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The Maintenance Menu

The following table describes the

Maintenance Menu

options.

Table 9-1: Maintenance Menu Options

Command Usage

sys

Displays the

System Maintenance Menu

fdb

Displays the

Forwarding Database Manipulation Menu

debug

Displays the

Debug Menu

arp

Displays the

ARP Cache Manipulation Menu

uudmp

Displays dump information in uuencoded format.

ptdmp hostname, filename

[-mgmt|-data]

Saves the system dump information via TFTP.

cldmp

Clears dump information from flash memory.

panic

Dumps MP information to flash and reboots.

tsdmp

Dumps all GbE2 Interconnect Switch information, statistics,
and configuration.

System Maintenance Options

Command:

/maint/sys

[System Maintenance Menu]
flags - Set NVRAM flag word

The

System Maintenance Menu

is reserved for use by HP technical support. The options are

used to perform system debugging.

The following table describes the

System Maintenance Menu

options.

Table 9-2: System Maintenance Menu Options

Command Usage

flags

<new NVRAM flags

word as 0xXXXXXXXX>

This command sets the flags that are used for debugging
purposes by HP technical support.

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Page 1: ...roLiant BL p Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Command Reference Guide August 2003 First Edition Part Number 331404 001 HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename Strawberry Part Number 331404 001 Last Saved On 7 17 03 12 43 PM ...

Page 2: ...information in this document is provided as is without warranty of any kind and is subject to change without notice The warranties for HP products are set forth in the express limited warranty statements accompanying such products Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty Confidential computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Con...

Page 3: ...ter 2 Menu Basics Introduction 2 1 The Main Menu 2 1 Menu Summary 2 2 Global Commands 2 3 Command Line History and Editing 2 5 Command Line Interface Shortcuts 2 6 Command Stacking 2 6 Command Abbreviation 2 6 Tab Completion 2 6 Chapter 3 First Time Configuration Introduction 3 1 Using the Setup Utility 3 1 Information Needed For Setup 3 1 Starting Setup When You Log In 3 2 Stopping and Restarting...

Page 4: ...ormation 4 11 Spanning Tree Information 4 12 VLAN Information 4 14 Port Information 4 15 IP Information 4 16 Trunk Group Information 4 16 Clear Syslog Messages 4 16 Information Dump 4 17 Chapter 5 The Statistics Menu Introduction 5 1 Statistics Menu 5 1 Port Statistics Menu 5 2 Bridging Statistics 5 3 Ethernet Statistics 5 5 Interface Statistics 5 9 Link Statistics 5 11 Management Processor Statis...

Page 5: ... 6 14 IP Interface Configuration 6 15 Default IP Gateway Configuration 6 16 Domain Name System Configuration 6 17 VLAN Configuration 6 18 Spanning Tree Configuration 6 19 Bridge Spanning Tree Configuration 6 20 Spanning Tree Port Configuration 6 21 SNMP Configuration 6 22 Port Mirroring 6 24 Port Based Port Mirroring 6 25 Trunk Configuration 6 26 Setup 6 27 Dump 6 27 Saving the Active GbE2 Interco...

Page 6: ...rconnect Switch 8 5 Chapter 9 The Maintenance Menu Introduction 9 1 Maintenance Menu 9 1 System Maintenance Options 9 2 Forwarding Database Options 9 3 Debugging Options 9 4 ARP Cache Options 9 5 Uuencode Flash Dump 9 6 TFTP System Dump Put 9 6 Clearing Dump Information 9 7 Panic Command 9 7 Unscheduled System Dumps 9 8 Index vi HP ProLiant BL p Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Command Reference Gui...

Page 7: ...t exceed the level of repairs specified in these procedures Because of the complexity of the individual boards and subassemblies do not attempt to make repairs at the component level or to make modifications to any printed wiring board Improper repairs can create conditions that are hazardous WARNING To reduce the risk of electric shock or damage to the equipment Disconnect power from the system b...

Page 8: ...E2 Interconnect Kit Quick Setup Instructions HP ProLiant BL p Class F GbE2 Interconnect Kit Quick Setup Instructions Service training guides Service advisories and bulletins QuickFind information services Insight Manager software Telephone Numbers For the name of your nearest HP authorized reseller In the United States call 1 800 345 1518 In Canada call 1 800 263 5868 For HP technical support In t...

Page 9: ...rk Management Protocol SNMP support for access through network management software such as HP OpenView and HP Insight Manager 7 A browser based management interface for interactive network access through your Web browser The command line interface is the most direct method for collecting GbE2 Interconnect Switch information and performing switch configuration Using a basic terminal you are present...

Page 10: ...ing a console connection via the console port Using a Telnet connection over the network Using a Secure Shell SSH connection to securely log in over a network Establishing a Console Connection To establish a console connection with the GbE2 Interconnect Switch you need A null modem cable with a female DB 9 connector Refer to the HP ProLiant BL p Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch User Guide for more i...

Page 11: ...u do not have to configure the MAC address Configuring manually If your network does not support BOOTP you must configure the management port with an IP address For information on how to manually configure the IP address refer to the Setup Part 1 Basic System Configuration section in Chapter 3 Establishing a Telnet Connection A Telnet connection offers the convenience of accessing the GbE2 Interco...

Page 12: ...tion if an SSH SCP client is logging in at that time The supported SSH encryption and authentication methods are listed below Server Host Authentication Client RSA authenticates the GbE2 Interconnect Switch in the beginning of every connection Key Exchange RSA Encryption 3DES CBC Data Encryption Standard DES User Authentication Local password authentication Remote Authentication Dial in User Servi...

Page 13: ...Switch management features used for daily GbE2 Interconnect Switch operations Because any changes an operator makes are undone by a reset of the GbE2 Interconnect Switch operators cannot severely impact GbE2 Interconnect Switch operation Administrator Only administrators can make permanent changes to the GbE2 Interconnect Switch configuration changes that are persistent across a reboot reset of th...

