Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series
ERS 5510-48T/5510-24T
Rack mountable:	19-inch standard rack
ERS 5520-48T-PWR/5520-24T-PWR
Rack mountable:	19-inch standard rack
ERS 5530-24TFD
Rack mountable:	19-inch standard rack
Certifications
	JITC'

Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 system or (ERS-5000) in computer networking are stackable layer 3 switches designed and manufactured by Avaya

Avaya

Avaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...

. capable of stacking 8 switches in a 640-Gbit/s fast stacking configuration. This switch was used as the access layer device for the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

 games. The 817 access switches supported 8782 voice over IP telephones.

The switches have an integrated time-domain reflectometer (TDR)

Time-domain reflectometer

A time-domain reflectometer is an electronic instrument used to characterize and locate faults in metallic cables . It can also be used to locate discontinuities in a connector, printed circuit board, or any other electrical path...

 built into every copper port, providing diagnostic monitoring and troubleshooting capabilities of the connected cables allowing for the troubleshooting of cable defects (crimped, cut, shorted or damaged cables) from the telnet, SNMP, web and console management interfaces. This test provides a very reliable test to identify if the cable is good or faulty.
The switches also include an integrated packet sniffer built into every port that can export the information on to a web page report (see the jpg to the right, an example of top 25 talkers on a switch) or export the information to an IPFIX

IP Flow Information Export

Internet Protocol Flow Information Export is an IETF working group. It was created from the need for a common, universal standard of export for Internet Protocol flow information from routers, probes, and other devices that is used by mediation systems, accounting/billing systems, and network...

 server. The web base reports will report top 10, 25, or 50 talkers. Reports can also be created and sorted on source address, destination address, TOS

Type of Service

The type of service field in the IPv4 header has had various purposes over the years, and has been defined in different ways by five RFCs...

, protocol, port number, source or destination ports, packet count, byte count, or first or last packet times. Multiple ports can be monitored simultaneously or individually. A license is not required to enable this function. The Management of the system is accomplished through a serial sonsole (which presents both a menu structure and a command line interface), a web interface or with the device manager tools, which uses SNMP to communicate with the device.

Scaling

System scaling is accomplished by stacking eight of the 5530 systems to provide up to 192 ports of copper 10/100/1000BASE-T, and up to 96 ports 1000Base-X Small form-factor pluggable transceivers, and up to 16 ports of 10 gigabit ethernet

10 Gigabit Ethernet

The 10 gigabit Ethernet computer networking standard was first published in 2002. It defines a version of Ethernet with a nominal data rate of 10 Gbit/s , ten times faster than gigabit Ethernet.10 gigabit Ethernet defines only full duplex point to point links which are generally connected by...

, or stacking eight 5520-48T systems together will provide up to 384 ports of copper 10/100/1000BASE-T, and up to 32 ports of 1000Base-X Small form-factor pluggable transceivers. The system also has the ability to stack any combination of switches (up to 8 switches) in a total stack high.

Version 6.1 Major Features

• De-Licensing IPFIX
  IPFIX is now part of the standard software and no licence is required
• Username & Password enhancement
• Extended Password History - Password history up to 10 passwords
• 802.1X dynamic authorization extension - allows third-party devices to dynamically change VLANs or close user sessions
• VLACP enhancements
• IP and Layer 2 QoS Filter options
• QoS Agent operational mode - QoS can now be configured globally
• Avaya Automatic QoS
• Dynamic QoS Queue Set control
• Generic QoS Filter Set support
• Stack Health Check - checks the stacking ports, stacking cables, base unit status
• Forced Stack Mode option - ensures IP management during base unit failure and enables automatic provisioning during switch replacement whithin a stack
• Show Environmental Information
• Quick Install - from USB or file
• IP.CFG - Set the IP address from USB file
• Dynamic ARP Inspection SNMP Trap
• DHCP Snooping SNMP Trap
• IP Source Guard SNMP Trap
• Auto Config Generator support for RSTP/MSTP
• Pps-based Broadcast/Multicast Storm Control
• JDM Support for Port Mirroring
• Bootp/DHCP Rely Web management
• T1 SFP support
• Disable USB & Console support

External links

• What network protocols and RFCs does the 5510support -Retrieved 22 July 2011