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HP ProCurve Switch Software
Management and Configuration Guide

3500 switches
3500yl switches
5400zl switches
6200yl switches
6600 switches
8200zl switches

Software version K.14.34
September 2009

HP ProCurve
3500 Switches
3500yl Switches
5400zl Switches
6200yl Switch
6600 Switches
8200zl Switches

September 2009
K.14.34

Management and Configuration
Guide

© Copyright 2005–2009 Hewlett-Packard Development Company,
L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change with
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Publication Number
5992-3059
September 2009

Applicable Products
HP ProCurve Switch 3500-24
HP ProCurve Switch 3500-48
HP ProCurve Switch 3500-24-PoE
HP ProCurve Switch 3500-48-PoE
HP ProCurve Switch 3500yl-24G-PWR
HP ProCurve Switch 3500yl-48G-PWR
HP ProCurve Switch 5406zl
HP ProCurve Switch 5406zl-48G-PoE+
HP ProCurve Switch 5412zl
HP ProCurve Switch 5412zl-96G-PoE+
HP ProCurve Switch 6200yl-24G
HP ProCurve Switch 8206zl
HP ProCurve Switch 8212zl
HP ProCurve Switch 6600-24G
HP ProCurve Switch 6600-24G-4XG
HP ProCurve Switch 6600-24G-24XG
HP ProCurve Switch 6600-48G
HP ProCurve Switch 6600-48G-4XG

(J9470A)
(J9472A)
(J9471A)
(J9473A)
(J8692A)
(J8693A)
(J8697A)
(J9447A)
(J8698A)
(J9448A)
(J8992A)
(J9475A)
(J8715A/B)
(J9263A)
(J9264A)
(J9265A)
(J9451A)
(J9452A)

HP ProCurve 24-Port 10/100/1000 PoE+ zl Module
HP ProCurve 20-Port 10/100/1000 PoE+/4-Port
MiniGBIC zl Module
HP ProCurve 4-Port 10GbE SFP+ zl Module
HP ProCurve 24-Port 10/100 PoE+ zl Module

(J9307A)
(J9308A)
(J9309A)
(J9478A)

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Contents
Product Documentation
About Your Switch Manual Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv
Printed Publications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv
Electronic Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxv
Software Feature Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvi

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Physical Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

2 Selecting a Management Interface

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

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

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

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

Advantages of Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

General Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Information on Using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Advantages of Using the Web Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Advantages of Using ProCurve Manager

or ProCurve Manager Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

Custom Login Banners for the Console and

Web Browser Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

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

Example of Configuring and Displaying a Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

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

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

Starting a Web Browser

Interface Session with the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

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

Using ProCurve Manager (PCM) or

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

Security: Creating Usernames and Passwords

in the Browser Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

iii

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

Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23

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

6
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

Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

Using Reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24

Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26

General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27

Transitioning to Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29

Listing and Displaying Startup-Config Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30

Viewing the Startup-Config File Status with Multiple

Configuration Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30

Displaying the Content of A Specific Startup-Config File . . . . . . 6-31

Changing or Overriding the Reboot Configuration Policy . . . . . . . . . 6-31

Managing Startup-Config Files in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33

Renaming an Existing Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34

Creating a New Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34

Erasing a Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35

Using the Clear + Reset Button Combination To Reset the

Switch to Its Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37

Transferring Startup-Config Files To or From a Remote Server . . . . 6-38

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . 6-38

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . . 6-39

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially

Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration from a Serially

Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40

Operating Notes for Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40

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

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

Denying Interface Access by Terminating Remote Management

Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11

System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

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

CLI: Viewing and Configuring System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14

Web: Configuring System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18

8 Configuring IP Addressing

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

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

IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Just Want a Quick Start with IP Addressing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

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) . . . . 8-7

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

Loopback Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16

Configuring a Loopback Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-17

Displaying Loopback Interface Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18

IP Preserve: Retaining VLAN-1 IP

Addressing Across Configuration File Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21

Operating Rules for IP Preserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21

Enabling IP Preserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22

Configuring a Single Source IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25

Specifying the Source IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25

The Source IP Selection Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26

Displaying the Source IP Interface Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-29

