HP PROCURVE 2910AL User manual

IPv6 Configuration Guide
ProCurve Switches
W.14.03
2910al
www.procurve.com

HP ProCurve 2910al Switch
February 2009
W.14.03
IPv6 Configuration Guide

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February 2009
Applicable Products
HP ProCurve 2910al-24G Switch J9145A
HP ProCurve 2910al-48G Switch J9147A
HP ProCurve 2910al-24G-PoE+ Switch J9146A
HP ProCurve 2910al-48G-PoE+ Switch J9148A
HP ProCurve 2-Port 10-GbE SFP+ al Module J9008A
HP ProCurve 2-Port 10-GbE CX4 al Module J9149A
HP ProCurve 10-GbE al Interconnect Kit J9165A
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Contents
About Your Switch Manual Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Printed Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Electronic Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Software Feature Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
1 Getting Started
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Configuration and Operation Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Protocol Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Command Syntax and Displayed Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Command Syntax Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Command Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Screen Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Sources for More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Getting Documentation From the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
Physical Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
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2 Introduction to IPv6
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Migrating to IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
IPv6 Propagation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Dual-Stack Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Connecting to Devices Supporting IPv6 Over IPv4 Tunneling . . . . . . 2-5
Information Sources for Tunneling IPv6 Over IPv4 . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Use Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Adding IPv6 Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Supported IPv6 Operation in Release K.13.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Configuration and Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
IPv6 Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
SLAAC (Stateless Automatic Address Configuration) . . . . . . . . . 2-7
DHCPv6 (Stateful) Address Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Static Address Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Default IPv6 Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Neighbor Discovery (ND) in IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
IPv6 Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
TFTPv6 Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
IPv6 Time Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Telnet6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
IP Preserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Configurable IPv6 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
SSHv2 on IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
IP Authorized Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Diagnostic and Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Ping6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Traceroute6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Domain Name System (DNS) Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
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Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
SNMP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Loopback Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Debug/Syslog Enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
IPv6 Scalability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Path MTU (PMTU) Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
3 IPv6 Addressing
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Preferred and Valid Lifetimes of Stateless Autoconfigured
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
IPv6 Address Structure and Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Address Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Address Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Network Prefix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Interface (Device) Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
IPv6 Addressing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
IPv6 Address Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
General IPv6 Address Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
IPv6 Address Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Stateful (DHCPv6) Address Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Static Address Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Address Types and Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Address Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Address Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Unicast Address Prefixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Link-Local Unicast Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Autoconfiguring Link-Local Unicast Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Extended Unique Identifier (EUI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Statically Configuring Link-Local Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
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Global Unicast Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Stateless Autoconfiguration of a Global Unicast Address . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Static Configuration of a Global Unicast Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Prefixes in Routable IPv6 Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Unique Local Unicast IPv6 Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Anycast Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Multicast Application to IPv6 Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Overview of the Multicast Operation in IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
IPv6 Multicast Address Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Multicast Group Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Solicited-Node Multicast Address Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Loopback Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
The Unspecified Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
IPv6 Address Deprecation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Preferred and Valid Address Lifetimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
4 IPv6 Addressing Configuration
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Enabling IPv6 with an Automatically
Enabling Automatic Configuration of a
Global Unicast Address and a Default
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
General Configuration Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Configuring IPv6 Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Configured Link-Local Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Router Identity on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Enabling DHCPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Configuring a Static IPv6 Address on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Statically Configuring a Link-Local Unicast Address . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Statically Configuring A Global Unicast Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
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Statically Configuring An Anycast Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) for Statically
Configured Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Disabling IPv6 on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Neighbor Discovery (ND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
DAD Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Configuring DAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
View the Current IPv6 Addressing Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Router Access and Default Router Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Router Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Router Solicitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Default IPv6 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
Router Redirection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
View IPv6 Gateway, Route, and Router Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Viewing Gateway and IPv6 Route Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
Viewing IPv6 Router Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30
Address Lifetimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Preferred Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Valid Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
Sources of IPv6 Address Lifetimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-32
5 IPv6 Management Features
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Viewing and Clearing the IPv6 Neighbors Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Viewing the Neighbor Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Clearing the Neighbor Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Telnet6 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Outbound Telnet6 to Another Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Viewing the Current Telnet Activity on a Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Enabling or Disabling Inbound Telnet6 Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
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Viewing the Current Inbound Telnet6 Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
SNTP and Timep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the SNTP Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Configuring an IPv6 Address for an SNTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the Timep Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
TFTP File Transfers Over IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
TFTP File Transfers over IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Enabling TFTP for IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Using TFTP to Copy Files over IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Using Auto-TFTP for IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
SNMP Management for IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
SNMP Features Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
SNMP Configuration Commands Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
SNMPv1 and V2c . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
SNMPv3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
IP Preserve for IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
6 IPv6 Management Security Features
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
IPv6 Management Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Authorized IP Managers for IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Usage Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Configuring Authorized IP Managers for Switch Access . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Using a Mask to Configure Authorized Management Stations . . . . . . 6-5
Configuring Single Station Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Configuring Multiple Station Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Displaying an Authorized IP Managers Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Additional Examples of Authorized IPv6 Managers Configuration . 6-13
Secure Shell for IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Configuring SSH for IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Displaying an SSH Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Secure Copy and Secure FTP for IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
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7 Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Introduction to MLD Snooping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Configuring MLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Enabling or Disabling MLD Snooping on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Configuring Per-Port MLD Traffic Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Configuring the Querier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Configuring Fast Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Configuring Forced Fast Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Displaying MLD Status and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Current MLD Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Current MLD Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Ports Currently Joined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-17
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
8 IPv6 Diagnostic and Troubleshooting
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Ping for IPv6 (Ping6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Traceroute for IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
DNS Resolver for IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
DNS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Viewing the Current Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Debug/Syslog for IPv6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Configuring Debug and Event Log Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Debug Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Configuring Debug Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
Logging Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-15
ix

