Avaya the Business Policy Switch 2000 Notice

Part No. 209320-AAugust 20004401 Great America ParkwaySanta Clara, CA 95054Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000*209320-A*

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11Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 IntroductionThese release notes contain important information about Nortel Networks Business Poli

12209320-A IGMP Fast JOIN and LEAVEWhen enabled, the Fast JOIN and LEAVE feature adds the following functionality to IGMP:• When the Business Policy S

13Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 To enable Fast JOIN and LEAVE using the CI menus:1 Check that the operational mode is BPS 2000.a

14209320-A 1 Choose Switch Configuration from the Main Menu, and choose IGMP Configuration (or press g) from the Switch Configuration Menu screen.2 In

15Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 5 Click Submit.To disable Fast JOIN and LEAVE using the Web-based management system:1Choose Appli

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17Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Device Manager bridging information This section contains information about Device Manager bridgi

18209320-A The Bridge dialog box opens with the Base tab displayed (Figure 3).Figure 3 Base tabTable 1 describes the Base tab items. Spanning Tree t

19Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 2 Click the Spanning Tree tab.The Spanning Tree tab opens (Figure 4).Figure 4 Spanning Tree tab

2209320-A Copyright © 2000 Nortel NetworksAll rights reserved. August 2000.The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The s

20209320-A DesignatedRoot Bridge ID of the root of the spanning tree as determined by the Spanning Tree Protocol executed by the node. This value is u

21Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Transparent tabThe Transparent tab contains information about a specific unicast MAC address, whi

22209320-A Table 3 describes the Transparent tab items.Forwarding tabThe Forwarding tab displays the current state of the port, as defined by applicat

23Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 6 Forwarding tab

24209320-A Table 4 describes the Forwarding tab fields.Spanning tree group (STG)The spanning tree group (STG) information is stored in the STG dialog

25Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 To view the Configuration tab:➨ From the Device Manager menu bar, choose VLANs > STG.The STG d

26209320-A Status tabThe Status tab in the STG dialog box has status information for the STG.To view the Status tab:1 From the Device Manager menu bar

27Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Table 6 describes the Status tab items.Table 6 Status tab itemsItems DescriptionID An identifie

28209320-A Ports tabThe Ports tab in the STG dialog box has port information for the STG.To view the Ports tab:1 From the Device Manager menu bar, cho

29Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 9 Ports tabTable 7 describes the Ports tab fields.Table 7 Ports tab fieldsField Descri

3Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Japan/Nippon Requirements OnlyVoluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) StatementTaiwan Req

30209320-A PathCost Contribution of the port to the path cost of paths toward the spanning tree root, including the current port. IEEE 802.1D-1990 spe

31Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Modifications to Web pagesThis section describes modifications made to selected illustrations and

32209320-A Summary Web pagesThe Stack Inventory section of the Stack Information page (Figure 11) displays two additional columns: MDA and Software Ve

33Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Application > IGMP Web page menu pathsThis section describes new menu paths to the IGMP Web pa

34209320-A Figure 13 IGMP Multicast Group Membership page Application > QoS Advanced > Devices Web pagesThis section provides new screen shots

35Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 14 Interface Configuration pageInterface Group Assignment pageTo open the Interface Grou

36209320-A Figure 15 Interface Group Assignment page User Priority Assignment pageThe menu path Application > QoS > QoS Advanced > Devices

37Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 User Priority Mapping pageThe menu path Application > QoS > QoS Advanced > Devices >

38209320-A Figure 19 DSCP Mapping pageDSCP Mapping modification pageTo open the DSCP Mapping page:➨ Click the Modify icon in the row of your choice

39Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Application > QoS Advanced > Rules Web pagesThis section provides new screen shots to coinc

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40209320-A IP Classification Group pageThe menu path Application > QoS > QoS Advanced > Rules > IP Classification opens the IP Classificat

41Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 23 IP Group Modification pageLayer2 Classification pageTo open the Layer2 Classification

42209320-A Figure 24 Layer2 Classification pageLayer2 Group pageThe menu path Application > QoS > QoS Advanced > Rules > Layer2 Classifi

43Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Layer 2 Group Modification pageThe menu path Application > QoS > QoS Advanced > Rules &g

44209320-A Figure 27 Action pageApplication > QoS Advanced > Policies Web pagesThis section provides new screen shots to coincide with the men

45Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 28 Policies pagePolicy Statistics pageThe menu path Application > QoS > QoS Advanc

46209320-A Figure 30 Agent pageWeb-based management known issuesThis section describes the following known issues in operating the Web-based managem

47Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 DiffServ IP Quality of Service (QoS) architectureDiffServ is an IP QoS architecture developed by

48209320-A DiffServ assumes the existence of a service level agreement (SLA) between DS domains that share a border. The SLA defines the profile for t

49Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 31 DiffServ bandwidth brokers and nodesDiffServ componentsThe DiffServ architecture is c

5Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 responsible for the security of its own data and information and for maintaining adequate procedure

50209320-A In the Business Policy Switch, packets are assigned to the appropriate queue based on IEEE 802.1p user priority. The Business Policy Switch

51Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Table 9 describes the service classes and the required treatment. Table 9 Service classesTraffi

52209320-A Table 10 describes the default DSCP, IEEE 802.1p, and egress queue assignment for packets in each traffic class. You can change the default

53Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 The Business Policy Switch does not trust the DSCP of IP traffic received from an untrusted port,

54209320-A There are two sets of external ports. The first set contains 24 10/100 Mb/s ports. Each port in this set has a set of four queues. The firs

55Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 When the power is turned on, ports are assigned to the following three default role combinations:

56209320-A A classifier is associated with a role combination. Packets received from any port that has the same role combination are classified with t

57Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 IP filters have the same actions as layer 2 filters. If an IP filter is installed on a trusted po

58209320-A Packet flowA packet is processed as follows:1 The packet enters the Business Policy Switch.2 Filters are applied.3 Filter actions are taken

59Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 32 QoS packet flow for an IP packetNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesMaintainDSCP.Packet is queuedac

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60209320-A Figure 33 QoS packet flow for a layer 2 packetSample QoS configurationsThe following section contains sample configurations of QoS featur

61Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 This section provides you with configuration samples using the QoS Wizard (this page) and the QoS

62209320-A To configure Best Effort only traffic in your network:1 From the main menu, choose Application > QoS > QoS Wizard.The QoS Wizard open

63Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 4 Click Next.A Best Effort prioritization page opens (Figure 36). Figure 36 Best Effort priorit

64209320-A To assign priority levels to different types of network traffic:1 From the main menu, choose Application > QoS > QoS Wizard.The QoS W

65Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 39 Application prioritization selection page6 To choose an application for traffic prior

66209320-A 10 Click Next. For more information about defining additional traffic flows, refer to “Prioritizing additional traffic flows” on page 67.A

67Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Prioritizing additional traffic flowsYou can configure additional traffic flows in your network.T

68209320-A Figure 44 Classification rules pageTable 11 describes the items on the classification rules page. Table 11 Classification rules page it

69Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 5 Select the check box to activate the classification rule, and then type the appropriate informa

7Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 ContentsIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

70209320-A 8 Click Next.An additional traffic prioritization page opens (Figure 40 on page 65).9 To define additional traffic flows, select Yes and re

71Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 46 VLAN selection page3 From the list, select the VLAN to receive better service.4 Click

72209320-A 7 After verifying the information, click Next (or click Back to make changes to the appropriate pages).A session confirmation page opens (F

73Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Using the QoS Advanced configuration The following sections illustrate QoS > QoS Advanced conf

74209320-A Setting up IP and layer 2 filtersYou create new interface groups only if you want to have a port (or ports) associated with a new Role Comb

75Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 48 Web-based management menu page3 Click Interface Config.The Interface Configuration p

76209320-A Figure 49 Interface Configuration pageThe Interface Group Creation section of this page allows you to define groups of interfaces that ar

77Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 6 In the Interface Class field, choose untrusted.By selecting untrusted, incoming DSCP values wil

78209320-A Next you configure filter specifications. The QoS Advanced > Rules > IP Classification page (Figure 50) or the QoS Advanced > Rule

79Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 6 In the Protocol field, choose TCP from the list.When you select TCP, you specify that only TCP

8 Contents209320-AIP Classification page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39IP Classification Gr

80209320-A To create an IP filter group entry:1 Click Create Filter Group in the IP Filter Group Table section.The QoS Advanced IP Classification Grou

81Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Configuring actionsWhen you assign actions to filters, you specify the type of behavior you want

82209320-A Figure 53 Action pageConfiguring policiesNow you are ready to configure a policy. A policy is a group of filters and the associated actio

83Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 54 Policies page2 In the Filter Group Type, choose IP Filter Group.This entry is the fil

84209320-A 6 In the Action field, select Generic.7 Click Submit.The new entry is displayed in the Policy Table.In summary, you configured a QoS policy

85Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 55 Layer 2 Classification page3 In the VLAN ID field, specify VLAN ID 1.This filter will

86209320-A 9 In the Destination Layer 4 Port Min field, accept the default (0).This value is the minimum that the packet’s layer 4 destination port nu

87Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 56 Layer2 Group page2 In the Filter Group Name field, enter layer2 filter.This entry is

88209320-A Assigning user priority queue assignmentsYour next step is to assign user priority values to a queue for each interface with a specific que

89Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 4 Change the value of Priority 5 from 2 to 1.Verifying DSCP mapping Next map the DSCP to an IEEE

Contents 9Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Creating a Layer2 Filter Group Table entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

90209320-A 5 Click Submit. The DSCP Mapping page opens with the updated information (Figure 59).Figure 59 DSCP Mapping pageAssigning user priority m

91Release Notes for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Figure 60 User Priority Mapping page2 Change the DSCP value for IEEE 802.1 User Priority 2 to 0

92209320-A Known limitationsThe following limitations are known to exist:• BPS2000-4TX MDA — If a BPS2000-4TX MDA port and link partner are both in au