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
Figure 2 Example of the Main Menu with Manager Privileges
For a description of Main Menu features, see “Main Menu features” (page 20).
NOTE: To configure the switch to start with the menu interface instead of the CLI, go to the
Manager level prompt in the CLI, enter the setup command, and in the resulting display, change
the Logon Default parameter to Menu. For more information, see the Installation and Getting Started
Guide you received with the switch.
How to end a menu session and exit from the console
The method for ending a menu session and exiting from the console depends on whether, during
the session, you made any changes to the switch configuration that require a switch reboot to
activate. (Most changes via the menu interface need only a Save, and do not require a switch
reboot.) Configuration changes needing a reboot are marked with an asterisk (*) next to the
configured item in the menu and also next to the Switch Configuration item in the Main Menu.
Figure 3 Example indication of a configuration change requiring a reboot
1. In the current session, if you have not made configuration changes that require a switch reboot
to activate, return to the Main Menu and press [0] (zero) to log out. Then just exit from the
terminal program, turn off the terminal, or quit the Telnet session.
2. If you have made configuration changes that require a switch reboot— that is, if an asterisk
(*) appears next to a configured item or next to Switch Configuration in the Main Menu:
a. Return to the Main Menu.
b. Press [6] to select Reboot Switch and follow the instructions on the reboot screen.
Starting and ending a menu session 19