Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 3)

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Preface ............................................................................................................................................................ 19
How This Guide is Organized........................................................................................................................... 20
Product Documentation .................................................................................................................................... 22
Where to Go First ............................................................................................................................................. 23
Starting a Management Session ...................................................................................................................... 23
Document Conventions .................................................................................................................................... 24
Contacting Allied Telesis .................................................................................................................................. 25
Online Support ........................................................................................................................................... 25
Email and Telephone Support.................................................................................................................... 25
Returning Products .................................................................................................................................... 25
Sales or Corporate Information .................................................................................................................. 25
Management Software Updates................................................................................................................. 25
Section I: Basic Operations ...................................................................................... 27
Chapter 1: Basic Switch Parameters ........................................................................................................... 29
Configuring the Switch’s Name, Location, and Contact ................................................................................... 30
Changing the Manager and Operator Passwords ............................................................................................ 33
Changing the Manager or Operator Password .......................................................................................... 33
Resetting the Manager Password .............................................................................................................. 35
Setting the System Time .................................................................................................................................. 36
Setting the System Time Manually............................................................................................................. 37
Setting the System Time from an SNTP or NTP Server ............................................................................ 38
Rebooting the Switch........................................................................................................................................ 41
Configuring the Console Startup Mode ............................................................................................................ 43
Configuring the Console Timer......................................................................................................................... 44
Configuring the Telnet Server........................................................................................................................... 45
Setting the Baud Rate of the Serial Terminal Port............................................................................................ 46
Pinging a Remote System ................................................................................................................................ 47
Returning the AT-S63 Management Software to the Factory Default Values .................................................. 48
Displaying Hardware and Software Information ............................................................................................... 50
Displaying System Hardware Information ........................................................................................................ 53
Displaying Uplink Port Information ................................................................................................................... 55
Chapter 2: Port Parameters .......................................................................................................................... 57
Displaying Port Status ...................................................................................................................................... 58
Configuring Port Parameters ............................................................................................................................ 61
Configuring Head of Line Blocking ................................................................................................................... 65
Configuring Flow Control and Back Pressure................................................................................................... 67
Configuring Port Filtering.................................................................................................................................. 69
Setting Up Rate Limiting................................................................................................................................... 71
Resetting a Port................................................................................................................................................ 73
Forcing Port Renegotiation............................................................................................................................... 74
Resetting the Port Configuration to the Default Settings .................................................................................. 75
Displaying Port Statistics .................................................................................................................................. 76
Clearing Port Statistics ..................................................................................................................................... 79
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