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Table Of Contents

Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Purpose
- Related resources
- Support
Chapter 2: New in Release 4.0.50
- Features
- Other changes
Chapter 3: New in Release 4.0.40
- Features
- Other changes
Chapter 4: New in Release 4.0
- Features
- Other changes
Chapter 5: Network design fundamentals
Chapter 6: Hardware fundamentals and guidelines
- Supported hardware
- Platform considerations
- Hardware compatibility
- Supported optical devices
- Dispersion considerations for long reach
- 10/100BASE-X and 1000BASE-TX reach
- 10/100/1000BASE-TX Auto-Negotiation recommendations
- Auto MDIX
- CANA
Chapter 7: Optical routing design
- Optical routing system components
Chapter 8: Platform redundancy
- Power redundancy
- Input/output port redundancy
- Configuration redundancy
- Link redundancy
Chapter 9: Link redundancy
- Physical layer redundancy
- MultiLink Trunking
- 802.3ad-based link aggregation
Chapter 10: Layer 2 loop prevention
- Loop prevention and detection
- SLPP example scenarios
Chapter 11: Spanning tree
- Spanning tree and protection against isolated VLANs
- MSTP and RSTP considerations
Chapter 12: Layer 3 network design
- VRF Lite
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
- Open Shortest Path First
- Border Gateway Protocol
- IP routed interface scaling
Chapter 13: SPBM design guidelines
- 802.1aq standard
- VLANs without member ports
- Provisioning
- Implementation options
- Reference architectures
- Solution-specific reference architectures
- Best practices
- SPBM restrictions and limitations
- IP multicast over SPBM restrictions
Chapter 14: IP multicast network design
- Multicast and VRF-Lite
- Multicast and MultiLink Trunking considerations
- Multicast scalability design rules
- IP multicast address range restrictions
- Multicast MAC address mapping considerations
- Dynamic multicast configuration changes
- IGMPv3 backward compatibility
- IGMP Layer 2 Querier
- TTL in IP multicast packets
- Multicast MAC filtering
- Guidelines for multicast access policies
- Multicast for multimedia
Chapter 15: System and network stability and security
- DoS protection mechanisms
- Damage prevention
- Data plane security
- Control plane security
- Additional information
Chapter 16: QoS design guidelines
- QoS mechanisms
- QoS interface considerations
- Network congestion and QoS design
- QoS examples and recommendations
Chapter 17: Layer 1, 2, and 3 design examples
- Layer 1 example
- Layer 2 example
- Layer 3 example
Chapter 18: Software scaling capabilities
Chapter 19: Supported standards, RFCs, and MIBs
- Supported IEEE standards
- Supported RFCs
- Quality of service
- Network management
- MIBs
- Standard MIBs
- Proprietary MIBs
Glossary

Release VSP 4000 model Description Part number

• two 1/10GE SFP+ ports

• one (of two) field replaceable 300W

DC PSUs supplied with the chassis

4.0 VSP 4450GSX-PWR+ • 12 10/100/1000 BASE TX RJ-45

ports with 802.3at PoE+

• 36 100/1000–Mbps SFP ports

• Two 1/10G SFP+ ports with MACsec

capable PHY

• One (of two) field-replaceable 1000W

PSUs supplied with the chassis

EC4400A05-E6

• Same content as EC4400A05-E6

with a EU power cord.

EC4400B05-E6

• Same content as EC4400A05-E6

with a UK power cord.

EC4400C05-E6

• Same content as EC4400A05-E6

with a JP power cord.

EC4400D05-E6

• Same content as EC4400A05-E6

with a NA power cord.

EC4400E05-E6

• Same content a EC4400A05-E6 with

a AU power cord.

EC4400F05-E6

4.0.40 VSP 4450GTX-HT-PWR+ • 48 10/100/1000 Base TX RJ-45 ports

with 802.3at PoE+

• two shared SFP ports

• two 1/10GE SFP+ ports

• Base Software License

• one (of two) field replaceable 1000W

PSUs supplied with the chassis

EC4400A03-E6

• Same content as EC4400A03-E6

with a NA power cord.

EC4400E03-E6

4.0.50 VSP 4450GSX-DC • 12 10/100/1000 BASE TX RJ-45

ports

• 36 100/1000 Mbps SFP ports

• two 1/10G SFP+ ports

• one field-replaceable 300W DC PSU

EC4400004-E6

4.0.50 TAA-compliant VSP

4450GSX-PWR+

• 12 10/100/1000 BASE TX RJ-45

ports with 802.3at PoE+

• 36 100/1000–Mbps SFP ports

• Two 1/10G SFP+ ports with MACsec

capable PHY

EC4400A05-E6GS

Hardware compatibility

December 2014 Network Design Reference for Avaya VSP 4000 Series 25

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