Allied Telesis AT-9000/28SP manual Feature Description Supported by IPv4 Address IPv6 Address

Chapter 17: Setting IPv4 and IPv6 Management

Overview

If you use the AlliedWare Plus web interface to change the IP address of the switch, the web connection to the switch is lost. In order to maintain a connection with the switch, it is necessary to also have a local connection if you are going to change the IP address with the web interface. For information about a local connection to the switch see the AlliedWare Plus Management Software Command Line Interface User’s Guide.

The features listed in Table 4 require that the switch is assigned a management IP address in the web interface. The switch uses the address to identify itself to other network devices, such as TFTP servers and Telnet clients.

You can assign the switch an IPv4 address and an IPv6 address, but only one of each type. However, as shown in the table, a management IPv6 address only supports the TACACS+ client. To use features that are not supported by an IPv6 address, you must assign the switch an IPv4 address instead of or, in addition to, an IPv6 address.

Note

In the Command Line Interface, there are additional features that require either an IPv4 or IPv6 address.

Table 4. Web Interface Features that Require an IP Management Address

Feature	Description	Supported by	Supported by
		IPv4 Address	IPv6 Address
802.1x port-based	Used for port security.	yes	no
network access
control
RADIUS client	Used for remote	yes	no
	management authentication
	and for 802.1x port-based
	network access control.
sFlow agent	Used to transmit packet	yes	no
	statistics and port counters to
	an sFlow collector on your
	network.
TACACS+ client	Used for remote	yes	yes
	management authentication
	using a TACACS+ server on
	your network.

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