HP ProLiant BL e-Class C-GbE Interconnect Switch Menu-driven Interface Reference Guide February 2003 (First Edition) Part Number 322858-001
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Contents Configuring Static (Destination Address) Filtering Table .......................................................................2-22 Configuring VLANs ................................................................................................................................2-26 Default VLAN...................................................................................................................................2-26 Creating an 802.1 Static VLAN ........................................
About This Guide This guide can be used for reference when configuring the interconnect switch through the menu-driven interface WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from electric shock and hazardous energy levels, only authorized service technicians should attempt to repair this equipment. Improper repairs can create conditions that are hazardous. Technician Notes WARNING: Only authorized technicians trained by HP should attempt to repair this equipment.
About This Guide NOTE: Any indications of component replacement or printed wiring board modifications may void any warranty.
1 Overview Introduction The ProLiant BL e-Class C-GbE Interconnect Switch provides two console management interfaces and a Web-based management interface. The command line interface (CLI) and menu-driven interface allow you to set up and control the switch modules using either the serial or Ethernet ports on the switch. This guide discusses how to use the menu-driven interface to set up and manage the interconnect switch.
Overview Accessing the Switch Modules After the Integrated Administrator is configured, you can access and configure the switch modules through the Integrated Administrator software. For information on how to configure the Integrated Administrator, refer to the “Configuring the Integrated Administrator” section in the HP ProLiant BL e-Class C-GbE Interconnect Switch User Guide.
Overview To log on for the first time: 1. Leave the Username field blank and press the Tab key. 2. Leave the Password field blank and press the Enter key. The main menu for the switch module is displayed. NOTE: Subsequent users will type their user name and password, then press the Enter key. The main menu displays the major categories for switch management. Moving Between the Console Management Interfaces The menu-driven interface is the factory default setting.
Overview Navigation Features Use the features in Table 1-1 to navigate through the screens. Table 1-1: Menu-driven interface Navigation To Action Toggle between the field options Highlight items in , and then press the spacebar. Enter data in a field Highlight the item in [square brackets], and then type in the new data. Execute a command Highlight the command displayed in UPPERCASE letters, and then press the Enter key.
2 Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Overview This chapter describes how to configure the switch modules from the menu-driven interface. Saving Changes The switch module has two types of memory: dynamic RAM and non-volatile RAM (NVRAM). Restarting the switch module erases all configuration settings in RAM and reloads the stored settings from NVRAM. Thus, it is necessary to save all configuration setting changes to NVRAM before rebooting the switch module.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface To retain any configuration changes permanently: 1. Highlight Save Changes on the main menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed to verify that your new settings have been saved to NVRAM. After the configuration settings have been saved to NVRAM, they become the default settings for the switch module. These settings are then used every time the switch module is rebooted.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Managing User Accounts After logging on to the interconnect switch for the first time, you need to set up at least one user account with Root privileges. You can set up a maximum of eight users on a switch module. There are three levels of user privileges: Root, User+, and User. Some menu selections available to users with Root privileges may not be available to those with User+ and User privileges.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 2. Press the Enter key. The Setup User Accounts screen is displayed. 3. Using the spacebar, toggle the Action field to Add. 4. Type the user’s name in the Username field. 5. Type an initial password for the user in the New Password field. IMPORTANT: Passwords used to access the switch module are case-sensitive. 6. Type the new password a second time in the Confirm New Password field. 7.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Updating User Account Information To update a user password or privilege level: 1. Highlight User Accounts Management on the main menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The Setup User Accounts screen is displayed. 3. Toggle the Action field to Update. 4. Type the user name for the account you want to change in the Username field. 5. If the password is to be changed, type the new password in the New Password field. 6.