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User's Guide
FOR USE WITH AT-8216FXL, AT-8224XL, AND AT-8288XL FAST ETHERNET SWITCH PRODUCTS
VERSION 2.01
PN 613-10809-00 Rev D
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Table of Contents
Preface ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Supported Platforms ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Purpose of This Guide .........................................................................................................................................................................................11 How This Guide is Organized ...........................................................................................................................................................................12 Document Conventions ....................................................................................................................................................................................13 Where to Find Web-based Guides .................................................................................................................................................................14 Contacting Allied Telesyn .................................................................................................................................................................................15 Online Support ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Technical Support and Services ............................................................................................................................................................. 15 Technical Support E-mail Addresses .................................................................................................................................................... 15 Returning Products .............................................................................................................................................................................................16 FTP Server ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................17 For Sales or Corporate Information ...............................................................................................................................................................18 Tell Us What You Think ......................................................................................................................................................................................19 Chapter 1 Getting Started ...................................................................................................................................................................................................21 Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................................................22 Starting a Local Omega Session Using the RS232 Port ..........................................................................................................................23 Omega Main Menu ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 Selecting Menu Options and Changing Parameters ...................................................................................................................... 25 Quitting from a Local Session ................................................................................................................................................................. 27 Starting an Omega Session from a Web Browser .....................................................................................................................................28 Managed Switch .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Omega Main Menu Window ................................................................................................................................................................... 30 Web Links ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Browser Tools................................................................................................................................................................................................ 31 Quitting an Omega Session from a Web Browser ........................................................................................................................... 31 Starting a Remote Omega Session with Telnet or an SNMP Management Program ..................................................................32 Connecting to a Remote Switch .....................................................................................................................................................................33 Menu Tree ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................34
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Chapter 2 Managing a Switch ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Configuring the Switch IP Parameters ......................................................................................................................................................... 40 Setting IP Parameters................................................................................................................................................................................ 41 Configuring the Spanning Tree Protocol .................................................................................................................................................... 45 Activating or Deactivating STP and Configuring the Port Parameters ................................................................................... 46 Configuring STP Parameters................................................................................................................................................................... 49 Enabling or Disabling IGMP Snooping ........................................................................................................................................................ 51 Naming a Switch .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 53 Resetting a Switch ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Reassigning the Default Settings for the Switch ...................................................................................................................................... 55 Configuring the RS232 Port ............................................................................................................................................................................. 56 Running Diagnostics .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 59 Displaying the Activity Monitor ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61 Pinging a Device .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 62 Chapter 3 Configuring the Ports ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 65 Displaying Port Status ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 66 Configuring Port Parameters .......................................................................................................................................................................... 68 Configuring Port Trunks .................................................................................................................................................................................... 72 Guidelines...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 72 Creating a Port Trunk ................................................................................................................................................................................ 75 Deleting a Port Trunk ................................................................................................................................................................................ 77 Configuring Port Mirroring .............................................................................................................................................................................. 78 Enabling Port Mirroring ............................................................................................................................................................................ 78 Disabling Port Mirroring........................................................................................................................................................................... 80 Configuring Port Security ................................................................................................................................................................................. 81 Chapter 4 Configuring the MAC Address Table ....................................................................................................................................................... 85 MAC Address Table ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 86 Displaying the MAC Address Table ...................................................................................................................................................... 87 Displaying the MAC Addresses of a Port ............................................................................................................................. ...
