Device. The Avaya G350 Device can contain several Avaya G350 modules. The Chassis View shows all of the device’s modules and ports, including ports on expansion modules (when present). The colors of the modules and ports in the Chassis View reflect their status.

When you hold the cursor over a port’s icon in the Chassis View, a label appears with the port number, its VLAN ID, and the last fault that occurred on the port.

Figure 2-2. Avaya G350 Chassis View

Port

Symbols

Power

Symbols

Module

Identifier

Fixed

Ports

Channel

Group

Symbol

Media

Module

When viewing selected dialog boxes, the color of the port indicates the status of the port with regard to the application. The port selected to be the base port appears dark blue. The ports selected to be additional ports appear cyan.

The following table provides a list of the possible port colors in the Chassis View and their meaning.

Table 2-3. Chassis View Port Colors

Color Meaning

Green The port is enabled, and its status is Okay.

Yellow The port is enabled, and its status is Warning.

Red The port is enabled, and its status is Fatal.

Light Gray The port is disabled.

Dark Gray The port is not associated with the assignment.

White The port is logically available for assignment.

Dark Blue The port has been assigned the primary position in an

application.

Cyan The port has been assigned a secondary position in an

application.

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Chapter 2

GBIC Ports

The Avaya MM314 media modules contains a GBIC (GigaBit Interface Converter) port that houses removable transceiver modules. The Chassis View reflects the management status of this ports. The following table shows the possible appearances of this port in the Chassis View and provides the corresponding management status of the port.

Table 2-4. GBIC Port Status

GBIC Port Status

The GBIC port contains a supported transceiver module.

There is no transceiver module present in the GBIC port.

The transceiver module in the GBIC port is not supported.

The transceiver module in the GBIC port is of an unknown type.

GBIC ports that contain the following types of transceiver modules can be configured:

Selecting Elements

• Supported transceiver modules

• No transceiver modules

• Unknown transceiver modules

GBIC ports that contain unsupported transceiver modules cannot be configured.

You can select modules and ports.

To select a module:

In the Chassis View, click the module’s label.

In the Tree View, click the module’s icon. The module’s label is highlighted in the Chassis View and the Tree View.

To select a port:

In the Chassis View, click the port.

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Dialog Area

Device Manager

In the Tree View, click the port’s icon. The port is highlighted in the Chassis View and the Tree View.

—

To select multiple elements, press CTRL while clicking on each element to be selected.

The area to the right of the Chassis View is where all dialog boxes, tables, and wizards first appear. This area can be resized by dragging the vertical splitter bar with the mouse. When a dialog box, table, or wizard opens, it replaces the current dialog box open in the Dialog Area. To view more than one dialog box or table simultaneously, click the pushpin in the upper right-hand corner of the dialog box. The dialog box becomes a floating dialog box and moves to the Desktop.

To restore a dialog box to the Dialog Area, click the toolbar button or icon that opened the dialog box. The dialog box returns to the Dialog Area.

Avaya G350 Modes

The Avaya G350 Device Manager has two modes:

• Configuration mode

• Port RMON mode

When in configuration mode, you can view and change the configuration of the Avaya G350 Device and individual ports. When in Port RMON mode, you can view graphical representations of the traffic on individual ports.

To switch to configuration mode:

Click .

Select

To switch to Port RMON mode:

View > Configuration

Click .

Select

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View > Port RMON

Chapter 2

Refreshing Device Information

You can refresh the information in the Avaya G350 Device Manager. To refresh Avaya G350 device information, select Avaya G350 Device Manager refreshes its device information and updates the display.

Using Dialog Boxes and Tables

Dialog boxes and tables in the Avaya G350 Manager application have a common set of buttons. The following table displays the buttons and explains their functions:

Table 2-5. Dialog Box Icons

Icon Function

View > Refresh

. The

Refresh

Apply

Insert

Wizard

Delete

Undo

Refreshes the information in the table or dialog box. This clears any changes made to the table or dialog box and not yet sent to the device.

Sends the information from the table or dialog box to update the device.

Adds a row to the table.

Starts a wizard.

Deletes the selected rows of the table.

Undoes all changes to the selected row in a table.

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Using Avaya G350 Device Manager Help

This section explains how to use the on-line help in the Avaya G350 Device Manager. The on-line help can be opened to the contents page or directly to a topic of interest.

* Note: When running the Avaya G350 Manager via Web

Management, on-line help is only available if you have installed the on-line help on your network and configured the Avaya G350 Device with the location of the help files. For information on installing the on-line help and configuring the device with the location of the files, refer to the Avaya G350 User’s Guide.

Opening the Help to the Contents Page

Device Manager

To open the help to the contents page, select help opens to the contents page.

Opening the Help to a Topic of Interest

To open the help directly to a topic of interest:

1. Click .

Select with a question mark.

2. Click on a point of interest in the Avaya G350 Device Manager. The

on-line help opens to a topic explaining the feature that was clicked.

Help > Help On

. The cursor changes to the shape of an arrow

Help > Contents

. The on-line

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Device Configuration

This chapter explains how to view and set the various configuration parameters relevant to the Avaya G350. It includes the following sections:

• Viewing

about the Avaya G350 Device.

• Viewing

an Avaya G350 module in the device.

• Viewing

ports on the Avaya G350 Device.

• Resetting the Device

To view configuration information, you must be in Configuration mode. To switch to Configuration mode:

Click .

Select

Device Information

Module Configuration - View information specific to

Port Configuration

- Reset the Avaya G350 Device.

View > Configuration

- View high-level information

- View information specific to the

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Viewing Device Information

The Device Information dialog box provides you with high-level information specific to the Avaya G350 Device. This information is divided into the following:

Device Configuration

• Device Information - General Tab

information about the device such as the device’s name, addresses, contact person, location, type, description, the number of modules in the device, and the management VLAN ID.

• Media Gateway Configuration Tab - Provides detailed

information on the configuration settings of the Media Gateway function of the device. For more information on Media Gateway Configuration, refer to Chapter 5,

• Media Gateway Controller Configuration Tab - Provides

detailed Quality of Service statistics for the Media Gateway function of the device. For more information, refer to Chapter 5,

Media Gateway Functions

• Voice over IP Resources Tab - Provides administration

parameters for the VoIP engine. For more information on VoIP Resources, refer to Chapter 6,

• Voice over IP Status Tab - Provides detailed operational statistics

for the VoIP engine. For more information, refer to Chapter 6,

Engine Configuration

VoIP Engine Configuration

- Provides detailed

Media Gateway Functions

VoIP

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Chapter 3

Device Information - General Tab

To view the General tab of the Device Information dialog box, select

Configure > Device Information

to the General tab.

Figure 3-1. Device Information Dialog Box - General Tab

. The Device Information dialog box opens

The following table provides a list of the fields in the General tab of the Device Information dialog box and their descriptions.

Table 3-1. Device Information Fields - General Tab

Field Description

System Name

Logical name of the device, as defined on the SNMP agent of the device.

MG Identifier

FW version

Contact

Identification number of the Media Gateway.

Firmware release the device is running.

The individual responsible for the maintenance of this device.

Physical Location

System Description

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The current physical location of this device.

A description of the device.

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