Ensuring The Mgp Default Gateway Ip Address Is Set; Setting Rapid Spanning Tree On The Network - Avaya G700 Installing And Upgrading

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Ensuring the MGP default gateway IP address is set

Communication Manager release 4.0 requires that the built-in VoIP module of the G700 Media

Gateway has a default gateway IP address. To ensure that this IP address is set, perform the

following steps:

1. At the MG-???-1(configure)# prompt, type show ip route mgp.

The list of mgp routes appears.

MG-001-1(super)# show ip route mgp

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MG-001-1(super)#

2. Check that a Gateway IP address exists for Destination 0.0.0.0.

3. If a Gateway IP address does not exist, type, at the MG-???-1(configure)# prompt, set

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 <IP_address>, where <IP_address> is the default

gateway IP address.

After you reboot the media gateway, the IP address is active and available.

Spanning Tree (STP) is a loop avoidance protocol. If you don't have loops in your network, you

don't need STP. The "safe" option is always to leave STP enabled. Failure to do so on a network

with a loop (or a network where someone inadvertently plugs the wrong cable into the wrong

ports) will lead to a complete cessation of all traffic. Rapid Spanning Tree is a fast-converging

protocol, faster than the earlier STP, that enables new ports much faster (sub-second) than the

older protocol. Rapid Spanning Tree works with all Avaya equipment, and can be

recommended.

Rapid Spanning Tree is set using the P330 stack processor command line interface.

To enable/disable spanning tree

1. Open a telnet session on the P330 stack processor, using the serial cable connected to the

Console port of the G700.

2. At the P330-x(super)# prompt, type set spantree help and press Enter to display the

set spantree commands selection.

3. To enable Spanning Tree, type set spantree enable and press Enter.

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Upgrade the firmware on the G700 Media Gateway

Issue 10.2 May 2007