Admin Guide

Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction............................................................................................................ 9
Purpose.................................................................................................................................. 9
Related resources................................................................................................................... 9
Training............................................................................................................................ 9
Subscribing to e-notifications............................................................................................ 10
Support................................................................................................................................ 12
Searching a documentation collection............................................................................... 12
Chapter 2: New in this release............................................................................................... 14
VOSS 4.2.1........................................................................................................................... 14
Features......................................................................................................................... 14
VOSS 4.2............................................................................................................................. 15
Features......................................................................................................................... 15
Other changes................................................................................................................ 17
Chapter 3: Basic administration............................................................................................ 18
Basic administration procedures using ACLI............................................................................ 18
Saving the configuration................................................................................................... 18
Restarting the platform..................................................................................................... 19
Resetting the platform...................................................................................................... 21
Shutting down the system................................................................................................ 21
Pinging an IP device........................................................................................................ 22
Calculating the MD5 digest............................................................................................... 24
Resetting system functions............................................................................................... 26
Sourcing a configuration.................................................................................................. 26
Basic administration procedures using EDM............................................................................ 27
Resetting the platform...................................................................................................... 27
Showing the MTU for the system...................................................................................... 28
Displaying storage use..................................................................................................... 28
Displaying available storage space................................................................................... 29
Displaying internal flash file information............................................................................. 29
Displaying internal flash files............................................................................................ 30
Displaying USB file information......................................................................................... 30
Copying a file.................................................................................................................. 31
Saving the configuration................................................................................................... 32
Chapter 4: System startup fundamentals............................................................................. 33
spbm-config-mode boot flag................................................................................................... 33
Boot sequence...................................................................................................................... 33
System flags......................................................................................................................... 36
System connections.............................................................................................................. 37
Client and server support....................................................................................................... 38
October 2015 Administering Avaya VSP 7200 Series and 8000 Series 4
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