Troubleshooting; Basic Troubleshooting Tips - HP ProCurve 2824 Install Manual

Troubleshooting

This chapter describes how to troubleshoot the Switch 2800 Series devices.
This document describes troubleshooting mostly from a hardware perspec-
tive. You can perform more in-depth troubleshooting on the Switch 2800 Series
devices using the software tools available with the switch, including the full-
featured console interface, the built-in web browser interface. For more
information, see the chapter "Troubleshooting" in the Management and
Configuration Guide, which is on the Documentation CD-ROM that came
with your switch.
This chapter describes the following:
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Basic Troubleshooting Tips

Most problems are caused by the following situations. Check for these items
first when starting your troubleshooting:
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basic troubleshooting tips
diagnosing with the LEDs
Proactive Networking tools
hardware diagnostic tests
restoring the factory default configuration
downloading new software to the Switch 2800 Series devices
HP Customer Support Services
Connecting to devices that have a fixed full-duplex configuration.
The RJ-45 ports are configured as "Auto". That is, when connecting to
attached devices, the switch will operate in one of two ways to determine
the link speed and the communication mode (half duplex or full duplex):
• If the connected device is also configured to Auto, the switch will
automatically negotiate both link speed and communication mode.
• If the connected device has a fixed configuration, for example
100 Mbps, at half or full duplex, the switch will automatically sense
the link speed, but will default to a communication mode of half
duplex.
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