Hp Procurve 1600m User manual

Printed in Singapore 6/98

Manual Part Number

5967-2146

*5967-2146*

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HP ProCurve

Switch 212M and 224M

Management and Configuration Guide

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Hewlett-Packard Company

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Publication Number

5967-2146

June 1998

Applicable Products

HP ProCurve Switch 212M (HP J3298A)

HP ProCurve Switch 224M (HP J3299A)

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Contents

1 Selecting a Management Interface

Understanding Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Advantages of Using the HP Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Advantages of Using the Switch Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

2 Configuring an IP Address on the Switch

Methods for Configuring an IP Address and Subnet Mask . . . . . . . 2-2

Manually Configuring an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Where To Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

3 Using the HP Web Browser Interface

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Web Browser Interface Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Starting an HP Web Browser Interface Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Using a Standalone Web Browser in a PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . 3-3

Using HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Tasks for Your First HP Web Browser Interface Session . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Viewing the “First Time Install” Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Creating User Names and Passwords in the Web Browser Interface 3-8

Online Help for the HP Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

The Web Browser Interface Screen Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

The Overview Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

The Port Utilization and Status Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

The Alert Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

The Tab Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21

Setting Fault Detection Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25

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4 Using the Switch Console

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Starting and Ending a Console Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

How To Start a Console Session: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

How To End a Console Session: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Main Menu Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Screen Structure and Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Using Password Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

To set Manager and Operator passwords: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Using the Command Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

5 Using HP TopTools To Monitor and Manage the Switch

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

SNMP Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

SNMP Configuration Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Advanced Management: RMON and HP Extended RMON Support 5-4

RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Extended RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

6 Configuring the Switch

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Configuration Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Support/Management URLs Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Support URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Management Server URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Configuring IP Address from the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

Configuring IP Address from the Switch Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

How IP Addressing Affects Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

DHCP/Bootp Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Globally Assigned IP Network Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

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SNMP Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15

Configuring SNMP Communities from the Switch Console . . . . . . . 6-15

Trap Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18

Console/Serial Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20

Using the Switch Console To Configure the Console/Serial Link . . . 6-21

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22

Configuring System Parameters from the Web Browser Interface . 6-22

Configuring System Information from the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24

Configuring Port Parameters from the Web Browser Interface . . . . 6-26

Configuring Port Parameters from the Switch Console . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27

Network Monitoring Port Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-28

Configuring Port Monitoring from the Web Browser Interface . . . . 6-28

Configuring Port Monitoring from the Switch Console . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30

Enabling STP from the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31

Using the Switch Console To Configure STP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32

How STP Operates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33

IP Multicast (IGMP) Service Features—Multimedia Traffic Control

6-34

Configuring IGMP from the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35

Using the Switch Console To Configure IGMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36

How IGMP Operates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38

Special Case IGMP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42

7 Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Switch Console Status and Counters Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

General System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Switch Management Address Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Displaying Port Status from the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Displaying Port Status from the Switch Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

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Port Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

Displaying Port Counters from the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . 7-8

Displaying Port Counters from the Console Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Address Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11

Port Address Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

Spanning Tree (STP) Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

IP Multicast (IGMP) Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

8 Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Web Browser Interface or Switch Console Access Problems . . . . . 8-3

Unusual Network Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Using the Event Log to Identify Problem Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

Ping and Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

The Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13

Using the Command Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15

Restoring the Factory Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16

A File Transfers

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Downloading an Operating System (OS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

Using TFTP To Download the OS File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Using Xmodem to Download the OS File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Using the SNMP-Based HP Download Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Switch-to-Switch Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Troubleshooting TFTP Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6

Transferring Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8

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B MAC Address Management

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Determining the MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

Base MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Switch Port MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3

Index

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