Page 14: ... user and administrator passwords admin NOTE With the exception of the admin user setting the password to an empty value can disable access to each user level By default user and admin are enabled Once you enter the administrator password and it is verified the Main Menu of the CLI is displayed with administrator privileges Refer to Chapter 2 for a summary of the Main Menu options Main Menu info I...

Page 15: ...pographic styles used in this guide Table 1 3 Typographic Conventions Typeface or Symbol Meaning Example AaBbCc123 This type depicts onscreen computer output and prompts Main AaBbCc123 This type displays in command examples and shows text that must be typed in exactly as shown Main sys AaBbCc123 This italicized type displays in command examples as a parameter placeholder Replace the indicated text...

Page 16: ...f commands and shortcuts that are commonly available from all the menus within the CLI The Main Menu The Main Menu displays after a successful connection and login The following table shows the Main Menu for the administrator login Some features are not available under the user login Main Menu info Information Menu stats Statistics Menu cfg Configuration Menu oper Operations Command Menu boot Boot...

Page 17: ...te and temporary changes to GbE2 Interconnect Switch configuration This menu is used for bringing ports temporarily in and out of service This menu is available only from an administrator and operator login Boot Options Menu The Boot Options Menu is available only from an administrator login This menu is used for upgrading GbE2 Interconnect Switch software selecting configuration blocks and for re...

Page 18: ...menu or up Moves up one level in the menu structure If placed at the beginning of a command displays the Main Menu Otherwise this is used to separate multiple commands placed on the same line lines Sets the number of lines n that display on the screen at one time The default is 24 lines When used without a value the current setting is displayed diff Shows any pending configuration changes that hav...

Page 19: ...e to trace 1 16 devices msec delay optional is the number of milliseconds to wait for the response pwd Displays the command path used to reach the current menu verbose n Sets the level of information displayed on the screen 0 Quiet Nothing displays except errors not even prompts 1 Normal Prompts and requested output are shown but no menus 2 Verbose Everything is shown This is the default When used...

Page 20: ... multiple times to work forward through the last ten commands The recalled command can be entered as is or edited using the options below Ctrl a Moves the cursor to the beginning of the command line Ctrl e Moves cursor to the end of the command line Ctrl b or Left arrow key Moves the cursor back one position to the left Ctrl f or Right arrow key Moves the cursor forward one position to the right B...

Page 21: ... the Main prompt is Main cfg snmp name Command Abbreviation Most commands can be abbreviated by entering the first characters which distinguish the command from the others in the same menu or submenu For example the command shown above could also be entered as Main c sn n Tab Completion By entering the first letter of a command at any menu prompt and pressing the Tab key the CLI will display all c...

Page 22: ...ke a serial connection to the console port on the GbE2 Interconnect Switch Refer to the Establishing a Console Connection section in Chapter 1 Information Needed For Setup Setup requests the following information Basic system information Date and time Whether to use BOOTP or not Whether to use Spanning Tree Protocol STP or not Optional configuration for each port Speed duplex flow control and nego...

Page 23: ...g changes global command save Save updated config to FLASH global command revert Revert pending or applied changes global command exit Exit global command always available Main 3 From the Main Menu enter the following command to access the Configuration Menu Main cfg The Configuration Menu is displayed Configuration Menu sys System wide Parameter Menu port Port Menu ip IP Menu vlan VLAN Menu stp S...

Page 24: ...rt 1 Basic System Configuration When Setup is started the system prompts Set Up will walk you through the configuration of System Date and Time BOOTP Spanning Tree Port Speed Mode VLANs and IP interfaces type Ctrl C to abort Set Up Will you be configuring VLANs y n 1 Enter y if you will be configuring VLANs Otherwise enter n If you decide not to configure VLANs during this session you can configur...

Page 25: ... set to 8 55 36 Wed Jan 3 2003 5 Enter the hour of the current system time at the prompt System Time Enter hour in 24 hour format 18 Enter the hour as a number from 00 to 23 To keep the current hour press the Enter key 6 Enter the minute of the current time at the prompt Enter minutes 55 Enter the minute as a number from 00 to 59 To keep the current minute press the Enter key 7 Enter the seconds o...

Page 26: ...you are prompted to configure the ports 1 The system prompts you to enter the port number to configure or press the Enter key to skip port configuration at the prompt Port Config Enter port number If you wish to change settings for individual ports enter the number of the port you wish to configure If you want to skip port configuration press the Enter key without specifying any port and go to the...

Page 27: ...s the Enter key without specifying any port Otherwise repeat the steps in this section Setup Part 3 VLANs If you selected to skip VLAN configuration in Part 1 skip to the Setup Part 4 Internet Protocol Configuration section 1 Enter the number of the VLAN to configure or press the Enter key to skip VLAN configuration at the prompt VLAN Config Enter VLAN number from 2 to 4095 NULL at end If you wish...

Page 28: ...ext line Repeat this until all ports for the VLAN being configured are entered When you are finished adding ports to this VLAN press the Enter key without specifying any port A summary of all the ports you just entered displays 4 The system prompts you to enter the new Spanning Tree Group index Spanning Tree Group membership Enter new Spanning Tree Group index 1 16 10 Enter a number from 1 to 16 5...

Page 29: ...If you want to skip IP interface configuration press the Enter key without typing an interface number and go to the Default Gateways section 2 For the specified IP interface enter the IP address in dotted decimal notation Current IP address 0 0 0 0 Enter new IP address To keep the current setting press the Enter key 3 At the prompt enter the IP subnet mask in dotted decimal notation Current subnet...

