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ProCurve
Switch 2600 Series
Switch 2600-PWR Series
Switch 2800 Series
Switch 4100gl Series
Switch 6108
October 2005
Management and Configuration Guide

© Copyright 2000-2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company,
L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change with-
out notice.
Publication Number
5990-6023
October 2005
Edition 2
Applicable Products
ProCurve Switch 2626
ProCurve Switch 2650
ProCurve Switch 2600-8-PWR
ProCurve Switch 2626-PWR
ProCurve Switch 2650-PWR
ProCurve Switch 2824
ProCurve Switch 2848
ProCurve Switch 4104GL
ProCurve Switch 4108GL
ProCurve Switch 4140GL
ProCurve Switch 4148GL
ProCurve Switch 4160GL
ProCurve Switch 6108
Trademark Credits
(J4900A/B)
(J4899A/B)
(J8762A)
(J8164A)
(J8165A)
(J4903A)
(J4904A)
(J4887A)
(J4861A/J4865A)
(J8151A)
(J4888A)
(J8152A)
(J4902A)
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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
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
5 Using the Web Browser Interface
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
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
Status Reporting Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
The Overview Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
The Port Utilization and Status Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Port Utilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
The Alert Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Sorting the Alert Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Alert Types and Detailed Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Setting Fault Detection Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
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
v

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
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Menu: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
CLI: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
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
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
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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
10 Port Status and Basic Configuration
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
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Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-6
CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 10-7
Manual Auto-MDIX Override on the Series 2600/2600-PWR
Configuring Port-Based Priority for Incoming Packets on the
Using the CLI To View Port 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
and 2800 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14
Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-17
Jumbo Packets on the Series 2800 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Configuring Jumbo Packet Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19
Viewing the Current Jumbo Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Enabling or Disabling Jumbo Traffic on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
Operating Notes for Jumbo Traffic-Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
QoS Pass-Through Mode on the Series 2800 and 4100gl Switches . . . . 10-25
General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25
Priority Mapping With and Without QoS Pass-Through Mode . 10-26
How to enable/disable QoS Pass-Through Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
4100gl and 6108 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28
The Role of 802.1Q VLAN Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28
Outbound Port Queues and Packet Priority Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
Operating Rules for Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Configuring and Viewing Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Messages Related to Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32
Troubleshooting Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32
Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . 10-33
Configuring Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34
Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
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11 Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Operation for the Series
2600-PWR Switches
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3
Power Availability and Provisioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
Powered Device (PD) Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-4
Power Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5
Configuring PoE Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7
Cycling Power on a Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8
PoE for Pre-802.3af-standard PDs (Switch 2600-8-PWR) . . . . . . . . . . 11-9
Viewing PoE Configuration and Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
Displaying the Switch’s Global PoE Power Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10
Displaying an Overview of PoE Status on All Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-11
Displaying the PoE Status on Specific Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12
Planning and Implementing a PoE Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13
Assigning PoE Ports to VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13
Applying Security Features to PoE Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13
PoE Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14
12 Port Trunking
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Port Status and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Trunk Group Boundary Requirement with IP Routing Enabled
Trunk Group Boundary Requirement for the Series 4100gl
Port Connections and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3
Link Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3
on the Series 2800 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3
Switch 10/100/1000 Module (J4908A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-4
Port Trunk Options and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5
Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5
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Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . 12-10
CLI: Viewing and Configuring a Static or Dynamic Port
Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-12
Using the CLI To View Port Trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-12
Using the CLI To Configure a Static or Dynamic Trunk Group 12-15
Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18
Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18
Default Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-21
LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-23
Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-25
How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-25
Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . . . 12-26
13 Configuring for Network Management Applications
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1
Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3
SNMP Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
Configuring for SNMP Access to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4
Configuring for SNMP Version 3 Access to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
SNMP Version 3 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
SNMPv3 Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
SNMP Version 3 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8
Group Access Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11
SNMP Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Menu: Viewing and Configuring non-SNMP version 3
Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Community Names . . . . 13-16
SNMP Notification and Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
Trap Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-20
Using the CLI To Enable Authentication Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-23
Advanced Management: RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-24
LLDP (Link-Layer Discovery Protocol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-25
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-25
LLDP Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-26
General LLDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-27
Packet Boundaries in a Network Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-27
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LLDP Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-27
Options for Reading LLDP Information Collected by the Switch . . 13-30
LLDP Standards Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-30