A Terminology
Index
x

Product Documentation
About Your Switch Manual Set
Note For the latest version of all ProCurve switch documentation, including
Release Notes covering recently added features, please visit the ProCurve
Networking Web site at www.procurve.com, click on Customer Care, and then
click on Manuals.
Printed Publications
The publications listed below are printed and shipped with your switch. The
latest version is also available in PDF format on the ProCurve Web site, as
described in the Note at the top of this page.
■ Read Me First—Provides software update information, product notes,
and other information.
■ HP ProCurve Switch Quick Setup—Provides quick start installation
instructions. See the Installation and Getting Started Guide for more
detailed information.
Electronic Publications
The latest version of each of the publications listed below is available in PDF
format on the ProCurve Web site, as described in the Note at the top of this
page.
■ Installation and Getting Started Guide—Explains how to prepare for
and perform the physical installation and connect the switch to your
network.
■ Management and Configuration Guide—Describes how to configure,
manage, and monitor basic switch operation.
■ Advanced Traffic Management Guide—Explains how to configure traffic
management features such as VLANs, MSTP, QoS, and Meshing.
■ Multicast and Routing Guide—Explains how to configure IGMP, PIM, IP
routing, and VRRP features.
■ Access Security Guide—Explains how to configure access security fea-
tures and user authentication on the switch.
■ IPv6 Configuration Guide—Describes the IPv6 protocol operations that
are supported on the switch.
■ Release Notes—Describe new features, fixes, and enhancements that
become available between revisions of the main product guide.
xi

Software Feature Index
For the software manual set supporting your 2910al switch model, this feature
index indicates which manual to consult for information on a given software
feature.
Note This Index does not cover IPv6 capable software features. For information on
IPv6 protocol operations and features (such as DHCPv6, DNS for IPv6, Ping6,
and MLD Snooping), refer to the IPv6 Configuration Guide.
Intelligent Edge Software
Features
Manual
Management
and
Configuration
Advanced
Traffic
Management
Multicast and
Routing
Access
Security
Guide
802.1Q VLAN Tagging X
802.1X Port-Based Priority X
802.1X Multiple Authenticated Clients Per Port X
Access Control Lists (ACLs) X
AAA Authentication X
Authorized IP Managers X
Authorized Manager List (Web, Telnet, TFTP) X
Auto MDIX Configuration X
BOOTP X
Config File X
Console Access X
Copy Command X
CoS (Class of Service) X
Debug X
DHCP Configuration X
DHCP Option 82 X
DHCP Snooping X
xii