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32

9 Time Protocols

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

TimeP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

SNTP Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

Selecting a Time Synchronization Protocol or Turning Off Time

Protocol Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

General Steps for Running a Time Protocol on the Switch: . . . . . . . . 9-4

Disabling Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

SNTP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9

Viewing the Current SNTP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9

Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the SNTP Mode . . . . . . . . . 9-11

SNTP Client Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17

Configuring the Key-Identifier, Authentication Mode, and

Key-Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18

Configuring a Trusted Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19

Associating a Key with an SNTP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20

Enabling SNTP Client Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20

Configuring Unicast and Broadcast Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21

Displaying SNTP Configuration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21

Saving Configuration Files and the

Include-Credentials Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23

TimeP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26

Menu: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27

CLI: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28

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Viewing the Current TimeP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29

Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the TimeP Mode . . . . . . . . 9-30

SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . 9-35

Displaying All SNTP Server Addresses Configured on the Switch . . 9-35

Adding and Deleting SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36

Menu: Operation with Multiple SNTP Server Addresses

Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36

SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36

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Port Status and Configuration

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

Menu: Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6

CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 10-8

Viewing Port Status and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8

Customizing the Show Interfaces Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10

Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12

Note on Using Pattern Matching with the

“Show Interfaces Custom” Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13

Viewing Port Utilization Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13

Viewing Transceiver Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14

Enabling or Disabling Ports and Configuring Port Mode . . . . . . . . . 10-15

Enabling or Disabling the USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17

Behavior of Autorun When USB Port is Disabled . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18

Enabling or Disabling Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18

Configuring a Broadcast Limit on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20

Configuring ProCurve Auto-MDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21

Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-24

Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25

Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . 10-25

Configuring Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26

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

Configuring Transceivers and Modules That Haven’t

Been Inserted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

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Transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

Clearing the Module Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32

Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33

Configuring UDLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34

Enabling UDLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35

Changing the Keepalive Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36

Changing the Keepalive Retries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36

Configuring UDLD for Tagged Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36

Viewing UDLD Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-37

Configuration Warnings and Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39

11 Power Over Ethernet (PoE/PoE+) Operation

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

Introduction to PoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3

PoE Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-3

PoE Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5

Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-5

PD Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6

Power Priority Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7

When Is Power Allocation Prioritized? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7

How Is Power Allocation Prioritized? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-7

Configuring PoE Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8

Disabling or Re-Enabling PoE Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8

Enabling Support for Pre-Standard Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8

Configuring the PoE Port Priority Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9

PoE Priority With Two or More Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-10

Controlling PoE Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12

Manually Configuring PoE Power Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13

Configuring PoE Redundancy (Chassis Switches Only) . . . . . . . . . 11-14

Changing the Threshold for Generating a Power Notice . . . . . . . . . 11-15

PoE/PoE+ Allocation Using LLDP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-18

LLDP with PoE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-18

Displaying the Switch’s Global PoE Power Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-19

Displaying PoE Status on All Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-21

Displaying the PoE Status on Specific Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-23

Planning and Implementing a PoE Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-25

Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-25

Assigning PoE Ports to VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26

Applying Security Features to PoE Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26

Assigning Priority Policies to PoE Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-26

PoE Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-28

“Informational” PoE Event-Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-28

“Warning” PoE Event-Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-29

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Port Trunking

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3

Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-5

Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-6

Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . 12-10

CLI: Viewing and Configuring Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-19

Default Port Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-22

LACP Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-23

Distributed Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-27

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-27

Distributed Trunking Interconnect Protocol (DTIP) . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-29

Configuring Distributed Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-30

ISC Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-30

Distributed Trunking Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-30

Displaying Distributed Trunking Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-31

Maximum DT Trunks and Links Supported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-32

Forwarding Traffic with Distributed Trunking and

Spanning Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-32

Forwarding Unicast Traffic Upstream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-32

Forwarding Broadcast, Multicast, and

Unknown Traffic Upstream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-33

Forwarding Unicast Traffic Downstream (to the Server) . . . . 12-33

Forwarding Broadcast, Multicast, and Unknown Traffic

Downstream (to the Server) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-33

Distributed Trunking Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-35

Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-36

How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-37

Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . 12-37

13 Port Traffic Controls

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-3

Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4

All Traffic Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-4

Configuring Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5

Displaying the Current Rate-Limit Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6

