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Stage 2: Gaining Familiarity with Basic Switch Functions

Pertinent Documentation: OmniSwitch 6600 Family Hardware Users Guide

OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide

Once you have your switch up and running, you will want to begin investigating basic aspects of its hard ware and software. Information about OmniSwitch 6600 Family hardware is provided in the OmniSwitch 6600 Family Hardware Users Guide. This guide provides specifications, illustrations, and descriptions of all hardware components—chassis, power supplies, uplink and stacking modules, and cooling fans. They also include steps for common procedures, such as removing and installing switch components.

The OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide is the primary user guide for the basic software features on a single switch. This guide contains information on the switch directory structure, basic file and directory utilities, switch access security, SNMP, and web-based management. It is recommended that you read this guide before connecting your switch to the network.

Note. The OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide was originally known as the “OmniSwitch 6624/6648 Switch Management Guide.”

Stage 3: Integrating the Switch Into a Network

Pertinent Documentation: OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide OmniSwitch 6600 Family Advanced Routing Configuration Guide

When you are ready to connect your switch to the network, you will need to learn how the OmniSwitch implements fundamental software features, such as 802.1Q, VLANs, Spanning Tree, and network routing protocols. The OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide contains overview information, procedures and examples on how standard networking technologies are configured in the OmniSwitch 6600 Family.

Note. The OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide was originally known as the “OmniSwitch 6624/6648 Network Configuration Guide.”

The OmniSwitch 6600 Family Advanced Routing Configuration Guide includes configuration information for networks using Open Shortest Path First (OSPF).

Note. The OmniSwitch 6600 Family Advanced Routing Configuration Guide was originally known as the “OmniSwitch 66/24/6648 Advanced Routing Configuration Guide”

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The OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide contains comprehensive information on all CLI commands supported by the switch. This guide includes syntax, default, usage, example, related CLI command, and CLI-to-MIB variable mapping information for all CLI commands supported by the switch. This guide can be consulted anytime during the configuration process to find detailed and specific information on each CLI command.

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