Hewlett-Packard 2510G User Manual

Management and Configuration Guide

ProCurve Series 2510G Switches

Y.11.XX

www.procurve.com

ProCurve Series 2510G Switches

June 2008

Management and Configuration Guide

Publication Number

5992-3095 June 2008

Applicable Products

ProCurve Switch 2510G-24 (J9279A) ProCurve Switch 2510G-48 (J9280A)

Trademark Credits

Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are US registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Disclaimer

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material.

The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

Hewlett-Packard assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished by Hewlett-Packard.

Warranty

See the Customer Support/Warranty booklet included with the product.

A copy of the specific warranty terms applicable to your Hewlett-Packard products and replacement parts can be obtained from your HP Sales and Service Office or authorized dealer.

Hewlett-Packard Company 8000 Foothills Boulevard, m/s 5551 Roseville, California 95747-5551 http://www.procurve.com

Product Documentation

About Your Switch Manual Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xv

Feature Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

1 Getting Started

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Feature Descriptions by Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Command Syntax Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Command Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Screen Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Port Identity Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Sources for More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Need Only a Quick Start? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

To Set Up and Install the Switch in Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

2 Selecting a Management Interface

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Advantages of Using the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Advantages of Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Advantages of Using the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Advantages of Using ProCurve Manager or ProCurve Manager Plus . . . . 2-6

Custom Login Banners for the Console and

Web Browser Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Banner Operation with Telnet, Serial, or SSHv2 Access . . . . . . . . 2-9

Banner Operation with Web Browser Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

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Configuring and Displaying a Non-Default Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Example of Configuring and Displaying a Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

3 Using the Menu Interface

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Starting and Ending a Menu Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

How To Start a Menu Interface Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

How To End a Menu Session and Exit from the Console: . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Main Menu Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Screen Structure and Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Menu Features List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Where To Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

4 Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Accessing the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Privilege Levels at Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Privilege Level Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Operator Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Manager Privileges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

How To Move Between Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Listing Commands and Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Listing Commands Available at Any Privilege Level . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Command Option Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Displaying CLI "Help" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Configuration Commands and the Context Configuration Modes . . 4-13

CLI Control and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

5 Using the Web Browser Interface

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Starting a Web Browser Interface Session with the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Using a Standalone Web Browser in a PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . 5-4

Using ProCurve Manager (PCM) or ProCurve Manager Plus (PCM+) 5-5

Tasks for Your First Web Browser Interface Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Viewing the “First Time Install” Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Creating Usernames and Passwords in the Browser Interface . . . . . . 5-8

Using the Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Using the User Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

If You Lose a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

Online Help for the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

Support/Mgmt URLs Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12

Support URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

Help and the Management Server URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

Using the PCM Server for Switch Web Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15

Status Reporting Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

The Overview Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

The Port Utilization and Status Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Port Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19

The Alert Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

Sorting the Alert Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

Alert Types and Detailed Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21

The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22

Setting Fault Detection Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23

6 Switch Memory and Configuration

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Overview of Configuration File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Using the CLI To Implement Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces To Implement

Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Configuration Changes Using the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Using Save and Cancel in the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Rebooting from the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Configuration Changes Using the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . 6-11

Using Primary and Secondary Flash Image Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

Displaying the Current Flash Image Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

Switch Software Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

Local Switch Software Replacement and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17

Booting from the Current Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

7 Interface Access and System Information

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

Interface Access: Console/Serial Link, Web, and Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Menu: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

CLI: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Denying Interface Access by Terminating Remote Management

Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11

Menu: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

CLI: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13

Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

8 Configuring IP Addressing

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Just Want a Quick Start with IP Addressing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

IP Addressing with Multiple VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

IP Addressing in a Stacking Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

Menu: Configuring IP Address, Gateway, and Time-To-Live (TTL) . . 8-5

CLI: Configuring IP Address, Gateway, and Time-To-Live (TTL) . . . . 8-7

Web: Configuring IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11

How IP Addressing Affects Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11

DHCP/Bootp Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

Network Preparations for Configuring DHCP/Bootp . . . . . . . . . 8-15

IP Preserve: Retaining VLAN-1 IP Addressing Across Configuration

File Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16

Operating Rules for IP Preserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16

9 Time Protocols

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

TimeP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

SNTP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Overview: Selecting a Time Synchronization Protocol or

Turning Off Time Protocol Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

General Steps for Running a Time Protocol on the Switch . . . . . . . . . 9-3

Disabling Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

SNTP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8

Viewing the Current SNTP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8

Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the SNTP Mode . . . . . . . . . . 9-9

TimeP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14

Menu: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15

CLI: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16

Viewing the Current TimeP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17

Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the TimeP Mode . . . . . . . . 9-18

SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21

Address Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21

Adding and Deleting SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22

Menu Interface Operation with Multiple SNTP Server

Addresses Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23

SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24

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10 Port Status and Basic Configuration

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-5

CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 10-7

Using the CLI To View Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7

Viewing Transceiver Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9

Displaying Spanning Tree Configuration Details . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11

Using the CLI To Configure Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11

Using the CLI To Configure a Broadcast Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12

Configuring HP Auto-MDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13

Manual Auto-MDIX Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14

Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-16

Jumbo Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17

Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18

Configuring Jumbo Packet Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19

Viewing the Current Jumbo Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19

Enabling or Disabling Jumbo Traffic on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21

Operating Notes for Jumbo Traffic-Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24

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QoS Pass-Through Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25

General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25

Priority Mapping With Typical and Optimized QoS Pass-Through

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26

How to Configure QoS Pass-Through Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27

Configuring Port-Based Priority for Incoming Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

The Role of 802.1Q VLAN Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

Outbound Port Queues and Packet Priority Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Operating Rules for Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Configuring and Viewing Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

Messages Related to Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32

Troubleshooting Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32

Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33

Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . 10-33

Configuring Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34

Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data . . . . . . . . . . 10-35

11 Port Trunking

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2

Port Status and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2

Port Connections and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3

Link Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3

Port Trunk Options and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3

Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4

Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8

CLI: Viewing and Configuring a Static or

Dynamic Port Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10

Using the CLI To View Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10

Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group 11-13

Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16

Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16

Default Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-19

LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-20

Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23

How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23

Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23

12 Configuring for Network Management Applications

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1

Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

SNMP Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

Configuring for SNMP Access to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

Configuring for SNMP Version 3 Access to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5

SNMP Version 3 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6

SNMPv3 Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7

SNMP Version 3 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8

Group Access Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11

SNMP Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-12

Menu: Viewing and Configuring non-SNMP

version 3 Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-14

CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Community Names . . . . 12-16

SNMP Notification and Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18

Trap Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-20

Using the CLI To Enable Authentication Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-23

Advanced Management: RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-24

LLDP (Link-Layer Discovery Protocol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-25

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-26

General LLDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-27

Packet Boundaries in a Network Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-28

Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-28

Options for Reading LLDP Information Collected by the Switch . . 12-30

LLDP Standards Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-31

LLDP Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-31

Configuring LLDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-32

Viewing the Current Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-33

Configuring Global LLDP Packet Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-34

Configuring SNMP Notification Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-38

Configuring Per-Port Transmit and Receive Modes . . . . . . . . . 12-39

Configuring Basic LLDP Per-Port Advertisement Content . . . . 12-40

Displaying Advertisement Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-42

Displaying Switch Information Available for Outbound

Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-43

Displaying LLDP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-47

LLDP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-50

LLDP and CDP Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-51

LLDP and CDP Neighbor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-51

CDP Operation and Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-53

A File Transfers

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Downloading Switch Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

General Switch Software Download Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Using TFTP To Download Switch Software from a Server . . . . . . . . A-3

Menu: TFTP Download from a Server to Primary Flash . . . . . . . A-4

CLI: TFTP Download from a Server to Primary

or Secondary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6

Using Secure Copy and SFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

How It Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8

The SCP/SFTP Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9

Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9

Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10

SCP/SFTP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10

Using Xmodem to Download Switch Software From

a PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11

Menu: Xmodem Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12

CLI: Xmodem Download from a PC or Unix Workstation

to Primary or Secondary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13

Switch-to-Switch Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14

Menu: Switch-to-Switch Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . A-14

CLI: Switch-To-Switch Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-15

Using ProCurve Manager Plus to Update Switch Software . . . . . . . A-16

Troubleshooting TFTP Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17

Transferring Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18

Copying Diagnostic Data to a Remote Host, PC, or Unix Workstation . A-21

Copying Command Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-21

Copying Event Log Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-22

Copying Crash Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . . . . A-22

Copying Crash Log Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . A-23

B Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

Status and Counters Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4

Menu Access To Status and Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

General System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

Menu Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

Switch Management Address Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

Menu Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

Module Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Menu: Displaying Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

Menu: Displaying Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

Web Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

Viewing Port and Trunk Group Statistics and Flow Control Status B-10

Menu Access to Port and Trunk Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11

CLI Access To Port and Trunk Group Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12

Web Browser Access To View Port and Trunk Group

Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12

Viewing the Switch’s MAC Address Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

Menu Access to the MAC Address Views and Searches . . . . . . B-13

CLI Access for MAC Address Views and Searches . . . . . . . . . . B-16

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-17

Menu Access to STP Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-17

CLI Access to STP Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Status . . . . . . . . . . . B-19

VLAN Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-20

Web Browser Interface Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-22

Port and Static Trunk Monitoring Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23

Menu: Configuring Port and Static Trunk Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . B-24

