Allied Telesis AT-S63 manual Contents

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Preface ................................................................................................................... ......................................... 17
How This Guide is Organized........................................................................................ ................................... 18
Product Documentation.......................................................... .......................................................................... 20
Where to Go First......................... .................................................................................................................... 21
Starting a Management Session ...................................................................................................................... 22
Document Conventions.......................... .......................................................................................................... 23
Where to Find Web-based Guides................ ................................................................................................... 24
Contacting Allied Telesis..................... ............................................................................................................. 25
Online Support.............................................. ............................................................................................. 25
Email and Telephone Support.................................................................................................................... 25
Returning Products.......... .......................................................................................................................... 25
Sales or Corporate Information..................................................................... ............................................. 25
Management Software Updates................................................................................................................. 25
Section I: Basic Operations ......................................................................................27
Chapter 1: Overview ................................................................................................... ................................... 29
Layer 2+ and Basic Layer 3 Switches........... ................................................................................................... 30
AT-S63 Management Software........................... ............................................................................................. 35
Management Interfaces and Features.............................................................................................................. 36
Management Access Methods............................ ............................................................................................. 41
Local Management Sessions.................................................................. ................................................... 41
Remote Telnet Sessions................................................................... ......................................................... 41
Remote Secure Shell (SSH) Sessions....................................................................................... ................41
Remote Web Browser Session............................... ................................................................................... 41
Remote SNMP Management.................................. ................................................................................... 42
Manager Access Levels ................................................................................................................................... 43
Installation and Management Configurations...................... ............................................................................. 44
Stand-alone Switch....................................... ............................................................................................. 44
Enhanced Stacking............................. ....................................................................................................... 44
Stacking.............. ....................................................................................................................................... 44
IP Configuration............................................................................................. ................................................... 46
Redundant Twisted Pair Ports.................................................................................... ...................................... 47
History of New Features................................................... ................................................................................ 49
Version 3.0.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 49
Version 2.1.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 50
Version 2.0.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 50
Version 1.3.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 51
Version 1.2.0................................................................. ............................................................................. 52
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