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Page 10 | How to Configure and Use AMF on Allied Telesis Switches
Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................................................................................. 9
What information will you find in this document?................................................................................... 9
Which products and software version does it apply to? ..................................................................... 9
Software feature licensing ................................................................................................................................... 11
The key benefits of AMF .............................................................................................................................................. 12
Unified command-line ......................................................................................................................................... 12
Configuration backup and recovery ............................................................................................................ 12
Rolling firmware upgrade .................................................................................................................................... 12
AMF concepts..................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Network name.......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Node............................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Master nodes.............................................................................................................................................................. 13
Domains........................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Core distance............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Links................................................................................................................................................................................. 15
Crosslinks...................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Working-sets .............................................................................................................................................................. 16
AMF network guidelines ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Retention and use of the ‘manager’ username....................................................................................... 16
Loop-free data plane ............................................................................................................................................. 17
Aggregators................................................................................................................................................................. 17
VCStacks....................................................................................................................................................................... 17
AMF external removable media...................................................................................................................... 17
AMF interaction with QoS and ACLs.......................................................................................................... 18
NTP and AMF ........................................................................................................................................................... 18
Configuring AMF ............................................................................................................................................................... 19
Simple AMF example with a single master............................................................................................... 19
Verifying the AMF network................................................................................................................................ 24
Using the AMF network................................................................................................................................................ 25
AMF backups.............................................................................................................................................................. 25
Safe removal of external storage media..................................................................................................... 26
Performing a manual backup ...................................................................................................................................... 27
Backups on VCStacks running as AMF masters .............................................................................................. 28
Node recovery................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Automatic node recovery .................................................................................................................................. 30
A “Clean” node ........................................................................................................................................................ 31
Manual node recovery.......................................................................................................................................... 31
Node recovery on VCStacks............................................................................................................................ 32
AMF safe configuration.................................................................................................................................................. 34
How can I undo a safe configuration?.......................................................................................................... 35