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    Insta llati on an d Refere nce Gui de HP J3178A HP AdvanceS tack Switch 208/224 Management M odule YUMAMOD.BK : 0_ymfcvr.fm5 Page 1 Thursday, February 20, 1997 12:54 PM[...]

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    YUMAMOD.BK : 0_ymfcvr.fm5 Page 2 Thursday, February 20, 1997 12:54 PM[...]

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    HP Ad vance St ack S witc h 208/ 224 Mana geme nt Mo dule Installa tion an d Reference Gu ide YUMAMOD.BK : 0_ymfrnt.fm5 Page i Thursday, February 20, 1997 12:54 PM[...]

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    He w let t-Pac kard Compa ny 8 000 Foo thi ll s Boulev ard, m / s 55 51 Ros evi lle, Calif orn ia 9574 7- 5551 htt p:// www.hp. com/ go/net work_ city © C opy right 19 97 He wlett- Pack ard Com pany All Righ ts Re serve d. This d ocum ent co ntain s infor ma tio n wh ic h is p rote cted b y copyright . Repro duction , adaptati on, or translatio n [...]

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    Pe rfor ate ✂ (ov er for mor e se rv ices ) HP Cust omer S uppo rt Se rvices How to g et the latest softw are/agen t firmware You can dow nload from the W orld Wi de Web, HP FTP Library Servi ce, Comp uServe, and HP BBS a compre ss ed fi le ( j317 8xx. ex e ) cont aining the lat est version of the HP Switch 208/224 Management Module s oft ware an[...]

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    Pe rf orat e ✂ HP FIRST Fax Retrieval Service HP FIRST is an au tomated fax retr ieva l servi ce that is avail able 24 ho urs a day, sev en days a week. HP FIRST provides information on the foll ow in g topics: ■ Product information ■ Troubleshooti ng instructi ons ■ Techn ica l review s and ar ticles ■ Configurati on informa tion To a cc[...]

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    v Contents 1 Inst al lin g th e Ma nage men t Module Incl ud ed P arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 2 In s t a ll a ti o n S te ps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Rem ov i ng t he M odu le . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    vi SNMP Communi ties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 Tr ap Re ceiver s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Serial Li nk C onfiguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15 Console Config ura tion . [...]

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    vii Tes ting the Switc h an d Managem ent Modul e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 4 Testing the Switch’s Ports and the Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 5 Rese tting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7- 7 Cl earin g Pass words on th e Switch Con sole . [...]

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    1-1 In st al li ng t he M anagem ent Modul e Instal li ng the Manage ment Module 1 Installi ng the Ma nag ement Mo dul e The HP J3178A Adva nceStack Switch 2 08/22 4 Management M odule is instal led in to the front of the HP AdvanceStac k Switch 208T or 224T . In this manua l, this m odule w ill be ca lled the Switch M anageme nt Module . Figu re 1[...]

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    1-2 Ins tal ling the Man ageme nt Mod ule Incl ud ed Par ts Instal li ng the Manage m e nt Module In cluded Pa rts Verify tha t these parts we re inc luded with the product: • Switch 208/ 224 Manag ement Module • HP A dvan ceStack Switch 2 08/224 M anag ement Module Installation and R eferen ce Gu ide (5966 -522 8), this m anual • Cons ole ca[...]

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    1-3 In st al li ng t he M anagem ent Modul e Ins ta llati on St ep s Instal li ng the Manage ment Module Fig ure 1- 2. Re mo ve t he cov e r p lat e 3. Insert t he Management Module i nto the switch. Line up the sides of the modul e with the ra ils on the sides of the switch ’s slot, then push the modul e in to the slot unti l it is firmly seated[...]

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    1-4 Ins tal ling the Man ageme nt Mod ule Re moving the Modu le Instal li ng the Manage m e nt Module 5. Tur n on the pow er to the switch by plug ging in the pow er cord. During power-on, the foll owing occurs : If the m odule Fault LE D stays on or fla shes, refer to chapter 7, “ Trouble- shooting” in thi s guide. You have n ow compl eted i n[...]

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    2- 1 2 Mana geme nt Mo dule Descr ipt ion Ov erv iew The HP AdvanceSt ack Switch 208/2 24 M anagement Module is install ed in the Manageme nt Slot in the front of eithe r the HP Switc h 208T or HP Switch 224T. The Switch M anagement Module has the physical elements shown in the f igure below. ■ Reset Bu t ton - used to reboot the Management Modul[...]

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    2-2 Man ageme nt Mod ule D escr ipti on Ov ervi ew Manage ment Module Desc ri pti on • When pres sed w ith the Reset button in a specific pattern, clears any configu r ation changes you may have made thr ough the swit ch console and SNMP management, and r estores the fac to ry default configura tion to the switch and the modu le. See “Restor- i[...]

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    2-3 Mana gemen t M odule Des cript ion Modu le F eat ures Manage ment Module Desc ri pti on Modu le Fea tur e s When you install the Switc h 208/224 Managem ent Module in yo ur Switc h 20 8T or 224T , you get these enhan ced switch capabil iti es: ■ Full-duplex port operatio n . B y default, the 1 0 Mbi t/s and 10 0 Mbit/ s ports on the S wi t ch[...]

