Datasheet | Operating System
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AlliedWare Plus 5.2.1
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AlliedWare Plus
OPERATING SYSTEM
Operating System
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Hot-swappable XEM modules
AlliedWare Plus Layer 3 Fully
AlliedWare Plus Advanced Features
The AlliedWare Plus operating system supports
hot-swappable XEM modules, dramatically reducing
system downtime.You can remove and add XEM
modules, or swap a XEM for another of the same
sort - all without having to reboot or reconfigure
your network.
Featured Operating System
• Industry Standard Command Line Interface
• Virtual Chassis Stacking
AlliedWare Plus™ is AlliedTelesis' next generation
operating system. In keeping with the increasing
complexity of AlliedTelesis' ever-improving and
feature-rich software, AlliedWare Plus employs a
new modular approach to software creation and
distribution. It represents a quantum shift in the
software development methodology for Allied
Telesis switches and routers - providing you with
even more features and greater robustness from
the operating system.
• Highly Modular Software Featuring
Independent Process Monitoring
• Superior Quality of Service - QoS
• Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Protection
• 802.1x DynamicVLANs
Modularity + Monitoring = Robust
Flexibility
AlliedWare Plus has a modular architecture,
providing superior reliability. It uses separate
software processes, or modules, to handle
different functions - for example management,
routing protocols, and control functions. Each of
these modules can only access its own allocated
memory, which prevents processes from
corrupting each other and causing system crashes.
Although independent of each other, modules
communicate via well-defined interfaces.
• Control Plane Prioritization - CPP
Other Feature Highlights
The AlliedWare Plus operating system combines
superior networking functionality and strong
management capabilities with the exceptional
performance that today's networks demand.
A standards-based implementation, it also assures
full interoperability with other major network
equipment, along with improved usability and
therefore a superior customer experience.
• Access Control Lists - ACLs
• Spanning Tree
• Ethernet Protected Switching Rings - EPSR
•Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol -VRRP
• Link Aggregation Control Protocol - LACP
• Trigger Facility
To achieve even greater reliability, independent
monitoring software has been utilized alongside
the modular architecture.This provides passive
monitoring and periodic health checks for all
important processes, and sends messages to
inform system administrators of issues and
resolutions.
• Logging Facility
High-Performance and
High-Availability
Virtual Chassis Stacking
Virtual Chassis Stacking makes networking simple.
It allows you to connect between 2 and 8
switches together via high-bandwidth 15Gbps
stacking links.This aggregates the switches, which
then appear as a single switch, or 'Virtual Chassis'.
TheVirtual Chassis can be configured and
managed via a single serial console or IP address,
which provides greater ease of management in
comparison to an arrangement of individually
managed switches, and often eliminates the need
to configure protocols likeVRRP and SpanningTree.
• Scripting
• Web (HTTP) client
• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - SMTP
• Trivial File Transfer Protocol - TFTP Client
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server
and Client - DHCP
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Industry Standard Command Line
Interface (CLI)
• Simple Network Management Protocol -
SNMP
The AlliedWare Plus operating system incorporates
an industry standard CLI, facilitating intuitive
manageability. Each command is associated with a
specific function, or a common function performing a
specific task.You can automate some of your
configuration tasks, as many of these commands may
also be used in scripts.Triggers can also be utilized,
providing a powerful mechanism for automatic and
timed management by automating the execution of
commands in response to specific events.
• Internet Group Management Protocol - IGMP
• IPv4 and IPv6 Static Routing
• Routing Information Protocol - RIP
• Open Shortest Path First - OSPF
Virtual Chassis Stacking provides a high availability
system where network resources can be spread
out across a number of stacked switches, thus
reducing the impact should any one of the stacked
switches fail. Ports on different switches across the
stack can be aggregated to provide excellent link
redundancy.
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AlliedWare Plus software release 5.2.1 supports stacking
of 2 units. Support for more than 2 units will be available
in a future release.
