Information Technology and Applied Systems
ITAS 216 – ProCurve Switches

Kyle Corey
October 10, 2008

Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 PROJECT
3.0 SUMMARY

1.0 INTRODUCTION
2.0 Configuring a ProCurve 2650 Switch
The ProCurve J4899B 2650 is a layer 3 switch that manages traffic based on layer 3 information at very high speeds. Routers, which are also located on the third layer of the OSI model, have typically been slower than layer 2 switches. This switch has some of the capabilities of a router, with the speed of a switch.
I. Materials Required
 Internet Access
 ProCurve Layer 3 Switch
 Putty
 SNMP Monitoring Software
II. Configuration
a) Open Putty, Select Telnet and enter the IP address of the switch

b) Note the model number and IOS.
My switch is Model: ProCurve J4899B Switch 2659
IOS Version: H.08.83

c) Enter the user name and password of the switch in the terminal window

d) Type show system-information to see system-information
Here you can see all the information about the switch. Note the switches MAC address

e) Let’s do a link-test, which test connectivity using the switches MAC address.
Type link-test <-enter MAC address here ->
You should receive a response of “Link-test passed.”

f) Time for a ping test. We will ping 142.25.97.200 50 times with a 20 timeout set.
Type ping 142.25.97.200 repetitions 50 timeout 20

g) To check logs the command is log. There are 5 kinds of logs: -M Major; -P – Performance; -W – Warnings; -I – Informative; -D – Debug. To check the performance logs type log P

h) Lets display the Arp Translation Table on this switch type show arp

i) rrrrrrrrrLet’s see how many bytes have been transferred on port 11.
1) Type menu from the terminal
2) Type 4 to select Port Counter4
3) Look at Port 11, mine says +991,751,455

j) To find a specific MAC address, type show mac-address and find the MAC address you are looking for on the list of MAC address.

k) To find the Mac Address type show system-information and it can be found there

l) To create a SNMP community got to the main menus, select switch configuration, SNMP community names. Choose add then enter a name and select save.

m) Download ManageOptulis and install. Enter the IP of the switch, and enter the SNMP community name. When that is done, select the switch and enter the web consol. From here you can view your switch and all of its properties. Jot down your MAC address and the port that you are on for the next little project. VLAN

n) The Final thing we are going to do is create a VLAN navigate to the VLAN menu and select VLAN Names to create the VLAN. Now select VLAN port assign and assign your port number to the VLAN and tag it by hitting space.

3.0 SUMMARY

As you can see there is a lot to switches and there are also some pretty cool tools to aid in the managing of them. With some practice, some work and good documentation this arduous.