Allied Telesis C613-02013-00 User Manual

Allied Telesis

Contents

Introduction

Why Read This User Guide? .............................................................................. 5
Where To Find More Information ...................................................................... 6
Technical support .............................................................................................. 6
What Can the Rapier Switch Do? ...................................................................... 7

Switching Features  ..................................................................................... 7
Routing Features  ........................................................................................ 8
Advanced Feature Licence AT-RPFL3Upgrade  .............................................. 9
Optional Features  ..................................................................................... 10

Getting Started

Simple Switching ............................................................................................ 11
Command Line Interface ................................................................................. 11

Logging In ................................................................................................ 12
Giving the Switch an IP Address ............................................................... 12
Entering Commands ................................................................................. 12
Enabling the GUI ...................................................................................... 13

Enable AT-RPFL3Upgrade Feature Licence ........................................................ 13
Graphical User Interface .................................................................................. 14

Operating the Switch

User Privileges .................................................................................................  17
File Subsystem  ................................................................................................ 17
Online CLI Help ............................................................................................... 18
Configuration Scripts  ...................................................................................... 19

Saving Configuration Entered with the GUI .............................................. 19
Saving Configuration Entered with the CLI ............................................... 20

Editor ............................................................................................................. 20
Install Information ........................................................................................... 21
Releases and Patches into the Switch .............................................................. 23

Example: Install Software Upgrade for Rapier Switch ................................ 24

SNMP and MIBs .............................................................................................. 25

Layer 2 Switching

Switch Ports .................................................................................................... 27

Enabling and Disabling Switch Ports  ......................................................... 27
Autonegotiation of Port Speed and Duplex Mode ..................................... 29
Port Trunking  ........................................................................................... 30
Packet Storm Protection  ........................................................................... 32
Port Mirroring  ..........................................................................................  33