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HP ProCurve Switch Software

Management and Configuration Guide

2615-8-PoE Switch 2915-8G-PoE Switch

Software version A.14.03 May 2010

HP ProCurve

2615-8-PoE Switch 2915-8G-PoE Switch

May 2010

A.14.03

Management and Configuration Guide

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Publication Number

5998-0414 May 2010

Applicable Products

HP ProCurve 2615-8-PoE Switch J9565A HP ProCurve 2915-8G-PoE Switch J9562A

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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

Configuration and Operation Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Protocol Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Command Syntax and Displayed Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

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

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

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

Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

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? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

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

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

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2 Selecting a Management Interface

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

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

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

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

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

General Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Information on 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Banner Operation with Telnet, Serial, or SSHv2 Access . . . . . . . . 2-8

Banner Operation with Web Browser Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Configuring and Displaying a Non-Default Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Example of Configuring and Displaying a Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21

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

6 Switch Memory and Configuration

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

Overview

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

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

Web: Implementing Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12

Using Primary and Secondary Flash Image Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

Displaying the Current Flash Image Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

Switch Software Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

Local Switch Software Replacement and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16

Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18

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

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

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

Operating Notes about Booting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18

Boot and Reload Command Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19

Setting the Default Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20

Booting from the Default Flash (Primary or Secondary) . . . . . . 6-20

Booting from a Specified Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20

Using Reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24

Transitioning to Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25

Listing and Displaying Startup-Config Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27

Viewing the Startup-Config File Status with Multiple

Configuration Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27

Displaying the Content of A Specific Startup-Config File . . . . . . 6-28

Changing or Overriding the Reboot Configuration Policy . . . . . . . . . 6-28

Managing Startup-Config Files in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30

Renaming an Existing Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31

Creating a New Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31

Erasing a Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32

Using the Clear + Reset Button Combination To Reset the

Switch to Its Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34

Transferring Startup-Config Files To or From a Remote Server . . . . 6-35

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . 6-35

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . . 6-36

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially

Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration from a Serially

Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37

Operating Notes for Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37

Automatic Configuration Update with DHCP Option 66 . . . . . . . . 6-38

CLI Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38

Possible Scenarios for Updating the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . 6-39

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39

Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40

7 Interface Access and System Information

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

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

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

Listing the Current Console/Serial Link Configuration . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Reconfigure Inbound Telnet Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

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Outbound Telnet to Another Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

Making Window Size Negotiation Available for a Telnet Session 7-7

Reconfigure Web Browser Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Reconfigure the Console/Serial Link Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Denying Interface Access by Terminating Remote Management

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

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

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

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

Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11

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

DHCP/Bootp Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13

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

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DHCP Option 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16

SNMP Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17

Loopback Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17

Configuring a Loopback Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18

Displaying Loopback Interface Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19

IP Preserve: Retaining VLAN-1 IP

Addressing Across Configuration File Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22

Operating Rules for IP Preserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22

Enabling IP Preserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

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 Status and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

Port Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

Status of Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5

Broadcast Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5

Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5

Configuring Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7

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

Viewing Port Status and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9

Viewing Port Utilization Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11

Viewing Transceiver Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12

Enabling or Disabling Ports and Configuring Port Mode . . . . . . . . . 10-13

Enabling or Disabling Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15

Configuring ProCurve Auto-MDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17

Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-19

Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20

Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . 10-20

Configuring Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21

Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data . . . . . . . . . . 10-22

Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26

Configuring UDLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27

Enabling UDLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

Changing the Keepalive Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Changing the Keepalive Retries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Configuring UDLD for Tagged Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Viewing UDLD Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Configuration Warnings and Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33

Power Over Ethernet (PoE+) Operation

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

Introduction to PoE+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3

Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3

PoE Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4

PoE Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5

Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5

PD Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6

Power Priority Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7

Configuring PoE Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7

Disabling or Re-Enabling PoE Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8

Configuring the PoE Port Priority Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8

Enabling Support for Pre-Standard Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10

Controlling PoE Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10

Manually Configuring PoE Power Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11

Changing the Threshold for Generating a Power Notice . . . . . . . . . 11-13

PoE with LLDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14

PoE Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14

Enabling Advertisement of Poe TLVs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-15

Displaying PoE When Using LLDP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16

Displaying LLDP Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16

Displaying Local Device Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-16

Displaying Remote Power Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-17

Displaying the Global PoE Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-20

Displaying PoE Status on All Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-21

Displaying the PoE Status on Specific Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23