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    3- 1 The Switc h Consol e 3 The Sw it ch Co nsol e Ov erv iew About th e Console In terface. The console interface enables you to reco n- figure the swi tch and to m onitor th e switc h status and pe rformanc e. It consists of a series of man agement s creens access ed t h rough a m enu-driven scree n str ucture that begin s at the Main Menu. The s[...]

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    3-2 T he Swit ch Conso le Co nne cti ng a Conso le to th e Swi tch The Switc h Consol e Co nne ct in g a Co ns ole to the Sw itch The Switch 208/ 224 Management Module offe r s t wo methods of access to the cons ole interfac e: ■ Out- o f-b and cons ole access: • Di r ectly conn ected to the Consol e RS-23 2 po rt, u sing a ser ial c able and a[...]

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    3-3 Th e Sw it ch Con sole Con nect ing a Con sol e to the Swit ch The Switc h Consol e Direct Console Connectio n, Using A Serial Cable and a P C Term inal Emulato r or Termin al You can u se ei ther a PC emulati ng a VT-100 termina l (such as the ter minal application included with M icrosoft Wi ndows 3.1) o r a VT- 100 termina l. To dire ctly co[...]

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    3-4 T he Swit ch Conso l e Co nne cting a Conso le to th e Sw i tch The Switc h C onsol e Remo te Conso le Connection Using a Modem and a PC Term inal Emulato r or Termin al Note For remote cons ole management, use a pair of full- duplex, asynchronous (chara cter-m ode) modem s as shown in figure 3-2. 1. Be fore i n stal li n g the m odems, make s [...]

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    3-5 Th e Sw it ch Consol e Con nect ing a Con sole to the Swit ch The Switc h C onsol e 4. When yo u see this mess age: Waiting for speed s ense. Press enter to continue. Pres s [Enter ] . You wil l then see th e switch co nsole Mai n Menu. S e e “Star ting and En d in g a Co nso le Session ” on page 3-6. 5. If you want to contin u e wit h cons[...]

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    3-6 T he Swit ch Conso l e Star ting and End ing a Cons ol e Sess i on The Switc h C onsol e S tartin g and Ending a Console Sessio n Note This secti o n assumes tha t you have alr eady confi gured and connec ted a te rmin al device to your switch ( as desc ribed earlier in th is chapte r) or that you have alr eady enabl ed Telnet acc ess to the sw[...]

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    3-7 Th e Sw it ch Consol e S tar tin g and En ding a Cons ole Ses sion The Switc h C onsol e Figu re 3-3. The Main Menu F or a des cription of Ma in Menu features, refer to “Main M enu Features” on page 3-8. How T o End a Con sole Sessi on :. 1. If you ha ve not made c onfiguration chang es in the curre nt session, retur n to the Ma in Me nu, h[...]

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    3-8 The Switch Console Main Menu Features The Switch Console Main Menu Features The Main Menu (figure 3-3 on page 3-7) gives you access to these console interface features: • Status and Counters: Displays information on the switch, individual ports, the address tables, and Spanning Tree Protocol settings. (Refer to chapter 5, “Monitoring Switch[...]

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    3-9 Th e Sw it ch Consol e Sc re en Struc tur e an d N avi gati on The Switc h C onsol e Sc reen S tru ctu re a nd Na vi gat ion Cons ole scree ns in clu de these three el ements: ■ Par ameter fi elds and/ o r read-only informatio n su ch as stat istics ■ Nav igation an d co n figu rati o n acti on s, such as Sav e, Edit , an d Canc el ■ Help[...]

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    3-10 T he Swit ch Conso l e Sc re en Struc tur e an d N avi gati on The Switc h C onsol e Ta ble 3 -1. How To N avigat e in the Con sole Tas k: Actio ns: Exe cute an act i on from an “Ac tions -[>] li st: Use eit her of t he follow i ng me thods: ■ Use the ar row keys ( [< ] , or [> ] ) to hi ghli ght the act i o n you want to ex ecute[...]

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    3- 1 1 Th e Sw it ch Consol e Using Pa ssword Sec urit y The Switc h C onsol e Using Pass word S ecurity Ther e are two levels of conso le acc es s: M an ager and Operat or. For secur it y, you can set a pass word on each of these leve ls. To u se pas sword s ecurity: 1. Set a Manager p assword (and a n Op erator passwor d, if appl icable for y our[...]

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    3-12 T he Swit ch Conso l e Us in g Pas sw ord Secu rity The Switc h C onsol e Note If there is onl y a M ana ger pass word set (with no Operator pa ssword ), and the Man ager passwor d is not enter ed cor rectly when the console s ession begins , the swi t ch conso le o pe ra tes on the Operato r level . If there is both a Manager password an d an[...]

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    3- 1 3 Th e Sw it ch Consol e Using Pa ssword Sec urit y The Switc h C onsol e 2. To s et a new p assword : a. Sel ect Set Manager Password or Set Operator Password . You will then be prompted with Enter new password . b. Type a p assword of u p to 16 ch ar act er s and press [Enter] . (R emem ber that passwo r ds a re cas e-sensiti ve.) c. Whe n p[...]

