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Quickly assigning an IP address, subnet mask, and gateway, set a
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Summary of Contents for ProCurve 1800-8G

Page 1: ...HP ProCurve 1800 Switches Management and Configuration Guide July 2009 ...

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Page 4: ...IMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE Hewlett Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and servi...

Page 5: ...1 Home Page 2 1 Configuration Options 2 2 Panel Display 2 3 Main Menu 2 3 Web Configuration 2 5 Displaying System Information 2 5 Displaying the System Name 2 8 Setting the Switch s IP Address 2 8 Configuring the Logon Password 2 10 Rate Limits 2 11 Port Configuration 2 12 Port Mirroring 2 13 Showing Port Statistics 2 15 Trunk Membership 2 17 Aggregation Mode 2 17 Defining the Members of a Trunk 2...

Page 6: ...0 LLDP Neighbor Table 2 32 SNMP Configuration 2 33 Ping Test 2 34 Restore to Factory Defaults 2 35 Reboot Switch 2 36 Upload Download Configuration 2 37 Download Text Readable Configuration Status File 2 38 Update Software 2 38 Support 2 39 3 Troubleshooting Basic Troubleshooting Tips 3 1 Forgotten IP Address or Password 3 2 Testing the Switch by Resetting It 3 2 HP Customer Support Services 3 2 B...

Page 7: ...s guide also steps you through connecting the switch to your network and assigning IP addressing as well as describing the LED indications for correct operation and trouble analysis You can download a copy of this guide from the ProCurve Web site http www hp com go procurve See GettingDocumentationFromtheWeb on page 1 2 Release Notes Release notes are posted on the ProCurve Web site and provide in...

Page 8: ...ting Documentation From the Web Getting Started Getting Documentation From the Web 1 Go to the ProCurve Web site at http www hp com go procurve manuals 2 Click on the product for which you want to view or download a manual 2 ...

Page 9: ...ally installing the switch in your network Quickly assigning an IP address subnet mask and gateway set a Manager password and optionally configure other basic features Interpreting LED behavior Notes cautions and warnings related to installing and using the switch For the latest version of the Installation and Getting Started Guide and other documentation for your switch visit the ProCurve Web sit...

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Page 11: ...t a new password using the Web interface the default is no password Access to the Web interface is controlled by the password N ot e If you cannot remember the switch s IP address you can restore the original settings by following the procedure described in the Troubleshooting section N ot e If the Web Browser Interface is inactive for more than 300 seconds the Web Browser logs out the administrat...

Page 12: ...port and 24 port switch Configuration Options Configurable parameters have a dialog box or a drop down list Once a configuration change has been made on a page be sure to click on the Apply button to confirm the new setting The following table summarizes the Web page configuration buttons Main Menu Information Screen Device Image Button Action Apply Sets specified values to the system Cancel Disca...

Page 13: ...ort Main Menu Using the onboard Web agent you can define system parameters manage and control the switch and all its ports or monitor network conditions The following table briefly describes the selections available from the Web browser interface Menu Description Page SYSTEM 2 5 Information Provides basic system description including system name IP address port trunk LACP and VLAN information 2 5 ...

Page 14: ...smitted TLVs settings and LLDP state 2 30 Neighbor Monitors LLDP neighbor information 2 32 SNMP 2 33 Configuration Configures the Simple Network Management Protocol 2 33 DIAGNOSTICS 2 34 Ping Test Sends a ping to other devices from the switch 2 34 Factory Defaults Force the switch to perform a power reset and restore the original factory settings 2 35 Reboot Switch Reboots the switch 2 36 SUPPORT ...

Page 15: ...rmation Management VLAN ID of a configured VLAN By default all ports on the switch are members of VLAN 1 However the management station can be attached to a port belonging to any VLAN as long as that VLAN has been assigned an IP address IP Address Address of the VLAN to which the management station is attached Note that the management station must always be in the Management VLAN Subnet Mask This ...

Page 16: ... untagged frames received on the interface Outgoing frames are tagged unless the frame s VLAN ID is the same as the PVID When the PVID is set to None all outgoing frames are tagged Default 1 Trunk LACP Information Trunk LACP The trunk label T1 through T12 on the 24 port switch and T1 through T4 on the 8 port switch are used as trunk labels Type Displays the trunk type as Static or Dynamic Trunk LA...

Page 17: ...2 7 Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Configuration Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Click System Information ...

Page 18: ...r this switch is 192 168 2 10 by default To manually configure an address make sure the DHCP Enabled box is unchecked then change the switch s default settings IP address 192 168 2 10 and netmask 255 255 255 0 to values that are compatible with your network You may also need to establish a default gateway between the switch and management stations that exist on another network segment Field Attrib...

Page 19: ... By default all ports on the switch are members of VLAN 1 However the management station can be attached to a portbelonging to any VLAN as long as that VLAN has been assigned an IP address N ot e Be sure to keep a record of the switch s IP address If you cannot remember the switch s IP address you can restore the original settings by following the procedure described in the Troubleshooting section...