Operating Notes for Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-8

ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-10

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11

Guidelines for Configuring ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12

Configuring ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13

Using Both ICMP Rate-Limiting and All-Traffic Rate-Limiting

on the Same Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14

Displaying the Current ICMP Rate-Limit Configuration . . . . . . 13-14

Operating Notes for ICMP Rate-Limiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15

ICMP Rate-Limiting Trap and Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . 13-17

Configuring Inbound Rate-Limiting for Broadcast

and Multicast Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-21

Guaranteed Minimum Bandwidth (GMB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22

GMB Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-22

Impacts of QoS Queue Configuration on GMB Operation . . . . 13-24

Configuring Guaranteed Minimum Bandwidth for

Outbound Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-25

Displaying the Current Guaranteed Minimum Bandwidth

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-28

GMB Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-29

Jumbo Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-30

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-30

Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-31

Configuring Jumbo Frame Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-32

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-32

Viewing the Current Jumbo Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-33

Enabling or Disabling Jumbo Traffic on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-35

Configuring a Maximum Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-35

Configuring IP MTU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-36

SNMP Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-36

Displaying the Maximum Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-37

Operating Notes for Maximum Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-37

Operating Notes for Jumbo Traffic-Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-37

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-40

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Configuring for Network Management Applications

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-1

Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-3

SNMP Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-4

Configuring for SNMP version 1 and 2c Access to the Switch . . . . . 14-4

Configuring for SNMP Version 3 Access to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5

SNMP Version 3 Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6

Enabling SNMPv3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7

SNMPv3 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7

Group Access Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11

SNMPv3 Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-11

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Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-13

CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Community Names . . . . 14-15

SNMP Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-17

Supported Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-17

General Steps for Configuring SNMP Notifications . . . . . . . . . 14-18

SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-19

Configuring an SNMP Trap Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-19

Enabling SNMPv2c Informs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-21

Configuring SNMPv3 Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-23

Managing Network Security Notifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-26

Enabling Link-Change Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-28

Configuring the Source IP Address for SNMP Notifications . . 14-29

Displaying SNMP Notification Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-31

Configuring Listening Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-33

Advanced Management: RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-34

CLI-Configured sFlow with Multiple Instances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-34

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-34

Configuring sFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-35

Viewing sFlow Configuration and Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-35

LLDP (Link-Layer Discovery Protocol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-38

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-39

General LLDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-41

LLDP-MED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-41

Packet Boundaries in a Network Topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-41

Configuration Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-42

Options for Reading LLDP Information Collected by the Switch . . 14-44

LLDP and LLDP-MED Standards Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-44

LLDP Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-45

Configuring LLDP Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-46

Viewing the Current Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-46

Configuring Global LLDP Packet Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-48

Configuring SNMP Notification Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-52

Configuring Per-Port Transmit and Receive Modes . . . . . . . . . 14-53

Configuring Basic LLDP Per-Port Advertisement Content . . . . 14-54

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Configuring Support for Port Speed and Duplex

Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-56

LLDP-MED (Media-Endpoint-Discovery) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-57

LLDP-MED Topology Change Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-60

LLDP-MED Fast Start Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-62

Advertising Device Capability, Network Policy, PoE Status

and Location Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-62

Configuring Location Data for LLDP-MED Devices . . . . . . . . . 14-66

Displaying Advertisement Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-71

Displaying Switch Information Available for Outbound

Advertisements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-72

Displaying LLDP Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-76

LLDP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-78

LLDP and CDP Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-80

LLDP and CDP Neighbor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-80

CDP Operation and Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-82

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Redundancy (Switches 8200zl)

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3

How the Management Modules Interact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-4

Using Redundant Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5

Displaying Redundancy Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5

Enabling or Disabling Redundant Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-6

Directing the Standby Module to Become Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-8

Setting the Active Management Module for Next Boot . . . . . . . . . . . 15-9

Enabling and Disabling Fabric Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-12

Management Module Switchover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-13

Events that Cause a Switchover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-13

When Switchover Will not Occur . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-13

Consequences of Switchover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-13

Resetting the Management Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-14

Hotswapping Management Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-15

Hotswapping Out the Active Management Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-15

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When the Standby Module is not Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-16

Hotswapping In a Management Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-16

Software Version Mismatch Between Active

and Hotswapped Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-16

Downloading a New Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17

File Synchronization after Downloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-17

