HP 438031-B21 - 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch User Manual page 4

Installing XFP transceivers ......................................................................................................................... 23
Supporting software and special considerations .......................................................................................... 24
Replacing a switch...................................................................................................................... 25
Replacing an existing switch ..................................................................................................................... 25
Regulatory compliance notices ..................................................................................................... 27
Class A equipment .................................................................................................................................. 27
Modifications.......................................................................................................................................... 27
Cables ................................................................................................................................................... 27
Canadian notice ..................................................................................................................................... 27
Chinese notice ........................................................................................................................................ 27
European Union regulatory notice ............................................................................................................. 27
BSMI notice ............................................................................................................................................ 28
Japanese class A notice ........................................................................................................................... 28
Korean class A notice .............................................................................................................................. 28
Laser compliance .................................................................................................................................... 29
Technical specifications ............................................................................................................... 30
General specifications ............................................................................................................................. 30
Port names, VLANs, STP, trunking default settings ........................................................................................ 31
Runtime switching software default settings ................................................................................................. 32
General default settings.................................................................................................................. 32
Physical and environmental specifications................................................................................................... 39
Performance specifications ....................................................................................................................... 39
Performing a serial download ...................................................................................................... 41
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 41
Serial upgrade of boot code firmware image procedure............................................................................... 41
Serial upgrade of operating system firmware procedure............................................................................... 44
SNMP MIBs support .................................................................................................................... 47
MIB overview.......................................................................................................................................... 47
SNMP Manager software......................................................................................................................... 47
Supported MIBs ...................................................................................................................................... 47
Supported traps ...................................................................................................................................... 48
Electrostatic discharge ................................................................................................................. 50
Preventing electrostatic discharge .............................................................................................................. 50
Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge .................................................................................. 50
RJ-45 pin specification................................................................................................................. 51
Standard RJ-45 receptacle/connector ........................................................................................................ 51
RJ-45 to DB-9 serial adapter with flow control pin assignment ....................................................................... 52
Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 53
Forgotten administrator user name and password that was configured on the switch ........................................ 53
Health LED on the switch is not on ............................................................................................................. 53
Health LED on the switch stays amber for more than 30 seconds and switch does not boot ............................... 53
No link LED appears, even after plugging the Category 5 cable in the RJ-45 connector of the external port ........ 53
Cannot access the switch serial console interface using null modem connection from a PC Terminal Emulation
Program................................................................................................................................................. 54
Error message that the switch failed to complete the system self-testing appears on the serial console screen ....... 54
The switch fails to get its IP settings from the BOOTP server, even though by default it is configured for BOOTP... 54
The keyboard locks up when using HyperTerminal to log on to the switch through the console interface ............. 55
Cannot connect to the switch console interface remotely using Telnet ............................................................. 55
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