Routing Configuration Quickstart

This section provides an overview of the how to configure the Avaya Multiservice switch as a IP router.

To configure the switch as a IP router:

1. Ensure that physical port parameters and cabling are correctly configured before creating VLANs. See Chapter 8, “Configuring Ports”.
2. Create a VLAN (each VLAN is an IP subnet). See “Creating and Implementing VLANs,” in Chapter 6, “Using VLANs, Hunt Groups, and VTP Snooping.”
3. Assign switch ports to the VLAN. See “Configuring Switch Ports Settings”, in Chapter 8,”Configuring Ports.”
4. Configure an IP interface, IP address and subnet mask, for each VLAN and associated subnet.
5. Globally enable IP Forwarding (Routing).
6. Enable the routing protocol on an interface.
7. Specify how the router will communicate with other routers, by configuring RIPv1, RIPv2 or OSPF v2 parameters.

NOTE: The IP interfaces should be set to the ADMIN state Down.

8. Set the IP interface Admin State to Up.