Planning and Implementing a PoE Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26

Assigning PoE Ports to VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26

Applying Security Features to PoE Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26

Assigning Priority Policies to PoE Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-27

PoE Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-28

“Informational” PoE Event-Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-28

“Warning” PoE Event-Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-28

12 Port Trunking

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

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

Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4

Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . 12-9

CLI: Viewing and Configuring Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11

Using the CLI To View Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-11

Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group . . . 12-14

Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-17

Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18

Default Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-21

LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-22

Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-26

How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-27

Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . 12-27

13 Port Traffic Controls

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-2

Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3

All Traffic Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3

Configuring Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3

Displaying the Current Rate-Limit Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5

Operating Notes for Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5

Configuring a Broadcast Limit on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7

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Jumbo Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-9

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-9

Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-10

Configuring Jumbo Frame Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11

Viewing the Current Jumbo Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12

Enabling or Disabling Jumbo Traffic on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14

Configuring a Maximum Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14

SNMP Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14

Displaying the Maximum Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15

Operating Notes for Maximum Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15

Operating Notes for Jumbo Traffic-Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18

14 Configuring for Network Management Applications

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1

Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3

SNMP Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-4

Configuring for SNMP version 1 and 2c Access to the Switch . . . . . 14-4

Configuring for SNMP Version 3 Access to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5

SNMP Version 3 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6

Enabling SNMPv3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7

SNMPv3 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7

Group Access Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11

SNMPv3 Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11

Menu: Viewing and Configuring non-SNMP version 3

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

CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Community Names . . . . 14-15

SNMP Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-17

Supported Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-17

General Steps for Configuring SNMP Notifications . . . . . . . . . 14-18

SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-19

Configuring an SNMP Trap Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-19

Enabling SNMPv2c Informs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-21

Configuring SNMPv3 Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-23

Managing Network Security Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-26

Enabling Link-Change Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-28

Configuring the Source IP Address for SNMP Notifications . . 14-29

Displaying SNMP Notification Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-31

Advanced Management: RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-33

CLI-Configured sFlow with Multiple Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-33

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-33

Configuring sFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-34

Viewing sFlow Configuration and Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-34

LLDP (Link-Layer Discovery Protocol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-37

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-38

General LLDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-40

LLDP-MED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-40

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Packet Boundaries in a Network Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-40

Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-41

Options for Reading LLDP Information Collected by the Switch . . 14-43

LLDP and LLDP-MED Standards Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-44

LLDP Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-44

Configuring LLDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-45

Viewing the Current Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-46

Configuring Global LLDP Packet Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-47

Configuring SNMP Notification Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-51

Configuring Per-Port Transmit and Receive Modes . . . . . . . . . 14-52

Configuring Basic LLDP Per-Port Advertisement Content . . . . 14-53

Configuring Support for Port Speed and Duplex

Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-55

LLDP-MED (Media-Endpoint-Discovery) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-56

LLDP-MED Topology Change Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-59

LLDP-MED Fast Start Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-61

Advertising Device Capability, Network Policy, PoE Status

and Location Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-61

Configuring Location Data for LLDP-MED Devices . . . . . . . . . 14-65

Displaying Advertisement Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-70

Displaying Switch Information Available for Outbound

Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-71

Displaying LLDP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-75

LLDP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-77

LLDP and CDP Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-79

LLDP and CDP Neighbor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-79

CDP Operation and Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-81

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A File Transfers

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

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

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

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

Using TFTP To Download Switch 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

Using Secure Copy and SFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9

How It Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10

The SCP/SFTP Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10

Disable TFTP and Auto-TFTP for Enhanced Security . . . . . . . A-11

Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13

Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14

SCP/SFTP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14

Troubleshooting SSH, SFTP, and SCP Operations . . . . . . . . . . A-16

Using Xmodem to Download Switch Software From

a PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17

Menu: Xmodem Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17

CLI: Xmodem Download from a PC or UNIX Workstation to

Primary or Secondary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18

Switch-to-Switch Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20

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

CLI: Switch-To-Switch Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21

Using PCM+ to Update Switch Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22

Copying Software Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-23

TFTP: Copying a Software Image to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . . A-23

Xmodem: Copying a Software Image from the Switch to a

Serially Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-23

Transferring Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-24

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . A-24

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . A-25

TFTP: Copying a Customized Command File to a Switch . . . . A-25

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially

Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-26

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File from a Serially

Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-27

Transferring ACL Command Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-29

TFTP: Uploading an ACL Command File from a TFTP Server A-29

Xmodem: Uploading an ACL Command File from a Serially

Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-31

Copying Diagnostic Data to a Remote

Host, PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-32

Copying Command Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-32

Copying Event Log Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-33

Copying Crash Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . . . . A-34

Copying Crash Log Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . A-35

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-7

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

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

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

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

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

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Interface 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-29

