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HP PROCURVE 6120 Management And Configuration Manual (589 pages)

ProCurve Series 6120 Switches

Brand: HP | Category: Switch | Size: 3.47 MB

Table of Contents

4
- 1 Getting Started
  
  4
- 2 Selecting a Management Interface
  
  4
  - Table of Contents
    4
- 3 Using the Menu Interface
  
  5
- 4 Using the Command Line Interface (Cli)
  
  5
- 5 Using the Procurve Web Browser Interface
  
  6
  - Switch Memory and Configuration
    7
- Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces to Implement
  
  7
- 7 Interface Access and System Information
  
  8
- 8 Configuring Ip Addressing
  
  9
- 9 Time Protocols
  
  9
  - Port Status and Configuration
    10
- 11 Port Trunking
  
  11
- 12 Port Traffic Controls
  
  12
- Product Documentation
  
  22
  - Contents
    27
- Introduction
  
  28
- Conventions
  
  28
  - Command Syntax Statements
    28
  - Command Prompts
    29
  - Screen Simulations
    29
  - Configuration and Operation Examples
    29
  - Keys
    29
- Sources for more Information
  
  30
  - Getting Documentation from the Web
    32
  - Online Help
    32
    
    Menu Interface
    32
    
    Command Line Interface
    33
    
    Web Browser Interface
    33
  - IP Addressing
    34
- Need Only a Quick Start
  
  34
  - Contents
    36
  - Overview
    37
- To Set up and Install the Switch in Your Network
  
  34
  - Physical Installation
    34
- Understanding Physical Interfaces
  
  37
- Understanding Management Interfaces
  
  38
- Advantages of Using the Menu Interface
  
  39
- Advantages of Using the CLI
  
  40
  - General Benefits
    40
  - Information on Using the CLI
    40
- Advantages of Using the Web Browser Interface
  
  41
- Or Procurve Manager Plus
  
  42
  - Web Browser Interfaces
    44
    
    Banner Operation with Telnet, Serial, or Sshv2 Access
    44
    
    Banner Operation with Web Browser Access
    44
    
    Configuring and Displaying a Non-Default Banner
    45
    
    Example of Configuring and Displaying a Banner
    46
    
    Operating Notes
    48
    
    Contents
    49
    
    Overview
    50
- Starting and Ending a Menu Session
  
  51
  - How to Start a Menu Interface Session
    52
  - How to End a Menu Session and Exit from the Console
    53
- Main Menu Features
  
  55
- Screen Structure and Navigation
  
  57
  - Rebooting the Switch
    60
- Menu Features List
  
  62
- Where to Go from here
  
  63
  - Contents
    64
- Accessing the CLI
  
  65
  - Overview
    65
  - Using the CLI
    65
  - Privilege Levels at Logon
    66
  - Privilege Level Operation
    67
    
    Operator Privileges
    67
    
    Manager Privileges
    68
  - How to Move between Levels
    70
  - Listing Commands and Command Options
    71
    
    Listing Commands Available at any Privilege Level
    71
    
    Listing Command Options
    73
    
    Displaying Cli "Help
    74
  - Configuration Commands and the Context Configuration Modes
    76
- CLI Control and Editing
  
  79
  - Executing a Prior Command—Redo
    79
  - Repeating Execution of a Command
    79
  - Using a Command Alias
    81
  - CLI Shortcut Keystrokes
    83
    
    Contents
    84
    
    Overview
    85
- General Features
  
  86
- Interface Session with the Switch
  
  87
- Support/Mgmt Urls Feature
  
  95
- Status Reporting Features
  
  99
  - The Overview Window
    99
  - The Port Utilization and Status Displays
    100
    
    Port Utilization
    100
    
    Port Status
    102
  - The Alert Log
    103
    
    Sorting the Alert Log Entries
    103
    
    Alert Types and Detailed Views
    104
  - The Status Bar
    105
  - Setting Fault Detection Policy
    107
  - Contents
    109
Switch Memory and Configuration

110
- Configuration File Management
  
  111
  - Overview
    111
  - Using the CLI to Implement Configuration Changes
    114
- Configuration Changes
  
