How Ip Addressing Affects Switch Operation - HP ProCurve 6400cl Series Management And Configuration Manual

Configuring IP Addressing
IP Configuration
Table 8-1. Features Available With and Without IP Addressing on the Switch
Features Available Without an IP Address
• Direct-connect access to the CLI and the menu
interface.
• Stacking Candidate or Stack Member (Series 3400cl
and Series 6400cl switches only)
• DHCP or Bootp support for automatic IP address
configuration, and DHCP support for automatic Timep
server IP address configuration
• Spanning Tree Protocol
• Port settings and port trunking
• Switch meshing
• Console-based status and counters information for
monitoring switch operation and diagnosing problems
through the CLI or menu interface.
• VLANs and GVRP
• Serial downloads of software updates and
configuration files (Xmodem)
• Link test
• Port monitoring
• Password authentication
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Authorized IP manager security
*Although a Commander can operate without an Ip address, doing so makes it unavailable for in-band access in an
IP network.
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How IP Addressing Affects Switch Operation

Without an IP address and subnet mask compatible with your network, the
switch can be managed only through a direct terminal device connection to
the Console RS-232 port. You can use direct-connect console access to take
advantage of features that do not depend on IP addressing. However, to realize
the full capabilities HP proactive networking offers through the switch, con-
figure the switch with an IP address and subnet mask compatible with your
network. The following table lists the general features available with and
without a network-compatible IP address configured.
Additional Features Available with an IP Address and
Subnet Mask
• HP web browser interface access, with configuration,
security, and diagnostic tools, plus the Alert Log for
discovering problems detected in the switch along
with suggested solutions
• SNMP network management access such as HP
ProCurve Manager for network configuration,
monitoring, problem-finding and reporting, analysis,
and recommendations for changes to increase control
and uptime
• TACACS+, RADIUS, SSH, SSL, and 802.1x
authentication
• Multinetting on VLANs
• CDP support
• Stacking Commander*
• Telnet access to the CLI or the menu interface
• IGMP
• TimeP and SNTP server configuration
• TFTP download of configurations and software
updates
• Access Control Lists (ACLs)
• IP routing, Multicast Routing
• XRRP router redundancy
• PIM-DM (Series 5300xl switches only)
• NAT (Series 5300xl switches only)
• Ping test