Chapter 1 Avaya P460 Product Overview
Avaya P460 Main Components
Note: For information on Installation, Troubleshooting and Maintenance of these
components, refer to the “Avaya P460 Installation and Maintenance Guide.”
Supervisor Modules
The P460 Supervisor modules form the core of the P460. Their functions include:
• Chassis-wide controlling
• I/O module initialization
• Switching fabric initialization
• Switching
• Layer 3 functionality, including routing
• SNMP management agent
• PSU & fan monitoring
• Power budgeting and management
• User interface
• Management interface
I/O Modules
The I/O modules provide the connections to your network devices, such as
workstations, printers, servers and other switches.
The I/O modules include:
Name Description
M4648ML-T 48 10/100 Mbps ports
M4648ML-T-2G 48 10/100 Mbps + 2 SFP GBIC ports
M4612ML-G 12 SFP GBIC ports
PSUs (Power Supply Units)
You can install up to three PSUs in a P460 chassis. Each PSU is equipped with a
cooling fan, an AC power entry filter module, an on/off switch and a status LED.
2 Avaya P460 Configuration Guide