Allied Telesis C613-02013-00 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Rapier Switch User Guide

  1
• Copyright

  2
• Contents

  3
• Introduction

  5
  • 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

  11
  • 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

  17
  • 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

  27
  • 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
    • Port security

      34
  • Virtual LANs

    35
    • Static and dynamic VLANs

      37
    • Creating VLANs Without VLAN Tags

      37
    • VLAN Tagging

      40
    • Summary of VLAN Tagging Rules

      42
  • Generic VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)

    43
  • Layer 2 Switching Process

    43
    • The Ingress Rules

      43
    • The Learning Process

      44
    • The Forwarding Process

      45
    • Layer 2 Filtering

      46
    • The Egress Rules

      47
  • Quality of Service

    48
  • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

    49
    • Spanning Tree Port States

      49
    • Configuring STP

      50
  • Interfaces to Layer 3 Protocols

    56
  • IGMP Snooping

    56
  • Triggers

    58
• Layer 3 Switching

  61
  • Internet Protocol (IP)

    61
  • IP Multicasting

    62
  • Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

    62
  • Novell IPX

    63
  • AppleTalk

    64
  • Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP)

    64