Hp Procurve 2510 User manual

Management and

Configuration Guide

2510

www.procurve.com

ProCurve Switches

Q.11. (2510-24)

U.11. (2510-48)

ProCurve Series 2510 Switches

Management and Configuration Guide

January 2008

Hewlett-Packard Company

8000 Foothills Boulevard, m/s 5551

Roseville, California 95747-5551

http://www.procurve.com

The information contained herein is subject to change without

notice.

Publication Number

5991-4761

January 2008

Applicable Products

ProCurve Switch 2510-24 (J9019B)

ProCurve Switch 2510-48 (J9020A)

Trademark Credits

Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are US registered

trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Disclaimer

HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY

OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL,

INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED

WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS

FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Hewlett-Packard shall not

be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or

consequential damages in connection with the furnishing,

performance, or use of this material.

The only warranties for HP products and services are set

forth in the express warranty statements accompanying

such products and services. Nothing herein should be

construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall

not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions

contained herein.

Hewlett-Packard assumes no responsibility for the use or

reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished

by Hewlett-Packard.

Warranty

See the Customer Support/Warranty booklet included with

the product.

A copy of the specific warranty terms applicable to your

Hewlett-Packard products and replacement parts can be

obtained from your HP Sales and Service Office or

authorized dealer.

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Contents

Product Documentation

About Your Switch Manual Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xv

Feature Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

1 Getting Started

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

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

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

Feature Descriptions by Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Command Syntax Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

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

Screen Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Port Identity Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Sources for More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Need Only a Quick Start? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

To Set Up and Install the Switch in Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

2 Selecting a Management Interface

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

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

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

Advantages of 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

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

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

Command Option Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Displaying CLI “Help” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Configuration Commands and the Context Configuration Modes . . 4-13

CLI Control and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

5 Using the 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 Web Browser Interface Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Viewing the “First Time Install” Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Creating Usernames and Passwords in the Browser Interface . . . . . . 5-8

Using the Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

Using the User Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10

If You Lose a 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

Status Reporting Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

The Overview Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

The Port Utilization and Status Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Port Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19

The Alert Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

Sorting the Alert Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

Alert Types and Detailed Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21

The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23

Setting Fault Detection Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24

6 Switch Memory and Configuration

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

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

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

Using the CLI To Implement Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces To Implement

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

Configuration Changes Using the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

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

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

Configuration Changes Using the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . 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

Booting from the Current Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

7 Interface Access and System Information

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

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

Interface Access: Console/Serial Link, Web, and Telnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Menu: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

CLI: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Denying Interface Access by Terminating Remote Management

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

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11

Menu: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

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

Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16

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

IP Addressing in a Stacking Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

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

DHCP/Bootp Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

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

IP Preserve: Retaining VLAN-1 IP Addressing Across Configuration

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

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

9 Time Protocols

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

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

TimeP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

SNTP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Overview: 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 . . . . . . . . . . 9-9

TimeP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14

Menu: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15

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

Viewing the Current TimeP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17

Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the TimeP Mode . . . . . . . . 9-18

SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21

Address Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22

Adding and Deleting SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22

Menu Interface Operation with Multiple SNTP Server

Addresses Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23

SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24

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10 Port Status and Basic Configuration

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

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

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

Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-4

CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 10-6

Using the CLI To View Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6

Viewing Transceiver Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8

Displaying Spanning Tree Configuration Details . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10

Using the CLI To Configure Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10

Using the CLI To Configure a Broadcast Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11

Configuring HP Auto-MDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12

Manual Auto-MDIX Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13

Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-15

QoS Pass-Through Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16

General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16

Priority Mapping With and Without QoS Pass-Through Mode . 10-17

How to enable/disable QoS Pass-Through Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18

Configuring Port-Based Priority for Incoming Packets . . . . . . . . . . 10-19

The Role of 802.1Q VLAN Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19

Outbound Port Queues and Packet Priority Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20

Operating Rules for Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21

Configuring and Viewing Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22

Messages Related to Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23

Troubleshooting Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23

Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24

Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . 10-24

Configuring Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25

Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data . . . . . . . . . . 10-27

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