  118
  - Menu: Implementing Configuration Changes
    118
    
    Rebooting from the Menu Interface
    119
  - Web: Implementing Configuration Changes
    121
- Using Primary and Secondary Flash Image Options
  
  122
  - Displaying the Current Flash Image Data
    122
  - Switch Software Downloads
    124
  - Local Switch Software Replacement and Removal
    125
    
    Operating Notes about Booting
    127
    
    Rebooting the Switch
    127
    
    Boot and Reload Command Comparison
    128
    
    Setting the Default Flash
    129
    
    Booting from a Specified Flash
    130
    
    Booting from the Default Flash (Primary or Secondary)
    130
    
    Using Reload
    131
- Multiple Configuration Files
  
  133
- Interface Access: Console/Serial Link, Web, and Inbound Telnet
  
  154
  - Menu: Modifying the Interface Access
    155
  - CLI: Modifying the Interface Access
    156
- Sessions
  
  162
- System Information
  
  163
- IP Configuration
  
  172
- Protocol Operation
  
  192
  - General Steps for Running a Time Protocol on the Switch:
    192
  - Disabling Time Synchronization
    192
- SNTP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring
  
  193
  - Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNTP
    194
  - CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNTP
    197
    
    Viewing the Current SNTP Configuration
    197
    
    Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the SNTP Mode
    199
- Timep: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring
  
  205
  - Menu: Viewing and Configuring Timep
    206
  - CLI: Viewing and Configuring Timep
    207
    
    Viewing the Current Timep Configuration
    208
    
    Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the Timep Mode
    209
- SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers
  
  214
- SNTP Messages in the Event Log
  
  215
  - Contents
    216
- Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters
  
  218
  - Overview
    218
  - Menu: Port Configuration
    221
  - CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters
    223
    
    Viewing Port Status and Configuration
    223
  - Customizing the Show Interfaces Command
    225
    
    Error Messages
    227
  - Viewing Port Utilization Statistics
    228
    
    Command
    228
  - Viewing Transceiver Status
    229
  - Enabling or Disabling Ports and Configuring Port Mode
    230
  - Enabling or Disabling Flow Control
    232
    
    Configuring a Broadcast Limit on the Switch
    233
    
    Configuring Procurve Auto-MDIX
    234
    
    Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters
    237
  - Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names
    238
    
    Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names
    238
    
    Configuring Friendly Port Names
    239
    
    Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data
    240
    
    Been Inserted
    244
    
    Clearing the Module Configuration
    244
    
    Modules
    244
    
    Transceivers
    244
    
    Operating Notes
    245
  - Uni-Directional Link Detection (Udld)
    246
    
    Configuring UDLD
    247
    
    Enabling UDLD
    248
    
    Changing the Keepalive Interval
    249
    
    Changing the Keepalive Retries
    249
    
    Configuring UDLD for Tagged Ports
    249
    
    Viewing UDLD Information
    250
    
    Configuration Warnings and Event Log Messages
    252
    
    Contents
    253
    
    Overview
    254
  - Port Trunk Features and Operation
    256
  - Trunk Configuration Methods
    256
  - Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group
    261
  - CLI: Viewing and Configuring Port Trunk Groups
    263
    
    Using the CLI to View Port Trunks
    263
    
    Using the CLI to Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group
    266
  - Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups
    269
  - Trunk Group Operation Using LACP
    270
    
    Default Port Operation
    273
    
    LACP Notes and Restrictions
    274
    
    Trunk Group Operation Using the "Trunk" Option
    278
  - How the Switch Lists Trunk Data
    279
  - Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links
    279
  - Contents
    282
  - Jumbo Frames
    283
  - Overview
    283
  - Terminology
    283
    
