Installing And Enabling Redundant Hardware; Installing Redundant Hardware - Avaya P580 User Manual

Installing and Enabling Redundant Hardware

Installing Redundant Hardware

Enabling Redundant Hardware
Web Agent
Procedure
Document No. 650-100-700, Issue 1
The standard switch configuration does not include a redundant controller
or element. The correct process is to:
Install the redundant hardware. See
Hardware."
Enable the redundant hardware by using either the Web Agent or the
CLI. See "Enabling Redundant
After the redundant hardware is enabled, the applicable redundant
component takes over if either a controller or any element fails.
To install redundant hardware:
1. Turn off all of the switch power supplies.
2. Replace the Primary switch controller with the new switch controller.
This ensures that the switch checks the status of the new switch
controller.
3. Insert the previously Primary switch controller into the Redundant
Controller Slot 1 (see
* Note: Controllers and elements are keyed to ensure that a controller is
not inserted into an element slot.
4. Install the redundant element into the redundant element slot 0 for the
P580, (see Figure 10-1), or slot 6 for the P882, (see
5. Turn on the switch power supplies and log in.
6. Enable the Redundant Hardware as described in the next section.
To enable redundant hardware using the Web Agent:
1. Select Switch Fabric from the System > Configuration group on the
Web Agent window. The Switch Fabric Status dialog box opens.
(Figure 10-3).
Configuring Redundancy Options
"Installing Redundant
Hardware."
Figure 10-1 for a P580 or Figure 10-2 for a P882).
Figure 10-2).
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