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Resilient Overlay Network (RON)
ARX®1000 Hardware Installation Guide 2 - 5
Resilient Overlay Network (RON)
You can connect multiple ARXes together in a Resilient Overlay Network
(RON). A RON is composed of a series of IP tunnels between the switches.
You can use the CLI to configure a RON tunnel, as described in the CLI
manuals.
See the ARX CLI Network-Management Guide and ARX CLI Reference for
information about configuring RON tunnels.
Switch Management
For local and remote management, the ARX provides the following
management interfaces:
• Serial Console port for accessing and managing the switch through a
local console terminal and command-line interface (CLI).
• Out-of-band 10/100 Ethernet port (labeled MGMT) for accessing the CLI
from your management network.
• Inband Ethernet interfaces for accessing the CLI your client or server
networks.
Chapter 6, Connecting the Switch to the Network, explains how to configure
the first two management interfaces.
See the ARX CLI Network-Management Guide and ARX CLI Reference for
general information about using the CLI.
Supported Protocols
The ARX supports a range of network, application, and file-access
protocols, including the following:
Network
• spanning tree: 802.1D and Rapid Spanning Tree (802.1S)
Note
In 802.1D mode, the switch executes the 802.1S protocol in 802.1D
compatibility mode. This allows inter operability with legacy 802.1D-only
devices.
• VLAN (802.1Q)
• passive link aggregation (802.3ad), without LACP