Allied Telesis AT-9400 manual Contents

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Preface ................................................................................................................... ......................................... 19
How This Guide is Organized........................................................................................ ................................... 20
Product Documentation.......................................................... .......................................................................... 22
Where to Go First......................... .................................................................................................................... 23
Starting a Management Session ...................................................................................................................... 24
Document Conventions.......................... .......................................................................................................... 25
Where to Find Web-based Guides................ ................................................................................................... 26
Contacting Allied Telesis..................... ............................................................................................................. 27
Online Support.............................................. ............................................................................................. 27
Email and Telephone Support.................................................................................................................... 27
Returning Products.......... .......................................................................................................................... 27
Sales and Corporate Information......................................... ...................................................................... 27
Management Software Updates................................................................................................................. 27
Section I: Basic Operations ......................................................................................29
Chapter 1: Basic Switch Parameters .................... ....................................................................................... 31
Configuring the Switch’s Name, Location, and Contact ................................................................................... 32
Changing the Manager and Operator Passwords............ ................................................................................ 35
Changing the Manager or Operator Password .......................................................................................... 35
Resetting the Manager Password.............................................................................. ................................37
Setting the System Time .................................................................................................................................. 38
Setting the System Time Manually............................................................................................................. 39
Setting the System Time from an SNTP or NTP Server...................................... ...................................... 40
Rebooting the Switch............................................................................................................................... ......... 43
Configuring the Console Startup Mode ............................................................................................................ 45
Configuring the Console Timer................................................................................... ...................................... 46
Configuring the Telnet Server........................................................................................................................... 47
Setting the Baud Rate of the Serial Terminal Port............................................................................................ 48
Pinging a Remote System............................................................. ................................................................... 49
Returning the AT-S63 Management Software to the Factory Default Values.................. ................................ 50
Displaying Hardware and Software Information............... ................................................................................ 52
Displaying System Hardware Information ........................................................................................................ 55
Displaying Uplink Port Information ................................................................................................................... 57
Chapter 2: Port Parameters ....................................................... ................................................................... 61
Displaying Port Status......................... ............................................................................................................. 62
Configuring Port Parameters...................................................... ...................................................................... 65
Configuring Head of Line Blocking................... ................................................................................................ 69
Configuring Flow Control and Back Pressure................................................................................................... 71
Configuring Port Filtering.................................................................................. ................................................ 73
Setting Up Rate Limiting................................................................................... ................................................ 75
Resetting a Port............................................................................................. ................................................... 77
Forcing Port Renegotiation......................................................................................... ...................................... 78
Resetting the Port Configuration to the Default Settings......................................................... ......................... 79
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