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Displaying User Account Information To view the current user accounts: 1. Highlight User Accounts Management on the main menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The Setup User Accounts screen displays a list of all current user accounts. Deleting a User Account To prevent accidental deletion of all of the users with Root privilege, the menu-driven interface does not allow you delete the current logged-on user. To delete a user account: 1.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface In addition, you can • Set an IP address for a default gateway. This becomes necessary when the network management station is located on a different IP network from the switch module, making it necessary for management packets to go through a router to reach the network manager, and vice-versa. • Set a list of up to eight secure IP addresses of network management stations that are allowed to manage the interconnect switch.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface To set up the switch module for remote management: 1. Highlight Configure IP Address from the Configuration menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. The Remote Management Setup screen lets you specify how the switch module will be assigned an IP address, which allows an in-band network management system (for example, Telnet) client to find it on the network.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface — Default Gateway—An IP address that determines where packets with a destination address outside the current subnet should be sent. This is usually the address of a router or a host acting as an IP gateway. If your network is not part of an intranet, or you do not want the switch module to be accessible outside your local network, you can leave this field blank.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. The Switch Information menu displays general information about the interconnect switch including: — Device Type—Identifies the interconnect switch name and module (Switch A or Switch B). — Option #/Switch Spare #—Identifies the option number and spare number for the interconnect switch. — MAC Address—Identifies the unique MAC address assigned by the factory.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface To complete the basic information: 1. Type the name of the system in the System Name field. 2. Type the location of the system in the System Location field. 3. Type the name and telephone number of the System Administrator in the System Contact field. HP recommends that the person who is responsible for the maintenance of the network system on which this interconnect switch is installed be listed here. 4. Highlight APPLY. 5.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface The switch module enters into its forwarding table the mapping between the MAC address of the device and the Ethernet port to which the device is attached. This information is used to forward packets. This reduces the traffic congestion on the network, because packets are forwarded to the destination port only, instead of being forwarded to all ports.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface — Backpressure—Toggle to enable or disable backpressure flow control in and out of the switch. When backpressure is enabled and there is incoming traffic congestion on a 10/100 port, the receiving port sends a request to the transmitting port. The transmitting port acknowledges the request and stops sending packets for a random amount of time, before it starts sending again.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 3. Toggle the View Ports field, using the space bar, to display the configuration of either Ports 1 through 12, Ports 13 through 24, or Ports 25 through 26. 4. Type the port number in the Configure Port field. 5. Type the port name in the Port Name field. 6. Toggle the State field to either enable or disable a given port. 7. Toggle the Speed/Duplex field to select the speed and duplex/half-duplex state of the port.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. The Bandwidth Configuration menu allows you to access screens that set and display the ingress bandwidth and egress bandwidth of specified ports on the switch module. Configuring Restart Port Ingress Bandwidth To configure restart port ingress bandwidth: 1. Highlight Configure Restart Port Ingress Bandwidth on the Bandwidth Configuration menu. 2. Press Enter.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface NOTE: To delete an entry, toggle the Action field to Delete. 4. Type a port number in the Port field. 5. Type a number between 1 and 127 in the Ingress Bandwidth field. 6. Highlight APPLY. 7. Press the Enter key. 8. Save the changes using Save Changes on the main menu. 9. Reboot the switch module to allow your changes to take effect. Displaying Current Port Ingress Bandwidth To view the current port ingress bandwidth settings: 1.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Configuring Restart Port Egress Bandwidth To configure port egress bandwidth: 1. Highlight Configure Restart Port Egress Bandwidth on the Bandwidth Configuration screen. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Toggle to Add/Modify in the Action field. NOTE: To delete an entry, toggle the Action field to Delete. 4. Type a destination port in the Port field. 5. Type a number between 1 and 127 in the Egress Bandwidth field.