Page 30: ...onfigured To skip default gateway configuration press the Enter key without typing a gateway number 2 At the prompt enter the IP address for the selected default gateway Current IP address 0 0 0 0 Enter new IP address Enter the IP address in dotted decimal notation or press the Enter key without specifying an address to accept the current setting 3 At the prompt enter y to enable the default gatew...

Page 31: ...rmanent Save changes to flash y n Enter y to save the changes to flash Enter n to continue without saving the changes Changes are normally saved at this point 5 If you do not apply or save the changes the system prompts whether to abort them Abort all changes y n Enter y to discard the changes Enter n to return to the Apply the changes prompt NOTE After initial configuration is complete it is reco...

Page 32: ...mode Changing the Default Administrator Password The administrator has complete access to all menus information and configuration commands including the ability to change both the user operator and administrator passwords The default password for the administrator account is admin To change the default password 1 Connect to the GbE2 Interconnect Switch and log in using the admin password 2 From th...

Page 33: ...user User Access Control Menu passwords cur Display current system wide parameters 4 Enter the following command to set the administrator password System user admpw 5 Enter the current administrator password at the prompt Changing ADMINISTRATOR password validation required Enter current administrator password NOTE If you forget your administrator password call your technical support representative...

Page 34: ...ion Menu Main cfg 3 From the Configuration Menu use the following command to select the System Menu Configuration sys 4 Enter the following command to set the user password System user usrpw 5 Enter the current administrator password at the prompt Only the administrator can change the user password Entering the administrator password confirms your authority Changing USER password validation requir...

Page 35: ... the operator account is disabled and has no password This password cannot be changed from the operator account Only the administrator has the ability to change passwords as shown in the following procedure 1 Connect to the GbE2 Interconnect Switch and log in using the admin password 2 From the Main Menu use the following command to access the Configuration Menu Main cfg 3 From the Configuration M...

Page 36: ...ages link Show link status stp Show STP information vlan Show VLAN information port Show port information ip Show IP information trunk Show Trunk Group information clrlog Clear syslog messages dump Dump all information The following table describes the Information Menu options Table 4 1 Information Menu Options Command Usage arp Displays the Address Resolution Protocol ARP Information Menu fdb Dis...

Page 37: ...s of IP interface 1 Hardware version and part number Software image file and version number Current configuration block Log in banner if one is configured log Displays the 30 most recent syslog messages link Displays configuration information about each port including Port number Port speed 10 Mb s 100 Mb s 1000 Mb s or any Duplex mode half full or any Flow control for transmit and receive no yes ...

Page 38: ...l Maximum age value Forwarding delay Aging Time You can also see the bridge parameters Priority Hello interval Maximum age value Forwarding delay Aging time You can also see the following port specific STP information Port number and priority Cost State Designated bridge Designated port continued HP ProLiant BL p Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Command Reference Guide 4 3 HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename S...

Page 39: ... Default gateway information Interface number gateway address and operational status trunk When trunk groups are configured you can view the state of each port in the various trunk groups clrlog Clears syslog messages displayed with info log dump Dumps all GbE2 Interconnect Switch information available from the Information Menu 10K or more depending on your configuration If you want to capture dum...

Page 40: ...rmation Command Usage find IP address such as 192 4 17 101 Displays a single ARP entry by IP address port port number Displays the ARP entries on a single port vlan VLAN number Displays the ARP entries on a single VLAN refpt port number Displays the ARP entries referenced by a single port dump Displays all ARP entries including IP address and MAC address of each entry Address status flag The VLAN ...

Page 41: ... Flag field provides additional information about an entry If no flag displays the entry is normal Table 4 3 ARP Dump Flag Parameters Flag Description P Permanent entry created for GbE2 Interconnect Switch IP interface R Indirect route entry U Unresolved ARP entry The MAC address has not been learned ARP Address List Information Command info arp addr IP address IP mask MAC address VLAN Flags 205 1...

Page 42: ...ss entries on the management processor MP per GbE2 Interconnect Switch Table 4 4 FDB Information Menu info fdb find MAC address VLAN Displays a single database entry by its MAC address You are prompted to enter the MAC address of the device Enter the MAC address using the format xx xx xx xx xx xx For example 08 00 20 12 34 56 You can also enter the MAC address using the format xxxxxxxxxxxx For exa...

Page 43: ...s that the GbE2 Interconnect Switch has learned it When in the trunking TRK state the port field represents the trunk group number If the state for the port is listed as unknown UNK the MAC address has not yet been learned by the GbE2 Interconnect Switch but has only been seen as a destination address When an address is in the unknown state no outbound port is indicated Clearing Entries from the F...

Page 44: ...80 A Software Version 2 0 0 5 FLASH image1 active configuration System information includes System date and time GbE2 Interconnect Switch model name and number GbE2 Interconnect Switch name and location Time of last boot MAC address of the GbE2 Interconnect Switch management processor IP address of IP interface 1 Hardware version and part number Software image file and version number Current confi...

Page 45: ...mgmt admin login from host 255 255 255 255 Mar 31 15 14 12 NOTICE mgmt admin idle timeout from Telnet SSH Mar 31 15 44 08 NOTICE mgmt admin login from host 192 168 2 4 Mar 31 15 47 53 NOTICE mgmt admin idle timeout from Telnet SSH Mar 31 16 04 24 NOTICE mgmt admin login from host 192 168 2 4 Mar 31 16 17 18 NOTICE mgmt admin idle timeout from Telnet SSH Mar 31 16 39 44 INFO mgmt new configuration ...

Page 46: ... 16 any any yes yes down 17 100 full yes yes down 18 100 full yes yes down 19 100 full yes yes down 20 100 full yes yes down 21 1000 full yes yes down 22 any any yes yes down 23 any any yes yes down 24 any any yes yes down Use this command to display link status information about each port on a GbE2 Interconnect Switch including Port number Port speed 10 Mb s 100 Mb s 1000 Mb s or any Duplex mode ...