Potential Software Version Mismatches

After Downloading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-18

Downloading a Software Version

Serially if the Management Module is Corrupted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-21

Turning Off Redundant Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-21

Disabling Redundancy with Two Modules Present . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-21

Disabling Redundancy With Only One Module Present . . . . . . . . . . 15-22

Displaying Management Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-23

Active Management Module Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-23

Show Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-23

Show Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-24

Show Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-25

Show Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-25

Show Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-26

Standby Management Module Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-27

Show Redundancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-27

Show Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-27

Show Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-28

Existing CLI Commands Affected by Redundant Management . 15-29

Boot Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-29

Setting the Default Flash for Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-31

Reload Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-32

Additional Commands Affected by Redundant Management . . . . . 15-34

Using the Web Browser for Redundant Management . . . . . . . . . . . 15-36

Identity Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-36

Overview Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-37

Redundancy Status Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-37

Device View Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-38

Management Module LED Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-40

Active (Actv) LED Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-40

Standby Led Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-40

Logging Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-41

Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-41

Crash Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-42

Displaying Saved Crash Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-42

Notes on How the Active Module is Determined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-44

Diagram of Decision Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-45

Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-46

A File Transfers

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Downloading Switch Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

General Software Download Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Using TFTP To Download Software from a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-5

Menu: TFTP Download from a Server to Primary Flash . . . . . . . A-6

CLI: TFTP Download from a Server to Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8

Enabling TFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10

Using Auto-TFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11

Using Secure Copy and SFTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12

How It Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13

The SCP/SFTP Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-13

Disable TFTP and Auto-TFTP for Enhanced Security . . . . . . . A-14

Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-15

Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16

SCP/SFTP Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-16

Troubleshooting SSH, SFTP, and SCP Operations . . . . . . . . . . A-18

Using Xmodem to Download Switch Software From a PC or UNIX

Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20

Menu: Xmodem Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-20

CLI: Xmodem Download from a PC or UNIX Workstation to

Primary or Secondary Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-21

Using USB to Transfer Files to and from the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . A-22

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Using USB to Download Switch Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-23

Switch-to-Switch Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-24

Menu: Switch-to-Switch Download to Primary Flash . . . . . . . . A-25

CLI: Switch-To-Switch Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-26

Using PCM+ to Update Switch Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-27

Copying Software Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-28

TFTP: Copying a Software Image to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . . A-28

Xmodem: Copying a Software Image from the Switch to a

Serially Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-28

USB: Copying a Software Image to a USB Device . . . . . . . . . . . A-29

Transferring Switch Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-29

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . A-30

TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . A-31

TFTP: Copying a Customized Command File to a Switch . . . . A-31

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially

Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-33

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File from a Serially

Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-33

USB: Copying a Configuration File to a USB Device . . . . . . . . . A-35

USB: Copying a Configuration File from a USB Device . . . . . . A-35

Transferring ACL Command Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-36

TFTP: Uploading an ACL Command File from a TFTP Server

A-36

Xmodem: Uploading an ACL Command File from a Serially

Connected PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-38

USB: Uploading an ACL Command File from a USB Device . . A-38

Copying Diagnostic Data to a Remote

Host, USB Device, PC or UNIX Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-39

Copying Command Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-40

Copying Event Log Output to a Destination Device . . . . . . . . . A-41

Copying Crash Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . . . . A-41

Copying Crash Log Data Content to a Destination Device . . . . A-43

Enabling or Disabling the USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-45

Behavior of Autorun When USB Port is Disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-46

Software Versions K.13.XX Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-46

Software Version K.14.XX Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-46

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Using USB Autorun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-47

How It Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-47

Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-48

Troubleshooting Autorun Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-49

Configuring Autorun on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-50

Enabling Secure Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-50

Operating Notes and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-51

Autorun and Configuring Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-51

Viewing Autorun Configuration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-52

B Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4

Status and Counters Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

Menu Access To Status and Counters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6

General System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

Menu Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

CLI Access to System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-8

Task Monitor—Collecting Processor Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9

Switch Management Address Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Menu Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11

Module Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12

Menu: Displaying Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12

CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13

Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14

Menu: Displaying Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14

CLI Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-15

Web Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-15

Viewing Port and Trunk Group Statistics and Flow Control Status B-15

Menu Access to Port and Trunk Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-17

