ProCurve Series 2300 and 2500 Switches Release Notes

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Enhancements in Release F.02.02
Documentation for Enhancements in Release F.02.02
Enhancements in Release F.02.02
Documentation for Enhancements in Release F.02.02
Software release F.02.02 contains these enhancements:
Enhancement Summary Page
TACACS+ TACACS+ authentication enables you to use a central server to allow or deny
access to Series 2500 switches (and other TACACS-aware devices) in your
network. This means that you can use a central database to create multiple
unique username/password sets with associated privilege levels for use by
individuals who have reason to access the switch from either the switch’s
console port (local access) or Telnet (remote access).
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CDP In the Series 2500 switches, CDP-v1 (Cisco® Discovery Protocol, version 1)
provides data that aids SNMP-based network mapping utilities designed to
discover devices running CDP in a network. To make this data available, the
switch transmits information about itself via CDP packets to adjacent devices,
and also receives and stores information about adjacent devices running
CDP. This enables each CDP device to receive and maintain identity data on
each of its CDP neighbors and pass this information off to an SNMP utility
designed to query the CDP area of the device’s MIB.
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TimeP Change Changes how to select the TimeP time protocol option. 200
SNTP Time Protocol
Enhancement
Adds SNTP, which uses two time protocol operating modes:
• Broadcast Mode: The switch acquires time updates by accepting the time
value from the first SNTP time broadcast detected.
• Unicast Mode: The switch requests a time update from the configured
SNTP server.
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IGMP Enhancements IGMP on the Series 2500 switches now supports IGMP without IP addressing
and Forced Fast-Leave IGMP.
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Switch Memory Operation A brief description of how the switch saves configuration changes and a
recommendation on when to use the write memory command.
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Port Security Enhancement Changes how the switch retains learned static addresses across a reboot. 228
Using the CLI To Configure
Usernames
Prior to release F.02.02, you could configure Manager and Operator user-
names only from the web browser interface. Beginning with F.02.02 you can
also use the CLI to configure usernames.
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