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User Interface Fundamentals
Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600
Release 7.2.10
NN46205-308
Issue 07.01
July 2013

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  • Page 1 User Interface Fundamentals Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600 Release 7.2.10 NN46205-308 Issue 07.01 July 2013...
  • Page 2 Product provided by Avaya including the selection, arrangement and to users of its products. Documentation does not include marketing design of the content is owned either by Avaya or its licensors and is materials. Avaya shall not be responsible for any modifications,...
  • Page 3 See the Avaya Support website: http://support.avaya.com for product notices and articles, or to report a problem with your Avaya product. For a list of support telephone numbers and contact addresses, go to the Avaya Support website: http://support.avaya.com, scroll to the bottom of the page, and select Contact Avaya Support.
  • Page 4 User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1: Introduction...................... Purpose of this document......................... 7 Related resources............................. 7 Documentation..........................7 Training............................7 Avaya Mentor videos........................7 Support..............................8 Chapter 2: New in this release................... Other changes............................9 Chapter 3: Fundamentals....................CLI................................11 ACLI................................12 Enterprise Device Manager........................14 Secure access to EDM using HTTPS....................
  • Page 6 Switching from CLI to ACLI for a single CPU from factory defaults............41 Switching from CLI to ACLI for a single CPU from the existing configuration........... 42 Switching from ACLI to CLI for a single CPU from factory defaults............43 Switching from ACLI to CLI for a single CPU from existing configuration..........

  • Page 7: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Ongoing product training is available. For more information or to register, you can access the website at http://avaya-learning.com/. Avaya Mentor videos Avaya Mentor is an Avaya-run channel on YouTube that includes technical content on how to install, configure, and troubleshoot Avaya products. Go to http://www.youtube.com/AvayaMentor...

  • Page 8: Support

    Introduction Support Visit the Avaya Support website at http://support.avaya.com for the most up-to-date documentation, product notices, and knowledge articles. You can also search for release notes, downloads, and resolutions to issues. Use the online service request system to create a service request. Chat with live agents to get answers to questions, or request an agent to connect you to a support team if an issue requires additional expertise.

  • Page 9: Chapter 2: New In This Release

    Chapter 2: New in this release There are no new features to Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600 User Interface Fundamentals, (NN46205-308) for Release 7.2.10. Other changes This section lists the non-feature changes to this document for Release 7.2.10. Web server Changed the Web server default setting to disable.
  • Page 10 New in this release User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 11: Chapter 3: Fundamentals

    The CLI, ACLI, and EDM are single-element configuration managers. You can use any one of these managers to configure your Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600. Which one you choose is strictly a personal preference. However, here are some characteristics to help you decide: •...

  • Page 12: Acli

    ACLI ACLI is an industry standard CLI that you can use for device management across Avaya products. The ACLI has five major command modes, listed in order of increasing privileges. After you start a session on the switch, you begin in user EXEC mode.
  • Page 13 ACLI - OSPF - RIP - VRRP - VRF From either the global configuration mode or the Interface configuration mode, save all of the configuration parameters (both global and interface) to a file. The default name for the configuration parameter file is config.cfg. You can also use alternative file names. The following table lists the ACLI command modes, the prompts for each mode, the abbreviated name for each mode, and how to enter and exit each mode.

  • Page 14: Enterprise Device Manager

    EDM, for example HTTP, you must disable the Web server secure-only option. Note: You can connect through HTTP to an Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600 interface that has an IPv4 address, but not to an interface that has an IPv6 address.
  • Page 15 Enterprise Device Manager Your HTTP browser, the HTTP client, acts as a TLS client and connects to the HTTP server, which acts as a TLS server. When you start an SSL session for the first time your browser sends a request to the Web server.

  • Page 16: Supported Browsers

    • RC4 Supported browsers For EDM to display and function correctly, use one of the following Web browsers: • Mozilla Firefox, versions 8.x and 9.x • Microsoft Internet Explorer, versions 8.x and 9.x User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 17: Default Edm Username And Password

    In this case, the default values do not apply. EDM help file While the EDM GUI is bundled with the Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600 software, the associated EDM help files are not. To access the help files from the EDM GUI, you must install the EDM help files on a TFTP or FTP server in your network.

