- Hewlett-Packard Switch User Manual
Table Of Contents
- HP ProCurve 2520 Switches Management and Configuration Guide
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright, Notices, & Publication Data
- Contents
- Feature Index
- 1.Getting Started
- 2.Selecting a Management Interface
- 3.Using the Menu Interface
- 4.Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)
- 5.Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface
- 6.Switch Memory and Configuration
- 7.Interface Access and System Information
- 8.Configuring IP Addressing
- 9.Time Protocols
- 10.Port Status and Configuration
- Contents
- Overview
- Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters
- Menu: Port Status and Configuration
- CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters
- Customizing the Show Interfaces Command
- Viewing Port Utilization Statistics
- Viewing Transceiver Status
- Enabling or Disabling Ports and Configuring Port Mode
- Enabling or Disabling Flow Control
- Configuring a Broadcast Limit on the Switch
- Configuring ProCurve Auto-MDIX
- Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters
- Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names
- 11.Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Operation
- 12.Port Trunking
- Contents
- Overview
- Port Trunk Features and Operation
- Trunk Configuration Methods
- Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group
- CLI: Viewing and Configuring Port Trunk Groups
- Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups
- Trunk Group Operation Using LACP
- Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option
- How the Switch Lists Trunk Data
- Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links
- 13.Configuring for Network Management Applications
- Contents
- Using SNMP Tools To Manage the Switch
- LLDP (Link-Layer Discovery Protocol)
- Terminology
- General LLDP Operation
- Packet Boundaries in a Network Topology
- Configuration Options
- Options for Reading LLDP Information Collected by the Switch
- LLDP and LLDP-MED Standards Compatibility
- LLDP Operating Rules
- Configuring LLDP Operation
- LLDP-MED (Media-Endpoint-Discovery)
- Displaying Advertisement Data
- LLDP Operating Notes
- LLDP and CDP Data Management
- A.File Transfers
- B.Monitoring and Analyzing Switch Operation
- Contents
- Overview
- Status and Counters Data
- Menu Access To Status and Counters
- General System Information
- Task Monitor—Collecting Processor Data
- Switch Management Address Information
- Port Status
- Viewing Port and Trunk Group Statistics and Flow Control Status
- Viewing the Switch’s MAC Address Tables
- Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) Information
- Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Status
- VLAN Information
- Web Browser Interface Status Information
- Interface Monitoring Features
- Locating a Device
- C.Troubleshooting
- Contents
- Overview
- Troubleshooting Approaches
- Browser or Telnet Access Problems
- Unusual Network Activity
- General Problems
- 802.1Q Prioritization Problems
- IGMP-Related Problems
- LACP-Related Problems
- Port-Based Access Control (802.1X)-Related Problems
- QoS-Related Problems
- Radius-Related Problems
- Spanning-Tree Protocol (MSTP) and Fast-Uplink Problems
- SSH-Related Problems
- TACACS-Related Problems
- TimeP, SNTP, or Gateway Problems
- VLAN-Related Problems
- Fan Failure
- Using the Event Log for Troubleshooting Switch Problems
- Debug/Syslog Operation
- Debug/Syslog Messaging
- Debug/Syslog Destination Devices
- Debug/Syslog Configuration Commands
- Configuring Debug/Syslog Operation
- Debug Command
- Logging Command
- Adding a Description for a Syslog Server
- Adding a Priority Description
- Configuring the Severity Level for Event Log Messages Sent to a Syslog Server
- Operating Notes for Debug and Syslog
- Diagnostic Tools
- Viewing Switch Configuration and Operation
- Restoring the Factory-Default Configuration
- Restoring a Flash Image
- DNS Resolver
- D.MAC Address Management
- E.Daylight Savings Time on ProCurve Switches
- F.Power-Saving Features
- Index
- Notices & Publication Data

power cycle … 6-29
primary boot path … 6-27
reboot policy options … 6-24
reboot policy, override … 6-28
reboot process … 6-25
reload … 6-30
rename config file … 6-31
reset … 6-29
running-config file … 6-25
running-config file operation … 6-24
secondary boot path … 6-27
show config file content … 6-28
show multiple files … 6-27
startup-config … 6-24
startup-config file … 6-25
transition to multiple files … 6-26
unable to copy … 6-31
workingConfig … 6-24, 6-26
xmodem from host … 6-37
xmodem to host … 6-36
console
Actions line … 3-10, 3-11
configuring … 7-3
ending a session … 3-5
features … 2-3
Help … 3-9, 3-11
inactivity-timer … 7-8
Main Menu interface … 3-7
meaning of asterisk … 3-10, 3-13
measuring network activity … C-8
navigation … 3-9, 3-10
operation … 3-10
starting a session … 3-4
statistics, clear counters … 3-12
status and counters access … 3-7
troubleshooting access problems … C-6
context level
global config … 4-5, 8-10
manager level … 4-5
moving between contexts … 4-7
port or trunk-group … 4-13
VLAN-specific … 4-15
copy
command output … A-28
crash data … A-29
crash log … A-30
event log output … A-29
multiple config file, tftp … 6-35
software images … A-22
tftp show-tech … A-25
copy tftp
show-tech … A-25
CPU utilization …B-6
cpu utilization data …B-7
custom, show tech …A-25
customizing, show command output … 10-11
D
date format, events …C-23
date, configure …7-16
debug
compared to event log … C-32
destination, logging … C-33
displaying debug configuration … C-36
forwarding IPv4 messages … C-33
lldp messages … C-34
overview
packet messages … C-33
sending event log messages … C-32
standard event log messages … C-33
using CLI session … C-32
debug command
configuring debug/Syslog operation … C-35
destinations … C-32, C-40
event log … C-48
event log as default … C-33
event log messages … C-39
event types supported … C-32
operating notes … C-47
show debug … C-36
support for "debug" severity on Syslog
servers … C-40, C-48
syntax … C-33, C-38
using CLI session … C-40
debug logging
LLDP … 13-40
default gateway …8-3
See also gateway.
default settings
configuration file name, switch.cfg …6-39
DHCP Option 66, enabled …6-38
PoE … 11-6
PoE allocation, usage … 11-9
default trunk type …12-10
DES encryption … 13-9
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