Allied Telesis Patch 1 AT-S63 manual

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 1 Allied Telesis, Inc. A T-S63 V ersion 3.1.0 Patch 1 Management Softwar e for the A T -9400 Basic Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Switches Softwar e Release Notes Please read this document before you be gin to use the management softwa re. Supported Platforms AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Man[...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 2 Allied Telesis, Inc. Caution: The software described in the documenta tion c ontains certain cryptographic functionality and its export is restricted by U.S. law. As of t his writing, it has been submitted for review as a “retail encryption item” in accordance with the Ex[...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 3 Allied Telesis, Inc. Stacking Features supporte d in Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 The following features are supp orted across a stack  Port statistics  Port configurations  Remote T elnet management  Event log  S panning tree protocol (STP)  Port-based and t agged[...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 4 Allied Telesis, Inc. Known Issues  MAC address-based port security and the limited security mode. The limited security mode in MAC address-based port security is nonfunctiona l. (5327)  Enhanced st acking. The A T-9400 Switch must have an IP address to be a slave switch[...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 5 Allied Telesis, Inc.  S tack Configuration limit with A T -9448T s/XP as a “Master”. The A T -9448T s/XP can act as the master in a st ack of two switches only . The A T9424T s or A T9424T s/XP must be used as the master with three or more switches in a st ack.  IP [...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 6 Allied Telesis, Inc.  Maximum bandwidth p arameter in QoS policies. A QoS policy that has multiple traf fic classes with dif ferent values for the maximum bandwid th parameter uses the lowest specified maximum bandwidth va lue for traff ic flows that match more than on e t[...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 7 Allied Telesis, Inc. the Fault LED on the front p anel of the switch to go of f after saving a configuration change and before saving another co nfiguration change. If you a re in a dif ferent location from the switch and cannot view the Fault LED, wait 30 to 45 seconds betwe[...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 8 Allied Telesis, Inc.  File upload or download. The switch’ s response to management instructions may be slow while it uploads or downloads a file to the file system.  Flow control and back pressure. Flow control a nd back pressure are operational among devices connect[...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 9 Allied Telesis, Inc. other text editor that will not add formatting cod es to the file. When saving the file, do not change the “.cfg” extension in the filename or save the file with formatting codes.  Enhanced st acking. The IP address 172.16.1 6.16 is reserved for th[...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 10 Allied Telesis, Inc.  802.1x port-based network acce ss control. Added the following authent ication methods: — EAP-TLS (Extensible Authentication Protocol - T ransport Layer Security) — EAP-TTLS (Extensible Authentication Protoc ol - T unneled Transport Layer Securit[...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 11 Allied Telesis, Inc. activated if the ambient temperature exceeds 6 0 ° Celsius for five minutes, sends a nother SNMP trap, logs an error event message, and activates the F ault LED on the front p anel. Version 1.3.0:  Added the following new features to 802. 1x port-bas[...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 12 Allied Telesis, Inc.  Port trunking (IEEE 802.3ad) (sta tic link aggregation, non LACP)  Port security  Port statistics (RMON)  1000 static MAC addresses, 16K dynamic MAC addresses, 256 st atic multicast addresses, 255 dynamic MAC addresses (snoopin g)  S pann[...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 13 Allied Telesis, Inc.  BOOTP and DHCP  Fan and temperature information  CPU, Flash, and RAM information  Power supply , redundant power supply , and transceive r information[...]

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    AT-S63 Version 3.1.0 Patch 1 Software Release Notes PN 613-000915 Rev A 14 Allied Telesis, Inc. Contacting Allied Telesis This section provides Allied Teles is contact info rmation for technical support as well as sales or corporate information. Online Support You can request technical support online by accessing the Allied Tel esis Knowledge Base:[...]