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Displaying Current Port Egress Bandwidth Settings To view port egress bandwidth settings: 1. Highlight Display Current Port Egress Bandwidth on the Bandwidth Configuration menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. This read-only screen displays current egress bandwidth information.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Configuring Spanning Tree Protocol IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) allows for the blocking of links between switches to avoid loops within the network. When multiple links between the switches are detected, a primary link is established. Duplicated links are blocked from use and become standby links. The protocol allows for the duplicate links to be used in the event of a failure of the primary link.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Setting Spanning Tree Parameters on the Switch Module Level IMPORTANT: The factory default settings should cover the majority of installations. HP recommends that you keep the default settings as set at the factory unless it is absolutely necessary to change them. To globally configure Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) on the switch module: 1. Highlight Configure Spanning Tree Protocol on the Configuration menu. 2. Press the Enter key.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface — Priority—A priority for the switch module can be set from 0 to 65,535. Zero indicates the highest priority. The priority number is used in the voting process between switches on the network to determine which switch will be the root switch. A low number indicates a high priority, and a higher probability that this switch module will be elected as the root switch.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface To define individual ports: 1. Highlight Port Settings on the Configure Spanning Tree menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Toggle the View Ports field to the range of ports to be displayed. 4. Type the port number or port range in the Configure Port field. 5. Toggle the STP Status field to Enabled or Disabled. 6. Type the Spanning Tree port cost in the Port Cost field.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface For intrusion control, whenever a switch module encounters a packet originating from or destined to a MAC address entered into the filter table, the switch module discards the packet. Some filtering is done automatically by the switch module, including: • Dynamic filtering, which is automatic learning and aging of MAC addresses and their location on the network. Filtering occurs to keep local traffic confined to its segment.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Adding Unicast Filter Actions To configure the Static Unicast Table: 1. Highlight Configure Static Unicast Table on the Configure Static (DestinationAddress Filtering) Table menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Toggle the Action field to Add/Modify. NOTE: To delete the unicast filter action for a VLAN, toggle the Action field to Delete. 4. Type the VID in the VLAN ID field. 5.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Adding Multicast Filter Actions To edit the multicast filtering settings: 1. Highlight Configure Static Multicast Filtering Table on the Configure Static (Destination-Address Filtering) Table. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Toggle the Action field to Add/Modify. 4. Type the VID number of the VLAN that will be receiving the multicast packets in the VLAN ID field. 5.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Configuring VLANs A Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) is a network topology configured according to a logical scheme rather than the physical layout. VLANs can be used to combine any collection of physical LAN segments into an autonomous user group that appears as a single LAN. VLANs also logically segment the network into different broadcast domains so that logical packets are forwarded only between ports within that VLAN.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Characteristics of DEFAULT_VLAN include: • DEFAULT_VLAN is an IEEE 802.1Q Static VLAN with VID equal to 1. • DEFAULT_VLAN cannot be deleted. • The VID cannot be changed. The VID that is equal to 1 is reserved for DEFAULT_VLAN. • The VLAN name can be changed to any other valid VLAN name. • You cannot delete a port from DEFAULT_VLAN, unless it is a member of another 802.1Q VLAN.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Creating an 802.1 Static VLAN To create an 802.1Q VLAN: 1. Highlight Configure Static VLAN Entry on the IEEE 802.1Q VLANs Configuration menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Type a VLAN ID number in the VID field. 4. Type a name for the new VLAN in the VLAN Name field. 5. Set the 802.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface IMPORTANT: If the port is attached to a device that is not IEEE 802.1Q VLAN compliant (VLANtag unaware), then set the port to U—Untagged. If the port is attached to a device that is IEEE 802.1Q VLAN compliant, (VLAN-tag aware), then set the port to T—Tagged. 7. Toggle the State field between Active and Inactive. 8. Highlight APPLY. 9. Press the Enter key.