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the Technical Requirements

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All relevant sections of the Technical

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Requirements Data collection should be completed or known before commencing with the steps in this

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Web Portal Setup

Avaya Ethernet Switches are setup in VSM to enable Access Concentrator, to add a friendly name and default site for alarming purposes, as well as facilitating an offsite backup capability.

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A form will open which you can populate with the equipment details as per table 1. 

Select the Vendor ‘Avaya’ and Product ‘Ethernet Switch’.

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If you are adding more than one piece of the same equipment type check the ‘Add another’ box at the bottom of the form and the bulk of the configuration will be carried over for the next item.

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Site ID information in the ‘Site’ field will advise your NOC staff of the site where the Avaya Ethernet Switch is physically located. This is particularly helpful when the customer has multiple sites.


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Complete the Equipment tab and then click on the ‘SNMP Query’ tab.

Click on the down arrow, and select the SNMP version you wish VSM to use for querying the AES:

SNMP V1 or V2

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Web Portal – AES SNMP V1/V2 QueryAES SNMP V1/V2 Field Descriptions

Field

Setting

Version

V1, V2

SNMP Community String

Community String that is allowed Read access to the device.


SNMP V3

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Web Portal – AES SNMP V3 QueryAES SNMP V3 Field Description

Field

Setting

Version

V3

Username

SNMP V3 Username

Authentication Protocol

SHA (recommended)

Authentication Password

Password

Privacy Protocol

DES (recommended)

Privacy Password

Password

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The SSH test ensures the VSM probe collector can connect to, and login using the account configured.

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