Chapter 1
Overview
This guide is divided into four main sections:
•Overview: A general description of the features of the Avaya Stackable Switch and P117FR (jointly referred to as the P117F(R)).
•Installation: Instructions for getting the P117F(R) Stackable Switch and P110 stack up and running.
•Software Download:
•Appendix: Pin Assignments for the console RJ45 connector.
Description
The P117F(R) is part of the P110 Switching System family of switches. The P110 family is composed of
The P117F has 16 Ethernet
The P117FR has an additional ATM port for redundancy. The 10 Mbps ports are typically used for workgroup connectivity, while the ATM port(s) can be used as an uplink to an ATM backbone.
The P117F(R) can operate standalone or as part of a stack. A stack can be made up of any combination of two, three or four P110 switches, and up to 32,000 MAC addresses per stack are supported. A stack requires a P110 NMA to link the switches. The units are physically linked using the P110 Exoplane, which makes up a
The P117F(R) can use Avaya automatic fairness mechanism on the Ethernet ports to ensure that all ports gain fair access to the P110 Exoplane even at very high network utilization. Congestion management works both on full and half duplex ports, and ensures no packet loss should the buffers become saturated during peak load conditions. A backup power supply (P110 BUPS) can be used for increased fault tolerance.
P110 switches are fully manageable using MSNM, the Avaya
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