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface To assign a port a PVID: 1. Highlight Configure Port VLAN ID on the IEEE 802.1Q VLANs Configuration menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Type the range of port numbers you want to configure in the Configure Port field. 4. Type the PVID for the VLAN member ports you want to configure in the PVID field.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface If the packet is not tagged with VLAN information, the ingress port tags the packet with its own PVID as a VID (if the port is a tagging port). The interconnect switch then determines if the destination port is a member of the same VLAN (has the same VID) as the ingress port. • If the destination port is not a member of the same VLAN, the packet is dropped.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Configuring GVRP This section describes how to configure GVRP on a per port basis. For information on how to set GVRP globally on the switch module, refer to the “Configuring Advanced Switch Module Features” section earlier in this chapter. GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) is a Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP) application that provides 802.1Q-compliant VLAN pruning and dynamic VLAN creation on 802.1Q trunk ports.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Configuring IGMP Snooping This section describes how to configure IGMP snooping on a VLAN ID. For information on how to set IGMP globally on the switch module and how to setting the IGMP filter mode for processing multicast packets, refer to the “Configuring Advanced Switch Module Features” section earlier in this chapter.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface The top line displays if IGMP Snooping is enabled or disabled globally on the switch module. If IGMP Snooping is enabled, you can set the following: — Action—Toggle to Add/Modify. — VLAN ID—Type the VLAN ID on which you want to enable IGMP snooping. — State—Toggle to Enabled to enable IGMP snooping on the VLAN. — Querier State—Toggle between Non-Querier, V1-Querier, and V2-Querier.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Configuring Port Trunking This section describes how to configure port trunking. For information on how to set the trunk load sharing algorithm parameter, refer to the “Configuring Advanced Switch Module Features” section earlier in this chapter. Port trunking allows several ports to be grouped together to act as a single link. This provides a bandwidth that is a multiple of a single link bandwidth.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface • If the IGMP snooping configuration for any port trunk member is changed, the IGMP snooping settings for all port trunk members are changed. • The port trunk takes precedence over any other setting. That is, the settings of trunked ports are the same as the master port settings. • When any trunked port becomes a non-trunked port, all of the port configurations are reset to default settings.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Configuring Port Mirroring The switch module allows you to copy frames transmitted and received on a port (source) and redirect the copies to another port (target). You can attach a monitoring device to the mirrored (target) port, such as a sniffer or an RMON probe, to view details about the packets passing through the source port. This setting is useful for network monitoring and troubleshooting purposes.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 4. In the Source Direction field, toggle to the desired direction: Ingress, Egress, or Ingress & Egress. 5. In the Target Port field, toggle to the port that receives the copies from the source port. The target port is where you connect a monitoring or troubleshooting device such as a sniffer or an RMON probe. 6. Toggle the Mirror Status field to Enabled. 7. Highlight APPLY. 8. Press the Enter key.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 4. Type a threshold in the Threshold (Pkts/sec) field. 5. Highlight APPLY. 6. Press the Enter key. IMPORTANT: To save the configuration settings permanently, you must enter them into NVRAM using the Save Changes option on the main menu. Refer to the “Saving Changes” section earlier in this chapter.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Setting Class of Service To configure Class of Service: 1. Highlight Configure Class of Service on the Configure Class of Service, Default Priority, and Traffic Class menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. This screen allows you to set the following features: — Max.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Setting Port Priority To assign port default priority: 1. Highlight Configure Default Priority on the Configure Class of Service, Default Priority, and Traffic Class menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Type the port range in the Configure Port fields. 4. Type the port priority in the Default Priority field. 5. Highlight APPLY. 6. Press the Enter key.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Setting Traffic Class To configure traffic class: 1. Highlight Configure Traffic of Class on the Configure Class of Service, Default Priority, and Traffic Class menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Toggle the Priority fields to set the traffic class for the eight levels of priority for the switch module. Class values are from 0 to 3. 4. Highlight APPLY. 5. Press the Enter key.