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    3-14 T he Swit ch Conso l e Us in g Pas sw ord Secu rity The Switc h C onsol e To R ecov er fr om a Lo st Ope rat or Pass word: To re cover fr om a lost Operator password , delete al l pas swords as descr ibed above, then r e -enter new passwor d s. If you ha ve phys ical acc ess to the switc h , press the Clear button on the M anagement M odule to[...]

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    3- 1 5 Th e Sw it ch Consol e Rebo oting the Switch The Switc h C onsol e Reboo ting the Switch Rebooting the switc h t erminat es the current consol e session and perform s a reset o f the opera ting s ystem. Som e of the reason s fo r perfor ming a r eboot include: ■ Activating certain configuration changes that r equire a reboot ■ Re setting[...]

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    3-16 T he Swit ch Conso l e Re boo ting the Sw i tch The Switc h C onsol e Rebo oti ng To Ac tiva te Conf i gur at ion Chan ges. Config u rat ion ch anges for some par ameters become effec tive as s oon as you save t hem. Howe ver, you must reboot the s w itch in order to imp lem ent any changes to any param eters in the fo llo w in g ar eas: ■ I[...]

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    3- 1 7 Th e Sw it ch Consol e Adv ance d Commands The Switc h C onsol e Ad va nce d Comm a nds Sel ecting Adva nced Commands from the Main Menu pres ents a command pro mpt fr om which yo u can enter th e f ol low ing system man ageme nt com- man d s: To get a definition of thes e comm ands and their syntax, enter Help at the command prom pt. W hen [...]

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    4- 1 Conf igur ing the Switch Fro m the C onsole 4 Co nf igu rin g t he Sw it ch From t he Co nsole Ov ervi ew This chapter pr ovi des an overview of the Switch 208/ 224 Management Module configuration fe atures . D efa ul t Co nfi gur at io n. In i ts factory defaul t configurati on, the Switch 208T and 224T with a Swi tch M anageme nt Modul e ins[...]

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    4-2 Co nfigu ring the Switch Fro m t he Con s ole Ov ervi ew Conf iguring the S w i tch From the Cons ole To ge t H e lp o n i n di v id u a l par ame t e r des c r ipt ion s. In all s creens except the Advance d Commands scree n there is a Help option i n the Actions men u . Wh enever th e Actions menu i s active, you can display Help for that scr[...]

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    4-3 Co nf igu ring t he Switch From t he Consol e Con figu rable Feat ur es Conf igur ing the Switch Fro m the C onsole Config urab le Feature s How To Access the Switch Co nfiguration: 1. Be gin at the Ma in Menu and sel ect Configuration and the C onfigur a- tio n menu ap pears as sh o wn i n figur e 4-2. Figu re 4-2. The Co nfi guration Menu 2. [...]

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    4-4 Co nfigu ring the Switch Fro m t he Con s ole Co nf igura ble Featur es Conf iguring the S w i tch From the Cons ole S ys tem Co nf ig ur ati on This scree n configures ba sic swi tch ma nagement i nforma t ion, inc luding sys- tem identi f i cation information, address a ging, the port LED behavior , and tim e zon e parame te rs : Figu re 4-3.[...]

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    4-5 Co nf igu ring t he Switch From t he Consol e Con figu rable Feat ur es Conf igur ing the Switch Fro m the C onsole Po rt C onf igur at ion This scr een configu res the oper ating state (e n a bled or disab led) and mode for ea ch p o r t. The availab l e modes f o r each po r t typ e a r e li ste d an d d es cribed i n the onli ne help for the[...]

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    4-6 Co nfigu ring the Switch Fro m t he Con s ole Co nf igura ble Featur es Conf iguring the S w i tch From the Cons ole IPX S ervice The Switch M anagement M odule, b y default, ha s IPX com muni cation enabled. This al lo w s the switch to be managed from an SNMP network managemen t station in an IPX ne twork. The Swi tch M anagement M odule a ut[...]

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    4-7 Co nf igu ring t he Switch From t he Consol e Con figu rable Feat ur es Conf igur ing the Switch Fro m the C onsole (Op tio na l) H ow To Co nfig ure IPX f or Ma n age men t fr om a R emot e IP X Net w ork. To enable mana gement fr o m a remote IPX netwo rk, you must confi gure the gateway enca p sulat ion ty p e. 1. Fr o m the Confi gur atio n[...]

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    4-8 Co nfigu ring the Switch Fro m t he Con s ole Co nf igura ble Featur es Conf iguring the S w i tch From the Cons ole Int e rn et (I P) Se rv i c e For managing th e Switch 208/224 from an SNMP network m anageme nt s tation over an IP n etwork, or for using the switch cons ole through a T elnet session, use t he IP Service scree n to configur e:[...]