Locating a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-30

C Troubleshooting

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

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

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

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

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

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

802.1Q Prioritization Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

ACL Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

IGMP-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13

LACP-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14

Port-Based Access Control (802.1X)-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . C-14

QoS-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-17

Radius-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-17

Spanning-Tree Protocol (MSTP) and Fast-Uplink Problems . . . . . . C-18

SSH-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-19

TACACS-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-21

TimeP, SNTP, or Gateway Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-23

VLAN-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-23

Fan Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-25

Using the Event Log for Troubleshooting Switch Problems . . . . C-26

Event Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-26

Menu: Displaying and Navigating in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-33

CLI: Displaying the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-35

CLI: Clearing Event Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-35

CLI: Turning Event Numbering On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-36

Using Log Throttling to Reduce Duplicate

Event Log and SNMP Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-36

Log Throttle Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-37

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Example of Log Throttling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-37

Example of Event Counter Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-39

Debug/Syslog Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-40

Debug/Syslog Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-40

Debug/Syslog Destination Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-40

Debug/Syslog Configuration Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-41

Configuring Debug/Syslog Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-42

Displaying a Debug/Syslog Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-44

Debug Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-48

Debug Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-48

Debug Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-51

Logging Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-52

Configuring a Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-53

Adding a Priority Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-55

Configuring the Severity Level for Event Log

Messages Sent to a Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-56

Configuring the System Module Used to Select the Event Log

Messages Sent to a Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-57

Operating Notes for Debug and Syslog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-57

Diagnostic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-59

Port Auto-Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-60

Ping and Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-60

Web: Executing Ping or Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-61

CLI: Ping Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-62

Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-63

Traceroute Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-64

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Viewing Switch Configuration and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-68

CLI: Viewing the Startup or Running Configuration File . . . . . . . . . C-68

Web: Viewing the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-68

CLI: Viewing a Summary of Switch Operational Data . . . . . . . . . . . C-69

Saving show tech Command Output to a Text File . . . . . . . . . . C-70

Customizing show tech Command Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-72

CLI: Viewing More Information on Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . C-75

Pattern Matching When Using the Show Command . . . . . . . . . C-75

CLI: Useful Commands for Troubleshooting Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . C-79

Restoring the Factory-Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-80

CLI: Resetting to the Factory-Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . C-80

Clear/Reset: Resetting to the Factory-Default Configuration . . . . . C-80

Restoring a Flash Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-81

DNS Resolver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-84

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-84

Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-85

Configuring and Using DNS Resolution

with DNS-Compatible Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-86

Configuring a DNS Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-87

Example Using DNS Names with Ping and Traceroute . . . . . . . . . . C-88

Viewing the Current DNS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-90

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-91

Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-92

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

Displaying Current Resource Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-3

When Insufficient Resources Are Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-5

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F Daylight Savings Time on ProCurve Switches

G Power-Saving Features

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

Configuring Power-Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-2

Configuring the Savepower led Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-2

Configuring the Savepower port-low-pwr Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G-2

Index

Product Documentation

About Your Switch Manual Set

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

Release Notes covering recently added features, please visit the HP ProCurve Networking Web site at www.hp.com/go/procurve/manuals.

Printed Publications

The publications listed below are printed and shipped with your switch. The latest version is also available in PDF format on the HP ProCurve Web site, as described in the Note at the top of this page.

■ Read Me First—Provides software update information, product notes,

and other information.

■ HP ProCurve Quick Setup Guide—Provides quick start installation

instructions. See the Installation and Getting Started Guide for more detailed information.

Electronic Publications

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

■ Installation and Getting Started Guide—Explains how to prepare for

and perform the physical installation and connect the switch to your network.

■ 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 and IP

routing features.