Page 47: ...LED 9 128 0 DISABLED 10 128 0 DISABLED 11 128 10 FORWARDING 8000 00 03 42 fa 3b 80 32779 12 128 0 DISABLED The GbE2 Interconnect Switch software uses the IEEE 802 1D Spanning Tree Protocol STP In addition to seeing if STP is enabled or disabled you can view the following STP bridge information Current root MAC address Path Cost Port Hello interval Maximum age value Forwarding delay Aging time You ...

Page 48: ... The aging time parameter specifies in seconds the amount of time the bridge waits without receiving a packet from a station before removing the station from the Forwarding Database Priority port The port priority parameter helps determine which bridge port becomes the designated port In a network topology that has multiple bridge ports connected to a single segment the port with the lowest port p...

Page 49: ...0 21 35k 4 ena 21 22 pc07z ena 22 24 redlan ena 24 300 ixiaTraffic ena 1 12 13 23 4000 bpsports ena 3 6 8 10 This information display includes all configured VLANs and all member ports that have an active link state VLAN information includes VLAN Number VLAN Name Status Port membership of the VLAN 4 14 HP ProLiant BL p Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Command Reference Guide HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename...

Page 50: ...ort2 300 13 n 300 Server7_Port1 300 14 n 14 Server7_Port2 14 15 n 15 Server8_Port1 15 16 n 16 Server8_Port2 16 17 n 17 XConnect_1 17 18 n 18 XConnect_2 18 19 n 19 U1_Port_19 19 20 n 20 U1_Port_20 20 21 n 20 U2_Port_21 20 22 n 20 U2_Port_22 20 23 n 4091 FrontPanel1 4091 24 n 4092 FrontPanel2 4092 Port information includes Port number Whether the port uses VLAN tagging or not y or n Port VLAN ID PVI...

Page 51: ...e 1 STG 1 forwarding 2 STG 1 forwarding When trunk groups are configured you can view the state of each port in the various trunk groups NOTE If Spanning Tree Protocol on any port in the trunk group is set to forwarding the remaining ports in the trunk group will also be set to forwarding Clear Syslog Messages Command info clrlog This command clears the syslog messages Refer to the Show Last 30 Sy...

Page 52: ...p Command info dump Use the dump command to dump all GbE2 Interconnect Switch information available from the Information Menu 10K or more depending on your configuration This data is useful for tuning and debugging GbE2 Interconnect Switch performance If you want to capture dump data to a file set the communication software on your workstation to capture session data prior to issuing the dump comm...

Page 53: ...face if stats ipclear Clear IP stats dump Dump all stats The following table describes the Statistics Menu options Table 5 1 Statistics Menu Options Command Usage port 1 24 Displays the Port Statistics Menu for the specified port Use this command to display traffic statistics on a port by port basis Traffic statistics are included in SNMP Management Information Base MIB objects mp Displays the Man...

Page 54: ...it will delete all the IP interface statistics ipclear Clears IP statistics Use this command with caution as it will delete all the IP statistics dump Dumps all GbE2 Interconnect Switch statistics Use this command to gather data for tuning and debugging GbE2 Interconnect Switch performance If you want to capture dump data to a file set your communication software on your workstation to capture ses...

Page 55: ...able describes the bridging statistics for a selected port Table 5 3 Bridging Statistics for Port Statistics Description dot1PortInFrames The number of frames that have been received by this port from its segment A frame received on the interface corresponding to this port is counted by this object if and only if it is for a protocol being processed by the local bridging function including bridge ...

Page 56: ...his counter has a significant value but is not presently increasing it indicates that the problem has been occurring but is not persistent dot1BasePortDelayExceededDiscards The number of frames discarded by this port due to excessive transit delay through the bridge It is incremented by both transparent and source route bridges dot1BasePortMtuExceededDiscards The number of frames discarded by this...

Page 57: ...stance of this object is incremented when the alignmentError status is returned by the MAC service to the Logical Link Control LLC or other MAC user Received frames for which multiple error conditions obtained are according to the conventions of IEEE 802 3 Layer Management counted exclusively according to the error status presented to the LLC dot3StatsFCSErrors A count of frames received on a part...

Page 58: ... ERROR message is generated by the PLS sublayer for a particular interface The SQE TEST ERROR message is defined in section 7 2 2 2 4 of ANSI IEEE 802 3 1985 and its generation is described in section 7 2 4 6 of the same document dot3StatsDeferredTransmissions A count of frames for which the first transmission attempt on a particular interface is delayed because the medium is busy The count repres...

Page 59: ...r of times that the carrier sense condition was lost or never asserted when attempting to transmit a frame on a particular interface The count represented by an instance of this object is incremented at most once per transmission attempt even if the carrier sense condition fluctuates during a transmission attempt dot3StatsFrameTooLongs A count of frames received on a particular interface that exce...

Page 60: ...ar an instance of this object may represent a count of received errors on a particular interface that are not otherwise counted dot3CollFrequencies A count of individual MAC frames for which the transmission successful or otherwise on a particular interface occurs after the frame has experienced exactly the number of collisions in the associated dot3CollCount object For example a frame which is tr...

Page 61: ...s delivered by this sublayer These are the packets that higher level protocols requested to be transmitted and which were addressed to a multicast address at this sublayer including those that were discarded or not sent For a MAC layer protocol this includes both group and functional addresses Discards IfHCIn The number of inbound packets which were chosen to be discarded even though no errors wer...

Page 62: ...gher level protocols requested to be transmitted and which were addressed to a multicast address at this sublayer including those that were discarded or not sent For a MAC layer protocol this includes both group and functional addresses This object is a 64 bit version of ifOutMulticastPkts Discards IfHCOut The number of outbound packets which were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had b...

