Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 32)

Chapter 1: Overview
32 Section I: Basic Operations
Command Line Interfaces
The AT-S63 Management Software has four management interfaces —
menus, web browser windows, standard command line, and AlliedWare
Plus™ command line. This guide explains the standard command
interface and the AlliedWare Plus™ command interface.
The standard command interface is the most comprehensive of all the
interfaces because it gives you complete control over all the features and
parameters on the switch. Its commands let you set and view the
parameters of all the features as well as upload and download files. This
interface is available from local management sessions through the
terminal port on the switch and from remote management sessions with
Telnet and Secure Shell clients, and can be used to manage both stand-
alone AT-9400 Switches and AT-9400Ts Stacks.
The AlliedWare Plus interface is new to the AT-S63 Management
Software and is based on the AlliedWare Plus operating system featured
on other Allied Telesis products, like advanced Layer 3 switches. You may
find the commands in this new command line easier and more convenient
to use to manage the switch if you are already familiar with the AlliedWare
Plus operating system.
This interface is similar to the standard command line interface in several
ways. First, you can use it to manage stand-alone AT-9400 Switches and
AT-9400Ts Stacks. Second, you can access it locally through the terminal
port and remotely with Telnet and Secure Shell clients. In fact, you can
switch between the two command line interfaces, as well as the menus
interface, from a management session without having to log out and log in
again, making it possible for you to use different management interfaces
during the same management session.
However, there are a couple features you cannot configure with the
AlliedWare Plus interface. For those features, you’ll have to use a different
interface, probably the standard command line interface. Furthermore, this
interface handles a few of the features, like classifiers, access control lists
and Quality of Service policies, very differently than the other interfaces.