Install guide
Rapier Layer 3 Gigabit Switch Software Release 2.1.0 17
Rapier Switch Software Release 2.1.0
C613-10200-01 Rev A
When the download has completed, the presence of the files in FLASH can
be displayed with the command:
SHOW FILE
This shows the file 86s-210.rez is present.
2. Test the release.
The release can now be tested, using the command:
SET INSTALL=TEMPORARY RELEASE=86s-210.REZ
The install information can be checked with the command:
SHOW INSTALL
The switch is then rebooted, and the install is checked again. This display
should indicate, in the install history, that the temporary install was
loaded.
3. Make the release the default (permanent) release.
If the switch operates correctly with the new release, the release may be
made permanent with the command:
SET INSTALL=PREFERRED RELEASE=86s-210.REZ
Every time the router reboots from now on, the new release will be loaded
from FLASH.
Other load methods are described in the Operations chapter in the AR Series
Router Reference Manual at http://www.alliedtelesyn.co.nz/support/rapier/
.
Interfaces
Interface naming for asynchronous interfaces and Ethernet interfaces on the
switch differs from that described in the AR Series Router Reference Manuals
for Software Releases 1.8 and 1.9. The asynchronous interfaces called ‘portn’ in
the AR router manuals (for instance ‘INTERFACE=port0’) are referred to as
‘asynn’ on the Rapier switch (for instance ‘asyn0’). Ethernet ports, referred to as
‘ethn’ in the AR router manuals (for instance ‘INTERFACE=eth0’), are
numbered from one, and simply referred to in most switch commands by their
number (for instance ‘PORT=1’). The Testing Facility refers to these interfaces
as ‘portn’ (for instance ‘port1’).
Interfaces can be configured to VLANs for IP, IPX and Appletalk routing
protocols in the same way that other interfaces are created for other interface
types. Concatenate VLAN with the VID of the VLAN giving VLANn, for
instance:
INTERFACE=VLAN3
Layer 2 Switching
This section describes the Layer 2 switching features on the Rapier switch, and
how to configure them.
The main Layer 2 features of Software Release 2.1.0 are:
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High performance, non-blocking, wire-speed Layer 2 switching.