HP ProCurve 2500 9: Configuring Advanced Features, Overview, RMON Support, SNMP Communities, Chapter Contents, SNMP Management Features, HP ProCurve Stack Management

Contents

SNMP Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Configuring for SNMP Access to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

SNMP Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNMP Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

To View, Edit, or Add SNMP Communities: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6

CLI: Viewing and Configuring Community Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Listing Current Community Names and Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8

Configuring Identity Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

Configuring Community Names and Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9

Trap Receivers and Authentication Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10

CLI: Configuring and Displaying Trap Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11

Using the CLI To List Current SNMP Trap Receivers . . . . . . . . . 8-11

Configuring Trap Receivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

Using the CLI To Enable Authentication Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

Advanced Management: RMON and HP Extended

RMON Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13

RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13

Extended RMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13

9: Configuring Advanced Features

Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

HP ProCurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

Which Devices Support Stacking? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

Components of HP ProCurve Stack Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7

General Stacking Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7

Operating Rules for Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8

General Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8

Specific Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9

Overview of Configuring and Bringing Up a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11

General Steps for Creating a Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13

Using the Menu Interface To View Stack Status And

Configure Stacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15

Using the Menu Interface To View and Configure a

Commander Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15

Using the Menu To Manage a Candidate Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17

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