Just Want A Quick Start With Ip Addressing? - HP ProCurve 6400cl Series Management And Configuration Manual

Configuring IP Addressing
IP Configuration
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then the switch uses his gateway, even if a different gateway is received via
DHCP or Bootp on the primary VLAN. This is also true for manually configured
TimeP, SNTP, and Time-To-Live(TTL). (In the default configuration, VLAN 1
is the Primary VLAN.) Refer to the information on Primary VLANs in the
Advanced Traffic Management Guide for your switch.
Packet Time-To-Live (TTL) . This parameter specifies the maximum num­
ber of routers (hops) through which a packet can pass before being discarded.
Each router decreases a packet's TTL by 1 before forwarding the packet. If
decreasing the TTL causes the TTL to be 0, the router drops the packet instead
of forwarding it. In most cases, the default setting (64) is adequate.

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, HP 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.
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HPswitch# setup
Select 8. Run Setup in the Main Menu of the menu interface.
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For more on using the Switch Setup screen, see the Installation and Getting
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.
If multiple VLANs are configured, then each VLAN can have its own IP
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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