Avaya Routers and Protocols User Manual

Documentation Roadmap

for Configuring BayRS

Routers and Protocols

What do
services so you can customize and manage your network. This roadmap provides an overview of the
documentation set followed by a brief description of each manual and a link to it.

To navigate around the roadmap, click on any box. To open a specific manual, click on the name of the
manual (shown in italics).

Locating BayRS
Documentation

Installing

Configuring

you

want your

router

to be? Whatever it is, Nortel Networks offers dozens of protocols and

Hard copy, CD, and

Web documents

Release notes

Configurat i on tools

Installation guides

Line services

Managing and
Troubleshooting

WAN protocols

IP protocols

IBM protocols

Managing routers

Security

LAN protocol s

ATM protocols

Troubleshooting

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Where to locate BayRS documentation

Your router comes with several hard-copy documents including the installation guide, release
notes, known anomalies, fixed anomalies, and the document change notice (DCN). Other
documents for configuring and managing your router come on a CD called the Online Library.
This CD comes with a manual that describes how to install the online library and provides an
overvie w of the li brary’s features. You can view the library on a PC, UNIX, or Macintosh pl atform.

All manuals (except the known anomalies document) are also available on the Web at
http://www.nortelnetworks.com/documentation.

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Release notes

Read the following release no tes for the late st hardware and software info rmation:

Notes for BayRS and

the BCC

Known Anoma li e s

Notes for Site

Manager

Fixed Anomalies

Document Change

Notice

Release Notes for Ba yRS

These release notes provide information about the latest version of BayRS. They include
information about ne w fe atures, up grading your softwa re, general guidelines, BCC gui delines , and
operating limitations. The release notes also include information about supported protocols,
standards, and flash memory cards.

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Release Notes for Site Manager

These release notes provide information about the latest version of Site Manager. They include
information about compatibility with BayRS, system requirements, and general guidelines.

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BayRS Document Change Notice

The document change notice (DCN) contains additions and corrections to BayRS manuals since
BayRS Version 15.1. The DCN is organized by manual title and release number.

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BayRS, BCC, and Site Manager Known Anomalies

This hard-copy document lists the known anomalies (also referred to as bugs, change requests, or
CRs) that were found in the latest version of BayRS, the BCC, and Site Manager.

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BayRS, BCC, and Site Manager Fixed Anomalies

This hard-copy document lists the fixed anomalies (also referred to as bugs, change requests, or
CRs) that were fixed in the latest version of BayRS, the BCC, and Site Manager.

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Installation

Refer to the appropriate installation guide to install your router and then read Quick-Starting
Routers to connect it to a network.

Hardware

Installation Guides

Quick-Starting

Routers

ASN Routers ARN Remote Access

Hardware Installation Guides

The following manuals describes how to install, configure, and maintain BayRS routers.
For information about a specific platform, click on the appropriate title.

• Installing and Maintaining BN Platforms

• Installing and Maintaining ASN Routers and BNX Platforms

• Installing and Operating ARN Routers

• Installing and Operating the Passport 5430 Multiservice Access Switch

• Installing and Operating the Passport 2430 Multiservice Access Switch

• Cable Guide—This guide lists the specific cables for your Nortel Networks router. If you need
to meet special r equir ements, this guide a lso pr o vid es the pinout info rmatio n an d refe rence s to
the industry specifications and standards so that you can build your own cables.

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Quick-Starting Routers

This manual describes how to boot your router locally and configure its initial interface to an IP
network. When you complete the quick-start installation procedure, the router will route IP traffic
on your network. This manua l also describes ho w to inst all Site Manager and provides an o vervi ew
of BayRS security featu res.

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Connecting ASN Routers to a Network

This manual describ es ho w to boot an Access St ack Node (ASN) router o v er a netw ork i nterfac e to
connect it to a network.

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Configuring Remote Access for AN and Passport ARN Routers

This manual describes how to connect Access Node (AN), Access Node Hub (ANH), and
Advanced Remote Node (ARN) routers to corporate backbone networks.

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Configuration tools

Three configuration tools support BayRS: the BCC, Site Manager, and the Technician Interface.
Nortel Networks recommends using either the BCC or Site Manager. In most cases, you can use
either tool to configure your router.