CLI Access To Port and Trunk Group Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . B-18

Web Browser Access To View Port and Trunk Group Statistics B-19

Viewing the Switch’s MAC Address Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19

Menu Access to the MAC Address Views and Searches . . . . . . B-19

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CLI Access for MAC Address Views and Searches . . . . . . . . . . B-22

Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23

CLI Access to MSTP Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-23

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Status . . . . . . . . . . . B-24

VLAN Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-25

Web Browser Interface Status Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-27

Traffic Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-28

Mirroring Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-30

Mirrored Traffic Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-33

Local Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-33

Remote Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-33

Monitored Traffic Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-33

Criteria for Selecting Mirrored Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-34

Mirroring Session Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-34

Mirroring Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-34

Mirroring Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-35

Remote Mirroring Endpoint and Intermediate Devices . . . . . . B-36

Migration to Release K.12.xx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-37

Migration to Release K.14.01 or Greater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-37

Using the Menu or Web Interface To Configure Local Mirroring . . B-39

Menu and Web Interface Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-39

Configuration Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-40

CLI: Configuring Local and Remote Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-43

Local Mirroring Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-44

Remote Mirroring Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-46

1. Determine the Mirroring Session and Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . B-49

2. Configure a Mirroring Destination on a Remote Switch . . . . . . . B-50

3. Configure a Mirroring Session on the Source Switch . . . . . . . . . . B-52

4. Configure the Monitored Traffic in a Mirror Session . . . . . . . . . . B-55

Traffic Selection Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-55

Mirroring-Source Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-56

Selecting All Inbound/Outbound Traffic to Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-57

Port Interface with Traffic Direction as the Selection Criteria

B-57

Untagged Mirrored Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-59

VLAN Interface with Traffic Direction as the Selection Criteria B-61

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Selecting Inbound Traffic Using an ACL (Deprecated) . . . . . . . . . . B-62

Selecting Inbound/Outbound Traffic Using a MAC Address . . . . . B-63

Selecting Inbound Traffic Using Advanced

Classifier-Based Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-66

Classifier-Based Mirroring Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-67

Viewing a Classifier-Based Mirroring Configuration . . . . . . . . . B-73

Classifier-Based Mirroring Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-73

Applying Multiple Mirroring Sessions to an Interface . . . . . . . . B-75

Displaying a Mirroring Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-76

Displaying All Mirroring Sessions Configured on the Switch . B-76

Displaying the Remote Endpoints Configured on the Switch . B-78

Displaying the Mirroring Configuration for a Specific Session

B-79

Displaying Resource Usage for Mirroring Policies . . . . . . . . . . B-84

Viewing the Mirroring Configurations in the Running

Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-86

Mirroring Configuration Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-87

Example: Local Mirroring Using Traffic-Direction Criteria . . . B-87

Example: Remote Mirroring Using a Classifier-Based Policy . B-88

Example: Remote Mirroring Using Traffic-Direction Criteria . B-90

Maximum Supported Frame Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-92

Enabling Jumbo Frames To Increase the Mirroring Path MTU B-93

Effect of Downstream VLAN Tagging on Untagged,

Mirrored Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-94

Operating Notes for Traffic Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-95

Troubleshooting Traffic Mirroring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-97

C Troubleshooting

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

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4

Troubleshooting Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5

Browser or Telnet Access Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6

Unusual Network Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8

General Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8

802.1Q Prioritization Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

ACL Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

IGMP-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14

LACP-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14

Mesh-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-15

Port-Based Access Control (802.1X)-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . C-15

QoS-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-18

Radius-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-18

Spanning-Tree Protocol (MSTP) and Fast-Uplink Problems . . . . . . C-19

SSH-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-20

TACACS-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-22

TimeP, SNTP, or Gateway Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-24

VLAN-Related Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-24

Fan Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-26

Using the Event Log for Troubleshooting Switch Problems . . . . C-27

Event Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-27

Menu: Displaying and Navigating in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-35

CLI: Displaying the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-36

CLI: Clearing Event Log Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-36

CLI: Turning Event Numbering On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-37

Using Log Throttling to Reduce Duplicate Event

Log and SNMP Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-37

Log Throttle Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-38

Example of Log Throttling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-38