■ 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

For the software manual set supporting your 2615-8-PoE or 2915-8G-PoE switch model, 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

802.1Q VLAN Tagging X

802.1X Port-Based Priority X

802.1X Multiple Authenticated Clients Per Port X

Access Control Lists (ACLs) 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

Management

and

Configuration

Advanced

Management

Traffic

Manual

Multicast and

Routing

Access

Security

Guide

Debug X

DHCP Configuration X

DHCP Option 82 X

DHCP Snooping X

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Intelligent Edge Software Features

Management

and

Configuration

Manual

Advanced

Traffic

Management

Multicast and

Routing

Access

Security

Guide

DHCP/Bootp Operation

Diagnostic Tools

Downloading Software

Dynamic ARP Protection

Dynamic Configuration Arbiter

Eavesdrop Protection

Event Log X

Factory Default Settings

Flow Control (802.3x)

File Management

File Transfers

Friendly Port Names

Guaranteed Minimum Bandwidth (GMB)

GVRP

Identity-Driven Management (IDM)

IGMP

Interface Access (Telnet, Console/Serial, Web)

IP Addressing

IP Routing

Jumbo Packets

LACP

Link

LLDP

LLDP-MED

Loop Protection

MAC Address Management

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Intelligent Edge Software Features

MAC Lockdown X

Management

and

Configuration

Advanced

Management

Traffic

Manual

Multicast and

Routing

Access

Security

Guide

MAC Lockout

MAC-based Authentication

Management VLAN

Monitoring and Analysis

Multicast Filtering

Multiple Configuration Files

Network Management Applications (SNMP)

OpenView Device Management

Passwords and Password Clear Protection

ProCurve Manager (PCM)

Ping

Port Configuration

Port Monitoring

Port Security

Port Status

Port Trunking (LACP)

Port-Based Access Control (802.1X)

Power over Ethernet (PoE+)

Protocol Filters

Protocol VLANS

Quality of Service (QoS)

RADIUS Authentication and Accounting

RADIUS-Based Configuration

Rate-Limiting X

RIP X

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Intelligent Edge Software Features

Management

and

Configuration

Manual

Advanced

Traffic

Management

Multicast and

Routing

Access

Security

Guide

RMON 1,2,3,9

Routing

Routing - IP Static

Secure Copy

sFlow

SFTP

SNMPv3

Software Downloads (SCP/SFTP, TFPT, Xmodem)

Source-Port Filters

Spanning Tree (STP, RSTP, MSTP)

SSHv2 (Secure Shell) Encryption

SSL (Secure Socket Layer)

Stack Management (3500yl/6200yl switches only)

Syslog

System Information

TACACS+ Authentication

Telnet Access

TFTP

Time Protocols (TimeP, SNTP)

Traffic Mirroring

Traffic/Security Filters

Troubleshooting

Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD)

UDP Forwarder

VLANs

Voice VLAN

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Intelligent Edge Software Features

Web Authentication RADIUS Support X

Management

and

Configuration

Advanced

Management

Traffic

Manual

Multicast and

Routing

Access

Security

Guide

Web-based Authentication

Web UI

Xmodem

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Getting Started

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

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Getting Started

Introduction

This guide is intended for use with HP ProCurve 2615-8-PoE and 2915-8G-PoE switches.

It describes how to use the command line interface (CLI), Menu interface, and web browser to configure, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot switch operation. For an overview of other product documentation for the above switches, refer to “Product Documentation” on page xi. You can download documentation from the HP ProCurve Networking web site, www.hp.com/go/procurve/ manuals.

Conventions

Configuration and Operation Examples

1-2

Unless otherwise noted, examples using a particular switch model apply to all switch models covered by this guide.

Protocol Acronyms

IP Refers to the IPv4 protocol unless otherwise noted.

IPv6 Refers to the IPv6 protocol.

Command Syntax and Displayed Information

Command Syntax Statements

Syntax: ip < default-gateway < ip-addr >> | routing >

Syntax: show interfaces [port-list ]

■ Vertical bars ( | ) separate alternative, mutually exclusive elements.

■ Square brackets ( [ ] ) indicate optional elements.

■ Braces ( < > ) enclose required elements.

Getting Started

Conventions

■ Braces within square brackets ( [ < > ] ) indicate a required element within

an optional choice.

■ Boldface indicates use of a CLI command, part of a CLI command syntax,

or other displayed element in general text. For example:

“Use the copy tftp command to download the key from a TFTP server.”

■ Italics indicate variables for which you must supply a value when execut-

ing the command. For example, in this command syntax, you must provide one or more port numbers:

Syntax: aaa port-access authenticator < port-list >

Command Prompts

In the default configuration, your switch displays a CLI prompt similar to the following example:

ProCurve 2615-8-PoE#

To simplify recognition, this guide uses ProCurve to represent command prompts for all switch models. For example:

ProCurve#

(You can use the hostname command to change the text in the CLI prompt.)

