Allied Telesis x330 Series, Installation Manual

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x330 Series Installation Guide for Standalone Switches
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Displaying the Hardware Status and Disabling VCStack
This section contains the procedure for verifying the hardware status of the
switch from a local or remote management session. It also explains how to
disable the VCStack feature on x330-20GTX and x330-28GTX Switches
so that you can use them as standalone devices and the S1 and S2 SFP+
ports as regular Ethernet ports.
Note
The x330-10GTX Switch does not support the VCStack feature.
After powering on the switch and waiting one minute for it to start the
management software, perform the following procedure to verify its
hardware operations:
1. Start a local or remote management session on the switch. Refer to
“Starting a Local Management Session” on page 98.
2. Enter the SHOW SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT command in the User
Exec or Privileged Exec mode.
3. Check the Status column. All components should have the “OK”
status.
4. Do one of the following:

For the x330-10GTX Switch, which does not support VCStack, go
to Chapter 9, “Cabling Copper and SFP+ Ports” on page 105.

For x330-20GTX and x330-28GTX Switches, continue with the
next step to disable VCStack and use the switches as standalone
devices.
Caution
You have to reset the switch after disabling the VCStack feature.
Some network traffic may be lost if the device is connected to a live
network.
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5. Enter the ENABLE and CONFIGURE TERMINAL commands to move
to the Global Configuration mode. Refer to Figure 66.
Figure 66. Moving to the Global Configuration Mode
awplus> enable
awplus# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z
awplus(config)#