Hp Procurve 4108gl bundle User manual

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management and

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HP Procurve Switch 4108GL

Management and Configuration Guide

Software Release G.01.xx or Later

Hewlett-Packard Company

8000 Foothills Boulevard, m/s 5551

Roseville, California 95747-5551

http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve

This document contains information which is protected by

prior permission is prohibited, except as allowed under the

Publication Number

5969-2378

May 2001

Applicable Product

HP Procurve Switch 4108GL (J4865A)

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Disclaimer

The information contained in this document is subject to

change without notice.

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.

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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Preface

Use of This Guide and Other Procurve Switch

Documentation

This guide describes how to use the command line interface (CLI), menu

interface, and web browser interface for the HP Procurve Switch 4108GL—

also referred to as the Switch 4108GL.

■If you need information on specific parameters in the menu interface,

refer to the online help provided in the interface.

■If you need information on a specific command in the CLI, type the

command name followed by “help” (<command> help).

■If you need information on specific features in the HP Web Browser

Interface (hereafter referred to as the “web browser interface”), use the

online help available for the web browser interface. For more information

on web browser Help options, refer to “Online Help for the HP Web

Browser Interface” on page 4-12.

■If you need further information on Hewlett-Packard switch technology,

refer to HP’s Procurve website at:

http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve

Just Want a Quick Start?

IP Addressing. If you just want to give the switch an IP address so that it

can communicate on your network, or if you are not using VLANs, HP

recommends that you use the Switch Setup screen to quickly configure IP

addressing. To do so, do one of the following:

■Enter setup at the CLI Manager level prompt.

HP4108# setup

■Select 8. Run Setup in the Main Menu of the menu interface.

For more on using the Switch Setup screen, see the Installation and Getting

Started Guide you received with the switch.

Preface

To Set Up and Install the Switch in Your Network

Use the HP Procurve Switch 4108GL Installation and Getting Started Guide

(shipped with the switch) to guide you in the following:

■Physically installing the switch in your network

■Quickly assigning an IP address and subnet mask, set a Manager pass-

word, and (optionally) configure other basic features.

Contents

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Use of This Guide and Other Procurve Switch Documentation . . . . . . iii

Just Want a Quick Start? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

To Set Up and Install the Switch in Your Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Selecting a Management Interface

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

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

Understanding Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Advantages of Using the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Advantages of Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Advantages of Using the HP Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Advantages of Using HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Using the Menu Interface

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

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

Starting and Ending a Menu Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

How To Start a Menu Interface Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

How To End a Menu Session and Exit from the Console: . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Main Menu Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Screen Structure and Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Menu Features List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Where To Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15

Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Accessing the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Privilege Levels at Logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Privilege Level Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

How To Move Between Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

Listing Commands and Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Displaying CLI "Help" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Configuration Commands and the Context Configuration Modes . . 3-13

CLI Control and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Using the HP Web Browser Interface

Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Web Browser Interface Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

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

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

Using HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Tasks for Your First HP Web Browser Interface Session . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Viewing the “First Time Install”Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Creating Usernames and Passwords in the Browser Interface . . . . . . 4-9

Online Help for the HP Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

Support/Mgmt URLs Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Support URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Help and the Management Server URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Status Reporting Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

The Overview Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

The Port Utilization and Status Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

The Alert Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20

The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23

Setting Fault Detection Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

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Switch Memory and Configuration

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

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

Overview of Configuration File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Using the CLI To Implement Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces To Implement

Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

Using the Menu Interface To Implement Configuration Changes . . . 5-8

Using the Web Browser Interface To Implement Configuration

Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

Using Primary and Secondary Flash Image Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11

Displaying the Current Flash Image Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12

OS Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

Local OS Replacement and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15

Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19

Interface Access and System Information

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

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

Interface Access: Console/Serial Link, Web, and Inbound Telnet . 6-3

Menu: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

CLI: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Menu: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

CLI: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13

Configuring IP Addressing

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

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

IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Just Want a Quick Start? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

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IP Addressing with Multiple VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

IP Addressing in a Stacking Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Menu: Configuring IP Address, Gateway, and Time-To-Live (TTL) . . 7-5

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

Timep . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

Web: Configuring IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

How IP Addressing Affects Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9

Globally Assigned IP Network Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Time Protocols

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

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

TimeP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

SNTP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Overview: Selecting a Time Synchronization Protocol or Turning Off

Time Protocol Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

General Steps for Running a Time Protocol on the Switch: . . . . . . . . 8-3

Disabling Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

SNTP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

TimeP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13

Menu: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14

CLI: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16

SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . 8-20

Address Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21

Adding and Deleting SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21

MenuInterfaceOperationwithMultipleSNTPServerAddressesConfigured

8-23

SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23

Using Passwords and TACACS+ To Protect Against

Unauthorized Access

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

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