The T ec hnician Int erfa ce is for e xperi enced netw ork admin istrators . Nortel Networks r ecommends
using the Technician Interface for troubleshooting only because it provides limited support for
configuring protocol parameters. It also does not verify configuration files or check them for
consistency before allowing you to save them.

Click on any configuration tool for a more detailed description:

BCC Site Manager Technician Interface

Bay Command Console (BCC)

This section describes the two BCC manuals: a user guide and a quick reference.

Using the Bay Command Console (BCC)

The BCC is the Nortel Network command-line interface for configuring routers. This manual
explains how to use BCC commands and provides a tutorial that guides you through the initial
configuration of a Nortel Networks router. You can use the BCC to perform tasks such as creating
or deleting IP interfaces on the router.

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BCC Quick Reference

This quick reference provides experienced users with a sample configuration, a table of the most
commonly used BCC commands, and helpful shortcuts and tips.

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Site Manager

Configuring and Managing Routers with Sit e Manager

Site Manager is a graphical user interface (GUI) for configuring routers. This manual describes
how to create configuration files, customize software images, manage configuration files, and
monitor router performance.

You can use Site Manager on a PC or a UNIX workstation and integrate it with many popular
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) applications, such as the Hewlett-Packard
OpenView Network Node Manager.

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Technician Interface

The three ma nuals in this s ection document the Technician Interface, which resid es in the router ’s
operating system kernel. The Technician Interface automatically loads when you boot the router.
You can establish a session through the router’s console port, through a local ASCII terminal, or a
dial-up connection.

Using Technician Interface Software

The Technician Interface is a command-line interface for configuring routers. This manual
explains how to use the Technician Interface to in stall a router, maintain or diagnose router
operation, and monitor and configure certain basic router functions.

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Using Technician Interface Scripts

Technician Interface scripts enable you to view and use information stored in the management
information base (MIB). This manual describes how to use the script commands (

enable/disable

and

) to display statis tical and configuration information about router ser vic es, and

show/monitor

to enable or disable those services.

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Writing Technician Interface Scripts

Technician Interface scripts enable network administrators to read and execute Technician
Interface commands from a remote workstation and transfer the files to the router via TFTP or
XMODEM. This manual describes how to write your own Technician Interface scripts, which are
very similar to U NIX shell scripts.

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Security

Depending on your security needs, you can configure your router with one or more of the
following security services and protocols.

• IPsec protects data while it travels over public networks.

• L2TP protects data by creating a virtual private network (VPN).

• RADIUS protects data by authorizing remote users before giving them access to a network.

Click on any of the following security services for a more detailed desc ription:

IPsec L2TP RADIUS

Configuring IPsec Services

The IP Security (IPsec) standards were developed to ensure secure, private communications for the
remote access, extranet, and intranet virtual private networks (VPNs) used in enterprise
communications. This manual describes how to configure IPsec services on a Nortel Networks
router.

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Configuring L2TP Services

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) provides remote users, such as telecommuters, mobile
professionals, and personnel in remote branch offices, with dial-in access to a corporate network.
L2TP enables users to create a virtual private network (VPN) over a public network, such as the
Internet, but offers the security and exclusivity of a private network. This manual describes how to
configure L2TP services on a Nortel Networks router.

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Configuring RADIUS

Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) centralizes security and controls the
billing of services. RADIUS authentication identifies remote users before you give them access
to a central network site. RADIUS accounting collects data during a remote user’s dial-in session
so that you can determine billing charges. This manual describes how to configure RADIUS
services on a Nortel Networks router.

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LAN pr otocols

Nortel Networks supports the following LAN protocols. Click on any of the following for a
description:

AppleTalk Bridging DECnet IPX

OSI VINES XNS

Configuring AppleTalk Services

This manual describes how to configure AppleTalk services on a Nortel Networks router.

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Configuring Bridging Services

This manual includes information about the following topics: transparent bridges, source routing
bridges, NetBIOS, translation bridges, native mode LANs, and spanning trees. This manual
describes how to configure bridging services on a Nortel Networks router.

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Configuring DECnet Services

This manual describes how to configure DECnet services on a Nortel Networks router.

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Configuring IPX Services

This manual describes how to configure Internetwork Packet Exchange (I PX) s erv ices on a Nortel
Networks router.

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Configuring OSI Services

This manual descri bes how to configure Open Systems Inter connection (OSI) serv ice s on a Nortel
Networks router.

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