Page 63: ...t FD in use cpu Show CPU utilization The following table describes the MP specific Statistics Menu options Table 5 7 MP specific Statistics Menu Command Usage pkt Displays packet statistics to check for leads and load tcb Displays all Transmission Control Protocol TCP control blocks TCB that are in use ucb Displays all User Datagram Protocol UDP control blocks UCB that are in use sfd Displays all ...

Page 64: ...allocations with size less than 128 bytes from the packet buffer pool by the TCP IP protocol stack failures Total number of packet allocation failures from the packet buffer pool by the TCP IP protocol stack frees Total number of packets freed from the packet buffer pool by the TCP IP protocol stack mediums hi watermark The highest number of packet allocation with size between 128 to 1536 bytes fr...

Page 65: ...790 Destination IP address 0 0 0 0 47 81 27 5 Destination port 0 1171 Source IP 0 0 0 0 47 80 23 243 Source port 80 23 State listen established UCB Statistics Command stats mp ucb All UDP allocated control blocks 161 listen The following table describes the User Datagram Protocol UDP control block UCB statistics shown in this example Table 5 10 UDP Statistics Description Example Statistic Control ...

Page 66: ...service port http or Telnet to which the connection is made An index line that shows listen is waiting for a connection CPU Statistics Command stats mp cpu CPU utilization cpuUtil1Second 53 cpuUtil4Seconds 54 cpuUtil64Seconds 54 The following table describes the management port CPU utilization statistics Table 5 11 CPU Statistics Statistics Description cpuUtil1Second The utilization of MP CPU over...

Page 67: ...ected to prevent their being delivered to a higher layer protocol One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space ifInErrors For packet oriented interfaces the number of inbound packets that contained errors preventing them from being delivered to a higher layer protocol For character oriented or fixed length interfaces the number of inbound transmission units tha...

Page 68: ...s and ifOutBroadcastPkts ifOutDiscards The number of outbound packets which were chosen to be discarded even though no errors had been detected to prevent their being transmitted One possible reason for discarding such a packet could be to free up buffer space ifOutErrors For packet oriented interfaces the number of outbound packets that could not be transmitted because of errors For character ori...

Page 69: ...header destination field was not a valid address to be received at this GbE2 Interconnect Switch This count includes invalid addresses for example 0 0 0 0 and addresses of unsupported classes for example Class E For entities which are not IP gateways and therefore do not forward datagrams this counter includes datagrams discarded because the destination address was not a local address ipInUnknownP...

Page 70: ... ICMP statistics icmpInMsgs 245802 icmpInErrors 1393 icmpInDestUnreachs 41 icmpInTimeExcds 0 icmpInParmProbs 0 icmpInSrcQuenchs 0 icmpInRedirects 0 icmpInEchos 18 icmpInEchoReps 244350 icmpInTimestamps 0 icmpInTimestampReps 0 icmpInAddrMasks 0 icmpInAddrMaskReps 0 icmpOutMsgs 253810 icmpOutErrors 0 icmpOutDestUnreachs 15 icmpOutTimeExcds 0 icmpOutParmProbs 0 icmpOutSrcQuenchs 0 icmpOutRedirects 0 ...

Page 71: ...messages which this GbE2 Interconnect Switch did not send due to problems discovered within ICMP such as a lack of buffer This value should not include errors discovered outside the ICMP layer such as the inability of IP to route the resultant datagram In some implementations there may be no types of errors that contribute to this counter s value icmpOutDestUnreachs The number of ICMP Destination ...

Page 72: ...antics of the LBOUND quantity described in Request For Comments RFC 793 tcpRtoMax The maximum value permitted by a TCP implementation for the retransmission timeout measured in milliseconds More refined semantics for objects of this type depend upon the algorithm used to determine the retransmission timeout In particular when the timeout algorithm is rsre 3 an object of this type has the semantics...

Page 73: ...The total number of segments received in error for example bad TCP checksums tcpCurBuff The total number of outstanding memory allocations from heap by TCP protocol stack tcpCurConn The total number of outstanding TCP sessions that are currently opened tcpOutRsts The number of TCP segments sent containing the reset RST flag UDP Statistics Command stats udp UDP statistics udpInDatagrams 54 udpOutDa...

Page 74: ...otal number of SNMP messages delivered to the SNMP entity which used an SNMP community name not known to the GbE2 Interconnect Switch snmpInBadC tyUses The total number of SNMP messages delivered to the SNMP protocol entity which represented an SNMP operation which was not allowed by the SNMP community named in the message snmpInASNParseErrs The total number of ASN 1 Abstract Syntax Notation One o...

Page 75: ...tatus field As such this object is provided as a means of detecting incorrect implementations of the SNMP snmpInGenErrs The total number of SNMP Protocol Data Units PDUs which were delivered to the SNMP protocol entity and for which the value of the error status field is genErr snmpInTotalReqVars The total number of MIB objects which have been retrieved successfully by the SNMP protocol entity as ...

Page 76: ...s The total number of SNMP Protocol Data Units PDUs which were generated by the SNMP protocol entity and for which the value of the error status field is genErr snmpOutGetRequests The total number of SNMP Get Request Protocol Data Units PDUs which have been generated by the SNMP protocol entity snmpOutGetNexts The total number of SNMP Get Next Protocol Data Units PDUs which have been generated by ...

Page 77: ...e Forwarding Database hiwat Highest number of entries recorded at any given time in the Forwarding Database ARP statistics Command stats arp ARP statistics arpEntriesCur 2 arpEntriesHighWater 4 The following table describes the Address Resolution Protocol ARP statistics Table 5 19 ARP Statistics Statistics Description arpEntriesCur The total number of outstanding ARP entries in the ARP table arpEn...