  • Page 18: Port Color Codes

    Port has no link. Light Blue Port is in standby mode. Dark Blue Port is being tested. Grey Port is not reachable by Device Manager. Pink Port has a loopback connector connected to it. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 19: Edm Window

    Enterprise Device Manager EDM window When you are working in EDM, you see a display similar to what is shown in Figure 3: Parts of the EDM window on page 19. This figure shows the following four parts of the EDM window: •...
  • Page 20 Configure the frequency to poll the device. • Refresh Status — Use this option to refresh the device view. • Rediscover Device — Use this to trigger a rediscovery to update all of the device information. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
  • Page 21 Enterprise Device Manager Menu Description VRF Context view Use the VRF Context view to switch to another VRF context view when you use the embedded EDM. GlobalRouter is the default view at log in. You can configure both Global Router (GRT) and Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instances when you launch a VRF context view.
  • Page 22 After you edit the configurable parameters, click the Insert button on the dialog box. This causes a new entry to appear on the dialog box of the selected tab. • Delete—Use this button to delete a selected entry. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
  • Page 23 Enterprise Device Manager • Copy—Use this button to copy the information from a selected entry. • Paste—Use this button to paste copied information into a new cell. • Undo—Use this button to rollback any unsaved values on the table. • Print—Use this button to print the current table. The following figure shows a sample toolbar.

  • Page 24: Preference Settings For Status Polling And Hot Swap Detection

    70. Configuration and Orchestration Manager Configuration and Orchestration Manager (COM) is an Avaya management system that allows you to manage multiple network devices. COM provides an interface to configure, manage, and provision Avaya enterprise devices, including Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600 switches, operating within the same local area network.

  • Page 25: Chapter 4: Https Configuration Procedures

    Chapter 4: HTTPS configuration procedures Use the procedures in this section to configure and manage access to EDM over a Web browser. Configuring HTTP mode If you do not require secure connection to the switch over the Web, use the following procedure to disable the Web server secure-only option.

  • Page 26: Configuring Http Port Number

    Use this procedure to allocate a port, other than the default, for HTTPS use. Important: Avaya strongly recommends that you discover the ports that UDP and TCP are already using before you select a port for HTTPS. Use the following commands to list the ports already in use and then select a port that is not in the resulting list.

  • Page 27: Setting Http Port Number To Default

    Setting HTTP port number to default Procedure steps 1. Open a telnet connection to the switch. 2. If you are using CLI, at the prompt enter the following command: config web-server https-port <443 | 1024-49151> The default is port 443. 3.
  • Page 28 2. If you are using CLI, at the prompt enter the following command: config web-server https-port 443 3. If you are using ACLI, access the Global Configuration mode. At the prompt, enter the following command: default web-server https-port User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 29: Chapter 5: Cli Procedures

    Chapter 5: CLI procedures This section contains information about common CLI tasks. Exiting and entering the CLI End a CLI session with the following procedure. Procedure steps 1. End a CLI session with one of the following commands: • quit •...
  • Page 30 < n>l Move right n characters. SPACE Same as 1. < n>w Move n words forward. < n>W Move n blank-separated words forward. < n>e Move to the end of the nth next word. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
  • Page 31 Using Edit commands Key combination Description < n>E Move to the end of the nth next blank-separated word. < n>b Move back n words. < n>B Move back n blank-separated words. f< c> Find character c, searching forward. F< c> Find character c, searching backward.
  • Page 32 Transpose the character to the left of the cursor with the character at the cursor. ESC L Change the character at the cursor to lowercase. ESC U Change the character at the cursor to uppercase. Terminate multiple commands. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 33: Displaying A Directory

    Displaying a directory Key Combination Command "..." Preserve white space in strings. Displaying a directory Display a directory to see the contents of the flash and PCMCIA memory. Procedure steps Display the contents of the flash and PCMCIA memory using the following command: directory [<dir>] [<-l>] Variable definitions Use the data in the following table to use the directory[<dir>] [<-l>] command.

  • Page 34: Copying The Runtime Image To Flash Memory From A Remote Tftp Server

    Copy a runtime image to flash memory from a remote TFTP server using the following command: copy <ip_address>:<filename> <destination> Variable definitions Use the data in the following table to use the copy <ip_address> <filename> <destination> command. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 35: Saving The Configuration To A File

    Saving the configuration to a file Variable Value <destination> The name of the copied file in its new location. <ip_address>:<filename> The source argument that specifies the IP address of the remote TFTP server and the name of the file you want to copy. Examples of copying the runtime image 1.

  • Page 36: Getting Help

    Modifying user access EDM read-write community users can modify their usernames and passwords. You can adapt the following example to restrict these users from modifying their usernames and passwords. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
  • Page 37 Modifying user access This example show how to create a user, avaya, and restrict the user from modifying the user name corresponding to read write access (rwa) through EDM. Procedure steps 1. Create a mib-view (strict) that excludes the management information base (MIB)
  • Page 38 CLI procedures Object-ID Object-ID name 1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.19.5 RWL3UserName 1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.19.6 RWL3Password 1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.19.7 RWL2UserName 1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.19.8 RWL2Password 1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.19.9 ROUserName 1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.19.10 ROPassword 1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.19.15 RWL1UserName 1.3.6.1.4.1.2272.1.19.16 RWL1Password User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 39: Chapter 6: Acli Procedures

    When you boot dual SF/CPU switches, always boot the secondary SF/CPU before you boot the primary SF/CPU. Avaya recommends that you reset and hold the secondary SF/CPU at the monitor prompt, and then boot the primary SF/CPU. After the primary SF/CPU boots, boot the secondary SF/CPU from the monitor prompt.

