Allied Telesis AT-SBX8112 User Manual

2 | SwitchBlade x8100 Series with CFC400 

Blade x8100 Series (SBx81CFC400)

 | Intelligent Layer 3+ Chassis Switches

Key Features

 

» Allied Telesis Management Framework (AMF) is a 

sophisticated suite of management tools that provide 

a simplified approach to network  

management. Common tasks are automated, or 

made so simple that you can achieve the everyday 

running of a network without the need for highly 

trained network engineers. Powerful features like 

centralized management, auto-backup, auto-upgrade, 

auto-provisioning and auto-recovery enable plug-and-

play networking and zero-touch management.

 

» Any SwitchBlade x8100 Series switch can operate 

as the AMF network master, storing firmware and 

configuration backups for all other network nodes. 

The AMF master enables auto-provisioning and  

auto-upgrade by providing appropriate files to new 

network members.

 

» The CFC400 can manage AMF networks of up to 80 

nodes, which can be located locally or across WAN 

links.

 

» EPSRing and 10 Gigabit Ethernet allow several 

switches to form a high-speed protected ring capable 

of recovery within as little as 50ms. This feature is 

perfect for high performance and high availability at 

the core of enterprise or provider access networks. 

 

» Superloop Protection enables a link between two 

EPSR nodes to be in separate EPSR domains, 

improving redundancy and network fault resiliency.

 

» AlliedWare Plus

™

 delivers industry-standard 

access control functionality with ACLs. ACLs filter 

network traffic to control whether routed packets 

are forwarded or blocked at the port interface. This 

provides a powerful network security mechanism to 

select the types of traffic to be analyzed, forwarded, 

or otherwise influenced.

 

» Comprehensive low-latency wirespeed QoS provides 

flow-based traffic management with full classification, 

prioritization, traffic shaping and min/max bandwidth 

profiles. Enjoy boosted network performance and 

guaranteed delivery of business-critical Ethernet 

services and applications. Time-critical services 

such as voice and video take precedence over non-

essential services such as file downloads, maintaining 

responsiveness of enterprise applications.

 

» With PoE, a separate power connection to media 

end points such as IP phones and wireless access 

points is not necessary. PoE+ provides even greater 

flexibility, providing the capability to connect devices 

requiring more power (up to 30 Watts)—for example, 

tilt and zoom security cameras. 

 

» The AlliedWare Plus operating system incorporates an 

industry standard CLI, facilitating intuitive  

manageability. 

 

» You can automate configuration tasks since 

commands may be used in scripts. Triggers can also 

be utilized. These provide a powerful mechanism for 

automatic and timed management, by automating 

command execution in response to specific events.

 

» With three distinct user modes, the CLI is very secure, 

and the use of encrypted remote login sessions 

ensures CLI access is not compromised.

 

» With AlliedWare Plus, a single license password is all 

that is necessary to unlock additional feature bundles 

that ship with the switch. The feature bundles provide 

a very simple upgrade path. 

 

» DHCPv6 is used to dynamically assign IPv6 

addresses to hosts from a central location. Acting as 

DHCPv6 client enables the switch to receive an IPv6 

address, and acting as server enables the switch to 

dynamically allocate IPv6 addresses to hosts. The 

DHCPv6 server and client both support the Prefix 

Delegation feature which allocates a whole IPv6 

subnet to a DHCP client. The client, in turn, can 

allocate addresses from this subnet to the hosts that 

are connected to it. 

 

» VRRPv3 is a protocol for providing device redundancy, 

by connecting redundant WAN gateway routers or 

server access switches in an IPv6 network. It allows 

a backup router or switch to automatically take over if 

the primary (master) router or switch fails. 

 

» sFlow is an industry standard technology for 

monitoring high-speed switched networks. It gives 

complete visibility into network use, enabling  

performance optimization, usage accounting/billing, 

and defence against security threats. Sampled 

packets sent to a collector ensure it always has a 

real-time view of network traffic.

 

» NAC allows for unprecedented control over user 

access to the network in order to mitigate threats to 

network infrastructure. Allied Telesis SwitchBlade 

x8100 Series switches use IEEE 802.1x port-based 

authentication in partnership with standards-

compliant dynamic VLAN assignment, to assess a 

user’s adherence to network security policies and 

either grant access or offer remediation. 

 

» If multiple users share a port, multi-authentication 

can be used. Different users on the same port can be 

assigned into different VLANs, and so given different 

levels of network access. Additionally, a Guest VLAN 

can be configured to provide a catch-all for users who 

aren’t authenticated.

 

» Authentication options on SwitchBlade x8100 

switches also include alternatives to IEEE 802.1x  

port-based authentication, such as Web  

authentication to enable guest access, and MAC 

authentication for end points that do not have an 

IEEE 802.1x supplicant. All three authentication 

methods—IEEE 802.1x, MAC-based and  

Web-based—can be enabled simultaneously on the 

same port. This is called tri-authentication.

 

» Link aggregation allows a number of individual 

switch ports to be combined, forming a single logical 

connection of higher bandwidth. This provides a 

higher performance link, and redundancy for a 

reliable and robust network. The SwitchBlade x8100 

Series allow link aggregation groups to be created 

across line cards to maximize link resiliency.

 

» Layer-3 switching and routing is performed in  

specialized ASIC hardware for wirespeed packet 

forwarding and maximum throughput.