ProCurve Series 2300 and 2500 Switches Read Me

• Connecting with the transceivers: The HP ProCurve High-Speed Transceivers, when

installed in your Series 2300 and 2500 switches, are given a default configuration and

operate in specific ways as described below (on the previous two pages in this Read

Me First). Please read this information to determine the effect of connecting the

transceivers to devices with fixed configurations.

• Make sure that the configurations for the switch port and the port on the connected

device are the same. Incompatible port configurations will result in failure to link or in

a link that has very poor performance.

• Make sure that if you change the connection between the 100/1000-T Transceiver and a

device operating at one speed (for example, 100 Mbps) to a connection to a device

operating at a different speed (for example, 1000 Mbps), that you reset the switch after

the connection change. Until you reset the switch, the link may not complete success-

fully (no Link LED), or the link may complete successfully but will continue to operate

at the former speed, not at the new connection speed.

Change to the Management and Configuration Guide

The following information pertains to your Series 2500 switches. Make the following change to your

switch Management and Configuration Guide (5969-2354):

Page 3-3 — Add the information on page 2 and the top of page 3 of this Read Me First to the manual

before the bullet titled “Check the port configuration (Series 2500 Switches only)”.

page 3-6 — Under the Diagnostic Tip

➏, add the following bulleted items:

Page A-10 — modify the note text near the top of the page to the following:

Note

If an error occurs during a TFTP transfer of the switch code and the transfer of

the new code does not complete successfully, an error message is displayed on

the console and the transfer process is terminated. Switch operation is not

interrupted at all; it continues to operate under the old code.

Fix whatever problem caused the TFTP file transfer error and then retry the

download.

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written permission is prohibited except as allowed

under the copyright laws.

Technical information in this document is subject to

change without notice.

Part Number: 5969-2355

Edition 2, November 2000

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