Allied Telesis X510 manual

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 1 Sof tware Release Note AlliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 F or SwitchBlade x8112, SwitchBlade x908 , x900, x610 and x510 Series Swit ches Co n t e n t s Introduction ... .......... .......... ........... .......... ........... .......... .......... ........... ........[...]

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    2 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B Intr oduc tion This re lease note de scribes the new f eatures and e nhancements in Al liedW are Plus software versio n 5.4.3-0.1 sin ce vers ion 5.4.2- 0.1. F or more information, see the Sof tware Re fe ren ce fo r yo ur sw i tc h. So f t wa re f i le details for this[...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 3 A cknowledgements This product includes software developed by th e University of Ca lifornia , Berkeley and its contribut ors. Copyrig ht ©1982, 1986, 1990, 19 91, 1993 Th e Regents of the Univ ersit y of Calif ornia. All rights res er ved. This pro duct includes soft[...]

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    4 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V e rsion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B Ha rdwa re S u p po r t This version provides the following new hardware suppor t. Suppor t for x510 Series Switches The Allied T elesis x510 family of switches pr ovide a high performing and scalable sol ution for toda y ’ s networks, pro viding an extensive ra nge [...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 5 SwitchBlade x8112 k ey feat ures ■ Dual CFCs are par tnered with 1 0 line card slots ■ 80Gbps non-block ing throughput to each line card slot ■ Active-Active switching fabric utilizes all av ailable sy stem bandwidth, and fast failov er is provided with the secon[...]

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    6 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V e rsion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B Suppor t for XEM-12T v2 and XEM-12Sv2 modules ■ XEM-12T v2 provides 12x 10/100/1000T ( RJ-45) por ts for copper cabling ■ XEM-12Sv2 provides 12x 1000X SFP por ts for fiber ca bling XEM-12T v2 and XEM-12Sv2 modules suppor t Extended Mode, the SwitchBlade x908 fea tu[...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 7 New F eatures and Enhanc ements The software version in cludes all the new f eatures that h av e been added t o AlliedW a re Plus since th e releas e of 5.4.2-0. 1. This include s all fea tures that wer e release d in 5.4.2 minor releases. This section summariz es the [...]

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    8 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V e rsion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B IPv6 Licensing As IPv6 function ality has become more of a necessity in mode rn networks, Allied T elesis has increased our suppor t by including a number of IPv6 features as standard (additional advanced IPv6 features are a vailable via a software license). The IPv6 f[...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 9 Impor tant C onsidera t ions Before Upgrading to this V ersion Please note the following information that may affect you if you are upgrading to Soft ware version 5.4.3 from an earlier version: ■ Soft ware version 5.4.3 does not suppor t x600 series switches. ■ Sof[...]

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    10 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B Changes in this V ersion T able 3 belo w lists new and modified featur es in this version. T able 4 on page 11 below lists all new and modified c o mmands in this version and shows which chapter of the S oftware References has details of each comman d. T able 5 below l[...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 11 If your existing configurations include comma nds modified or deprecated in this version (see the St atus column) , check whether y ou need to modify these configur ations . F or full command descriptions, modes and examples, see the appropriate Sof tware Reference fo[...]

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    12 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B ipv6 address dhcp New Y Y Y Y Y DHCP fo r IPv6 (DHCPv6) Comm and s Use this command to activate the DHCPv6 client on the inter face that you are configuring. This allows the interface to use the DHCPv6 client to obtain its IPv6 configuration details fr om a DHCPv6 serv[...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 13 show counter ipv6 dhcp- ser ver New Y Y Y Y Y DHCP for IPv6 (DHCPv6) Comm and s Use this command to show the DHCPv6 ser ver counter inf ormation. S ee the relat ed show counter ipv6 dhcp-client command for DHCPv6 client information. show ipv6 dhcp New Y Y Y Y Y DHCP f[...]

