HP OV-UX User manual

HPHub&SwitchManagementfor
OV-UX
User Guide

Hewlett-Packard Company
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Edition 1
September 1998
Applicable Product
HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-UX
J3250M
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Contents
1 Information About HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-
UX
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Features of HP Hub & Switch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
HP Proactive Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Support for New Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Technical Product Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
2 Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management for OV-
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Support Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Management Station Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Required Network Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Required Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Before Installing HP Hub & Switch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Removing HP Hub & Switch Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
3 Introduction to HP Hub & Switch Management
HP Hub & Switch Management Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
HP OpenView Network Management Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Definitions, Processes, and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
SNMP Manager and Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Community Names for Manager and Agent Interaction . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
What HP Devices Can Be Managed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
HP ProCurve Family of Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
4 Running HP Hub & Switch Management
Starting the Manager Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

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Starting HP OpenView . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Verifying Installation of the Manager Product Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Stopping and Restarting the Manager Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Stopping the Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Restarting the Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
5 Alerts - Find/Fix/Inform
HP Proactive Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Uptime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Interpreting the Alert Log - Find/Fix/Inform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
6 Accessing Hub Features
More Information on Device Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Accessing the Device View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Viewing Device Identity Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Interpreting Device Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Reading the Performance Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Status - Global Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Status - Port Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Configuring Your Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Configuration - Fault Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Configuration - System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Configuring IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Configuration - Backup Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Configuring Load Balancing - Switching Hubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Configuration - Support URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
7 Managing Switches
Switch Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Status - Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

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Status - Port Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Status - Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Device View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Configuration - Fault Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
Configuration - System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Configuration - IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Configuration - Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Configuration - Assigning a Monitoring Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Configuration - Device Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Automatic Broadcast Control (ABC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
The Spanning Tree Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Configuration - Support/Mgmt URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
8 Setting Up Security for a Device
Device Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Manager/Operator Password Combinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
The Function of Community Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Port Security (hubs only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Address Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Authorized Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Eavesdrop Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Send Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Disable Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Set Security Policy for Selected Ports (hubs only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
The Intrusion Log (hubs only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
9 Performing Diagnostics
Performing a Ping/Link Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Rebooting a Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Resetting a Hub to Factory Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

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Producing a Configuration Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
10 HP Hub & Switch Management Admin
Starting HP Hub & Switch Management Admin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
HP Admin Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
Network Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
User Interface Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Graph Options Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Printer Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
OpenView Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
11 Management for Non-Browserable Devices
About Closeup Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Displaying the Closeup View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Closeup View Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
Overview of Toolbar Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
Configuration Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8
Appendix A
Agent Firmware Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Verifying Device Agent Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Preparing Network Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Device Network Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Globally Assigned IP Network Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Configuring IP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

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Information About HP Hub & Switch
Management for OV-UX
This chapter includes:
■Introduction
■Features of HP Hub & Switch Management
■Technical Product Support
Introduction
This guidewill help youuse HP Hub& Switch Managementfor basic manage-
ment of HP network devices.
We assume that you are a knowledgeable HP-UX system and network admin-
istrator,andhavesupervisoryaccesstoyournetworksystemanddevices.For
example, you should know the following:
■how to update your HP-UX system with new software
■how to kill processes
■how to write scripts
■how to modify X Window/Motif resources
■how to view, search, and edit files
You should understand the functions and correct operation of your network
devices, such as hubs, bridges, routers, and switches. Your system should be
set up to support the use of the HP OpenView platform and HP Hub & Switch
Management. You should already have the appropriate network software
running and know how to use your network utilities.

