Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 2500 HP (Hewlett-Packard)
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Read Me First for the HP Proc urve Series 2300 an d 2500 Switches Contents About the Manual Set for Your HP Procurve Switch 2512 and 2524 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Software Updates Are Free! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2 © Copyright 2001 H ewlett-Packa rd Company All Righ ts Res erved. This docume nt contains informa tion which is prot ected by copyright. Reproduction, adapta tion, or translation without prior permission is prohibited, except as allowe d under the copyrig ht laws .
3 About the Ma nual Set for Y o ur HP Procurve Switch 25 12 and 2524 The ma nual se t for th e swit ch 2512 a nd 2 524 in cludes the foll owing : How T o Order a Pri nted Management and Configuration Guid e (p/n 5969-2354) Vis it http://ww w .
4 Software Up dates Are Free ! Hewlett- Packard prov ides free sof tware update s on the HP Pro curve websit e for your Se ries 230 0 and 25 00 sw itches . T o acces s the s oftware update s, go t o the Procurve website at http://www.hp.com/go/h pprocurve , then cli ck on Fre e Software Upda tes .
5 Default Conf iguration f or T ransceivers. The default configurat ions for t he follow ing high-sp eed transceive rs, which can be inst alled in your Ser ies 2300 and 250 0 switches, are as foll ows.
6 reset the switch, in some ca ses the link will not complete; in o ther cases the link will complete but at the fo rmer spe ed. Fo r examp le, when ch angin g from a 10 0 Mbp s connec tion to a conne ction wit h a 100/ 1000B ase-T dev ice, you ma y get a compl eted l ink, b ut it w ill be oper ating at the old spee d — 100 Mb ps.
7 • Make sure t hat th e conf iguratio ns for the switch port an d the po rt on th e connec ted device are the same . Incom patible por t configuratio ns will resu lt in failu re to link o r in a link tha t has very poor performa nce.
© Hewlett-Packard Compa ny 2001. All ri ghts reserved. Reproduct ion, adaptat ion, or translatio n without prior written per mission is pr ohibited exce pt as allowed under t he copy right laws . T echn ical informat ion in this documen t is subject to change w ithout notice.
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