Screen Simulations

Displayed Text. Figures containing simulated screen text and command output look like this:

ProCurve> show version Image stamp: /sw/code/build/info

March 6, 2010 13:43:13 A.14.01 139

Boot Image: Primary

ProCurve>

Figure 1-1. Example of a Figure Showing a Simulated Screen

In some cases, brief command-output sequences appear without figure identification. For example:

ProCurve(config)# clear public-key ProCurve(config)# show ip client-public-key show_client_public_key: cannot stat keyfile

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Getting Started

Sources for More Information

Keys

Simulations of actual keys use a bold, sans-serif typeface with square brackets. For example, the Tab key appears as

[Tab] and the “Y” key appears as [Y].

Sources for More Information

For information about switch operation and features not covered in this guide, consult the following sources:

■ Feature Index—For information on which manual to consult for a given

software feature, refer to the “Software Feature Index” on page xii.

Note For the latest version of all HP ProCurve switch documentation referred to

below, including Release Notes covering recently added features, visit the HP ProCurve Networking web site at www.hp.com/go/procurve/manuals.

■ Software Release Notes—Release Notes are posted on the ProCurve

Networking web site and provide information on new software updates:

• new features and how to configure and use them

• software management, including downloading software to the switch

• software fixes addressed in current and previous releases

■ Product Notes and Software Update Information—The printed Read Me

First shipped with your switch provides software update information,

product notes, and other information.

■ Installation and Getting Started Guide—Use the Installation and Get-

ting Started Guide to prepare for and perform the physical installation.

This guide also steps you through connecting the switch to your network and assigning IP addressing, as well as describing the LED indications for correct operation and trouble analysis.

■ Management and Configuration Guide—Use this guide for information

on topics such as:

• various interfaces available on the switch

• memory and configuration operation

• interface access

• IP addressing

• time protocols

• port configuration, trunking, traffic control, and PoE operation

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Getting Started

• SNMP, LLDP, and other network management topics

• file transfers, switch monitoring, troubleshooting, and MAC address management

■ Advanced Traffic Management Guide—Use this guide for information on

topics such as:

• VLANs: Static port-based and protocol VLANs, and dynamic GVRP VLANs

• spanning-Tree: 802.1D (STP), 802.1w (RSTP), and 802.1s (MSTP)

• Quality-of-Service (QoS)

• Access Control Lists (ACLs)

■ Multicast and Routing Guide—Use this guide for information on topics

such as:

• IGMP

• IP routing

■ Access Security Guide—Use this guide for information on topics such as:

• Local username and password security

• Web-Based and MAC-based authentication

• RADIUS and TACACS+ authentication

• SSH (Secure Shell) and SSL (Secure Socket Layer) operation

• 802.1X access control

• Port security operation with MAC-based control

• Authorized IP Manager security

• Key Management System (KMS)

■ IPv6 Configuration Guide—Use this guide for information on topics

such as:

• Overview of IPv6 operation and features

• Configuring IPv6 addressing

• Using IPv6 management, security, and troubleshooting features

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Sources for More Information

Getting Documentation From the Web

To obtain the latest versions of documentation and release notes for your switch:

1. Go to the HP ProCurve Networking web site at

2. Click on the product for which you want to view or download a manual.

If you need further information on HP ProCurve switch technology, visit the HP ProCurve Networking web site at:

Online Help

Menu Interface

If you need information on specific parameters in the menu interface, refer to the online help provided in the interface. For example:

www.hp.com/go/procurve/manuals

www.procurve.com

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Online Help for Menu

Figure 1-2. Online Help for Menu Interface

Need Only a Quick Start?

Getting Started

Command Line Interface

If you need information on a specific command in the CLI, type the command name followed by help. For example:

Figure 1-3. Example of CLI Help

Web Browser Interface

If you need information on specific features in the ProCurve Web Browser Interface (hereafter referred to as the “web browser interface”), use the online Help. You can access the Help by clicking on the Help text on top right side of any of the web browser interface screens.

Need Only a Quick Start?

