Preface
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• The meanings of text formats used in this document.
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• How to reach us with questions and comments.
Audience
This guide is intended for use by network administrators responsible for installing and
setting up network equipment. It assumes a basic working knowledge of:
• Local area networks (LANs)
• Ethernet concepts
• Ethernet switching and bridging concepts
• Routing concepts
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• Basic equipment installation procedures
See the
SwitchEngine 32.1 User Guide
and the
SwitchEngine 32.1 Command Reference
Guide
for information about conguring Extreme Networks devices.
Note
If the information in an installation note or release note shipped with your
Extreme Networks equipment differs from the information in this guide, follow
the installation or release note.
Text Conventions
Unless otherwise noted, information in this document applies to all supported
environments for the products in question. Exceptions, like command keywords
associated with a specic software version, are identied in the text.
When a feature, function, or operation pertains to a specic hardware product, the
product name is used. When features, functions, and operations are the same across an
entire product family, such as ExtremeSwitching switches or SLX routers, the product is
referred to as
the switch
or
the router
.
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