    Operating Rules
    284
    
    Configuring Jumbo Frame Operation
    285
    
    Overview
    285
    
    Viewing the Current Jumbo Configuration
    286
    
    Configuring a Maximum Frame Size
    288
    
    Enabling or Disabling Jumbo Traffic on a VLAN
    288
    
    SNMP Implementation
    288
    
    Displaying the Maximum Frame Size
    289
    
    Jumbo IP MTU
    289
    
    Operating Notes for Maximum Frame Size
    289
    
    Operating Notes for Jumbo Traffic-Handling
    290
  - Troubleshooting
    292
- Contents
  
  293
Contents/Lldp (Link-Layer Discovery Protocol)

294
- Using SNMP Tools to Manage the Switch
  295
  - Overview
    295
  - SNMP Management Features
    297
  - Configuring for SNMP Version 1 and 2C Access to the Switch
    297
  - Configuring for SNMP Version 3 Access to the Switch
    298
  - SNMP Version 3 Commands
    299
    
    Enabling Snmpv3
    300
    
    Snmpv3 Users
    300
  - Group Access Levels
    304
  - Snmpv3 Communities
    304
  - Communities
    306
  - CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Community Names
    308
- SNMP Notifications
  310
- Advanced Management: RMON
  327
- Lldp (Link-Layer Discovery Protocol)
  328
- Terminology
  329
- General LLDP Operation
  331
  - Lldp-Med
    331
- Packet Boundaries in a Network Topology
  331
- Configuration Options
  332
- LLDP and LLDP-MED Standards Compatibility
  334
- Options for Reading LLDP Information Collected by the Switch
  334
- LLDP Operating Rules
  335
- Configuring LLDP Operation
  336
- Lldp-Med (Media-Endpoint-Discovery)
  347
- Displaying Advertisement Data
  360
  - Advertisements
    361
  - Displaying LLDP Statistics
    365
- LLDP Operating Notes
  367
- LLDP and CDP Data Management
  369
  - LLDP and CDP Neighbor Data
    369
  - CDP Operation and Commands
    371
- Contents
  375
Table of Contents

376
Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

408
- Contents
  408
- Overview
  
  410
- Status and Counters Data
  
  411
  - Menu Access to Status and Counters
    412
  - General System Information
    413
    
    Menu Access
    413
    
    CLI Access to System Information
    414
  - Task Monitor-Collecting Processor Data
    415
  - Switch Management Address Information
    415
    
    Menu Access
    415
    
    CLI Access
    416
  - Port Status
    417
    
    CLI Access
    417
    
    Menu: Displaying Port Status
    417
    
    Web Access
    417
  - Viewing Port and Trunk Group Statistics and Flow Control Status
    418
    
    Menu Access to Port and Trunk Statistics
    419
    
    CLI Access to Port and Trunk Group Statistics
    420
    
    Web Browser Access to View Port and Trunk Group Statistics
    420
  - Viewing the Switch's MAC Address Tables
    421
    
    Menu Access to the MAC Address Views and Searches
    421
    
    CLI Access for MAC Address Views and Searches
    424
  - Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) Information
    425
    
    CLI Access to MSTP Data
    425
  - Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Status
    426
  - VLAN Information
    427
  - Web Browser Interface Status Information
    429
- Traffic Mirroring
  
  430
Troubleshooting

455
- Contents
  455
- Overview
  
  458
- Troubleshooting Approaches
  
  459
- Browser or Telnet Access Problems
  
  461
- Unusual Network Activity
  
  463
  - General Problems
    463
  - 802.1Q Prioritization Problems
    464
  - IGMP-Related Problems
    464
  - LACP-Related Problems
    465
  - Port-Based Access Control (802.1X)-Related Problems
    465
  - Qos-Related Problems
    468
  - Radius-Related Problems
    469
  - Spanning-Tree Protocol (MSTP) and Fast-Uplink Problems
    470
  - SSH-Related Problems
    471
  - TACACS-Related Problems
    473
  - Timep, SNTP, or Gateway Problems
    475
  - VLAN-Related Problems
    475
- Using the Event Log for Troubleshooting Switch Problems
  
  478
- Debug/Syslog Operation
  
  491
- Diagnostic Tools
  
  510
  - Port Auto-Negotiation
    511
  - Ping and Link Tests
    511
    
    Web: Executing Ping or Link Tests
    512
    
    CLI: Ping Test
    513
    
    Link Tests
    514
  - Traceroute Command
    515
- Viewing Switch Configuration and Operation
  