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    4-9 Co nf igu ring t he Switch From t he Consol e Con figu rable Feat ur es Conf igur ing the Switch Fro m the C onsole To ma nua lly con figur e t he sw itch for I P: 1. Fr om th e Co nf iguration sc reen, s elect Internet (IP) Service to di splay the above scree n . 2. Pr ess [E] (for E di t ). 3. Sel ect th e IP Config field and use the Space ba[...]

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    4-10 Co nfigu ring the Switch Fro m t he Con s ole Co nf igura ble Featur es Conf iguring the S w i tch From the Cons ole When you reboot the switch with Bootp enabled, it w ill do one of the foll ow ing: ■ Receive a m inimal config uration (IP addres s an d subnet m ask) . ■ If the repl y pr ovides inform ation for do wnloadin g a confi gurati[...]

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    4-11 Configuring the Switc h From the Console Configurable Fe atures Configuring the Switch From the Console An entry in the Bootp table file /etc/bootptab to tell the switch where to obtain a configuration file download would be similar to this entry: switch208224: ht=ether: ha=080009123456: sm=255.255.248.0: lg=11.22.33.44: hn: ip=55.66.77.[...]

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    4-12 Co nfigu ring the Switch Fro m t he Con s ole Co nf igura ble Featur es Conf iguring the S w i tch From the Cons ole S NMP Co mmun iti es This screen enables you to add, edit, or delete SNMP communities. Use t h is fe atu r e if you expect to manage the Swit ch 208/22 4 from an SNMP manage- ment stati on. You can configu re up to five SNMP com[...]

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    4- 1 3 Co nf igu ring t he Switch From t he Consol e Con figu rable Feat ur es Conf igur ing the Switch Fro m the C onsole Figu re 4-8. The SNMP Co m munit ies Add or Ed it Scree n Note If you cho ose to not r estri ct the use of a c o mmuni ty to spec ific network manageme nt st ations, you do no t need to list the ma n ager addres ses on this scr[...]

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    4-14 Co nfigu ring the Switch Fro m t he Con s ole Co nf igura ble Featur es Conf iguring the S w i tch From the Cons ole Trap Rece ivers This screen enables you to configure up to ten IP and/or IPX management stati ons (tra p rece ivers ) to recei ve SNM P trap packets sent from the s w i t ch . Trap pac k ets desc r ibe speci fic event types. (Th[...]

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    4- 1 5 Co nf igu ring t he Switch From t he Consol e Con figu rable Feat ur es Conf igur ing the Switch Fro m the C onsole Serial L ink C onfi g urati on Use the s eria l link co n f i guratio n s creen to a d just the consol e RS- 232 c o nfigu - ration to custom ize the connection w ith the PC, terminal, or mode m you a re us in g fo r consol e a[...]

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    4-16 Co nfigu ring the Switch Fro m t he Con s ole Co nf igura ble Featur es Conf iguring the S w i tch From the Cons ole Conso le Conf igu rat ion This screen lets you enable or disable inbound Teln et access and control the ty p es of events dis played in the event lo g. Also specifi e s the terminal t ype and the console scree n refr esh i nterv[...]

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    4- 1 7 Co nf igu ring t he Switch From t he Consol e Con figu rable Feat ur es Conf igur ing the Switch Fro m the C onsole Spann ing T ree Config ur atio n Use this scree n to activa te the IEE E 802.1d S panning Tree Protoco l (STP) on the switch a n d to a djust span ning tree parameters , if neces sary. In t h e facto ry default, STP is off. If [...]

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    4-18 Co nfigu ring the Switch Fro m t he Con s ole Co nf igura ble Featur es Conf iguring the S w i tch From the Cons ole Figu re 4-12. Ex ample of the STP C onfigurat ion Scr een 5. If the remain in g STP parame ter setti ngs are adequate for your ne twork , go to step 8. 6. Use [Tab] or the arro w k eys to select the next param eter you w ant to [...]

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    4- 1 9 Co nf igu ring t he Switch From t he Consol e Con figu rable Feat ur es Conf igur ing the Switch Fro m the C onsole Netw or k Mo nit orin g Por t You can d esignate a port for mon itoring traffic on an y one of the othe r ports on the swit ch . This is accompl ished by copy in g all traffic fr o m the specifi ed port t o the desi gn ated mon[...]

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    4-20 Co nfigu ring the Switch Fro m t he Con s ole Co nf igura ble Featur es Conf iguring the S w i tch From the Cons ole Figu re 4-14. Ex ample of Select ing a Monit oring Po rt 5. Press the S pace bar or type th e port numbe r to s elect which por t to u se for the mon i tor ing port 6. Pr ess [v] to move to the Moni tored Port field and pr ess t[...]

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    4- 2 1 Co nf igu ring t he Switch From t he Consol e Sav in g Confi gur at ions Conf igur ing the Switch Fro m the C onsole Sa vi n g C o nf i g ur at io ns Once you h ave c o mpleted al l your switch confi guration chan ges , it is a good id ea t o save th e confi guratio n in a secur e locati o n. The co n figu rati o n is contai ned in a file th[...]

