Verifying Support For The Ethernet Line Cards - Allied Telesis SwitchBlade x908 GEN2 Installation Manual

Verifying Support for the Ethernet Line Cards

The first thing you should do after powering on the switch for the first time
is verify that the version of the AlliedWare Plus software on the unit
supports all of the installed Ethernet line cards. Older versions of the
management software might not support all the cards in the switch. To
confirm line card support, perform the following procedure. If the switch is
powered off, start with step 1. If the switch is already powered on, start
with step 3:
1. Power on the switch by doing one of the following:
 If the switch has an AC power supply, connect the AC power cord
to the power supply on the back panel and to an AC power source.
if the switch has two power supplies, you need to power on only
one of them for this procedure.
 If the switch has the DC SBxPWRSYS1-80 Power Supply, power
on the DC circuit and the On/Off switch on the power supply. (If you
have not yet wired the DC connector on the power supply, refer to
"Powering On SBxPWRSYS1-80 DC Power Supplies" on
page 94.)
2. Wait three minutes for the switch to initialize the management
software.
3. Start a local management session on the switch. Refer to "Starting a
Local Management Session" on page 127.
4. In the User Exec mode, enter either the SHOW SYSTEM or SHOW
VERSION command.
5. Examine the Software Version field in the information on your screen.
This is the version number of the AlliedWare Plus software on the
switch.
6. Determine whether that version supports all of the line cards in the
chassis by referring to Table 14 on page 45, which lists the software
and hardware releases. For example, a chassis that has XEM2-
8XSTm Cards has to have v5.4.9-2 or later of the AlliedWare Plus
software.
7. Do one of the following:

If the management software supports all the cards, go to "Verifying
the Switch with the AlliedWare Plus Commands" on page 134.
 If the management software is an older version that does not
support all the installed cards, update the software by referring to
the Software Reference for SwitchBlade x908 GEN2 Series
Switches on the Allied Telesis web site.
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