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AMF Introduction and Configuration
New and Enhanced Features in AlliedWare Plus 5.4.4 Major and Minor Versions 109
AMF Introduction and Configuration
Contents
Introduction to AMF.......................................................................................................................... 110
AMF Supported Products and Software Versions .................................................................. 110
Key Benefits of AMF........................................................................................................................... 111
Unified Command-Line ............................................................................................................111
Configuration Backup and Recovery................................................................................... 111
Rolling-Reboot Upgrade ..........................................................................................................111
Node Provisioning...................................................................................................................... 112
AMF Terminology and Introduction ........................................................................................... 113
AMF Network................................................................................................................................ 113
AMF Nodes .................................................................................................................................... 113
Node Licensing............................................................................................................................ 113
Node Interconnection............................................................................................................... 114
AMF Domains ............................................................................................................................... 114
AMF Network Operational Concepts.......................................................................................... 116
Retention and Use of the ‘Manager’ Username............................................................... 116
Working-Set .................................................................................................................................. 116
AMF Restricted-Login................................................................................................................ 117
Loop-Free Data Plane................................................................................................................ 117
Aggregators .................................................................................................................................. 117
VCStacks......................................................................................................................................... 117
AMF External Removable Media ........................................................................................... 117
AMF Interaction with QoS and ACLs.................................................................................... 118
NTP and AMF ................................................................................................................................ 118
Configuring AMF................................................................................................................................ 119
AMF Tunneling (Virtual Links) ................................................................................................ 125
Verifying the AMF Network ............................................................................................................ 129
Configuring Multiple Nodes at the Same Time: the Unified CLI....................................... 131
Working-Set Groups .................................................................................................................. 132
Executing Commands on Working-Sets............................................................................. 133
Interactive Commands.............................................................................................................. 136
AMF Backups ....................................................................................................................................... 137
Using External Media Storage................................................................................................ 137
Performing a Manual Backup ................................................................................................. 138
Backing up to Remote Servers ............................................................................................... 142
Node Recovery.................................................................................................................................... 144
Automatic Node Recovery....................................................................................................... 144
Restoring a Node to a “Clean” State..................................................................................... 145
Manual Node Recovery............................................................................................................. 146
Node Recovery on VCStacks ................................................................................................... 147
AMF Safe Configuration................................................................................................................... 148
Detecting AMF Safe Configuration Operation................................................................. 148
AMF Safe Configuration Procedures.................................................................................... 148
Undoing an AMF Safe Configuration................................................................................... 149
Rolling-Reboot Firmware Upgrade.............................................................................................. 151
Performing a Rolling-Reboot Upgrade ............................................................................... 153
Node Provisioning ............................................................................................................................. 155