LLDP Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-31
LLDP Operation and Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-32
Viewing the Current LLDP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-32
Configuring Global LLDP Packet Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-34
Configuring SNMP Notification Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-37
Configuring Per-Port LLDP Transmit and Receive Modes . . . . 13-39
Configuring LLDP Per-Port Advertisement Content . . . . . . . . . 13-39
Displaying Advertisement Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-41
Displaying Switch Information Available for Outbound
Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-42
Displaying LLDP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-46
LLDP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-49
LLDP and CDP Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-50
LLDP and CDP Neighbor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-50
CDP Operation and Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-52
A File Transfers
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Downloading Switch Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
General Switch Software Download Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Using TFTP To Download Switch Software from a Server . . . . . . . . A-3
Menu: TFTP Download from a Server to Primary Flash . . . . . . . A-4
CLI: TFTP Download from a Server to Primary or
Secondary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
Using Secure Copy and SFTP
Using Xmodem to Download Switch Software From a PC or UNIX
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7
How It Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8
The SCP/SFTP Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-9
Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
SCP/SFTP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
Menu: Xmodem Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11
CLI: Xmodem Download from a PC or Unix Workstation to
Primary or Secondary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12
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Switch-to-Switch Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14
Menu: Switch-to-Switch Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . A-14
CLI: Switch-To-Switch Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-15
Using ProCurve Manager Plus to Update Switch Software . . . . . . . A-16
Troubleshooting TFTP Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-17
Transferring Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-18
Copying Diagnostic Data to a Remote Host, PC, or Unix Workstation . A-21
Copying Command Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-21
Copying Event Log Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-22
Copying Crash Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . . . . A-22
Copying Crash Log Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . A-23
B Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Status and Counters Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Menu Access To Status and Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
General System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Menu Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Switch Management Address Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
Menu Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
Module Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8
Menu: Displaying Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8
CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8
Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
Menu: Displaying Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
Web Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
Viewing Port and Trunk Group Statistics and Flow Control Status B-10
Menu Access to Port and Trunk Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
CLI Access To Port and Trunk Group Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
Web Browser Access To View Port and Trunk Group Statistics B-12
Viewing the Switch’s MAC Address Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
Menu Access to the MAC Address Views and Searches . . . . . . B-14
CLI Access for MAC Address Views and Searches . . . . . . . . . . B-16
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Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18
Menu Access to STP Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18
CLI Access to STP Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Status . . . . . . . . . . . B-20
VLAN Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-21
Web Browser Interface Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23
Port and Static Trunk Monitoring Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-24
Switch 6108 and Series 4100gl Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-24
Series 2600, 2600-PWR, and 2800 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-24
Menu: Configuring Port and Static Trunk Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . B-25
CLI: Configuring Port and Static Trunk Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-27
Web: Configuring Port Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-29
C Troubleshooting
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Troubleshooting Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Chassis Over-Temperature Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Browser or Telnet Access Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
Unusual Network Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
General Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
Prioritization Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9
IGMP-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9
LACP-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10
Port-Based Access Control (802.1X)-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . C-10
Radius-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13
Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP) and Fast-Uplink Problems . . . . . . . C-15
SSH-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-16
Stacking-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-17
TACACS-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-18
TimeP, SNTP, or Gateway Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-20
VLAN-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-20
Using Logging To Identify Problem Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-23
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Event Log Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-23
Menu: Entering and Navigating in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . C-25
CLI: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-26
Debug and Syslog Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-27
Diagnostic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-34
Port Auto-Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-34
Ping and Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-35
Web: Executing Ping or Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-36
CLI: Ping or Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-37
Displaying the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-39
CLI: Viewing the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-39
Web: Viewing the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-39
Listing Switch Configuration and Operation Details for Help
in Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-40
CLI Administrative and Troubleshooting Commands . . . . . . . . . . . C-42
Restoring the Factory-Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-43
Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-43
Using the Clear/Reset Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-43
Restoring a Flash Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-44
D MAC Address Management
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Determining MAC Addresses in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Menu: Viewing the Switch’s MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
CLI: Viewing the Port and VLAN MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4
Viewing the MAC Addresses of Connected Devices on
Series 2600/2600-PWR, 2800 and 4100gl Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
E Daylight Savings Time on ProCurve Switches
Configuring Daylight Savings Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1
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Product Documentation
About Your Switch Manual Set
The switch manual set includes the following:
■ Read Me First - a printed guide shipped with your switch. Provides
software update information, product notes, and other information.
