HP 6120 User Manual

August 2009

ProCurve Series 6120 Switches

Management and Configuration Guide

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5992-5523 August 2009

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HP ProCurve Switch 6120G/XG (498358-B21) HP ProCurve Switch 6120XG (516733-B21)

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Contents

Product Documentation

About Your Switch Manual Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

Printed Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

Electronic Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

Software Feature Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxii

1 Getting Started

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

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

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

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

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

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

Configuration and Operation Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

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

Getting Documentation From the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Need Only a Quick Start? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

To Set Up and Install the Switch in Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Physical Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

2 Selecting a Management Interface

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

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

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Understanding Physical Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Understanding Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Advantages of Using the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Advantages of Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

General Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Information on Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Advantages of Using the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Advantages of Using ProCurve Manager

or ProCurve Manager Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Custom Login Banners for the Console and

Web Browser Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

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

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

Configuring and Displaying a Non-Default Banner . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Example of Configuring and Displaying a Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

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

Listing Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Displaying CLI “Help” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

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

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

Executing a Prior Command—Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Repeating Execution of a Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Using a Command Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

CLI Shortcut Keystrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20

5 Using the ProCurve 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 ProCurve Web Browser Interface Session . . 5-7

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

Security: Creating Usernames and Passwords

in the Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

Entering a User Name and Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Using a User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

If You Lose the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

6 Switch Memory and Configuration

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Configuration File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

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

Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces To Implement

Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Menu: Implementing Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Using Save and Cancel in the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Rebooting from the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11

Web: Implementing Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

Using Primary and Secondary Flash Image Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

Displaying the Current Flash Image Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

Switch Software Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16

Local Switch Software Replacement and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17

Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19

Operating Notes about Booting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19

Boot and Reload Command Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20

Setting the Default Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

Booting from the Default Flash (Primary or Secondary) . . . . . . 6-22

Booting from a Specified Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22

Using Reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25

General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26

Transitioning to Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27

Listing and Displaying Startup-Config Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29

Viewing the Startup-Config File Status with Multiple

Configuration Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29

Displaying the Content of A Specific Startup-Config File . . . . . . 6-30

Changing or Overriding the Reboot Configuration Policy . . . . . . . . . 6-30

Managing Startup-Config Files in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32

Renaming an Existing Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33

Creating a New Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33

Erasing a Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35

Using the Clear + Reset Button Combination To Reset the

Switch to Its Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37

Transferring Startup-Config Files To or From a Remote Server . . . . 6-37

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . 6-38

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . . 6-39

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially

Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration from a Serially

Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40

Operating Notes for Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41

Automatic Configuration Update with DHCP Option 66 . . . . . . . . 6-41

CLI Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41

Possible Scenarios for Updating the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . 6-42

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42

Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43

7 Interface Access and System Information

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

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

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Interface Access: Console/Serial Link, Web, and Inbound 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

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

CLI: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19

8 Configuring IP Addressing

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

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

IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Just Want a Quick Start with IP Addressing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

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

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

CLI: Configuring IP Address, Gateway, and Time-To-Live (TTL) . . . . 8-6

Web: Configuring IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

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

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

Network Preparations for Configuring DHCP/Bootp . . . . . . . . . 8-14

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IP Preserve: Retaining VLAN-1 IP

Addressing Across Configuration File Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16

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

Enabling IP Preserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17

9 Time Protocols

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

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

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

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

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

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

Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

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

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

Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the SNTP Mode . . . . . . . . . 9-10

TimeP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16

Menu: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17

CLI: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18

Viewing the Current TimeP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19

Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the TimeP Mode . . . . . . . . 9-20

SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . 9-25

Displaying All SNTP Server Addresses Configured on the Switch . . 9-25

Adding and Deleting SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26

Menu: Operation with Multiple SNTP Server Addresses

Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26

SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26

10 Port Status and Configuration

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

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

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

Menu: Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6

CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 10-8

Viewing Port Status and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8

Customizing the Show Interfaces Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12

Note on Using Pattern Matching with the “Show Interfaces Custom”

Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13

Viewing Port Utilization Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13

Viewing Transceiver Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14

Enabling or Disabling Ports and Configuring Port Mode . . . . . . . . . 10-15

Enabling or Disabling Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17

Configuring a Broadcast Limit on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18

Configuring ProCurve Auto-MDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19

Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-22

Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23

Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . 10-23

Configuring Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24

Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data . . . . . . . . . . 10-25

Configuring Transceivers and Modules That Haven’t

Been Inserted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Clearing the Module Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

Configuring UDLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32

Enabling UDLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33

Changing the Keepalive Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34

Changing the Keepalive Retries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34

Configuring UDLD for Tagged Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34