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    5- 1 Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he C onsole 5 Mon it orin g S wi tch Ope r at ion From t he Co nsole Ov ervi ew Th e Main Men u in the swi tch ’ s console interf ace gives you access to the fol lo w in g sou r ces of re ad -o n ly data fo r hel pin g yo u to monitor, anal yz e, and troubleshoo t switch operation: Ta ble 5 -1. Read -O nl[...]

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    5-2 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on Fr om the Cons ole Stat us a nd Coun ters Men u Moni tori ng S w i tch Operati on From t he Console Sta t us an d C o un t e rs Me nu Select Status and Counters from the M ain Menu to d ispl ay the Status and Counters menu: Figu re 5-1. The Statu s and Coun ters Menu Ea ch of the above men u items acces ses the r[...]

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    5-3 Moni tori ng Swi tch Oper ation From t he Con sole Sta tu s and Co unter s Menu Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he C onsole Sw itch I nf ormat ion Figu re 5-2. Example of Switch In formation This scr een t ell s you the followi ng inf orm atio n ab out the switc h and t he Switch M anagem ent M odule: ■ the version of the OS (operati ng [...]

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    5-4 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on Fr om the Cons ole Stat us a nd Coun ters Men u Moni tori ng S w i tch Operati on From t he Console Po rt S tat us Figu re 5-3. Example of Port Stat us For eac h por t, this scr een provi des you the follo wi n g info rmatio n : ■ Port -- the port number ( n ote that even if a transceiver module is not ins t a [...]

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    5-5 Moni tori ng Swi tch Oper ation From t he Con sole Sta tu s and Co unter s Menu Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he C onsole Po rt Co un te rs Figu re 5-4. Example of Port Count ers This scr een enab les you to determine the traffic patterns fo r each port. Por t Counter fea tures include: ■ Dynamic dis play of counters su mmari zi ng the[...]

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    5-6 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on Fr om the Cons ole Stat us a nd Coun ters Men u Moni tori ng S w i tch Operati on From t he Console Po rt C oun ter s - Sh ow De tails Figu re 5-5. Example of Po rt Counters - Show Det ai l s This scree n shows you addition al cou nters for the selecte d port. F or defini- tions of these counters, us e the Help a[...]

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    5-7 Moni tori ng Swi tch Oper ation From t he Con sole Sta tu s and Co unter s Menu Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he C onsole Addr es s Tab le Figu re 5-6. Example of the Addres s Table This scr een lets yo u easil y determine which switc h port is being use d to access a s p ecific device on the networ k. The li s ting includes : ■ The MA[...]

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    5-8 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on Fr om the Cons ole Stat us a nd Coun ters Men u Moni tori ng S w i tch Operati on From t he Console Por t Address Tab le This scr een lets you easily determin e whi ch devices are attach ed to the sele cted s witch port by listi ng all of th e MAC add resses detect ed on that port . You can use the S earch action[...]

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    5-9 Moni tori ng Swi tch Oper ation From t he Con sole Sta tu s and Co unter s Menu Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he C onsole Figu re 5-8. Example of a Port Ad dres s Table for a S pecifi c Port In t his exa m p le, se veral MAC addresse s a ccesse d th r ough p ort 1 6 appe ar in the ini tial listi ng. T o vi ew a ny ad dition al a ddre sse[...]

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    5-10 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on Fr om the Cons ole Stat us a nd Coun ters Men u Moni tori ng S w i tch Operati on From t he Console Sp ann ing T ree (ST P) In for m atio n Use this s cree n to dete r mine cu rrent switc h -lev el STP parameter settings a n d stati stics. Figu re 5-9. Example of Spanni ng Tree Informa tion YUMAMOD.BK : 5_ymmntr[...]

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    5- 1 1 Moni tori ng Swi tch Oper ation From t he Con sole Sta tu s and Co unter s Menu Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he C onsole You can use the S how ports action at the bottom of the screen to display port-l evel in formation and par am eter setti ngs for each p ort i n the switch (including por t type, so urce M AC addr ess, cos t , pri o[...]

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    5-12 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on Fr om the Cons ole E vent Log Moni tori ng S w i tch Operati on From t he Console Event Lo g The Event Log records operatin g events as singl e-line entries li s ted in chrono- lo gical order . Each entry is comp osed of five fiel ds: Severity is one of th e fol low ing codes: I (inform ation) indicates routine [...]

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    5- 1 3 Moni tori ng Swi tch Oper ation From t he Con sole Eve nt L og Monitori ng Switch Operati on From t he C onsole Enter ing and Navigati ng in the Ev e nt Log Dis play . To enter the eve nt lo g, select Event Log from the Main M enu. Figu re 5-11. Ex ample of an Eve nt Log Displ ay When you first di splay the even t log, the f irst even t of t[...]

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    5-14 Mon itor ing Swit ch Operati on Fr om the Cons ole E vent Log Moni tori ng S w i tch Operati on From t he Console The ev ent log hol d s up to 100 li nes i n chro n ol o gica l order, fr om the old est to the new est. Each line consi sts of one complet e event message. Once the log has rec eived 100 entries, it d isca rds the curr ent ol dest [...]