  • Page 40: Logging On To The Software And Accessing Global Configuration Mode

    CLI mode to ACLI, or the reverse, you must use the config.cfg file for the selected mode. Prerequisites • You must be in global configuration mode to switch from the ACLI to the CLI. Procedure steps Switch from ACLI to CLI using the following commands: User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 41: Viewing Configurations

    Viewing configurations a. ERS-8610:5(config)#no boot config flags acli b. ERS-8610:5(config)# exit Viewing configurations You can view all of the configurations in one mode even if the switch is in a different mode. Procedure steps 1. View CLI configurations using the following command: show running-config mode cli 2.

  • Page 42: Switching From Cli To Acli For A Single Cpu From The Existing Configuration

    CLI config file. 2. Set the default config to the configured file name. 3. Boot the switch. 4. After the switch boots, source the configuration file with the following command: source /flash/acli.cfg User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 43: Switching From Acli To Cli For A Single Cpu From Factory Defaults

    Switching from ACLI to CLI for a single CPU from factory defaults Switching from ACLI to CLI for a single CPU from factory defaults Use the following procedure to change a single CPU from ACLI to CLI from factory defaults. Procedure steps 1.

  • Page 44: Switching From Cli To Acli For A Dual Cpu (Non-Ha) From Factory Defaults

    The following is an example: save config file acli.cfg mode acli 2. Enter the following command: config boot flags acli true 3. Boot the secondary SF/CPU first and then boot the primary SF/CPU. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 45: Switching From Acli To Cli For A Dual Cpu (Non-Ha) From Factory Defaults

    Switching from ACLI to CLI for a dual CPU (non-HA) from factory defaults Switching from ACLI to CLI for a dual CPU (non-HA) from factory defaults Use the following procedure to change a dual CPU from ACLI to CLI from factory defaults. Procedure steps 1.

  • Page 46: Switching From Cli To Acli For An Ha-Cpu From Factory Defaults

    Use the following procedure to change an HA-CPU from CLI to ACLI from an existing configuration. Procedure steps 1. Save the configurations in ACLI mode. The following is an example: save config file acli.cfg mode acli 2. Enter the following command: User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 47: Switching From Acli To Cli For An Ha-Cpu From Factory Defaults

    Switching from ACLI to CLI for an HA-CPU from factory defaults config boot flags acli true 3. Boot the secondary SF/CPU first and then boot the primary SF/CPU. Switching from ACLI to CLI for an HA-CPU from factory defaults Use the following procedure to change an HA-CPU from ACLI to CLI from factory defaults. Prerequisites •...
  • Page 48 The following is an example: save config file cli.cfg mode cli 2. Enter the following command: no boot config flags acli 3. Boot the secondary SF/CPU first and then boot the primary SF/CPU. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 49: Chapter 7: Enterprise Device Manager Procedures

    Chapter 7: Enterprise Device Manager procedures This section contains procedures for starting and using Enterprise Device Manager (EDM). The software is built-in to the switch so there is no need to install any additional software. For information about general EDM concepts, see Enterprise Device Manager on page 14.
  • Page 50 3. Display the web interface parameters using the following command: config web-server info 4. Display if Web access is enabled as well as password and access information using the following command: show web-server 5. Disable the secure-only parameter using the following command: User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 51: Enabling The Web Server Using The Acli

    Enabling the Web server using the ACLI config web-server secure-only disable Web Server Info : Status : on Secure-only : disabledRWA Username : admin RWA Password : ******** Def-display-rows : 30 Html help tftp source-dir : HttpPort : 80 NumHits : 57 NumAccessChecks NumAccessBlocks...
  • Page 52 4. Disable the secure-only parameter using the following command: no web-server secure-only Web Server Info : Status: on Secure-only: disabledRWA Username: admin RWA Password: ******** Def-display-rows: 30 Html help tftp source-dir: HttpPort: 80 User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 53: Using Https To Access Edm On The Switch

    Use this procedure to access your switch over a secure Web connection to EDM. Prerequisites • Make sure that the Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600 is running and you are connected to it • Note the IP address of the Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600 •...

