Getting Started

Conventions

Braces within square brackets ( [ < > ] ) indicate a required element within an optional choice.

Boldface indicates use of a CLI command, part of a CLI command syntax, or other displayed element in general text. For example:

“Use the copy tftp command to download the key from a TFTP server.”

Italics indicate variables for which you must supply a value when executing the command. For example, in this command syntax, < port- list > indicates that you must provide one or more port numbers:

Syntax: aaa port-access authenticator < port-list>

Command Prompts

In the default configuration, your switch displays a prompt as shown below:

ProCurve Switch 2610#

To simplify recognition, this guide uses ProCurve to represent command prompts for all models. For example:

ProCurve#

(You can use the hostname command to change the text in the CLI prompt.)

Screen Simulations

Figures containing simulated screen text and command output look like this:

ProCurve> show version

Image stamp: /sw/code/build/info Nov 2 2007 13 43:14 R.01.XX

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ProCurve>

Figure 1-1. Example of a Figure Showing a Simulated Screen

In some cases, brief command-output sequences appear outside of a numbered figure. For example:

ProCurve(config)# ip default-gateway 18.28.152.1/24 ProCurve(config)# vlan 1 ip address 18.28.36.152/24 ProCurve(config)# vlan 1 ip igmp

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