IP Addressing

If you just want to give the switch an IP address so that it can communicate on your network, or if you are not using VLANs, ProCurve recommends that you use the Switch Setup screen to quickly configure IP addressing. To do so, do one of the following:

■ Enter setup at the CLI Manager level prompt.

Procurve# setup

■ In the Main Menu of the Menu interface, select

8. Run Setup

For more on using the Switch Setup screen, see the Installation and Getting Started Guide you received with the switch.

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To Set Up and Install the Switch in Your Network

Physical Installation

Use the HP ProCurve Installation and Getting Started Guide for the following:

■ Notes, cautions, and warnings related to installing and using the switch

and its related modules

■ Instructions for physically installing the switch in your network

■ Quickly assigning an IP address and subnet mask, set a Manager pass-

word, and (optionally) configure other basic features.

■ Interpreting LED behavior.

For the latest version of the Installation and Getting Started Guide for your switch, refer to “Getting Documentation From the Web” on page 1-6.

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

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

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

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

General Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Information on Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

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Contents

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

Banner Operation with Telnet, Serial, or SSHv2 Access . . . . . . . . 2-8

Banner Operation with Web Browser Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Configuring and Displaying a Non-Default Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Example of Configuring and Displaying a Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

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Overview

This chapter describes the following:

■ Management interfaces for the switches covered in this guide

■ Advantages of using each interface

Understanding Management Interfaces

Management interfaces enable you to reconfigure the switch and to monitor switch status and performance. The switch offers the following interfaces:

■ Menu interface—a menu-driven interface offering a subset of switch

commands through the built-in VT-100/ANSI console—2-3

■ CLI—a command line interface offering the full set of switch commands

through the VT-100/ANSI console built into the switch—2-4

■ Web browser interface --a switch interface offering status information

and a subset of switch commands through a standard web browser (such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer)—2-5

■ ProCurve Manager (PCM)—a windows-based network management

solution included in-box with all manageable ProCurve devices. Features include automatic device discovery, network status summary, topology and mapping, and device management.

■ ProCurve Manager Plus (PCM+)—a complete windows-based

network management solution that provides both the basic features offered with PCM, as well as more advanced management features, including in-depth traffic analysis, group and policy management, configuration management, device software updates, and advanced VLAN management. (ProCurve includes a copy of PCM+ in-box for a trial.)

30-day

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is manual describes how to use the menu interface (Chapter 3), the CLI

Th (Chapter 4), the web browser interface (Chapter 5), and how to use these interfaces to configure and monitor the switch.

For information on how to access the web browser interface Help, see “Online Help for the Web Browser Interface” on page 5-11.

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Advantages of Using the Menu Interface

To use ProCurve Manager or ProCurve Manager Plus, refer to the Getting Started Guide and the Administrator’s Guide, which are available electron-

ically with the software for these applications. For more information, visit the ProCurve Networking web site at www.procurve.com.

Advantages of Using the Menu Interface

Figure 2-1. Example of the Console Interface Display

■ Provides quick, easy management access to a menu-driven subset of

switch configuration and performance features:

• IP addressing • System information

• VLANs and GVRP • Local passwords

• Port Security •SNMP communities

• Port and Static Trunk Group • Time protocols

• Spanning Tree

The menu interface also provides access for:

•Setup screen • Switch and port statistic and counter displays

• Event Log display • Reboots

• Switch and port • Software downloads status displays

■ Offers out-of-band access (through the RS-232 connection) to the

switch, so network bottlenecks, crashes, lack of configured or correct IP address, and network downtime do not slow or prevent access

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Advantages of Using the CLI

■ Enables Telnet (in-band) access to the menu functionality.

■ Allows faster navigation, avoiding delays that occur with slower

display of graphical objects over a web browser interface.

■ Provides more security; configuration information and passwords are

not seen on the network.

Advantages of Using the CLI

ProCurve>

ProCurve#

ProCurve(config)#

ProCurve(<context>)#

For example:

Prompt for Operator Level

Prompt for Manager Level

Prompt for Global Configuration Level

Prompt for Context Configuration Levels

ProCurve(eth-1-5)# ProCurve(vlan-1)# ProCurve(rip)#

Figure 2-2. Command Prompt Examples

General Benefits

■ Provides access to the complete set of the switch configuration, perfor-

mance, and diagnostic features.

■ Offers out-of-band access (through the RS-232 connection) or Telnet (in-

band) access.

