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Chapter 1
Description
Description
The P113F Stackable Switch is part of the Avaya P110 Switching System family of
switches. The family is composed of high-performance stackable switches which
may be used singly or stacked in any combination to make up a multi-protocol,
non-blocking, scalable switch.
The P113F has 16 Ethernet (10BASE-T) ports and two Fast Ethernet (100BASE-FX)
ports. The 10 Mbps ports are typically used for workgroup connectivity, while the
two 100 Mbps ports can be used as full duplex uplinks to an Avaya switch.
The 100 Mbps ports can transfer Virtual LAN and priority information by setting
them up as Inter-Switch link (ISL) ports. All ports can run at full or half duplex
Ethernet, and one of the 100 Mbps ports can be defined as redundant port. These
functions are configured using DIP switches. A redundant power supply may be
used for enhanced fault tolerance.
The P113F can operate standalone or as part of a stack. A stack can be made up of
any combination of two, three or four P110 switches, and up 32,000 MAC
addresses per stack are supported. A stack requires a P110 NMA to link the
switches. The units are physically linked using the P110 Exoplane, which makes
up a multi-gigabit, non-blocking backplane.
The P113F can use Avaya flow control mechanism to eliminate packet loss. An
automatic fairness mechanism ensures that all ports gain fair access to the P110
Exoplane even at very high network utilization. Congestion management works
both on full and half duplex ports, and ensures no packet loss should the buffers
become saturated during peak load conditions.
A redundant power supply (P110 BUPS) may be used for additional fault
tolerance.
Avaya switches are fully manageable, using Avaya MSNM, and may be monitored
using the SMON Manager Switch Monitoring Application.
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P113F Stackable Switch Installation Guide
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