Allied Telesis Rapier Switch - Manual (Page 25)

Operating the Switch 25
Rapier Switch Software Release 2.2.1
C613-02013-00 Rev A
where proxy-address is the fully qualified domain name (e.g.
proxy.mycompany.com) or IP address (e.g. 192.168.1.1) of the proxy server,
and proxy-port is the port number of the proxy port on the proxy server. If
access from the switch to the world wide web is not via a proxy server, the
HTTPPROXY and PROXYPORT parameters should be omitted.
The process of downloading a release file can take some time, even if the
switch and the HTTP server are connected by high speed links. An
indicative time for downloading a release over Ethernet is 5 to 10 minutes.
The progress of the download can be monitored with the command:
SHOW LOAD
When the download has completed, the presence of the files in FLASH can
be displayed with the command:
SHOW FILE
This shows the file 86s-210.rez is present.
2. Test the release.
The release can now be tested, using the command:
SET INSTALL=TEMPORARY RELEASE=86s-210.REZ
The install information can be checked with the command:
SHOW INSTALL
The switch is then rebooted, and the install is checked again. This display
should indicate, in the install history, that the temporary install was
loaded.
3. Make the release the default (permanent) release.
If the switch operates correctly with the new release, the release may be
made permanent with the command:
SET INSTALL=PREFERRED RELEASE=86s-210.REZ
Every time the switch reboots from now on, the new release will be loaded
from FLASH.
Other load methods are described in the Operations chapter in the Rapier Switch
Software Reference.
SNMP and MIBs
The switch’s implementation of SNMP is based on RFC 1157 “A Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP)”, and RFC 1812, “Requirements for IP Version 4
Routers”. The SNMP agent is disabled by default. To enable SNMP, use the
command:
ENABLE SNMP
SNMP communities are the main configuration item in the switch’s SNMP
agent, and are defined in terms of a list of IP addresses which define the SNMP
application entities (trap hosts and management stations) in the community.
An SNMP community is created using the command:
CREATE SNMP COMMUNITY=name [ACCESS={READ|WRITE}]
[TRAPHOST=ipadd] [MANAGER=ipadd]
[OPEN={ON|OFF|YES|NO|TRUE|FALSE}]