Allied Telesis AT-8550 - Manual (Page 10)

Audience Description
Preface-ii
Audience Description
This guide provides the required information to configure the
software running on the Gigabit Ethernet switches.
This guide is intended for use by network administrators who are
responsible for installing and setting up network equipment. It
assumes a basic working knowledge of the following:
❑ Local area networks (LANs)
❑ Ethernet concepts
❑ Ethernet switching and bridging concepts
❑ Routing concepts
❑ Internet Protocol (IP) concepts
❑ Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and Open Shortest Path
First (OSPF)
❑ IP Multicast concepts
❑ Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) concepts
❑ Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
concepts
❑ Internet Packet Exchange (IPX) concepts
❑ Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)