Accessing the switch
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The following example shows how to manually configure an IP address on the switch:
1. Configure an IP interface for the Telnet connection, using the sample IP address of 205.21.17.3.
2. The pending subnet mask address and broadcast address are automatically calculated.
>> # /cfg/l3/if 1 (Select IP interface 1)
>> IP Interface 1# addr 205.21.17.3 (Assign IP address for the interface)
Current IP address: 0.0.0.0
New pending IP address: 205.21.17.3
Pending new subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
. . . . . . . . . . . .
>> IP Interface 1# ena (Enable IP interface 1)
3. If necessary, configure up to two default gateways.
4. Configuring the default gateways allows the switch to send outbound traffic to the routers.
>> IP Interface 5# ../gw 1 (Select primary default gateway)
>> Default gateway 1# addr 205.21.17.1 (Assign IP address for primary router)
>> Default gateway 1# ena (Enable primary default gateway)
>> Default gateway 1# ../gw 2 (Select secondary default gateway)
>> Default gateway 2# addr 205.21.17.2 (Assign address for secondary router)
>> Default gateway 2# ena (Enable secondary default gateway)
5. Apply, verify, and save the configuration.
>> Default gateway 2# apply (Apply the configuration)
>> Default gateway 2# save (Save the configuration)
>> # /cfg/dump (Verify the configuration)
Using the Browser-based Interface
By default, the Browser-based Interface (BBI) protocol is enabled on the switch. The Browser-based
Interface (BBI) provides access to the common configuration, management and operation features of the
switch through your Web browser. For more information, see the HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch Browser-
based Interface Reference Guide.
The BBI is organized at a high level as follows:
• Configuration—These menus provide access to the configuration elements for the entire switch.
○ System—Configure general switch configuration elements.
○ Switch ports—Configure switch ports and related features.
○ Port-based port mirroring—Configure mirrored ports and monitoring ports.
○ Layer 2—Configure Layer 2 features, including trunk groups, VLANs, and Spanning Tree
Protocol.
○ RMON menu—Configure Remote Monitoring (RMON) functions.
○ Layer 3—Configure all of the IP related information, including IGMP Snooping.
○ QoS—Configure Quality of Service features.
○ Access Control—Configure Access Control Lists and Groups.
○ Uplink Failure Detection—Configure a Failover Pair of Links to Monitor and Links to Disable.
• Statistics—These menus provide access to the switch statistics and state information.
• Dashboard—These menus display settings and operating status of a variety of switch features.
