Hp 6400cl User manual

Management and

Configuration Guide

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HP ProCurve

Series 6400cl Switches

Series 5300xl Switches

Series 3400cl Switches

HP ProCurve

Series 6400cl Switches

Series 5300xl Switches

Series 3400cl Switches

January 2005

E.09.xx or Greater

M.08.6xor Greater

Management and Configuration Guide

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5990-6050

January 2005

Applicable Products

HP ProCurve Switch 5308XL (J4819A)

HP ProCurve Switch 5372XL (J4848A)

HP ProCurve Switch 5348XL (J4849A)

HP ProCurve Switch 5304XL (J4850A)

HP ProCurve Switch 3400cl-24G (J4905A)

HP ProCurve Switch 3400cl-48G (J4906A)

HP ProCurve Switch 10G CX4 6400cl-6xg (J8433A)

HP ProCurve Switch 10G X2 6400cl-6xg (J8474A)

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Contents

1 Getting Started

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

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

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

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

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

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

Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

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

Sources for MoreInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

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 HP Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Advantages of Using HP ProCurve Manager or HP ProCurve

Manager Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

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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 fromthe 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 ToGo 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 MoveBetween 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 Commandsand the Context Configuration Modes . . 4-13

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

5 Using the HP Web Browser Interface

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

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

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

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

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

Using HP ProCurveManager (PCM) or HP ProCurve Manager

Plus (PCM+) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

Tasks for Your First HP 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 HP Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

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

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

Helpand the Management Server URL . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

Status Reporting Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

The Overview Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

The PortUtilization and Status Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15

Port Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15

Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

The Alert Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18

Sorting the Alert Log Entries . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18

Alert Types and Detailed Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19

The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

Setting Fault Detection Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22

6 Switch Memory and Configuration

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

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

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

Using the CLI ToImplement Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces ToImplement

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

Menu: Implementing Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

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

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

Web: Implementing Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11

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

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

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

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

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

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19

Multiple Configuration Files on5300xl Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20

General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22

Transitioning to Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24

Listing and DisplayingStartup-Config Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25

Viewing the Startup-Config File Status with Multiple

Configuration Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25

Displaying the Content of A Specific Startup-Config File . . . . . . 6-27

Changing orOverriding the Reboot Configuration Policy . . . . . . . . . 6-27

Managing Startup-Config Files inthe Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29

Renaming an Existing Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30

Creating a New Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30

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

Using the Clear + Reset Button Combination To Reset the

Switch to Its Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33

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 . . . . . 6-35

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially

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

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration from a Serially

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

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

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 InterfaceAccess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Denying Interface Access by Terminating Remote Management

Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Menu: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

CLI:Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11

Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

8 Configuring IP Addressing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How IP Addressing Affects Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

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

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

IP Preserve: Retaining VLAN-1IP Addressing Across

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

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

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

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9 Time Protocols

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

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

TimeP TimeSynchronization . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 TimeSynchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 SNTPMode . . . . . . . . . 9-10

TimeP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15

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

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

Viewing the Current TimeP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18

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

SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24

Address Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24

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

Adding and Deleting SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25

Menu: Operation with Multiple SNTP Server Addresses

Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27

SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27

10 Port Status and Basic Configuration

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2

Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2

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

CLI: Viewing Port Statusand Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 10-8

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