HP ProCurve CLI CheatSheet
| LOG | |
| log | Display log events (most recent last) |
| log -r | Display log events (most recent first) |
| log A12 | Display log events of port a12 |
| log A12 -r | Display log events of port a12 (most recent first) |
| log 192.168.0.1 | Display log events of 192.168.0.1 |
| MAC | |
| show mac A5 | Show MAC-address of the device on port A5 |
| show mac A4-A6 | Show MAC-adresss of the devices on ports between A4 and A6 |
| show mac 00112233-445566 | Show which port device with MAC-address 00112233-445566 is connected |
| VLAN | |
| show vlan | Show information about vlans on this swtich |
| show vlan ports A19 | Show VLAN ID and status of specific ports (A19) |
| show vlan | Show ports on this vlan and port status |
| configure | |
| vlan 19 | Set switch to vlan 19 |
| name SupportVLAN | Name this vlan as “SupportVLAN” |
| tag A12 | Set port a12 as tagged on vlan 19 (First do vlan <19>) |
| tag A12,A13 | Set ports a12 and 13 tagged on vlan 19 (First do vlan <19>) |
| untag A12 | Set port a12 as untagged on vlan 19 |
| vlan 19 tagged A12 | Set port a12 as tagged on vlan 19 |
| vlan 19 untagged A12 | Set port a12 as untagged on vlan 19 |
| vlan 19 untagged A12-A20 | Set port a12-a20 as untagged on vlan 19 |
| no vlan 30 | Remove vlan setting on port 30 (Check comment by Simon before testing this) |
| FLASH | |
| show flash | Displays info about flash (version etc.) |
| copy running-config tftp filename.txt | Copy your running config to file filename.txt at tftp server which IP is . |
| copy tftp startup 192.168.0.2 hp_2524 | Copy your config (filename hp2524) from server 192.168.0.2 via tftp to switch |
| copy tftp flash file.swi | Download and update your flash with file.swi from tftp server at |
| MISC | |
| copy flash flash secondary | Copy software from primary to secondary image is not intuitive |
| copy flash flash primary | Updated secondary image first then You could copy from secondary to primary |
| hostname poro_1 | Set switch hostname as poro_1 |
| link-test 00112233-445566 | Test connectivity between switches (this switch and 00112233-445566) |
| show run | Show running config |
| password operator | Set operator password (Normal user / read-only ) |
| password manager | Set manager password (Admin user / read-write) |
| password all | Set operator and manager password |
| enable | Switch to manager lever from operator level |
| ping 192.168.0.1 | Ping IP 192.168.0.1 |
| chassislocate | Turn on/off switch locator led or blink it (30 minutes) |
| chassislocate blink 10 | Blink switch locator led 10 minutes |
| ntp1 first.timeserver.net | Add first.timeserver.net to NTP server list |
| timesync ntp | Enable NTP syncronization with servers |
| PROMPT | |
| Switch# | Manager prompt |
| Switch>_ | Operator prompt |
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An obligation of appreciation is all together for this extraordinary article.
Thanks for the cheatsheet, very helpful!
Hi,
This ..:
no vlan 30 Remove vlan setting on port 30
is not true!
This command will remove complete vlan 30 on the switch!
But, thanks for the good work !
The article is very useful. I learned a lot from it. Keep up the good work
Sweet.
How tops is ‘show run interface’ command
Good post
Thanks for providing a very useful information, really it’s awesome cheatsheet.
HP Switches
Very useful stuff, thank you. Amazing how support for Java drops and no alternative is presented by vendors.
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media is a great source of information.
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thx for sharing can plz post all CLI possible.
from assigning IP to the end all important cmd.
hp 5130
ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/networking/software/6200-5400-3500-CLI-k1201-Feb2007.pdf
Good article. I’m dealing with many of these issues as well..
I am looking for a step by step CLI for the HP MSR 2020. I need to enable the web interface and password setup. once in the web interface I can set it up. Can anyone help a newb out.
HOW TOW CREATE VLAN IN HP SWITCES.
HOW TO MAKE PORT AS TRUNK PORT AND ASSIGN IN THE PARTICULAR VLAN
Create a VLAN (tagged for port 1)
# vlan 10
# tagged 1
# ip address 10.10.10.10 255.255.255.0
Make a port work like a Cisco Trunk Port
HP uses tagged and untagged options only. A trunk in HP means aggregation or EtherChannel (in Cisco).
Example…VLAN 1 (default/native untagged) and VLAN 10 and 20 tagged. This is for port 24
vlan 1
untagged 24
vlan 10
tagged 24
vlan 20
tagged 24
Good day, hopefully get an answer here: I picked up a small ‘Procurve 408 switch’ from a garage sale for five bucks…looks to be perfect for home.
Question: can you login to this thing/reset it/config it/do anything fancy ?
Or is it just plug-n-play ?
thx.
Is it just 408? This website says that it’s unmanaged: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/archives_North_America/12000_na_v6/12000_na.HTML
But I think that I have two switch which look like that and they have simple web ui but you can’t do much with it. I guess that they are different model… I guess that mine are 1700-8 have to check.