Page 78: ...mber of DNS request packets that have been received dnsOutRequests The total number of DNS response packets that have been transmitted dnsBadRequests The total number of DNS request packets received that were dropped Statistics Dump Command stats dump Use the dump command to dump all GbE2 Interconnect Switch statistics available from the Statistics Menu 40K or more depending on your configuration ...

Page 79: ...tion set up dump Dump current configuration to script file ptcfg Backup current configuration to tftp server gtcfg Restore current configuration from tftp server The following table describes the Configuration Menu options Table 6 1 Configuration Menu Options Command Usage sys Displays the System Configuration Menu port port number Displays the Port Configuration Menu ip Displays the IP Configurat...

Page 80: ...changes you make do not take effect immediately All changes are considered pending until you explicitly apply them Also any changes are lost the next time the GbE2 Interconnect Switch boots unless the changes are explicitly saved While configuration changes are in the pending state you can View the pending changes Apply the pending changes Revert to restore configuration parameters set with the la...

Page 81: ...changes they will be lost the next time the system is rebooted To save the new configuration enter the following command at any prompt save When you save configuration changes the changes are saved to the active configuration block The configuration being replaced by the save is first copied to the backup configuration block If you do not want the previous configuration block copied to the backup ...

Page 82: ...s tport Set the TFTP port for the system cur Display current system wide parameters This menu provides configuration of GbE2 Interconnect Switch management parameters such as user and administrator privilege mode passwords browser based management settings and management access list The following table describes the System Configuration Menu options Table 6 2 System Configuration Menu Options Comm...

Page 83: ...ow Specify an IP address in dotted decimal notation mmask IP subnet mask such as 255 255 0 0 This IP address mask is used with mnet to set a range of source IP addresses allowed access to GbE2 Interconnect Switch management functions Specify the mask in dotted decimal notation tnet disable enable Enables or disables Telnet access to the command line interface sessions The default is enable This co...

Page 84: ...ettings The following table describes the Syslog Configuration Menu options Table 6 3 Syslog Configuration Menu Options Command Description host new syslog host IP address such as 192 4 17 223 Sets the IP address of the first syslog host host2 new syslog host IP address such as 192 4 17 223 Sets the IP address of the second syslog host sever syslog host local severity Sets the severity level of th...

Page 85: ...r port number ena Enable the SCP apply and save dis Disable the SCP apply and save on Turn SSH server ON off Turn SSH server OFF cur Display current SSH server configuration Telnet traffic on the network is not secure This menu enables Secure Shell SSH access from any SSH client The SSH program securely logs into another computer over a network and executes commands in a secure environment All dat...

Page 86: ...els hkeygen Generates the RSA host keys manually The GbE2 Interconnect Switch creates this key automatically while configuring the switch with Secure Shell SSH But you can generate the key manually by using this command if you need to overwrite the key for security reasons The command will take effect immediately without executing the apply command skeygen Generates the RSA server key The GbE2 Int...

Page 87: ...ser Datagram Protocol UDP port to be configured between 1500 3000 The default is 1645 retries RADIUS server retries Sets the number of failed authentication requests before switching to a different RADIUS server The default is 3 requests timeout RADIUS server timeout seconds Sets the amount of time in seconds before a RADIUS server authentication attempt is considered to have failed The default is...

Page 88: ...o synchronize the GbE2 Interconnect Switch clock intrval resync interval in minutes Specifies the interval that is how often in minutes 1 2880 to resynchronize the GbE2 Interconnect Switch clock with the NTP server tzone timezone offset in HH MM format Prompts for the NTP time zone offset from Greenwich Mean Time GMT in hours and minutes dlight disable enable Disables or enables daylight saving ti...

Page 89: ...ct responsibility for GbE2 Interconnect Switch management The user can view GbE2 Interconnect Switch status information and statistics but cannot make any configuration changes opw Sets the operator oper password The operator manages all functions of the GbE2 Interconnect Switch The operator can view all GbE2 Interconnect Switch information and statistics and can reset ports The operator account i...

Page 90: ...ault VLAN number which will be used to forward frames which are not VLAN tagged The default number is 1 name 64 character string none Sets a name for the port The assigned port name displays next to the port number on some information and statistics screens The default is set to none tag disable enable Disables or enables VLAN tagging for this port It is disabled by default iponly disable enable D...

Page 91: ...nk Configuration Menu options Table 6 9 Gigabit Link Configuration Menu Options Command Description speed 10 100 1000 any Sets the link speed Not all options are valid on all ports The choices include 10 Mb s 100 Mb s 1000 Mb s Any for automatic detection default mode full half any Sets the operating mode The choices include Full duplex Half duplex Any for automatic detection default fctl rx tx bo...

Page 92: ... Display current IP configuration The following table describes the IP Configuration Menu options Table 6 10 IP Configuration Menu Options Command Description if interface number Displays the IP Interface Menu gw default gateway number Displays the IP Default Gateway Menu dns Displays the IP Domain Name System Menu rearp 2 120 minutes Sets the re ARP period in minutes The GbE2 Interconnect Switch ...

Page 93: ...101 Configures the IP address of the GbE2 Interconnect Switch interface using dotted decimal notation mask IP subnet mask such as 255 255 255 0 Configures the IP subnet address mask for the interface using dotted decimal notation broad broadcast address such as 192 4 17 255 Configures the IP broadcast address for the interface using dotted decimal notation vlan VLAN number Configures the VLAN numb...

Page 94: ...addr default gateway address such as 192 4 17 44 Configures the IP address of the default IP gateway using dotted decimal notation intr 0 60 seconds The GbE2 Interconnect Switch pings the default gateway to verify that it is up The intr option sets the time between health checks The range is from 1 to 120 seconds The default is 2 seconds retry number of attempts Sets the number of failed health ch...