Page 20: ...nput the current password Default is no password New Password Specifies the new user password Range 1 16 characters plain text case sensitive Confirm New Password Re enter in the new password for confirmation N ot e Be sure to keep a record of the switch s password If you cannot remember the password you can restore the original settings by following the procedure described in the Troubleshooting ...

Page 21: ...will then be dropped N ot e Rate limiting is not supported on the ProCurve Switch 1800 8G due to a hardware limitation Field Attributes Enable Rate Limits Click to select the box to enable rate limits Default Disabled Limit number of frames per second Threshold of port bandwidth measured in number of frames per second From the drop down menu you can choose the desired limit The value specifies the...

Page 22: ...mbo Frames Click box to enable jumbo frames Port The port number Speed Duplex Allows you to manually set the port speed and duplex mode Flow Control Allows flow control to be enabled or disabled When the box is checked flow control is enabled Trunk Indicates if a port is a member of a trunk Web Click Ports Configuration N ot e Ports within a trunk cannot be configured individually However you can ...

Page 23: ...o mirror another port s incoming and outgoing packets Data packets will be dropped when data coming in is greater than the port can handle N ot e If the total ingress bandwidth exceeds the mirror port s egress bandwidth packets will eventually be dropped on ingress to the switch which means they will not reach the mirror port or their intended destination port Input rate limiting in conjunction wi...

Page 24: ...2 14 Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Configuration Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Click Ports Port Mirroring ...

Page 25: ...otal number of octets received on the port including framing characters Received Packets The number of subnetwork unicast packets delivered to a higher layer protocol Received Broadcast Multicast Packets The number of packets delivered by this sub layer to a higher sub layer which were addressed to a broadcast multicast address at this sub layer Received Errors The number of inbound packets that c...

Page 26: ...2 16 Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Configuration Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Click Ports Statistics ...

Page 27: ...e switch also needs to ensure that frames in each conversation are mapped to the same trunk link In order to meet this requirement and to distribute a balanced load across all links in a trunk the switch uses an algorithm based on the frame source or destination addresses to calculate an output link member in the trunk However depending on the device to which a trunk is connected and the traffic f...

Page 28: ...and destined for many different hosts Pseudo randomized The output link in the trunk is randomly selected This mode is useful for networks where frame ordering within conversa tions can be neglected and where a high utilization of aggregated links is important IP Info The source and destination IP addresses and TCP UDP ports in a frame are used to determine the output link in the trunk This mode w...

Page 29: ...mber Not a Trunk Member If the radio button in this column is selected the port is not a member of any trunks This is the default state Trunk T1 T12 These columns correspond to the trunks that are supported by the switch To assign a port to a trunk click on the radio button in any one of these columns of the corresponding trunk and then click APPLY Web ClickTrunks Membership To assign a portto a t...

Page 30: ... Control Allows automatic or manual selection of flow control 2 Click APPLY N ot e All the ports in the trunk will have the same speed duplex mode and flow control as defined by the trunk Once the trunk is deleted the ports will no longer be a member of that trunk but will retain the speed duplex mode and flow control setting of that trunk Field Attributes Trunk Indicates trunk identification Spee...

Page 31: ...ced in a standby mode Should one link in the trunk fail one of the standby ports will automatically be activated to replace it You can use the LACP Setting page to configure LACP for each port Enabling LACP 1 On the LACP Setting page click the box under the column labeled LACP Enabled on Port for the ports you want to enable LACP 2 Input a key value for the Link Aggregate Group 3 Click APPLY Disab...

Page 32: ...2 22 Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Configuration Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Click Trunks LACP Setup ...

Page 33: ... in the LACP group that is attached to this switch Local Port Aggregated Displays port member list of the local LACP group The port members are port on this switch Seconds Since Last Changed Number of seconds since the last LACP was received LACP Port Status Port The port number Protocol Active Indicates ifthe portis a member ofan active LACP group Partner Port Number A list of port numbers assign...

Page 34: ...2 24 Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Configuration Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Click Trunks LACP Status ...

Page 35: ...N 1 All ports have a Port VLAN ID PVID of 1 All ports can send and receive both VLAN tagged and untagged packets that is they are hybrid ports In the default configuration any port is able to send traffic to any other port and a PC connected to any port will be able to access the management interface Broadcast traffic for example will be flooded to all ports on the switch The four VLAN parameters ...

Page 36: ...om this VLAN 4 Click APPLY Deleting a VLAN 1 Use the VLAN Setup page to delete a VLAN Under the VLAN List section click on the radio button of the VLAN you would like to delete 2 Click DELETE N ot e Before deleting a VLAN make sure that all the ports in this VLAN are also a member of another VLAN Otherwise the port will not be a member of any VLAN Field Attributes Add VLAN VLAN ID Input a VLAN ID ...

Page 37: ...ehavior for specific interfaces including the default VLAN identifier PVID and accepted frame types This page allows you to change the VLAN membership and behavior of individual ports Each row of the table corresponds to one portor trunk trunkedportscannotbe configured individually Field Attributes VLAN Per Port Configuration Port Trunk The port number or the ID of a trunk ...