Viewing UDLD Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35

Configuration Warnings and Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37

11 Port Trunking

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

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

Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4

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

Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . 11-9

CLI: Viewing and Configuring Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11

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

Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group . . . 11-14

Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-17

Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-18

Default Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-21

LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-22

Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26

How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-27

Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . 11-27

12 Port Traffic Controls

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

Jumbo Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2

Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

Configuring Jumbo Frame Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

Viewing the Current Jumbo Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5

Enabling or Disabling Jumbo Traffic on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7

Configuring a Maximum Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7

SNMP Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7

Displaying the Maximum Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8

Operating Notes for Maximum Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8

Operating Notes for Jumbo Traffic-Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-9

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11

13 Configuring for Network Management Applications

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3

SNMP Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5

Configuring for SNMP version 1 and 2c Access to the Switch . . . . . 13-5

Configuring for SNMP Version 3 Access to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6

SNMP Version 3 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7

Enabling SNMPv3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8

SNMPv3 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8

Group Access Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12

SNMPv3 Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12

Menu: Viewing and Configuring non-SNMP version 3

Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14

CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Community Names . . . . 13-16

SNMP Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18

Supported Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18

General Steps for Configuring SNMP Notifications . . . . . . . . . 13-19

SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-20

Configuring an SNMP Trap Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-20

Enabling SNMPv2c Informs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22

Configuring SNMPv3 Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-24

Managing Network Security Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-27

Enabling Link-Change Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-29

Configuring the Source IP Address for SNMP Notifications . . 13-30

Displaying SNMP Notification Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-32

Configuring Listening Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-34

Advanced Management: RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-35

LLDP (Link-Layer Discovery Protocol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-36

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-37

General LLDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-39

LLDP-MED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-39

Packet Boundaries in a Network Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-39

Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-40

Options for Reading LLDP Information Collected by the Switch . . 13-42

LLDP and LLDP-MED Standards Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-42

LLDP Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-43

Configuring LLDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-44

Viewing the Current Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-44

Configuring Global LLDP Packet Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-46

Configuring SNMP Notification Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-50

Configuring Per-Port Transmit and Receive Modes . . . . . . . . . 13-51

Configuring Basic LLDP Per-Port Advertisement Content . . . . 13-52

Configuring Support for Port Speed and Duplex

Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-54

LLDP-MED (Media-Endpoint-Discovery) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-55

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LLDP-MED Topology Change Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-58

LLDP-MED Fast Start Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-60

Advertising Device Capability, Network Policy, PoE Status

and Location Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-60

Configuring Location Data for LLDP-MED Devices . . . . . . . . . 13-63

Displaying Advertisement Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-68

Displaying Switch Information Available for Outbound

Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-69

Displaying LLDP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-73

LLDP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-75

LLDP and CDP Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-77

LLDP and CDP Neighbor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-77

CDP Operation and Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-79

A File Transfers

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Downloading Switch Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

General Software Download Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Using TFTP To Download Software from a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Menu: TFTP Download from a Server to Primary Flash . . . . . . . A-5

CLI: TFTP Download from a Server to Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

Enabling TFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9

Using Auto-TFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11

Using Secure Copy and SFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12

How It Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13

The SCP/SFTP Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13

Disable TFTP and Auto-TFTP for Enhanced Security . . . . . . . A-14

Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-15

Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16

SCP/SFTP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16

Troubleshooting SSH, SFTP, and SCP Operations . . . . . . . . . . A-18

Using Xmodem to Download Switch Software From a PC or UNIX

Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-19

Menu: Xmodem Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20

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CLI: Xmodem Download from a PC or UNIX Workstation to

Primary or Secondary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21

Switch-to-Switch Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22

Menu: Switch-to-Switch Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . A-22

CLI: Switch-To-Switch Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-23

Using PCM+ to Update Switch Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-24

Copying Software Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-25

TFTP: Copying a Software Image to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . . A-25

Xmodem: Copying a Software Image from the Switch to a

USB Serial Console Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . A-25

Transferring Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-26

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . A-26

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . A-27

TFTP: Copying a Customized Command File to a Switch . . . . A-27

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a USB Serial Console

Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-28

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File from a Serially

Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-29

Copying Diagnostic Data to a Remote

Host, USB Device, PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-30

Copying Command Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-31

Copying Event Log Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-31

Copying Crash Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . . . . A-32

Copying Crash Log Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . A-33

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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 to System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

Task Monitor—Collecting Processor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Switch Management Address Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Menu Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

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

Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Menu: Displaying Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Web Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Viewing Port and Trunk Group Statistics and Flow Control Status B-11

Menu Access to Port and Trunk Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12

CLI Access To Port and Trunk Group Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

Web Browser Access To View Port and Trunk Group Statistics B-13

Viewing the Switch’s MAC Address Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14

