Foundry Hardware Installation Guide for the FES, FESX, and FWSX
Audience
This guide is designed for network installers, system administrators, and resellers who will install the FastIron
hardware. This guide assumes a working knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer 3 Switching and routing concepts.
Nomenclature
This guide uses the following typographical conventions to show information:
Italic
highlights the title of another publication and occasionally emphasizes a word or phrase.
Bold
highlights a CLI command.
Bold Italic
highlights a term that is being defined.
NOTE: A note emphasizes an important fact or calls your attention to a dependency.
CAUTION:
A caution calls your attention to a possible hazard that can damage equipment.
WARNING: A warning calls your attention to a possible hazard that can cause injury or death.
Related Publications
The following Foundry Networks documents supplement the information in this guide.
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Foundry FastIron Configuration Guide – for X Series Stackable devices (FESX, FSX, and FWSX), provides
configuration procedures for system-level features, and provides configuration information for enterprise
routing protocols including IP, RIP, IP multicast, OSPF, BGP4, VRRP, VRRPE. This guide also provides
procedures for securing management access to Foundry devices and for protecting against Denial of Service
(DoS) attacks.
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Foundry FastIron X Series Chassis Hardware Installation Guide – provides hardware installation procedures
for the FastIron chassis devices (FSX, FSX 800 and FSX 1600).
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Foundry Switch and Router Installation and Basic Configuration Guide – for FES devices, provides basic
configuration procedures for system-level features.
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Foundry Enterprise Configuration and Management Guide – for FES devices, provides configuration
information for enterprise routing protocols including IP, RIP, IP multicast, OSPF, VRRP and VRRPE.
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Foundry Security Guide – for FES devices, provides procedures for securing management access to Foundry
devices and for protecting against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.
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Foundry Switch and Router Command Line Interface Reference – for FES devices, provides a list and syntax
information for all CLI commands on Foundry devices.
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Foundry Diagnostic Guide – for FES devices, provides descriptions of diagnostic commands that can help
you diagnose and solve issues on Foundry devices.
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Foundry Management Information Base Reference – contains the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) Management Information Base (MIB) objects supported on Foundry devices.
NOTE: For the latest edition of this document, which contains the most up-to-date information, see Product
Manuals at kp.foundrynet.com.
How to Get Help or Report Errors
Foundry Networks is committed to ensuring that your investment in our products remains cost-effective. If you
need assistance or find errors in the manuals, contact Foundry Networks using one of the following options.
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