■ Enables quick, detailed system configuration and management access to

system operators and administrators experienced in command prompt interfaces.

■ Provides help at each level for determining available options and vari-

ables.

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Information on Using the CLI

■ For information on how to use the CLI, refer to Chapter 4. “Using the

Command Line Interface (CLI)”.

Advantages of Using the Web Browser Interface

■ To perform specific procedures (such as configuring IP addressing or

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VLANs), use the Contents listing at the front of the manual to locate the information you need.

■ For monitoring and analyzing switch operation, refer to Appendix B.

■ For information on individual CLI commands, refer to the Index or to the

online Help provided in the CLI interface.

Advantages of Using the Web Browser Interface

Figure 2-3.Example of the Web Browser Interface

■ Easy access to the switch from anywhere on the network

■ Familiar browser interface--locations of window objects consistent

with commonly used browsers, uses mouse clicking for navigation, no terminal setup

■ Many features have all their fields in one screen so you can view all

values at once

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■ More visual cues, using colors, status bars, device icons, and other

graphical objects instead of relying solely on alphanumeric values

■ Display of acceptable ranges of values available in configuration list

boxes

Advantages of Using ProCurve Manager or ProCurve Manager Plus

You can operate ProCurve Manager and ProCurve Manager Plus (PCM and PCM+) from a PC on the network to monitor traffic, manage your hubs and switches, and proactively recommend network changes to increase network uptime and optimize performance. Easy to install and use, PCM and PCM+ are the answers to your management challenges.

PCM and PCM+ enable greater control, uptime, and performance in your network:

■ Features and benefits of ProCurve Manager:

• Network Status Summary: Upon boot-up, a network status screen displays high-level information on network devices, end nodes, events, and traffic levels. From here, users can research any one of these areas to get more details.

• Alerts and Troubleshooting: An events summary screen displays alerts to the user and categorizes them by severity, making it easier to track where bottlenecks and issues exist in the network. Alerts present detailed information on the problem, even down to the specific port.

• Automatic Device Discovery: This feature is customized for fast discovery of all ProCurve manageable network devices. The user can define which IP subnets to discover.

• Topology and Mapping: This feature automatically creates a map of discovered network devices. Maps are color-coded to reflect device status and can be viewed at multiple levels (physical view, subnet view, or VLAN view).

• Device Management: Many device-focused tasks can be performed directly by the software, or the user can access web-browser and command-line interfaces with the click of a button to manage individual devices from inside the tool.

■ Features and benefits of ProCurve Manager Plus:

• All of the Features of ProCurve Manager: Refer to the above listing.

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• In-Depth Traffic Analysis: An integrated, low-overhead traffic mon- itor interface shows detailed information on traffic throughout the network. Using enhanced traffic analysis protocols such as Extended RMON and sFlow, users can monitor overall traffic levels, segments with the highest traffic, or even the top users within a network segment.

• Group and Policy Management: Changes in configuration are tracked and logged, and archived configurations can be applied to one or many devices. Configurations can be compared over time or between two devices, with the differences highlighted for users.

• Advanced VLAN Management: A new, easy-to-use VLAN management interface allows users to create and assign VLANs across the entire network, without having to access each network device individually.

• Device Software Updates: This feature automatically obtains new device software images from ProCurve and updates devices, allowing users to download the latest version or choose the desired version. Updates can be scheduled easily across large groups of devices, all at user-specified times.

• Investment Protection: The modular software architecture of ProCurve Manager Plus will allow ProCurve to offer network administrators add-on software solutions that complement their needs.

Custom Login Banners for the Console and Web Browser Interfaces

You can now configure the switch to display a login banner of up to 3070 characters when an operator initiates a management session with the switch through any of the following methods:

■ Telnet

■ serial connection

■ SSHv2

■ Web browser

The default banner displays product registration information; the copyright splash is no longer displayed.

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If a banner is configured, the banner page is displayed when you access the Web user interface. The default product registration information is not displayed as there is already a product registration prompt displayed in the Web user interface.

Banner Operation with Telnet, Serial, or SSHv2 Access

When a system operator begins a login session, the switch displays the banner above the local password prompt or, if no password is configured, above the Press any key to continue prompt. Entering a correct password or, if no password is configured, pressing any key clears the banner from the CLI and displays the CLI prompt. (Refer to Figure 2-5 on page 2-10.)