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Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Protection
BPDU Protection adds extra security to the
SpanningTree Protocol (STP). It protects the
spanning tree configuration by preventing
VLAN DoubleTagging
VLAN double tagging allows network service
providers to use a singleVLAN to support
customers with multipleVLANs. In this way, they
can simply and cost-effectively offer IP-based
solutions in scalable implementations.
malicious DoS attacks caused by spoofed BPDUs.
BPDU Protection is designed to be enabled on
ports that should not receive BPDUs.These are
edge ports connected to end user devices that do
not run spanning tree. If a spoofed BPDU packet
is received on a protected port, the BPDU
Protection feature disables the port and alerts the
network manager.
Service providers often have customers whose
VLAN range requirements overlap, and the traffic
from different customers is mixed in with the
service providers' infrastructure.WithVLAN
double tagging, each customer is given a
customer-ID (CID), which is a unique identifier
within the service provider infrastructure.Traffic
from individual customers is tagged with the CID
and segregated from other customer's traffic.The
VLANs identification of the customer's network
can be preserved while the traffic is tunnelled
through the network service provider's
infrastructure.
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AlliedWare Plus Operating System Features
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Software Release
Switching
Bridging (IEEE 802.1D)
VLAN - Virtual Local Area Network
Storm Protection
Jumbo Frames
VLAN Double Tagging (Q-in-Q)
High Availability
STP - Spanning Tree Protocol
RSTP - Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
MSTP (802.1s) - Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
EPSR - Ethernet Protected Switched Rings
VRRP - Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
LACP - Link Aggregation Control Protocol (802.3ad)
Virtual Chassis Stacking
Security
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802.1x
802.1x VLAN Assignment
Access Control Lists
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SSL - Secure Sockets Layer
SSHv2 - Secure Shell version 2
RADIUS
BPDU Protection
Intrusion Detection (Port Security)
Private VLANs
DHCP Option 82
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QoS / Performance Tuning
QoS - Quality of Service
Policy Based QoS
Strict Priority and/or WRR Queue Servicing - Weighted Round Robin
WRED Curves - Weighted Random Early Discard
Priority Tagging (IEEE 802.1p)
Single-Rate Three-Color Marking
Two-Rate Three-Color Marking
Network Manageability
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CLI - Command Line Interface
RMON (1,2,3,9)
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HTTP Client
TFTP Client - Trivial File Transfer Protocol
SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol
Trigger Facility
Test Facility
Scripting
SCP - Secure Copy
DHCP Client and Server- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Text Editor
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Telnet
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NTP - Network Time Protocol
Ping Polling
Syslog
DHCP Relay
DNS Relay - Domain Name System
Routing
OSPFv2 - Open Shortest Path First
BGP-4 - Border Gateway Protocol version 4
RIPv1, RIPv2
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ECMP - Equal Cost Multipath Protocol
Route Maps
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IPv6
IPv6
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IPv6
IPv6
IPv6
IPv6 Static Routes
D = Feature is available in the Standard AlliedWare release of this product
AL3 = Feature is available with the Advanced L3 feature license for this product
RIPng
Multicasting
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IGMP - Internet Group Management Protocol
IGMP Proxy
IPv6 =Feature is available with the Advanced IPv6 feature license for this product
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Note: This table does not provide a complete AlliedWare Plus feature list.
PIM-SM - Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse Mode
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Feature licenses
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Product
Advanced L3:
BGP-4
IPv6 Pack:
IPv6 Static Routing
IPv6 Management
RIPng
OSPF
PIMv4
VLAN Double Tagging
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AT-FL-SBX9-01
AT-FL-SBX9-01
Order number
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980-000130
AT-FL-X900-01
980-000127
AT-FL-X900-01
980-000127
AT-FL-X900-01
980-000127
AT-FL-X900-01
980-000130
AT-FL-X900-02
980-000128
AT-FL-X900-02
980-000128
AT-FL-X900-02
980-000128
AT-FL-X900-02
Order number
x900-24XT-N
Order number
x900-24XS
Order number
x900-12XT/S
Order number
980-000127
980-000128
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