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Chapter 1 – Preface
This guide describes how to configure and use the Alteon Application Switch Operating System
(AlteonOS) software on the Alteon Application Switches. Throughout this guide, in most cases the
AlteonOS and the Alteon platform are referred to as Alteon. For documentation on installation and
initial configuration of Alteon, see the Radware Alteon Installation and Maintenance Guide.
Who Should Use This Guide
This guide is intended for network installers and system administrators engaged in configuring and
maintaining a network. The administrator should be familiar with Ethernet concepts, IP addressing,
the Spanning Tree Protocol, and SNMP configuration parameters.
What You Will Find in This Guide
This guide helps you to plan, implement, and administer Alteon. Where possible, each section
provides feature overviews, usage examples, and configuration instructions.
Part 1—Basic Features
• Accessing Alteon describes how to access Alteon to configure, view information, and run
statistics using the CLI, the Browser-Based Interface (BBI), SNMP, and the management port.
• Securing Alteon
describes how to protect the system from attacks, unauthorized access, and
discusses different methods to manage Alteon for remote administrators using specific IP
addresses, RADIUS authentication, Secure Shell (SSH), and Secure Copy (SCP).
• VLANs
describes how to configure Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) for creating separate
network segments, including how to use VLAN tagging for Alteons that use multiple VLANs.
• Port Trunking
describes how to group multiple physical ports together to aggregate the
bandwidth between large-scale network devices.
• Port Teaming
describes how to configure port teaming.
• Spanning Tree Protocol
discusses how spanning trees configure the network to use the most
efficient path when multiple paths exist.
Part 2—IP Routing
• Basic IP Routing describes how to configure IP routing using IP subnets and DHCP Relay.
• Routing Information Protocol
describes the implementation of standard RIP for exchanging TCP/
IP route information with other routers.
• Border Gateway Protocol
describes Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) concepts and BGP features.
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
describes OSPF concepts, how OSPF is implemented, and
examples of how to configure OSPF support.
Part 3—Application Load Balancing Fundamentals
• Server Load Balancing describes how to balance network traffic among a pool of available
servers for more efficient, robust, and scalable network services.
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