Enhancements in Release F.02.02

CDP (Updated by Software Version F.05.50)

CDP (Updated by Software Version F.05.50)

Software version F.02.02 for the Series 2500 switches, implemented CDP-v1 (Cisco Discovery Protocol, version 1) to help discover devices in a network. Software version F.05.50 and beyond updates this network discovery method to the industry standard Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP). For release notes describing the latest software updates for your switch model, visit the ProCurve Networking website at http://www. procurve.com.

New Time Synchronization Protocol Options

Using time synchronization ensures a uniform time among interoperating devices. This helps you to manage and troubleshoot switch operation by attaching meaningful time data to event and error messages.

Formerly, TimeP was the only time protocol available for time synchronization in Series 2500 switches. Beginning with software release F.02.02, the switches also offer SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) and a new timesync command for changing the time protocol selection (or turning off time protocol operation).

Notes

Although you can create and save configurations for both time protocols without conflicts, the switch allows only one active time protocol at any time.

Time synchronization is no longer active in the factory default configuration. You must first select the desired protocol (default: TimeP), and then enable it.

In the factory-default configuration for release F.02.02 and later, the time synchronization method is set to TimeP, with actual TimeP operation disabled. (In earlier releases, TimeP was enabled with DHCP for acquiring a TimeP server address).

If you configure SNTP operation in the switch, but later download a configuration created using a pre-F.02.02 version of the software, the SNTP configuration will be replaced by the non-SNTP time synchronization settings in the downloaded configuration file.

In the menu interface, the time protocol parameters have been moved from the "Internet (IP) Service" screen to the "System Information" screen, and the menu path is now:

2.Switch Configuration...

1.System Information

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