Allied Telesis AT-GS950/48 - Manual (Page 8)

Contents
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Tools ..............................................................................................................................................................313
Chapter 25 : Software/Configuration Updates .............................................................................................315
Overview...................................................................................................................................................316
Upgrade Firmware Image via HTTP.........................................................................................................317
Upgrade Firmware Image via TFTP .........................................................................................................319
Upload or Download a Configuration File via HTTP.................................................................................321
Configuration File Upload...................................................................................................................321
Configuration File Download ..............................................................................................................323
Download or Upload a Configuration File via TFTP .................................................................................324
Configuration File Upload...................................................................................................................324
Configuration File Download ..............................................................................................................325
Chapter 26 : Cable Diagnostics ...................................................................................................................327
Chapter 27 : Rebooting the AT-GS950/48 ...................................................................................................329
Switch Reboot ..........................................................................................................................................330
Configure Factory Default Values.............................................................................................................332
Password Protection of Factory Reset .....................................................................................................334
Disabling Factory Default Reset Feature ...........................................................................................334
Enabling Factory Default Reset .........................................................................................................336
Chapter 28 : Pinging a Remote System .......................................................................................................339
Appendix A: MSTP Overview .......................................................................................................................341
Overview...................................................................................................................................................342
Multiple Spanning Tree Instance (MSTI) ..................................................................................................344
Resolving VLAN Fragmentation.........................................................................................................344
Multiple VLANs Assigned to an MSTI ................................................................................................345
General Guidelines...................................................................................................................................347
VLAN and MSTI Associations ..................................................................................................................348
Ports in Multiple MSTIs.............................................................................................................................349
Multiple Spanning Tree Regions ..............................................................................................................350
MST Region Guidelines .....................................................................................................................352
Common and Internal Spanning Tree (CIST) ....................................................................................354
MSTP with STP and RSTP ................................................................................................................354
Associating VLANs to MSTIs....................................................................................................................355
VLANs Across Different Regions..............................................................................................................357
Summary of Guidelines ............................................................................................................................359
Appendix B: AT-GS950/48 Default Parameters ...........................................................................................361