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Configuring Port Security To configure security for a specified port or range of ports on the switch module: 1. Highlight Configure Port Security on the Configuration menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Toggle the View Ports field to the port range that you want to view. 4. Type the port number or range of numbers to configure in the Configure Port fields. 5.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Configuring Priority MAC Addresses To configure priority MAC address for a specified VLAN on the switch module: 1. Highlight Configure Priority MAC Addresses on the Configuration menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Toggle to Add/Modify in the Action field. 4. Type the VLAN ID in the VLAN ID field. 5. Type the MAC address for which priority on the switch module is to be established in the MAC Address field. 6.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Configuring the Switch Module Date and Time The switch module can maintain the current date and time. This information displays on the management interfaces and is used to record the date and time of interconnect switch events in the history log. When a new switch module is first booted up, the firmware clock starts at zero (0) and counts the seconds since bootup.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface To configure time settings: 1. Highlight Configure Time on the Configuration menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. The Configure Time screen allows you to configure the current time and date, enable SNTP, set the SNTP parameters, and set the parameters for daylight saving time.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface — Time Zone—Select + or – to indicate if the time zone is ahead of (+) or behind (-) the Greenwich Mean Time. Then, type the number of hours and minutes that the time zone is ahead or behind the Greenwich Mean Time. — Daylight Saving Time—Select Disabled, Repeating, or Annual to set if and how daylight saving time will be determined.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. The Network Monitoring Menu lists the monitoring options for the switch module. Monitoring Port Utilization To view the port utilization of all the ports on the switch module: 1. Highlight Port Utilization on the Network Monitoring Menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 4. To reset the counters, highlight CLEAR COUNTER. 5. Press the Enter key. Monitoring Trunk Utilization To view the trunk utilization of all the ports on the switch module: 1. Highlight Trunk Utilization on the Network Monitoring Menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Monitoring Port Error Packets To view the error statistics for a port: 1. Highlight Port Error Packets on the Network Monitoring Menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. The Packet Error Statistic screen displays the following for received frames: — CRC Error—Counts Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) errors.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface — Ex. Coll.—Counts the number of frames that experienced 16 collisions during transmission and were aborted. — Single Coll.—Counts the number frames that experienced exactly one collision during transmission. — Coll.—Counts the number of collisions that occurred during the transmission of a frame. 3. Toggle the Port field to the number of the port to be viewed. 4.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 4. In the Interval field, toggle to select the frequency at which the information on the screen is refreshed. The default is two seconds. 5. To reset the counters, highlight CLEAR COUNTER. 6. Press the Enter key. Monitoring MAC Address Forwarding Table To view the MAC address forwarding table: 1. Highlight Browse MAC Address on the Network Monitoring Menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Monitoring Switch Module History To view the Switch Module History log: 1. Highlight Switch History from the Network Monitoring Menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. The Switch History screen displays the switch module logs and health status. To scroll through the log • Press the Ctrl+N keys to scroll to the next page. • Press the Ctrl+P keys to scroll to the previous page.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Monitoring IGMP Snooping IGMP Snooping allows the switch module to read the Multicast Group IP address and the corresponding MAC address from IGMP packets that pass through the switch module. To view the IGMP Snooping table: 1. Highlight IGMP Snooping on the Network Monitoring Menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Type the VLAN name in the VID field. 4.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Monitoring the Dynamic Group Registration Table To view the Dynamic Group Registration Table: 1. Highlight Dynamic Group Registration Table on the Network Monitoring Menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. The Dynamic Group Registration Table displays filtering information for VLANs configured into the bridge by local or network management, or learned dynamically.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Monitoring VLAN Status To view the VLAN Status table: 1. Highlight VLAN Status on the Network Monitoring Menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. The VLAN Status window displays which VLAN ports are egress and which ports are untagged.