Avaya Cajun P550R User manual

CajunTM
P550R/P880/
P882 Switch
Installation
Guide
Version v5.0
March, 2001

Cajun Switch Installation Guide - Version 5.0
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Table of Contents
Preface — vii
Overview of The Contents vii
Documentation Feedback vii
Online Documentation viii
Conventions viii
Audience ix
Related Documents ix
Related Documents ix
Reference Documents ix
Terminology x
Technical Support. x
Chapter 1 — Introduction 1-1
Overview 1-1
Switch Description 1-1
Hardware Components 1-2
Chassis 1-2
P550R Chassis 1-3
P880/P882 Chassis 1-5
Switch Fabric 1-6
50-Series Modules 1-7
Redundant Supervisor 1-10
Media Modules 1-10
80-Series Modules 1-13
Virtual Bridging Functions 1-15
Flood Pruning Using VLANs 1-15
Hunt Groups 1-16
OpenTrunk Technology 1-16
Domain Naming System (DNS) Client Support 1-17
Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) Client Sup-
port 1-18
OSPF Passive-Interface Support 1-19
Load MIB 1-19
Spanning Tree Modes 1-20

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Chapter 2 — Unpacking and Installing 2-1
Overview 2-1
Unpacking the System 2-1
Selecting a Location 2-2
Installing the Switch 2-3
Installing the Cable Management Bracket 2-8
Installing the Modules 2-9
Installing the Cables 2-11
Ensuring that You Have Enough Power Available 2-14
Connecting the Power Supplies 2-15
Powering On the System 2-15
Downloading the Software Code 2-17
Chapter 3 — Initial Configuration 3-1
Overview 3-1
Terminal Settings 3-1
Initial Configuration of the Supervisor Module 3-2
Assigning the Supervisor Module an IP Address and Subnetwork
Mask 3-2
Logging in to the Web Agent 3-7
Setting Up User Accounts 3-8
Changing Cajun Modes 3-10
Changing from Cajun 1 Mode to Cajun 2 Mode 3-11
Changing from Cajun 2 Mode to Cajun 1 Mode 3-11
Chapter 4 — Specifications 4-1
Power 4-1
Operating/Physical 4-1
Safety 4-1

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1Introduction
Overview
The following information and procedures are provided in this
chapter:
■Switch Description
■Hardware Components
■24-Port 10/100BASE-TX Ethernet module (layer 2 and layer 3
support), with 12 RJ-45 Ports – 10/100, HDX/FDX (M5Software
Features
Switch Description
The Cajun P550R/P880/P882 switches are high performance
campus Gigabit Ethernet switch for LAN backbone applications.
These switches are the centerpiece for Avaya data, voice and
multimedia LANs. The P880 switching capacity ranges from
56Gbps, in 50-series mode, to 139Gbps, in 80-series mode. The
P550R switching capacity ranges from 46Gbps in 50-series mode to
55Gbps in 80-series mode.
The switches support specific hardware components and various
software features.
The Cajun switches provide the following features:
■Increased bandwidth
■Elimination of bottlenecks
■Better manageability
■Routing
■Dependable multimedia support
■Redundant switch-switch trunks (link aggregation - Hunt-
Groups)

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Version 5.0 software provides the following new hardware and
software features:
Hardware Features:
■80-Series Module Support
Software features:
■Domain Naming System (DNS) Client Support
■Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) Client
Support
■Load MIB Support
■Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Passive Interface support
Hardware Components
The Cajun switch provides the following hardware components:
■Chassis
■50-Series Modules
■80-Series Modules
Chassis
The Cajun switch chassis comes in two models:
■The P550R chassis
■The P880/P882 Chassis.
Each chassis can run in two modes:
■50-series mode
■80-series mode

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Introduction
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50-Series Mode The 50-series platform offers a switching fabric performance if 1.76
gigabit per second per fabric port. 50-series modules operate at
55MHz only. The presence of any 50-series modules within the
chassis will cause the chassis to operate in 50-series mode.
In 50-series operation the P550R chassis will have a 13x13 crossbar
switching fabric, while the P880/P882 chassis will have a 16x16
cross bar switching fabric. In addition, the P880/P882 chassis is
limited to sixteen functional slots in 50-series mode (slot 17 can not
be used).
80-Series Mode The 80-series platform is an evolution of the 50-series architecture.
It offers 20% increase in switching fabric performance or 2.11
gigabit per second per fabric port. This allows larger 10/100/1000
port density on a per crossbar port basis.
This increase in performance is accomplished with new Cajun ASICs
that operate at 66MHz (as well as 55MHz capable) and consolidate
as well as enrich the functionality of a number of ASICs currently
used in the 50-series modules.
This increased performance can only occur if the entire switch
contains 80-series modules. The presence of any 50-series modules
within the chassis will cause the chassis to operate in 50-series
mode.
In 80-series operation the P550R chassis will have a 13x13 crossbar
switching fabric, while the P880/P882 chassis will have a 31x31
cross bar switching fabric.
P550R Chassis
The P550R Chassis consists of:
■Seven slots (1 slot for the supervisor module and six payload
slots for media modules)
■Fan Tray
■Increased port density
■Up to three power supplies

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Slots The P550R chassis consists of seven slots. Slot 1 is dedicated for a
supervisor module and the remaining six of which are payload slots.
If a redundant supervisor is used in the chassis, it must be inserted
into slot 2 of the chassis.
Ports The P550R chassis configured with 50-series modules provides
support for:
■Up to 120 10/100BASE-TX ports (RJ-45 connector, autosensing)
■Up to 288 10/100BASE-TX ports (Telco connector, autosensing)
■Up to 60 100BASE-FX ports
■Up to 24 gigabit-speed Ethernet ports
With 80-Series modules, the P550R chassis provides support for:
■Up to 144 10/100BASE-TX ports (RJ-45 connector, autosensing)
■Up to 288 10/100BASE-TX ports (Telco connector, autosensing)
■Up to 144 100BASE-FX ports (MJRT connector)
■Up to 48 gigabit-speed Ethernet ports
Fan Tray There are two fan assemblies in the chassis. One fan assembly is
located on the left side of the chassis to provide air flow to the media
modules installed. This fan assembly is hot-swappable. The other fan
assembly is located in the rear of the chassis to provide air flow to
the switch fabric. This fan assembly is not field replaceable.
Power Supplies Only two power supplies are required to support a fully-loaded
P550R chassis. A third power supply can be installed to provide
backup should one of the other two fail.
The power subsystem provides N+1 power supply redundancy. In
addition, the installed power supplies will load share between the
installed units. The power supplies are also warm swappable (power
supplies must be turned off and unplugged before removing them
from the chassis, however the other power supplies can remain on).