User guide
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Preface ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
How This Guide is Organized........................................................................................................................... 22
Product Documentation.................................................................................................................................... 25
Where to Go First ............................................................................................................................................. 26
Starting a Management Session ...................................................................................................................... 26
Document Conventions .................................................................................................................................... 27
Contacting Allied Telesis .................................................................................................................................. 28
Online Support ........................................................................................................................................... 28
Email and Telephone Support.................................................................................................................... 28
Returning Products .................................................................................................................................... 28
Sales or Corporate Information.................................................................................................................. 28
Management Software Updates................................................................................................................. 28
Section I: Basic Operations ......................................................................................29
Chapter 1: Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 31
Command Line Interfaces ................................................................................................................................ 32
Stand-alone AT-9400 Switches and AT-9400Ts Stacks .................................................................................. 33
Supported Features and Switches ................................................................................................................... 34
Page Format..................................................................................................................................................... 35
Standard Command Line Interface................................................................................................................... 36
AlliedWare Plus™ Command Line Interface .................................................................................................... 37
Command Modes....................................................................................................................................... 37
Moving Down the Hierarchy....................................................................................................................... 40
Moving Up the Hierarchy............................................................................................................................ 45
Manager and Operator Accounts............................................................................................................... 47
Port Numbers in Commands ............................................................................................................................ 48
Stand-alone AT-9400 Switches.................................................................................................................. 48
AT-9400Ts Stacks...................................................................................................................................... 48
Formatting Commands..................................................................................................................................... 50
Command Line Interface Features............................................................................................................. 50
Command Formatting Conventions ........................................................................................................... 50
Command Line Syntax Conventions.......................................................................................................... 51
Chapter 2: Basic Command Line Commands ............................................................................................. 53
CLEAR SCREEN.............................................................................................................................................. 54
AlliedWare Plus Command ........................................................................................................................ 54
EXIT.................................................................................................................................................................. 55
AlliedWare Plus Command ........................................................................................................................ 55
HELP ................................................................................................................................................................ 56
AlliedWare Plus Command ........................................................................................................................ 56
LOGOFF, LOGOUT and QUIT......................................................................................................................... 57
AlliedWare Plus Command ........................................................................................................................ 57
MENU............................................................................................................................................................... 58
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