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 informa­ tion 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

The Management Server URL field specifies the URL the switch uses to find online Help for the web browser interface.

If you install PCM (HP ProCurve Manager) in your network, the PCM management station acts as the web browser Help server for the switch and automatically inserts the necessary URL in this field.)

In the default configuration (and if PCM is not running on your network) this field is set to the URL for accessing online Help from the HP ProCurve World Wide Website:

http://www.hp.com/rnd/device_help

Using this option, the Help files are automatically available if your workstation can access the World Wide Web. In this case, if Online Help fails to operate, ensure that the above URL appears in the Management Server URL field shown in figure 5-7:

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