Installing New Firmware On The P330 Stack Processor; Setting Rapid Spanning Tree On The Network - Avaya G700 Installation Manual

Installing new firmware on the P330 stack processor

To install P330 stack processor firmware
1. At the P330-1(configure)# prompt, type
copy tftp SW_image <file> EW_archive <ew_file>
<tftp_server_address> <Module#>
where <file> is the full-path name for the image file with format and vintage number
similar to viisa3_8_2.exe,
<ew_file> is the full-path name for the embedded web application file with format similar
to p330Tweb.3.8.6.exe,
<tftp_server_ip_address> is the IP address of the TFTP server, and
<Module#> is the number, 1 through 10, of the media gateway in the stack. If there is only
one G700 media gateway, the number is 1.
2. Verify that the download was successful when the prompt returns:
a. type show image version <module #> and check the version number in the
Version column for Bank B.
b. type dir <module #> and check the version number in the ver num column for the
EW_Archive file.
3. Type reset <module #>.

Setting rapid spanning tree on the network

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 ealier 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.
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