Software Updates Are Free!

ProCurve Networking provides free software updates on the ProCurve Web site for your 3500yl and 6200yl switches. To access the software updates, go to the ProCurve Web site at www.procurve.com, then click on Software updates to go to the “ProCurve Networking software updates” page. Under Latest software click on Switches to go to the page that has the free download for your switch.

Register for Automatic Notification of Updates. You can receive email notices of new software updates by registering your ProCurve product on the ProCurve Web portal. To begin this easy process, go to www.procurve.com and click on My ProCurve.

To determine whether you have the latest software, you can compare the software version that is available on the web site with the version that is currently installed on your switch. Follow the instructions below to determine the current software version on your switch.

To Determine the Current Software Version in Your Switch. For the 3500yl and 6200yl Switches, use any of the following methods to view the software version.

■Start a console session with the switch. In the console login screen (the first screen displayed), the Software revision line under the switch name shows the software version.

■If you already have a console session going, at the prompt enter the show version command. The resulting display lists the current software version.

■In the web browser interface, click on the Identity tab. The current software version is listed as the revision number in the Version line.

Saving the Configuration After Installing or Exchanging a Module

The following cases automatically result in a change to the running-configuration on your switch:

■If you replace a module with another module of a different type and then reboot the switch

■If you install a module in a slot that has not previously been used (including when you install a module and apply power to the switch for the first time)

If you want to save such changes to permanent memory (startup-configuration), use the write memory command in the switch console. This causes the switch to use the new hardware configuration for subsequent reboots. (The switch always reboots from the startup-configuration.)

If you do not save the hardware changes to the startup-configuration, you will be prompted with the following message the next time you use the reboot or reload commands:

Do you want to save the current configuration [y/n]?

© Copyright 2005 - 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice.

Part Number: 5992-3125March 2008Product of Singapore

*5992-3125*