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface The authentication protocol ensures that both the switch SNMP agent and the remote user SNMP application program discard packets from unauthorized users. SNMP (version 1) implements a form of security by requiring that each request include a “community string.” A community string is an arbitrary string of characters used as a “password” to control access to the switch module.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface The following parameters can be set: — SNMP Community String—Displays the community string that is included on SNMP request and traps sent to and from the switch module. If the receiver of a request or trap does not recognize the community string, the request or trap is ignored. SNMP allows up to four community strings to be defined. The community strings “public” and “private” are defined by default.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. The Switch Utilities menu displays the server IP address and the switch module IP address, subnet mask, and gateway router addresses. The bottom of the screen provides a menu for using TFTP services and a performing a ping test. Upgrading Firmware from a TFTP Server To upgrade the firmware from a TFTP server: 1. Highlight Upgrade Firmware from TFTP Server on the Switch Utilities menu.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 5. Type the path and the filename to the firmware file on the TFTP server in the Path\Filename field. IMPORTANT: The TFTP server must be running TFTP server software to perform the file transfer. TFTP server software is included in many network management software packages, or it can be obtained as part of the interconnect switch utilities package. 6. Highlight APPLY. 7. Press the Enter key to record the IP address of the TFTP server. 8.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Type the IP address of the TFTP server in the Server IP Address field. 4. Type the port number of the TFTP server you wish to connect to in the Server TFTP Port Number field. 5. Type the location of the switch module configuration file on the TFTP server in the Path\Filename field. 6. Highlight APPLY. 7. Press the Enter key to record the IP address and location of the TFTP server.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Saving Settings to a TFTP Server After completing the final configuration for the switch module, HP highly recommends that you save the switch module configuration file to TFTP server storage. To save the switch module configuration file to a TFTP server: 1. Highlight Save Settings to TFTP Server on the Switch Utilities menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Saving the History Log to a TFTP Server To save the History Log on a TFTP server: 1. Highlight Save History Log to TFTP Server on the Switch Utilities menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Type the IP address of the TFTP server in the Server IP Address field. 4. Type the port number of the TFTP server you wish to connect in the Server TFTP Port Number field. 5.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Performing a Ping Test To test the connection with another network device using Ping: 1. Highlight Ping Test on the Switch Utilities menu. 2. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 3. Type the IP address of the network device to be pinged in the IP Address field. 4. Type the number of test packets to be sent (three is usually enough) in the Number of Repetitions field. 5. Highlight START. 6. Press the Enter key.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface Rebooting the Switch Module The switch module reboot options are: • Reboot—Restarts the switch module. Any configuration settings not saved using Save Changes from the main menu are lost. The switch module configuration is restored to the last configuration saved in NVRAM. • Save Configuration & Reboot—Saves the configuration to NVRAM (identical to using Save Changes) and then restarts the switch module.
Configuring the Switch Modules using the Menu-driven Interface 4. Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed. 5. Highlight Yes. 6. Press the Enter key. Logging Out To exit the setup pages, select Logout on the Main menu. The Account Login screen is displayed.
Index A F accessing switch procedure 1-2 advanced settings 2-9 auto-logout 2-11 field-level help 1-4 firmware upgrades 2-59 B grounding v grounding plug v group address filter mode 2-12 GVRP (GARP VLAN Registration Protocol) settings 2-12, 2-32 bandwidth, configuring 2-14 basic settings 2-9 Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) IP address assignment 2-7, 2-8 broadcast storm configuring threshold 2-38 C Class of Service (CoS) 2-39 Class of Service (CoS) packet prioritization 2-40 class of traffic 2-42 community
Index monitoring 2-52 manual assignment of IP addresses 2-7, 2-8 mirroring of ports 2-37 monitoring switch functions 2-47 multicast filtering 2-33 multicast filtering, configuring 2-25 multicast storm, configuring 2-38 N Network Monitoring Menu 2-47 NVRAM (non-volatile RAM) 2-1 P packets, data error monitoring 2-50 monitoring 2-51 prioritization service 2-39, 2-40 ping test 2-64 port trunking 2-35 ports assigning VLANs to 2-29 configuring settings 2-13 default priority 2-41 GVRP settings 2-32 ingress fil