Page 38: ...gged packets will be associated with the VLAN identified by the PVID Tagged packets will be dropped unless the port is a member of the VLAN identified by the VLAN tag in the packet If the Packet Type is set to Tagged Only the port will drop untagged packets and will only receive tagged packets Tagged packets will be dropped unless the port is a member of the VLAN identified by the VLAN tag in the ...

Page 39: ...2 29 Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Configuration Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Click VLANS VLAN Port Config ...

Page 40: ...informationabout themselves for the reasons of simplified troubleshooting enhanced network management and maintaining an accurate network topology LLDP capable devices periodically transmit information in messages called Type Length Value TLV fields to neighbor devices Field Attributes LLDP State Port The port number LLDP Enabled You can choose to disable or enable LLDP for each port Enabling LLDP...

Page 41: ...2 31 Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Configuration Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Click LLDP Configuration ...

Page 42: ...l Port The local port of the neighboring device Chassis ID The chassis information where the neighboring device is located Remote Port ID The remote port ID on the neighboring device System Name The neighboring device s full name Port Description The port description and information of the neighboring device System Capabilities The system capabilities information of the neighboring device Manageme...

Page 43: ...work Management Protocol SNMP The SNMP agent permits READ ONLY access to the switch Any system in the network using management software can be used to discover the switch You can set the following options Field Attributes SNMP Enabled Enables or disables SNMP Default Enabled Read Community Community string for read access to the SNMP protocol Web Click SNMP Configuration ...

Page 44: ...ld Attributes Ping Parameters Target IP Address The IP address of the device to ping on the network Count Number of packets to send Default 1 Time Out in secs Number of seconds to wait for a response Default 1 Ping Results Target IP Address The IP address of the device to ping on the network Status Displays the current status of the ping operation Received replies Number of replies received Reques...

Page 45: ... factory default configuration or to clear all configuration information except the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway IP Address see the SYSTEM IP Address page Field Attributes Restore Entire Factory Default Configuration Restore the switch to the original factory default configuration Keep Current IP Address Only Restore the switch to the original factory default configuration except for the IP ...

Page 46: ...Diagnostics Factory Defaults Reboot Switch Reboots the switch if the switch stops responding or functioning This operation will not change any switch configuration settings To reboot the switch click APPLY The reboot will be complete when the user interface displays the login page Web Click Diagnostics Reboot Switch ...

Page 47: ...e configuration file Finally press the APPLY button to upload or download the configuration file N ot e After you have completely finished configuring the switch settings it is important to download the configuration file You can use this saved configuration file to restore the switch settings at a later point if the switch settings have been changed or restored to the default settings Field Attri...

Page 48: ... MAC information port statistics or LACP and LLDP information Web Click Support Support File Update Software Updates the switch software using a file provided by ProCurve Click on the Browse button to select the software file Press the APPLY button to update the selected switch software file You can download software files for your switch from the support section of the ProCurve Web site at www hp...

Page 49: ...b Browser Interface Web Configuration Using the ProCurve Web Browser Interface Web Click Support Update Software Support This page directs you to the ProCurve Web site for further information Web Click Support ProCurve Web Site ...

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Page 51: ...g table For more information on possible network problems and their solutions refer to the technical note Troubleshooting LAN Performance and Intermittent Connectivity Problems which can be found on the ProCurve Web site http www hp com go procurve in the Information Library section Problem Resolution Cannot connect using the Web browser Be sure you have configured the agent with a valid IP addres...

Page 52: ...ory defaults Testing the Switch by Resetting It If you believe the switch is not operating correctly you can reset the switch to test its circuitry and operating code To reset a switch unplug and plug in the power cord power cycling Power cycling the switch cause the switch to perform its power on self test HP Customer Support Services If you are still having trouble with your switch ProCurve offe...

Page 53: ...rmation Location product identification including mini GBICs mini GBIC is for the 24 port switch only the front of the switch and on labels on the mini GBICs mini GBIC is for the 24 port switch only detailsabouttheswitch sstatusinclud ing the software OS version a copy of the switch configuration and informa tion about port statistics Web interface copy of your network topology map in cludingnetwo...

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Page 55: ...nterface 2 1 M main menu 2 3 mirror port configuring 2 13 P Password 2 10 passwords administrator setting 2 10 ports broadcast storm threshold 2 11 configuring 2 12 mirroring 2 13 statistics 2 15 R rate limits setting 2 11 reboot switch 2 36 S SNMP configuration 2 33 software version displaying 2 5 software update 2 38 statistics port 2 15 statistics switch 2 5 System Information 2 5 T tips for tr...

Page 56: ...Index 2 Index user password 2 10 V VLANs port configuration 2 27 setup 2 25 W Web interface configuration options 2 2 home page 2 1 main menu 2 3 panel display 2 3 ...

Page 57: ...e information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP will not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Printed in China July 2009 Manual P...

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