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Installation and Getting Started Guide
Basic IP Parameters and Defaults – HP 6208M-SX
IP is enabled by default. The following tables list the switch IP parameters, their default values, and where to find
configuration information.
NOTE: The HP 6208M-SX also provides IP multicast forwarding, which is enabled by default. For information
about this feature, see the “Configuring Basic Features” chapter of the Installation and Getting Started Guide.
IP Global Parameters – HP 6208M-SX
Table 6.3 lists the IP global parameters for the switch.
Table 6.3: IP Global Parameters – switch
Parameter Description Default See page...
IP address and
mask notation
Format for displaying an IP address and its network
mask information. You can enable one of the
following:
• Class-based format; example: 192.168.1.1
255.255.255.0
• Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR) format;
example: 192.168.1.1/24
Class-based
Note: hanging this
parameter affects the
display of IP
addresses, but you
can enter addresses in
either format
regardless of the
display setting.
6-80
IP address A Layer 3 network interface address
Note: The HP 6208M-SX has a single IP address
used for management access to the entire device.
routing switches have separate IP addresses on
individual interfaces.
None configured
a
6-73
Default gateway The IP address of a locally attached router (or a
router attached to the switch by bridges or other
switches). The switch and clients attached to it use
the default gateway to communicate with devices on
other sub-nets.
None configured 6-73
Address
Resolution
Protocol (ARP)
A standard IP mechanism that networking devices
use to learn the Media Access Control (MAC) address
of another device on the network. The switch sends
the IP address of a device in the ARP request and
receives the device’s MAC address in an ARP reply.
Enabled
Note: ou cannot
disable ARP.
n/a
ARP age The amount of time the device keeps a MAC address
learned through ARP in the device’s ARP cache. The
device resets the timer to zero each time the ARP
entry is refreshed and removes the entry if the timer
reaches the ARP age.
Ten minutes
Note: ou cannot
change the ARP age
on switches.
n/a
Time to Live
(TTL)
The maximum number of routers (hops) through
which a packet can pass before being discarded.
Each router decreases a packet’s TTL by 1 before
forwarding the packet. If decreasing the TTL causes
the TTL to be 0, the router drops the packet instead of
forwarding it.
64 hops 6-76
C
Y
Y
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