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 Alteon Maintenance and Installation Guide.
Who Should Use This GuideĀ 
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 GuideĀ 
This guide helps you to plan, implement, and administer Alteon. Where possible, each section provides feature overviews, usage examples, and configuration instructions.
*The Command Line Interface describes how to connect to Alteon and access the information and configuration menus.
*Menu Basics provides an overview of the menu system, including a menu map, global commands, and menu shortcuts.
*The Information Menu describes how to view Alteon configuration parameters
*The Statistics Menu describes how to view Alteon performance statistics.
*The Configuration Menu describes how to configure system parameters, ports, VLANs, Spanning Tree Protocol, SNMP, Port Mirroring, IP Routing, Port Trunking, and more.
*The SLB Configuration Menu describes how to configure Server Load Balancing (SLB), filtering, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB), and more.
*The Operations Menu describes how to use commands which affect Alteon performance immediately, but do not alter permanent configurations (such as temporarily disabling ports). The menu describes how to activate or deactivate optional software features.
*The Boot Options Menu describes the use of the primary and alternate Alteon images, how to load a new software image, and how to reset the software to factory defaults.
*The Maintenance Menu describes how to generate and access a dump of critical state information, how to clear it, and how to clear part or all of the forwarding database.
*Alteon Syslog Messages lists Alteon syslog messages.
*Alteon SNMP Agent lists the Management Interface Bases (MIBs) supported in the Alteon software.
*Cipher Suites provides an introduction to the cipher suites used by Alteon. It also provides a complete list of the content of all supported cipher suites.
*Glossary defines the terminology used throughout the book.