Allied Telesis AT-8350GB - Manual (Page 5)

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Table of Contents
Preface ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
How This Guide is Organized ............................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Document Conventions ....................................................................................................................................................................................10
Where to Find Web-based Guides .................................................................................................................................................................11
Contacting Allied Telesyn Technical Support ............................................................................................................................................12
Online Support............................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
Telephone Support..................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Management Software Updates ....................................................................................................................................................................13
For Sales or Corporate Information ...............................................................................................................................................................14
Chapter 1
Product Description .........................................................................................................................................................................................15
Summary of Features ..........................................................................................................................................................................................15
Location of Components ...................................................................................................................................................................................16
Hardware Features ..............................................................................................................................................................................................17
Twisted Pair Ports ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
Gigabit Interface Converter Slots .......................................................................................................................................................... 21
Stacking Ports ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Expansion Slot .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
System LEDs .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 24
10/100 Mbps Port LEDs ............................................................................................................................................................................. 25
Gigabit Connector LEDs............................................................................................................................................................................ 27
Expansion Module LEDs............................................................................................................................................................................ 28
RS-232 Terminal Port.................................................................................................................................................................................. 29
AC Power Connector.................................................................................................................................................................................. 30
Redundant Power Supply Units ............................................................................................................................................................. 31
Software Features ................................................................................................................................................................................................35
AT-S41 Management Software .............................................................................................................................................................. 35
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) ................................................................................................................................................................. 38
Port-based and Tagged VLANs............................................................................................................................................................... 39
Quality of Service (QoS)............................................................................................................................................................................. 39
IGMP Snooping ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 40
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) ................................................................................................................................. 41
Port Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................................................ 41
Port Trunking ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 41
Port Security .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 44
A Few Basics to Ethernet Switching ..............................................................................................................................................................45
MAC Address Table..................................................................................................................................................................................... 45