Just Want A Quick Start; Ip Addressing With Multiple Vlans - HP ProCurve series 2500 Management And Configuration Manual

Configuring IP Addressing, Interface Access, and System Information
IP Configuration
Timep Operation. Use this optional parameter if you want the switch to get
its time information from another device operating as a Timep server. In its
default Timep configuration, the switch attempts to get a Timep server address
from a DHCP server. Other configuration options are to manually assign a
Timep server address or to disable the Timep server feature.

Just Want a Quick Start?

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:
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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. In this
state, when you assign an IP address and subnet mask to the switch, you are
actually assigning the IP addressing to the DEFAULT_VLAN. You can rename
the DEFAULT_VLAN, but you cannot change its VLAN ID number (VID) or
remove it from the switch.
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Enter setup at the CLI Manager level prompt.
Select 8. Run Setup in the Main Menu of the menu interface.
If multiple VLANs are configured, then each VLAN can have its own IP
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. The
primary VLAN is the VLAN used for stacking operation, as well as for
determining the default gateway address, (packet) Time-To-Live (TTL),
and Timep via DHCP or Bootp. (Other VLANs can also use DHCP or BootP
to acquire IP addressing. However, the switch's gateway, TTL, and TimeP
values will be acquired through the primary VLAN only. In the default
configuration, the default VLAN (named DEFAULT_VLAN) is the switch's
primary VLAN.However, with multiple VLANs assigned to the switch, you
can select another VLAN to function as the primary VLAN. For more on
VLANs, refer to "Port-Based Virtual LANs (Static VLANs)" on page 9-50.