Avaya 5000 Series Installation Manual page 24

Installation fundamentals
Routing Switch 5000 Series
panel USB port.
Universal Serial Bus ports on the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch
5000 Series
The following switches include a Type A USB port on the front panel adjacent to the console
port, as well as a rear panel USB port (mini Type B):
• 5530-24TFD
• 5632FD
• 5650TD
• 5650TD-PWR
• 5698TFD
• 5698TFD-PWR
The addition of USB ports will enable switch administrators to perform tasks that were
previously completed through TFTP with a commonly available USB Mass Storage Device
(also know as a flash drive or thumb drive). These tasks include:
• software download
• syslog backup
• ASCII configuration file generation and download
File and system operations are limited by the size of the USB device in use.
Only USB drives that comply with the Mass Storage sub-section of the USB 1.1 and USB 2.0
specification are supported. Support is not extended to third-party devices that do not comply
with these standards. Off-the-shelf drives that do not comply with these standards may not
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on page 24 for information about switches that have the rear-
December 2010