HP Procurve Networking Initial Setup

HP Procurve Networking Configuration will be done via the CLI and assumes you have a console connection to the switch and are in configure mode. Enter configure mode by typeing configure.

Setting a hostname

1. hostname “Coreswitch” (Include quotations”)

Setting an ip address to the default vlan

• vlan 1
• ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
• exit

Setting a default route

• ip default-gateway 192.168.1.254

Setting up DNS servers

• ip dns server-address priority 1 202.12.144.11
• ip dns server-address priority 2 202.12.233.10

Configuring time sync

• timesync sntp
• sntp unicast
• time timezone 600 (the amount of minutes from GMT)
• sntp server priority 1 time.windows.com

Configuring SNMP

• snmp-server contact “IT Department”
• snmp-server location “Level 1 Sydney”
• snmp-server community snmp-public restricted
• snmp-server community snmp-private unrestricted
• snmp-server host 192.168.1.10 (ip to send traps to)

Adding a description or name to an interface

• interface A1
• name “Uplink to Level 2”

Setting username and password for manager (read/write)
and operator (read only)

• password manager user adminfull plaintext
  password123
• password operator user adminread plaintext
  password456

Setting an inactivity timer for the console (in
minutes)

• console inactivity-timer 5

Setting console logging levels
(none|debug|all|not-info|critical)

• console events critical

To enable web-management

• web-management

To disable http web management and enable secure https
web-management

• no web-management
• web-management ssl

 from: sysadmintutorials