Page 95: ...tem DNS Configuration Menu options Table 6 13 Domain Name System DNS Configuration Menu Options Command Description prima IP address such as 192 4 17 101 You will be prompted to set the IP address for your primary DNS server Use dotted decimal notation secon IP address such as 192 4 17 101 You will be prompted to set the IP address for your secondary DNS server If the primary DNS server fails the ...

Page 96: ...witch Application Guide for information on VLANs The following table describes the VLAN Configuration Menu options Table 6 14 VLAN Configuration Menu Options Command Description name Assigns a name to the VLAN or changes the existing name The default VLAN name is the first one stg spanning tree group index Assigns a VLAN to a spanning tree group add port number Adds ports or trunk groups to the VL...

Page 97: ...co PVST and Cisco PVST when the other device is configured as untagged or configured to use 802 1q tagging STP is used to prevent loops in the network topology There are 16 spanning tree groups that can be configured on the GbE2 Interconnect Switch This command is turned on by default NOTE Refer to the HP ProLiant BL p Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Application Guide for information on Spanning Tr...

Page 98: ...65535 hello Set bridge Hello Time 1 10 secs mxage Set bridge Max Age 6 40 secs fwd Set bridge Forward Delay 4 30 secs aging Set bridge Aging Time 1 65535 secs 0 to disable cur Display current bridge parameters Spanning tree bridge parameters affect the global STP operation of the GbE2 Interconnect Switch STP bridge parameters include Bridge priority Bridge hello time Bridge maximum age Forwarding ...

Page 99: ...aximum time the bridge waits without receiving a configuration bridge protocol data unit before it reconfigures the STP network The range is 6 to 40 seconds and the default is 20 seconds fwd new bridge Forward Delay Configures the bridge forward delay parameter The forward delay parameter specifies the amount of time that a bridge port has to wait before it changes from the listening state to the ...

Page 100: ...ity helps determine which bridge port becomes the designated port In a network topology that has multiple bridge ports connected to a single segment the port with the lowest port priority becomes the designated port for the segment The range is 0 to 255 and the default is 128 cost new port Path Cost Configures the port path cost The port path cost is used to help determine the designated port for ...

Page 101: ...maximum of 64 characters locn new string maximum 64 characters Configures the name of the system location The location can have a maximum of 64 characters cont new string maximum 64 characters Configures the name of the system contact The contact can have a maximum of 64 characters rcomm new SNMP read community string maximum 32 characters Configures the SNMP read community string The read communi...

Page 102: ...ror Enable Disable Mirroring monport Monitoring Port based PM Menu cur Display All Mirrored and Monitoring Ports The Port Mirroring Configuration Menu is used to configure enable and disable the monitored port When enabled network packets being sent and or received on a target port are duplicated and sent to a monitor port By attaching a network analyzer to the monitor port you can collect detaile...

Page 103: ...ter the direction of the traffic It is necessary to specify the direction because If the source port of the frame matches the mirrored port and the mirrored direction is ingress or both ingress and egress the frame is sent to the mirrored port If the destination port of the frame matches the mirrored port and the mirrored direction is egress or both the frame is sent to the monitoring port rem mir...

Page 104: ...ed when all ports in a trunk are configured for the same speed Trunking from other devices must comply with Cisco EtherChannel technology By default port 17 and port 18 are trunked to support an internal switch to switch crosslink trunk NOTE Refer to the HP ProLiant BL p Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Application Guide for information on how to use port trunks The following table describes the Tru...

Page 105: ...Paste the configuration commands from the script file at the command line prompt of the GbE2 Interconnect Switch The active configuration can also be saved or loaded via TFTP Saving the Active GbE2 Interconnect Switch Configuration Command cfg ptcfg TFTP server filename When the ptcfg command is used the active configuration commands of the GbE2 Interconnect Switch as displayed using cfg dump will...

Page 106: ... commands found in the specified configuration file The file can contain a full GbE2 Interconnect Switch configuration or a partial configuration The configuration loaded using gtcfg is not activated until the apply command is used If the apply command is found in the configuration script file loaded using this command the apply action will be performed automatically To start the GbE2 Interconnect...

Page 107: ...le only from an administrator and operator login Operations Menu Command oper Operations Menu port Operational Port Menu The following table describes the Operations Menu options Table 7 1 Operations Menu Options Command Description port port as number Displays the Operations Level Port Menu HP ProLiant BL p Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Command Reference Guide 7 1 HP CONFIDENTIAL Codename Strawb...

Page 108: ...e port cur Current port state Operations level port options are used for temporarily disabling or enabling a port Table 7 2 Operations Level Port Menu Options Command Description ena Temporarily enables the port The port will be returned to its configured operation mode when the GbE2 Interconnect Switch is reset dis Temporarily disables the port The port will be returned to its configured operatio...

Page 109: ...age to the GbE2 Interconnect Switch via TFTP Boot Menu Command boot Boot Options Menu image Select software image to use on next boot conf Select config block to use on next boot gtimg Download new software image via TFTP ptimg Upload selected software image via TFTP reset Reset switch WARNING Restarts Spanning Tree cur Display current boot options Each of the Boot Options Menu commands is discuss...

Page 110: ...r example if your active image is currently loaded into image1 you would probably load the new image software into image2 This lets you test the new software and reload the original active image stored in image1 if needed To download a new software to your GbE2 Interconnect Switch you will need the following The image or boot software loaded on a TFTP server on your network The hostname or IP addr...

Page 111: ...bytes Writing to flash This takes about 90 seconds Please wait Write complete 1333953 bytes now verifying FLASH Verification of new image2 in FLASH successful image2 now contains Software Version 1 0 0 8 Switch is currently set to boot software image1 Do you want to change that to the new image2 y n y Next boot will use new software image2 Selecting a Software Image to Run You can select which sof...