Thanks for the info..
what about creating a Trunk (Cisco lang) to connect multiple vlans (example, untagged 1 tagged 2-4) on the hp2910.
Thanks,
Thanks , I have just been looking for info approximately this subject
for a while and yours is the greatest I have discovered so far.
But, what about the conclusion? Are you sure about the supply?
A Cisco ‘terminal monitor’ equivalent (a.k.a. ‘term mon’):
switch(config)# debug event
switch(config)# debug destination session
You need to use this on the 2910G Switch to get the extra commands :
_cmdline-mode on
Use password
Jinhua1920unauthorized
NO WAY
SHOW RUN STRUCTURED
best tip advice comment for HP Switches EVER!!!!
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my favorite:
show run structured
it gives you a cisco-like layout of the individual port configs.
Also, provision supports the pipe command to include or exclude text
sh mac-address | include “0021a5″
for those times you are looking for a particular mac address prefix.
or if you want to see all devices on vlan 50 that are not on port 48:
sh mac-address vlan 50 | exclude ” 48 “
Hi,
Can u tell me command for getting IP address of that particular port.?
I have tried show arp [port-no] but this was not worked.
A switch will not cache the IP of attached devices only the MAC address (LAYER 2) so to get the device information you will need to know the IP, ping it from a Layer 3 switch or router, do a SH ARP and look for the MAC address of that IP, make a copy of the MAC address. Then go the the switch and SHOW MAC-ADDRESS (MAC-ADDRESS that you copied) and it will show you which port has that address.
THANKS
printable link would be GREAT!!
with newer code to get mac address information is sh mac-a They have added more commands that now “mac” is not unique.
Does anyone know if you can insert a comment in a configuration similar to Cisco with the “!”?
Although there’s no direct equivalent to the Cisco IOS “!” to add comment lines to an HP ProCurve switch config file, you can achieve a similar result by using multiple “alias” commands within the config file, with a final “no alias” command at the end of the script to tidy things up:
alias COMMENT "Some procurve configuration comment line here"
...
alias COMMENT "Second line of comment"
...
no alias COMMENT
Hi,
I would suggest you can also put “SHOW LLDP INFO REMOTE (interface numbers)”. It will show you what other HP switches and H3C switches are connected to your switch as well as their hostname and ip address.
Another handy one is
SHOW CDP neighbours
To see what other switches are connected to the one your configuring.
Thank you about this tip =) I didn’t know that but it sounds like something what I will definitely going to use.
Hello , thank you but the commands is
neighbors*
Nice sheet and layout
Please add the shortcut commands to disable and re-enable a port? or admin down an interface…
I’m NOT sure but believe they are “shutdown” the specific port and “undo shutdown”…maybe ADD and “interface” group of common commands?
Best,
Z
To take an interface down and up again in HP/Aruba Procurve
interface 1
disable
interface 1
enable
I think this is a real great blog post.Much thanks again. eadgdeedaebk
Petri,
Thanks for the help, but I have a couple of important corrections…
1. the second “show vlan” command (“Show ports on this vlan and port status”) should say
#show vlan VLAN-ID (e.g. show vlan 19)
2. IMPORTANT! The “no vlan 30” command doesn’t remove the VLAN setting on port 30… IT REMOVES THE VLAN WITH NO WARNING! The correct commands are:
#no vlan 30 (Remove VLAN 30)
#no vlan 30 [un]tagged A12 (Remove A12 from VLAN 30)
Regards and thanks.
You really make it seem so easy with your presentation
but I find this matter to be really something which I think I would never understand.
It seems too complicated and very broad for me.
I am looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!
i would like to know how to apply a route policy on a 8212 zl HP switch, we are using V1 modules so we cant do policy based routing policy, thats why are using route policy , but dont know how to apply it on an interface or a vlan, your help is much appreciated
hello.
someone can tell me what is the equivalent command terminal monitor in cisco to Hp procurve (provision os)?
According to the “hp procurve command line interface reference” (ftp://ftp-boi.external.hp.com/pub/networking/software/59903044.pdf) :
”
terminal monitor
Enables real-time display of Syslog messages for a Telnet or SSH session.
NOTE: You first must enable real-time display by entering the logging console command at the global CONFIG
level of the CLI. You can enter this command from the serial console or from a Telnet or SSH session. See
“logging” on page 6-60.
”
So maybe you still need to enter “logging console”
i would request you to provide some basic cmmds like system healt and all related???
Regards
Nice CheatSheet :)
I suggest to add command how to copy software from primary to secondary image.
Software update could take a while (xmodem/tftp), so it is good to remember how to copy images from one place to other.
Copy software from primary to secondary image is not intuitive:
copy flash flash secondaryIf You updated secondary image first then You could copy from secondary to primary:
copy flash flash primaryThanks =) I will add that.
Thanks! Just what i needed.
Feel free to tell me what variants you mean? Maybe I could add them to this cheatsheet.
Other variant is possible also
Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?
Thanks! This is good stuff :-)