Configuring The Primary Management Interface (Pmi) - Avaya G350 Administration

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Configuring the Primary Management Interface (PMI)

Configuring the Primary Management Interface (PMI)
The Primary Management Interface (PMI) address is the IP address of an interface that you can specify
on the Avaya G350 Media Gateway. The first IP address you configure on the G350 automatically
becomes the PMI. You can subsequently assign any IP interface to be the PMI.
The PMI is used as the IP address of the G350 for the following management functions:
•
Registration of the G350 to an MGC
•
Sending SNMP traps
•
Opening telnet sessions from the G350
•
Sending messages from the G350 using FTP and TFTP protocol
You can designate any of the G350's interfaces to serve as the G350's PMI. The PMI must be an IP
address that the MGC recognizes. If you are not sure which interface to use as the PMI, check with your
system administrator.
To set the PMI of the G350:
1
Use the
For example, to use the VLAN 1 interface as the PMI, type
NOTE:
If the interface has not been defined, you must define it now. See
page 39.
2
Type the
3
Type exit
4
Type the
configuration file.
5
Use the
NOTE:
Most configuration changes take effect as soon as you make the change, but must be saved
to the startup configuration file in order to remain in effect after you reset the G350 . The
PMI address is an exception. A change to the PMI does not take effect at all until you reset
the G350.
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To verify the new PMI, type the
before you reset the G350, it displays two different PMIs:
•
Active PMI — the PMI the G350 is currently using, as defined in the running
configuration file
•
Configured PMI — the PMI that the G350 is configured to use after reset, as defined in
the startup configuration file
If you use this command after you reset the G350, both the Active and the Configured PMI should
be the same IP address.
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command to enter the context of the interface to which you want to set the PMI.
interface
pmi command.
to return to general context.
copy running-config startup-config
reset command to reset the G350.
show pmi
interface vlan 1
command. This saves the new PMI in the startup
command in general context. If you use this command
Administration of the Avaya G350 Media Gateway
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Defining an interface on
June 2004