Table Of Contents - Allied Telesis AT-8024 Installation Manual

Table of Contents

Preface ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
How This Guide is Organized ............................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Document Conventions ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Where to Find Web-based Guides ................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Contacting Allied Telesyn ................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Online Support ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Telephone and Fax Support ...................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Email Addresses ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
For Sales or Corporate Information ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Returning Products .............................................................................................................................................................................................10
Management Software Updates ....................................................................................................................................................................11
Chapter 1
Product Description .........................................................................................................................................................................................12
Summary of Features ..........................................................................................................................................................................................12
Location of Components ...................................................................................................................................................................................13
Hardware Features ..............................................................................................................................................................................................14
Twisted Pair Ports ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Port LEDs and the LED Mode Select Button ...................................................................................................................................... 16
System LEDs .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) Expansion Slots ....................................................................................................................... 19
GBIC Module LEDs....................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
RS-232 Terminal Port.................................................................................................................................................................................. 21
Reset Button .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 22
AC Power Connector.................................................................................................................................................................................. 23
Software Features ................................................................................................................................................................................................24
AT-S39 Management Software .............................................................................................................................................................. 24
Enhanced Stacking ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) ................................................................................................................................................................. 30
Tagged and Port-based VLANs............................................................................................................................................................... 31
Basic VLAN Mode......................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Quality of Service (QOS)............................................................................................................................................................................ 32
BOOTP and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) ......................................................................................................... 32
Port Mirroring ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Port Trunking ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 33
Port Security .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 35
A Few Basics to Ethernet Switching ..............................................................................................................................................................37
MAC Address Table..................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
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