Basic Operation Guide 2013/06
Table Of Contents
- Switch Software
- Contents
- 1 Commands found in the Basic Operation Guide
- 2 Getting started
- 3 Using the Menu Interface
- 4 Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Overview
- Accessing the CLI
- Using the CLI
- Return message types with CLI commands
- CLI interactive commands
- CLI control and editing
- 5 Using the HP WebAgent
- 6 Switch memory and configuration
- Overview
- Configuration file management
- Using the CLI to implement configuration changes
- Creating a custom default configuration
- Using the menu and WebAgent to implement configuration changes configuration file
- Zeroization
- Using Primary and Secondary flash image options
- Multiple configuration files
- Display configuration of selected interface
- Automatic configuration update with DHCP Option 66
- 7 Interface access and system information
- 8 Configuring IP addressing
- Overview
- IP configuration
- Loopback interfaces
- IP Preserve: retaining VLAN-1 IP addressing across configuration file downloads
- Configuring a single source IP address
- 9 Software management
- Downloading switch documentation and software from the web
- Viewing or downloading the software manual set
- Downloading software updates for your switch
- Software signing and verification
- Saving configurations while using the CLI
- Important: Best Practices for software updates
- Updating the switch: overview
- Updating the switch: detailed steps
- Rolling back switch software
- Viewing or transferring alternate configuration files
- Downloading switch documentation and software from the web
- Index
Example 78 CLI system information listing configure a system name, contact, and location for the
switch
HP Switch# show system information
Status and Counters - General System Information
System Name : HP Switch
System Contact :
System Location :
MAC Age Time (sec) : 300
Time Zone : 0
Daylight Time Rule : None
To help distinguish one switch from another, configure a plain-language identity for the switch.
Syntax:
hostname <name-string>
snmp-server [contact <system-contact>] [location <system-location>]
Each field allows up to 255 characters. To help simplify administration, it is recommended that
you configure hostname to a character string that is meaningful within your system.
For example, to name the switch "Blue" with "Next-4474" as the system contact, and
"North-Data-Room" as the location:
Figure 21 System information listing after executing the preceding commands
Reconfigure the MAC age time for learned MAC addresses. This command corresponds to the MAC
Age Interval in the menu interface, and is expressed in seconds.
Syntax:
mac-age-time <10-1000000>
(seconds)
Allows you to set the MAC address table’s age-out interval. An address is aged
out if the switch does not receive traffic from that MAC address for the age-out
interval, measured in seconds. Default: 300 seconds.
For example, to configure the age time to seven minutes:
HP Switch(config)# mac-age-time 420
System information 103