Connecting The Switch To The Network; Connecting Your Switch To The Network Through Twisted Pair Cables; Connecting Your Switch To The Network Through Optical Fibers - HP 7500 Series Installation Manual

Task
Display the name, model, and running operating system version of the
switch.
Display the current configuration of the switch.
Display the interface status and configuration.
Display the IP configuration information of the specified or all Layer 3
interfaces.
Display information about active routes in the routing table.
Display VLAN information.
Display the spanning tree status and statistics.
Display Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) configuration information.

Connecting the switch to the network

Before you connect the switch to the network, verify that all its basic settings are correct.
Connecting your switch to the network through twisted pair
cables
The 10/100Base-TX and 1000Base-T ports of the HP 7500 Switch Series use RJ-45 connectors and
support MDI/MDI-X auto-sensing. Use category-5 or better twisted pair cables to connect the Ethernet
ports of your switch to the network.
To connect your switch to the network through twisted pair cables:
1. Plug one end of the twisted pair cable into the RJ-45 Ethernet port of your switch.
2. Plug the other end of the twisted pair cable into the RJ-45 Ethernet port of the access device in the
network.
3. Verify that the LEDs of the RJ-45 Ethernet port are normal.
For more information about the LED status, see

Connecting your switch to the network through optical fibers

WARNING!
To avoid injury to your eyes, do not stare at the fiber interfaces when connecting optical fibers.
You can install a transceiver module (see
connect the port to the network. For more information about the optical fibers, see
The installation of different optical fiber connectors is similar.
To connect your switch to the network through optical fibers:
1. Install a transceiver module into the port.
2. Remove the dust cover of the optical fiber connector, and clean the end of the optical fiber.
"Appendix C
"Installing FRUs") in a fiber port and use optical fibers to
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Command
display version
display current-configuration
display interface brief
display ip interface brief
display ip routing-table
display vlan
display stp brief
display ndp
LEDs."
"Appendix D Cables."