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    14 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B channel-group Modified Y Y Y Y Y Link Aggr egation Comm and s Use this command to add a switch port to a dynamic channel group. T he behavior of the no channel-group command has changed. The no channel-group command now turns off link aggregation on the switch port and[...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 15 ipv6 mld version New Y Y Y Y Y MLD and MLD Snooping Introduction and Comm and s Use this command to set the current MLD protoc ol version on an interface. show debugging mld New Y Y Y Y Y MLD and MLD Snooping Introduction and Comm and s Use this command to display the[...]

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    16 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B show ip ospf database Modified N Y Y Y Y OSPF Comm and s Use this command to display a database summar y for OSPF inf ormation. Added self-originate , max-age , and adv- router parameters t o the specifying of which LSAs to displa y . show ip ospf database exter nal Mo[...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 17 show ipv6 ospf M odified N Y Y Y Y OSPFv3 for IPv6 Comm and s Use this command in Us er Exec or Privileged Exec modes to display general information about all IPv6 OSPF routing processes, including OSPFv3 A uthentication configuration and status information. show ipv6[...]

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    18 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B summar y- address New N Y Y Y Y OSPFv3 f or IPv6 Comm and s Use this command in Router Configuration mode to summarize, or possibly suppress, external redistribut e d OSPF v3 routes with in the specified address range. The no variant of this command stop s summarizing [...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 19 ipv6 pim crp- cisco-prefix New N Y Y Y Y PIM-SMv6 Comm and s Use this com mand to interoperate with Cis co devices that conform to an earlier draft standard. Some Cisco devices might not accept candidate RP s with a group prefix number of zero . Note that the latest B[...]

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    20 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B ipv6 pim rp embedded New N Y Y Y Y PIM-SMv6 Comm and s Use this command to configure and enable embedded RP (Rendez vous P oint) in PIM- SMv6. ipv6 pim rp- address New N Y Y Y Y PIM-SMv6 Comm and s Use this command to statically configure RP (Rendez vous P o int) addre[...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 21 show ipv6 pim sparse -mode mroute New N Y Y Y Y PIM-SMv6 Comm and s Use this command to display the IPv6 multicast routing table, or the IPv6 multicast routing table based on the specified IPv6 address or addresses . show ipv6 pim sparse -mode mroute detail New N Y Y [...]

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    22 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B Revision Modifed Y Y Y Y Y Spa nning T ree Comm and s Use this command to specify the MST revision number . Revision number . The range has been ex tended to <0-65535> . spanning-tree transmit - holdcoun t Modified Y Y Y Y Y Spanning T ree Comm and s Use this com[...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 23 show ecofriendly New Y Y Y Y Y Syste m Configuration and Monitor ing Comm and s Use this command to display the switch ’ s eco- friendly configuration status . Both ecofriendly led and ecofriendly lpi configuration status are shown in the show ecofriendly output. sh[...]

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    24 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B T able 5: New and modified SNMP MIBs in 5.4.3 Fea t u re / M I B Status x510 x610 x900 x908 x8112 Softwar e Referenc e Chapte r Description Public MIBs New Y Y Y Y Y VRRPv3-MIB The VR RPv3-MIB is introduced in the AlliedWar e Plus vers ion 5.4.3 to sup por t VRRPv3 fun[...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 25 Installing this Sof tware V ersion T o u s e t h is s o f tw a r e ve r s i o n , yo u r s w i tc h m u s t a l re a d y b e r u n n i n g Al l i e d Wa re P l u s. C o n ta c t your distributor or reseller for mor e information. T o install and enable this softwa re [...]

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    26 Software Release Note AlliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 C613-10508-01-REV B Installing the GUI This section describes how to install and s et up t h e Al l i e d Wa r e P l u s G U I u s i n g a n SD c a r d , a USB storage devic e, or a TFTP ser ver . The version number in the GUI Ja va applet filename ( .jar) giv es the earliest versio n of [...]

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    C613-10508-01-REV B Software Release Note A lliedW are Plus V ersion 5.4.3-0.1 27 6. Copy the GUI file onto your switch from the TFTP ser ver , SD card, or USB storage device. TFTP ser ver : Use the com mand: awplus# copy tftp://< server-address >/< filename.jar > flash:/ SD card: use the command: awplus# copy card:/< filename.jar &g[...]

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