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    6- 1 Usi ng SNMP To Monito r and Manage t he Swi tch 6 Using SNM P To Monit o r an d Mana ge t he Swit ch Ov ervi ew You ca n ma nage th e S witc h 20 8/224 tha t has a M anagemen t M odule install ed from a network managem en t stati on. Includ ed with your Switc h 208/224 Management M odule i s a CD-R OM containing a c o py of HP Ad van ce St ack[...]

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    6-2 Us in g SNMP To M oni tor and Man age the Swi tch SNMP Man agement Fe ature s Usin g SNM P To Mon itor and Manage t he Swi tch SN MP Man a ge men t F ea t ure s SNMP m anagement f eatures provid ed by the S w itch 2 08/224 Management Module include: ■ Secur i ty via configu r atio n of SNMP communi ties ■ Event re porting via SNMP traps and[...]

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    6-3 Using SNM P To Mon it or a nd M anag e the Swit ch SNMP Co nfigu rati on Proces s Usi ng SNMP To Monito r and Manage t he Swi tch SNM P Config urat ion Proc ess If you are u sing I P, yo u must ei ther config ure th e switch with t he appr opriate IP add r ess or, i f yo u ar e using Bo o tp to co n f ig ur e th e sw itc h, ens u re th at th e [...]

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    6-4 Us in g SNMP To M oni tor and Man age the Swi tch Ad van ced Manageme nt: RMON and EAS E Supp ort Usin g SNM P To Mon itor and Manage t he Swi tch Adv anc ed Mana gem en t: RMON an d EASE Sup port The Management Module s upports RMON (Remote Monitoring) and EASE on all network segments c onnected t o the switch. T his allow s for troubleshooti [...]

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    7- 1 Troubles hoot ing 7 Trou bleshoo ti ng This chapter des cribes how to tro ubleshoot y our Switch M anag ement Modul e. This chapte r covers thes e topics : ■ checking th e Switc h Managem ent Modul e LEDs ■ using the proble m/solution tabl e ■ checking fo r IP configuration errors ■ us in g di agn o st i c test s ■ resetti ng the s w[...]

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    7-2 T roubl esho oting Ch eck i n g the Modul e LEDs Troub leshoot ing Chec king th e Module LEDs The fo l l owin g tab le lists S w itch M anagem en t M odule L ED behavio r sho wi n g error condi tions. Ta ble 7 -1. Sw itch Mana gement Modul e LED Behavi or LE D St atus De scrip tion Se lf Tes t ON The modu l e is be i ng se l f test ed as a res [...]

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    7-3 Troubl eshooti ng Pro blem/S olut ion T able Troubles hoot ing Proble m/S o lut ion Tab l e Use the follo win g tab le to diagn o se the p robl em w i th your Managem en t Module: Ta ble 7 -2. Ty pical Sw itch Pro blems and Thei r Solut ion s If the an swer to your q uestion is no t in this ta b le, read the I P configu ratio n and diag nostic [...]

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    7-4 T roubl esho oting IP Conf igurat ion Err or s Troub leshoot ing IP Configura tion Err ors If you are us ing IP com munications, m ake sur e your IP configura t ion param- eters are set properly. Use the switch consol e’s IP Configur ation function as descr ibed in chapter 4. Incorrec t IP confi gur at ion on the Switch Ma n a gement Modul e [...]

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    7-5 Troubl eshooti ng Diagno stic T ests Troubles hoot ing Testing t he Swi tch’s P orts and t he Links To test the switch’s ports and the attached network links, follow these procedure s: 1. Check fo r link beat d et ec tion on the p ort. When the switch firs t dete cts the link beat si gnal (als o calle d “li n k test pul se signal”) comi[...]

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    7-6 T roubl esho oting Diag nosti c Tes ts Troub leshoot ing • Sel ect IPXping Test . This is a netw ork la yer test tha t you can run o n Novel l NetWar e IPX net w orks. T he swi tch sen ds IP X t est packets to a specified n etwork device. T his work s with de vices that h ave an IPX address a nd are able to resp ond to an IPX test pac ket. Mo[...]

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    7-7 Troubleshooting Resetting the Sw itch Troubleshooting Resetting the Switch Resetting requires physical access to the Switch Management Module. There are two levels of reset: ■ Hardware reset: Momentarily interrupts switch operation, performs a complete hardwa re self test, clears the switch event log, and reboots the switch. To execute this t[...]

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    7-8 Troubleshooting Clearing Passwords on the Switch Console Troubleshooting Clearing Passwords on the Switch Console You can use the Clear button to clear a forgotten console password that was previously configured on the switch. To clear the password, follow these steps: 1. Verify the switch has powered-up, and passed self te st. 1. Press the Cle[...]

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    7-9 Troubl eshooti ng HP Cus to mer Su pport Se rvic es Troubles hoot ing HP Cust omer Su ppo rt Se rvices If you are still having trouble with your s w itch or Sw itch M anagemen t Modul e, Hewlett-Packa rd offers s uppor t 24 hour s a day, sev en days a wee k t hrough the use of automated el ectronic servi ces, incl uding: ■ the World Wi de We [...]