  519
- Restoring the Factory-Default Configuration
  
  530
  - CLI: Resetting to the Factory-Default Configuration
    530
  - Clear/Reset: Resetting to the Factory-Default Configuration
    530
- Restoring a Flash Image
  
  531
- DNS Resolver
  
  533
  - Terminology
    533
  - Basic Operation
    534
  - Configuring and Using DNS Resolution with DNS-Compatible Commands
    535
  - Configuring a DNS Entry
    536
  - Example Using DNS Names with Ping and Traceroute
    537
  - Viewing the Current DNS Configuration
    539
  - Operating Notes
    540
  - Event Log Messages
    541
  - Contents
    542
  - Overview
    543
  - Determining MAC Addresses
    544
    
    Menu: Viewing the Switch's MAC Addresses
    545
    
    CLI: Viewing the Port and VLAN MAC Addresses
    546
  - Viewing the MAC Addresses of Connected Devices
    548
  - Contents
    549
  - Viewing Information on Resource Usage
    550
    
    Policy Enforcement Engine
    550
  - When Insufficient Resources Are Available
    551
Network Out-Of-Band Management (Oobm)

555
- Contents
  555
- Concepts
  
  556
  - Example
    559
  - OOBM and Switch Applications
    560
- Tasks
  
  561
  - OOBM Configuration
    561
    
    OOBM Context
    561
    
    OOBM Enable/Disable
    562
    
    OOBM Port Enable/Disable
    563
    
    OOBM Ipv4 Address Configuration
    564
    
    OOBM Ipv4 Default Gateway Configuration
    564
  - OOBM Show Commands
    565
    
    Show OOBM
    565
    
    Show OOBM ARP Information
    566
    
    Show OOBM IP Configuration
    566
  - Application Server Commands
    567
  - Application Client Commands
    569
  - Example
    570

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents

1 Getting Started

2 Selecting a Management Interface

3 Using the Menu Interface

4 Using the Command Line Interface (Cli)

5 Using the Procurve Web Browser Interface

Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces to Implement

7 Interface Access and System Information

8 Configuring Ip Addressing

9 Time Protocols

11 Port Trunking

12 Port Traffic Controls

Product Documentation

Introduction

Conventions

Sources for more Information

Need Only a Quick Start

To Set up and Install the Switch in Your Network

Understanding Physical Interfaces

Understanding Management Interfaces

Advantages of Using the Menu Interface

Advantages of Using the CLI

Advantages of Using the Web Browser Interface

Or Procurve Manager Plus

Starting and Ending a Menu Session

Main Menu Features

Screen Structure and Navigation

Menu Features List

Where to Go from here

Accessing the CLI

CLI Control and Editing

General Features

Interface Session with the Switch

Support/Mgmt Urls Feature

Status Reporting Features

Switch Memory and Configuration

Configuration File Management

Configuration Changes

Using Primary and Secondary Flash Image Options

Multiple Configuration Files

Interface Access: Console/Serial Link, Web, and Inbound Telnet

Sessions

System Information

IP Configuration

Protocol Operation

SNTP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring

Timep: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring

SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers

SNTP Messages in the Event Log

Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters

Contents

Contents/Lldp (Link-Layer Discovery Protocol)

Table of Contents

Downloading Switch Software

Copying Software Images

Transferring Switch Configurations

Copying Diagnostic Data to a Remote Host, USB Device, PC or UNIX Workstation

Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

Overview

Status and Counters Data

Traffic Mirroring

Troubleshooting

Overview

Troubleshooting Approaches

Browser or Telnet Access Problems

Unusual Network Activity

Using the Event Log for Troubleshooting Switch Problems

Debug/Syslog Operation

Diagnostic Tools

Viewing Switch Configuration and Operation

Restoring the Factory-Default Configuration

Restoring a Flash Image

DNS Resolver

Network Out-Of-Band Management (Oobm)

Concepts

Tasks

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