TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER
VOIP DEPLOYMENT ON ARUBAOS-SWITCH
TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER
VoIP Deployment on ArubaOS-Switch
ArubaOS-Switch 16.06
PURPOSE
Support for Voice over IP (VoIP) solution deployments is a key feature of Aruba's campus access switching lineup. With support for
features including Power over Ethernet (PoE), voice VLAN support, device profiles, Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), Link Layer Discovery
Protocol (LLDP), and Quality of Service (QoS), ArubaOS-Switch can make deploying IP phones simpler and faster than ever.
CONFIGURATION
Pre-standard voice VLAN detection with CDP
Older IP phones that do not support LLDP for voice VLAN configuration must utilize CDP instead. By default, CDP is enabled on ArubaOS-
Switch but is set to receive-only on all interfaces. The CDP mode must be set to pre-standard-voice in order to allow these phones to
properly detect the voice VLAN:
switch(config)# cdp mode pre-standard-voice
PoE pre-standard device detection
For older IP phones that predate the 802.3af PoE standard, pre-standard device detection must be enabled on any ports these devices
are expected to be connected to. To enable this feature for all ports, use the following command:
switch(config)# power-over-ethernet pre-std-detect
Pre-standard device detection can also be enabled for individual ports or for an entire module, by using one of these command
variations:
switch(config)# power-over-ethernet pre-std-detect ports <portlist>
switch(config)# power-over-ethernet pre-std-detect slot <module>
[Link]
For IP phones that are compliant with 802.3af or 802.3at (PoE+), no specific configuration is required. PoE+ phones require the switch to
have a PoE+ power supply installed with sufficient power available. To display switch PoE status, use the following command:
switch# show power-over-ethernet
Status and Counters - System Power Status
Chassis power-over-ethernet:
Total Available Power : 136 W
Total Power Drawn : 0 W +/- 6W
Total Power Reserved : 0 W
Total Remaining Power : 136 W
Internal Power
Main Power
PS (Watts) Status
----- ------------- ---------------------
1 136 POE+ Connected
Voice VLAN configuration
At least one VLAN on the switch should be configured as a voice VLAN; these are typically assigned as a tagged VLAN to ports where
phones are expected to be connected, though they can also be allocated dynamically using device profiles (as described in a later
section).
To configure a voice VLAN, enter the VLAN's context and use the voice command:
switch(config)# vlan 100
switch(vlan-100)# voice
To set up DHCP relaying to allow the phone to get an IP address from a server on a different subnet, configure an IP address and an IP
helper address on the VLAN:
switch(vlan-100)# ip address [Link]/24
switch(vlan-100)# ip helper-address [Link]
To statically assign the voice VLAN to ports, use the tagged command from the VLAN context:
switch(vlan-100)# tagged 1-6
Device Profiles for automatic port configuration
Rather than statically assigning VLANs and settings to switch ports, device profiles can be defined to automatically provision a port if an
IP phone (or other device) is plugged into it, eliminating the need to restrict users to connecting devices only to specific switch ports.
The first step is to create a device identity, using the LLDP OUI and sub-type defined in the IP phone's LLDP Organizationally Specific TLV.
This example uses the TIA standard OUI, which is used by some IP phones:
switch(config)# device-identity name "VoIP-Phone"
switch(identity-VoIP-Phone)# lldp oui 0012bb sub-type 1
switch(identity-VoIP-Phone)# exit
Next, create the device profile with settings to be applied to provisioned ports:
switch(config)# device-profile name "Phone-Profile"
switch(device-profile)# tagged-vlan 100
switch(device-profile)# untagged-vlan 110
switch(device-profile)# allow-jumbo frames
switch(device-profile)# exit
Lastly, associate the device identity with the new profile, and enable the profile for that device type:
switch(config)# device-profile device-type "VoIP-Phone"
switch(device-VoIP-Phone)# associate "Phone-Profile"
switch(device-VoIP-Phone)# enable
switch(device-VoIP-Phone)# exit
Once the profile is active, any time a matching device is connected to a switch port, the settings defined in the profile are applied to that
port.
To display the current settings for a given device profile, use the following command:
switch# show device-profile config "Phone-Profile"
Device Profile Configuration
Configuration for device-profile : Phone-Profile
untagged-vlan : 110
tagged-vlan : 100
ingress-bandwidth : 100%
egress-bandwidth : 100%
cos : 6
speed-duplex : auto
poe-max-power : Class/LLDP
poe-priority : critical
allow-jumbo-frames : Enabled
allow-tunneled-node: Disabled
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
The features described in this document are available in the following Aruba switch families:
• Aruba 2530 Switch Series
• Aruba 2540 Switch Series
• Aruba 2930F Switch Series
• Aruba 2930M Switch Series
• Aruba 3810M Switch Series
• Aruba 5400R Switch Series