Page 112: ...f the TFTP server Enter hostname or IP address of TFTP server server name or IP address 4 Enter the name of the file into which the image will be uploaded on the TFTP server Enter name of file on TFTP server filename 5 The system then requests confirmation of what you have entered To have the file uploaded enter y image2 currently contains Software Version 1 0 1 0 Upload will transfer image2 18894...

Page 113: ... is moved to a network environment where it will be re configured for a different purpose Use the following procedure to set which configuration block you want the GbE2 Interconnect Switch to load the next time it is reset 1 At the Boot Options prompt enter Boot Options conf 2 Enter the name of the configuration block you want the GbE2 Interconnect Switch to use The system indicates which configur...

Page 114: ...terconnect Switch as the administrator Dump information contains internal GbE2 Interconnect Switch state data that is written to flash memory on the switch after any one of the following occurs The GbE2 Interconnect Switch administrator forces a switch panic The panic option found in the Maintenance Menu causes the GbE2 Interconnect Switch to dump state information to flash memory and then causes ...

Page 115: ...boots tsdmp Dumps all GbE2 Interconnect Switch information statistics and configuration System Maintenance Options Command maint sys System Maintenance Menu flags Set NVRAM flag word The System Maintenance Menu is reserved for use by HP technical support The options are used to perform system debugging The following table describes the System Maintenance Menu options Table 9 2 System Maintenance M...

Page 116: ...ion Menu options Table 9 3 FDB Manipulation Menu Options Command Usage find MAC address VLAN Displays a single database entry by its MAC address You are prompted to enter the MAC address of the device Enter the MAC address using one of the following xx xx xx xx xx xx format for example 08 00 20 12 34 56 xxxxxxxxxxxx format for example 080020123456 port port number Displays all FDB entries for a pa...

Page 117: ...d by HP technical support The following table describes the Miscellaneous Debug Menu options Table 9 4 Miscellaneous Debug Menu Options Command Usage tbuf Displays the management processor trace buffer Header information similar to the following is shown MP trace buffer at 13 28 15 Fri May 25 2002 mask 0x2ffdf748 The buffer information is displayed after the header snap Displays the management pro...

Page 118: ... entries on a single VLAN refpt port number Shows all ARP entries referenced by a single port dump Shows all ARP entries add IP address MAC address VLAN number port Adds a single ARP entry to GbE2 Interconnect Switch memory del IP address such as 192 4 17 101 Removes a single ARP entry from GbE2 Interconnect Switch memory clear Clears the entire ARP list from GbE2 Interconnect Switch memory addr S...

Page 119: ...egion refer to the Clearing Dump Information section later in this chapter To access dump information at the Maintenance prompt enter Maintenance uudmp The dump information is displayed on your screen and if you have configured your communication software to do so captured to a file If the dump region is empty the following displays No FLASH dump available TFTP System Dump Put Command maint ptdmp ...

Page 120: ...c command causes the GbE2 Interconnect Switch to immediately dump state information to flash memory and automatically reboot To select panic at the Maintenance prompt enter Maintenance panic A FLASH dump already exists Confirm replacing existing dump and reboot y n Enter y to confirm the command Confirm dump and reboot y n y A list of messages is displayed Starting system dump done Reboot at 11 54...

Page 121: ...ed System Dumps If there is an unscheduled system dump to flash memory the following message is displayed when you log on to the GbE2 Interconnect Switch Note A system dump exists in FLASH The dump was saved at 13 43 22 Wednesday October 30 2002 Use maint uudmp to extract the dump for analysis and maint cldmp to clear the FLASH region The region must be cleared before another dump can be saved ...

Page 122: ...3 6 Gigabit Ethernet 6 12 auto negotiation IP broadcast address 6 15 enable disable on port 6 13 operating mode 6 13 flow control configuration 6 13 port link speed 6 13 setup 3 6 port mirroring 6 24 port trunking 6 26 B revert changes 6 3 backup configuration block 6 3 8 5 save changes 6 3 banner system option 6 5 setup 6 27 BLOCKING port state 4 13 switch IP address 6 15 Boot Options Menu 8 1 us...

Page 123: ...26 interface statistics 5 9 5 15 duplex mode link status 4 2 4 11 Internet Control Messaging Protocol ICMP statistics 5 18 E IP address ethernet statistics 5 5 ARP information 4 5 BOOTP 1 3 default gateway configuration 6 16 F IP interface 3 8 factory configuration block 8 5 mmask 6 5 factory default configuration 3 1 3 2 mnet 6 5 first time configuration 3 1 IP Configuration Menu 6 14 flow contro...

Page 124: ...ity string SNMP option 6 23 mnet system option 6 5 reboot 9 1 9 7 monitor port 6 24 restarting switch setup 3 3 MP packet statistics 5 12 retries radius server 6 9 MP specific SFD statistics 5 14 retry health checks for default gateway 6 16 revert apply command 2 3 6 3 N revert command 2 3 6 3 Network Time Protocol NTP synchronization 6 10 S time zone 6 10 save command 2 3 6 3 8 5 Network Time Pro...

Page 125: ...k group information 4 16 sshport 6 7 typographical conventions 1 7 starting switch setup 3 2 tzone 6 10 state STP information 4 13 statistics dump 5 26 U Statistics Menu 5 1 stopping switch setup 3 3 UCB statistics 5 13 subnet address mask configuration IP subnet address 6 15 UDP statistics 5 21 unscheduled system dump 9 8 subnets upgrade switch software 8 2 IP interface 6 15 user access control c...

Page 126: ...tchdog timer 9 1 setup 3 6 3 8 wport 6 5 tagging 3 6 4 4 4 15 6 19 write community string SNMP option 6 23 VLAN number 4 14 HP ProLiant BL p Class GbE2 Interconnect Switch Command Reference Guide Index 5 COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL Codename Strawberry Part Number 331404 001 Last Saved On 7 17 03 1 12 PM ...

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