Example of Event Counter Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-40

Debug/Syslog Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-41

Debug/Syslog Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-41

Debug/Syslog Destination Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-41

Debug/Syslog Configuration Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-42

Configuring Debug/Syslog Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-44

Displaying a Debug/Syslog Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-46

Debug Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-50

Debug Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-50

Debug Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-52

Logging Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-54

Configuring a Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-55

Adding a Description for a Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-57

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Adding a Priority Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-58

Configuring the Severity Level for Event Log

Messages Sent to a Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-59

Configuring the System Module Used to Select the Event Log

Messages Sent to a Syslog Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-60

Operating Notes for Debug and Syslog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-60

Diagnostic Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-62

Port Auto-Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-63

Ping and Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-63

Web: Executing Ping or Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-64

CLI: Ping Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-65

Link Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-66

Traceroute Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-67

Viewing Switch Configuration and Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-71

CLI: Viewing the Startup or Running Configuration File . . . . . . . . . C-71

Web: Viewing the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-71

CLI: Viewing a Summary of Switch Operational Data . . . . . . . . . . . C-72

Saving show tech Command Output to a Text File . . . . . . . . . . C-73

Customizing show tech Command Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-75

CLI: Viewing More Information on Switch Operation . . . . . . . . . . . C-78

Pattern Matching When Using the Show Command . . . . . . . . . C-79

CLI: Useful Commands for Troubleshooting Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . C-82

Restoring the Factory-Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-83

CLI: Resetting to the Factory-Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . C-83

Clear/Reset: Resetting to the Factory-Default Configuration . . . . . C-83

Restoring a Flash Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-84

DNS Resolver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-87

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-87

Basic Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-88

Configuring and Using DNS Resolution with

DNS-Compatible Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-89

Configuring a DNS Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-90

Example Using DNS Names with Ping and Traceroute . . . . . . . . . . C-91

Viewing the Current DNS Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-93

Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-94

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Event Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-95

Locator LED (Locating a Switch) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-96

D MAC Address Management

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

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

Determining MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3

Menu: Viewing the Switch’s MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-4

CLI: Viewing the Port and VLAN MAC Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-5

Viewing the MAC Addresses of Connected Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-7

E Monitoring Resources

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

Viewing Information on Resource Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2

Policy Enforcement Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-2

Displaying Current Resource Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-4

When Insufficient Resources Are Available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-7

F Daylight Savings Time on ProCurve Switches
G Scalability: IP Address, VLAN, and Routing Maximum
Values
H Switch Licensing
General Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H-1

I Power-Saving Features
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1

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

Configuring the Power-Saving Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-3

Configuring the Savepower module Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-3

Configuring the Savepower LED Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-4

Configuring the Savepower port-low-pwr Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-6

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Show Savepower Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-6

J Network Out-of-Band Management (OOBM) for the 6600

Switch

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

Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-2

Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-4

OOBM and Switch Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-5

Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-6

OOBM Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-6

OOBM Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-6

OOBM Enable/disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-7

OOBM Port Enable/disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-8

OOBM Port Speed Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-9

OOBM IPv4 Address Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-10

OOBM IPv4 Default Gateway Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-10

OOBM Show Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-11

Show OOBM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-11

Show OOBM IP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-12

Show OOBM ARP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-12

Application Server Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-13

Application Client Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-14

Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J-15

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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/manuals.

Printed Publications
The two publications listed below are printed and shipped with your switch.
The latest version of each 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.

■

Installation and Getting Started Guide—Explains how to prepare for
and perform the physical installation and connect the switch to your
network.

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.
■

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.

■

Command Line Interface Reference Guide—Provides a comprehensive
description of CLI commands, syntax, and operations.

■

Event Log Message Reference Guide—Provides a comprehensive descrip
tion of event log messages.

■

Release Notes—Describe new features, fixes, and enhancements that
become available between revisions of the main product guide.

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Software Feature Index
For the software manual set supporting your 3500/3500yl/5400zl/6200yl/6600/
8200zl 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. These features are automatically
included on all switches.
Premium License Software Features. For the HP ProCurve 3500, 3500yl,
5400zl, 6600, and 8200zl switches, Premium License features can be acquired
by purchasing the optional Premium License and installing it on the Intelligent
Edge version of these switches. (These features are automatically included on
the HP ProCurve 6200yl switches.)

