HP ProCurve 6120G/XG User manual

ProCurve Series 6120 Switches
Management and Configuration Guide
November 2010
Version Z.14.22

HP ProCurve
6120G/XG Switch
6120XG Switch
November 2010
Z.14.22
Management and Configuration Guide

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November 2010
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HP ProCurve Switch 6120G/XG (498358-B21)
HP ProCurve Switch 6120XG (516733-B21)
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Contents
Product Documentation
About Your Switch Manual Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Printed Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Electronic Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiii
Software Feature Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxiv
1 Getting Started
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Physical Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
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3
Selecting a Management Interface
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Understanding Physical Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Understanding Management Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Advantages of Using the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Advantages of Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
General Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Information on Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Advantages of Using the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Advantages of Using ProCurve Manager
or ProCurve Manager Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Custom Login Banners for the Console and
Web Browser Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Banner Operation with Telnet, Serial, or SSHv2 Access . . . . . . . . 2-9
Banner Operation with Web Browser Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Configuring and Displaying a Non-Default Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Example of Configuring and Displaying a Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Menu Features List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Where To Go From Here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
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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
Listing Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Displaying CLI “Help” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Configuration Commands and the Context Configuration Modes . . 4-13
CLI Control and Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Executing a Prior Command—Redo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Repeating Execution of a Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Using a Command Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
CLI Shortcut Keystrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
5 Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Starting a Web Browser
Using ProCurve Manager (PCM) or
Security: Creating Usernames and Passwords
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Interface Session with the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Using a Standalone Web Browser in a PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . 5-5
ProCurve Manager Plus (PCM+) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Tasks for Your First ProCurve Web Browser Interface Session . . 5-8
Viewing the “First Time Install” Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
in the Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
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Entering a User Name and Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Using a User Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
If You Lose the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Online Help for the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Support/Mgmt URLs Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Support URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Help and the Management Server URL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Using the PCM Server for Switch Web Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Status Reporting Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
The Overview Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
The Port Utilization and Status Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Port Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
The Alert Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Sorting the Alert Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Alert Types and Detailed Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Setting Fault Detection Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Switch Memory and Configuration
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Configuration File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Using the CLI To Implement Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces To Implement
Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Menu: Implementing Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Using Save and Cancel in the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Rebooting from the Menu Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Web: Implementing Configuration Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Using Primary and Secondary Flash Image Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Displaying the Current Flash Image Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Switch Software Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Local Switch Software Replacement and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
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Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Viewing the Startup-Config File Status with Multiple
Using the Clear + Reset Button Combination To Reset the
Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially
Xmodem: Copying a Configuration from a Serially
Operating Notes about Booting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Boot and Reload Command Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
Setting the Default Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21
Booting from the Default Flash (Primary or Secondary) . . . . . . 6-22
Booting from a Specified Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
Using Reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23
Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
Transitioning to Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27
Listing and Displaying Startup-Config Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
Configuration Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29
Displaying the Content of A Specific Startup-Config File . . . . . . 6-30
Changing or Overriding the Reboot Configuration Policy . . . . . . . . . 6-30
Managing Startup-Config Files in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32
Renaming an Existing Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
Creating a New Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33
Erasing a Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35
Switch to Its Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37
Transferring Startup-Config Files To or From a Remote Server . . . . 6-37
TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . 6-38
TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . . 6-39
Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40
Operating Notes for Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
Automatic Configuration Update with DHCP Option 66 . . . . . . . . 6-41
CLI Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41
Possible Scenarios for Updating the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42
Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43
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7 Interface Access and System Information
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Interface Access: Console/Serial Link, Web, and Inbound Telnet . 7-3
Menu: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
CLI: Modifying the Interface Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5
Making Window Size Negotiation Available for a Telnet Session 7-7
Denying Interface Access by Terminating Remote Management
Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Menu: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
CLI: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
Configuring IP Addressing
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Just Want a Quick Start with IP Addressing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
IP Addressing with Multiple VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Menu: Configuring IP Address, Gateway, and Time-To-Live (TTL) . . 8-5
CLI: Configuring IP Address, Gateway, and Time-To-Live (TTL) . . . . 8-6
Web: Configuring IP Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
How IP Addressing Affects Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
DHCP/Bootp Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Network Preparations for Configuring DHCP/Bootp . . . . . . . . . 8-14
IP Preserve: Retaining VLAN-1 IP
Addressing Across Configuration File Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Operating Rules for IP Preserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
Enabling IP Preserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17
Configuring a Single Source IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Specifying the Source IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
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