Menu Access to the MAC Address Views and Searches . . . . . . B-14

CLI Access for MAC Address Views and Searches . . . . . . . . . . B-17

Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18

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

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

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

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

Traffic Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23

Mirroring Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-24

Mirrored Traffic Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-26

Local Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-26

Monitored Traffic Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-26

Criteria for Selecting Mirrored Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-26

Mirroring Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-26

Mirroring Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-27

Endpoint Switches and Intermediate Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-28

Using the Menu or Web Interface To Configure Local Mirroring . . B-29

Menu and Web Interface Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-29

Configuration Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-30

CLI: Configuring Local Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-33

Local Mirroring Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-33

1. Determine the Mirroring Session and Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . B-35

2. Configure a Mirroring Session on the Source Switch . . . . . . . . . . B-35

3. Configure the Monitored Traffic in a Mirror Session . . . . . . . . . . B-35

Traffic Selection Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-36

Mirroring-Source Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-36

Selecting All Inbound/Outbound Traffic to Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-36

Displaying a Mirroring Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-38

Displaying the Mirroring Configuration Summary . . . . . . . . . . B-38

Viewing Mirroring in the Current Configuration File . . . . . . . . B-40

Mirroring Configuration Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-41

Local Mirroring Using Traffic-Direction Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . B-41

Maximum Supported Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-42

Enabling Jumbo Frames To Increase Mirroring Path MTU . . . B-43

Effect of Downstream VLAN Tagging on

Untagged, Mirrored Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-44

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-45

Troubleshooting Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-47

C Troubleshooting

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4

Troubleshooting Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5

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Browser or Telnet Access Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7

Unusual Network Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

General Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

802.1Q Prioritization Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10

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

LACP-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11

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

QoS-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14

Radius-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-15

Spanning-Tree Protocol (MSTP) and Fast-Uplink Problems . . . . . . C-16

SSH-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-17

TACACS-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-19

TimeP, SNTP, or Gateway Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-21

VLAN-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-21

Using the Event Log for Troubleshooting Switch Problems . . . . C-24

Event Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-24

Menu: Displaying and Navigating in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-31

CLI: Displaying the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-32

CLI: Clearing Event Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-32

CLI: Turning Event Numbering On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-33

Using Log Throttling to Reduce Duplicate

Event Log and SNMP Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-33

Log Throttle Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-34

Example of Log Throttling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-34

Example of Event Counter Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-36

Debug/Syslog Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-37

Debug/Syslog Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-37

Debug/Syslog Destination Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-37

Debug/Syslog Configuration Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-38

Configuring Debug/Syslog Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-39

Displaying a Debug/Syslog Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-41

Debug Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-45

Debug Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-45

Debug Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-47

Logging Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-48

Configuring a Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-49

Adding a Description for a Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-51

Adding a Priority Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-52

Configuring the Severity Level for Event Log Messages

Sent to a Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-53

Configuring the System Module Used to Select the Event Log

Messages Sent to a Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-54

Operating Notes for Debug and Syslog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-54

Diagnostic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-56

Port Auto-Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-57

Ping and Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-57

Web: Executing Ping or Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-58

CLI: Ping Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-59

Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-60

Traceroute Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-61

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Viewing Switch Configuration and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-65

CLI: Viewing the Startup or Running Configuration File . . . . . . . . . C-65

Web: Viewing the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-65

CLI: Viewing a Summary of Switch Operational Data . . . . . . . . . . . C-65

Saving show tech Command Output to a Text File . . . . . . . . . . C-67

Customizing show tech Command Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-68

CLI: Viewing More Information on Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . C-71

Pattern Matching When Using the Show Command . . . . . . . . . C-72

CLI: Useful Commands for Troubleshooting Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . C-75

Restoring the Factory-Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-76

CLI: Resetting to the Factory-Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . C-76

Clear/Reset: Resetting to the Factory-Default Configuration . . . . . C-76

Restoring a Flash Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-77

DNS Resolver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-79

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-79

Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-80

Configuring and Using DNS Resolution with

DNS-Compatible Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-81

Configuring a DNS Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-82

Example Using DNS Names with Ping and Traceroute . . . . . . . . . . C-83

Viewing the Current DNS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-85

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-86

Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-87

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D MAC Address Management

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

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

Determining MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Menu: Viewing the Switch’s MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4

CLI: Viewing the Port and VLAN MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5

Viewing the MAC Addresses of Connected Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7

E Monitoring Resources

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

Viewing Information on Resource Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2

Policy Enforcement Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2

When Insufficient Resources Are Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3

F Daylight Savings Time on ProCurve Switches

G Network Out-of-Band Management (OOBM)

