HP Procurve Networking Initial Setup
Note: HP Procurve Networking Configuration will be done via the CLI and assumes you have a console connection to the switch and are in configure mode. Enter configure mode by typeing configure.
Setting a hostname
-
hostname “Coreswitch” (Include quotations”)
Setting an ip address to the default vlan
- vlan 1
- ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
- exit
Setting a default route
- ip default-gateway 192.168.1.254
Setting up DNS servers
- ip dns server-address priority 1 202.12.144.11
- ip dns server-address priority 2 202.12.233.10
Configuring time sync
- timesync sntp
- sntp unicast
- time timezone 600 (the amount of minutes from GMT)
- sntp server priority 1 time.windows.com
Configuring SNMP
- snmp-server contact “IT Department”
- snmp-server location “Level 1 Sydney”
- snmp-server community snmp-public restricted
- snmp-server community snmp-private unrestricted
- snmp-server host 192.168.1.10 (ip to send traps to)
Adding a description or name to an interface
- interface A1
- name “Uplink to Level 2”
Setting username and password for manager (read/write)
and operator (read only)
- password manager user adminfull plaintext
password123 - password operator user adminread plaintext
password456
Setting an inactivity timer for the console (in
minutes)
- console inactivity-timer 5
Setting console logging levels
(none|debug|all|not-info|critical)
- console events critical
To enable web-management
- web-management
To disable http web management and enable secure https
web-management
- no web-management
- web-management ssl
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