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    A- 1 Specif icatio ns A Spec if icat ions Physical ( in c ludes bulkhe ad and connector ) : Environm ental: Conn ectors: The R S-232- C co nsole p ort conf orms to V .22 bis. Electrom agnetic: Emis sions : FCC part 1 5 Clas s A CI SPR-22 Clas s A/EN 55022 Cl as s A VCCI Level 1 I mmunity: ( See the Declaration of Conformity at the end of the Safety[...]

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    A- 2 Sp ecifi cati ons Specif icati ons Safe ty: Com p lie s with IEC 9 50: ( 1991)+A1,A 2/.EN6095 0 I ( 1992) +A1,A2 Acoust ic Noise: No t applicab le Managemen t Protocol s Su ppor ted MI BS Com municat ion Proto cols RF C 115 7 SNMP RF C 190 1-190 8 SNMPv 2C RF C 142 0 SNMP ov er IPX RF C 149 3 Br i dge MIB IETF Enti ty MIB RF C 121 3 MIB-I I RF[...]

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    A-3 Spe cifi catio ns Specif icatio ns Regul ato ry Statem en ts FCC Sta tement (For U. S.A. Only) Federal C ommu nications Comm ission Ra d io Frequ en cy In ter ference S tate m ent Note: T his equipment has been tes ted and found to comply with the l imits for a Clas s A di gital d evice, pursuan t to Part 15 of the FCC Ru les. Thes e limits are[...]

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    B- 1 Modem Con figurati on B M ode m Co nf ig urat ion Before in stalli n g the m odems ( one attach ed to the Switch M anagem ent Modul e’s console p o rt and one att ach ed at the use r end t o the termi nal/PC) , configure them by this procedure: 1. Connect them, o n e at a time, to the PC or termi nal an d iss ue the appro- priate AT com mand[...]

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    B- 2 Mod em Conf ig urati o n Modem Conf igurati on US Robotics Courier V.FC /V.34 Megahertz XJ2288 PCM C IA card m odem Practical P eriphera ls P M288MT I I V.34 At th e swit ch e nd: Iss ue th e fo l l ow i ng AT co m mand: AT&F&C0S0 =1&W0 At th e user end: Iss ue the fo llowi ng AT co m m and: A T&F &W At th e user end : Issu[...]

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    C- 1 File Tran sfers C File Tr an sfers Ov ervi ew You c an dow nload new Swi tch M anageme nt Modu le software (ope rating system— OS) and uploa d o r downl oad Sw itch 208/ 224 con f iguration fi les. These features a re useful for acqu iring per iodi c switch software up grades and for stori ng or retrievi ng a s witch configu ration. Down lo [...]

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    C- 2 F il e Trans fers Do w nl oading an Oper atin g System File Tran sfers Us in g TF TP To Down loa d t he OS Fil e Before y ou use thi s proc edure, make sure of the followi ng: ■ The switch is properly conn ected to the netwo rk and is config ured fo r eith er I P or IPX servi ce, whichever you nee d to communica te with the TFTP s erve r use[...]

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    C-3 F il e Transf ers Do wnloadi ng a n Oper atin g Syst em File Tran sfers 2. Pr ess [E] (for E dit ). 3. Wi th t h e Prot ocol f ield hig h l ighted , use the Space bar to select eit her IP or IP X, dependi ng o n the p rotocol in use in your network . 4. Hi ghligh t the TFTP Ser ver fie ld and type in the IP or IP X addres s o f the TFTP serv er[...]

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    C- 4 F il e Trans fers Do w nl oading an Oper atin g System File Tran sfers Using the SNM P- Base d HP Dow nlo ad M anage r Incl u d ed with your Switch Managem en t Mod ule is the HP Advance S tack Ass istan t CD ROM. I nc lu d ed in th e softw are on t ha t CD is a utili ty called HP Downlo ad Manager. Y ou can u se t h at u tility to download th[...]

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    C-5 F il e Transf ers Do wnloadi ng a n Oper atin g Syst em File Tran sfers Using the Zm ode m to Downl oad the OS Fi le This pr o ced u r e assum es that the follow in g ite m s have been done: ■ The PC i s seriall y conne cted to the Switc h Manageme nt Module Co nsole RS- 232 port. ■ The PC can suppo rt the Zm odem file t ransfer protocol . [...]

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    C- 6 F il e Trans fers T roubl eshoot ing TFTP Do wnload s File Tran sfers Trouble shoo ting TFT P Download s If a TFTP download fail s, the Download OS scree n indi cates the failur e. Figu re C-3. Ex ample of Message f or Do wnload Fail ure To find more information on the ca u se of a dow nlo ad failure, examine the mess ages i n the swi tch’s [...]

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    C-7 F il e Transf ers Tro ubl es hoot ing TF TP Downloa ds File Tran sfers ■ One or m ore of the Sw itch Mana gement M odule’s IP or IP X con figuration param eters are incor r ect. Try pinging th e ser ver to test the co nnec tivity. ■ For a Unix TFTP se rver, the file perm issions for the OS file do not a llow the file to be copi ed. ■ An[...]