CLI: Configuring Port and Static Trunk Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-26

Web: Configuring Port Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-28

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Locating a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-28

C Troubleshooting

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3

Troubleshooting Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3

Chassis Over-Temperature Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4

Browser or Telnet Access Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

Unusual Network Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8

General Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8

Prioritization Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

IGMP-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10

LACP-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10

Port-Based Access Control (802.1X)-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . C-11

Radius-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14

Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP) and Fast-Uplink Problems . . . . . . . C-15

SSH-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-16

Stacking-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-17

TACACS-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-17

TimeP, SNTP, or Gateway Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-19

VLAN-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-19

Using Logging To Identify Problem Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-22

Event Log Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-22

Menu: Entering and Navigating in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . C-24

CLI: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-25

Debug and Syslog Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-26

Diagnostic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-33

Port Auto-Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-33

Ping and Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-34

Web: Executing Ping or Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-35

CLI: Ping or Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-36

Displaying the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-38

CLI: Viewing the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-38

Web: Viewing the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-38

Listing Switch Configuration and Operation Details for Help

in Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-39

CLI Administrative and Troubleshooting Commands . . . . . . . . . . . C-41

Restoring the Factory-Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-42

Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-42

Using the Clear/Reset Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-42

Restoring a Flash Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-43

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D MAC Address Management

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

Determining MAC Addresses in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2

Menu: Viewing the Switch’s MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

CLI: Viewing the Port and VLAN MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4

Viewing the MAC Addresses of Connected Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6

E Daylight Savings Time on ProCurve Switches

Configuring Daylight Savings Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1

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Product Documentation

About Your Switch Manual Set

The switch manual set includes the following:

■ Read Me First - a printed guide shipped with your switch. Provides

software update information, product notes, and other information.

■ Installation and Getting Started Guide - a printed guide shipped

with your switch. This guide explains how to prepare for and perform the physical installation and connection to your network.

■ Management and Configuration Guide - a PDF file on the

ProCurve Networking website. This guide describes how to configure, manage, and monitor basic switch operation.

■ Advanced Traffic Management Guide - a PDF file on the ProCurve

Networking website. This guide explains the configuration and operation of traffic management features such as spanning tree and VLANs.

■ Access Security Guide - a PDF file on the ProCurve Networking

website. This guide explains the configuration and operation of access security and user authentication features on the switch.

■ Release Notes - posted on the ProCurve web site to provide

information on software updates. The release notes describe new features, fixes, and enhancements that become available between revisions of the above guides.

Note For the latest version of all ProCurve switch documentation, including release

notes covering recently added features, visit the HP ProCurve Networking website at http://www.procurve.com/manuals. Then select your switch product.

Product Documentation

Feature Index

For the manual set supporting your switch model, the following feature index indicates which manual to consult for information on a given software feature.

Feature Management and

Configuration

802.1Q VLAN Tagging - X -

802.1p Priority X - -

802.1X Authentication - - X

Authorized IP Managers - - X

Config File X --

Copy Command X - -

Debug X --

DHCP Configuration - X -

DHCP/Bootp Operation X --

Diagnostic Tools X - -

Downloading Software X --

Event Log X - -

Factory Default Settings X --

File Management X - -

Advanced Traffic Management

Access Security Guide

File Transfers X --

GVRP - X -

IGMP - X -

Interface Access (Telnet, Console/Serial, Web) X - -

IP Addressing X --

LACP X - -

Link X --

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Feature Management and

Configuration

LLDP X - -

MAC Address Management X --

MAC Lockdown - - X

MAC Lockout - - X

MAC-based Authentication - - X

Monitoring and Analysis X --

Multicast Filtering - X -

Network Management Applications (LLDP, SNMP) X --

Passwords - - X

Ping X --

Port Configuration X - -

Port Security - - X

Port Status X - -

Port Trunking (LACP) X --

Advanced Traffic Management

Access Security Guide

Port-Based Access Control - - X

Port-Based Priority (802.1Q) X --

Quality of Service (QoS) - X -

RADIUS Authentication and Accounting - - X

Secure Copy X - -

SFTP X --

SNMP X - -

Software Downloads (SCP/SFTP, TFTP, Xmodem) X --

Spanning Tree (MSTP) - X -

SSH (Secure Shell) Encryption - - X

SSL (Secure Socket Layer) - - X

Stack Management (Stacking) - X -

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Feature Management and

Configuration

Syslog X - -

System Information X --

TACACS+ Authentication - - X

Telnet Access X --

TFTP X - -

Time Protocols (TimeP, SNTP) X --

Troubleshooting X - -

VLANs - X -

Web-based Authentication - - X

Xmodem X --

Advanced Traffic Management

Access Security Guide

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Getting Started