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Features of HP Hub & Switch
Management
This sectionpresents some ofthe featuresthat are included inthis version of
HP Hub & Switch Management.
HP Proactive Networking
HP Proactive Networking offers the combined benefits of outstanding prod-
uctsandeffective,easy-to-usenetworkmanagementthatprovideyouwiththe
control, uptime and performance your network needs.
Control
■Increases visibility into the network by monitoring all segments and
displaying network performance information
■Provides Anywhere Management with an easy-to-use Web browser inter-
face
■Is compatible with other vendor’s products
Uptime
■Finds and fixes common network problems, then informs the network
administrator
■Provides high availability and high performance
• Switch meshing for switching
• Cisco Fast EtherChannel®for servers
■Standards-based products
■Lifetime warranty (for as long as you own the product) and free end-user
telephone support
Performance
■Award winning products
■Large capacity “pipes” (up to 20 Gbps) between switches
■Provides high availability and high performance
• Switch meshing for switching
• Cisco Fast EtherChannel®for servers

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■Scalable solutions from 10 Mbps to Gigabit Ethernet
■Blocks unwanted traffic with Protocol Filtering
HP Proactive Networking products save time, money and increase produc-
tivity. The agent-enabled, web-based management component of Proactive
NetworkingisembeddedinnewlyintroducedHPmanagedhubsandswitches.
ItconsistsofaJava-basedWebagentandanembeddedwebserver.Inthepast,
if you wanted to see a graphical representation of your network or get device-
specificinformation, youhadtofirstloadmanagement softwareon aspecific
station and then be at that station to view the screens.
You can now use most Web browsers that supports Java and frames. There is
no need to learna new application. Yousee the same interface with the same
look and feel —Java is operating-system independent. You can use a Web
browser on any networked computer, day or night, to configure, control, and
monitornetworkingdevices(managedhubsandswitches),andtoqueryfaults
from any of these devices. You will immediately see the reduced cost of
ownership, since the devices can be managed with minimal effort anytime,
anywhere, and with any platform.
Using your Web browser, you can now perform network management func-
tions for several HP devices.
Note: The device must have an IP address in order to be managed with
a browser. The management station must also have an IP address.
Support for New Switches
Several new switches are supported, as described below.
■HP ProCurve Switch 8000M (J4110A) — a 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet
modularbackboneswitchthatprovidesscalable,highportdensity10/100/
Gigabit switching with HP Proactive Networking. Features include:
• 10/100 auto-sensing ports (up to 80 ports)
• Multiple Gigabit connectivity
• Fast EtherChannel® to servers
• 100Base-FX fiber-optic port connectivity
• Automatic Broadcast Control
•Switchmeshing
■HP ProCurve Switch 1600M (J4120A) — a 10/100/Gigabit server farm
connectivityswitchthatprovides10/100/GigabitswitchingwithHPProac-
tive Networking. Features include:
• Sixteen 10/100 auto-sensing ports optimized for Ethernet

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• An expansion slot for Gigabit connectivity
• Gigabit Fiber Optic port or 8 10/100 auto-sensing ports
• Layer 3 switching
• Fast EtherChannel® to servers
•Switchmeshing
HP ProCurve Switch 4000M (J4121A) — a 10/100/Gigabit Ethernet modular
desktopswitchthat providesscalable/expandable,low-costmigration10/100/
Gigabit switching to the desktop with HP Proactive Networking. Features
include:
• Forty 10/100Base-T desktop switch auto-sensing ports
• Five open slots for additional modules
• Can support up to 80 10/100 auto-sensing ports
HPProCurveSwitch2400M(J4122A)—a10/100desktopswitch,idealforlow-
cost migration to desktop switching.
HPProCurveSwitch212M (J3298A)andHPProCurveSwitch224M(J3299A)
—10Mbpsdesktopswitchesthatprovide12or24portsofdedicatedswitching
tothedesktopwithtwo10/100Mbps“fat”pipesandHPProactiveNetworking.
Technical Product Support
Product support is available on the World Wide Web. The URL is:
http://www.hp.com/go/network_city
Click on Support. The information available at this site includes:
■HP network device MIBs
■HP network device firmware
■HP Hub & Switch Management frequently asked questions
In addition, you can call your HP Authorized Dealer or the nearest HP Sales
and Support Office.