■ Installation and Getting Started Guide - a printed guide shipped
with your switch. This guide explains how to prepare for and perform
the physical installation and connection to your network.
■ Management and Configuration Guide - included as a PDF file on
the Documentation CD. This guide describes how to configure,
manage, and monitor basic switch operation.
■ Advanced Traffic Management Guide - included as a PDF file on
the Documentation CD. This guide explains the configuration and
operation of traffic management features such as spanning tree,
VLANs, and IP routing.
■ Access Security Guide - included as a PDF file on the
Documentation CD. This guide explains the configuration and
operation of access security and user authentication features on the
switch.
■ Release Notes - posted on the ProCurve web site to provide
information on software updates. The release notes describe new
features, fixes, and enhancements that become available between
revisions of the above guides.
Note For the latest version of all ProCurve switch documentation, including release
notes covering recently added features, visit the ProCurve Networking
website at http://www.procurve.com. Click on Technical support, and then
click on Product manuals.
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Product Documentation
Feature Index
For the manual set supporting your switch model, the following feature index
indicates which manual to consult for information on a given software feature.
(Note that some software features are not supported on all switch models.)
Configuration
Feature Management and AdvancedTraffic
Management
Access Security
Guide
802.1Q VLAN Tagging - X -
802.1X Port-Based Priority X - -
Authentication - - X
Authorized IP Managers - - X
Config File X - -
Copy Command X - -
Debug X - -
DHCP Configuration -X -
DHCP/Bootp Operation X - -
Diagnostic Tools X - -
Downloading Software X - -
Event Log X - -
Factory Default Settings X - -
File Management X - -
File Transfers X - -
GVRP -X -
IGMP - X -
Interface Access (Telnet, Console/Serial, Web) X - -
IP Addressing X - -
IP Routing -X -
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LACP X - -
Link X - -
LLDP X - -
MAC Address Management X - -
MAC Lockdown - - X
MAC Lockout - - X
MAC-based Authentication - - X
Monitoring and Analysis X - -
Multicast Filtering - X -
Network Management Applications (LLDP, SNMP) X - -
Passwords - - X
Ping X - -
Port Configuration X - -
Port Security - - X
Port Status X - -
Port Trunking (LACP) X - -
Port-Based Access Control - - X
Port-Based Priority (802.1Q) X - -
Power over Ethernet (PoE) X - -
Quality of Service (QoS) -X -
RADIUS Authentication and Accounting - - X
Routing -X -
Secure Copy X - -
SFTP X - -
SNMP X - -
Software Downloads (SCP/SFTP, TFTP, Xmodem) X - -
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Source-Port Filters - - X
Spanning Tree (STP, RSTP, MSTP) -X -
SSH (Secure Shell) Encryption - - X
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) - - X
Stack Management (Stacking) - X -
Syslog X - -
System Information X - -
TACACS+ Authentication - - X
Telnet Access X - -
TFTP X - -
Time Protocols (TimeP, SNTP) X - -
Traffic/Security Filters - - X
Troubleshooting X - -
VLANs -X -
Web-based Authentication - - X
Xmodem X - -
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