Alcatel-Lucent OS6450-P48L OS6450-P48L-CH User Manual

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Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6450 

•  Intuitive Alcatel-Lucent CLI with familiar 

interface, reducing training costs 

•  Easy-to-use, point-and-click web based 

element manager (WebView) with built-in 
help for easy configuration 

•  Integration with Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista 

2500 for network management 

•  Full configuration and reporting using 

SNMPv1/2/3 across all OmniSwitch 
families to facilitate third-party NMS 
integration 

•  Remote Telnet management or Secure 

Shell access using SSHv2 

•  File upload using USB, TFTP, FTP, SFTP,  

or SCP for faster configuration 

•  Human-readable ASCII-based config files 

for off-line editing and bulk configuration 

•  Managed by Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service 

Aware Manager 

•  Local (on the flash) and remote server 

logging: Syslog and command log 

•  Port-based mirroring for troubleshooting 

and lawful interception, supports four 
sessions with multiple sources-to-one 
destination 

•  Policy-based mirroring - Allows selection 

of the type of traffic to mirror by using 
QoS policies

•  Remote port mirroring that facilitates 

passing mirrored traffic through the 
network to a remotely connected device 

•  Port monitoring feature that allows 

capture of Ethernet packets to a file, 
or to an on-screen display to assist in 
troubleshooting 

•  sFlow v5 and RMON: For advanced 

monitoring and reporting capabilities  
for statistics, history, alarms, and events 

•  IP tools: Ping and trace route 
•  Digital Diagnostic Monitoring (DDM): 

Real-time diagnostics of fiber connections 
for early detection of optical signal 
deterioration

•  Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR): For 

locating breaks or other discontinuity in 
copper cables

•  Remote auto-configuration download feature  
•  Auto-negotiating 10/100/1000 ports 

automatically configure port speed and 
duplex setting 

•  Auto MDI/MDIX automatically configures 

transmit and receive signals to support 
straight-through and crossover cabling 

•  BOOTP/DHCP client allows auto-

configuration of switch IP information for 
simplified deployment 

•  DHCP relay to forward client requests to  

a DHCP server 

•  Alcatel-Lucent Mapping Adjacency 

Protocol (AMAP) for building topology 
maps 

•  IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery 

Protocol (LLDP) with MED extensions for 
automated device discovery 

•  GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) 

for IEEE 802.1Q-compliant VLAN pruning 
and dynamic VLAN creation 

•  Auto QoS for switch management traffic  

as well as traffic from Alcatel-Lucent  
IP phones 

•  Network Time Protocol (NTP) for network-

wide time synchronization 

•  Stackable to eight units  

•  Ring Rapid Spanning Tree (RRSTP) 

optimized for ring topology to provide  
less than 100 ms convergence time 

•  IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree 

Protocol: Encompasses IEEE 802.1D STP 
and IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree 
Protocol 

•  Per-VLAN spanning tree (PVST) and 

Alcatel-Lucent 1x1 STP mode 

•  IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control 

Protocol (LACP) and static LAG groups 
across modules are supported 

•  Dual-home link (DHL) support for sub-

second link protection without STP 

•  Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol 

(VRRP) to provide highly available routed 
environments 

•  Broadcast and multicast storm control 

to avoid degradation in overall system 
performance 

•  Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD): 

Detects and disables unidirectional links 
on fiber optic interfaces 

•  Layer-2 port loopback detection for 

preventing customer loops on Ethernet 
access ports 

•  Redundant and hot-swappable power 

supplies, transceiver modules offering 
uninterruptable service 

•  Dual image and dual configuration file 

storage provide backup 

•  AOS Access Guardian framework for  

comprehensive user-policy-based network 
access control (NAC)* 

•  Autosensing IEEE 802.1X multi-client, 

multi-VLAN MAC-based authentication  
for non-802.1X hosts 

•  Web-based authentication (Captive 

Portal) - A customizable web portal 
residing on the switch that can be used 
for authenticating supplicants as well as 
non-supplicants 

•  Group mobility rules and “guest” VLAN 

support 

•  Host integrity check (HIC) agent on each 

switch makes it an HIC enforcer and 
facilitates endpoint device control for 
company policy compliance. Quarantine 
and remediation are supported as 
required. 

•  User network profile (UNP) - Simplify NAC 

management and control by dynamically 
providing predefined policy configuration to 
authenticated clients — VLAN, ACL, BW, HIC 

•  SSH for secure CLI session with public key 

infrastructure (PKI) support 

•  Centralized Remote Access Dial-In 

User Service (RADIUS) and LDAP user  
authentication 

•  Private VLAN feature for user traffic 

segregation 

•  DHCP Snooping, DHCP IP spoof protection 
•  Terminal Access Controller Access Control 

System Plus (TACACS+) client allows 
for authentication, authorization and 
accounting with a remote TACACS+ server 

•  Dynamic ARP protection and ARP 

poisoning detection 

•  ACLs to filter out unwanted  traffic 

including DoS attacks; flow-based filtering 
in hardware (L1 to L4) 

•  BPDU blocking - Automatically shuts down 

user ports if an STP BPDU packet is seen 
to prevent topology loops 

•  STP Root Guard - Prevents edge devices 

from becoming Spanning Tree Protocol 
root node 

•  PoE models support Alcatel-Lucent 

IP phones and WLAN access points, 
as well as any IEEE 802.3af or IEEE 
802.3at-compliant end device 

•  Configurable per-port PoE priority and 

max power for power allocation 

•  Dynamic PoE allocation: Delivers only  

the power needed by the powered devices 
(PD) up to the total power budget for most 
efficient power consumption