Allied Telesis 9700 series Quick start guide

Brand: Allied Telesis

Model: 9700 series

Type: Quick start guide

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Allied Telesis 9700 series is a family of modular, stackable Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet switches designed for enterprise applications. They are ideally suited as the primary solution in the aggregation and distribution tiers of large networks, or for server farm and data center aggregation.

The 9700 series switches feature a high-performance 40Gbps switching backplane and 10G uplinks, providing exceptional performance and scalability. They also offer a wide range of Layer 3 routing features, including static and dynamic routing, policy-based routing, and multicast routing.

The 9700 series switches are also highly secure, with support for a variety of security features, including access control lists (ACLs), port security, and MAC address filtering. They also offer advanced management features, including SNMP, Telnet, and a web-based graphical user interface (GUI).

Case Study | Aligrup S.p.A.

Aligrup S.p.A. (a partner of SPAR International)

Major Food Retail Chain choose Allied Telesis for Network Expansion in Italy

Customer Pr

ofile

Aligrup S.p.A. creates and promotes high-quality distribution

systems predominantly geared towards meeting the demand

for food products and services.

Although Aligrup S.p.A. was officially founded in 1987,

Sebastiano Scuto, a wholesale grain dealer, laid the foundations

for the company over a century ago. Since then, Aligrup S.p.A.

has played an increasing role in Sicily's economic

development.

This dev

elopment culminated in the agreement signed

between Coop and Despar. They created a common

purchasing company called Centrale Italiana.The alliance will

help improve the distribution system and achieve economies

of scale in purchase management.

Aligr

up S.p

.A. is generating

24% of their tur

The Customer Challeng

As Aligrup S.p.A. expanded, they needed a network that was

flexible and configured to handle the current and future needs

for a distributed system. Since the new Aligrup S.p.A. office

space in San Giovanni la Punta is large and modern, they

decided to lease part of it to turnkey contracts.They also

decided to offer the other companies infrastructure services,

including networking services.

This affected many of the decisions about their network. In

addition to paying extra attention to security levels, they

wanted to segment the netw

ork without sacrificing

performance and reliability, and to scale the network for

future needs.

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Case Study | Aligrup S.p.A.

Project Backbone infrastructure with advanced switching technology

Scope Nine La

er 3 Gigabit Ethernet s

witches and eight Fast Ethernet s

witches

Challenge Design a flexible network to meet current and future demands

Critical Objectiv

Ability to segment the netw

ork without sacrificing performance and reliability

PROFILE

Aligrup S.p.A., San Giovanni La Punta, Catania, Italy

Aligrup S.p.A.(San Giovanni La Punta), a major retailer representing Despar (SPAR International)

throughout most of Sicily, has been expanding in both physical space, reach and subsequently, its IT

network. Because of this, the food retailer needed a more secure and reliable system to meet their

needs, as well as the needs of several other companies who lease space from them in their new

location.Allied Telesis helped them develop a high-performing and more secure network solution by

providing multi-layer switches integrated with existing Allied Telesis devices.

Why Aligrup S.p.A. Selected Allied Telesis

The multi-layer switches from the Allied Telesis 9900 series

immediately proved to be ideal for supporting such a flexible

architecture. All the features that make it stand out, from its

Quality of Service (QoS) and high-density Gigabit Ethernet

ports to its non-blocking architecture and redundant power

supply units, provide a competitive advantage.

In addition, integrated support for IPv6 ensures that the

system will scale to increased use, protecting their technology

investment.

The 9900 series is particularly flexible because it can host

different types of SFP interfaces on the same platform. It

caters to any combination of copper and short-haul or long-

haul fiber links, which was required to overcome cabling

distance limitations in their large new building.

With the possibility of using traffic meters via the SNMP

management platform, Aligrup S.p.A. also has the option to

connect to billing tools in the future.These tools would be

able to charge their turnkey contract customers based on the

usage of the netw

k ser

vices.

Aligrup S.p.A. decided to invest in the future by expanding

and improving their IT network.They chose to involve Allied

Telesis, an expert partner.

"We've especially appreciated the technical support provided

Allied Telesis, whether directly or indirectly, throughout the

whole process of designing, deploying and supporting the

network," concluded Schilirò, who has closely monitored

ery phase spanning the project's design, integration and

execution.

Key Decision Factors

Aligrup S.p.A. chose a technical solution from Allied Telesis for

many reasons; however, they had four primary ones. Reliability,

scalability, security and support.

Reliability: The redundancy protocols, bandwidth

management options and power supply units' redundancy

make the network resilient.This helps the network services to

achieve maximum reliability and uptime of critical services,

required not only for operational functionality of Aligrup

S.p.A., but also for it’s turnkey contract customers.

Instead of taking up extra space in the cabinet, the redundant

power supply unit is integrated into the switch.This compact

design does not compromise performance, since the

enhanced horizontal cooling system makes it possible to

withstand high temperatures.

The high performance level and extended QoS and

management functions help give precise network control.

Scalability: The cutting-edge switching technology supports

connections r

anging from 10Mbps to 10 Gigabit Ether

net.

The

modular design of the core machines (AT-9924Ts,

AT-9924SP), along with the wide selection of uplinks for the

switches designed for distribution (AT-9748TS/XP and

AT-8648T/2SP) provide even greater scalability for future

needs.

Security: The management security options (SSH and SSL),

authentication protocols,

hardware filters and switch port

control co

er ev

ery aspect of network security. In addition,

the advanced

VLAN functionality will ensure complete

separation of the different companies networks, while allowing

Aligrup S.p.A. to easily manage and maintain the network

infr

astr

ucture.

