AlliedWare Plus Version 2.1.2 Software Release Notes

Table 1. Changes to the AlliedWare Plus Management Software User’s Guide for Version 2.1.2

Chapter

Description

 

 

 

 

Chapter 52: MAC Address-

Revision A of the user’s guide stated in Guidelines that this type

based Port Security

of port security was not supported on optional GBIC, SFP, or

 

XFP modules. Revision B states that MAC address-based port

 

security is supported on SFP transceivers, the only type of

 

transceivers AT-9000 switches support.

 

 

Chapters 59 and 60: sFlow

Revision A of the user’s guide stated you could define the IP

Agent

addresses of up to four sFlow collectors. The switch actually

 

supports the IP address of just one collector. This is corrected in

 

Revision B.

 

 

Chapters 67 and 68:

Revision A stated that a port that had more than one ACL

Access Control Lists

performs them according to their ID numbers, in ascending

(ACLs)

order. ACLs are actually performed in the order in which they are

 

applied to a port. This is corrected in Revision B.

 

 

 

The IP ACCESS-GROUP command, which is used to assign

 

ACLs to ports, has been shortened to ACCESS-GROUP

 

command.

 

 

 

The previous version of the user’s guide stated that ACLs

 

without the VLAN parameter applied to both tagged and

 

untagged packets. That is incorrect. ACLs without the VLAN

 

parameter apply only to untagged packets.

 

 

Chapters 70 and 71: Local

This version of the management software has a NO SERVICE

Manager Accounts

PASSWORD-ENCRYPTION command that disables password

 

encryption of local manager accounts. In the previous version,

 

you could not disable password encryption after you had

 

activated it.

 

 

 

Previously, manager accounts with a privilege level of 1 could

 

access all of the command modes except when command mode

 

restriction was activated, in which case they were restricted to

 

the User Exec mode, unless they knew the special password. In

 

this release, command mode restriction is always activated to

 

prevent managers who have a privilege level of 1 and do not

 

know the special password from accessing any mode beyond

 

the User Exec mode.

 

 

Chapter 74 and 75: Telnet

In the previous release the Telnet client could only be used from

Client

local management sessions of the switch. In this release you

 

may use it from local and Telnet management sessions.

 

 

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Allied Telesis AT-9000 manual Chapter Description

AT-9000 specifications

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