Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 3)

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Preface ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
How This Guide is Organized........................................................................................................................... 22
Product Documentation .................................................................................................................................... 25
Where to Go First ............................................................................................................................................. 26
Starting a Management Session ...................................................................................................................... 27
Document Conventions .................................................................................................................................... 28
Contacting Allied Telesis .................................................................................................................................. 29
Online Support ........................................................................................................................................... 29
Email and Telephone Support.................................................................................................................... 29
Returning Products .................................................................................................................................... 29
Sales or Corporate Information .................................................................................................................. 29
Management Software Updates................................................................................................................. 29
Section I: Basic Operations ...................................................................................... 31
Chapter 1: Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 33
Layer 2+ and Basic Layer 3 Switches .............................................................................................................. 34
AT-S63 Management Software ........................................................................................................................ 40
Management Interfaces.................................................................................................................................... 41
Management Access Methods ......................................................................................................................... 47
Local Management Sessions ..................................................................................................................... 47
Remote Telnet Sessions ............................................................................................................................ 47
Remote Secure Shell (SSH) Sessions....................................................................................................... 48
Remote Web Browser Session .................................................................................................................. 48
Remote SNMP Management ..................................................................................................................... 48
Manager Access Levels ................................................................................................................................... 49
Installation and Management Configurations ................................................................................................... 50
Stand-alone Switches ................................................................................................................................ 50
AT-9400Ts Stacks...................................................................................................................................... 50
Enhanced Stacking .................................................................................................................................... 50
IP Configuration................................................................................................................................................ 51
Configuration Files............................................................................................................................................ 52
Stand-alone Switches ................................................................................................................................ 52
AT-9400Ts Stacks...................................................................................................................................... 52
Selecting a Configuration File .................................................................................................................... 52
Redundant Twisted Pair Ports.......................................................................................................................... 53
History of New Features ................................................................................................................................... 55
Version 4.1.0 .............................................................................................................................................. 55
Version 4.0.0 .............................................................................................................................................. 55
Version 3.2.0 .............................................................................................................................................. 57
Version 3.0.0 .............................................................................................................................................. 58
Version 2.1.0 .............................................................................................................................................. 59
Version 2.0.0 .............................................................................................................................................. 59
Version 1.3.0 .............................................................................................................................................. 60
Version 1.2.0 .............................................................................................................................................. 61
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