Banner Operation with Web Browser Access

When a system operator uses a Web browser to access the switch, the text of a non-default banner configured on the switch appears in a dedicated banner window with a link to the Web agent home page. Clicking on To Home Page clears the banner window and prompts the user for a password (if configured). Following entry of the correct username/password information (or if no username/password is required), the switch then displays either the Registration page or the switch’s home page. Note that if the banner feature is disabled or if the switch is using the factory-default banner shown in figure 2-5, then the banner page does not appear in the Web browser when an operator initiates a login session with the switch.

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Configuring and Displaying a Non-Default Banner

You can enable or disable banner operation using either the switch’s CLI or an SNMP application. The steps include:

1. Enable non-default banner operation and define the endpoint delimiter for the banner.

2. Enter the desired banner text, including any specific line breaks you want.

3. Enter the endpoint delimiter.

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Use show banner motd to display the current banner status.

Syntax: banner motd < delimiter >

no banner motd

This command defines the single character used to terminate the banner text and enables banner text input. You can use any character except a blank space as a delimiter. The no form of the command disables the login banner feature.

< banner-text-string >

The switch allows up to 3070 banner characters, including blank spaces and CR-LF ([Enter]). (The tilde “ and the delimiter defined by banner motd <delimiter> are not allowed as part of the banner text.) While entering banner text, you can backspace to edit the current line (that is, a line that has not been terminated by a CR-LF.) However, terminating a line in a banner by entering a CR-LF prevents any further editing of that line. To edit a line in a banner entry after terminating the line with a CR-LF requires entering the delimiter described above and then re-configuring new banner text.

The banner text string must terminate with the character defined by banner motd < delimiter >.

~“

Example of Configuring and Displaying a Banner

Suppose a system operator wanted to configure the following banner message on her company’s switches:

This is a private system maintained by the

Allied Widget Corporation.

Unauthorized use of this system can result in

civil and criminal penalties!

In this case, the operator will use the [Enter] key to create line breaks, blank spaces for line centering, and the % symbol to terminate the banner message.

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Figure 2-4. Example of Configuring a Login Banner

To view the current banner configuration, use either the show banner motd or show running command.

ProCurve(config)# show banner motd

Banner Information

Banner status: Enabled Configured Banner:

This is a private system maintained by the

Allied Widget Corporation. Unauthorized use of this system can result in civil and criminal penalties!

Figure 2-5. Example of show banner motd Output

ProCurve(config)# show running Running configuration: ; J9146A Configuration Editor; Created on release #A.14.01 hostname "ProCurve Switch"

console baud-rate 9600 module 1 type JXXXXA

snmp-server community "public" Operator vlan 1

name "DEFAULT_VLAN" unt ip no exi banner

Unauthorized use of this system can result in

agged 1-5,9-24,Trk2 address 15.255.128.86 255.255.248.0 untagged 6 t motd “ This is a private system maintained by the Allied Widget Corporation.

civil and criminal penalites!”

Figure 2-6. The Current Banner Appears in the Switch’s Running-Config File

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Shows the current banner configuration.

Advantages of Using ProCurve Manager or ProCurve Manager Plus

The next time someone logs onto the switch’s management CLI, the following appears:

Figure 2-7. Example of CLI Result of the Login Banner Configuration

If someone uses a Web browser to log in to the switch interface, the following message appears:

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The login screen displays the configured banner.

Entering a correct password clears the banner and displays the CLI prompt.

Figure 2-8. Example of Web Browser Interface Result of the Login Banner

Configuration

Operating Notes

■ The default banner appears only when the switch is in the factory

default configuration. Using no banner motd deletes the currently configured banner text and blocks display of the default banner. The default banner is restored only if the switch is reset to its factorydefault configuration.

■ The switch supports one banner at any time. Configuring a new

banner replaces any former banner configured on the switch.

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■ If the switch is configured with ssh version 1 or ssh version 1-or-2,

configuring the banner sets the SSH configuration to ssh version 2 and displays the following message in the CLI:

Warning: SSH version has been set to v2.

■ If a banner is configured, the switch does not allow configuration with

ssh version 1 or ssh version 1-or-2. Attempting to do so produces the following error message in the CLI:

Banner has to be disabled first.

■ If a banner is enabled on the switch, the Web browser interface

displays the following link to the banner page:

Notice to all users

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