Allied Telesis AT-8700XL Switch User Manual


 
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Introduction
This How To Note describes techniques for on-site debugging. It is in no way intended to be
a comprehensive guide to debugging Allied Telesis equipment. Instead, it is aimed at passing
on some techniques that have been found to be useful. Particularly, this document describes
techniques which:
z make it less likely that you will miss important pieces of information
z make it simpler for someone else to analyse the debug information that you capture
z enable you to be more accurate in after-the-event discussions of what you saw.
Which products does it apply to?
This document applies to the following Allied Telesis routers and managed layer 3 switches:
z AR300, AR400, and AR700 series routers
z AT-8600, AT-8700XL, AT-8800, Rapier, and Rapier i series switches
z AT-9800 series switches
z AT-8900, AT-9900, and AT-9900s series switches
z x900 series switches
z SwitchBlade series switches
Related How To Notes
You also may find the following How To Notes useful, because they specifically discuss how to
debug connections:
z How To Troubleshoot ISDN Connections
z How To Troubleshoot VPNs
Note that many other How To Notes include troubleshooting information as well as
configuration examples.
How To Notes are available from www.alliedtelesis.com/resources/literature/howto.aspx.
On-Site Debugging