About This Guide
June 2006 © 2006 Foundry Networks, Inc. 1 - 3
• For the FastIron Workgroup Switch X-Series products:
• 02.0.00
NOTE: Software releases for the FWSX devices were combined with the FESX software releases starting
with FESX release 02.2.00.
Audience
This guide is designed for network installers, system administrators, and resellers who will install the FastIron
hardware. This guide assumes a working knowledge of Layer 2 and Layer 3 Switching and routing concepts.
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.
NOTE: A note emphasizes an important fact or calls your attention to a dependency.
CAUTION: A caution calls your attention to a possible hazard that can damage equipment.
WARNING: A warning calls your attention to a possible hazard that can cause injury or death.
Related Publications
The following Foundry Networks documents supplement the information in this guide.
• Foundry FastIron X-Series Configuration Guide – for X-Series devices (FESX, FSX, and FWSX), provides
configuration procedures for system-level features, and provides configuration information for enterprise
routing protocols including IP, RIP, IP multicast, OSPF, BGP4, VRRP and VRRPE.
• Foundry Switch and Router Installation and Basic Configuration Guide – for FES devices, provides basic
configuration procedures for system-level features.
• Foundry Enterprise Configuration and Management Guide – for FES devices, provides configuration
information for enterprise routing protocols including IP, RIP, IP multicast, OSPF, VRRP and VRRPE.
• Foundry Security Guide – provides procedures for securing management access to Foundry devices and for
protecting against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.
• Foundry Switch and Router Command Line Interface Reference – for FES devices, provides a list and syntax
information for all CLI commands on Foundry devices.
• Foundry Diagnostic Guide – provides descriptions of diagnostic commands that can help you diagnose and
solve issues on Foundry devices.
• 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 – describes features introduced in each software release, lists
features that are supported on the FES, and describes how configuration procedures or defaults differ from
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