HP 2500 manual Support URL, Help and the Management Server URL

the HP Web Browser	Interface
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Using the HP Web Browser Interface

Support/Mgmt URLs Feature

Support URL

This is the site that the switch accesses when you click on the Support tab on the web browser interface. The default URL is:

http://www.hp.com/go/procurve

which is the World Wide Web site for Hewlett-Packard’s networking products.

Click on the [Support] button on that page and you can get to support information regarding your switch, including white papers, operating system (OS) updates, and more.

You could instead enter the URL for a local site that you use for entering reports about network performance, or whatever other function you would like to be able to easily access by clicking on the [Support] tab.

Help and the Management Server URL

This field specifies which of the following two locations the switch will use to find online Help for the web browser interface:

■The URL of online Help provided by HP on the world wide web

■The URL of a network management station running HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches

Providing Online Help. The Help files are automatically available if you install HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches on your network or if you already have Internet access to the World Wide Web. (The Help files are included with HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches, and are also automatically available from HP via the World Wide Web.)

Retrieval of the Help files is controlled by automatic entries to the Management Server URL field on the Configuration / Support/Mgmt URLs screen, shown in figure 4-6. The switch is shipped with the URL set to retrieve online Help from the HP World Wide Web site. However, if HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches is installed on a management station on your network and discovers the switch, the Management Server URL is automatically changed to retrieve the Help from your TopTools management station.

If Online Help Fails To Operate. Do one of the following:

■If HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches is installed and running on your network, enter the IP address or DNS name of the network management station in the Management Server URL field shown in figure 4-7 on page 4-15.

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