Intelligent Edge Software
Features
Manual
Management
and
Configuration
Advanced
Traffic
Management
Multicast and
Routing
Access
Security
Guide
DHCP/Bootp Operation
Diagnostic Tools
Downloading Software
X
X
X
Dynamic ARP Protection
Dynamic Configuration Arbiter
Eavesdrop Protection
Event Log X
X
X
X
Factory Default Settings
Flow Control (802.3x)
File Management
File Transfers
X
X
X
X
Friendly Port Names
Guaranteed Minimum Bandwidth (GMB)
GVRP
Identity-Driven Management (IDM)
X
X
X
X
IGMP
Interface Access (Telnet, Console/Serial, Web)
IP Addressing
IP Routing
X
X
X
X
Jumbo Packets
LACP
Link
LLDP
X
X
X
X
LLDP-MED
Loop Protection
MAC Address Management
X
X
X
xiii

Intelligent Edge Software
Features
Manual
Management
and
Configuration
Advanced
Traffic
Management
Multicast and
Routing
Access
Security
Guide
MAC Lockdown X
MAC Lockout
MAC-based Authentication
Management VLAN
Monitoring and Analysis
Multicast Filtering
Multiple Configuration Files
Network Management Applications (SNMP)
OpenView Device Management
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Passwords and Password Clear Protection
ProCurve Manager (PCM)
Ping
Port Configuration
X
X
X
X
Port Monitoring
Port Security
Port Status
Port Trunking (LACP)
X
X
X
X
Port-Based Access Control (802.1X)
Power over Ethernet (PoE+)
Protocol Filters
Protocol VLANS
X
X
X
X
Quality of Service (QoS)
RADIUS Authentication and Accounting
RADIUS-Based Configuration
Rate-Limiting X
X
X
X
RIP X
xiv

Intelligent Edge Software
Features
Manual
Management
and
Configuration
Advanced
Traffic
Management
Multicast and
Routing
Access
Security
Guide
RMON 1,2,3,9
Routing
Routing - IP Static
X
X
X
Secure Copy
sFlow
SFTP
SNMPv3
X
X
X
X
Software Downloads (SCP/SFTP, TFPT, Xmodem)
Source-Port Filters
Spanning Tree (STP, RSTP, MSTP)
SSHv2 (Secure Shell) Encryption
X
X
X
X
SSL (Secure Socket Layer)
Stack Management (3500yl/6200yl switches only)
Syslog
System Information
X
X
X
X
TACACS+ Authentication
Telnet Access
TFTP
Time Protocols (TimeP, SNTP)
X
X
X
X
Traffic Mirroring
Traffic/Security Filters
Troubleshooting
Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD)
X
X
X
X
UDP Forwarder
USB Device Support
VLANs
X
X
X
xv

Intelligent Edge Software
Features
Manual
Management
and
Configuration
Advanced
Traffic
Management
Multicast and
Routing
Access
Security
Guide
Voice VLAN
Web Authentication RADIUS Support
Web-based Authentication
Web UI
Xmodem
X
X
X
X
X
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1
Getting Started
Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Command Syntax Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Command Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Screen Simulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Configuration and Operation Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Sources for More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Getting Documentation From the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Command Line Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
Physical Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
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Getting Started
Introduction
Introduction
This guide is intended for use with the following switches:
■ HP ProCurve 2910al Switch
It describes how to use the command line interface (CLI), Menu interface, and
web browser to configure, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot switch opera-
tion. For an overview of other product documentation for the above switches,
refer to “Product Documentation” on page xi. You can download documenta-
tion from the ProCurve Networking web site, www.procurve.com.
Conventions
Configuration and Operation Examples
Unless otherwise noted, examples using a particular switch model apply to all
switch models covered by this guide.
Protocol Acronyms
IP Refers to the IPv4 protocol unless otherwise noted.
IPv6 Refers to the IPv6 protocol.
Command Syntax and Displayed Information
Command Syntax Statements
Syntax: ip < default-gateway < ip-addr >> | routing >
Syntax: show interfaces [port-list ]
■ Vertical bars ( | ) separate alternative, mutually exclusive elements.
■ Square brackets ( [ ] ) indicate optional elements.
■ Braces ( < > ) enclose required elements.
■ Braces within square brackets ( [ < > ] ) indicate a required element within
an optional choice.
1-2