Chapter 4 System Configuration
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Harmonic MediaGrid Release 4.1
Configuring the Network Switches
Use the information from the
Harmonic MediaGrid Installation Planning Guide
to complete the
assistant. When complete, the switch configuration files will be copied to the USB drive and
generated under the following directory: /home/ovnuser/scripts/legacy/configfiles
Uploading Switch Configuration Files
Complete this section to configure the Harmonic-provided HP switches, beginning with
for information about configuring Cisco switches.
These instructions require the use of HyperTerminal, which is supplied with Microsoft Windows, to
connect to the switches. For information on using HyperTerminal, you can refer to the Microsoft
website at:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc784492(WS.10).aspx
Configuring Switch A
1. Insert the USB drive containing the configuration files to the SystemManager.
2. Connect a serial cable from the SystemManager to the serial port on the back of switch A.
3. Start HyperTerminal. From the
Programs
menu, click
Accessories
>
Communications
>
HyperTerminal
.
4. Connect to the switch using the following port settings:
Bits Per Second = 19200
Data Bits = 8
Parity = None
Stop Bits = 1
Flow Control = Xon / Xoff
5. Press the
Enter
key twice for the switch to respond (repeat if the switch does not respond).
Copyright information displays when the switch responds.
6. Press the
Enter
key to reach the command prompt.
7. Enter the following command:
copy xmodem startup-config
The following prompt appears:
“Device may be rebooted, do you want to continue [y/n]?”
8. Type “y”.
The following prompt appears:
“Press ‘Enter’ and start xmodem on your host…”
9. Press the
Enter
key.
10. Select
Send File
from the
Transfer
menu on the HyperTerminal menu bar. A
Send File
window appears.
11. Click the
Browse
button to locate the switch configuration files on the USB drive in one of the
following directories: “configfiles/switches/HP3400” or “configfiles/switches/HP2900” or
“configfiles/switches/HP5400” (depending on which switch you are configuring).
12. Double-click the file “HP
<model#>
_subA1.cfg”, where
<model#>
is the switch model
number (3400, 2900).
If you are configuring an HP5400 switch, select the configuration file for the type of
connections, as follows:
For the
all-1GbE port connections
(regardless of the number of ports), use the
HP5400_all_1G.cfg file