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HELP WITH BAYSTACK 460 CONFIGURATION
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If it's truly a small office with just 8 phones and approximately the same number of computers/servers, you can probably get away with a very basic configuration. I might suggest that you set up L2 QOS (which will process VOIP packets before non-VOIP packets inside the Baystack), and monitor it for complaints. You probably won't get any complaints if it's a small scale low-mid usage network.
To set up L2 QOS, connect a serial cable to the db-9 on the front of the BS, config your terminal emulator for VT-100, 9600Bps, 8,N,1. When you are all connected, type control y to display the menu. Configure the BS with an IP address and mask that is valid on your PC's subnet, point your web browser to (the address that you gave to the BS).
Then click on Applications > QOS > Quick Config
By default, all ports belong to an interface group called "ALLBPSIFCs". You will need to create another interface group called "VOIPtrust" and give it a capability of "trusted". Once the new interface group is created, you will need to assign port membership to the new group. To do this, deselect all ports that will have phones from the ALLBPSIFCs group, submit, then assign those ports to the VOIPtrust group.
What this procedure does is it allows the incoming traffic to retain its L2 priority markings (the i200x phones will mark the frames with a priority signature), and as a result, the BS will assign priority treatment within the fabric of the switch. Of course there are ways to further restrict this so that the PC's connected to the ports aren't afforded priority treatment if they're configured to change the 802.1p field, but that's beyond the scope of this quick tip.
I think that you'll find that you won't have any problems, as long as your network usage stays typical and your cable plant is sound. If you implement this and experience less than perfect quality, you'll need to implement VLAN's -- This is probably unlikely, but it can get somewhat involved and the final configuration has dependencies on your desired level of connectivity and such.
BS software newer that 3.0 has power-over-ethernet defaulted to "on" with the required "802.3AF + legacy" setting. If you find that you aren't getting power to your phones, your best bet would probably be to upgrade the BS software (it's free). I'm sure that you can find informatin from previous posts on the upgrade procedure, but it's fairly straightforward and unintimidating (uses TFTP server software on your PC).
Good luck!
To set up L2 QOS, connect a serial cable to the db-9 on the front of the BS, config your terminal emulator for VT-100, 9600Bps, 8,N,1. When you are all connected, type control y to display the menu. Configure the BS with an IP address and mask that is valid on your PC's subnet, point your web browser to (the address that you gave to the BS).
Then click on Applications > QOS > Quick Config
By default, all ports belong to an interface group called "ALLBPSIFCs". You will need to create another interface group called "VOIPtrust" and give it a capability of "trusted". Once the new interface group is created, you will need to assign port membership to the new group. To do this, deselect all ports that will have phones from the ALLBPSIFCs group, submit, then assign those ports to the VOIPtrust group.
What this procedure does is it allows the incoming traffic to retain its L2 priority markings (the i200x phones will mark the frames with a priority signature), and as a result, the BS will assign priority treatment within the fabric of the switch. Of course there are ways to further restrict this so that the PC's connected to the ports aren't afforded priority treatment if they're configured to change the 802.1p field, but that's beyond the scope of this quick tip.
I think that you'll find that you won't have any problems, as long as your network usage stays typical and your cable plant is sound. If you implement this and experience less than perfect quality, you'll need to implement VLAN's -- This is probably unlikely, but it can get somewhat involved and the final configuration has dependencies on your desired level of connectivity and such.
BS software newer that 3.0 has power-over-ethernet defaulted to "on" with the required "802.3AF + legacy" setting. If you find that you aren't getting power to your phones, your best bet would probably be to upgrade the BS software (it's free). I'm sure that you can find informatin from previous posts on the upgrade procedure, but it's fairly straightforward and unintimidating (uses TFTP server software on your PC).
Good luck!
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