Getting Started

Conventions

Command Prompts

In the default configuration, your Series 5300XL switch displays one of the following CLI prompts:

HP Procurve Switch 5304#

HP Procurve Switch 5308#

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

HPswitch#

(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 i. Example of a Figure Showing a Simulated Screen

In some cases, brief command-output sequences appear without figure iden­ tification. For example:

HPswitch(config)# clear public-key HPswitch(config)# show ip client-public-key show_client_public_key: cannot stat keyfile

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