Premium License Software
Features

Manual
Management
Advanced
and
Traffic
Configuration Management

Multicast and
Routing

OSPF

PIM-DM (Dense Mode)

PIM-SM (Sparse Mode)

QinQ (Provider Bridging)

VRRP

Intelligent Edge Software
Features

Manual
Management
Advanced
and
Traffic
Configuration Management

802.1Q VLAN Tagging
802.1X Port-Based Priority

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Access
Security
Guide

X
X

Multicast and
Routing

Access
Security
Guide

Intelligent Edge Software
Features

Manual
Management
Advanced
and
Traffic
Configuration Management

Multicast and
Routing

Access
Security
Guide

802.1X Multiple Authenticated Clients Per Port

Access Control Lists (ACLs)

AAA Authentication

Authorized IP Managers

Authorized Manager List (Web, Telnet, TFTP)

Auto MDIX Configuration

BOOTP

Config File

Console Access

Copy Command

Core Dump

CoS (Class of Service)

Debug

DHCP Configuration

DHCP Option 82

DHCP Snooping

DHCP/Bootp Operation

Diagnostic Tools

Distributed Trunking

Downloading Software

Dynamic ARP Protection

Dynamic Configuration Arbiter

Dynamic IP Lockdown

Eavesdrop Protection

Equal Cost Multi-Path (ECMP)
Event Log

X
X

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Intelligent Edge Software
Features

Manual
Management
Advanced
and
Traffic
Configuration Management

Factory Default Settings

Flow Control (802.3x)

File Management

File Transfers

Friendly Port Names

Guaranteed Minimum Bandwidth (GMB)

GVRP

Identity-Driven Management (IDM)

IGMP
X

IP Addressing

IP Routing

X
X

Key Management System (KMS)

LACP

LLDP

LLDP-MED

Loop Protection
MAC Address Management

Access
Security
Guide

Interface Access (Telnet, Console/Serial, Web)

Jumbo Packets

Multicast and
Routing

X
X

MAC Lockdown

MAC Lockout

MAC-based Authentication

Management VLAN

Meshing

Monitoring and Analysis
Multicast Filtering

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X
X

Intelligent Edge Software
Features

Manual
Management
Advanced
and
Traffic
Configuration Management

Multiple Configuration Files

Network Management Applications (SNMP)

Out-of-Band Management (OOBM)

OpenView Device Management

Multicast and
Routing

Passwords and Password Clear Protection

ProCurve Manager (PCM)

Ping

Port Configuration

Port Monitoring

Port Security

Port Status

Port Trunking (LACP)

Port-Based Access Control (802.1X)
Power over Ethernet (PoE and PoE+)

Access
Security
Guide

X
X

Protocol Filters

Protocol VLANS

Quality of Service (QoS)

RADIUS Authentication and Accounting

RADIUS-Based Configuration

Rate-Limiting

RIP
RMON 1,2,3,9

X
X

Routing

Routing - IP Static

SavePower Features

Secure Copy

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Intelligent Edge Software
Features

Manual
Management
Advanced
and
Traffic
Configuration Management

sFlow

SFTP

SNMPv3

Software Downloads (SCP/SFTP, TFPT, Xmodem)

Multicast and
Routing

Source-Port Filters

Access
Security
Guide

Spanning Tree (STP, RSTP, MSTP)

SSHv2 (Secure Shell) Encryption

SSL (Secure Socket Layer)

Stacking (3500/3500yl/6200yl/6600 switches only)

Syslog

System Information

TACACS+ Authentication

Telnet Access

TFTP

Time Protocols (TimeP, SNTP)

Traffic Mirroring

Traffic/Security Filters

Troubleshooting

Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD)

UDP Forwarder
USB Device Support

X
X

Virus Throttling (Connection-Rate Filtering)

VLANs

VLAN Mirroring (1 static VLAN)

Voice VLAN

Web Authentication RADIUS Support

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Intelligent Edge Software
Features

Manual
Management
Advanced
and
Traffic
Configuration Management

Web-based Authentication
Web UI

Multicast and
Routing

Access
Security
Guide
X

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Getting Started

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