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Allen-Bradley Stratix, and why Cisco knowledge carries over

Stratix managed switches were developed with Cisco and run an IOS derivative, so the commands you know are the commands they take.

Hone is a place to practise programming. This is one of its lessons, written out in full and free to read without an account.

What it is for

Industrial and enterprise networking are usually run by different people who do not speak to each other. Somebody who can configure a VLAN on both is rare, and that is the whole opportunity.

How to think about it

Configure it the way you would configure anything else, and be careful in a different way: the change process, the time of day, and who is called when a line stops.

Worked example

enable
The same prompt, on a box on a DIN rail in a cabinet.
configure terminal
The same mode.
hostname LINE3-SW
The same command.
vlan 72
The same VLANs.
name MACHINES
Named.
exit
Out.
interface gi0/2
The same interfaces.
switchport mode access
The same access ports.
switchport access vlan 72
In the same way.
end
Out.
write memory
And the same save, which matters more here because nobody is going to be standing next to it.

Your turn

Save the configuration on a Stratix, the same way as anywhere.

write

The trap

Assuming an industrial switch needs industrial commands. What it needs is an industrial change process; the commands are the ones you already have.

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