Selecting a Management Interface

Advantages of Using the Menu Interface

To use HP ProCurve Manager or HP ProCurve Manager Plus, refer to the Getting Started Guide and the Administrator’s Guide, which are available electronically with the software for these applications. For more information, visit the HP ProCurve web site at http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve.

Advantages of Using the Menu InterfaceFigure 2-1. Example of the Console Interface Display

Provides quick, easy management access to a menu-driven subset of switch configuration and performance features:

IP addressing

Spanning Tree

VLANs and GVRP

System information

Port Security

Passwords

• Port and Static Trunk Group

SNMP communities

Stack Management

Time protocols

The menu interface also provides access for:

Setup screen

Event Log display

Switch and port status displays

Switch and port statistic and counter displays

Reboots

Software downloads

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