Avaya has released software 5.6 for the Ethernet Routing Switch 4000 series switch. In combination with this software release Avaya is releasing six new switch models;
- Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4550T-PWR+
- Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4526T-PWR+
- Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4850GTS
- Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4850GTS-PWR+
- Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4826GTS
- Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4826GTS-PWR+
Release 5.6 also introduces one new removable power supply for the Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4000 Series — the ERS4x00 PoE+ PSU, a stackable 1000W AC Power over Ethernet plus power supply unit. The PoE+ models include a 1000w power supply that enables full support for 48 ports when all ports are operating at class 3 802.3af PoE. On the six new hardware variants, the switch CPU speed is 533 MHz, and the FLASH is larger to allow for large images, backup images, and configurations. The standard ADS console port (DTE) on all new products is an RJ-45 Female Connector: (8 pin RJ45).
There have been a number of added features including the following;
- Cisco CLI Phase 1
- Disable MAC Learning
- Equal Cost MultiPath (ECMP)
- Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Querier
- Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) version 3 Snooping and Proxy
- IP Phone automatic PoE changes
- Layer 3 Brouter Port
- Many to Many Port Mirroring
- MLT/DMLT/LAG Dynamic VLAN changes
- Network Time Protocol (NTP)
- Ping Source Address
- Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
- SFP Plus
- Show Flash command
- SSH Client
- SSH RSA Authentication
- Stack Health Monitoring and Recovery
- Static FDB MAC Entry
- Terminal Mode Permanent Setting
- VLAN Scaling
- Voice VLAN Integration
The resolved issues section of the release notes is mysteriously empty including this note, “This section will be updated on or before December 22, 2011.”
As always I suggest you review the release notes for yourself.
Cheers!
This is interesting:
“•Cisco CLI Phase 1”
I wonder what that is supposed to mean.
I’m not 100% sure myself but it seems like Avaya (Nortel) is finally going to start adopting the same CLI commands/structure in their products as Cisco. There’s no arguing that Cisco has a well thought out CLI structure (although I’m really starting to like JUNOS).
I’m not sure what that means for the whole ACLI (formerly NNCLI) interface.
I’m still using the old (Passport) CLI interface on my Ethernet Routing Switch 8600s.
Cheers!
They better clean up QOS syntax.
URL has the periods stripped.
Thanks for the heads-up! I’ve fix the link to the release notes.
Is there a command to see the diagnostic values in the CLI for the 4826GTS?
Hi TomN,
I’m not sure what you mean by “diagnostic values”… are you referring to interface stats?
Cheers!
this looks interesting michael. they named cisco phase 1 so finally, avaya started journey towards cisco :) it will be good to test and troubleshoot to ping from source ip but still not with vrrp. from v5.6 port can be routable and they highlighted advantage as elimination of interruption by stp. but, for edge switches, it’s highly unlikely that stp is enabled. I am not sure what will be the biggest advantage of brouter port. still, a very good progress and new features.
Could you inform me how can i get backup from the image which installed in Avaya switches ?
Hi Mahmoud,
You can’t download (or extract) the image from a running switch. You can only upload a new image or diagnostic firmware.
Cheers!