  • Page 54: Changing User Name And Password Using Edm

    • Change the user name in the UserName field. • Change the password in the Password field. 4. Click Apply. Configuring HTTP port number using EDM Use this procedure to allocate a port, other than the default, for HTTP use. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 55: Configuring Https Mode Using Edm

    HTTPS use. Important: Avaya strongly recommends that you discover the ports that UDP and TCP are already using before you select a port for HTTPS. Use the following commands to list the ports already in use and then select a port that is not in the resulting list.

  • Page 56: Installing Edm Help Files

    Do not install the EDM help files on PCMCIA or Flash. Procedure steps 1. Retrieve the EDM help zip file from avaya.com or from the software CD. 2. On a TFTP or FTP server that is reachable from your switch, create a directory named: ERS8000_70_Help.

  • Page 57: Selecting And Launching A Vrf Context View Using Edm

    Selecting and launching a VRF Context view using EDM 4. Using EDM on the switch, open the following folders: Configuration > Security > Control Path. 5. Double-click General. 6. Click the Web tab. 7. In the HelpTftp/Ftp_SourceDir field, enter the FTP or TFTP server IP address and the path of the online directory where the files are unzipped, in the following format: <TFTP/FTP-server-IP-address>:ERS8000_70_Help.

  • Page 58: Using The Chassis Shortcut Menu

    Procedure steps 1. In the Device Physical View, select a module and right-click. 2. If the selected card is an I/O module, click Edit. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 59: Using The Port Shortcut Menu

    Using the port shortcut menu Using the port shortcut menu Use the following procedure to display the port shortcut menu. Procedure steps 1. In the Device Physical View, select a port and right-click. 2. For more information, see the following Variable definitions table. Variable definitions Use the data in the following table to use the fields for the Port shortcut menu.

  • Page 60: Undocking And Docking Tabs

    The VLANs tab appears in the menu bar and the Basic dialog box displays in the work area as shown in the following figure. 3. In the Device Physical View, select a port. In this example, right-click port 1 in slot 4. Click Edit General. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
  • Page 61 Undocking and docking tabs The Port 4/1 General tab appears in the menu bar and the Interface dialog box displays in the work area. 5. Click VLAN to display the VLAN dialog box for port 4/1. 6. Click and drag the Port 4/1 General tab wherever you want on the screen as shown in the following figure.

  • Page 62: Editing Objects

    2. Click Apply to apply the changes to the device. 3. After you apply changes to fields, click Refresh to display the new information in the tab or dialog box. 4. To make changes in the running configuration, click Apply. Important: User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 63: Using Dialog Boxes

    Using dialog boxes Changes are not applied to EDM until you click Apply. 5. Open the Configuration > Edit > Chassis folders. 6. In the ActionGroup1 section of the System dialog box, click saveRuntimeConfig to make the changes permanent. Using dialog boxes Many EDM dialog boxes contain editable fields where you can enter parameter values.

  • Page 64: Copying Files

    Use the following procedure to copy a file. Procedure steps 1. In the navigation tree, open the Configuration > Edit folders. 2. Double-click File System. The File System tab appears with the Copy File tab displayed. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 65: Viewing Files On The Device

    Viewing files on the device 3. In the Source field, specify the file you want to copy in one of the following forms: • /flash/filename • /pcmcia/filename • ipaddress:/home/user/filename 4. In the Destination field, specify the location where you want to copy the file in one of the following forms: •...

  • Page 66: Viewing File Data On The Flash Memory

    The File System tab opens with the Copy File dialog box displayed. 3. Click PCMCIA Files. Setting EDM access parameters using EDM You can use Enterprise Device Manager to configure access parameters, including passwords. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...
  • Page 67 Setting EDM access parameters using EDM Procedure steps 1. From the navigation menu, open the following folders: Configuration > Security > Control Path. 2. Click General. 3. Click the Web tab. 4. Use the UserName and Password fields to specify the user name and password for access to Enterprise Device Manager.

  • Page 68: Multiple Port Monitoring And Configuration Support

    (embedded EDM is limited to selection of a maximum of 24 ports at once). The selected ports appear within a yellow outline on the Device Physical View. Right click your mouse to display the shortcut menu. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

  • Page 69: Configuring Status Polling

    Configuring Status Polling Select an option from the shortcut menu. Variable definitions The information in the following table describes the options in the shortcut menu. Variable Value Edit General Displays the Configuration, Edit, Port tabs, with the Interface tab open, for only the selected ports. Edit IP Displays the Configuration, Edit, Port, IP tabs, with the IP Address tab open, for only the selected ports.

  • Page 70: Configuring Hot Swap Detection

    1. From the navigation menu, open Configuration > Device > Preference Setting. 2. Click Enable under Hot Swap Detection. 3. Select an interval from the options available next to Detection per Status Poll Intervals. 4. Click Apply. User Interface Fundamentals July 2013 Comments? infodev@avaya.com...

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