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

Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-2

Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-5

OOBM and Switch Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-6

Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-7

OOBM Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-7

OOBM context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-7

OOBM enable/disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-8

OOBM port enable/disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-9

OOBM IPv4 address configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-10

OOBM IPv4 default gateway configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-10

OOBM Show Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-11

Show OOBM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-11

Show OOBM IP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-12

Show OOBM ARP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-12

Application Server Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-13

Application Client Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-15

Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-16

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Product Documentation

About Your Switch Manual Set

Note For the latest version of switch documentation, please visit any of the follow-

ing websites:

www.procurve.com/manuals

www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/documentation

h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/components/c-class-tech-installing.html

Printed Publications

The publication listed below is printed and shipped with your switch. The latest version is also available in PDF format, as described in the Note at the top of this page.

■ Quick Installation Card—Explains how to prepare for and perform the

physical installation and connect the switch to your network.

Electronic Publications

The latest version of each of the publications listed below is available in PDF format on the ProCurve Web site, as described in the Note at the top of this page.

■ Installation and Getting Started Guide—Describes how to install hard-

ware, and get started using the switch.

■ Management and Configuration Guide—Describes how to configure,

manage, and monitor basic switch operation.

■ Advanced Traffic Management Guide—Explains how to configure traffic

management features such as VLANs, MSTP, and QoS.

■ Multicast and Routing Guide—Explains how to configure IGMP fea-

tures.

■ Access Security Guide—Explains how to configure access security fea-

tures and user authentication on the switch.

■ IPv6 Configuration Guide—Describes the IPv6 protocol operations that

are supported on the switch.

■ Release Notes—Describe new features, fixes, and enhancements that

become available between revisions of the main product guide.

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Software Feature Index

This feature index indicates which manual to consult for information on a given software feature.

Note This Index does not cover IPv6 capable software features. For information on

IPv6 protocol operations and features (such as DHCPv6, DNS for IPv6, and Ping6), refer to the IPv6 Configuration Guide.

Intelligent Edge Software Features. These features are automatically included on all switches.

Intelligent Edge Software Features

802.1Q VLAN Tagging X

802.1X Multiple Authenticated Clients Per Port X

AAA Authentication X

Authorized IP Managers X

Authorized Manager List (Web, Telnet, TFTP) X

Auto MDIX Configuration X

BOOTP X

Config File X

Console Access X

Copy Command X

CoS (Class of Service) X

Debug X

DHCP Configuration X

Management

and

Configuration

Advanced

Management

Traffic

Manual

Multicast and

Routing

Access

Security

Guide

DHCP/Bootp Operation X

Diagnostic Tools X

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Intelligent Edge Software Features

Downloading Software X

Event Log X

Factory Default Settings X

Flow Control (802.3x) X

File Transfers X

Friendly Port Names X

GVRP X

Identity-Driven Management (IDM) X

IGMP X

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

IP Addressing X

Jumbo Packets X

LACP X

Management

and

Configuration

Advanced

Management

Traffic

Manual

Multicast and

Routing

Access

Security

Guide

LLDP X

LLDP-MED X

Loop Protection X

MAC Address Management X

MAC Lockdown X

MAC Lockout X

MAC-based Authentication X

Monitoring and Analysis X

Network Management Applications (SNMP) X

Passwords and Password Clear Protection X

ProCurve Manager (PCM) X

Ping X

Port Configuration X

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Intelligent Edge Software Features

Port Monitoring X

Port Security X

Port Status X

Port Trunking (LACP) X

Port-Based Access Control (802.1X) X

Protocol VLANS X

Quality of Service (QoS) X

RADIUS Authentication and Accounting X

RADIUS-Based Configuration X

RMON 1,2,3,9 X

Secure Copy X

SFTP X

SNMPv3 X

Management

and

Configuration

Advanced

Management

Traffic

Manual

Multicast and

Routing

Access

Security

Guide

Software Downloads (SCP/SFTP, TFPT, Xmodem) X

Source-Port Filters X

Spanning Tree (STP, RSTP, MSTP) X

SSHv2 (Secure Shell) Encryption X

SSL (Secure Socket Layer) X

Syslog X

System Information X

TACACS+ Authentication X

Telnet Access X

TFTP X

Time Protocols (TimeP, SNTP) X

Troubleshooting X

Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD) X

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Intelligent Edge Software Features

VLANs X

Web Authentication RADIUS Support X

Web-based Authentication X

Web UI X

Management

and

Configuration

Advanced

Management

Traffic

Manual

Multicast and

Routing

Access

Security

Guide

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Getting Started

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

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

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

Command Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2