Support: Aligrup S.p.A. valued the technical support they

receiv

ed from Allied T

elesis.

Net.Co

is a comprehensiv

service and support program designed to protect vital

netw

k systems from unscheduled downtime.This

comprehensiv

e ser

vice includes phone suppor

iority

queuing, and next day product replacement.

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"Aligrup S.p.A. is extremely happy with the quality and

performance of the Allied Telesis equipment,"

confirmed Daniele Schilirò, who is responsible for

networking and new technologies at Aligrup S.p.A.

Technical Overview

To achieve the level of expansion they required, Aligrup S.p.A.

used sev

eral Allied Telesis multi-layer switches.

9900 Series – Gigabit Multi-layer Core Switches

9700 Series – Gigabit Multi-layer Edge Switches

8600 Series – Fast Ethernet Multi-layer Edge Switches

The switches in the 9700 and 8600 series are designed for

enterprise applications.They are ideally suited as the primary

solution in the aggregation and distribution tiers of large

networks, or for server farm and data center aggregation.

The 9700 series includes a variety of 10/100/1000 Layer 3

stackable switches featuring 10G uplinks, capable of supporting

anything from a few dozen to 1,500 users. This series is

distinguished from similar devices on the market by its high

performance 40Gbps switching backplane speed and 10G

uplinks.

In addition, the main competitive benefits are scalability,

security, and reliability – down to the stacking ring architecture.

The pr

ice to performance ratio delivers excellent return on

investment.

The 8600 series switches, feature 10/100TX Fast Ethernet

copper ports with a choice of copper and fiber Gigabit

Ethernet uplinks. These have been designed to support

aggregation and access applications, but their wealth of

functions makes them ideal for use as a backbone in small

networks.They are used in the Aligrup S.p.A. network as

access machines for connecting users.

Every switch in the 8600 series is connected to the

distribution cabinet via high-speed Gigabit links. All the Layer 3

options in AlliedWare™, the firmware installed in Allied Telesis

multi-layer machines, are deployed in these switches.The

firmware supports advanced security management and QoS,

and refined user profiling.

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AT- 9 748

AT-9924Ts

AT- 8 648

AT- 9 748

AT- 8 648

Marketing

AT- 8 648

Administration

AT-9924SP

AT- 8 648

AT- 9 748

AT- 8 648

Link 10 Gigabit Fibre

Link 1 Gigabit Fibre

Link 1 Gigabit Copper

Aggregation Aggregation

AT-9924SP

AT-9924Ts

Aggregation

CORE 2

CORE 1

SERVER FARM

Aligrup S.p

.A.

Network

The backbone of the network is based on the 9900 series of

core high-performance switches, which are used to

interconnect all the distr

ibution and access switches to the

server farm using both copper and fiber cabling.

The design of the network can be divided into three distinct

parts, labeled CORE#1, CORE#2 and SERVER FARM.The

network is based on a star topology, with the AT-9924Ts

switch being at the center of the network.This switch

provides all of the core routing functionality in the network.

Both the CORE#1 and SERVER FARM sites are connected

using 10 Gbit fiber optic links that terminate at the central

AT-9924Ts switch.The local MARKETING and

ADMINISTRATION groups are connected to the

AT-9748TS/XP distribution switch which is located at

CORE#2 which in turn connects to the central

AT-9924Ts switch via a copper uplink.

The network is based on two virtual LANs.The first one

(default) is intended for network users, while the second one

is dedicated to network devices and servers.

All the switches can be managed by the network

administrator from either VLAN. However, to simplify the

network configuration, and to reduce the waste of IP

addresses by implementing both the VLANs on all the

switches, static routes have been deployed.

The SNMP protocol has been activated on all the devices for

management support, and an ‘aligrup’ community has been

def

ined for managing the devices via SNMP, which has

read/write access to all the configurations.

We assigned the functions of manager and trap host (for

managing alarms and faults) to a workstation on which the

management platform was installed.This was designed to

improve the monitoring of the entire network.

All the switches used in the Aligrup S.p.A. network also come

with a Net.Cover

service and support contract as standard,

as do all Allied Telesis Layer 2+ managed devices.This means

that the device can be replaced by the next working day in

the event of a fault.

Allied Telesis

Founded in 1987, Allied Telesis is a member of the Allied

Telesis Group, a global provider of secure Ethernet/IP access

solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of IP Triple

Play networks over copper and fiber access infrastructure.

Our POTS-to-10G iMAP integrated Multiservice Access

Platform and iMG intelligent Multiservice Gateways, in

conjunction with advanced switching, routing, IPv6 compliant

and WDM-based transport solutions, enable public and

private network operators and service providers of all sizes to

deploy scalable, and carrier-grade networks for the cost-

effective delivery of packet-based voice, video and data

services.

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FEA

TURED PRODUCTS

9900 Series

Layer 3 Advanced IPv4 and IPv6 Gigabit

switches

3 x

Allied Telesis AT-9924Ts

10/100/1000T x 24 ports

20Gbps expansion ba

ys x 2

2 x Allied Telesis AT-9924SP

1000X SFP x 24 por

9700 Series

Layer 3 Stackable Gigabit Ethernet switches

4 x Allied Telesis AT-9748TS/XP

10/100/1000T x 48 ports

10Gbps x 2 uplink module

8600 Series

er 3 F

ast Ethernet switches

8 x Allied Telesis AT-8648T/2SP

10/100TX x 48 ports

10/100/1000T / SFP x 2 combo ports

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