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    C- 8 F il e Trans fers T ran sferri ng Swi tc h Conf i gurati on s File Tran sfers Tr an sf e rr i ng Sw it c h Co nf ig u rat i o ns You can use the foll o wing co mm an d s to trans fer swit ch co n figu r ations between th e switch an d a PC or Unix workstati o n. Using Get and Put To Transfer a C o nfigu ration Between the Sw itch and a Net wor[...]

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    C-9 F il e Transf ers T ra nsferri ng Swi tc h Conf i gurat ions File Tran sfers 1. Fr om the Ma in Men u sele ct Advanced Commands 2. At the command pr ompt, execu te one o f the foll owing com mands: To upload a con figurat ion to a file on a PC or Unix wor kstation: put IP_address CONF IG remote_file put IPX_address CON FIG remote_file To downl [...]

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    C- 10 F il e Trans fers T ran sferri ng Swi tc h Conf i gurati on s File Tran sfers 3. At the command pr ompt, execu te one o f the foll owing com mands: To upload a con figurat ion to a file on a PC or Unix wor kstation: zput config remote_ file [overwrite] [dos/unix] To downl oad a configurati on from a file on a PC or Un ix works tation: zget co[...]

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    D-1 Spanni ng Tree Operat ion D Sp anning T ree Oper ation Span ning T ree Protoc ol (STP) The Switch 208/224 Manage m ent Modul e u s es the IEEE 802.1d S pann ing Tre e Prot o c ol (ST P) to ensu re that only on e path at a time is acti ve be twe en any two nodes on the ne twork. In networks w here there i s mo re than o ne phy sical path betwee [...]

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    D-2 Spanning Tree Operation Spanning Tree Protocol (S TP) Spanning Tree Operation Figure D-1. Example of Logical and Redundant Paths Between Two Nodes node A switch A node B switch D switch B switch C 1 path cost: 100 3 path cost : 100 4 path cost: 20 0 • Active path from node A to node B: 1—> 3 • Backup (redund ant) path from node A to no[...]

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    Index – 3 Index Index A Ac ti ons menu d is pl ayi ng he l p f o r com ma nd s … 4-2 loca t i on on scr een … 3 -9 a c ti ve path, STP … D-1 a ddre ss aging de scrip tion … 2-3 from Sys t em Conf ig uration scr een … 4 -4 a ddre ss table fo r ea ch port … 5-8 for th e sw it ch … 5- 7 pu rpos e of … 5 - 1 Ad va n c eS t ack A s si [...]

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    4 – Index Index c onsol e RS-232 c onfigurat ion of … 4- 16 de scrip tion … 2-2 c opyr i gh t scr een di splay ing … 3-6 c rash i nform ati on wh en it d is p la ys … 3-6 c ust omer support servi ces … 7 -9 D da te f ormat fo r ev ent l og … 5-12 da te pa rameter set tin g … 4 -4 DEFAULT_CONFI G a bout t his prompt … 3- 17 as s ys[...]

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    Index – 5 Index Get command for a con figurati on download … C-8 r equi re m ent s for … C-8 H ha rdw ar e reset e ffect on swit ch … 7-7 ho w to p erfor m … 7- 7 Help disp layin g for indi vidual para m ete rs … 4-2 for actions or d ata f ields … 4-2 Help l ine a bout … 3-9 loca tion on scr een s … 3-9, 4-2 Hi s to r y co m m an [...]

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    6 – Index Index memory a mo unt of … 5-3 mes sage buff er s de fi niti on of … 5 -3 MIB lis t of suppor ted o nes … 6-2, A-2 mode , port c onfigur ing … 4-5 disp lay … 5-4 mode m c onfigurat ion of … B-1 c onnec t in g to s wit ch … 3-4 mode m ca ble p in-out … 3-5 modu le feat ures adde d to sw i t ch … 1 -1 feat ures summar y [...]

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    Index – 7 Index R reboo t See al so re set SNMP communi ty and tr aps … 6-3 s w it ch, r eas ons to … 3-15 re c o nf ig u r i n g a p ar a m e te r … 3 - 10 redun dant p ath … D-1 s panning tree … 4 -17 rem ote c onso le c onnec t in g to … 3 -4 r em o vi ng th e mo dule … 1-4 Reset de scr ipti on of butto n on mod ule … 2 -1 re s[...]

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    8 – Index Index sys te m na m e whe n no ne is spec ifie d … 3-17 T Te lnet disa bl e or enab l e … 4 -16 inbou nd … 4-16 ou tbound … 4-16 s tep s to connect to swi tch … 3-6 term ina l m od e VT -1 0 0/ANSI … C-9 tes tin g po rt s and links … 7-5 Swi tc h and Manag em ent Modu le … 7-4 TF TP proce dure for OS downl oad … C- 2 T[...]

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    Tech n ica l informati on in th is document is subject to change without n otice. © Copyri ght 1997 Hewle tt-Packard Company Pr in ted in USA 3/97 Man u al P art Nu mb er 59 66-5228 *59 66-5228* YUMAMOD.BK : yumabcvr. fm 5 P a ge 10 Thursday, February 20, 1997 12:54 PM[...]