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Preface ................................................................................................................... ......................................... 21
How This Guide is Organized........................................................................................ ................................... 22
Product Documentation.......................................................... .......................................................................... 25
Where to Go First......................... .................................................................................................................... 26
Starting a Management Session ...................................................................................................................... 27
Document Conventions.......................... .......................................................................................................... 28
Contacting Allied Telesis..................... ............................................................................................................. 29
Online Support.............................................. ... ... ....................................................................................... 29
Email and Telephone Support.................................................................................................................... 29
Returning Products.......... .......................................................................................................................... 29
Sales or Corporate Information..................................................................... ............................................. 29
Management Software Updates................................................................................................................. 29
Section I: Basic Operations ...................................................................................... 31
Chapter 1: Overview ................................................................................................... ................................... 33
Layer 2+ and Basic Layer 3 Switches........... ................................................................................................... 34
AT-S63 Management Software........................... ............................................................................................. 40
Management Interfaces....................................................................................... ............................................. 41
Management Access Methods............................ ............................................................................................. 47
Local Management Sessions.................................................................. ................................................... 47
Remote Telnet Sessions................................................................... ......................................................... 47
Remote Secure Shell (SSH) Sessions....................................................................................... .... ............ 48
Remote Web Browser Session............................... ................................................................................... 48
Remote SNMP Management.................................. ................................................................................... 48
Manager Access Levels ................................................................................................................................... 49
Installation and Management Configurations...................... ............................................................................. 50
Stand-alone Switches......... ....................................................................................................................... 50
AT-9400Ts Stacks...................................................................................................................................... 50
Enhanced Stacking............................. ....................................................................................................... 50
IP Configuration............................................................................................. ... ... .... ... ... .......... ......................... 51
Configuration Files................................................................................................................................ ............ 52
Stand-alone Switches......... ....................................................................................................................... 52
AT-9400Ts Stacks...................................................................................................................................... 52
Selecting a Configuration File....................................... ............................................................................. 52
Redundant Twisted Pair Ports.................................................................................... ...................................... 53
History of New Features................................................... ................................................................................ 55
Version 4.1.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 55
Version 4.0.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 55
Version 3.2.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 57
Version 3.0.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 58
Version 2.1.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 59
Version 2.0.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 59
Version 1.3.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 60
Version 1.2.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 61
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