Getting Started

Conventions

Command Prompts

In the default configuration, your switch displays one of the following CLI prompts:

ProCurve Switch 4104#

ProCurve Switch 4108#

ProCurve Switch 2626#

ProCurve Switch 2650#

ProCurve Switch 6108#

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:

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

Port Identity Examples

This guide describes software applicable to both chassis-based and stackable ProCurve switches. Where port identities are needed in an example, this guide uses the chassis-based port identity system, such as “A1”, “B3 - B5”, “C7”, etc. However, unless otherwise noted, such examples apply equally to the stackable switches, which for port identities typically use only numbers, such as “1”, “3-5”, “15”, etc.

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