3Com Switch 7750 Configuration Guide

410 CHAPTER 40: HABP CONFIGURATION
HABP Client
Configuration
HABP clients reside on switches attached to HABP servers. After you enable HABP
for a switch, the switch operates as an HABP client by default. So you only need to
enable HABP on a switch to make it an HABP client.
Displaying HABP After performing the above configuration, you can display and verify your
HABP-related configuration by execute the display command in any view.
HABP Configuration
Example
Network requirements
As shown in Figure 99, Switch B operates as a 3Com authentication bypass
protocol (HABP) server, Switch A operates as a HABP client. Both Switch A and
Switch B are in VLAN 2.
■ Switch A and Switch B are interconnected through trunk ports
GigabitEthernet2/0/1 (Switch A) and GigabitEthernet2/0/2 (Switch B).
■ VLAN 2 is the default of the two ports.
■ The two ports permit packets of all the VLANs.
Configure the current
switch to be an HABP
server
habp server vlan
vlan-id
Required
By default, a switch operates as an HABP
client after you enable HABP on the switch,
and if you want to use the switch as a
management switch, you must configure
the switch to be an HABP server.
Configure the interval to
send HABP request
packets.
habp timer interval Optional
The default interval for an HABP server to
send HABP request packets is 20 seconds.
Table 325 Configure an HABP server
Operation Command Description
Table 326 Configure an HABP client
Operation Command Description
Enter system view system-view -
Enable HABP habp enable Optional
HABP is enabled by default. And a switch
operates as an HABP client after you
enable HABP for it.
Table 327 Display HABP
Operation Command Description
Display HABP configuration and
status information
display habp You can execute the
display command in any
view
Display the MAC address table
maintained by HABP
display habp table
Display statistics on HABP traffic display habp traffic