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About This Guide
December 2005
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Audience
This guide is designed for network installers, system administrators, and resellers who will configure the software
for the FastIron family of switches. This guide assumes a working knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching and
routing concepts.
If you are using Layer 3 code, you should be familiar with the following protocols if applicable to your network – IP,
RIP, OSPF, BGP4, DVMRP, MBGP, IGMP, PIM, VRRP, and VRRPE.
Nomenclature
This guide uses the following typographical conventions to show information:
Italic
highlights the title of another publication and occasionally emphasizes a word or phrase.
Bold
highlights a CLI command.
Bold Italic
highlights a term that is being defined.
Underline
highlights a link on the Web management interface.
Capitals
highlights field names and buttons that appear in the Web management interface.
NOTE:
A note emphasizes an important fact or calls your attention to a dependency.
WARNING:
A warning calls your attention to a possible hazard that can cause injury or death.
CAUTION:
A caution calls your attention to a possible hazard that can damage equipment.
Related Publications
The following Foundry Networks documents supplement the information in this guide.
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Foundry FastIron X-Series Chassis Hardware Installation Guide
– provides hardware installation procedures
for the FastIron chassis devices (FSX).
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Foundry FastIron Stackable Hardware Installation Guide
– provides hardware installation procedures for the
FastIron stackable devices (FES, FESX, and FWSX).
•
Foundry Security Guide
– provides procedures for securing management access to Foundry devices and for
protecting against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.
•
Foundry Management Information Base Reference
–
contains the Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP) Management Information Base (MIB) objects supported on Foundry devices.
•
Release Notes for the FastIron Edge Switch X-Series – describes features introduced in each software
release, lists features that are supported on the FESX, and describes how configuration procedures or
defaults differ from those on other Foundry devices, due to the FastIron Edge Switch X-Series’ hardware
architecture.
•
Release Notes for the FastIron SuperX Switch – describes features introduced in each software release, lists
features that are supported on the FSX, and describes how configuration procedures or defaults differ from
those on other Foundry devices, due to the FSX’s hardware architecture.
•
Release Notes for the FastIron Workgroup Switch X-Series – describes features introduced in each software
release, lists features that are supported on the FWSX, and describes how configuration procedures or
defaults differ from those on other Foundry devices, due to the FastIron Workgroup Switch X-Series’
hardware architecture.
Summary of Contents for FastIron Edge Switch X424
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