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PN 613-000631 Rev A 1 Allied Telesis, Inc.

AT-S63 Version 2.1.0

Management Software for the

AT-9400 Series Layer 2+ Gigabit Ethernet Switches

Software Release Notes

Please read this document before you begin to use the management software.

Supported Platforms

The AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 management software is supported on the following AT-9400 Series

Layer 2+ Gigabit Ethernet switches:

AC Models:

 AT-9408LC/SP

 AT-9424T/GB

 AT-9424T/SP

 AT-9424Ts

 AT-9424Ts/XP

 AT-9448T/SP

 AT-9448Ts/XP

DC Models:

 AT-9424T/GB-80

 AT-9424T/SP-80

This release supports the following redundant power supply:

 AT-RPS3204

(The redundant power supply is only supported on AC models.)

For a list of supported GBIC, SFP, and XFP modules, contact your Allied Telesis sales

representative.

Product Documentation

For hardware installation instructions, refer to the following guide:

 AT-9400 Series Layer 2+ Gigabit Ethernet Switches Installation Guide (PN 613-000357-00)

For management instructions, refer to the following guides:

 AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide (PN 613-50570-00)

 AT-S63 Management Software Web Browser Interface User’s Guide (PN 613-50592-00)

 AT-S63 Management Software Command Line Interface User’s Guide (PN 613-50571-00)

All documents are available from the Allied Telesis web site at www.alliedtelesis.com.

Summary of content (15 pages)

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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Management Software for the AT-9400 Series Layer 2+ Gigabit Ethernet Switches Software Release Notes Please read this document before you begin to use the management software. Supported Platforms The AT-S63 Version 2.1.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes Caution: The software described in the documentation contains certain cryptographic functionality and its export is restricted by U.S. law. As of this writing, it has been submitted for review as a “retail encryption item” in accordance with the Export Administration Regulations, 15 C.F.R. Part 730-772, promulgated by the U.S.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes Note: The IPv4 routing feature is fully supported on the following AT-9400 Series switches: AT-9424Ts, AT-9424Ts/XP, AT-9448T/SP, and AT-9448Ts/XP. This feature is not supported on the AT-9408LC/SP, AT-9424T/GB, and AT-9424T/SP switches. The latter switches support only one routing interface to assign the device an IP address.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes Filter-based features. The following filter-based features are not fully supported on the AT-9424Ts and AT-9424Ts/XP switches: Quality of Service, access control lists, denial of service defenses, IGMP snooping, and MLD snooping. (4199) Switch’s MAC address and IP multicast packets. The switch might stop forwarding network traffic if it receives an IP multicast packet that has its MAC address as the destination address and a TCP header in the payload.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes When there are more than eight routes in the table to the same destination, the active routes are selected by their preference value, metric value, and age, in that order. The routes with the eight lowest preference values are selected as the active routes. Where routes have the same preference value, selection is based on the lowest metric values.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes The following example enables ECMP on the switch: enable ip route multipath ADD IP ROUTE Command SET IP ROUTE Command These commands, used to create and modify static routes, have the new parameter PREFERENCE to assign a preference value to a route.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes The second change is the addition of the new parameter FDB. Here is an example of the information displayed by this parameter: IP FDB ------------------------------------------------------------Destination Mask NextHop Interface Installed Protocol RipMetric Preference ------------------------------------------------------------149.222.66.0 255.255.255.0 149.111.22.11 VLAN2-0 Yes Static 1 60 149.222.66.0 255.255.255.0 149.111.22.22 VLAN8-0 Yes Static 1 60 149.222.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes Multiple Default Routes A default route is used by the switch when it cannot find a route in its routing table for a packet that needs to be forwarded to a remote destination. In version 2.0.0 of the switch’s management software, a switch could have only one default route. It had to be a static route and it was not propagated by RIP to other routers. The latest version of the management software now supports multiple default routes.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes Operational Notes Spanning tree and LACP trunks. A spanning tree protocol on a switch with two or more LACP trunks uses the trunk ID number to select a trunk to place in the blocking state if the trunks form a network loop. The trunk ID number is automatically assigned by the management software when an aggregator is created, starting with 0 (zero) and incremented by 1 with each new aggregator. The lower the trunk ID number, the higher the priority.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes Switch to switch upload of a configuration file. The AT-S63 Management Software User Guides state that the configuration file on a master switch retains its routing interface commands when uploaded to a slave switch. This is incorrect when the file is the master switch’s active configuration file.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes GVRP compatibility. There may be some compatibility issues with GVRP and other switches. To work around this situation, change the Join and Leave time from the defaults to: Join Timer = 60 and Leave Timer = 120. Port configuration. The speed, duplex mode, and MDI/MDIX settings of a 10/100/1000Base-T twisted pair port are changed as a unit when configuring multiple ports simultaneously.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes MAC addresses. You must move the cursor manually from field to field when entering an IP or MAC address in the web browser interface. The cursor does not move automatically as you enter the parts of an address. (1699, 2123) SNTP. The SNTP client software on the switch sends a Transmit Time Stamp with a value NULL when synchronizing with a Network Time Protocol server. This does not affect the operation of the SNTP client software. (1676) IGMP.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes Simplified the menu interface for managing the access control entries in the Management ACL. Version 1.2.0 introduced the following new features: MLD snooping for MLDv1 and MLDv2. 802.1x port-based network access control supports up to 20 supplicants simultaneously on an authenticator port. Quality of Service has the following new actions: — Set Type of Service (ToS) — Move Type of Service to 802.1p Priority — Move 802.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.
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AT-S63 Version 2.1.0 Software Release Notes Contacting Allied Telesis This section provides Allied Telesis contact information for technical support as well as sales or corporate information. Online Support You can request technical support online by accessing the Allied Telesis Knowledge Base at www.alliedtelesis.com/kb. You can use the Knowledge Base to submit questions to our technical support staff and review answers to previously asked questions.