ProCurve Series 2300 and 2500 Switches Release Notes

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Enhancements in Release F.02.02
Switch Memory Operation
Switch Memory Operation
If you are using the CLI to change the switch configuration, HP recommends that you use the write
memory
command to permanently save the changes (to the startup-config file) before exiting from the
CLI. CLI configuration changes are not saved from the Menu interface to the startup-config file unless
you make a configuration change in the Menu interface before using the
Save command. That is, if
you use the CLI to make a change to the running-config file and then go to the Menu interface and
execute a
Save command without making a configuration change in the Menu interface, the CLI
change made to the running-config file is not saved to the startup-config file. (You can still save the
change by returning to the global configuration level in the CLI and executing
write memory). For more
on memory operation, see appendix C, "Switch Memory and Configuration" in the HP ProCurve
Series 2500 Switches Management and Configuration Guide shipped with your switch and also
available at http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve. (Click on technical support, then manuals.) See also
"Incomplete Information on Saving Configuration Changes" on page 158.
Port Security: Changes to Retaining Learned Static
Addresses Across a Reboot
Recommended Port Security Procedures
■ Before configuring port security, use the switch’s TFTP features to save a copy of the
configuration. In the event that you later want to remove the switch’s port security configu-
ration (including MAC addresses the switch has authorized) and reconfigure port security,
your task will be easier.
■ If you want to manually configure the authorized MAC addresses for a port (instead of
allowing the switch to learn whatever MAC addresses it detects first on the port), then prior
to configuring the Static learn mode on a port, remove the LAN link from the port. This
prevents the port from automatically learning MAC addresses that you do not want to include
in the authorized list. After you use the
port-security <port-list> mac-address <mac-addr> command
to configure the authorized addresses you want in the list, reconnect the link.
231.0.0.x 239.0.0.x 231.128.0.x 239.128.0.x
* X is any value from 0 to 255.
Groups of Consecutive
Addresses in the Range of
224.0.0.X to 239.0.0.X*
Groups of Consecutive
Addresses in the Range of
224.128.0.X to 239.128.0.X*