Configuring IP Addressing

IP Configuration

Just Want a Quick Start with IP Addressing?

If you just want to give the switch an IP address so that it can communicate on your network, or if you are not using VLANs, ProCurve recommends that you use the Switch Setup screen to quickly configure IP addressing. To do so, do one of the following:

Enter setup at the CLI Manager level prompt.

ProCurve# setupSelect 8. Run Setup in the Main Menu of the menu interface.For more on using the Switch Setup screen, refer to the Installation andGetting Started Guide you received with the switch.

 

IP Addressing with Multiple VLANs

 

In the factory-default configuration, the switch has one, permanent default

 

VLAN (named DEFAULT_VLAN) that includes all ports on the switch. Thus,

 

when only the default VLAN exists in the switch, if you assign an IP address

 

and subnet mask to the switch, you are actually assigning the IP addressing

 

to the DEFAULT_VLAN.

 

 

N o t e sIf multiple VLANs are configured, then each VLAN can have its own IP

 

address. This is because each VLAN operates as a separate broadcast

 

domain and requires a unique IP address and subnet mask. A default

 

gateway (IP) address for the switch is optional, but recommended.

 

In the factory-default configuration, the default VLAN (named

 

DEFAULT_VLAN) is the switch’s primary VLAN. The switch uses the

 

primary VLAN for learning the default gateway address. The switch can

 

also learn other settings from a DHCP or Bootp server, such as (packet)

 

Time-To-Live (TTL), and Timep or SNMP settings. (Other VLANs can also

 

use DHCP or BootP to acquire IP addressing. However, the switch’s

 

gateway, TTL, and TimeP or SNTP values, which are applied globally, and

 

not per-VLAN, will be acquired through the primary VLAN only, unless

 

manually set by using the CLI, Menu, or web browser interface.(If these

 

parameters are manually set, they will not be overwritten by alternate

 

values received from a DHCP or Bootp server.) For more on VLANs, refer

 

to the chapter titled “Static Virtual LANs” in the Advanced Traffic Man­

 

agement Guide for your switch.

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