VLAN implementation

[jeffstev]

Our IT folks have several questions about setting up our VLAN for our IP500V2. We have cisco routers and switches, and we have multiple subnets, all of them w/ Avaya Phones. The IP500 will ultimately reside on a single subnet in our central location. Questions:

How should the Avaya switch be configured to support a voice VLAN?
Does it need a unique IP for the voice VLAN?
Or does it answer on the primary address to any VLAN traffic?
Or does traffic from the voice VLAN need to be routed back to the default VLAN at the swtich port?
If DHCP is setup on two VLANs, do they have to have the same IP address scheme to allow for any of the modes listed above? Or should they be different, and a second IP address configured somehow?

I've searched the Avaya Support site for a VLAN configuration guide to no avail. Any help here would be appreciated.

Jeff

 

[hairlessupportmonkey]

Try here:

http://blogs.scansource.com/how-to-configure-avaya-ip-phones-to-use-dhcp-and-vlan/

ACSS - SME
General Geek

 

[pmcook]

Does it need a unique IP for the voice VLAN?

No but VLANs work easier that way. So yes, separate subnets.

Or does it answer on the primary address to any VLAN traffic?

No, it is tagged.

Or does traffic from the voice VLAN need to be routed back to the default VLAN at the swtich port?

No. See your switch documentation on setting up vlans across multiple switches

If DHCP is setup on two VLANs, do they have to have the same IP address scheme to allow for any of the modes listed above?

No. You need to add special settings though for the Avaya VLAN.

Or should they be different, and a second IP address configured somehow?

Yes but you mean subnet not address A DHCP server can provide addresses for ore than one subnet

 

[amriddle01]

There is nothing Avaya specific about this setup, a VLAN is a VLAN, IT should know how to do it, it's not for you or Avaya to provide guidance on how to do it as they should know already

 

[pmcook]

Yes. They should just picture a simple flat LAN. One L2 switch, 2 vlans, one for data one for voice. Two subnets. Two DHCP sources. Then just expand on it for the scale for their network.