Allied Telesis FORMULA 8200 - Manual (Page 8)

Preface
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Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is designed for you, the network administrator, to help
you configure, operate, and manage the FORMULA 8200 switch as a
device on your local area network. It assumes that you understand
some of the basic concepts of local area networks, including:
❑ Ethernet MAC addresses
❑ Collision domains
❑ Broadcast domains
❑ CSMA/CD
❑ Differences between repeaters, bridges, and routers
❑ Spanning Tree Protocol
❑ Virtual LANs (VLANs)
❑ TCP/IP and associated protocols and applications
For detailed information about any of the above topics, see
Recommended Reading at the end of this Preface.
If you have any uplink card installed, you must be familiar with
the ATM or FDDI technology.